Word: soulfulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very commercial form of mental illness," says Farrelly. "He's a very sweet guy--he's got a big heart, a lot of soul--but he's a tortured animal. My metaphor for Jim is a dog who's constantly beaten up by his owner. The dog can't figure out why. He tries everything to please his owner. He walks on his hind legs; he juggles. Nothing works. Then one day the circus comes along and scoops him up, and he makes a career...
...Republican National Convention. "Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." Democrats coupled that comment with Goldwater's hawkishness on Vietnam and used it to bury him in the ensuing campaign (remember the camapaign commercial with the daisy girl and the mushroom cloud?), but it was the soul of the Goldwater psyche: know your philosophy, stick to it, and never hesitate to speak your mind...
...self-confidence. In the '40s, married to his doting first wife Nancy, he was the heartthrob balladeer who sang I'll Be Seeing You to World War II G.I.s and their sweethearts. In the '50s, the persona went to war with the man. Sinatra at ballad tempo was the soul-sick, lovelorn, solitary man who closes down a midtown saloon. Up-tempo, and increasingly in his life, he was the unapologetic and (some said) unconscionable swinger, the ring-a-ding ringmaster of a million all-night parties. Which was the real Sinatra, the reveler or the lost...
...fellow musician. But with luck and fine timing, you could also be a casual guest, a dinner companion, a colleague's spouse--even, if the furies were snoozing, a journalist. In 1988 Sinatra, the paragon of show-biz sangfroid, told Larry King, "I swear on my mother's soul, the first four or five seconds, I tremble every time I take the step and I walk out of the wing onto the stage, because I wonder if it will be there when I go for the first sounds...From the minute you step into that spotlight...
...Irish rock group U2. Presenting Sinatra with a special "Legend" Award at the Grammys in 1994, Bono pinpointed Frank's appeal for a new generation: "Rock-'n'-roll people love Frank Sinatra because Frank Sinatra has got what we want--swagger and attitude." And 19-year-old hip-hop soul singer Usher admires Sinatra's I-did-it-my-way attitude so much that he named his new album after Sinatra's signature song. Usher's My Way has sold more than 3 million copies...