Word: lyrical
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...innocent sensuality on Come Away with Me, but on songs like What Am I to You? and the terrific In the Morning, Jones proves she can do sex and jealousy without compromising her aura of propriety. There are still moments when she comes off like a young fogy--a lyric like "Who cares what the night watchmen say" seems a little moldy for a 24-year-old--but what lingers aren't the few odd phrases but the virtuosity of the instruments and, of course, the voice. Even on an average song--and there are a few here--Jones' vocals...
...patchy double-disc breakthrough Southern Rock Opera, as the band better weaves their shotgun triple-guitar formula and continue to deliver their moonshine-soaked tales with equal bouts of irony and reverence. With no less than three capable songwriters at their disposal, the songs occasionally sound better off the lyric sheet than through speakers. But when the band get their pedal steel and acoustic drawls all in a row, they forge some gin-u-ine heartbreakers...
...roulette tables, and then console yourself in one of Star City's six bars?the Glo lounge, overlooking the gaming floor, is for those who like their drinks with a dash of retro camp. Seven restaurants on-site mean you won't go hungry, while the complex's Lyric Theatre is the setting for bombastic, Vegas-style shows by the score (catch veteran crooner Engelbert Humperdinck in mid-December). Bread and circuses indeed...
...bleats that reveal the Stills’ influences and their subscription to the current New York school of well-dressed hipsters. “Lola, no, we’re never going to make it through,” moans Fletcher over hopeful and shimmering atmospherics. Too bad the lyric is a token irony, and a clichéd one at that...
That line has the faint ring of a lyric in a sentimental country-music ballad--fitting for Gilley, 67, who has sung more than his fair share. Country-music fans remember him for his 17 No. 1 country hits and for inspiring the urban-cowboy trend in the 1980s--you may recall Debra Winger riding a mechanical bull at "Gilley's" in the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy. These days Gilley is still pumping out music (Invitation Only was released in May), playing gigs (about 225 concerts a year) and opening clubs (he licensed his name to a Gilley's that...