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The '70s megastar's first album of new songs in nine years is deemed melancholic and sluggish, "like it has been injected with a tranquilizer" (David Browne, Entertainment Weekly ). Critics lament that his guitar playing includes none of his signature virtuoso licks.
It is claimed that when the dog licks its skin, this medicine will also work internally.
House Republicans, especially those on the judiciary committee, are set on eviscerating Clinton and won't settle for anything as gentle as censure (even if Clinton does agree to take his licks standing in the well of the House).
the poppies sway the wind looks around the cat licks herself
Sheryl Crow's guitar licks seem so familiar that I have often suspected they're simply mixed out of "Stuck in the Middle With You."