Word: songfulness
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...insipid theme song from Ice Cube's new reality show Black. White out of my head. Everywhere I go hear those boring drums, that plodding baseline, those keys jangling like giggling girls. But mostly, I hear Ice Cube - the once patron saint of young black rage - forcefully asserting the obvious ("Please don?t believe the hype/Everything in the world ain?t black and white") or simply declining to make sense ("If you a zebra better come out them stripes"). Ice Cube always had a gift for capturing a cultural moment, and his new jingle, and the show it pushes, does...
...Sync, dumplings, and God: just three highlights of a Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Christian Fellowship (AACF) event Friday in Ticknor Lounge. The pious party, dubbed “I’m So Sick of Love Songs: A Christian Perspective on Loneliness,” featured dinner, heartfelt testimonials, and copious Backstreet Boys references, suggesting that knowing all the lyrics to “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely” really does bring you closer to God. AACF kicked off the program’s “preaching to the choir” section with...
...Diabolical Sgt. Stiletto” by 2 Skinnee J’s “The lyrics mean absolutely nothing, and they show an incredible talent for integrating celebrity names into sentences.” 2. “Outside” by Staind “This song was extremely overplayed. Pretty good, but kind of depressing. This is from the angsty teenage years.” 3. “Pardon Me” by Incubus “Probably the first good rock song that I liked. It was back in seventh grade...
...someone wrote a protest song to accompany Camille Paglia’s push for academic reform, the lyrics would go something like this: “Put down that Foucault, baby. Drop that Derrida. Come and join the Paglia crusade...
...Finale and patter song “O! A Private Buffoon is a Light-Hearted Loon” will probably please most fans of traditional G&S, but audience members should definitely notice the stunning pair of quartets in the second act, “Strange Adventure!” and “When A Wooer Goes A-Wooing.” The former, in particular, showcases the flawless singing of Dana C. F. Schlegel ’07 as Kate, niece and lackey of Dame Carruthers (Susan C. Merenda...