Word: leitmotifs
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Herein lies the structural leitmotif that encapsulates Mr. Lodge's main theme, a device readers of Mr. Lodge's have come to expect. Roger Sheldrake, an aggressive anthropologist, explains to Bernard the thesis of his book: "Sightseeing," he lectures," is a substitute for religious ritual." His model includes travels as a pilgrimage through which some transformative healing process is intended to occur. Mr. Lodge's book is based on the same thesis, to some extent, as Sheldrake...
...credibility has been challenged by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and he's had to answer endless questions about how far in cahoots his Soviet counterpart, Dr. Evgueni I. Chazov, really is with the Kremlin bosses. And all along he's patiently repeated over and over again the leitmotif of his group, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)--that their sole purpose is to achieve peace through education on the horrors of nuclear...
Collaboration is the leitmotif--if there is any at all--on Who's Zoomin'. A bunch of Hot Stars get in on Aretha's Action as if they all wished to exploit (whoops, I mean insure) the Rebirth of a Legend. In addition to Lennox and Stewart, Peter Wolf chimes in for a phony duet (with an obvious nod to Mick and Tina) and Carlos Santana and Clarence Clemons drop by for a pair of specialty solos. It all adds up to what could have been but wasn't. Too bad Franklin doesn't have (just a little...
...Ways," though, shows the 39-year-old Young at his most self-assured since 1979's "Live Rust," arguably the finest live record in rock history. As the leitmotif cut "Get Back to the Country" (not the same as "Are You Ready for . . .") suggests, Young, the co-sponsor of last Sunday's 14-hour FarmAid extravaganza, has found what he says he wants to do with the rest of his life. And he's found the right people to do it with: those old outlaws, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, are on hand for several duets...
...repetitious sections could find excuse with some sort of leitmotif, but October lacks a discernable theme. It appears rather that the group can only deal with permutations of a certain group of notes, and they choose their refrain words only to have vowels long enough to stretch over the melodies...