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...like the melody, other songs I like the lyrics or I like the way the vocals flow so I just appropriate those aspects and use them in a new context. Other times, I may not like the song on the surface level but there might be a cool snare sound or a kickdrum. It's like playing with dolls, like your favorite G.I. Joes or whatever, you get to put them in imaginary scenarios. Here I get to play with Notorious B.I.G. a cappella and the Tiny Dancer instrumental...
...sweeping, sing-along chorus: "If I am to go/ In my heart you grow." Good luck resisting it, even if there is a needlessly appended sample from Lennon's final radio interview. "Ain't Got Nothin'" takes the band out of its midtempo sweet spot with an erratic snare drum that refuses to settle into a predictable rhythm. It's like "Helter Skelter" but faster...
...more or less verdant New England highlands—it seems almost joyful, purring the meaningful purr of a world-weary cat. Now, consider the capped and casual New Hampshire state trooper perched alongside Interstate 89 who, with a radar gun and a wave of his mighty hand, might snare that family vehicle just as Tony Soprano might spear a bit of veal on the end of a fork. We live in a nation of laws. This much is understood, and none among us would argue the fact. Still, only very few among us would argue that our edicts...
...Though Matt, 27, refuses to get depressed, pangs still pound his stomach. Shooting gets the spotlight only every four years, when the Olympics rolls around, and even then, something extraordinary - like back-to-back epic chokes - must take place for the sport to snare a headline. Ever hear of Americans Glenn Eller and Vincent Hancock? Of course not, even though they each won shooting gold in Beijing. "For the mass media, all they see is the Olympics," Matt says. Guilty as charged. "People don't get to the other 20 competitions a year. I've won many tournaments by scoring...
...after decades when Hollywood offered the likes of Clark Gable, Cary Grant and Steve McQueen were the emblems of masculinity, it now proposes the mentally and emotionally challenged oaf as dreamboat. What woman could look at Ferrell in this scene without salivating, and thinking, "I want to be his snare drum...