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described "Imagine" as Lennon's "most revered" post-Beatles song. Authors Ben Urish and Ken Bielen called it "the most subversive pop song recorded to achieve classic status". Fricke commented: "'Imagine' is a subtly contentious song, Lennon's greatest combined achievement as a balladeer and...
Song Joong-ki mentioned, "There's a scene etched in my mind. While preparing, I pondered over this, but I could only imagine since I hadn't experienced Kiwan's situation myself. Then, my North Korean language teacher shared their actual experiences and situatio...
when I was younger, on the ‘Rubber Soul’ album. My first expression of it was a song called ‘The Word.’ The word is ‘love.’‘In the good and the bad books that I have read,’ whatever, wherever, the word is ‘love.’ It seems like the underlying...
The guard called Li Chuan’s apartment through the access control system. “Who is this?” After a long time, a voice answered lazily. Song Xiuyun squeezed forth and pressed her lips to the speaker. “Li Chuan, it’s mom. I’m here to visit you.” The person on the other end of...
36. “I’m still looking for my own version of America / One without the gun, where the flag can freely fly / No bombs in the sky, only fireworks when you and I collide / It’s just a dream I had in mind” –“Looking For America,” Lana Del Rey ...
called Semiotics. Landers admits that his problem stems from “an empty canvas and an unwillingness to repeat the thing that’s popular,” and his response has resulted in a cornucopia of subjects and approaches. “As soon as something becomes popular,” he says, “I develop wanderlust and ...
It sounds like nothing else in Lady Gaga’s discography — so much so that it’s hard to imagine her ever writing in this mode again. 114. “Cheek to Cheek,” Cheek to Cheek (2014) “Heaven, I’m in heaven / And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak,” sings Gaga as ...
Devin Townsend is one of metal’s most brilliant and curious master musicians. Known for his quirky and oddball humor, he took a more serious approach on the grandiose and cinematic ‘Transcendence’ from the Devin Townsend Project. Many have called this Devy’s masterwork, a telling claim for...
Two weeks ago,J. K. Rowling published a blog postjustifying recent anti-transgender tweets, in what many have called “a transphobic manifesto.” Just nine days later, a US Senator used that essay asjustification to block The Equality Act, which would have added sexual orientation and gender ...