Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...devoted to dealing with problems rather than taking the initiative." Under Bok, the limits of the president's powers have become apparent. In an age when the sweeping influence of an Eliot or a Lowell is not longer possible, Bok's presidency has excited or angered few. The phrase that best describes the last eight years, in the opinion of many, is "non-controversial...
...VERY THINGS that make jazz documentaries attractive to jazz fans can make them intolerable to anyone else. "Authentic footage" usually means endless sequences of grainy, incompetently-shot film and crackling, poorly-recorded sound; the phrase "candid interview" may warn of mumbled, half-unintelligible reminiscences of the dead and the hopelessly obscure. If the music and the musicians absolutely enchant you, then you can easily overlook all this, and even enjoy it, but if jazz only casually interests you, these distractions become boring and unforgiveable...
...realize that these are symptoms of most rock artists, but Elvis is above all that.) Often it's a major task to determine the subject of a song, and it may take weeks of intense listening to discern any coherence. But the songs deepen with each newly-discovered phrase, and the rewards are great; I wouldn't work that hard for any other contemporary musician...
...Happy!!, Elvis Costello pays homage to his American musical influences--soul, blues, much Motown and Stax, as well as reggae. Costello, in Lou Reed's phrase, "wants to be Black." One of the two covers is an old Sam and Dave song, the rousing, "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down." Charmingly, it comes out sounding like Graham Parker and the Rumour. Influences being what they are, maybe it was supposed...
...factor that won't show up on any statistic is a subtle change in temperament. Kelley freely admits "Ever since I was in little league, I was throwing bats," but no more. He said he has found "a little bit of maturity" and "calmed down." Nahigian used the same phrase, "calmed down," to describe the change in Keliey...