Word: sound
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spectrum; Perry Farrell's two former bands Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros had only a handful of hits between them despite heavy cult followings. The hits are here, of course, including a refreshing remix of "Been Caught Stealing" that makes "Jane Says" and "Pets" sound downright canned by comparison. The remaining Jane's songs are a good summary of the band, with hard rockers like "Stop" and the psychedelic meanderings of "Summertime Rolls." P4P is also represented at its best, though the selection of two clones like "Cursed Male" and "Hard Charger" is questionable. Also included are Jane...
This is not to say that the chorus members don't work hard; they clearly do. Despite the obstacle of an imbalanced sound design, which often permits the band to drown out the lyrics, it is clear that the group has the potential to sing admirably. However, as a rule, they seem more aware of what they should be doing at a given moment (in terms of choreography) than why they are doing it. This apparently aimless motion-playing, agitated by the compromised intelligibility of the lyrics, does regrettable damage to the finished product...
...pages of text with 251 footnotes reads like a lucid exploration of a developing medium, peppered with incisive sound-bite quotations from the New York Times' Tom Wicker and James Reston, Bill Moyers and Jack Valenti...
...premonition came disastrously true. Half an hour after lifting off from New York City en route to Cairo, the Boeing 767-300 ER dropped from 33,000 to 16,700 ft. in less than 40 sec., hurtling downward at nearly the speed of sound. For a moment, the plane seemed to catch itself and climbed upward for more than a mile before peeling into a final fatal dive. At 10,000 ft., radar records suggest that the plane broke apart, sprinkling shards of the 767 and its human cargo into the waters off the Massachusetts coast. The wild ride lasted...
Carey is a musical earth angel. Claimed by two worlds--pure pop and urban soul--she chose, a few albums ago, to integrate hip-hop into her sound. Her mostly entertaining new CD features cameos from a host of rappers, including Snoop Dogg and the gruff-voiced Mystikal. Some of Carey's lyrics are revealing: "I gravitated towards a patriarch," the now divorced diva sings in Petals. Some of her music, however, is less pointed and could use more grit. Carey longs for the hard black soul of the street, but she hovers a bit above it, heat shimmering...