Word: growl
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This war has two faces, one a promise, one a growl. One says we will defend liberty wherever it lives, plant our values where they have never grown. The other says if you challenge us or threaten us or even just invade our sense of security, you will have started a fight that you will certainly lose. Wartime leadership requires a dual message. It has been President Bush's role from the earliest days to handle our hopes, reacquaint us with our resilience and remind our allies of our resolve. It has fallen to Vice President Cheney, a nighthawk with...
...Farrell, Nelly Furtado and a bevy of divas singing about having a good time, holding hands and dancing happily. Yet subsumed in tidal waves of studio effects, their voices ride the uncomfortable line between being reduced to cogs in the machine and struggling to stay afloat. Tricky, whose unearthly growl once spoke volumes, sounds here like an incomprehensible animal. Only the weathered grain of Ice Cube’s voice manages to triumph somewhat against Oakenfold’s ponderous vision. By the end of its 51 long minutes, Bunkka, grandiose and spotless, strikes one as the musical equivalent...
...endearing growl, 25-year-old Josh Ritter sings about the “small moments”—everyday occurences that may seem insignificant to the casual observer. Inspired by the likes of Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan, Ritter paints evocative pictures of life. His lyrics are full of metaphor and are rich in description and imagery: “I keep you in a flower vase / With your fatalism and your crooked face...
...oversold, and at home with the American vernacular. Astaire moved the 'scene' of the singer from the center of the great hall to just across the table, in effect replacing the Minstrel Boy with Ordinary Guy, U.S. version." Whereas Louis Armstrong abstracted a song's lyrics into a plangent growl, Astaire mined their meaning with mediocre vocal equipment. It's a coin toss to determine which one was the first modernist pop singer...
...Gatsby. Both are shadily operating New Yorkers short on charisma and long on cash and shallow dreams. Both also know how to throw a party, and We Invented the Remix is one extravagant hip-hop do. The guest list is perfectly balanced--Ghostface Killah and Black Rob growl for hard-core fans; Mary J. Blige and Ashanti sing soft hooks for the ladies--and shows off Diddy's ability to turn any source material into a danceable groove. He still can't help layering his own voice into tracks more than he should. The nouveau riche are very different from...