Word: pauls
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...classically trained voices. Most of the other singers diverged somewhat from the operatic ideal; some, such as Valerie Eaton and her cabaret-style croonings, fit marvelously with the music, while other sounds, such as Eric Aubin's rock and roll affectations, seemed out of place in Mahagonny. Craig Hanson, Paul Lincoln (Bank-Account Bill), Bob Grady, Kirk Bangstad, and the women's chorus were all quite strong, but the men's chorus left something to be desired. The orchestra was superb and almost never overwhelmed the singers on stage. Under the skillful baton of music director Steven Huang '95, they...
Anyone could write these toss-aways. But only McCartney was writing Yesterday, an instant-classic melody that boasted an unusual seven-bar chorus and producer George Martin's string-quartet underscoring. Anthology 2 has two archival gems: the song's first studio take, with Paul calling out chords to the sidemen, and its first public rendition, to which he brings a Liverpudlian tang ("Now it lukes as though they're here to stay") and a choirboy's urgent purity...
...thrilling to trace, on Anthology 2, the gestation of Strawberry Fields Forever--from John's first rough tape, just voice and guitar (frustrated, he keens, "I canna' do it, I canna' do it"), to a spare, beautifully sung take with Paul's mellotron and George's gently weeping guitar, to the slow, sliding version that (when speeded up by Martin) provided the first minute of the final single. All these takes are gorgeous but tantalizing. Let's hear the whole amazing production process--an all--Strawberry Fields...
...Check out the Beatles unplugged: a rollicking Got to Get You into My Life featuring sumptuous harmonies; the fetal version of A Day in the Life; a mainly acoustic, hand-jivey I'm Looking Through You; a busted take of And Your Bird Can Sing, in which John and Paul teeter into wild giggling--two kids in love with the fun of making music...
...During his 27 years of leading the nation's sixth largest Roman Catholic archdiocese, the Polish-American prelate was an opponent of abortion and nuclear weapons, a master builder of some 100 churches and a player in Vatican politics, where he was a force behind the rise of John Paul II to the papacy and an adviser on financial matters...