Monday, November 4, 1985
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By Tom Mockler
Staff Reporter
A year ago she left the Go Gos to
pursue a solo career. Apparently, she
, . . i j , , U1 uaving Dennaa Carlisle
The record shows I took the sing all of her songs. Indeed, the band's
blows and did things my way. format did seem rather rigid with
jane Wiedlin is a true romantic. Weidlin playing rhythm guitar and
writing at least half the songs on the
last album and Carlisle doing nothing
but singing them.
Record Review
But the Go Gos never seemed to be
completely in charge of their destiny.
After suddenly becoming the hottest
pop act of 1982 with "Our Lips Are
Sealed," they slowly sank in popularity,
partially because of a prolonged ab
sence brought about by medical prob
lems. Earlier this year, the remaining
GcTGos split.
When I was in Los Angeles this
summer I heard a live recording on
KROQ-FM of various songs played at a
pro-peace rally. It was a small-time,
almost underground event, featuring
Wiedlin alone with only her acoustic
guitar accompanying her singing. She
did a rendition of Bunny Wailer's
"Cease Fire" and her "Goodbye Cruel
World."
What struck me when I played back
the tape I had made was that she came
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across very much as the Joan Baez of
the 1980s.
Such a comparison is even scarier
when you open her solo album "Jane
Wiedlin." When you pull out the record,
a card pops out, one half addressed to
Ronald Reagan and the other to Mik
hail Gorbachev, asking them to stop all
nuclear weapons testing as a first step
toward a more productive Geneva
summit.
Along the dotted line there is a little
picture of scissors and a note saying
"Jane Wiedlin requests that you send
these postcards if you care about
nuclear arms."
This is not to say Wiedlin's music is
thoroughly political. Far from it. But
the gem on the album, a full version of
"Goodbye Cruel World" is very much
so. Far beyond any vague social com
mentary Bruce Springsteen might make
make, it is a full-blown '60s-spirited
idealistic anthem.
"No more people split by their
colorNo nations hating each
otherNo women trapped by their
sexNo experiments that end in
death. "
The truly remarkable thing about
this song is that it is not only listenable
but it is practically danceable. Given
the growing trend toward making social
consciousness fun, Jane Wiedlin takes
politics
it one step further: She makes it cute.
This doesn't bother me. I'm waiting for
the psychedelic dance-mix version. If it
gets airplay, I say all the more power to
the people.
The rest of the album is not quite as
grand. It is a mixture of synth-pop,
rock, pure pop and a dash of folk. While
none of it is offensive, much of it is
rather unremarkable musically. A lot of
it is pure fluff. But can't the same
charge be leveled at the Thompson
Twins? The interesting element is its
pure infectiousness. Perhaps this is
due in part to the lyrical depth, which
is not really apparent until after sev
eral listenings. At times it would seem
Wiedlin has almost too much to say
about love and life. This may detract
from pop appeal in the short run, but it
increases its durability.
The album's opener, "Blue Kiss," is a
bouncy, light tune that takes advan
tage of Wiedlin's rather high voice. Her
voice actually is a double-edged sword
it can be either very enticing or
somewhat irritating, in a Cindi Lauper
sort of way.
"Modern Romance" vaguely reminds
me of the Motels' "Only the Lonely" in
'.& adult-crossover appeal, floating laz
i " on the FM airwaves, complete with
s solo. "I Will Wait For You" has the
cute
effervescent flavor of A-Ha's "Take On
Me." As a matter of fact, most of side
two is aimed straight at the FM band.
The closest thing to "rocking out"
on this album is probably "Where We
Can Go," which features X's Billy Zoom
on guitar.
But if you're looking for music with
an edge you won't find it on this album.
Even more than the Go Gos as a whole,
Wiedlin's sensibility is pure pop. But
then again, she had a hand in nearly all
of their hits. Now that she has been
unleashed on the world, there is no
telling what may happen.
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