Word: basse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With only piano, harp and bass at his disposal, musical director and piantist Dan Ullman achieves a surprising spectrum of moods with the score. Except for the touching ballad "Try to Remember," the songs are musically undistinguished. Still, the musical numbers are the strong points of the show. Matt and Luisa's closing duet, staged with admirable restraint, nearly redeems the dialogue that precedes it--and it would completely if Schmidt and Jones didn't feel obligated to insert El Gallo at the end with another substanceless speech...
...famous is the air, better known--and better forgotten--in its romanticized solo version as the "Air for the G String." The orchestra played superbly: enormous lyricism and sweetness never obscured the tightly-crafted framework, the silvery line of the upper strings poised against the muted rhythms of the bass. Far from being "mushy" or banal, Wilkins's reading was almost reverent, hushed and glowing...
...claim rocketed her to instant international success in 1973. Immediately we are exposed to her breathy style and the tedium of the whole presentation. Like most of her versions of rock standards, "If Not For You" has no depth--there is no attempt to enliven the tune with good bass or percussion...
...king of the outrageous has his farewell on the album. The last song, "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance)" is an all-out exhortation to "move that muscle and shake that fat," and it works. Elton brings in piano, bass, drums, slide guitar, electric guitar, synthesizers, congas, strings, and the Cornerstone Institutional Baptist and Southern Californian Community Choir, to join him in an assault on absolute boogie. The music doesn't really go anywhere, but it's fun while it lasts...
...bass guitars of a hard-rock group twang as psychedelic colors splash on the screen. An enraged housewife looms before the viewer, curlers in her hair and hands over her ears. "Turn that noise down!" she bellows, and the insistent pounding fades...