Wednesday, March 2, 1933
Daily Nebraskan
Adams.
Continued from I2ge 8
The song drives hard and
fast with no timeouts for
guitar solos or keyboard
runs. We all know there
is enough of that going on,
anyway.
On the flip, "Let Him
Know" sounds like a Nick
Lowe - or Dave Ed
munds - influenced or writ
ten song. It moves along
much the same way their
songs do. However, Adams
himself penned the song
and does a good job per
forming it.
Back on side one, the
second cut titled "Take Me
Back" finds Adams dragging
out the lyrics:
She didn 't tell me about
it
Am I supposed to read
your mind
You make me get up and
Bright originality found
in the Mood
Passion In Dark Rooms
The Mood
RCA
Synthesized musical
groups seem to be the
rage these days, and no
wonder. Here's one I'll bet
you've never heard of. A
group of three musicians
have made up an assembly
called The Mood. The title
of the album is Passion
in Bark Room, and it may
be something youH enjoy.
With the flux of synthe
sized bands in and out of
the musical spotlight, the
wary listener may have no
idea of an index to the true
and the terrible. With care
ful attention, one can deter
mine that The Mood is not
all that bad in comparison
to some of the trash that
has controlled the music
charts as of late. The Mood
has the experimental sound.
With this in time, it is
also obvious that RCA is in
the experimental state of
mind, too. Passion in Dark
shout it
It's a crime crime crime
Again the background
burns through the cut like
there's no tomorrow.
Adams shows definite pro
mise. Lou Gramm of Foreigner
does a lot of background
vocal work, but don't hold
that against Adams. This
is not tiat type of music.
While nothing really new
and earth-shattering appears
on this album, it is fresh
enough to be good.
The test will come when
Adams opens for Journey
here on April 6. That's
when we find out if he's
got anything live to back
up his vinyl performances.
Let's hope so. But it
might be too much to
ask.
- Randy Wymore
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Rooms is by no means run
of the mill, but there also
is no one factor that says
it will never make it to
the Top 20.
One song on the album,
"Paris Is One Day Away,"
has received some amount
of airplay and is also the
song that best exemplifies
the true sound of the band.
The Mood has a sound
that is a fresh break from
the foggy entity labeled
"new wave." The songs
are, for the most part,
bright and original. The
vocals play their part well,
interacting with the syn
thesizers, rather than rising
above them. They are very
well done, and provide more
to the song than the instru
ments do some of the time.
Still, the vocals don't bite
at your speakers, either. The
beat of the music is not
heavy, and draws The Mood
away from the overly con
tagious "new wave" dance
bands. Overall, the sound
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of The Mood is a pleasur
able one, and lacks the
dismal attitude that some
of the theme bands have.
With the slightly com
mercial sound of "Paris Is
One Day Away," The Mood
may be trying for some
degree of airplay success.
The other four cuts on the
album don't bow to being
different and, in some spots,
.tread on new ground.
The title track employs
an almost funky synthesi
zer, and a song called
"Don't Let Me Down"
reverts back to the weird
stereotype of the earlier
synthesizer groups. In
whole, all of the cuts pro
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Is John Cougar selling
out?
Before the album John
Cougar, which included "1
Need A Lover," Cougar had
released a little-known
record called Incident On
Oiestnut Street. But
through a series of mana
gerial problems and other
assorted setbacks, the re
cord never got off the
ground. Until now, it
couldn't be found in most
Record stores.
After checking with
some friends at KFMQ -who
just got their copy
of this release in the mail
yesterday - all that can
be determined is that this
is the lost album. The
only difference is the title
change, and this is an
import.
It seems to be the trend
to re-release an artist's early
work after he or she has
become well known. Cases
in point: "Bad Reputation"
by Joan Jett and "Wait
For Night" by (cough)
Rick Springfield. It's easier
than rearranging tour dates
and vacations to get into
the studio and you don't
have to worry about those
other nasty details, like
paying the people along
the way inflated prices
because of a big name.
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vide a somewhat fiesh out
look on the idea of a three
man synthesizer outfit, and
only lack in the area of
using flashy guitars to make
their statement. Big loss.
Passion in Dark Rooms
is no self-made piece that
will cause all futuristic musi
cians to change their ways.
But it is a more thought
fully calculated experiment.
It works very well, and if
the opportunity arises for
you to listen to it imparti
ally; give it a try. Passion
in Dark Rooms is nothing
to get overly excited about,
but at least you can under
stand it.
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are here. The interesting
thing is that when you listen
to this record you see what
John Cougar almost be
came. The songs are neatly
packaged, a noticeable
change from his better
known material. Tire title
track is probably the best
on the record. However,
"Gearhead" and "Young
Genocides" are more like
today's Cougar. I don't
know who did it, but some
body picked Cougar up,
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did a little fixing and
saved him from becoming
a tough version of (cough)
Rick Springfield.
Whatever the case, this
record is not that bad.
If you buy it or just hear
it, don't be surprised when
you think, "That can't be
John Cougar, can it?"
At the first couple of
listens, this record doesn't
jump up and grab me.
But his other albums didn't
either.
There's always hope.
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