Word: ear
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...Thing, who were literally uncomfortable in their own skins, reluctant superheroes who didn't always feel or act nobly. For his creations, being a superhero was a job; one Spider-Man found Spidey trying unsuccessfully to cash a check in his name (no id). With humor and an ear for the vernacular ("It's clobberin' time!"), Lee put the human in superhuman...
...full of rhythm, body and the occasional trance-like zephyr. His style, like many other house DJs, is continuous: only one or two segments stood out as pieces with at least a vague beginning and end, while the rest was a heavily overlapped stream distinguishable only to the attentive ear. Fellow DJ superstar and frequent collaborator Sasha calls Digweed "the best DJ on the planet," but if this is true it is more for Digweed's craftsmanship (evinced by his smooth layering) than for brazen originality or nerve. Still, he does have a showy side. For example, he made heavy...
...bewitching program of unaccompanied duets. "It encapsulates the love and respect I have for Jim," Metheny says. Best of all is a magically spare version of Farmer's Trust, a tender waltz originally recorded by the Metheny Group in 1982, which leaves no doubt that despite his love of ear-popping electronic effects, he is above all a wonderfully fluent spinner of simple yet indelible melodies...
...singer Kelis' single Caught Out There is so ear-catching that one immediately wonders if there's anything else on the album as good. Caught Out There captures the righteous rage of a woman wronged, and the chorus even includes a scream of anguish: "I hate you so much right now! AHHHHHH!" Alas, as suspected, the rest of the album is mostly standard-issue hip-hop-tinged R. and B. Only a few tracks, such as the bouncy No Turning Back, live up to the spunk of Caught Out There. AHHHHHH...
...Pulling Stella, a frizzy blonde, from the crowd and onto stage, he serenaded her with his slower song "You're My #1." After telling her "you gotta stand still and look me in the eye the whole time," he placed her hand on his behind and sang into her ear. The crowd went wild, and as for Stella, KISS DJ Billy Costa said it best, "Stella had things happening to her body that will never happen again." With the energy riding high, Iglesias closed the act with streamers and confetti as he performed his hit "Bailamos...