Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...DiFranco is sometimes picked on for the many songs she's written about herself as an artist with a message and an audience. She doesn't shy from mixing politics and art, and the result is an intensely emotional and articulate cry for those oppressed by their gender, race or sexuality to fight a society that excludes their voices. While skewering criticism that her music is too angry and political, DiFranco's songs have also responded to attacks from extremely possessive listeners who expect her to maintain an image appropriate to their favorite raging Ani DiFranco song. They may know...
...over-enthusiastic crowd antics, DiFranco focused on the music and seemed enthusiastic herself. She dodged the flying gifts with grins, reminisced about the Muppet Show, wiggled her nose shrugged her shoulders to the beat and laughed like an absolute goofball. In a more somber moment, DiFranco introduced a new song about clinic violence that addressed the recent bombing of a Birmingham women's clinic and the murder of an abortion doctor, Barnett Slepian, in DiFranco's hometown of Buffalo, New York. The audience was silent as DiFranco described in emotional terms the wounds of a nurse whose legs were shattered...
...crowd into a Gomez audience. Whether it was the dynamism of the carefree and occasionally ironic tune "Get Myself Arrested" or the dulcet gruffness of Ottewell's voice on "Free To Run," the audience rejoiced in the reinvention of their favorite Gomez melodies. For Gomez, nothing is immutable; every song is subject to new forms of expression and interpretation...
...crowd into a Gomez audience. Whether it was the dynamism of the carefree and occasionally ironic tune "Get Myself Arrested" or the dulcet gruffness of Ottewell's voice on "Free To Run," the audience rejoiced in the reinvention of their favorite Gomez melodies. For Gomez, nothing is immutable; every song is subject to new forms of expression and interpretation...
...hazard guesses about the near future. What I loved in 1998 was the emergence of the French disco house genre with a retro sound that explored house music's roots and brought back a lot of the element of fun, including Daft Punk's Homework album and the song of last summer, Stardust's "Music Sounds better With You." It continued this year with Cassius's 1999, an excellent disco cut-up pastiche work, and I'm hoping for more quality Gallic crossovers. I also think the stunning new Armand van Helden and Basement Jaxx albums (2 Future...