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Some songs really do have it both ways, though: Christmas-appropriate, but also perennially listenable.

“What I’m most concerned about with A.I. Drake and A.I. Travis Scott is that their music is highly listenable,” she said, “and calls into question any need for an artist once they’ve articulated a distinct ‘voice.’”

Ahead of the performance, David Allen listened to Dudamel’s recordings — most of which, he writes, are “perfectly listenable, and some are impressive.”

Most of Dudamel’s recordings are perfectly listenable, and some are impressive, like his set of the Ives symphonies with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which he has led since 2009.

In normal football life, says the listenable Demercado, the running back who gained 150 yards against Michigan, there’s this: “You go out to practice, and somebody’s like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to practice today.’