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Musical acronyms spell out 1991
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By Paul Winner
Staff Reporter
If nothing else, 1991 was the year
of musical acronyms. N.W.A., R.E.M.,
PE, G’NR, EMF, C+C and of course,
O.P.P. What that says about the year
in m usic is anybody * s guess—maybe
things were hidden behind a lot of
other things.
In a year in which acts (as opposed
to bands) secured most of the big hits,
there were many pleasant surprises
for fans who don ’ t confine their music
purchases to the Billboard charts.
Who would have thought that the
biggest tour of the year would be a
post-modern traveling sideshow fea
turing nothing but alternative bands?
Or that N.W.A. and R.E.M. would
both knock Paula Abdul off the No. 1
spot? That Seattle rock would finally
catch the attention of the entire na
tion? That Garth Brooks would do
whatever it was that he did to debut a
country album at No.l?
1991 was in all ways a fairly strange
trip. It started out with a war in the
Mideast and ended with the release of
hostages from the same place, which
just goes to show that there was al
ways something good after all the
crap was gone. Check it out for your
self:
Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker
and the Byrds all made it into the
Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. It was
about time. The Rolling Stones re
leased the only anti-war single of the
year, “Highwirc,” securing their rocky
position as aging rebels, and Rock in
Rio II was held in Brazil. George
Michael bombed, but A-ha packed
the joint. Go figure.
Last spring, R.E.M. released a
baroque album, decided not to tour,
but “Out Of Time” went through the
roof anyway. Boston’s favorite sons
Extreme scored a left-field smash with
the ballad “More Than Words.” The
film “The Doors,” with the help of
Val Kilmer’s dead-on caricature,
spawned another wave of Morrison
mania.
By early fall, the New Jersey combo
Naughty By Nature released a great
rap album, though some people took
a while to figure out what O.P.P.
stands for. The first all-rap “MTV
Unplugged” was broadcast. L.L. Cool
J. became a smash once again. The
film “Madonna: Truth Or Dare” was
released and told the nation a bunch
of things which we figured we al
ready knew anyway.
N.W.A.’s blistering “Nigga/.4Lifc”
debuted at No. 1 to the shock of a
nation. Many people bought it, but
few really admitted it. Michael Bolton
became the next big comeback story.
“Faux-blues” was added to Random
House’s standard dictionary. Vanilla
Ice released a live album, didn’t he?
Good news: James Brown was
released from prison on parole and
mounted his 37th comeback show.
Bad news: He still has the same hairdo.
“Slave to the Grind” and “For
Unlawful Carnal Knowledge” by Skid
Row and Van Halcn, respectively,
brought arena rock and metal back to
the top of the charts. Natalie Cole’s
collection of big-band standards went
to No. 1, bringing a pedestrian appre
ciation of Nat King Cole’s music to
suburbs everywhere.
EMF scored a big hit with “Unbe
lievable.” The press dubbed the group
Britain’s New Kids on the Block. No
way — New Kids are much cuter.
Throughout most of the summer, Jane’s
Addiction brought alternative rock to
a mighty peak with its Lollapalooza
tour and then announced its break-up.
At least the nation discovered the
Butlhole Surfers and Henry Rollins.
Underground messiahs Jesus Jones
scored a well-deserved No. 1 with the
uplifting “Right Here, Right Now.”
New Kid Donnie Wahlberg was ar
rested for allegedly setting fire to a
hotel room’s carpet, and blockheads
everywhere scrounged up enough
money for bail. Sharing a cell with
him was Rick James who just did
some super-freaky stuff that alleg
edly was illegal.
The movie “The Commitments”
and its soundtrack were released to a
grateful public this fall. Wilson Pick
ett was re-introduced to the masses,
and Guns ‘N Roses finally got off
their duffs and released two very,
very long albums. Guitarist I/.zy Stra
dlin decided to quit.
Jazz giant Miles Davis passed away
and remained the coolest jazzman on
this or any other planet. British soul
popster Seal released the dreamy single
“Crazy” and stood to become the next
Terence Trent D’Arby. Let’s hope
not. Prince unveiled a new band, a
new look, a new album and his rear
end at the MTV awards show.
Bryan Adams’ “Everything I Do (I
Do It For You)” became the biggest
sclling single of all time, and the
nation pined for “We Arc The World.”
Public Enemy released another blis
tering disc with “Apocalypse 91: The
Enemy Strikes Black,’’complete with
a very cool collaboration with An
thrax on “Bring tha Noize.”
Michael Jackson gave us the fol
low-up to “Bad” with “Dangerous.”
In the 11-minute “Black Or While”
video, the man with theeverchanging
face hollered and grabbed at his pants
a lot. It was extremely controversial.
Not. Neil Young got all of the feed
back out of his system on “Weld” and
“Arc,” the three-disc feedback frenzy,
then headed to the studio to record the
long overdue follow-up to “Harvest.”
Here’s to 1992.
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Among the 1991’s best: (Clockwise from top right) Pixies
“Trompe Le Monde,” De La Soul s “De La Soul is Dead," A
Tribe Called Quest’s “The Low End Theory” and Robbie
Robertson’s “Storyville."
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The year in 10
1. “Storyville,” Robbie
Robertson
Utter brilliance without the
pretensions.
2. “Ten,” Pearl Jam
Seattle's othef great new
rock band.
3. “Nevermind,” Nirvana
Top 40 never sounded so
cool.
4. “Everclear,” American
Music Club
College rock for the
hopelessly lovetorn.
5. “ Achtung Baby,” U2
Enough to reaffirm faith in
Dublin’s heroes.
6. “De La Soul Is Dead,” De
La Soul
Innovative and playful.
7. “Peggy Suicide,” Julian
Cope
Acid-rock in technicolor.
8. “Trompe Le Monde,"
Pixies ,
Made “Jefrey with one f" a
household phrase.
9. “The Early Years," Tom
Waits
A necessary excavation.
10. “On Every Street,” Dire
Straits
Even without Sting, Mark
Knopfler’s a genius.
Most disappointing albufn of
the year:
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Peppers — cut out abaiftiour,
you got a great LP
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1. “Nevermind,” Nirvana
Pop songs molested by
power chords.
2. “Luck of the Draw,”
Bonnie Raitt
A touching narrative from the
slide guitar queen.
3. “Sailing the Seas of
Cheese,” primus
The summer s hottest funk
was enough to melt your
4. “The Low End Theory," A
Tribe Called Qu6st
Better than Urban Dance
Squad, the Tribe had cool rap
down to science in ’91.
5. “Why Do Birds Sing?,”
Violent Femmes
The Femmes still haven’t
lost their knack for bizarre
pop hooks.
6. “Metallica,” Metallica
The best accidental hit of the
year.
7. “Gish,” Smashing
Pumpkins
Psychedelia reinvented.
8. “Follow for Now," Follow
for Now
Tha fiercest rap-metal fusion
since 24-7 Spyz.
9. “The Sky is Crying,"
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Superb studio outakes from
the late great. 10. “Doo Dad,"
Webb Wilder ^W
A southern-fried guitar attack
from Nashville’s resident
weirdo.
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