Word: breakdown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Following up on the heartfelt lyrics and powerful vocals of Yes I Am, her 1993 quadruple-platinum Grammy-winning album, Melissa Etheridge's latest release, Breakdown, evokes the spiritual hunger and empowerment gained from the three-year hiatus she took to raise a family. Etheridge's folk-rock roots come to the surface in this album on love and loss, consciousness and confusion, hope and reconciliation. The title track combines a powerful infusion of drums, bass and guitar--performed by co-producer and longtime touring guitarist John Shanks--with Etheridge's characteristic sultry leads and honest, truthful lyrics...
...Breakdown...
...maturity. "Scarecrow," her chilling ode to Matthew Shepard, the gay student murdered in Wyoming last year, pleads for tolerance as it vividly describes Shepard's violent death: "they left you cold and breathing/for love they crucified you." Hurling forthright honesty into a field known for placing image over substance, Breakdown achieves unadorned vulnerability and foreboding emotion...
...even Faludi's fans received her remarks with a measure of skepticism. David B. Orr '01, who said he read Backlash but has not yet picked up Stiffed, said he was surprised that Faludi did not "talk about the positive effects of the breakdown of the patriarchy...
...said. "[Harvard Coach Sue Caples] feels teams like this are dangerous because they're scrappy and they play like they have nothing to lose. They did play hard, and being such a young team, we got a little complacent. Their goal should never have been scored. That was a breakdown...