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...were given lessons in courage and heroic love. I will take them as examples. Those who are working in the rubble teach us daily lessons in true grit. I will learn them. In the name of the fallen, I will walk justly, fear no evil and continue to sing America's songs. JUDITH P. AUSTIN Arlington...
...lyrics, full of extended metaphors and vivid imagery that catch the listener off-guard like a pit-trap in the leafy beauty of her music. She has Michael Stipe’s talent for turning unmanageable turns of phrase into effortless cadences. There are few who could sing, “Look at all the waifs of Dickensian England / Why is it their suffering is more picturesque?” without it clunking in the ear like a trash-compactor, but the line slips past barely noticed in Vega’s sleight of voice. The genius of Vega lies...
...younger, nubile stars. Yet, as Dylan proves conclusively, “maturity”—or at least getting way older than most people are allowed to get and still play guitar in public—has a world of benefits all its own. Who else could sing “She said, ‘You can’t repeat the past / I said, ‘What do you mean you can’t, of course you can!” and sound like he really means...
...that any attempts to popularize one’s music are to be avoided at all costs. The Descendents rather acutely capture the geist that we’re working towards here: “We never did a popular thing / Don’t even know how to sing / Couldn’t sell out a telephone booth / What I’m telling ya is the truth.” These words define—albeit in grossly generalized form—what it means to be a punk...
Famed director Ang Lee recently went in front of the camera to sing “Victory, Illinois” for a University of Illinois ad. Roger Ebert, Robert Novak and other famous alums appear in the spot, which runs...