Word: rocks
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...believe, for a classic pop songwriter. The Savannah native with the gap-toothed smile was the author or co-author of more than 1,000 songs, which scaled the charts for 30 years, in the prime of the Great American Songbook. His songs lasted well into the Age of Rock, with '60s hits in revival (Bobby Darin's rockin' "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby," Frank Ifield's yodelin' "I Remember You") and original versions ("Moon River" and "The Days of Wine and Roses," both Oscar winners...
...Even if he's not a fan of The Clash, Tony Blair - a former rock musician himself - must be hearing these lyrics in his head this week. Having led the Labour Party to a historic third term victory just a year ago, he now confronts a party in turmoil, dominated by the question of when exactly he will vacate 10 Downing St., presumably to make room for his long-time ally and sometime rival Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer...
After a bizarre, costume-heavy, and not particularly funny musical comedy performance by a group known as Pleaseasaur, Pinback took the stage and launched into a set of crisp, dynamic rock. Vocalists Armistead Burwell Smith IV and Rob Crow traded off lead and backup duties throughout the set, producing consistently beautiful harmonies. The band’s specialty is the mid-tempo pop-rock nugget, and they succeed in coming up with songs that are always pleasant, but never quite transcendent. This set showed off all the best moments from their 8+ year career...
...there’s a complaint to be lodged against Pinback, it’s that the songs all sound more or less the same. Nearly every song was dominated by the lead guitar and bass (the bass much higher in the mix than usual for rock bands); vocals are buried beneath each song’s few riffs to the point of unintelligibility; no song strayed far from its studio version. None of this is particularly bad in itself, but it can get tiring after 90 minutes...
...These aren't likely to be physical. When the pair were found to be alive on April 30-sitting in a small cage that had protected them from falling rock-there were fears that lack of water could have damaged their kidneys, while the cramped conditions may have caused potentially life-threatening pressure sores. But the men were sustained by water of doubtful quality that was trickling down the rocks, and had just enough room to stretch their legs, though not to stand. Rescuers used narrow piping to deliver clean water, protein drinks, vitamin tablets, clothes and lighting...