Word: choruses
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When the cheering subsided, a chorus of ringing cellphones filled the silence...
...just Alliance soldiers who welcomed a change. One month into the conflict, the U.S. war effort is under siege from a global chorus of critics-chiming in everywhere from the streets of Quetta to the hallways of Congress-who say the campaign to crush the Taliban and seize Osama bin Laden is hurtling toward either humiliating defeat or inescapable quagmire; that U.S. bombs are doing either too much damage, not enough or both at the same time; and that the U.S. had better produce some "wins" soon, before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan (which begins...
...comes across as sentimental yet poignant, whereas most younger vocalists sound naïve and childish when broaching the same subject. New Order may be 20 years into a career, but thanks to hiatus nearly a decade long, they return energetic and fresh, exemplified by the ripping guitar chorus of “Rock the Shack,” which does what its title professes with vocal support from Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream. Ready is an album by musicians who have reached the pinnacles of commerical success but remain unsatisfied, making a second attempt at conquering the pop landscape...
...climax. “Just a Phase” and “Warning” are both nicely constructed examples of this. The first single, “Wish You Were Here,” also integrates the balladic, acoustic verse and the washing guitar-driven chorus successfully. But there are also some strange consequences of this diversification. The last song on the record, “Aqueous Transmission,” is an eight-minute head trip accompanied by mandolin and fading strings, and sits uncomfortably among the more honest rock songs that comprise much of the album...
...things about Harvard never change, as evidenced by the opening song, “A Freshman’s Lament”: a classmate boasts of his studies at the Mozart Institute in Salzberg or of his recently published book, which provokes another panicked classmate to cry in the chorus, “Good God, why am I here? There must be some mistake, they picked the wrong guy...” Also included: a serenade to tax evasion (“No one pays taxes but paupers and fools!”) and a lesson in how to drop...