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Horats: “Glæd dig ved dagen i dag – Carpe Diem”

Til Leuconoë.

Søg ej at forske, hvad os er forment i Verden at vide:

    Grænsen, som Guder har sat, Timen, da vi skulle dø;

spørg ikke Stjerne derom, men lid, hvad Dig gives at lide,

    enten den Vinter, som nu pisker den oprørte Sø,

bliver Din sidste paa Jord, eller mange maaske skal Dig gæste;

    fat Dig, bered Dig Din Vin – Livet kan hænde er kort.

Glæd Dig ved Dagen idag, og fæst ikke Lid til den næste –

    nu, mens vi taler, vor Tid lister misundelig bort.

Fra “Horats’ Oder”, ved Axel Juel, København 1933, s. 18:

O-Town

It’s finally come to this. The manufacturing of teen pop has reached its nadir with O-Town, a quintet of squeaky-clean boys pulled from a thousand hopefuls whose struggles were detailed, step by step, on Making the Band. Stuffing both reality TV and boy band marketing down the throats of viewers, the limited-run series weeded out a bunch of contenders, through sweat and tears (lots of the latter), to give listeners Ashley, Dan, Erik, Jacob, and Trevor: O-Town! And on their flaccid self-titled debut, the fivesome go through the motions directed to them by a squad of industry moneymakers. To say there isn’t an ounce of sincerity to be found within the 12 songs here is pretty much taken for granted. That the entire project whiffs of cynicism is inexcusable.

– Michael Galluccis anmeldelse af O-Towns debutplade på www.allmusic.com