Thursday, September 27, 1934
Daily Ncbraskan
Pago 11
New al
bums show both ends of quality spectrum
By Randy Wyinorc
Dftlly Nebrtskwi EtaJfT Editor
The contrasting facets of popu
lar music today are amazing. Like
a name brand, factory outlet db
count store, anyone can get Just
about anything desired from
quality merchandise to sleazy
trash. Cases in point two acta
that have been around for a num
ber of years and have each done
their share to leave their marks
on the Industry long after they're
gone. One act, David Bowie, of
whom , nobody ever seems to tire,
and another, Kbs, who every
body is in a hurry to forget.
On Bowie's latest album, To
night, we find the thin white
Duke in his usual outstanding
form. Playing the rob of the cham
eleon, Bowie has made quite a
radical departure from the area
we left him at with Let's Dance.
Shooting more for a romantic
feeling on his latest work, Bowie
has devoted the entire first side
of Tonight to slower, 'adult
ballads.
Opening with 'Loving the Alien,"
a slow and melodic number
vaguely reminiscient of 'Ashes to
Ashes," Bowie sets the tone for
the next half hour of his new
material. Incorporating a let of
orchestrated strings blended in
with accoustic guitars, the song
slides off the vinyl with chilly
smoothness.
Bowie changes the pace a bit
on the second number, "Don't
Look Down." Complete with
muted trumpet and backing
vocals, the song slips from a bluesy
feel to a reggae beat The produc
tion here is skin and bones, but
this is still a great track.
On the title cut, Tina Turner
appears to help out on the cho
rus, and the combination of Bow
ie's crystal clear vocals and Turn
er's gravelly voice makes for an
outstanding song. The cut is lyri
cally sparse, but very heavy -
sounding nonetheless. in music and tightens his grip on Stanley and Gene Simmons. It's ship, but even that is notavaila-
Bowie picks up the tempo on commerciaiity. One parting ques- nice that the record company tie here.
k ltw2 With tracks like "Neigh- tion is Bowie more commercial can at least publish the names of Aside from all of this, listen for
SPvYXS Threat" "Tumble and these days or is it just commer- those to blame for completing the "Heaven's On Fire." This song is
jl'ni Dancln& vvitn tne BigBoys" cial to play Bowie on the radio? A horrendous act of putting this garnering a lot of radio play and
aii iu? Jean littIe of both 1 think- triP on nvl- (God forbid) could give these guys
All oftne tracks highlight pow- Tonight should be in the stores At the very least this record encouragement to try again to
erfw horns, driving rhytnms and sometime next week. . could have been saved by some bring high school bathroom hum
seductive sounding vocals by Kiss makes its yearly feeble semblance of talented musician- or into our homes.
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Continued frc;i Pag 10
Holland hasn't released a solo
album since 1982. Jools Holland
and His Millionaires have been
busy since then. Holland has
hosted "The Tube," a United King
dom music show, and has been a
substitute host on MTV. His main
claim to fame has been his brave
and brash piano playing for the
now defunct Squeeze.
The song "Tiptina Tree" is un
usual for Holland and especially
this album. The song is styled
after Squeeze. Infact, three former
Squeeze members have a hand in
the song. Glenn Tiibrook plays
guitar on the song, Gilson Lavis
plays drums on all of the songs on
the LP and Chris Difford co
wrote the song with Holland.
Jools Holland Meets Rock 'A '
Boogie Billy is a great change of
pace from all the other types of
music played on the radio. It tes
tifies to the fact that sometimes
reaching into the past is better
than reaching into the future.
The exception is completely dif
ferent from Jools Holland's down-to-earth
approach. Lindsey Buck
ingham's "Go Insane" (Elektra) is
a completely synthesized and elec
tronic album. Basically it is a
musical Star Wars full of special
effects.
The effects are numerous
water being poured, things falling
and strange noises that no one
can decipher. The, songs are most
ly depressing and are about death.
One lighter tune on the album
a little ditty called "I Want You."
Buckingham adds Indian and
Oriental touches in his music and
mixes in a completely synthes
ized background.
Over all, Go Insane is a depress
ing and morbid album that is nice
to listen to when you're feeling
under the weather or when you
want to be depressed.
Tonight la a definitive Bowie to, a record ofninebash'em, tra
aioum.Tni3 one seems a bit more sh'em and sex'em - till - they -serious
than Let 's Dance, but still vomit tunes holding no social
holds with what seems to be his significance whatsoever,
favorite themes love and poli- Good taste prohibits this news-cs-
paper from reprinting some of
White this isn't Bowie's best the lyrics to give you an idea just
album, it is definitely one of his how blatantly sexist this record
strongest. Gone are the heavy 13. But with titles like "Burn Bitch
guitars, which have been long Burn," "Murder In Hi-h Heels"
since replaced by rhythms and and "Get All You Can Take" one
textures. gets the general gist of this junk.
With Tonight, Bowie continues The liner notes on this album
to be an important, driving force give production credits to Paul
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