DURAN DURAN left fans devastated on the opening night of their world tour - after frontman SIMON LE BON repeatedly forgot the lyrics to the group’s greatest hits. The Rio …
Nnenna Freelon sings with heart and depth. She can embody lyrics or just have fun with them; she has a popping swing, she can scat with panache. But until her mid-20s, the Cambridge, Mass., native avoided a performing career.
Duran Duran’s world tour got off to an awkward start in New Zealand on Wednesday as singer Simon Le Bon forgot the lyrics and bassist John Taylor stormed off stage, according to a published report.
Every so often, Kevin Love acts his age, and this is what those in journalism call a “newsworthy event.” Ben Howland came across one of those moments in Phoenix early Wednesday. His star freshman was getting taped in the meeting room, sitting there throwing out rap lyrics.
So went the lyrics from Al Green’s song “God is standing by”, as it floated through the air in Sugar Hill, Rampanalgas, where residents gathered on Wednesday night to pray away evil in the wake of two horrific deaths in their village earlier this year.
Danity Kane, P. Diddy’s self-made all-girl group from Making the Band 3, is back with their sophomore album Welcome To The Dollhouse (Bad Boy Entertainment). Don’t be fooled by the title of the disc: The lyrics and message the album delivers are for anyone but little girls.
It’s challenging to characterize Gnarls Barkley, the brainchild of Atlanta singer Cee-Lo Green and Big Apple musician/producer Danger Mouse. But that’s their exact intention. The duo responsible for 2006’s out-of-the-blue smash hit “Crazy” is a smidgen too wacky on their second disc The Odd Couple, awash with vague lyrics and puzzling stories that leave the listener generally unfulfilled.
Heat comes top when 11- to 14-year-olds are asked to name their favourite read, followed by teenage girls’ magazine Bliss, which comes joint second with reading song lyrics online. They are followed by reading computer game cheats advice online, and then reading your own blog or fan fiction.”
SPOTSWOOD - They may be too young to know the song lyrics “Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,” but students at Spotswood High School sure know their robots. Who knew when Styx sang its ode to the joys and perils of robotics in 1983 that 25 years later students would have their own robots in school?
Oh, happy day (oh, happy day)