Word: melodye
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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For virtually all her life, Ella Fitzgerald was a shy figure who never found the sunny and confident love she sang so beautifully about [APPRECIATION, June 24]. Her voice spoke of human understanding and sympathy. Her interpretation of sad-sweet lyrics was so precise it seemed almost incredible that such...
As with any Lovett collection, this one has its share of the funky-flaky. The opener, (You Can Have My Girl but) Don't Touch My Hat, finds the Texan in a possessive frenzy about his "John B. Stetson." Promises, meanwhile, is naked Lyle, skin flayed, soul raw--with grief...
MUSIC . . . THE ROAD TO ENSENADA: Both Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett remain tantalizingly mum about their breakup. But Lovett, a caustic songwriter, could be expected to have the last words. Here they are, in 12 choice cuts of 'The Road to Ensenada' (MCA). Listen for the testimony and you may...
Pushing absurdity further, "Sticky and Greasy" ends its bittersweet (emphasis on sweet) love story with the lines "Lollipops don't belong here/shouldn't sugar reside elsewhere/What a mess!". Compensating for its lack of profundity, the band exudes energy as the sensual Fitzpatrick screams "sticky and greasy" along to a driving...
MUSIC . . . THE ROAD TO ENSENADA: Both Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett remain tantalizingly mum about their breakup. But Lovett, a caustic songwriter, could be expected to have the last words. Here they are, in 12 choice cuts of 'The Road to Ensenada' (MCA). Listen for the testimony and you may...