Word: songfulness
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It’s Friday night and you forgo the usual ritual of tequila shots, awkward dancing to the latest T.I. song, and waking up the next morning (aka 3 p.m.) with painful aches and even more painful recollections for a mellow night of takeout from the Kong and numerous episodes of Gossip Girl. After getting your feet toasty warm by the fireplace (aka the stack of Moo Shu chicken on the floor) and cheering for Team Serena, you hear a drunken rendition of “Living on a Prayer” that would make even William Hung cringe...
...proposals, about Obama's qualifications and about the challenges the country faces, without an overly crafted strategy. His debate performances have improved, and he is always his most likeable - and most formidable - when he uses his head and speaks from the heart. To slightly tweak the wise old song, dignity is just another word for nothing left to lose. McCain might lose the election, but he doesn't have to lose his reputation in the process...
...where she quickly falls in love with an animated, mullet-wearing gent in a leather jacket. The two of them are then inexplicably chased by a team of pipe wrench-wielding motorcycle racers dressed like Muttley from Wacky Races. He protects her and soon escapes his monochrome prison. The song's buoyant synth lines rejoice. The video is so easily mockable that Family Guy, predictably, took its own crack...
...more attentive to note quality and phrasing, and, for the first time that afternoon, a rich orchestral sound filled Sanders Theatre. With her long blond hair pulled back into a low bun, Harmer rose as the winds echoed the hushed music of the prelude before Isolde’s song. Her clear voice easily soared over the orchestra’s accompaniment. Rich and full in sound, each individual note seemed to weigh down the phrases, pushing against the natural flow of the musical lines. Despite the soprano’s heavy phrases, Hangen, was able to control the piece?...
...Then, at the very end, the night’s performers joined on stage to sing a Beatles song that they have done at every cabaret since 1983: “Hey Jude...