The savvy underdogs named themselves after a musical style, seemingly to put opponents at their ease.
The musical style from the slums of Rio de Janeiro, called Baile Funk, is Wesley Pentz's latest obsession.
But this halfway measure a traditional-looking show, a subtext and a cast that didn't capture the musical style wasn't the answer.
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Each major region of the game was given a distinct musical style that varied based on locale and culture.
The only musical style missing is heavy rock because Eavis does not want the safety headaches brought by moshing and crowd-surfing.
Madonna's latest album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, released on Monday, marks a return to her disco roots in its musical style.
If I was to have purely written in a period-based musical style then for a player it would have not have been as exciting.
So I think people will read him forever because of this music, because his musical style makes you feel that the Arabic language is beautiful.
In 1998, France broke the spell that confounds teams like the NBA's Utah Jazz: being unable to win big if named after a musical style.
Mr. Pierre Louis, who died in 2009, aimed to professionalize the musician corps with a disciplined rehearsal schedule and uniforms, and he turned to local themes to "nationalize" a new musical style, as Mr. Dow put it.
Young Algerian musicians have evolved an idiosyncratic musical and lyrical style that strikes directly at the violence and poverty they grew up in.
But instead of pairing that vocal style with the musical bombast of that era, School of Seven Bells creates backing tracks that owe more to Cocteau Twins-style atmospherics and shoegazer drones.
The Bellamy Brothers musical group cranked out country-style tunes just before the extended Bush family -- including siblings Neil, Marvin and Dorothy -- took the stage with their famous older brother.
Whether you pick the deluxe king room with rock spa bath products, iPod docking stations, and pillow-top beds or the 750-square-foot tower suite with separate showers and tubs, panoramic views of Chi-Town, and separate living and sleeping areas, both blend musical memorabilia with a boutique-style contemporary atmosphere.
His musical ensembles and "old-fashioned" style made him a favorite with Hollywood elites, theater-goers and dignitaries, and earned him three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globe awards -- one of only 11 people ever to do so, according to The Broadway League, a trade group for the industry.
Wilson, who opened and closed the show wearing Iron Man-style armour, won breakthrough performance and shared best musical moment for her role in college musical Pitch Perfect.
"Doc was a legendary performer who blended his traditional Appalachian musical roots with bluegrass, country, gospel and blues to create a unique style and an expansive repertoire, " his management company, Folklore Productions, said.
The problems were compounded in the 2007--08 season, when Moonves tried to step out of the Murder, She Wrote mode with such shows as Swingtown (a racy look at 1970s suburban spouse-swapping), Viva Laughlin (an adapted musical dramedy about gambling) and Kid Nation (a Lord of the Flies-style reality series).
"The Wizard of Oz" was a sensation on Broadway as a musical extravaganza in 1903, to Baum's delight, even though the vaudeville-style show bore little resemblance to his book.
The traditional style involves a large circle of dancers, sometimes with onlookers who sing an accompaniment without musical instrumentation.
It's more than the gut strings and the old-style instruments it's the whole range of attitudes that go into phrasing and musical gesture and create a performance that's actually about something deeply meaningful.
The music's pace and style suits today's fast consumer-led culture, he says - and it is now the musical heritage of all America, not just young black inner-cities.
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