Word: songfulness
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Erich Segal didn’t help Harvard out when he included a Harvard loss to the Big Red in Love Story. The movie’s theme song is now a frequent taunt at Lynah Rink...
...example, Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” is arguably a great song, not just for country fans or tweens, but for the earth. Yet, though Swift may be the songbird of our generation, she is a terrible actress. Cast as a ditsy and shallow high school senior, a job that shouldn’t be too much of a stretch for Swift, the squinty-eyed blonde delivers forced line-readings and is generally far too over the top. Her boyfriend is played by real life boyfriend Taylor Lautner...
...were to write a song meant for a woman to sing, what message would you want her to convey...
...sung a song that a woman has written from a man's perspective--Kate Bush wrote "This Woman's Work"--but I've never thought what I would want to say for a woman. But it's one of those things. It's like childbirth. A man will never know. We'll never understand what it takes for a woman to go through all that they go through. I can't say that I know what I would need to say for a woman, but I know that I've learned from women, and I've learned what...
With its 2006 self-titled debut, Beach House instantly established one of the more recognizable sounds in indie rock, equal parts breathy and slightly bruised, with Nico-like vocals from singer Victoria Legrand and atmospheric instrumentals by bandmate Alex Scally. Each song was wrapped in a thick, dark haze, all lazy drum-machine beats, ghostly organs and retro synth lines. If you were ever to hear one in a movie, it would be as background music to a mysterious woman dancing in the twilight. By album No. 2, Devotion, that sound was so rigidly set that it seemed...