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...Then Ronnie's vocal floats in on the top: "Why do they say that / we're too young to go steady / Don't they believe that / I love you already / See the stars are shiny and bright / I wish we could go out tonight / Why don't they let us fall in love? / Why don't they let us fall in love? / Yeah yeah yeah yeah..." My reaction to this kind of lyric, in this kind of setting, is what finally convinces me that - like Brian Wilson - "I just wasn't made for these times". I mean...
...said, no matter - Jones' plaintive vocals (and the song's telling melody) get the message across. In his never-equaled way, he drifts across the languid honky-tonk beat; almost talking at points, he never fails to surprise with a speeded-up phrase or a well-placed drawn-out note. At the same time, he never makes mush of the lyrics; one of his great assets is that the listener understands every word. Moving to the new label seems to have reinvigorated Jones, who is at his vocal peak on this and the several albums that followed over the next...
...that only glow with the lights out. In their debut album SkinDiving, south London trio Al Boyd, Richard Jeffrey and Adaesi Ukairo have oozed out a unique and seductive blend of aquamarine electronic pulse. Lyrically intriguing, although sometime tempted to too-easy rhymes, SkinDiving strikes a perfect balance between vocal and vibration...
...Green Day has added musical competence to back up the snot-nosed attitude of yesteryear. Though the set included some 25 songs or half-completed songs, the band never seemed to tire, and sounded tight all the way through the six-song encore. With an excellent sound mix, the vocal hooks were audible and the guitar punchy and loud. Even songs from the newest album, calm by comparison on recording, came out action-packed and catchy...
...Brazil?s failure to protect the Amazon; last June, by contrast, an outpouring of popular protest forced the Brazilian Congress to drop a plan to reduce from 80% to 50% the amount of forest to be set aside as nature preserves in future Amazonian development projects. Among the most vocal opponents of the rollback was Jos? Sarney Filho, the federal Environment Minister and son of the pro-development former President. In Acre, the frontier state where environmental martyr Chico Mendes was assassinated in 1988 by ranchers angered by his efforts to halt deforestation, change is more drastic. The current Governor...