Word: lyricizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gold leaf of the cavalry and coaches sparkled in the autumn sunshine. About the only sour note was sounded over the commemorative poem written by Sir John Betjeman; it was his first official literary effort since being named Britain's poet laureat. One Labor M.P. described the lyric as "turgid, unromantic and stamped with mediocrity," and called for Betjeman's resignation. The verse...
Bullet Eyes. In Washington, his songs were an infectious blend of Moorish folk chants, tough cafe tunes and lyric ballads of the Greek islands. Most were narrative in style. Some were set to his own poems (Put off the light! The guard is knocking./ Tonight they will come again"), others to those of the late George Seferis of Greece and Pablo Neruda of Chile. All were tuneful, simple, direct, almost thunderous in their momentum - and impossible to resist. Theodorakis conducted the concert with windmill waving of the arms that bespoke the amateur maestro but was nonetheless effective. When...
...occasional offensive lyric, however, doesn't detract from the fact that the music itself is pure untarnished country, with a sensuality that bluegrass music often lacks...
...aeronautical engineer and specialist in communications satellites is not without his poetry. In Childhood's End (1953), the best of his nearly 20 novels and story collections, he pushed the theory of evolution toward a new creation myth, as humankind toddled−with some sadness and a certain lyric mysticism−out of its earthbound nursery toward a higher being. Clarke's best-known work is his collaboration with Director Stanley Kubrick on the film 2001, which viewers left not only humming bits of Richard Strauss but full of wry speculations. Did HAL, the onboard computer, rebel because...
...years haven't done any damage to his fine guitar playing, his mellow voice or his sweet folkish ballads. Anderson developed his talents and made his name when folk musicians still dreamed of social reform; his work is a pleasant reminder of those more optimistic times, particularly because his lyric is insightful, witty and packed with bite and punch. Shows are at 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. admission...