Word: lullabye
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The place seems amiable enough -- cozily Edwardian, beckoning, a lullaby for the senses. Period photos of adventurers, early editions of Jules Verne and Dorian Gray, a mahogany bar where a fellow serves "smart drinks," heavy on the ginkgo. This is the Explorer's Lounge, the front room of a Virtual...
Even during the few slower numbers that Joel interspersed throughout the performance, he managed to maintain the emotionally charged energy of the rest of the show. "Lullaby," off the new album, seems destined to be a classic, and the choice to segue directly from the slower moving ballad to his...
The album kicks off with a track that never made it to Bedtime Stories, Baerwald's fine solo debut: A Secret Silken World, a chronicle of a Saturday- night pickup. Then it ricochets into The Got No Shotgun HydraHead Octopus Blues, which takes up -- with pulsing drums and crunching guitar...
The disc reaches its emotional nadir with Sweetness Follows, in which Stipe ponders the death of loved ones, and Everybody Hurts, an anti-suicide lullaby. Clearly ambivalent about his and the band's new status as pop icon, Stipe seems to be mourning nothing less than a loss of innocence...
Greg Porter adds to this mix with consistent, rapid-fire bass playing. He also collaborates with Nash to write emotional, from-the-heart lyrics. Like alternative rock singers Black Francis (of the Pixies) and Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth), Nash has the ability to switch her voice from a peaceful...