Word: chorused
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Junkie the 24-year-old Morissette comes at you in a rush of words. Most of the vocals were recorded in one or two takes, which gives them a confessional immediacy. Several of the songs race along without a chorus; others are chants that repeat phrases over and over as if Morissette were trying to persuade both the listener and herself to believe in what she's singing. On the CD's first single, Thank U, Morissette pays tribute to the things that have forced her to become stronger and wiser: "Thank you India/ Thank you terror/ Thank you disillusionment...
Other characters include a charming group of Welsh peasant men and women who act as something of a chorus in the show, as well as Nicholas Meunier in the role of Idwal Morris, a Welsh coal-miner who always steals the hearts of the audience with his mischievous antics. Both the peasants and Meunier add a touch of well-needed lightness and amusement to the play...
...Daysleeper" is reminiscent of "Try Not To Breathe" from Automatic For The People, and the entire album seems to lament lost love even in its most upbeat moments, just like in Automatic For The People. Stipe's upbeat chorus on "Walk Unafraid" challenges love with the words "I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and/walk unafraid/I'll be clumsy instead/hold my love me or leave me/high." Stipe even goes into obsessive love on "Hope" with lyrics like "At my most beautiful I count your eyelashes secretly...
...Walk Unafraid" takes awhile to develop, butthe chorus engages the listener much like "Man onthe Moon" from Automatic For The People. The pianoand the ghostly rhythm of the backup vocals painta complete picture of deep thought with a catchychorus that may translate into popular success.The real victory of Up cannot be expressed in anyone song. The album speaks as a whole and tellsthe story that listeners have been waiting so longto hear...
...performing martial arts b) pushing away invisible tanks c) auditioning for the Chinese road company of A Chorus Line d) expressing individuality...