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...brief, frenetic bongo riff leads to the vocal theme-each of title's four words held for a full bar-accompanied by the bass drum working out (at a much slower tempo) the immortal boom, ba-doom intro to Fats Domino's 1957 "I'm Walkin'." (The guys are singing heavenly choir, but the drums say Big Easy.) Then we're back in marching mode, with a piano and, for a few bars, a mocking trumpet. This time, all four Seasons participate in the narrative; the backing vocals don't just underline the story, they sometimes undermine it. Frankie sings...
...copy - as a kid and realized cute cartoon animals were actually "grotesque and nightmarish," says Peter Poplaski, longtime friend and co-author of The R. Crumb Handbook (MQ Publications; 442 pages), published last month. Crumb has recently begun to confront his personal history in his work. In the strip Walkin' the Streets (2004), he shows himself strolling at night with his older brother, Charles, locked in intense mental exchange. Charles killed himself in 1995. Crumb has also drawn their addicted mother, who tried - and failed miserably - to maintain the facade of normal family life. "There's a strong confessional element...
...last swinging ballad, Leftover Salmon uses this disc to showcase their diversity and song-writing capability. Any listener can appreciate the spectrum of sound with songs like the sure folk rock hit, “Woody Guthrie,” and the Southern fried “Keep On Walkin.” The album delightfully maintains an impressive sense of cohesion and style. Instead of leading you astray, each track offers a different road to walk down and a different mood to discover...
...About an hour. We entertained the thought for a while that my character--because we were just so desperately failing--would start working blue. This guy, who is this Buddhist guy, gentle soul, comes out and says, "Well, there are two hookers walkin' down the street, and, uh, one of them's eye falls...
...cruel things you do." Minneapolis contrasts the open wound of a relationship with the glistening whiteness of the Minnesota winter, while the perky People Talkin' decodes a fair number of Williams' riddles: "Livin' is full of misery and pain/Somebody calls you a dirty name, keep on walkin...