Word: songs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Elton John always had a song on the radio in the first half of this decade. He reached adolescents sitting at home with transistor radios and he reached their older siblings on wheels. Although it is fashionable now to sneer at the musician-turned-glitter star, his influence on popular music was once very real. His popularity did not arise in the beginning out of pure hype. Simple songs of affection like "Your Song" and "Daniel" can still move those who are disposed to be moved. If less memorable, cheerful piano boogie numbers like "Honky Cat" and "Crocodile Rock...
...Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison...
That dream does not smack of the overly ambitious, now, for the woman whose favorite song comes from "A Star is Born," and begins...
...like a child who's set free at the fun fair--every ride invites me," Barbara Streisand sings in "A Star is Born." Alexandra smiles. "That song," she says...
...those of us who know Daltrey, it is a familiar rag, only because it parleys Daltrey's working class consciousness. Daltrey once told a reporter he was happiest to be a rock musician because "it kept him out of the factories." Daltrey's self-styled punk star of the song "is a face in the mirror that may give you a fright," a narcissistic star who graces the cover of the album, "but he's alright," the song reassures...