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...like the melody, other songs I like the lyrics or I like the way the vocals flow so I just appropriate those aspects and use them in a new context. Other times, I may not like the song on the surface level but there might be a cool snare sound or a kickdrum. It's like playing with dolls, like your favorite G.I. Joes or whatever, you get to put them in imaginary scenarios. Here I get to play with Notorious B.I.G. a cappella and the Tiny Dancer instrumental...
...that way. You know, I just ... I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn't yet ... I hope I ... I don't want to sound like I've made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't ... you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with...
...know that “Plumber” isn’t even the guy’s last name? He’s not even licensed, doggone it! And his real surname is Wurzelbacher. Now Joe, doesn’t that sound like some kind of Arab Communist name to you? I know it does to me. So why the heck is the GOP, our GOP, suddenly so keen on this...
...commissioned for 2006, the work was pushed back to this year, and as James Levine pointed out in his program notes, the piece was well worth the wait. With clear melodic lines—as well as juxtapositions of rhythms between sections of the orchestra that created the lopsided sound of hemiolas—the piece makes a direct connection to the emotion of Tchaikovsky’s work, while still sounding new and intriguing. The final chord is, in fact, the same chord of lamentation that begins the last movement of the “Symphony...
...classical performance. The audience and musicians were already familiar with one another, so there was little uncomfortable tension before the start of the piece.The performance of the Bartók was lukewarm. In the first two sections (of six), the strings played deftly, but the winds’ sound didn’t blend well and the orchestra sounded thick and almost noisy. In the third section, an energetic dance influenced by Romanian folk tunes, the strings came alive, unified hearty. While the ensemble was well-balanced, its dynamics were often too strong; when the strings attempted to construct...