Word: lyric
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Arthur Miller's next opening night is not on Broadway but at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, where composer William Bolcom and librettist Arnold Weinstein have teamed up with the celebrated playwright to turn A View from the Bridge into an opera. Bolcom, whose eclectic tastes run from ragtime to Sondheim, is just the man to set it to music. "I've written some flat-out tunes," he says happily, "and there's even a doo-wop quartet." The cast includes soprano Catherine Malfitano, one of the most powerful actresses in American opera. "She plays a woman who makes...
WHRB currently airs its own opera program on Sunday nights, playing live and taped concerts from companies such as the Chicago Lyric Opera...
...Girl," the first single, illustrates this move away from any concessions to rock. With its overtly synthesizer- and sample-based sound and relative lack of lyrics, it's not a song that will necessarily appeal to a crossover audience. By choosing it as their lead single, the Chemical Brothers are perhaps making a conscious commitment to doing it on their own terms. Certainly Surrender has other songs more immediately appealing to the casual listener. But "Hey Boy Hey Girl" is an out-and-out dance song, with an eminently catchy hook ("Hey Boy/Hey Girl/Superstar DJs/Here We Go") that launches...
...best guess is the lyrics were changed because "thy sons" is a remnant of Harvard's exclusively male past. The lyric is not meant to constantly remind Harvard women that they have not always been full and equal members of the University. But it can. Women's reactions to the phrase "thy sons" range from complete acceptance to indifference to outrage. So why is my reaction somewhere between the first two? As a woman, I should embrace the politically correct change. After all, the Harvard that sang only of its sons is one that didn't want...
...best guess is the lyrics were changed because "thy sons" is a remnant of Harvard's exclusively male past. The lyric is not meant to constantly remind Harvard women that they have not always been full and equal members of the University. But it can. Women's reactions to the phrase "thy sons" range from complete acceptance to indifference to outrage. So why is my reaction somewhere between the first two? As a woman, I should embrace the politically correct change. After all, the Harvard that sang only of its sons is one that didn't want...