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At the centre of the story is a vamp named Velma Duran (Shannyn Sossamon, pictured above), who is first shown languidly drying her nails, after which a series of enigmatic events begin just as the credits unfold.Somewhere in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina a cop enters an isolated house.
Kathleen Turner stars as Martha, a sexed-up, booze-swilling vamp a nice change of pace after her recent crowd-pleasing turn as Mrs Robinson, a sexed-up, booze-swilling vamp , in "The Graduate .Meanwhile, across the pond, an adaptation of "Mary Poppins", which blew in on an east wind in December 2004, will be settling into what is likely to be a long run.
Jackson's first great hit, "Move on Up a Little Higher," appeared in 1945; it was especially important for its use of the "vamp ," an indefinitely repeated phrase (or chord pattern) that provides a foundation for solo improvisation.
Though she was considered the foremost interpreter of Ibsen's heroines, her exotic appearance and intense acting style were sometimes exploited to her disadvantage, as in the stereotyped "vamp " roles of her early Hollywood screen career.
The boogie-woogie piano vamp characteristic of New Orleans-style rhythm and blues was simulated by a guitar chop on the offbeat and onomatopoeically became known as ska.
In her subsequent and increasingly important roles such as those in Arrowsmith (1931), The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), and Love Me Tonight (1932)—Loy personified the foreign vamp for American audiences.
American silent-film star who was the first screen vamp who lured men to destruction.
There's precious little of the experimentation or variety you might expect –unless you consider strings or a Springsteenesque piano vamp experimental.
A difficult task, as Lina Leandersson was excellent as the 12-year-old vamp in the original.
By the jazzy vamp of the Hound Dog Taylor cover "Let's Get Funky", Lewis has found a mic that gives his singing a 78 record's old-time crackle.
Likewise, having Lenny Pickett's contrabass sarrusophone honking hippo-like in the depths of a ragtime blues arrangement of Bessie Smith's "Easy Come, Easy Go" brilliantly evokes the hedonist splendour of lines like "Don't want to be a skinny vamp or nothin' like that/My daddy always knows where it's at".
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The word "vamp" functions as both a noun and a verb . As a noun, it can refer to a seductive woman, a part of a shoe, or a musical phrase. As a verb, it means to repair, improvise, or seduce, according to Ludwig.
Expression frequency: Very common
