dead-on

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It’s one of many amusingly dead-on observations about the nature of popular music today, whether at the end that enjoys global adulation or at the opposite extreme.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Willie Nelson — who sang duets with Duvall at the party — told Village Voice columnist Arthur Bell that “Tender Mercies” was dead-on accurate.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

The story of Jesus Christ begins with a dead-on parody of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” with Kroll as a Larry Davidian Judas riffing with J.B.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2023

“None of them have quite hit us dead-on yet enough to blow the dust off the panels,” Banerdt told reporters.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2022

Major Tooth stops pacing and does a dead-on impression of Winston Churchill’s bulldog growl: “We shall never surrender!”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin