Word: tonally
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...record smaller than a conventional 45 and put it on a machine that will scan its data with a laser. The sound will produce, in the owner, a guarded but rather smug smile, and in the envious listener the impression that his old conventional rig at home produces the tonal qualities of two Dixie cups and a thread...
...offers him food and drink. The other servants in the house discover him and throw him out bodily, with the offending maid close behind. The two pick themselves up, held themselves to the supplies of the pantry, and live happily ever after. By associating the characters with instruments, tonal qualities and musical phrases, Kyr expands on the actions and characters of the mimes and sustains the comedy in places where it might otherwise have lagged...
...Rosalinda's Eyes," in contrast, is probably the album's most interesting musical conglomeration. Tying together a bouncy Latin percussion section with a smooth nylon string guitar part and an innovative soprano recorder solo, Joel cooks up a tonal recipe that would delight even the gourmet. But the song of the "crazy Latin" never fulfills the mood, wandering off into ineffective rhyme. With a cute Fender Rhodes carrying the tune, there are reminders of "James," but none of its lyric depth...
...such a cut contrasts dramatically with a tune like "Have I Been Away Too Long." The song is a showcase for Daryl Hall's free-wheeling, bluesy vocal style. He scales to ear-shattering highs and teams with John Oates for swirling harmonies that sharpen the tonal disparity between their voices. It's a fine song reminiscent of many earlier Daryl Hall tunes, but it probably will be disliked by many listeners because of its loose sound...
...attracted to "spots and dots" (as the 171'ers affectionately refer to modern art.) Graphics I at 168 Newbury has an exhibit of Josef Albers who is almost sure to pop up on the 171 syllabus soon. Albers is well known for his squares within squares and his subtle tonal differentiation from square to square. The show includes these works called "Homage to the Square", but it features more prominently his "Mitered Squares" done in the last two years of his life. Again using subtle coloring and precise geometric figures, Albers creates in this series of prints an optical tunnel...