Word: heartbreaking
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...plot, adapted from Arthur Hailey's bestselling novel, is absurdly complex, and the cast of a dozen stars scurries about to service it. Burt Lancaster lumbers about as Mel Bakersfield, manager of an unnamed metropolitan airport who is faced with the usual night of danger, laughter, suspense and heartbreak. Burt's main problem of the moment is the jetliner stuck in the snow out there on No. 29 runway. As if that were not enough, another flight just has to land on that runway. Seems there is a mad bomber (Van Heflin) on board, who is threatening...
...Remember Then" is well reproduced. "Book of Love," "Heartbreak Hotel," "Young Love," and "Silhouettes" also stand out on this album because they sound very much like the originals. Only "Teen Angel" and "A Teenager in Love" suffer noticeably in this respect, and it is great testimony to the vocal flexibility of Sha Na Na that most of the songs sound as good as when they were first done on American Bandstand...
Beat and backup are two areas which old rock excels, and the third is lyrics. Consider this unique poetry from "Heartbreak Hotel...
...hospital recuperating from injuries suffered as a result of the sinking of PT109. A few weeks later, daughter Kathleen's husband, the Marquess of Hartington, died leading an infantry charge in Normandy. Kathleen was to be killed four years later in a plane crash in France. A continuing heartbreak for Rose and Joe was their oldest daughter Rosemary, who is retarded...
...from the amniotic sac, doctors can determine if the unborn child will have Tay-Sachs disease. Cells shed by the developing fetus into the fluid will be analyzed for traces of HexA. If the enzyme is missing, doctors could advise an abortion that would save the parents from the heartbreak of having a doomed, Tay-Sachs child...