Word: pizzicato
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Dates: during 1993-1993
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...encores were Foday Musa Suso's "Tilliboyo" ("Sunset") and John Oswald's "Specter," the former a pleasant African tune rendered in amplified pizzicato, the latter a terrifying essay in electric feedback. The enthusiastic crowd of 800 was reluctant to cease its applause...
...insouciant rocker She's Too Good for Me, the lyrics wring pathos and irony from the misfortunes of unlucky lovers. Yet Sting's manners are too refined to let the suffering spoil the lush settings; the shackles in this emotional dungeon are lined with velvet. In Seven Days, pizzicato strings thrum a decorous, mocking waltz as a man muses over various ways to deal with a romantic rival. In the darkly cynical Love Is Stronger than Justice, a man kills his brothers to avoid sharing the affections of a beautiful senorita. "I look forward to a better day," Sting blithely...