Word: filler
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...instrumental break (one featuring Jerry Lee amok on piano, his pummeling accentuated by an arpeggio as if he were running barefoot over the keys, and one of Roland Janes's less ornate but momentum-sustaining guitar work) followed by a reprise of the second verse with the inspired vocal filler "We got a chicken in the barn/ Whose barn? What barn? My barn!" (the drums whacking the "whose-what-my" to give it extra force and fun), then two softer, near-spoken verses - one with the ad-lib "You can shake it one time for me" and a brief impression...
...with any music, appreciating the thriving state of hip hop is only a matter of digging through the filler. This time, it’s the independently inclined with the advantage, as two underground heroes, virtual unknowns among the airwaves, have unleashed their definitive statements onto the world...
Kids knew this stuff was funny. Connoisseurs now know it was great. But to studio heads Jack and Harry Warner, the work of Chuck & Co. was just filler. Jones swore that the Warners believed his unit was making Mickey Mouse cartoons--"and when they found out we didn't, they shut it down." This was in 1962; after a quarter-century directing terrific, profitable, studio-defining films, Jones was earning all of $37,500 a year...
...critical failure, at least songs like 1999’s “Sometimes” and 2000’s “Lucky” possessed melodies liable to stick in one’s head for days. Instead, Britney is one long stretch of discouraging filler songs virtually devoid of melody. Where a workable melody does exist, as in “That’s Where You Take Me,” her producers smother it with excessively jerky beats and incoherence. Perhaps her all-star cast of producers were too highly paid to be satisfied...
...beat in this “Thriller” redux. Despite the audio special effects and lyrics that evoke occult fantastical nightmares, Jackson’s past hits will hardly feel “Threatened.” This is no “Thriller,” merely filler that will be better remembered for its interesting voice-over gimmick than by its largely uninteresting music...