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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...have ever recorded for a song she almost certainly didn't write passes for a live show. But a lot of critics, to put it politely, don't think Matthews is all that great. To put it not so politely, they think he and his band stink, in a Spin Doctors, two-weeks-old, dead-Phish kind of way. "I largely avoid reading critics," Matthews says. Still, he can quote verbatim from a review that compared America's love of his band with France's love of Jerry Lewis. His answer is to raise his game. On Everyday, he ventures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: And The Band Plays On... | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...that's right. What a talk--I especially liked his vocabulary and metaphors. And he's just so open to reform and innovation for your school! So who's your favorite professor this semester? You're taking a class with the one making the grade-inflation stink, right? Is he any good...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, | Title: Crimson's Complaint | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

...ideal (count every vote, impartially) had a head-on collision with the imperfect (the machines stink, the recount standards varied wildly, and there wasn't time anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vexing Questions for the Holidays | 12/13/2000 | See Source »

...harmonies on the chorus are sweet and fluttery, and it's all supported by sighing strings. The Boys sing lines like "I cannot hide I can't erase/ The way you make me feel inside/You complete me girl that's why." The gushing, unapologetic pathos of the song may stink like rotten milk to some listeners. But if you're willing to accept sentiment in place of emotion, corniness in place of craft and corporate marketing in place of your own free will, it can be intoxicating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Where The Boys Are | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...chorus are sweet and fluttery, and it's all supported by sighing strings. The Boys sing lines like "I cannot hide I can't erase/ The way you make me feel inside/ You complete me girl that's why." The gushing, unapologetic pathos of the song may stink like rotten milk to some listeners. But if you're willing to accept sentiment in place of emotion, corniness in place of craft and corporate marketing in place of your own free will, it can be intoxicating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where the Boys Are | 11/21/2000 | See Source »

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