Word: songfulness
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...think our story’s a little more complex than a jazz trio.”The history of the band’s sound is as layered as their influences. King and Anderson, who have known each other for over 25 years, first bonded over the song “Rock & Roll Band” by the rock band Boston. They played together with Iverson for the first time in 1990, and though the trio went their separate ways throughout the 90s, they kept in touch. “We needed the 90s to gestate, develop...
...best -selling albums of all time. With with over 15 million copies sold in the U.S. alone, the album remains the most successful in Columbia Records' history; 7 of its tracks became Top 10 singles. Released at the height of Ronald Reagan's 1984 reelection campaign, the song "Born in the USA" itself was widely seen as a jingoistic anthem, despite lyrics expressing anger and frustration over the treatment of Vietnam veterans...
...Springsteen won a Golden Globe award for his song "The Wrestler," from the movie by the same name, starring Mickey Rourke • an old career wrestler desperately trying to make a living. This wasn't the Boss' first accolade from Hollywood: in 1994 he won an Oscar for his song "Streets of Philadaelphia," which appeared on the soundtrack to the film Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks...
...chutzpah, or whatever you want to say, to believe that if I write a really good [song] about it, it's going to make a difference. It's going to matter to somebody." • Discussing his the political themes in his music during an interview with CBS's 60 Minutes, July...
...bank didn't mention the nasty spat that has broken out between the U.S and Mexico; the U.S. has stopped a program that allowed Mexican trucks on American roads, and Mexico has retaliated with tariff increases. Said World Bank president Robert Zoellick: "Leaders must not heed the siren song of protectionist fixes. Economic isolationism can lead to a negative spiral of events such as those we saw in the 1930s, which made a bad situation much, much worse...