Word: lamentations
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...inexplicably and awkwardly worn by an orange elephant—traverse bizarre landscapes replete with lions, tigers, and—wait for it—bears. The youthful simplicity of the video belies the moving-on maturity of the lyrics, which mourn a failed relationship and lament: “And I don’t want to make a wake out of my life / I’ve just got to let you go.” In their video, directors Kirby McClure and Julia Grigorian emulate the production philosophy of Of Montreal by using their abundant...
...breakthrough hip-hop hit “Rapper’s Delight” is a classic culprit; the song liberally incorporates lyrics from Grandmaster Caz’s—of old-school favorites the Cold Crush Brothers—rhyme book. Decades before Caz’s lament, Little Richard voiced a similar criticism of Elvis, claiming that the so-called “King of Rock and Roll” had usurped his status as rock’s monarch. Turf wars continue to thrive in the modern era (witness Nirvana’s territorial pissings over...
...served have a special responsibility to listen to and try to understand those who have. The most common complaint I've heard from troops recently returned from Iraq is that Americans are oblivious to what soldiers have to do every day over there. At the heart of that lament, inevitably, is the debilitating emotional cost of combat...
While I’m sure there are plenty of people who are more than happy to see Cube’s “gangsta” persona laid to rest, I lament the loss of a uniquely defiant American voice...
...both witness and victim. Though he has a doctorate from Oxford, lives in New York and teaches at Harvard, Ghosh was born in India, and grew up in Bangladesh, before moving to Egypt for two years in later life. Where another writer with his formal standing might simply lament the chaos that broke out across Asia after the tsunami, or the aftermath of genocide in Cambodia, Ghosh writes from within the chaos, involved...