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...Stones can, for example, throw themselves ecstatically into a song like "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (or "Neighbors" on the new album), rattling the ceiling and shaking the floor. Mick Jagger lets the mood and the rhythms and the words overrun his body as he raves on. But Jagger also has scorn for the power he wields. He slurs his meanest lines with utter disregard, perhaps to illustrate how idiotic it is to hang on every syllable he and Richards decide to cram into a verse. By the same token, take a look at any picture of minimalist drummer Charlie Watts...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Black and Blue No More | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...Stanford Dollies, at least, may have shown some disappointment at Stanford's inability to score. These five girls dance to the band's music when the Cardinals reach the end zone. Since they love to dance (especially when the tune is "Jumpin' Jack Flash") their frowns were understandable. The Dollies don't like to be thought of as cheerleaders because "we don't lead cheers. We don't even use our pom--poms in half our routines," says Lenita Williamson, the Dolly leader. The Dollies wanted to be associated with the band, not with the Cardinals...

Author: By Lucy M. Schulte, | Title: B.C. Played Football; Stanford Just Played | 9/23/1980 | See Source »

...Misbehavin'. This handsome tribute to Fats Waller is a jumpin' Harlem cantata of urban night music. Winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle and Tony Awards for Best Musical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Bumper Crop | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

...music," says Richard Maltby Jr. "Every one has a joke in it. He wrote the wittiest songs I've ever heard." Besides the title song, Waller's hits include Honeysuckle Rose, I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling, The Joint Is Jumpin 'and Lookin' Good but Feelin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Harlem's Sultan of Stride | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

...mainstay of the Ronstadt band), to write her English papers, then dropped out. The pair formed a group called Bryndle with Wendy Waldman and Andrew Gold, cut one unreleased album and ended up playing for rent money in a bar near the airport. "We did Top 40 stuff like Jumpin ' Jack Flash and I Want to Take You Higher, " she says, adding: "At least my piano playing got stronger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Into the Light | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

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