Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Every rose has its thorn, just like every night has its dawn. Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song...
Life at the front is a song of dark fear, deep pride, lost mail, long waits and improvisation. The white heat of the summer is hard to remember now, when it becomes cold enough at night to leave ice rattling inside canteens. At the very front lines, the motto is "Travel light, freeze at night." Soldiers sleep in parka linings, with socks on their hands if their mittens are missing. They wish they could requisition extra toes...
...recent slew of a capella concerts on campus illustrates this trend--that encores seem to be nothing more than the last song on a set list, with the added instructions "exit stage, wait 10 seconds, re-emerge" written before...
...fact, at their recent Juke Jam concert, the Harvard-Radcliffe Opportunes reappeared after their normal set to sing--surprise--"Change in My Life," the emotional gospel tune which many say is their best song. No matter how good the song or the group, it is presumptuous to withhold your best song from the normal set in expectation of being asked for an encore...
Only once this change in performance philosophy occurs will audiences be able to enjoy a final song that means something. Until then, hold your applause...