music awards
NEW YORK (AP)—Rock’s new
guard - Smashing Pumpkins and Alanis
Morissette - took home the most
awards. But it was the old folks who
made the most noise at the MTV Video
Awards.
That is the point of the year’s most
outrageous awards show, where a good
genitalia joke or creative profanity are
appreciated far more than a weepy ac
ceptance speech.
Potbellied veterans Kiss closed the
show, which was staged Wednesday
night at Radio City Music Hall, with a
fire-belching rendition of “Rock ‘n’
Roll All Night” from a barge under
neath the Brooklyn Bridge.
Van Halen, welcoming wisecrack
ing singer David Lee Roth back after a
decade’s absence, drew the loudest
applause both on and backstage with
out performing a note of music.
The Pumpkins won seven awards,
including best video for “'Ibnight, To
night.” The triumph came two months
after their darkest moment: the death
of backup keyboard player Jonathan
Melvoin from a drug overdose and the
firing of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin
for drug abuse.
Rapper Coolio won three awards
for best dance and rap videos and video
from a film, while Morissette’s three
trophies included best new artist.
Host Dennis Miller was still mut
tering backstage about his disastrous
interview with Russian cosmonauts
aboard the space station Mir. Foiled by
language and pop culture barriers, he
finally looked into the camera and
swore in frustration.
“I don’t think my visa will be
stamped anymore with our friends in
Russia,” he said. ,
Roth clearly relished being back in
the spotlight with Van Halen a decade
after their bitter split. Guitarist Eddie
Van Halen coolly dismissed ex-singer
Sammy Hagar, who was said to be an
gered by the new pairing, by saying
Hagar wasn’t a team player and wanted
a solo career.
No such worries for the oblivion
bound Roth, who laughed when asked
what the change meant for his solo ca
reer.
“What solo career?” he asked.
The formerly feuding Van Halen
and Roth embraced warmly, but Van
Halen wasn’t making any long-term
commitments. He said Roth will record
two new songs and some videos with
the band, and his status will be re
viewed after that.
Roth quickly took the microphone
from the guitarist.“’Ihey’re not going
to find anybody better than me,” he
said.
Winners of the MTV Video Music
Awards:
-Best Video of the Year: Smashing
Pumpkins, “Tonight, Tonight.”
-Best Group Video: Foo Fighters,
“Big Me.”
-Best New Artist: Alanis
Morissette.
-Best Dance Video: Coolio,
“1,2,3,4 (Sumpin’ New).”
-Breakthrough Video: Smashing
Pumpkins, “Tonight, Tonight.”
-Best R&B Video: Fugees, “Kill
ing Me Softly.”
-Best Direction in a Video:
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris for
Smashing Pumpkins, “Tonight, To
night”
-Best Rap Video: Coolio,
“Gangsta’s Paradise.”
-Best Hard Rock Video: Metallica,
“Until It Sleeps.”
-Best Alternative Video: Smashing
Pumpkins, “1979.”
-Best Male Video: Beck, “Where
It’s At.”
-Best Female Video: Alanis
Morissette, “Ironic.”
-Viewer’s Choice: Bush, “Glycer
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“Beautiful Freak”
Dreamworks Records
Grade: B
The debut album by the eels,
“Beautiful Freak,” is different. It’s not
loud rock, screaming grunge or
screeching guitars. It’s rock-lite.
It makes for interesting listening,
this “rock-lite,” because it’s not like
Muzak. “Beautiful Freak” has lyrics
that are fun to sing along to, a melody
that won’t hurt to listen to and a gen
eral feel that brings a smile to your face
instead of the typical gag reflex from
normal Muzak. Catchy songs like
the casual “Susan’s House” weave a
nice narrative to a Wurlitzer, guitar and
bass. “Susan’s House” tells of a guy
down on his luck who goes over to his
friend Susan’s house and what he finds
there makes him feel even worse.
Then there’s the abnormally smug
“Novacaine for the Soul,” which is
sleek, suave and almost a little jazzy.
The tinny music box at the beginning
captures the sound of it perfectly.
It’s the Wurlitzer that really stands
out among the record. The sound is
something so un-rock-like that there’s
no way the ear can overlook it.
The downside is that a lot of the
album sort of melds together into an
amalgam of music, with very few single
songs sticking out as distinguishable.
“Novacaine for the Soul,” “Susan’s
House,” “Beautiful Freak” and “Your
Lucky Day in Hell” are the songs
where I can remember specific parts.
The rest are just sort of a haze.
“Beautiful Freak” is an interesting
debut album that’s for people who are
tired of screaming grungies, and their
second album will be something to
look for.
—Cliff Hicks
B A B E X A | £ U
Barenaked Ladies
“Born on a Pirate Ship”
Reprise Records
Grade: B
The Barenaked Ladies have never
made an album to top their debut,
“Gordon,” and while their third release,
“Bom on a Pirate Ship” tries, it can’t
quite succeed.
“Gordon” was one of the best al
bums to be released from Canada, full
of rock tunes infused with funky key
boards and the minor hint of a ska hom
section.
Their second release, “Maybe You
Should Drive,” was a sophomore
slump that, while excusable, was still
disappointing anyway. It lacked the
confidence and the energy of “Gor
don,” and was full of little songs that
— — — — — — — —
couldn’t quite capture more than a
couple of ears.
“Bom on a Pirate Ship” marks the
departure of keyboardist Andrew
Creegan and tries for a more solid rock
feel.
The results? Good, but not great.
Could maybe be great, but not “Gor
don.”
“Gordon” was full of songs about
death (“Brian Wilson”), stardom (“Be
My Yoko Ono,” “Box Set”), love (“If
I Had $1 Million”) and general
bizareness (“King of Bedside Manor”).
“Maybe You Should Drive” didn’t
have die lyrical poignancy of “Gor
don,” but “Bom On A Pirate Ship”
starts to work the Ladies out of the hole
and into the clear.
“Born On A Pirate Ship” isn’t
“Gordon” because it doesn’t make the
instantly likeable but it’s not “Maybe
You Should Drive” because the songs
do eventually grow on you.
There are the true gems on this
record, such as “Straw Hat and Old
Dirty Hank,” “I Know,” “Same Thing”
and the best song the Ladies have put
out in years, “The Old Apartment.”
In a very subtle way, “The Old
Apartment” tells the story of what hap
pened in the apartment that the narra
tor lived in long ago, without really
talking about it, kind of like a Raymond
Carver story.
“Break Your Heart,” while not the
greatest of songs, is absolutely hysteri
cal, because the narrator could be any
of the oversensitive people in the
world.
“Bom on a Pirate Ship” is a wor
thy album and one you should buy, but
if you haven’t bought “Gordon” yet,
don’t do so until after you’ve given this
record a chance. It’s hard to live down
a fantastic first album.
—Cliff Hicks
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