Word: songs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Marley, 30, a dreadlocked singer who dispenses a back-to-the-roots philosophy with electric-rock intensity. A lean, imperious Rasta, Marley is deeply distrustful of politics. "Never make a politician grant you a favor, they will always want to control you forever," he sings in the song Revolution. The current hit single in Jamaica is his song about the island's upcoming parliamentary campaign. Its title: Rat Race...
...small (pop. 2 million) Jamaica, there is nothing like U.S. rock's instant riches in reggae. Top musicians receive only the royalties record companies are willing to pay; sidemen are paid a miserly $15 a song. But who needs to be a sideman? In Jamaica, anyone with a song and several hundred dollars can make a record. There are hundreds of record labels, many of them sold by energetic musicians who stand inside record stores, jawboning customers into buying their...
...pretty good audience" Douglas Hughes breathed in mid-dash. Upstairs, Dorothy Weaver, the producer, watched from the top row of the balcony. She anticipated every light cue by anxiously looking up seconds before it was scheduled to go on. She unconsciously willed audience reaction to every funny line or song by laughing or clapping just a little before they did. Two musicians in black tuxedos from the pit orchestra joined her. They collapsed in hysterics at every joke even though they've seen all the performances...
...first act moved fast. Intermission backstage involved more balloon-blowing, song-humming and cleaning up. People were grimy from rolling on the floor and squeezing pears and bananas. Elizabeth Genovese played the theme from "Love Story" on a dusty grand piano. The costume mistress lugged five popcorn costumes--27 pounds worth of shredded foam rubber. "Don't miss the best part," everyone advised. About ten minutes into Act Two they hurled themselves into those costumes in the back lobby of the theater for the popcorn ballet. The lightening quick change was an art--wigs off, costumes off, leotards bare, popcorns...
People start to leave for the cast party in Adams House Upper Common Room. Pace and conversation are slow as they leave Radcliffe Yard. An actress hums 'Adeline,' a song from the show. When they reach Adams House, taped dance music blares too loudly for her to continue. A balloon pops, as in punctuation; shreds of orange rubber float to the floor now cluttered with cigarettes and booze...