Word: singeing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...anybody paid tribute to Ringo Starr when he turned 50, we missed it. Makes sense. Ringo was the Least Beatle, the onstage mascot, the one who didn't write songs or sing well. He was along for the amazing ride three pop geniuses took through the '60s. Early on, his goofy smile and steady beat kept the group grounded. Sometimes the other lads would throw him a tune (With a Little Help from My Friends, Yellow Submarine) that tapped the great good will he shared with his audience. But when John, Paul and George swerved off into drugs, mysticism...
...same will do just fine. Maybe the tunes are less ersatz Beatles than upscale Archies: gourmet bubble gum. Maybe some of the lyrics took less time to write than they do to sing. Maybe the entire album marks Ringo's retreat to the simple life. But to this battered ear, the stuff sounds like music. The highlight is the mesmeric thumper After All These Years, Ringo's anthem to "traveling the world in a rock 'n' roll band. It's in my blood! It's in my blood!" Ours too. This is retro-rock to stir any '60s survivor. Rise...
...punkish hairdo, nose-tackle musculature and down-home insolence give BILLY RAY CYRUS the look of one of those roadhouse dudes Thelma and Louise ought to blast into the next county. But when this rockabilly baritone swivels out of his shirt while performing his sing-along smash, Achy Breaky Heart, the ladies wilt. In three months Cyrus, 30, has rocketed from nowhere (or the nearest thing: Flatwoods, Ky.) to No. 1 on the pop charts. Is this Elvis? Bruce? Actually, neither. Aside from Achy Breaky, Cyrus has only one memorable song -- the sour-grapes rouser Could've Been...
...waltz Family Reserve is a list of family deaths, including that of a baby who choked on peanut butter and jelly. "The help, she didn't know what to do/ She just stood there and she watched him turn blue." But then this bizarre vision turns into a communal sing-along with the departed: "We're all gonna be here forever." Looking across the border separating life from the afterlife, Lovett sees they are part of one seamless journey. The dead will teach the living how to grieve for lost friends and lorn love...
...mostly Linda's, however. Although he has a circle of acquaintances ranging from fellow musician and Liverpudlian Elvis Costello to artist Brian Clarke, Linda is his best friend. The critics have always carped that she can't sing or play keyboards, that she dressed like a slob and, alas, has hairy legs. She is still dismayed by such pettiness and knows that onstage she seems ill at ease. "I'm an uncomfortable-looking person anyway," she confesses, "but I love playing. It's fun. And, of course, the real truth is, I'm in the band so Paul...