Word: transcend
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...already explored the comical worlds of the insane. (Rent The Fisher King). Kevin Spacey has already taught us to savor every moment of our lives. (Hint: You own this movie on DVD). So why have they given us K-PAX, a rehash of old themes which fails to transcend the formula...
...love story, doesn’t quite make up for its length or melodramatic mood. Still, it is worth the effort of climbing through the elongated drama and elusive passages just to experience the beauty that is the prose. In The Pickup, Gordimer shows that love does not always transcend the physical and emotional needs of individuals. Julie’s “pickup” changes her and allows her to experience a new world, but the love that beckons is not enough to keep her from living her own life...
...band soon started a chorus of comparisons to other piano rockers like Elton John and Bily Joel, although Folds himself claims to have more similarities with Randy Newman. Songs like “Evaporated,” which Folds fought to keep on the album, showed his ability to transcend the smart-ass energy they began with. The group made their first real foray into popular culture when “Brick,” an understated, painfully personal song about abortion hit the airwaves and sent album sales soaring. Disillusioned by a frenetic touring schedule, the pressures...
...Malagasy group Tarika, which earlier focused on racism and corruption in its own country, took a trans-Indian-Oceanic pilgrimage to Sulawesi, the Indonesian home island of the first settlers of Madagascar, in search of the roots of their roots. The mesmerizing result, Soul Makassar, aims to transcend the local and the global, melding guitar and organ with traditional string instruments. On Aretina, singer Rasoanaivo Hanitrarivo bemoans finding many Sulawesi people ashamed of their own music, preferring Western pop: "You can hear something different/But it is hidden and not played with pride...
...Ertegun and his partner Jerry Wexler needed three things: a performer to summarize and transcend the blues form; a white singer the kids could call their own; and a writer-producer team to synthesize black music for the mass market that didn?t even know it needed a seismic sonic jolt. With these elements, Ertegun and Wexler knew, they could revolutionize musicmaking and, more important, music listening. Just their luck, and their smarts, they got all three...