Word: sitar
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...causing insult or offense. South Asian culture is, in fact, an amalgam of all sorts of different constituent traditions. And Anglo-American culture has successfully managed to incorporate elements of South Asian culture in the past. The Beatles, for example, were influenced heavily by the music of the great sitar player, Ravi Shankar. We all know about the therapeutic powers of yoga--and, for better or worse, the teachings of Deepak Chopra. No Doubt's Gwen Stefani is oft-seen wearing a bindi on her forehead; mehndi, the decorative paint worn by many Indian brides, has become quite popular among...
...sense of melody, and most of her songs make a strong impression even after just the first hearing. The chorus of the lilting A Few Words Too Many dances along, gracefully pulling the listener in. The stomping Tell Me has an Indian flavor spiced with a flute and a sitar. One of the best songs, You Send Me Flying, with its acoustic guitar intro, is almost a country number. Myers' sweet, mournful alto holds everything together...
There are two ways to make a living when you're a top safecracker. JEFF SITAR has chosen the less remunerative one. Sitar, who has been named the world's best safecracker four years out of the past five by tool supplier Lockmaster, has been called on to open everything from bank vaults with humans inside to the safes of dead relatives. As good as he is with his fingers, however, Sitar's at a bit of a loss when it comes to explaining his craft. "It's a combination of listening, looking and mathematics," he says. "You're looking...
...grabbag. "Blinded By Rainbows" highlights, for the umpteenth time on the album, Richards' competent yet distinctively out-of-place acoustic guitar playing. The Stones used to have no trouble finding mixes of acoustic and electric instruments that still rocked like crazy, all the way back to the insertion of sitar in "Paint It Black". Now that particular finesse seems to have dropped by the wayside...
...version of Cole Porter's "Everytime We Say Goodbye" as the two lovers caress and cavort around sadly, if such a thing is possible. There are several such pointless dance sequences (sans Lennox), which look as if they might have been choreographed by Janet Jackson. Aside from the sitar music with which "Edward II" opens, the MTV analogue, like that of the perfume ad, is impossible to avoid. All you "campsters" out there might be getting a bit excited. But hold onto your tunics, boys and girls. The movie is not self-conscious enough to know itself as "camp...