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...Sinatra sound or the orgasmic church screaming of Little Richard. But to Dylan, barbed-wire vocals were an aesthetic and, as the French would say, a politique. Mellow was a lie; raspy was authentic. As he wrote in an early poem: "The only beauty's ugly, man / The cracklin', breakin', shakin' sounds're / The only beauty I understand." With extended exposure, his ugly became beauty. Intimate and accusatory, the voice twisted and tortured each word in a lyric, weirdly drawing out the silent half of a vowel sound - not "rain" but "raiiiiin", not "deal" but "deaaaaal...
...ticket wickets," it pleased the rubes, not to mention the movie exhibitors who made money from them. "What a joy to see on a warm romantic Kansas City night," Bev Winter, a Kansas City film broker, wrote to Meyer - "a full drive-in with all those cars shakin' and breakin...
...China Grove - Doobie Brothers 2. If You Leave Me Now - Chicago 3. Killin' Time - Clint Black 4. Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar 5. Boogie Fever - The Silvers 6. Start Me Up - Rolling Stones 7. Born To Be Wild - Three Dog Night 8. Don't Go Breakin' My Heart - Elton John/Kiki Dee 9. Signs - First National Band 10. Unbreak My Heart - Toni Braxton...
...breakin' my heart, you're shakin' my confidence, baby. Hey whiz-kids, next time lock the green room...
Many first-year proctors organize a study breakin which they bring in members of the PeerRelations Date Rape Education organization todiscuss the issue...