It was given mostly positive reviews: Good Housekeeping magazine said, "'Si Una Vez' is an admirable and convincing song you have to listen to when dealing with jerks!", while Texas Public Radio said it "resonates best" with South Texas.
The Followills, who grew up in the Pentecostal tradition, deliver the gospel of rock and roll with an admirable economy: their songs are kept short and sharp.
Roger Gelwicks of Jesus Freak Hideout, despite regarding the message as "admirable, sharply criticized the song's vocal delivery as "almost disdainful" and criticized what he described as a "condescending" lyrical tone.
The title song demonstrates admirable defiance in the face of death.
Eurovision is earnestly trying to save the planet through song, which is admirable in a blinkered kind of way.
Browne also commented that Carey showed a commendable vocal restraint in the song, "showing some admirable restraint, she nestles herself into the downy-soft beats of "Honey".
Their intentions are admirable, but too often the songs they produce, often ironic, are simply too grim, too sullen.
You've said that writing a pop song is hard, and admirable, that it's easier to make a kind of fake jazz or blues record.
But adult life, of course, is a series of compromises and negotations, and I find the moral insistence of these songs to be wholly admirable, if unworldly.
The directness of this approach was admirable, and the way Klara slowed the song almost to a standstill represented artistry of the highest order.
