Word: lyrical
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...every stereotype of his profession. Unlike Phil Spector, who allegedly motivated the Ramones by having them play at gunpoint, Rubin is neither crazy nor intimidating. Unlike Robert (Mutt) Lange, the obsessive genius behind AC/DC and Shania Twain, he has never ordered 80 consecutive vocal takes of a one-syllable lyric. "Those guys have made some of my favorite records," says Rubin. "But they had their method, and I have mine...
...might even learn something. For aside from the cinnamon and schmaltz that infuse many carols, the great American Christmas songbook affords young people their most sustained exposure to the vocal skills of the early to mid 20th century. I speak of pitch, clarity, enunciation, the artfully natural wedding of lyric and melody, intellect and emotion - what used to be called singing. Ignore the lofty, dewy texts of these songs, if you want, and attend to the care the singers invest in the succession of notes, the chain of aural imagery. You might ask: Where has this been all my life...
...Which sets me to thinking about another virtuosa vocalist. Isn't it odd, and sad, that k.d. lang - the supreme lyric reader of our time, the modern singer without rival at making sentiment sound like world-weary wisdom - hasn't done a Christmas album? That would be a lovely present under next year's tree...
...Smith has a ‘Satellite,’” says Rosenworcel. “Dave Matthews has a ‘Satellite.’ Lou Reed has a ‘Satellite.’ We thought about that. We tried to change the lyric but we came back to it because that was the lyric that the song just kind of wanted to have. Satellite’s a better title than, ‘You’re my satellite.’”Recycled title notwithstanding, Gardner and Rosenworcel agree...
...This lyric is emphasized in the music that opens Neil Labute’s “Autobahn: A Play Cycle,” and it suggests a major theme of the new Loeb Experimental Theatre show: within the private confines of an automobile, conflicts spanning the full range of human emotions can emerge between two people...