Word: moans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most people, the Cocteau Twins take somegetting used to. The flowery, psychedelic tones ofFraser's voice, and the moan of the instrumentalbacking are an acquired taste. (Some may say it'sa taste not worth acquiring.) In any case, itseems that only a very earnest Cocteau Twins fanwould want to buy a ten-CD collection of theirmusic. If taken in large doses, you'll find thatone so-called song will begin to sound very muchlike all the rest.wagonesque a worthwhile purchase...
...Devil's Candy is full of cruel Hollywood wit, and Griffith is a particular butt of the bitch-and-moan. Looking at screen tests that showed bags under her eyes, co-producer Fred Caruso snapped, "Use Preparation H. That'll shrink 'em." Months later when Griffith appeared on the set seemingly with pontoon implants in her breasts, the team sighed again. No one, evidently, suggested Preparation...
...Atlanta had located a lode of blithe character in its September pursuit and capture of favored Los Angeles. It helped that everybody hated the damn Dodgers. It didn't hurt that Braves partisans urged the team on with toy tomahawks and a war-chant mantra, which the votaries could moan for innings on end (the dumbest mass spasm since the Wave). By playoff time, the Braves were high and loose. All the Pirates' edgy swagger could not mute the magic -- or solve the riddle of a brilliant Atlanta pitcher, as young and ageless as Lefty Grove...
...when I was a boy, my favorite places to play were construction sites. Then I became an adult and grew wistful... My youth is gone forever, I would moan as I trudged through the grown-up world, paying bills and registering to vote. Then around the time I turned thirty, I made an astonishing discovery: if you set your mind to it, being a grown-up can be even better than being a kid, because you have more money and a car. Grown-ups doen't have to steal tiny bits of plywood from a building site. They...
...whiners. Yes, one increasingly grating thing about the band is their inexhaustible capacity for self-pity. Having been coddled from birth by their record company and by MTV, and having been given a free ride by the rock press, the Gunners nevertheless cannot get off the whinemobile, as they moan about the demanding life of a rock star. According to Forbes, the Gunners will earn $25 million in 1990-91. These guys don't know how to take yes for an answer...