Word: recession
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...also forced Brook to ride a metal panda bear fixed on a large spring in a nearby playground. We thought, if nothing else, a man dressed up in a crash helmet, fighter boots and shock gloves would inspire the kids at recess. More than inspired, they made their wisdom heard by yelling "hey, helmet-head," and "look at panda-man." The shots came out stellar...
Toddler: Yeah, George. If this was recess, I'd pick you first for the kick-ball team...
...first song, "Judy Don't You Worry," starts off with Cracknell's lilting vocals washed over a simple background of a solo piano. It moves on quickly to Euro-sounding dance tracks such as "How Far" and the samba-tinged "Taking Off For France." The album does take a recess from beat-heavy percussion and veers towards further flirtation with retro-lounge electronic tunes, with Cracknell voicing her lyrics breathily in a manner not unlike Dusty Springfield. But the closing track, "Anymore," ends the album with more bleeps and heavy backbeats. While it's the strongest track in the album...
...Anyway, there's the bell. I'm off to recess...
...return." Their cosmology--which, among other things, holds animals, plants and rivers as the equals of humans--seems ill-suited to urban life. But they are more relaxed than the average New Yorker parachuting into Cuzco. They are completely unfazed when Turner high-fives them during a recess...