Word: songfulness
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...horror heroes idolized�by Bobby Pickett as a boy made him one of the country's best-known one-hit wonders. At a nightclub gig, the pop singer delivered his impression of Boris Karloff. When bandmates pressed him to incorporate it into a song, Pickett wrote Monster Mash in half an hour. Released in 1962, it became a three-time No. 1 hit and a Halloween perennial. He was 69 and had leukemia...
Almost nothing intimidates Stephan Jenkins. A man whose career was jump-started by a radio-friendly song about crystal meth and fellatio, the Third Eye Blind lead singer is not known for shying away from any subject matter. But there is one thing which impresses the irascible musician: “Is it weird that you go to Harvard?” he asks, lounging in flip-flops, faded jeans and a gray sweater which elongate his thin frame. “Have you published yet? You better,” he says. “If you don?...
...faculty was generally intimidated by students, many of whom had recently taken over University Hall. “Many times, the students took advantage of the state of emergency,” Adams says wryly. His thesis was anything but traditional. “I wrote a song cycle based on psychedelic poetry. Hopefully, it’s buried in Widener, never to be exhumed,” he says. Two months before graduating, Adams received a draft notice. “I do remember trying to beat the draft during reading period,” he says...
...with Expressions and the Breakers, volunteering with City Step, and teaching dance classes at a studio in Randolph, MA, Oladehin, a biology concentrator, plans to spend next year pursuing research in town while applying to medical school.Yet while he choreographed his final piece for Expressions to a Janet Jackson song, called “Got ‘Til It’s Gone,” Oladehin isn’t ready to retire his dancing shoes just yet. He plans to continue teaching dance classes and competing in popping competitions throughout the Boston area.“Dancing?...
...thought it found the moment of ecstasy the eighth minute of extra time, when Kuyt swept in to knock home a rebound, but was adjudged, curiously it seems, to have been offside. As the players gathered in midfield before the penalty kicks were taken, the Kop responded with a song recalled the 'pool's famous comeback vcitory over AC Milan in Istanbul two years ago; it exploded in cheers when Bolo Zenden netted the first spot kick. Then, Robben stepped up to reply, the hurricane of howling commenced and blew Robben and Chelsea away...