Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...women's team (2-3) was not so upbeat about its performance...
...first cut, "Country Love," is marked in its optimistic exuberance. This upbeat tune mixes the passion and confusion of being in love in the sensitive lyrics. "Love only comes once in a lifetime," they sing, reassuring that "It's not that I don't know what I want and it's not that I don't care..." "Country Love" is a celebration of youth, setting a tone of high energy for the remainder of the album. The move to "Five Forks Road" is a fluid one, which is suprising because its tempo and mood are comparatively relaxed and mellow...
...album tackles some sophisticated social and emotional issues while remaining largely upbeat, danceable and and positive. "The Growing Home" exemplifies the personal issues the album deals with, addressesing the friction between teens and their parents. It offers a fresh perspective on this traditional rock topic with its simple yet profound lyrical analysis, "We broke me down, we built me up and together we formed me." They sing the explanation: "I may seem rather reckless and the way I travel free, but I'm just growing up right now and it seems all right...
...they could find some way that the book could be pitched as anything but . . . depressing. There was no need to worry. This fourth, and presumably final, installment of the life and times of Harold C. Angstrom -- Rabbit Run (1960), Rabbit Redux (1971), Rabbit Is Rich (1981) -- is far more upbeat than its subject matter would seem to warrant. And in the bargain it manages to be both poignant and excruciatingly funny...