Word: singings
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...also the stock-and-trade of the third superstar on our list: John Darnielle, aka The Mountain Goats. His set was perfect. Fans got to hear unbelievably obscure nuggets like “Lady from Shanghai,” casual listeners were taught the words for a sing-along version of “No Children,” and John maintained his reputation as one of the most charismatic and audience-focused dudes in the singer-songwriter game.Last, but not least, we got an adorable set from an adorable man who comes from an adorable country, has an adorable...
...opera mad in Camelot. We sing from the diaphragm...
...Idle has said that he was encouraged to musicalize MP&HG after seeing Mel Brooks' stage version of The Producers. The was the show that reminded Broadway that its strong suit was musical comedy, and not the dour Les Miz and Phantom and Sondheims and the rest of the sing-song drama lot. In Spamalot, as in The Producers, everything is absolutely spot-on and studiously ingratiating. Idle's show isn't desperate to please, really; rather, it's confident that everything it does will provide pleasure...
...your Grail") a joke on the banality of such songs? Or is it the real thing, a straightforwardly banal inspirational? Which is not to say that a song can't also be what it makes fun of - that a faux-inspirational song can't be inspirational and incorrigibly, addictively, sing-alongable. Remember that "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" became the anthem for English football clubs. That's the lovely thing about parody: nothing is so silly that someone won't take it seriously...
...House Committees and student groups have traditionally attracted attendees to their tailgates with alcohol of their own. Without it, we must coordinate efforts with the administration to tackle the usual logistics and devise a large-scale alternative that will still draw big crowds (e.g. Ben Folds could return and sing “Yale Sucks” for three straight hours). More relaxed house events could be held in Cambridge to pump people up for The Game as they did before last year’s pep rally. In the end, the tailgate is about camaraderie. While booze facilitated...