DrByoung-Joon (B.J.) Song received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. He then received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School. He completed his post-doctoral training in the Laboratory of Drs. Frank F. Gonzalez and the late Harry V. Gelboin at the National Cancer Institute, NIH from 1983 to 1986. He joined the NIAAA as a Senior Staff Fellow in 1986 and has then served as a Senior Investigator and Chief of Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Metabolism and Membrane Biochemistry since 1993. Dr. Song has authored or coauthored more than 170 publications.
Song BJ, Akbar M, Abdelmegeed MA, Byun K, Lee B, Yoon SK, Hardwick JP. Mitochondrial dysfunction and tissue injury by alcohol, high fat, nonalcoholic substances and pathological conditions through post-translational protein modifications. Redox Biol. 2014;3:109-23.
The fact that this has so little vocal harmonies probably hurt it a lot, even MORE & MORE had some. The post-chorus has some actually, which is probably why I like that part the most with its better melody, even if the lyrics are a bit goofy akin to the iconic Soyeon dessert rap.
Alright, so lets talk vocals. The girls hit all the notes. Great! But this just meets the song expectations. The vocals are all grouped around the middle of the 4th octave, well within their range, but they hit all the notes straight on without much style or inflection, so it all sounds very samey. A better vocal would elevate it. As is, it sounds like young girls singing into their hairbrush in their bedroom.
So between the song style, the song title and theme, the vocal performance, it skews very young. I thought JYP was steering Twice to being more mature look and style, but this pushes the back a few years in time to bright and young and peppy. Interesting.
My daughter likes virgin frozen pina coladas, and sonny boy virgin frozen margaritas (basically a lime slushie). Last summer when every weekend was Family Resort Weekend! I went all tropical theme with inflatable flamingos and little drink umbrellas and cooler goblets and such, and those frozen bacardi mixers. Sonny boy became quite adept at blending them up. (I would then add a generous pour of rum to mine.) The $20 I spent on that slip in slide was the best thing I bought all year.
Maybe as kpop fans, many of you think this song may not be as strong as a title track should be, but I think the unique lazy atmosphere of this song completely attracts me. I really like this song, maybe also because I always like Bossa Nova.
Weirdly enough, I actually like this one a good bit. It has that slow, casual and chill melody, and bobs perfectly normally. It reminds me of a soundtrack song in Super Mario Odyssey which also was Bossa Nova. Would not mind seeing this sort of style trend, even if I would prefer a much more dynamic sound for summer overall.
When it comes to video game soundtracks, however, I think the Zelda franchise peaks. BOTW and Ocarina have some excellent pieces of music. The Ganon fight and trailer theme of BOTW are some of my most played pieces of music this year.
I love most Final Fantasy music so, so much. Also, Japanese companies seem to have a better idea for game music. Currently, my obsession is the Fire Emblem Three Houses soundtrack. I just finished my second route of the 4 in the game, and loving it so much. Ghosts of Tsushima rocked my playlists last year.
Agreed. If they wanted to go for chill and laidback, the key or vocal arrangement should have been lowered. As it is, the vocals are just way too high and shrill for me to even enjoy it as something a bit more funky and relaxing for summer. The instrumental and vocal track are just fighting one another, and as a result, it pretty much cancels out the efforts of both.
The song feels fresh,summery and all to me but uneventful,as you said at the same time.I do not have any problem with Twice changing paths and exploring new genres,not only with Twice but any artist in general and when they do that it can be a hit or a miss.The song is neither great nor pathetic,its just underwhelming but hey,It would make a perfect background score.
This style is comparable to the Lee Hae Sol remix of their Japanese single Fanfare, albeit far weaker. It feels like they held back instead of exploring that style all out. Not what you expect from a Twice title track.
"Alcohol" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released on May 9, 2005, as the lead single from Paisley's album Time Well Wasted (2005), reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. It also peaked at number 28 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was nominated for two Grammys: Best Country Song and Best Country Male Vocal. Joseph Gordon-Levitt covered it in 2011.[1]
The song is a mid-tempo in 6/8 time signature and the key of C major, but down tuned in the original recording.[2] In the song, Paisley personifies alcoholic beverages in general, describing the various influences that the beverages have on certain people ("Helping white people dance"), ultimately stating "You'll have some of the best times you'll never remember, with me, Alcohol".
The music video was directed by Jim Shea. It features Little Jimmy Dickens, who puts a lampshade on his head. It was released in June 2005. A newer, 3D live version of the video, directed by Scott Scovill, was released in late 2010.
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Design: A sample of 341 rap music song lyrics released from 1979 to 1997 were selected using Billboard and Gavin rating charts. Song lyrics were coded for music genres, alcohol beverage types and brand names, drinking behaviors, drinking contexts, intoxication, attitudes towards alcohol and consequences of drinking.
Findings: From 1979 to 1997, songs with references to alcohol increased fivefold (from 8 to 44%); those exhibiting positive attitudes rose from 43% to 73%; and brand name mentions increased from 46% to 71%. There were also significant increases in songs mentioning champagne and liquor (mainly expensive brand names) when comparing songs released after 1994 with those from previous years. In addition, there were significant increases in references to alcohol to signify glamour and wealth, and using alcohol with drugs and for recreational purposes. The findings also showed that alcohol use in rap music was much more likely to result in positive than negative consequences.
Conclusions: Many of these findings are consistent with the idea that rap music has been profoundly affected by commercial forces and the marketing of alcoholic beverages. In addition, it is possible that the increase in references to alcoholic beverages in rap music, particularly spirits, is a reflection of a broader advertising culture which increasingly associates African Americans with alcohol use.
When Busta performed this song with Pharrell Williams at the 2014 NBA All Star game, they changed the liquor shoutout to Ciroc vodka. Diddy (who is also on the track) owns the lux spirit. But back in the day when this cut first dropped, they were all hoping a glass (or bottle for that matter) of the choice cognac would come their way. Listen here.
Penned by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill for the incendiary 1930 opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, this song was originally performed by a chorus of prostitutes. This more famous cover was recorded by the Doors in 1966 with a carnivalesque sound that perfectly illustrates what it's like to be smashed and along for the ride (which Jim Morrison very likely was).
We hate this song as much as you do. Of course we do. But the entire belly-shot community would beg to differ. And answer us this: Has any piece of music better simulated the jackhammering headache of a Russian-grade hangover?
Gee, this stein-swinging sing-along from 1975 makes drunks seem quaint and adorable. Like commercials with horses falling in love with puppies. Not like raging douchebags who get into fights about football and fall in the street.
The Big Lebowski may have cornered the market on White Russian references in pop culture, but this (rhythmically) chugging delight from bluesy Brits Dr. Feelgood gives dairy its sonic due. Written by Nick Lowe (after a night spent drinking Kahla and watching John Lee Hooker perform), its seedy stomp and heavy riffing positively ooze the illicit joys of a night on the town. Warning: may not be suitable for the lactose intolerant.
TWO GENTLEMEN who were in the lavatory at the time tried to lift him up: but he was quite helpless. He lay curled up at the foot of the stairs down which he had fallen. They succeeded in turning him over. His hat had rolled a few yards away and his clothes were smeared with the filth and ooze of the floor on which he had lain, face downwards. His eyes were closed and he breathed with a grunting noise. A thin stream of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
He told his hearers that he was there that evening for no terrifying, no extravagant purpose; but as a man of the world speaking to his fellow-men. He came to speak to business men and he would speak to them in a businesslike way. If he might use the metaphor, he said, he was their spiritual accountant; and he wished each and every one of his hearers to open his books, the books of his spiritual life, and see if they tallied accurately with conscience.
Before departing Dublin, I stopped at a famous tourist destination, although if I had known more about the tour, which did not visit any of the historic distilling sites or equipment (distilling now happens in Cork), I would have opted for an up and coming distiller.
We taught the group one of most famous Irish drinking songs, The Wild Rover, which, ironically, has a connection to temperance. As people sing it in the pubs, the lyrics speak of giving up a life of wandering and wasting money on the drink:
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