Word: soft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Such a confession seems relatively powerful compared with the tedious sex symbolism attached to Liz's husband, with whom Isabel "commits adultery." With the trashy, soft-core pornographic cliches, this episode strikes one as hilariously funny, regardless of the author's intentions...
...before you can dwell on the strength of the first rocker, Chicago comes back with a soft, mellow love song, done with great control and feeling by bassist Peter ("et") Cetera. It may not be their most effective attempt, but sandwiched between two hot, hard-driving numbers it does very well for itself. While Cetera and Dacus, along with pianist Bobby Lamm, do all the vocals, the highlighted instrument in each number varies, with flutes, trombones, guitars, pianos, and even synthesizers snaking their way through the medley of sound. Chicago pieces are rarely dominated by a single performer. However...
John Oates, who often writes slow and soft tunes, turns out a nice cut on Along the Red Ledge, with "Melody for a Memory." The pair make good use of string orchestration to provide a backdrop for Oates' mellow voice, echoed by a Hall falsetto. But this is typical Hall and Oates stuff, basically no different from the music on albums like Bigger than Both of Us or the less-successful Beauty on a Back Street. What distinguishes Along the Red Ledge as a worthwhile contribution to current pop music is the work that comes alive on the second side...
Finally, John Oates follows up with an intriguing tune called "Pleasure Beach." Starting with a quiet, slow synthesizer backing Oates' soft, relaxed voice, the song shifts into the screams of a beach crowd mixed with a driving electric guitar riff that carries a vocal part adorned with a Beach Boys, teeny bopper harmony line. It's innocent, fun rock and one of the album's best offerings...
...decades), is a concert pianist, acclaimed and prosperous, sailing grandly into late middle age. Eva, the daughter (Liv Ullmann in granny glasses, with a few lines of graceful weathering allowed to be visible on her ineffable forehead), is a church organist, the wife of a country pastor, a woman soft, sweet and intelligent. They have not met in seven years, and it is evident that something other than the mother's illustrious career has kept them apart. Recently, however, the mother's life has been disrupted by the death of an old lover, and Eva has reached...