Word: rhythms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...settled and sank," Simmons said. "We settled and never really got into a groove. Once you've settled into a bad rhythm like that taking the stroke rate up doesn't really matter. You're just spinning your wheels...
...lone exception is Adriana Suarez, whose sultry interpretations of "Fascinatin' Rhythm" and "Loving That Man" (the latter with the versatile Armand) were the only memorable highlights of the piece. Suarze's sensuousness captures the melancholy spirit of the music perfectly, drawing the empathy of the audience...
...invited to come on the show have been white rock 'n' rollers. A few months ago, the New York City-based Black Rock Coalition held its own nontelevised "unplugged" in New York City to showcase minority talent ignored by MTV. Coletti defends his show's record and argues that rhythm-driven genres such as rap, R. and B. and reggae are often better suited for dance floors than for an acoustic showcase. "It's kind of hard, but not everyone is right for the show," he says. MTV officials point out that a Stevie Wonder appearance on Unplugged is being...
...seemed to have any rhythm outside because the wind was really bad," Torres said...
...Kern and Oscar Hammerstein did in the '20s: translating the black music of church halls and barrooms into sophisticated songs that were at once true to the original spirit and acceptable to a mainstream audience. For L&S, that acceptability was a fluky byproduct of their urge to write rhythm and blues for the "race music" market. They didn't need to dilute their material for white listeners: the mainstream diverted itself to reach their fertile backwater...