Word: wailful
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Since coming-to-terms is the album’s theme, the Indian wail that filled the Mutations love dirge “Nobody’s Fault But My Own” has been replaced by an array of similarly gorgeous string arrangements that are less dejected and more bittersweet. Within these also lies evidence of Beck’s own musical preferences: the near-funky bass lines and lazy drums of “Paper Tiger” are decorated in a dazzling orchestral swell a la Serge Gainsbourg. Later on, the Milky Way voyage...
...mourners, their voices hoarse and cracking, make their way down to Manikarnika Ghat, where bodies are burned on the riverbank, to lay down their burden. The widow is directed to an observation deck above the burning platform. "Women cannot come to the burning," explains Papu. "They cry and wail and shout, and the soul cannot be released to Nirvana if someone is calling him back with tears...
...replete with shimmering guitars and a fist-waving chorus, and you get the sense the band is just out to have some fun and score some chicks. In contrast to the Strokes edgy “Hard To Explain,” Alex Greenwald’s surfer-dude wail sounds most comfortable singing, “I’ll try for one ray of sunlight to hold in my hand/ Maybe we can be happy again.” There is nothing too sophisticated in their arrangements and lyrics, which are reminiscent of Weezer in sound...
...Another incident involved a well-endowed woman, her push-up bra and a totally clueless National Guardsman who, hearing the shrill wail of his metal detector wand each time it passed over this woman's chest, stood there for at least five minutes, his brow knitted, waving the wand back and forth, over and over again, never realizing what he faced was not a security threat but an extremely sturdy brassiere. Finally, his female colleague noticed what was going on and stepped over and whispered something in his ear. He blushed and waved the poor woman through the entrance...
...start of every year, film pundits and critics across the country wail about the dearth of cinematic treasures afforded by the year just ended. And 2001’s field of well-loved films, they have said, was even sparser than usual -- one of the most prominent factors muddling attempts to predict the year’s Academy Award nominations. In category after category of my predictions for this year, I’ve found a rough ratio of three educated guesses to every two generally agreed-upon nominees. On that note, here are my predictions for this year?...