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...Billy Joel River of Dreams (Columbia). The Piano Man time-travels through a song cycle that begins on the emotional edge and ends baptized in hope. Totally '90s in its preoccupation with angst and property values, River also revives a pop era when hooks were called melodies and a strong man could show a sweet side...
...Ella Fitzgerald The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books (Verve). Porter, Ellington, Berlin, the Gershwins: Fitzgerald honored them all and set herself up not only as a great jazz vocalist but as a trusted custodian of some of American pop's richest treasure. This elegantly turned-out set collects all eight Fitzgerald songbooks for the first time. Singly they were remarkable. Together they're a monument...
...extra-long sleeve of his extra-long white tee since the days of Space Jam. When the R. controversy spiraled out of control around 2001, I felt like I was the one under fire. Was I really some sort of sexual deviant just because I liked to listen to songs with lyrics like, “I swear I never seen a t-shirt looks so tight / My triple-X on your body, girl, you make it look so right”? Deep down, though, I always knew that R was innocent. I mean, I’ve seen...
...quite authentically capture the magic for someone who has watched and participated in the movie event several times and is accustomed to audience renditions of Time Warp in the aisles and shouts of obscenities. In that case, this production is much like a cover version of a familiar song. To be more than a tired mimic of a classic, the campus production could have incorporated more unique elements. One distinctive element that was successfully integrated was a live (and of course, cross-dressed) band, which gave the songs a great punch...
...Rocky Horror Show” is about, in the words of one of its song “creature[s] of the night,” but this production isn’t necessarily for those creatures. Make no mistake, this presentation is still full of over-the-top sexuality, more fishnets and feather boas than you can shake a crowbar at, and the pelvic thrust that drives audiences “insa-a-a-a-ane.” But nobody is going to be doing said pelvic thrust in an audience member’s face here. Still...