Word: delirium
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...enthusiasm for them. As demonstrated by his current hit single, a graceful ballad called Just the Way You Are, Joel harks back to the luxuriant strains of superb song craftsmen like Harold Arlen as much as he follows in the tradition of masters of rock-'n'-roll delirium like Phil Spector. His songs have also been covered by belters like Streisand and jazz stylists like Bobby Scott, and seem easily to snuggle into whatever groove comes...
...complaints in which (extract of hemp) has been specifically recommended are neuralgia, gout, rheumatism, tetanus, hydrophobia, epidemic cholera, convulsions, chorea, hysteria, mental depression, delirium tremens, insanity, and uterine hemorrhage...
...friend's mistakes dispelled much of Mussorgsky's haunting, earthy musical originality. This new recording measures up to both the music and the debt owed Mussorgsky. Martti Talvela is rich of voice (less a black bass than a walnut) and unforgettable for both the majesty and inner delirium he brings to the Czar. Nicolai Gedda ably captures the many moods and faces of Dmitri, from subtle schemer to fevered insurgent. Conductor Jerzy Semkow marshals his forces with skill, excitement and love for the work...
...deadeye promoter named Colonel Tom Parker, who landed him a national contract with RCA Records for the outlandish sum of $35,000. In the winter of 1956, not six months after Mystery Train came out, Elvis Presley released Heartbreak Hotel and sent American popular culture into a collective delirium that came, after a while, to be called "the Rock...
There is, though, one important way in which Jabberwocky differs from the earlier film. That is in its almost total lack of humor. The fecund inventiveness, the marvelous pace and timing of Grail, the curious blend of earthiness and delirium that gave it its unique place in the history of modern screen comedy, are missing in Gilliam's work...