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...like a mess, but it isn't; all of Spector's productions have a solid beat - they swing, in fact - and in each number some distinctive solo instrument rides clearly above the mix, carefully placed, articulating the hooks. (Take a listen to the acoustic guitar in this segment from "Uptown.") One of the most interesting components in the Wall of Sound is the horn section, which modulates through the chords without accent, like a pianist who hits a chord once and then holds down the reverb pedal until the next harmonic shift. Other elements define the beat but the horns...
...There were other singers as well - Darlene Love later became even more important to me than Ronnie. There were The Crystals on "He's a Rebel" and "Uptown" and "Da Doo Ron Ron," "Ben E. King on "Rose in Spanish Harlem," Sonny Charles and the Checkmates on " Black Pearl." But Ronnie was first...
...protest as well as for emotional expression, as in the tune "I Had No Right," which tells the story of '60s anti-war radicals Daniel and Philip Berrigan. But perhaps the overriding theme on this album is one of renewal. In "Spring Street" Williams confides her battle with uptown pretensions and affirms that she'll push [herself] up through the dirt and shake [her] petals free. In each sentiment expressed in The Green World, Dar Williams has surely accomplished her goal of "capturing life at strange angles...
...those noisy picketers!) for Florida. Casting directors have called actors at home and urged them to cross the line under aliases. Production companies have also been caught taking out city permits under false pretenses. In one Dr. Pepper commercial produced by HSI, the permit said a TV series entitled "Uptown Girl" was to be filmed. Actors may be told they'll be part of an industrial film, a movie or that mythical "Uptown Girl" series. On the set they discover, oops, it's a commercial - unless they're na?ve enough to believe that everyone in a movie would walk around...
...other side is the uptown district where the brothels were. It draws assorted Old West romantics and libertarians. Curt Buttons, 54, is one of the folk who keep the saloons open until 2 a.m. A former Dumas client who estimates he has had sex with 50 prostitutes, Buttons, a retired railroad worker, has given more than $1,500 to restore the Dumas. "I hate the town Butte is becoming," he says. "You can't have a great time...