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It must be the course she wants, though. Side one was
pioduccd by Narada Michacl-Walden (Stacy Lauisaw's
mentor), the second written and pioduccd by Bofill
herself. There isn't a detectable difference, except Bo fill's
dance lyrics are even sillier than Walden's.
The best efforts show on side one. After "Too Totifji,"
a remake of Nickolas Ash ford and Valerie Simpson's
"Aim Nothin like the Real Thing," is easily the album's
best track. Boz Seaggs shows up as a guest vocalist, but
Bofill carries the song easily.
After that, the songs are basically formula modem
soul, although Bofill does have the advantage of actual
melodies in a few of them. There's nothing offensive or
bad about any of it, just somewhat disappointing.
I will always question why an artist who starts out
with an original product somehow feels the need to sacri
fice it for a better commercial product. In Bofill's case,
the sacrifice may be as much hers as ours.
- Ward W. Triplctt III
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home of the world's best music.
The latest example of trendy Lngland's infallible taste
in music is a controversial little group that steals from just
about anybody you can think of. That sweet melody in
all the ears of Europe is the sound of Culture Club, which
is led by the vocal endeavors of an even sweeter thing by
the name of Boy George.
The British group Culture Club (or perhaps its record
label) has, one way or another, managed to pull off the
stunt of getting its single "Do You Really Want to Hurt
Me?" to the top of the charts in England, Germany and
Australia, just to name a few. This is a major success,
judging by the sound of the music. Therein we find "bor
rowed" techniques from just about every blues, funk,
soul, reggae and pop source available, I'm inclined to
think that Kissing To Be Clever was marketed to fit
every musical taste around, with the exclusion of coun
try and heavy metal.
Under the guise of "dance music," this album pro
vides lead vocalist Boy George (O'Dowd) the chance
to explore every type of music he's ever heard. Unfor
tunately, for the listener, this is also the cue for Boy
George to start his imitations of famous singers. Rich
Little fans take note, because for the first time on vinyl
you can hear Kenny Loggins sing funk, Stevie Wonder
and Michael Jackson sing candy-reggae and Rex Smith
sing soul.
With titles like "White Boy," "Boy, Boy, (I'm the
Boy)," and "White Boys Can't Control It," Boy George
seems to be trying to make some kind of statement.
Too bad that he was recently named to the top ten list
of ugliest men and women concurrently. Was this some
punishment for his penchant for transvestite dabbling?
Sexual as well as racial overtones run rampant on Kissing
To Be Clever, but most of the lyrics stay along the lines
of simple-minded relationship-type songs. The only bright
spot 1 found on the album was the percussion technique
used by Jon Moss. And someone (not mentioned on the
album) did a fine job on the horn accompaniment on a
couple of cuts.
The bottom line is that this album is nothing more
than honcst-to-goodness hype. This champion-creating
theme runs true to the end - from Boy George's trans
vestite character to the band's "borrowed" sound. Do
yourself a favor and stick to the original artists. If this
is what it takes to sell records nowadays, I'll be more
than happy to be termed the arrogant snob who gags
on the Top 40.
-Todd R. Tystad
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I've often wondered if anyone besides myself has ever
noticed the annoying British blabbermouths who go on
and on with their statement that all of the world's decent
music comes from England. Even more amusing is their
belief that any music that comes from the United States is
a flagrant display of the habit American artists have for
recycling British music. Now, I'll be the first to admit
that the Beatles did quite a lot for the progression of mu
sic, as did the British punk groups in the 1970s, but I re
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