Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...going to miss you, Wayne," Adams ad-libbed late in the song...
...first, their song went almost unheard. The tumult of voices and laughter and a steady stream of worshippers spilling out of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, a crowd happy at the end of the Easter Vigil and the resurrection of their Lord, at first obscured the crowd of joyful singers. As they sang and danced in celebration, they offered hands and made spaces for the growing throng of onlookers. My friends and I were soon drawn into the circle. Those baptized and received into the Church by Pope John Paul II himself that night, were of every race...
...with everything that's right. First, begin with the pretentious, overly intellectual premise: the OTC set out to create an audible representation of dreams within music that pulses "with the rhythms of modern life." Next, toss in some unnecessarily complex musical tampering: a bass line from one original song is altered for various other songs whose remaining components are then manipulated and layered on top of other tracks. The results: a melodic game of musical chairs with incestuous rhythms scattered across the album's 27 tracks. Ranging from spacey ambient musings to Bowie-damaged indie pop, it all manages...
Beyond the verbal comedy, what you will take home with you is the tune to the title song. You'll be humming it after you see the show. Yes, you will. Although the Gershwin centennial has come and gone, Harvard feels like a Georgian place...
...About Me" by MYA, a dancer turned singer starlet. Also included are Janet Jackson's "I Get Lonely" and Queen of Hip Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige's "I Can Love You." The album ends with a trio of ballads including SWV's "Rain," Boyz II Men's "A Song for Mama," and Xscape's "The Arms of the One Who Loves You," whose soothing rhythmic flow shadows its cliched lyrics. Despite songs such as Mariah Carey's "Breakdown" and Brian McKnight's "Anytime," which belong to a wave of late '90s radio-wrecking hits, many are beyond just cheap...