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...subsidiary conventions finally don't matter. This is a solo dirge that becomes a love-song duet. And as such it's as down-home and true as the image of John and June singing their hearts out for their fans and themselves - a destiny to which she was born, and he was fated...
...meta it hurts). This thrilling lifestyle is cut short about halfway through the video, as his girlfriend leaves him; he gets into fights, and assumes a general aura of angst. Never fear, for Jimmy’s life rebounds by the bridge of the song; at least the director has a vague acquaintance with the track, more than can be said for most “story” videos. In an unprecedented display of teenage rebellion, Jimmy runs away from home, but not before scrawling “St. Jimmy” in lipstick on a bathroom wall, cutting...
...friends’ lives—that at least would explain the enterprise’s amateur production value.A few of the film’s scenes do succeed: The “Santa Fe” musical number is especially inspired. The cast performs the song in a crowded subway car and recruits unsuspecting commuters into their impromptu revelry. Keith Young’s spirited choreography transforms every inch of the cramped quarters into performance space—the result is a dance sequence as exhilarating as any Steve McQueen car chase or Chow Yun-Fat shoot-out.The film?...
...purposefully mussed-up hairdos adorned the high school girls and forty-something hipsters alike at last weekend’s Spoon concert at the Avalon in Boston. Known best for their spare sound and danceable backbeats, the foursome from Texas delivered on both counts, mixing most of the songs on their recent “Gimme Fiction” LP, with at least one song from each of their past releases. Luckily for all, Spoon did not fail their ever-so-trendy minions, delivering an earnest collection of new and old favorites that owed its occasional hollowness...
...with Seth in a matter of seconds. I just really hope the Taylor storyline doesn’t get in the way of Seth and Summer, who are basically the only consistently interesting couple on the show. Now, a confession: After the vomit-inducing “The next song that comes on the radio will be our song” line in the last episode before the show took that strange month-long hiatus, I was about ready to give up. I thought that it had officially run out of juice, attempting to grasp hold of a teenage reality...