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...Instead, they went home, where Andersson had an even more ambitious idea: to compose Kristina fran Duvemala (Kristina from Duvemala) as a sung-through national epic, in a style that would span folk tunes, symphonies and musical theater. Ulvaeus, adapting the Moberg novels - which had served as the source for two popular Swedish films in the '70s, The Emigrants and The New Land - also had a radical notion: for the first time in his career, he'd write his lyrics in his native language...
...likely to be assembled in New York City, except, perhaps, for a Prairie Home Companion performance. And what a treat people got; there's nothing like the spectacle of nearly a hundred singers and musicians gathered on a famous stage to present a work that deserves to be renowned. Sung in English and trimmed by about an hour (losing a few favorite numbers in the process), this Kristina may not have the sweep and sonic magnificence of the album, but it's still likely to be the definitive reading of the new version...
...indie filmmaker Lenny Lipton, had written a poem in the spirit of Ogden Nash; Yarrow set it to music, and a few years later the trio recorded "Puff the Magic Dragon." This children's song, with its fanciful friendship and lilting chorus, would dominate the Top 40 and be sung in summer camp forever after. To the cognoscenti, this was a drug song in pop-music code: Puff, drag-on, "little Jackie Paper." Hipsters began referring to the group as Peyote, Pot & Maryjuana - though Yarrow consistently denied the hallucinogenic connection. He was even more adamant in condemning Paul Shanklin...
...vocal group than a Rock Band, the game includes opportunities for three-part harmony, so you can try out those castrati woooos on "She Loves You." (It's as much karaoke as music video game.) The 45-song playlist emphasizes guitar-heavy songs - things the Beatles could have sung live. Some of the most infectious are those early, primitive classics from their first album, Please Please Me, which was released in 1963. As you start playing, especially if you're a novice, you may share Lennon's testy frustration, heard on the earliest of the box-set minidocs. "Get that...
...idioms with a delight that turns them for the better. “You can push me away, but I cannot let you go / try as you may, no, I cannot let you go,” sings Lerche. A very typical pop lyric, but here, sung by Lerche, it is filled with a rare sense of optimism, brought out by the playful rhyme. Sondre Lerche is really just an extraordinarily pleasant everyman, whose magic resides in incorporating jazz pianos and orchestral strings in his music while managing to stay completely unassuming and unpretentious. His music may lack originality...