Word: chumbawumba
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Dates: during 1998-1998
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...over-sentimental lyrics half-way through "This Time of Year" in order to get down from the stage and experiment with a new sampling machine using voices from audience members. The humorous side of the band emerged when they argued among themselves or when Griffin replaced his lyrics with Chumbawumba or Fat Boy Slim. The band members playfully danced around the stage, covering obscure Aerosmith songs or playing chopsticks on the keyboard. As great as the musical selections were, the real joy of a Better Than Ezra show lies in the interactive and personal stage style, ranging from touching melodies...
...What FM heard: The Verve, Prince, Pearl Jam, Celine Dion, David Bowie, Everclear, Chumbawumba, Madonna...
...with little to do but be, uh, leisurely, Leisure-World is indeed ages away from the Spring Break scene. There are no scantily clad mediocre dancers or perky VJ's within the confines of this planned community. The sculpted hills of our vacation hot spot did not resonate with Chumbawumba, and while one resident did try to set Abby up with her grandson, the prospects for drunken hookups seemed extremely limited...
...music drew an enthusiastic crowd. As the audience filtered out of the Collegium Musicum and Radcliffe Choral Society concert in Sanders Theatre, the strains of Madonna, Chumbawumba and Celine Dion pounded in Annenberg. The music was great and the dancing was fast, a very un-Harvard party...
Second, the council's reasons for not attempting to get the band are ludicrous. Though religious groups may object to the band's anarchic politics, it will always be impossible to appease an entire campus. Furthermore, Chumbawumba would provide just as much fun for students, if not more, than a law-abiding musical group...