Word: singings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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First he heard the name wrong, then he mispronounced it. And spelled it out cockeyed on the record label. But listen to David Johansen sing Swaheto Woman, and you know he has made no mistake...
...Krokodiloes: often confused with the symbol on Lacoste shirts. By and large they act macho and poke fun at the Pitches on stage, but hey, they sing well...
...Radcliffe Pitches: their name gets them into trouble sometimes. The women's a capella version of the Kroks, the Pitches try to be a cross between cabaret singers and Sweet Adelines, with campy results. It's all in fun, and worth it when they sing "In the Mood...
...anyone who has padlocked a camp director in his cabin, stolen every piece of detachable hardware from the showers, hidden a head cook's Beetle in the middle of the archery range, run the reveille record up the flagpole . . . Meatballs [July 16] is summer camp. I'll sing camp songs with Bill Murray any time...
...comes as no surprise that Houdini is suffused with a romantic-and at times sentimental-populism. In the final scene, Houdini appears from beyond the grave with the message that "there is no heaven but the people/ Let the people of the world/ shake off their chains/ and sing." To move from a vaudeville artiste slipping out of handcuffs to this kind of cosmic hymn is a long leap-too long. Except for some passing swipes at the police, war and poverty, Mitchell and Schat never specify the nature of the people's chains. Nor do they pause...