|
|
Article: MULLINS' `LULLABY' BASED ON TRUE STORY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
- Article from:
- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- January 20, 1999
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 Albany Times Union. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: RICHARD HARRINGTON The Washington Post
For Shawn Mullins, everything is all right, thanks to his relentlessly catchy hit single, ``Lullaby.''
In that half-spoken, half-sung tale, a performer at a bar encounters a depressed child of the Hollywood jet set and, sensing her sadness and spiritual dislocation -- ``she's seen her share of devils in this angel town'' -- he promises in a sweetly soaring chorus that ``eve-ry-thing is gonna be all right, rock-a-bye, rock-a-bye.''
Tagged on at the end of world-weary verses reminiscent of Lou Reed or Beck, it's an offer of release and redemption that has proved not only inspiring but inescapable. ...