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By Scott Harrah
Staff Reporter
Nona Hendryx, "The Heat,"
RCA Records.
Remember "The Cher Show" back in
1975? Cher minus Sonny became notor
ious for flamboyant guest stars like
Elton John, Liberace and Bette Midler.
One of the most outrageous acts on her
show was a soul threesome called
LaBelle who had a song out called
"Lady Marmalade." The song, with lyr
ics like the French pick-up line
"Voulez-vous couches avec moi
ce soir?' catapulted the group to
short-lived stardom.
After LaBelle broke up, singer Nona
Hendryx joined The Talking Heads as a
back-up vocalist and was one of the
many eerie voices on the classic Heads
LP "Remain in Light."
Record
Review
Since she has been known as a first
class funk vocalist with four solo albums
and such dance-club smashes as "I
Sweat" and "Boys Will Be Boys."
The most remarkable thing about
her latest opus, "The Heat," is her
voice a ballsy, soulful megaphone
that easily rivals the pipes of Tina
Turner and Chaka Khan.
The lyrics to the songs, all penned by
Hendryx, are above average for disco
music but they don't do her voice jus
tice. For example, look at the words to
side-one's opener, "Revolutionary
Dance."
The Revolutionary DanceIt's
a dance of circumstanceThe
rhythm has its own demandsIn
the revolutionary dance.
Musically, however, Nona and cohorts
burn with passion on "The Heat." Her
studio band is made up of some of New
York's best guitarists and back-up
vocalists, and Keith Richards of the
Stones even helps out a few times.
There are a few platitudes present,
like "The Heat Part 1," a convivial
rehash of the melodical patterns from
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her Qld hit "I Sweat."
But in general, the songs are pain
stakingly orchestrated and hazardous
to the feet even the most adamant
anti-disco advocate will find it hard to
resist dancing to these tunes.
So when Hendryx gets a bit too caught
up in her lackluster lyrics, you can
instead savor the exploding drums,
slamming back beats and Motown
choruses.
poorly produced cuts, including "A Girl
Like That," a paean to feminine inde
pendence, which drowns Nona out with
a phased echo and a distored beat. Also
poorly produced is "I Need Love," a
bluesy ballad that would be a flawless
cut if it weren't for a chorus that is even
more repetitious than the one on "We
Are The World."
With "The Heat," Hendryx dancea
bly experiments with the sound she's
known for a blend of Philadelphia
soul and New York techno-funk. She
hasn't perfected this unique musical
combination yet, but she makes great
effort on music that transcends most of
the disco pop schlock around, making
"The Heat" a rare treat.
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