Word: riffs
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...Eight minutes long, it has an inherent majesty that initially expresses itself in the song’s languid tempo. Reminiscent of Icelandic dronesters Sigur Ros in its grandeur, “Dondante” builds until James’ voice drops out and a guitar plays a mellow riff-based solo. At the 3:29 mark, light drum hits set up a truly breath-taking vocalization of deceptively simple words: “You had me worried/so worried that this would last.” James’ ragged voice is so captivatingly emotional that just that one line...
...show. "He's very spontaneous," Lane says of his co-star. "He's more improvisational than he gives himself credit for. I very often have forced him into it. I ask him questions as Marlon Brando, or as one of these characters that he does. He can really riff, once he gets into the character...
Isaac, the talented lead guitarist responsible for creating the infectious opening riff for “Mmmbop” says, “I really don’t know how to get beyond [that label] except to continually be myself...
Fresh off last spring’s interview with H Bomb, in which he admonished Harvard women for giving men “free samples,” Mansfield was right back on his grind. Along with a tremendous riff about dining hall food, Mansfield drew blood on three separate battlefields: politically correct professors, the uselessness of benevolent activity, and the dangers of loveless sex. He’d been thinking about these things for a while, he told Doordropped—and all three take some inspiration from his scholarly work...
...that populate the pages, is reminiscent of White Teeth. But On Beauty does not try to duplicate either the breakneck speed or the hilarity of Smith's first book. It's also strikingly different from her 2002 disappointment The Autograph Man, which degenerated into an artificially clever, pop-saturated riff on the anxieties of being twentysomething, and cast a shadow over her early successes. She still can't resist dotting the pages with inside references to everything from Tupac Shakur to Harold Bloom. But this time she shows greater restraint - and self-awareness. In the past, Smith's chief flaw...