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...when Huskies catcher Colin Gaynor guns Hale down at second—his first such play this year—and Sheffield is called out at first on a controversial call, you’re at a loss for answers...
...into the open-air quadrangle. Volunteer dancers?men wearing tight pink shorts, women in body-clinging vinyl and hairy guys in leather?gyrate on stage to work the crowd into a bacchanalian frenzy. Pop stars perform throughout the night?and morning. Gay icons from Boy George to Gloria Gaynor have made an appearance in the past. Each year the identity of guest performers is kept secret, but this year speculation centers on Janet Jackson or Elton John showing...
...Williams is blessed with the rarest of pop assets--a sense of humor. As a refugee from the English boy band Take That, Williams pretty much had to learn how to sing with his tongue in his cheek; and here, on the ridiculously camp Rock DJ and the Gloria Gaynor-needling Supreme, he proves that high-energy, danceable pop can be funny for the right reasons. When called upon (Better Man, The Road to Mandalay), he can also sell a song like a more traditional emoter, but what fun is that...
...verses, whilst not that interesting harmonically, are so full of attitude it forces you to listen. The opening track, "Let Love Be Your Energy," is a great example of this aspect of Williams' songwriting. But more impressive than the writing is Williams' diversity. "Supreme," loosely based on Gloria Gaynor's classic "I Will Survive," is a short diversion into a mainstream pop sound. The ballads "Better Man" and "If It's Hurting You" demonstrate an impressive songwriting ability and unexpected emotional intensity. And the first single, "Rock DJ," is a funky, slick track with an insistent beat that takes hold...
...Harvard--MacNaughton 5, Birch 2, Rogers, Hren, Grandison; B.U.--Gaynor 3, Manning 2, Cooney, Ellsworth, Trait. A: Harvard--Davis; B.U.--Manning. Harvard...