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...brief, frenetic bongo riff leads to the vocal theme-each of title's four words held for a full bar-accompanied by the bass drum working out (at a much slower tempo) the immortal boom, ba-doom intro to Fats Domino's 1957 "I'm Walkin'." (The guys are singing heavenly choir, but the drums say Big Easy.) Then we're back in marching mode, with a piano and, for a few bars, a mocking trumpet. This time, all four Seasons participate in the narrative; the backing vocals don't just underline the story, they sometimes undermine it. Frankie sings...
...newest pomp-rock mashup by the Strokes, those loveably trendsetters widely known as the saviors of indie swagger. And let me tell you, my friends, the “Juicebox” video has enough bravado to fill a bathtub or two. Over a pilfered bass riff, the video bounces between the requisite studio shots and semi-randomized staged hook-up hijinks. Really, “bounces” is an understatement: the slew of sexual scenarios trotted out before our eyes are enough to dizzy the hardiest of fans. Images of a B-movie shot atop an apartment building...
...even Oldham’s weaker material plays stronger live. “Death to Everyone” sounds canned and petulant in the studio version, but on “Summer” Sweeney fleshes out the song’s anemic melody with a menacing electric guitar riff, giving the track much-needed heft. Oldham is a formidable talent, but he is never better than when surrounded by great collaborators. Likewise, the honk-tonk pastiche of “I Send My Love to You” becomes an exhilarating rave-up thanks to Ryder McNair?...
...asked Bush at a quick press availability about how Americans should think of Chavez and what he would say to him at the meeting, Bush responded: "I will, of course, be polite. That's what the American people expect their president to do." And then he went into a riff about the importance of democratic institutions...
From the start, “2 Morro Morro Land” has the band briefly fiddling around before launching into a soaring, metal bass riff that descends into a tangled mess of Blitzkrieg-quick drumming and chainsaw guitar sounds...