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...avid amateur marine biologist, Akihito became an expert on fish. He is also a dedicated musician, and the palace often resounds with impromptu concerts of Mozart, Grieg or Beethoven; Akihito is a fine cellist and is joined by his wife playing the harp, Hiro on viola, Aya on the guitar and Nori at the piano. Says chief chamberlain Yasuo Shigeta: "This is a family so full of sweet music...
...believe imbues their Celtic Christian Consciousness. I don't doubt that life is tough in Ireland, but U2 music is produced for maximum movingness effect that is achieved through lots of driving thumping beats, plenty of references to a hopeless, endless search (for sincerity, it seems), and ripping guitar riffs interspersed at the right moments. One is tempted to suggest that Bono lighten up and smile for a change of scenery. If Bono could invent a barometric measure of intensity, he probably would expect that his howls and grimaces would register 100 percent pressure...
...They corral Dylan into playing Hammond organ on an extraordinary new tune, Hawkmoon 269, and press him into harmony-singing and lyric-writing service on Love Rescue Me, a high point not only for the band but also for their informal spiritual adviser. The Edge, the band's wizard guitar player, contributes a lilting, spooky piece of folk inspiration, Van Diemen's Land, and the whole group works out at Sun Studios in Memphis, where Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis cut some of their best sides. It is a deliberate pilgrimage, of course, but Angel of Harlem...
THOMPSON has absolutely no stage presence, and his band has even less (with the exception of drummer Kenny Aaronson, on loan from the John Cougar Mellencamp band). But Thompson endeared himself to the crowd, not by flashy guitar heroics or acrobatic dancing, but through his self deprecating stage patter...
...course, through his eloquent guitar work. Thompson channeled all his energy through his fingers, mesmerizing the audience with his fluidity and power. He showed a harder-rocking edge than he usually does on record. By the end of the hour-and-a-half set, during his fastest numbers, Thompson's solos careened with enough energy to send Sanders into orbit...