Word: choruses
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...utilization of its space. Performed in the Fogg courtyard, the production has to work with an odd space not designed for traditional performance. The director manages not only to conquer the difficulties of the space, but to use the surroundings to the show’s advantage. When a chorus of demon-like figures accompany the sorceress, they appear through the windows and Roman-style arches on the second and third floors. At times, the actors virtually surround the audience, with singing coming from behind the audience and thunder cracking above...
...cool demeanor is matched only by her aesthetic perfection. Every time she slips off her coat, a chorus of “ooohs” and “ahhhs” inevitably follows. Even at 5 or 6 a.m., when the rest of the human species is droopy and stained, she can make jeans and a Rainbow Brite t-shirt look like an evening gown...
...live drums providing the driving, lop-sided drum machine sample with even greater insistency. Being able to not only reproduce but improve on such an awkward song is impressive in itself. Yorke maintains the frantic energy unaccompanied except for drums for much of the song before surrendering to the chorus of industrial-style whooshes and tinkles that are fast becoming Radiohead’s stock-in-trade. Both “I Might Be Wrong” and “Dollars and Cents” are given accomplished treatments on the album, proving that Radiohead have successfully incorporated electronica...
...Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder joined the chorus of concern, with the Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung reporting that the German leader had warned Washington "that an attack on Iraq could crack Mr. Bush's international anti-terror coalition." Schroeder added that "Germany itself would deploy troops to an Iraqi mission under one condition - that the Iraqi government approved the mission." In other words, not unless they're invited in by Saddam...
...bells, whistles and scratches that dominated Kid A and Amnesiac are still there, but Thom Yorke's tenor is allowed to soar above rather than fight through them, revealing melodies in unexpected places. This set also includes the lovely True Love Waits, with its aching, Sarah McLachlan-esque chorus, "Just don't leave." What's next? A cuddly Rumsfeld...