Word: joyousness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long shot); or the little girl, lit by her mother's torch, wails with a burst stomach, next to a wooden bowl of porridge which she hungrily emptied. At the same time, even in the midst of their sorest travails. Troell's characters have a strength which allows for joyous conceits: the first shot of Kristina, lounging and playing on a swing while Oscar comes to court her, or Robert, excited by a natural sciences schoolbook, floating cap and boots down a stream to check out its fluidity. And of course, the best images of all chart the characters' growth...
...quite well on "Listen to a Country Song," and "Dixie Holiday" was performed as only a country rock band would perform a country style song, with an emphasis on bounce. Throughout the set the band's Springfield-Poco influences became evident. Loggins and Messina play the same kind of joyous country rock that Poco is able to succeed so well at. There are no frills, and yet, there's a feeling that this band has much more range than Poco. It's the horns. Garth and Jon Clarke add a new dimension to the music. The aren't strong jazz...
...stirring his world-famed company into action for the festival, Balanchine made it clear that he wanted not a lugubrious memorial, but a joyous, entertaining celebration of Stravinsky's art and spirit. "In Russia we don't cry when a person dies," said Balanchine. "We are happy. We go home to an enormous table with vodka and blini, and we drink to the health of the guy that died...
...dance to it, and imagine it coming over your car radio. Transplant the whole image to the Orpheum Theatre, with the bassman dancing frantically by himself just offstage, and you have a picture of Morrison's new music. "Wild Night" has more meaning, but is just as joyous and just as much fun to listen to. These two songs summarize the new Van Morrison: uptempo and very much alive...
...band." An accurate description of an emigrated Irishman now living in Marin County. Van Morrison makes music that is heavily influenced by the indigenously American music of black people. Yet, it's synthesized into an intensely personal music with its own statement. Since Moondance, that statement has been joyous. Van Morrison makes music that's fun to listen to; comes straight to your heart like a cannonball...