Word: songs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...talk Ricks chose to stay away from the more surrealistic songs from Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61 Revisited. Instead, he spoke on five songs from Dylan's early period: "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll," "Boots of Spanish Leather." "Blown in the Wind." "Positively 4th Street," and "Seven Courses" a song that Dylan never released. As a literary critic, Ricks apologized for not having the expertise to deal with the musical aspect of Dylan's work to analyze it chemically the things he does with his votes to emphasize and color the meanings of his song...
...lovable old grandpa on The Waltons' TV series, but Actor Will Geer, 73, is still the leading man in some circles. Last week Geer, along with ex-Wife Herta Ware and Protégé Michael Wilson, trouped through Chicago retirement hotels with a program of poetry and song. "We do little pieces of authors that these old girls might remember," said Geer of his readings from Robert Frost and Walt Whitman. The white-haired women in his audiences seemed appreciative, but they were still a surprise to the actor. "People talk out loud just as they do when...
...There is at the moment a powerful desire among pop culturists (and cultists) to strip-mine the country-and-western field for meaningful nuggets that will help explain us to ourselves. That, too, is something Avildsen neatly avoids. Instead, he gives us the movie equivalent of the kind of song the Dancekings themselves might feature. It has a catchy beat and a clear emotional appeal. Easy to watch, the film is also easy to forget-but very pleasant and unpretentious...
...Evening of German Song; Works by Brahma, Bach, Mahier, Schubert, and Schumann; Tung Soo Chung, tenor, Jeff Zax, baritone, Peter Ives, bass, John Major, guitar, and the unique Luise Vosgerchian, piano; Mather Dining Hall...
...Vegas for a day to consult with Songwriter-Singer Paul Anka, who has confected a ditty called I Believe There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love, about Jimmy Connors' revived romance with the First Lady of Tennis, Chris Evert, 20. Connors, who has never sung professionally, will record the song himself. After meeting with Anka, Connors hopped back to Los Angeles to greet Evert, who had just jetted in from Philadelphia for a tournament...