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...blase and acerbic lines from the group's biggest hit, Smells Like Teen Spirit: "And I forget just why I taste/ Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile/ I found it hard, it was hard to find/ Oh well, whatever, never mind." Cobain's sometimes fierce, sometimes weary growl, the sometimes convulsive, sometimes grating guitars, the very loud drums: all of it communicated anger, maybe loathing, definitely passion, no matter how inchoate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Never Mind | 4/18/1994 | See Source »

...average member of the sports media will do just about anything to make the guy on the street corner nod his head and growl "Yeah!" in support...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: A Desultory Philippic | 1/26/1994 | See Source »

...woman doesn't answer, shouldering her way past with a cursory glance and quick shuffle forward; she assumes an indifferent look. "Phil" answers with a growl and glare before resuming his business. "Hey beautiful, can you spare a little change?" His tone remains sarcastic...

Author: By Sonna Moon, | Title: For the MOMENT | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

...shows often thrive on catchphrases ("Dy-no-mite"; "Kiss my grits"). Arsenio Hall's studio audience made him famous with a catchbark (Woof! Woof! Woof!). But Home Improvement may be the first show ever to rise to the top with the help of a catchgrunt. It's the growl of hairy-chested pleasure (Arrggh! Arrggh! Arrggh!) that protagonist Tim Taylor utters whenever he sees a chance to rev up his trusty power tools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prime-Time Power Trip | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...this CD superproduction, Atkins is one of many guest stars, including Vince Gill, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris and the unavoidable Billy Ray Cyrus. On Romeo the achy-breaky hunk emits a self-mocking libidinal growl while a female chorus ogles his beefcake and Dolly purrs, "I may not be in love/ But let me tell you,/ I'm in heat." (The Romeo video got Parton caught in a cross fire between publicity and piety. No surprise: publicity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daisy Mae West | 4/12/1993 | See Source »

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