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...here I was in the grinder again. I knew what I had to face. You get into the machine and you're just a little cog. You're nothing major." An eerie falsetto fills the corridor. An inmate walks by outside the door to Sy's cell, shouting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portrait of a Prisoner | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...first side of Tattoo You with a solid one-two kick in the pants. "Let's get it on and let's raise some hell for no good reason," Jagger saysin so many words, with suitable moaning, yelping and clapping from Richards and Co. The album is heavy on falsetto, and Jagger puts to rest rumors that his voice has deteriorated with a piercing performance on "Worried About You." The song illustrates the Stones' ability to put a song together with casual confidence, as each piece of the band slowly warms to Jagger's vocals and eventually comes crashing...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Black and Blue No More | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...Season-It's Still Free and Well Worth It, to be aired on NBC later this month. Though the three woeful crooners belted out the number in a style that will surely have audiences panting for less, Hope was quite taken with Olsen's falsetto solo. "I was afraid to sing so high," says the comedian. "But he's big enough to get away with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 14, 1981 | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...first, I think maybe he died in the night, but his eyes are live, they follow me, keeping me in focus. I come to the edge of his bed. His mouth opens twice, dry pale lips, paper-frail. But he gets out a sound, a thin, high voice almost falsetto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Time to Live and to Die | 6/1/1981 | See Source »

...because both comic principals are weak. Willis Emmons turns the razor-sharp, dominating role of Jack Point into a confusingly puckish, giggly supporting player. Some of the blame falls to director Paul R. O'Neill, who evidently has encouraged Emmons to read much of his dialogue in a jarring falsetto. In addition, Martha Weiner's Act One costume for Point bares too much resemblance to the costumes for the chorus of townspeople, diminishing Emmons's role further...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: A G & S Surprise | 12/11/1980 | See Source »

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