Watch a supremely young Ozzy Osbourne keeping the beat with his head as he sings. Paranoid is a song of carefully placed syllables:
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Four Candles or Fork Handles?
Sharing a language never guarantees understanding. Expectation is key. But it’s hard to know what to expect, when you work in a shop that sells a little of everything:
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Englishing Brazil for Export
If you wanted to encourage a localist English squirrel to try their first nibble of Brazil nut, what would you use to tempt them closer? Macadamia or hazelnuts?
Sergio Mendes knew that the 1960s’ English speaking world needed a touch of the familiar to entice them gently into his music. I’ll talk a bit more about that in a minute. First, a question: in the Mas Que Nada video, you see two women lip-synching to the vocals, but you’re hearing only one of their voices, multi-tracked. For fun, which of the two looks as if they own that voice?
Hea-a-a-a-art Full of… Sand
What’s in a Name?
Imagine this: you’re the vocalist in The Pink Phylloid psychedelic tribute band. Tonight’s gig? A chateau near St Tropez. The usual dressing room routine: paisley, kohl, crushed velvet, hot thyme.
Your manager bursts in. Le Twitter’s aflame. Not as you’d planned…