Word: musicianship
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...service to whatever ditty was next. It was as if he couldn't wait to be finished with the show. Each song was predictably fronted with Lang's relentlessly shouted, not sung, vocals and backed up by even more earsplitting guitars. The theatricality of it all overshadowed his musicianship; it was all razzle and no dazzle...
...decision to concentrate in Music rather than Astrology, when a student loves both subjects, is not a commitment to be a professional, nor a declaration of personal musicianship to the exclusion of other personalities...
...decision to concentrate in Music rather than Astrology, when a student loves both subjects, is not a commitment to be a professional, nor a declaration of personal musicianship to the exclusion of other personalities...
...dolorous as, "See the young man sitting/In the old man's bar/Waiting for his turn to die" into a tune so whistleable as "Broadway" is a marvel and, perhaps, the saving grace of this album. One might criticize the hackneyed phrasing, the pretentious lead vocals, and the uncreative musicianship, but the upshot of Dizzy Up the Girl is that its melodies are so memorable and euphonious as to shift attention from the sorrow of which they sing. Isn't that, after all, an optimism that we of the Prozac 90s could...
...hype over the nouveau punk radio revolution, Rancid blasted onto the mainstream modern rock scene with ...And Out Come the Wolves, a pop powerhouse that provided a Clash-esque revitalization of the rock airwaves. The rough-around-the-edges quartet wooed listeners and fans alike with its brash musicianship while roping in the critics despite the band's inescapable unoriginality. No matter how much Rancid sounded like the punks of old, though, the band undeniably impressed the masses with its raw street-rock energy and perspective. As Green Day resurrected the three-chord pop-punk love song and the Offspring...