Word: songfulness
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...school Mountain Goats fans may look at “Love Love Love” with skeptical eyes, but to dismiss it outright is unwarranted. Unabashedly gentle, sincere, and un-ironic, the song represents Darnielle’s successful translation of his meticulous songwriting sincerity to uniquely personal content...
Following the request for “Cubs in Five,” Darnielle promised us, instead, a song “just like Cubs in Five, except it’s all about death and loss.” At the center of his set, he placed one of the closing pieces of “Sunset Tree,” the usually somber elegy “Love Love Love.” The song starts at the periphery of a child’s education: “King Saul fell on his sword?...
...That Madonna’s latest video is such a blatant plea for urban legitimacy is all the more baffling given the fact that her upcoming album “Confessions on a Dancefloor” is being publicized as a Euro-techno romp and the song itself bears as little relation to hip-hop as the average 50 Cent track does to, well, Madonna...
...This is a party video, for a party song. Juicy J’s verse at the beginning is probably the reason for the song’s success, and in the video, he sticks to what he is best at; wearing scary green skeleton t-shirts, flashing his vampire teeth, and scaring helpless old people, all while spouting off nonsense like: “Ghetto pimp tight, girl, say I’m the man.” I’m not a girl, and I’m not sure what it means to be ghetto pimp...
...rapping is great, too, as they shake, growl, and air-drink their way to the end of the song. This track is probably the biggest hit to date for the still-fly Mafia and the video comes off as the crazy after-party...