Word: singings
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...began the evening effortlessly as Frank the therapist, rattling off one-liners with a refreshing sense of irony. As the play wore on, however, Martinez failed to develop his role and exploit the full potential of his well-written lines. Line after line repeated in the same sing-song manner began to grow tiresome soon into the second...
...have to, at least for a while. Anthony has already signed a contract for next season. And after that? "As long as I can sing and don't embarrass myself or the Met," says Anthony, "I'll sing...
...Strokes. Take Me Out, from the group's March 9 self-titled debut, opens with a standard modern-rock guitar riff and studiously disinterested vocals from singer Alex Kapranos. Then the pace shifts, the guitar goes punk, the rhythm section goes disco, and Kapranos goes nuts. He's singing about how he would rather be shot than live without his girl, but Kapranos doesn't get overwrought. He doesn't really sing either--he swings, like Dean Martin on uppers...
...make you move your feet, and their giddy soul is revealed in every trick they use to get the job done. Pace shifts are everywhere; they crib harmonies from the Beatles and bass lines from Kool & the Gang. To close the ebullient Darts of Pleasure, they sing in German. They can be arch, but they are not elitists, and they are way too exuberant to be judgmental. Unlike some people. --By Josh Tyrangiel
...album reaches its climax on the sinister “Darts of Pleasure,” which oscillates wildly between decadent swagger and lovesick croon before sheer inertia flings it out of its orbit into a furious sing-along German coda—“Ich heisse Superfantastisch! Ich trinke Schampus und Lachfisch!”—which the band has compared to the moment of orgasm. In case you’re wondering about the German, guitarist/keyboardist Nick McCarthy spent his childhood in Munich...