Word: songfulness
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...business and that they should look for another job, some of them did what any number of their colleagues around town have been doing for years: they threw a party. On the equity-trading floor, the internal PA system known as the "hoot" blared out the R.E.M. song "It's the End of the World as We Know It." And then, after collecting up their personal possessions, dozens of the Lehmanites crossed the concourse to the pub just opposite, All Bar One, where they drowned their sorrows in style, accompanied by friends from other banks in the area. "People were...
...fluttering female voices on "Heavenly Peach Banquet" resolve as the la-la-la-la-las from Minnie Ripperton's "Lovin' You." "Iron Rod" sounds like R2-D2 rapping on a dance floor. "The Living Sea" is a ballad of such delicacy that it feels like a love song in any language. The music does a fair job of telling Monkey's story, but that's far less interesting than the ambition on display and the effortless integration of different traditions...
...missing the point. Megapuss isn’t really bothered by evaluations or categorizations like these; the same should go for those listening to their music. Why would you focus on anything concrete? As Banhart explained at a recent live performance, “We wrote a lot of songs. These were the worst.” It’s hard to listen to the 14 tracks on “Surfing,” however, and buy Banhart’s assessment of the situation. The words spoken by the Venezuelan singer that evening were not self-deprecation...
...Either way, the video at least borders on entertaining. Fortunately for the play-acting band members, this party has a happy ending. “And here’s the mutiny I promised you / And here’s the party it turned into,” the song repeats over and over again. Alas, the fatal dagger of the unicorn hero subdues the mutinous uprising of the gun-wielding bear in a plaid fisherman’s hat, and everyone continues to bounce around playing cardboard instruments. Hooray. —Natalie...
...instructor moved quickly, and the steps were complicated––the “hip bump” and “cuddle position” were comically problematic––but by the final song FM was among the best and actually started to have...