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Strong melodies carry release Do 1 n Curve Charisma Curve’s latest release, “Dopplcgiingcr” is at times superb techno-guitar pop, reminding one of cither the darker, less-accessible side of Kate Bush or the ever expanding influence of My Bloody Valentine. Kate Bush comes to mind when singer Toni creates catchy pop song melodics that soothe the layers of distorted guitars, keyboards, live and programmed drums of the band’s other five members. Toni achieves a Kate Bush-like complex and dark emotion in Curve’s songs. My Bloody Valentine’s new-age icchno guitar sound seems to come to mind when listening to many new releases, from a sludge of mostly British new bands to U2’s “Achlung Baby.” Success will come in 1992 to the the band that perfects the mix of a Big Star pop rock influ ence with the aural icchno grunge of My Bloody Valentine. -Curve consists of Toni, Dean, who pro grams drums, plays bass, guitar and keyboards, Monti who plays drums and Debbie, Alex and Alan all who play guitars. “Oh, the devil is in me,” sings Toni on “Dopplcgiingcr,” the title track. The lyrics on most of the record arc mildly interesting though mostly passionless. “I’m blue as the water, it’s true. I’m cleaner than the air you breathe.” Courtesy of Chansma More often than not, however,the songs succeed - rhythmic, distorted, soothing and dark. “Wish You Dead" is an intriguing Curve song, as she sings about two people's hale and respect. When asked recently on MTV’s“12() Min utes” how she came up with her lyrics, Toni responded that she had no idea. Curve’s strengths arc in their driving pop sound and melody and not in their lyrics. “Dopplcgiinger” was recorded between July and October of 1991. “Dopplcgiinger” was released on Anxious Records in England and on Charisma Records in the United States. — Murk Nemeth Childish lyrics fill foolish album “As Ugly As They Wanna Be” Ugly Kid Joe Poly Gram Records Ugly Kid Joe broke into the big-time re cently with their album “As Ugly As They Wanna Be,” but after listening to it one has to jwondcr why. With music reminiscent of bad Tesla cover bands and lyrics both idiotic and gratuitously profane, their album should bear the title “As Dumb As They Wanna Be.” The 25-minulc LP starts off with “Mad man,” a song about an ax and noose-wielding maniac loose in Disneyland who, for no appar ent reason, is bent on stealing people’s girl friends and children. “He’ll lake no shit but he’ll take your head,” the song says. Whatever. The album then limps inlo a song that pretty much sums up the band’s abilities. “Whiplash Liquor” couldn’t be more imbccilic if it had to be. “Suburban white alcoholic trash, we ain’t glam and we ain’t thrash, "they say. Well, they aren’t thrash, that’s for sure. Plenty of songs in the last few years have taken up the I-can’l-sland-you-bccausc-you suck-thcmc, and some have actually been worth listening to. Ugly Kid Joe’s “Everything About You” isn’t one of them. The singer stales that he hates everything about this person (an c-x girlfricnd, presumably), but he also hales the rain and sunny weather, the beach and moun tains, the city and the countryside. Sounds like a personal problem, doesn’t it? And, depend ing on how you view such things, the song gets .. 1 i _ Courtesy of IRD even worse when it starts talking about kissing this person’s sister and screwing her mother. Whatever. There arc, actually, a couple (meaning two) redeeming qualities of this album. One is the song “Too Bad.” Musically, this tune is fairly competent, w ith a somewhat driving beat and solid riffs. The lyrics arc l ine if not completely ambiguous, and after listening to the other songs on this album, they seem like a godsend. Ugly Kid Joe's cover of “Sweet Leal-” isn’t bad, but could be belter if something creative was done with it. Back-to-back with that tune is “Funky Fresh Country Club,” a song about getting busted, staying in the can and culling people with big knives. The music here is mostly good, with well formed funk riffs and a bass line to be somewhat proud of, but alas, the work is again borne under by retarded lyrics. So if you’re in the mood for cheesy third gradc lyrics and Winger wanna-bc music, go ahead and buy this album. But if you’re looking for creative metal, waste your money on some thing else and let MTV handle this one. — Chris Bur chard Jolly Continued from Page 9 decipherable is enjoyable. “Solas Market” recounts a trip to the market to buy bananas, and the spiritual “So Long Babylon” tells of the Rasta man’s departure from Babylon. All in all, “Beer Joint & Tailoring” is nothing less than a truly refreshing musical experience. This is especially true in a time when most reggae al bums released these days seem to yield to the artificial and stale sound of drum machines and electronic bass. The Jolly Boys remind us w hat it’s all about. — Carter Van Pelt Courtesy of BMI Figaro Continued from Page 9 the perfect 18th-century dandy, com plete with a frilly lacc costume and rouge on a while-powdered lace. Scott Herr was another pleasant surprise as the covetous Count Alma viva. Hem portrayed the Count’s desire for Susanna with considerable be licvability, and showed his rage well at the possibility of the Countess’ infidelity. Laurie Lashbrook, portraying the bereaved Countess Almaviva who mourns the loss of her husband’s love, sung both of Mozart’s beautiful arias for her character with passion, ten derness and facility, providing for two of the more moving musical moments in the opera. Peggy Horrocks as Susanna and Robert McLoud as Figaro both sang their roles delightfully and performed well in all the many assemblies that Mo/art created throughout the opera. The University Symphony Orches tra played admirably throughout the demanding two-and-a-half-hour per formance under the baton of its con ductor Robert Emile. David Bartholomew was stage director. The opera, originally written in Italian, was sung in an excellent English translation, which helped the com prehension of the average audience member and breached the distant gap that often occurs between the audi ence and singer. Gladiator Continued from Page 9 there a chance that Tommy will end up fighting big, bad, invincible Mr. Horn? Nah, that would be loo predict able. Most everything in this movie ei ther is extremely predictable or too bland to care about. In fact, at this particu lar showing, people were leav ing before the movie was finished. Somehow, it wasn’t extrasensory perception that gave away the ending of the movie. Marshall's portrayal of Riley leaves him with a stone lace and a monoto nous voice. Dennehy docs fairly well as Horn, but he just isn’t cut out for “bad guy” roles. The best perform ance in this movie comes from Ossie Davis (“Jungle Fever”) as Riley’s comer man. Whal will probably hurl this movie ihc most is nol ihc acting, nol ihc plot, but ihc soundtrack. Just ihc thought of Warrant remaking the Queen clas sic “We Will Rock You” probably made Freddie Mercury roll over (several limes) in his grave. Also, a remake of U2’s “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” by Clivillcs and Cole (ihc originators of C & C Music Factory) was equally as wretched. If, for whatever reason, you posi tively, absolutely believe you want to see this movie, wait for the video release. It shouldn’t take long. . 4_ M^jmens Services P.C. 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Finest Hour Tuesday, March 17 Then come back for... Matthew Sweet Wednesday, March 18 (Tickets on sale at Oscars and Twisters locations)
