Word: songfulness
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...Wilson who stands head and shoulders above everyone else in the cast. Hers is the best performance I’ve seen at Harvard this year. Her final song, “Are You Still Holding My Hand,” recalls her dying words to Jamie, and it’s completely heartbreaking. One line in particular–“Have you had many lovers / I’ve never heard their names”–should be impossible to pull off; instead, it is the show’s most powerful moment...
...first song on Arcade Fire’s newest album, “Neon Bible,” is the musical equivalent of the feeling a dog must get right before a storm. Starting off with a noise that only foreshadows the expanding thunder sound that follows, this portentous crescendo is finally interrupted by the percussive minor piano chords that go on to frame the song. Take this next to “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels),” the opening song on the band’s previous and debut album “Funeral.” Like...
...only truly innovative sequence, Beyoncé lip-syncs Jay-Z’s verse while dressed in his signature white shirt and jeans, and at one point she appears as both herself and Hova in the same frame. When Jay-Z finally does arrive, he successfully anchors the song until Beyoncé brings it home with one last defiant turn on the dance floor. Unfortunately, the video sometimes falls flat. Technically, it moves too quickly between shots, leaving some scenes choppy and the viewer dizzy. The beginning set-up features Beyoncé lying suggestively in a pool, and doesn?...
...screen, turn up the volume, and dance: Isaac Brock and the boys deliver a fisherman’s tale. Unapologetically dancier than older Modest Mouse tracks, “Dashboard” is a simple song that some may find a bit too tailored for radio. But really, this video isn’t about trying to say something new; it’s about fun, friends, and fish. Telling the tragic tale of a retired tidal traveler, the video shows a few old salts recalling their glory days on the ocean over pints of grog. But one yarn seems...
...album. But when you realize that RJD2 (born Ramble John Krohn) wrote, recorded, and produced the entire album by himself in his basement studio, it’s hard not to be impressed by the scope of the project or the seemingly limitless number of tracks making up each song. Among other instruments, RJD2 uses electric guitars and pianos, synthesizers, an MPC 200XL sampler, and his own vocals on nearly every track—no small feat. But the energy of RJD2’s unique compilations wears off after about the fourth track, once it becomes apparent that nearly...