Word: forthings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This is a tender book. The outlaw Elvis, the performer one fan called "a great big beautiful hunk of forbidden fruit," the savvy, surly dreamer who once remarked to a reporter, "You can't be a rebel if you grin," is set forth here as a kind of perpetual lost boy who clung to the sure anchorage of his family and friends. But as the book closes, friends become salaried employees, and the hometown girls are outnumbered by stars flying in from Hollywood. Natalie Wood came to Memphis and lasted four days, stunned by the celebrity madness surrounding Elvis...
...debate became heated during the audience question period, when the panelists debated back and forth on a number of occasions
...this opening monologue, our narrator turns to two heavy doors which crash open and immediately reveal Henry's world. The mood is intensely somber and filled with dark foreboding, lit only by sideline torches. The young king is captured in a magnificent silhouette by the camera as it surges forth to meet him. All the pride and glory of the English kings is captured by the sweep of the camera as it passes along the dark eyes of conniving Archbishops, corrupt nobles and toady servants, all fixed upon the image of Henry on the throne...
...definitely see [the U.C.] as being less factioned this year," says Cole, who is serving his fourth term. "People are shifting back and forth rather than staying in voting blocks...
...wrote two tracks on Bedtime Stories and also sings on them), critical darling Me'Shell NdegeOcello (who plays bass and raps) and Icelandic alternative diva Bjork (who co-wrote a tune). One of the songs on the new CD, Inside of Me, even shamelessly samples from Back and Forth, a pop hit by the hot teenage singer Aaliyah that is still on the Billboard charts (Madonna does list Aaliyah in the credits). Aaliyah and Babyface specialize in slick, soothing sounds, and Madonna adopts their aesthetic. The songs on this CD don't shout or rock, they purr and murmur...