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...good movie. I think people came down too hard on it after Pauline Kael wrote that ridiculous rave--the one that got plastered over all the ads. Philip Kaufman has a witty visual style, but the ending was a bummer. People in San Francisco are getting a little too mellow.... mel, if you will. Everyone...
...song doesn't quite work; one can't take too seriously any of the Ramones saying anything like "I don't love you anymore/What do you want to talk to me for/You should have let me walk by/Memories make me cry." But still it's a nice, actually mellow song that proves the Ramones might even be able to make it in the mainstream if they wanted...
...jazz musicians who complement the atmosphere of the lyrics with the rhythms and acoustics of their songs. In "Three Miles Down," a song to politicians about coal-mining, the music has three distinct beats, each one in a lower key than the one played before. "Angel Dust" includes mellow backup vocals, giving the song a light, hallucinatory effect. All of their productions attempt to incorporate the setting into music, a testimony to the genius of their creators. The result is not a sermon or a demand but a subtle yet powerful understatement of what's going down...
...balance between these two modes of music. All of their albums include a track about a revolution; in "Third World Revolution," the blend of drums, tenor saxophone and fast-paced lyrics account for the only track reminiscent of the South Africa to South Carolina album. "Better Days Ahead," a mellow reflection of Bridges, also serves to achieve the balance in Secrets...
...been taking Bill Rothman's courses in "Mellow...