Word: sorrowful
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Beowulf may, by modern standards, seem bloodthirsty and deluded, but Heaney's poetry makes eloquently persuasive the hero's tragic stature. And when he dies, his people mourn not just in sorrow but in fear of the enemies who will surely descend on them...
...self-taught musician narrates a true story in which his music moved a woman deeply in the tunnels. After noticing that she had let four or five trains pass by, Wright finally stopped and talked to the woman only to discover that the sobbing passenger was in a joyful sorrow--apparently his music had brought back memories of her deceased husband. Wright was equally moved by the fact that "people can be that open." Wright performs for such moments, he explains. "I try to cheer people up, and sometimes I get verbal, telling people to keep a song in their...
...fact, the fans of the Backstreet Boys and Morrissey are contained in the same demographic--lonely teenage girls, gay men and those looking to relive their youth through music. Moreover, the sorrow and disappointment felt by Morrissey's fans when The Smiths disbanded and Morrissey went solo in a twisted way rivals the anguish experienced by many a teenage girl just last week with the announced engagement of Backstreeters Brian and Kevin...
...elaborate licks and solos. It's impressive, no doubt, but Metheny's heart isn't there. He comes to life not in the elaborate showmanship of a piece like "(Go) Get It" but in the more contemplative tracks like "Travels" or "Just Like the Day." There are oceans of sorrow and hope in Metheny's tender musical treatment of the world. It's a shame he feels the need to lessen that tenderness by interspersing it with the technical know-how that so many other guitarists never move beyond. B --David D. Kornhaber...
...vowed to fight tobacco until he drew "his last breath." Problem with that was he had made a 1988 speech to North Carolina farmers in which he extolled the joys of growing tobacco. Plus there was his continued acceptance of campaign contributions from Big Tobacco. No one questioned his sorrow, but those who were spellbound by his story were left to wonder how he could link something so sacred to something phony...