Word: vocalizer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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However, the two slow ballads from 52nd Street point up the peculiar failing of this album. Both songs work from the success of "Just the Way You Are," but neither is as sincere. "Honesty" is innocent enough, a sweet, simple melody which allows Joel to experiment with a soft vocal. But the song smacks of Elton John's "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word," and falls flat into a canned, pop sound...
...album's anchor, "Until the Night," encompasses all the shortcomings of this latest Billy Joel effort. The cut begins with a lackadaisical vocal set to a Phil Spector beat that suits Johnny Mathis more than Billy Joel. Though the song builds to a contrasting bridge and powerful crescendo, Joel is lost in the music, overshadowed by the mystery vocalist who solos the first two verses and dominates the choruses. The album lists no vocal credit. The listener leaves the song wondering where Billy Joel is hidden...
...Bostonian tonight and I couldn't be prouder of this city. The results show the people of this city trusted us when we told them the truth," he said to more than 500 vocal supporters in the grand ballroom of the hotel...
Only once in a long while do the residents of Cambridge and the city's government agree on an issue. But when these two vocal and potentially powerful groups join forces, as they have over the Red Line extension, an extended fight is sure to come...
...opera by William Shield and John O'Keeffe, Dublin, 1783, at Tapestry Hall, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at 3:30 pm on Sunday. The performance is free and details are available at 267-9300, ext. 340. At Berklee Recital Hall, 1140 Boyleston Street, Boston, Marla Prince leads a vocal ensemble tonight at 7:30 pm. Info about the free concert is at 266-1400. Also, at the University, sopranos Marguerite Coughlin and Sabra Loomis and pianist Alvin Novak perform works of Liszt, Wolf, Schumann and Berg. The free concert is at Adams House Lower Common Room...