Word: ballads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ballad throbs to a climax, the two singers look at each other in a confession of mutual need, and the title line of mock-bragging devotion, You're Nothing Without Me, reverberates from the rafters. All in all, a classic first-act finale -- except that in this musical the characters who vow undying fidelity are a nerdy novelist turned screenwriter and the hard-boiled detective he has created on page and celluloid...
...many people would be strong enough to just say no? To reject immediate wealth and accept a relentless shadow of violent death? Yet the major did say no, and turned over the data to his superiors. His bravery is only one unsung ballad of honor in Colombia's crusade against its cocaine cowboys. It is also the exception, not the rule...
There was truth as well as justice in the theme of her famous signature ballad, J'ai Deux Amours ("I have two loves,/ My country and Paris . . ."). The French music hall made her a star; the spirit of American jazz made her a great...
...spitfire version of "Maggie's Farm" emphasized driving anger rather than Iyric comprehension. In other words, you knew he was mad but couldn't understand what he was saying, Only once in the hour-and-a-half long set did Dylan shed his rough edges, for the graceful acoustic ballad "Most of the Time," as he sang,"I don't even cry/ I don't compromise/ Most of the time...
Other notable songs include "Brave and Crazy," which mixes a funky bass beat with rough, pleading vocals and "You Can Sleep While I Drive." a ballad not unlike Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car." In "Skin Deep." a savage song about superficial love. Etheridge proves that no one can sing "baby" quite like...