Not exact matches
Have you ever listened to an old
song and all
of a sudden a favorite vacation, concert, or summer memory
pops into your mind?
Modern Christian artists have produced a lot
of great
songs, but occasionally, blending biblically accurate,
pop - sounding, catchy lyrics
into a three and a half minute tune can end in head - scratching results.
Musician Sleep Good has turned one
of the «90s» most famous
songs — the rage - fueled Nirvana breakout «Smells Like Teen Spirit» — and turned it
into a
pop - punk mall anthem.
Cocky, bordering on arrogant but luckily the arrogance is not unfounded unlike other members
of the squad (Bentdner, I'm looking at you), the
song that
pops into my head first is «Undaunted by the Adrenaline Mob»
Maybe that means not saying the first thing that
pops into your mind to the rude lady at the supermarket or perhaps it means ignoring the siren
song of that chocolately, ooey, gooey brownie down in the kitchen.
Its powerful influence on the structure
of pop music continues today; the occasional rap interlude now finds its way
into many a rock
song, for example.
I, TONYA is actually a whole lot
of fun with Gillespie turning this
into a sprawling slice
of pop - culture flashback, fusing the story with wall - to - wall
songs from the era, and a constantly moving camera.
Despite their losses, they are soon discovered and promoted by a used car salesman named Curtis (Foxx, Miami Vice), who sells everything he has to put all his effort
into promoting the act to the top
of the
pop charts, utilizing
songs written by Effie's brother, C.C. (Robinson, Fat Albert).
Tame but qualitatively on a par, the Dolby Digital 5.1 audio does a nice job
of replicating the ambience
of a skating rink and importing
pop songs into a discrete environment — sometimes simultaneously, as in the number set to Björk's «It's Oh So Quiet.»
Occasionally, it veers
into fantasy, with hand - drawn illustrations on top
of the film stock when the narrative slides toward musical numbers, often comical covers
of songs like the Talking Heads» «Psycho Killer» and Iggy
Pop's «The Passenger» staged on public transit.
A solid cast bodes well for this unnecessary remake
of the 1982 movie (based on the 1970s musical), but the filmmakers» decision to turn the catchy
songs into bland
pop numbers is the real mistake...
While we have our share
of problems with the kinda twee, kinda cliche - indie -
pop -
song - rolled - up -
into - a-movie indie flick, it picked up mostly strong reviews and managed to be a fairly modest sleeper hit on its release in 2008, winning the John Cassavetes Award at the Independent Spirit Awards the next year.
Combining the tunefulness
of classic
pop songs with the thump
of classic house
of her hometown, the album ventures
into new sonic territory for Colette, from intimate bedroom beats to stadium - shaking dance anthems.
Obviously, starting a band with their weird neighbor and turning all
of their biggest battles
into catchy, minimalist
pop songs.
The result is a trim, scrubbed work, as strange and distilled as a mid-1930s Tod Browning chiller, where the smallest hint
of sentimentality or whimsy (say, the girls dancing to a
pop song) is literally short - circuited and the mirror the heroine stares
into in the final, closure - denying shot might have been pieced together from the same glass shards seen in the unnerving opening credits.
Also, taking
into consideration Boyle's use
of pop songs in Trainspotting I was half - expecting Sunshine to at least feature Pink Floyd's «Set the Controls for the Heart
of the Sun» and Violent Femmes» «(Let Me Go Out Like) A Blister in the Sun».
Like the
pop songs of your youth, the cars from that time were burned
into your brain.
«Georgia, Georgia...» When people think
of Georgia, the beautiful
song «Georgia on My Mind» may
pop into their minds, and there's a good reason why that
song rings true — because the beautiful state
of Georgia has so much to offer.
During an Emmy night interview with TV Guide, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie revealed that several
songs would soon be offered for download via the Rock Band Network, leaving us hoping Sub
Pop was finally following through on plans to convert the entirety
of their catalog
into playable tracks, but fearing we'd been fooled by the Kiwi's notoriously deadpan delivery.
Most gratifyingly, is the variety found in Project DIVA Future Tone
song list, with tracks that transcend the typical energetic J -
pop numbers, venturing
into genres like samba, rock, and even quirky iterations
of game music.
In previous work Philipsz has used national anthems, love
songs,
pop songs and even the sounds
of bell towers in Cork, Ireland, to draw the viewer / listener
into an awareness
of their own presumptions.
A snatch
of an old David Gray
song, endlessly repeating the name
of an ancient place with as heavy a sorrow as anodyne
pop could bear, drifted through the corridors and drew visitors
into a large, darkened room.
Conceptual artist Tony Tasset's new series
of paintings and sculptures, Me And My Arrow, references the Harry Nilsson
song of the same title and shows his continued interest in using a
pop sensibility to tap
into shared visual knowledge.
Created across a range
of media, these works are catchy and infectious like a summer
pop song, while drawing viewers
into underlying ideas about modern life.
Through the band's tense dialogue, the mythological status
of the
pop song dissipates
into the petty realities behind something seemingly perfect.
It's been edited
into a remake
of the Justin Timberlake
song of the same name, while the exhibition title in turn references a Black Eyed Peas track, featuring vocals from the aforementioned
pop artist.
However, such a comparison is not as accessible to lay jurors nor, in
pop music circles, is that necessary the way in which a
song comes
into being — i.e. sheet music is not usually the first medium
of expression.