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...their noisy alloys. That makes Michael Feinstein, 30, either the oldest young singer of the '80s or the youngest old singer. Or perhaps both. What does he like? Just sit back and listen to the first number on his enchanting album, Live at the Algonquin (Parnassus Records): "Wanna sing a show tune,/ Good old Broadway show tune,/ Nothing that has no tune,/ Something that has heart./ Something you can hum, or can strum by the hour...
Nothing. For some strange reason, after three years without a major campus concert, it all made sense to the more than 3000 adoring Harvard fans who heard the British new wave star sing at Bright Arena last night...
...face. That may be right, and our difficulty in coming up with a more appropriate song only reflects the poverty of positive images of women in popular musical culture. In light of this, Greaves and Rader's implicit condemnation of Annie Lennox is particularly wrong-headed. Lennox may sing love songs that express emotions Greaves and Rader find unacceptable, but she also co-wrote and recorded, with Aretha Franklin, "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves", arguably the most straightforwardly feminist manistream pop song ever. In public appearances Lennox constantly challenges accepted gender norms. The point should be obvious: Lennox...
...happy song, "Good Times," lies at the other extreme. The song is so happy that it loses its credibility, especially surrounded by all the angry songs. Part of the reason the song seems so complacent--and out of place--is that the Bangles sing the backing vocals on it. One of the Gurus happens to be going out with one of the Bangles, which is the only conceivable reason for their anomalous appearance on this album...
...1950s, at the peak of its financial might, Texaco was the most profitable oil company in the U.S. and one of the best known. Millions of Americans watched the Texaco Star Theater television show, featuring Milton Berle, and a decade later any child could sing the jingle "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star." With exploration, refining and retail operations from Abilene to Aberdeen, the company has generated huge wealth and no small amount of controversy in its 86-year history...