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...climax of the evening, however, began after a block of three songs from Rusted Root were played in succession. The band realized that the crowd needed to hear something familiar for rejuvenation--and Lord Almighty, did they get it. Donovan started the drum intro to "Martyr," the most deliriously happy song on When I Woke, and was soon followed by Glabicki's playing of the opening guitar riffs. The crowd, quite simply, went wild. The energy practically shot through the roof--suddenly jocks in baseball caps, hemp-wearing, adolescents and men with very long bears were jumping up and down...
...Back to the Earth" came next, and with it,another great chance for the crowd to sing. Onceagain, Rusted Root just kept playing as everyonein the audience chanted the opening "hey"s overand over again, making the intro at least twice aslong as it should have been and infinitely morewonderful than I've ever heard...
...that is unexpectedly disturbed by a radio sample ripped directly from the airwaves of Boston's own WBCN, a moment early in the album that shows the unique and hilarious humor characteristic of Fatboy's vocal sampling. The dialogue between a DJ and a caller serves as an interesting intro to the album's first single, "The Rockafeller Skank." The caller requests a song by Fatboy Slim, who he claims is "the band of the nineties," yet he can't even name the track that he wants to hear, except the continuously repeated vocal sample "Right about now, the funk...
...next track, "Fine and Good" opens with an acoustic intro with a spacey background, setting the scene for the eventual rocking climax. "Lead Pipe Cinch" eerily resembles a Soul Asylum acoustic number, but this aura is broken by "Cool Magnet," a pulsating anthem that could become the album's dark horse hit. Though not yet receiving radio airplay, it conveys the raw, hardcore emotion that is great for blasting out the car window while cruising down the highway at 80 miles per hour...
...involve an element of challenge. Granted, it's true that these tender first-years may exude some shagadelic Lolita appeal, and the Class of '02 has an uncannily high hotness quotient, but still...Does that really explain the abundant proliferation of skanky Harvard law students, voyeuristic townies, and Intro Course TFs who offer "one-on-one review sessions" in their private chambers? We think...