Word: chord
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...1960s raga. A Day in the Life is by all odds the most disturbingly beautiful song the group has ever produced. At the end, the refrain, "I'd love to turn you on," leads to a hair-raising chromatic crescendo by a full orchestra and a final blurred chord that is sustained for 40 seconds, like a trance of escape, or perhaps resignation...
This unparallelled singlemindedness stems from what Paige identifies as the sincerity of many anti-abortionists as opposed to the political opportunism of other right-wing groups ostensibly backing the issue. At its most convincing, this pro-life sentiment struck a responsive chord in those uncomfortable with the convulsions of a society modernizing at breakneck speed. One of the movement's leaders challenged abortion as a building block of a society that would be "engineered," not created...
...technique sounds simple, but it took Turner 15 years to perfect. "A friend of mine gave me a piece by Mozart for glass and it intrigued me," he explained. He began by playing chord accompaniments, and progressed to solo performances about six years...
...previous albums, Bowie worked with the intense Art Rock Composer Brian Eno (Ambient 1: Music for Airports). Boys Keep Swinging mixed Bowie's band with instruments they did not normally play. Guitarist Carlos Alomar, for example, found himself playing drums. Bowie then took the chord changes from Boys Keep Swinging, played them at nearly half speed and came up with a romantic ballad, Fantastic Voyage. Bowie's classic raver for Mott the Hoople, All the Young Dudes, was played backward and turned into Move...
...circle of friends. Through Robert we meet his 10 close friends and his three girlfriends Marta (Lori Glaser), Kathy (Jeanne Jones) and April (Eileen McNamara). And whether the actor are singing solos duets like Robert and April in "Barcelona," or grand ensemble efforts, they strike a deep resonant chord as their clearly enunciated works hit home...