Word: flippant
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...began with a solo set by Dylan's more melodiously-voiced counterpart, Paul Simon. On the whole, Simon's live performance did not live up to his recording reputation. His style, which seems to border on world-music kitsch, was very treble emphasized and percussion heavy, assuming an almost flippant, less weighty framework. Beginning his set with many of his earlier works, especially many he originally recorded with Garfunkel, his renditions of "Mrs. Robinson" and "Bridge over Troubled Waters" were unconvincing testimonies of his solo career. But the latter-day Simon finally came out during less-instrumental tinged moments such...
...began with a solo set by Dylan's more melodiously-voiced counterpart, Paul Simon. On the whole, Simon's live performance did not live up to his recording reputation. His style which seems to border on world-music kitsch, was very treble emphasized and percussion heavy, assuming an almost flippant, less weighty framework. Beginning his set with many of his earlier works, especially many he originally recorded with Art Garfunkel, his renditions of "Mrs. Robinson" and "Bridge over Troubled Waters" were unconvincing testimonies of his solo career. But the latter-day Simon finally came out during less-instrumental tinged moments...
...know what you mean. I knew her music before I met her. But if you've ever seen interviews with her, she's actually a very sweet person. I really like her. She cares deeply about what she does. even if she can take flippant attitudes...
...same time, he is not just smooth, flippant glibness. Under his literate, articulate mode of referential expression, there is genuine heart for goodness and sincere adulation for genius. Even though he describes his work as camp/kitsch/pastiche-and yes, it looks it, when it does not look like the apocalypse-there is much that is life-affirming about Doonan which denies the emotional death of kitsch...
Only at this venue do sexy Mercedes ML320s park alongside dowdy '85 Crown Victoria's. Here, young children celebrating birthdays and flippant teens clothed in Tommy gear, fraternal organizations and prominent accounting firms mingle and play side by side. God bless America...