Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Utah Senator ORRIN HATCH is bored by committee hearings, he scribbles out the song in his heart. The Republican is a prolific lyricist, and the proof is on his new CD with composer Janice Kapp Perry, My God Is Love. "I'm in a lot of miserable battles in the Senate," Hatch says. "Music lifts me out of that." His melody making led to a duet with Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy. "We played our song Freedom's Light in the middle of negotiations on the child-health bill," says Hatch. "And Kennedy joined in. You know, he loves...
Hanson is making the biggest splash--the trio's MMMBop is currently the No. 2 song on Billboard's singles chart. The group is composed of three brothers: Zachary (drums), 13-year-old Taylor (keyboards) and 16-year-old Isaac (guitar). You'd be hard-pressed to find more appealing youngsters. Raised largely in Tulsa, Okla., they are endearingly innocent and spontaneously rambunctious. Their mother schools the three (and three younger siblings) at home, and their father works as a financial exec for an oil-drilling company. The family traveled a lot, and the brothers passed the time listening...
...Lang, Hanson writes or co-writes its material. It's unfortunate, however, that all three acts have come up with immature, mediocre albums that are as much fun as a wet sandbox. Each album has its moments, but they are fleeting. The marvelous MMMBop is the only really substantial song on Hanson's album (it's one of two tracks on the CD produced by the highly regarded Dust Brothers). Some of Radish's tunes have catchy guitar riffs, but none of their songs catch fire. It is possible to simulate musical maturity; 14-year-old country crooner LeAnn Rimes...
...17th original album, which will be released next week. The CD boasts an array of guest collaborators, including cellist Ma, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Shawn Colvin and Branford Marsalis. But it is vintage Taylor, blending ironic detachment with personal reflection. In Enough to Be on Your Way, the finest song on the album, he probes in part the death of his brother. During recent rehearsals with his band in Los Angeles, there was a long silence in the room every time he finished playing...
...Kentucky Fried Chicken Bucket as if it were their fathers. The two give the box the evil eye--"Charlie's" instruction for killing someone--in the most hilarious moment of their laugh-filled scene. John Hinckley is much more somber, as a disturbed artist tyring to write a song to "Jodie" (Foster), the object of his obession. His attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan is comically depicted by his shooting at a projection of Reagan's picture on the wall of the stage: he shoots, the picture disappears, then reappears again and again...