Word: nasality
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...Ertegun and house arranger Jesse Stone had to prod the new guy to drop the crooning (on some early recordings, like ?It Should?ve Been Me? and ?Greenbacks,? he adopts the nasal whisper of a race-track tout) and get forceful. Charles also learned that he was his best composer. His first pieces were primitive and primal. The lyrics to ?Don?t You Know? might be maddeningly, mantra-ingly repetitive (?Don?t you know, baby/ Child, don?t you know, baby/ Don?t you know, baby/ Little girl, little girl, don?t you know/ Please listen to me, baby/ Girl...
...Boys does have its pop moments. The leadoff track, “Never Believe,” is a riveting opener that belies the monotony that follows. Driving synth opens the album, and quickly gives way to peppy jangling guitar. Only slightly dampened by Andy Rieger’s nasal, expressionless voice, the song is a pleasant chunk of modern folky pop. But after ten more songs of the same, one questions how much of this sound one can take...
...strengths are plainly apparent. Frontman and only permanent Goat John Darnielle bolsters his claim to the title of indie-rock’s poet laureate with witty and insightful lyrics about a doomed-from-the-start marriage lying stagnantly in Tallahassee, Florida. His furious strumming is matched by his nasal voice, passionate and confident, making lyrics that other artists would be hard-pressed to pull off sound beautiful and perfectly fitting...
...could be argued that Eyedea’s nascent popularity is due more to drawing than fighting. His slightly-nasal rhyming—highly textured and lyrical—often offers intricate portraits of a young brain at war with itself. While his collaboration with Abilities (Eyedea’s childhood friend and fellow “idealistic, arrogant bastard” Gregory Keltgen) on 2001’s First Born could have easily been a tiring exercise in introspection over break-beats, their ontological and musical exploration was a welcome q-tip in underground hip-hop?...
...alpha melanocyte polypeptide, also known as melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH). In clinical trials, this pituitary hormone had the dual effect of giving men erections and heightening their interest in sex. Pfaus is studying a synthetic version for Palatin Technologies of Cranbury, N.J., which is developing it as a nasal spray. "It's astonishing that you have a little peptide that has such a big, specific effect," he says. It interacts with dopamine, but how, precisely? "We don't know," he says...