Word: chordings
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...driving across Indiana in early May 1968, searching for Bobby Kennedy's whistle-stop campaign, one heard another chord as well -- Paul Simon's wistful note of mythic disconnection: "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes...
...most of the songs, however distinctive their styles, sound like vintage Stones. "Big Enough," for example, sounds like an update of "Hot Stuff," while "Take It So Hard," recalls "Brown Sugar," and "Rockawhile" recalls any number of two-chord Stones jams. "Struggle" is a Stones voodoo party-from-hell song, like "Gimme Shelter" or "Sympathy for the Devil," and "Whip It Up" calls to mind "Midnight Rambler," even though it's not about S and M, as the title would have you believe...
...galaxy of past champs. The Dukes of Harmony, 1977 and 1980 gold medalists, are prominent in a blue Ford Model A. The Gay Notes, 1958 titlists, cruise by in a '58 Edsel. Old quartets endure as much for their catchy names as their sounds. The Gala Lads and Chord Busters are here. The Four Hearsemen, who swept the 1955 sing-off garbed as undertakers, have trekked south from Amarillo. But now they are minus their lead tenor, who has passed...
...smart money favors three entries: the Second Edition, a young, laid-back bunch from Louisville that placed second last year; the Chicago Chord of Trade, led by an ex-gold medalist who does his own arranging; and the Chiefs of Staff, another seasoned Chicago outfit, known for its consistency of tone. But no one is counting out the Chordiac Arrest from Northbrook, Ill., or the Inns 'n Outts from Houston. The contest will ride on style and panache and the electricity that each foursome can generate in the hall...
...last night, the 51 entries have been culled to ten. The Chord of Trade, in top hats and tails, wows the hall with Give My Regards to Broadway. They seem to win hands down on presence and arrangement, but something lacks, and they must settle for third. The Second Edition has easily made the cut too but is haunted by a mediocre first round. Tonight in rhinestone tuxes, they bring the crowd to a frenzy with Darktown Strutters' Ball. Cumulative scores do them in, however, and they finish second...