Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hard-pressed by automated competition and a radical son who tries to talk revolutionary politics to the befuddlement of most of the black employees and to the great contempt of the one among them who is politically committed. A few incidents occur to liven things up as the cars roll through the soap and spray: a hooker stiffs a cab driver for his fare and hides out in the ladies' room; a black evangelist (Richard Pryor) and his entourage splashily tool up to get a bird dropping removed from his customized limo; one of the polishers wins a prize...
Tees only began to roll off the assembly line after World War II. For several centuries prior to this technological watershed, caddies lugged troughs of wet sand slung around their necks. The golfer tapped a spot with his driver head and the caddie molded a pinch of sand on which to perch the ball...
Some people don't think it's a serious thing, rock and roll. Well listen--if this column has led you to the adoption of the false belief that rock and roll is not the most serious business in the world, I'm sorry. The point is, there is nothing short of the SALT talks and the World Series to rival a good Led Zeppelin concert for seriousness...
...year-old Winwood's most recent effort is Go, a strange and spacey album that combines elements from electronic music, jazz, classical music, reggae, salsa, and just the slightest touch of rock and roll. Recorded with Japanese avant-garde composer and percussionist Stomu Yamashta and former Santana guitarist Michael Shrieve. Go is an extraordinarily innovative work which demands more than casual listening. Yet the heavy emphasis on electronic music--the sounds of synthesizers and the electronic instrumental effects throughout--make listening a bizarre, somewhat alienating experience...
...these days of the rock and roll superstar, it is refreshing to see someone like Stevie Winwood willing to take supporting roles in order to learn and experiment with new musical styles. Yet the talents he has to offer are considerable, and while he sings and plays Yamashta's music with skill and authority, his unique abilities are allowed to remain unrealized. With each successive listening to Go, the answer to the question posed earlier--"What became of Stevie Winwood?"--becomes more clearly enunciated: he is back, but he still has a ways...