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As was evident by 1963, the Beatles' genius was best exhibited not in their glosses on archival rock but in Lennon's and especially McCartney's gifts for melody and harmony. In short order the Beatles' own compositions became more elaborate, and so did their studio technology, which the resources...
Vitalogy explores in more depth some of the themes the band has touched on in the past: alienation; the glory of youth; mortality; the difficulties that come with living in the public eye. The album has its share of stinkers -- the accordion-driven Bugs, for example, sounds like something circus...
In the 1980s Prince -- yes, he now goes by an incomprehensible glyph, but we're old-fashioned -- became a huge star by ingeniously weaving together two powerful strands of pop music: the guitar-based rock of Jimi Hendrix and the rhythm-heavy funk of George Clinton. With a great gift...
Liz Phair isn't a great singer (her intonation is sometimes uncertain), her songs too often sound alike (a slight melody with a plucky bass), and she is no longer an independent-label secret (she just appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone). Yet there is something so vital and...
Phair's guitar playing has a likeable, warbling strangeness; she is developing into a stronger, more varied songwriter. Her best new track, May Queen, has a melody that ranges more widely than the ones in her previous compositions, and her songs sometimes break out of the verse-chorus-verse penitentiary...