Word: stalkers
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...that stands out for refreshing cleverness or insight; in the otherwise drab “Don’t Hideaway,” “I’m going to write you a letter / every day you like you were a debtor” humorously captures the stalker-like intensity with which the narrator commands his beloved not to “hideaway.” But these instances are notable chiefly for their rarity.A much more representative example of the songwriting comes from “Cue the Elephants”: “The morning belonged...
...healing touch from the god-boys. (The 3D effects, which include the flinging of sunglasses, guitar picks and other sacred relics into the crowd, are meant to bring the Brothers this close to their young viewers.) Throughout, the tone is hopeful, exuberant; if the crowd included desperate stalker girls, you can bet they were edited out. In a way, the fans are as knowledgeable about their role as the Brothers are about theirs. One shows up with Jonas-style sideburns charcoaled on her face. Three guys presenting themselves as faux-Jonases get a modicum of attention from the girls. That...
...hovers galoot-like around her, less a sensible parent than the nerd next to her in chemistry class. He wants her to be Daddy's little girl, always and exclusively, and his devotion to Kim has made him her imaginary swain and something like her real-life stalker. Message to Bryan: Get your own girlfriend...
...historical precedent can justify only so much. Going to D.C. to celebrate the election of a President you believe in? That's fine. Hanging around at his hotel just "to be breathing the same air," as one man told the Washington Post? If you can picture a stalker giving the same quote, maybe it's time to think again...
...Levi Stubbs, 72, lead singer of The Four Tops, gave Motown its most urgent growl of machismo. The lyrics of Reach Out I'll Be There are meant to be consoling, but Stubbs' shouted "Just look ovah yo' shoulda" makes the singer sound like a stalker. In the movies he was the voice of Audrey II, the voracious plant ("Feed me!") that's really a Mean Green Mother From Outer Space in Little Shop of Horrors. Another Motown treasure, songwriter-producer Norman Whitfield (I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, War), died...