From Satyagraha to Mishima, much of Glasss recent work has invoked the mood if not the methods of nineteenth-century classical music, a realm of discourse where Im reluctant to pass judgment, though I will mention that this hardly makes him unique among soundtrack composers.If this months CG seems more cognizant of the charts than has been my.With Eurodisco orgymaster Cerrone and Ameridisco worker-bee Sam Dees augmenting Anglodisco scenemaker Richard Burgess in the coproducers slot, you-know-what revival is obviously on tap.
Ah well, it could be lots worse, and it probably will be--I hope not with this artist, a likable fella whose Teddy Pendergrass impression has its social function. Though speaking of soul, I wonder why the only ladyfriend he makes me care about is eight years old tops. The untoward success of Dwight Yoakam sent me scurrying to my shelves to compare and contrast. And from next big purist Pake McEntire to last big expurists the Judds, from Hollywood celeb Kenny Rogers to Nashville everyman Mel McDaniel, from who-he T. No matter its pretensions, all country music has the same primary reward: tuneful variations on the verities of the ordinary. The second side, which proceeds from a Marshall Crenshaw cover to the generic paradox of I Would Lie for Your Love to the rueful Old Hippie to filler, is exemplary. So I hardly heard the 1985 studio LPs Loose Nut and In My Head, which prove their sharpest since Damaged, with Loose Nut especially showing off Greg Ginns fangs as lyricist and riffmaster. The demented acceleration and guitar squiggles of this live date improve most of the hottest songs from the 85 albums. And while introducing the band members by cock size may protest their belated obsession with sex too much, I cant complain when the answer to the title question is Kira, who plays bass so stalwartly she deserves all the credit she can get. These antiwar songs give him plenty in common with Holly Near--he even puts nueva cancin musicians on the title track. While Browne goes in for higher octane folk-rock, Ill pass on the remixes if you dont mind. The difference is that Browne shouldnt be doing this--however goody-goody his fans or political his recent rep, hes a pop star whos stretching his audience and endangering his market share merely by making such a statement in 1986. And hes thought hard getting here--not only does his way with words render these lyrics somewhat deeper than Holly Nears, but his moralistic put-downs have that edge of righteous anger nobodys yet found the formula for. The best you can say about the best of these songs--namely, Band of Gold--is that youve heard it before; the best you can say about the rest is that once in a while you think you have. Conceptually, featured vocalist Vanessa Williams and Pedro Bells Neegrow cover are the only coups. Listening to their long-gone live double is like sitting midway back in the Garden because the fun is atmospheric: familiar epiphanies rise up out of the smoke, leaving the roof intact. This budget-priced one-sided video soundtrack offers a healthy serving of 70s raunch from about Row H of a hot 80s show-- intense bottom, vocals loud and clear. Second sides a compilation, leading from Atomic Dog to two rereleases thatll make friends for Some of My Best Jokes. The grooves tough enough, but like their fellow retroists the Bangles they dont write em as good as they pick em. This is the wages of retro--trying to replicate the musical spirit of a time thats passed means going against history and sacrificing the authenticity retroists live for.
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