ITT: /mu/ in 1983

Impeach Ronald Raygun before he starts World War III!

I WANNA TELL YOU WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON
OPERATOR, GET ME TRANS-ATLANTIC
I SIT ALONE AS THE NIGHT GOES BY
AND WAIT FOR YOUR REPLY

So we're all in agreement that he needs to apologize for this, right?

The deadly European virus that has always been this band's curse here turns out to be their characteristic melodic device--an unresolved medieval fifth most often associated with monks in Hollywood movies. That aside, their new album is hot rock-and-roll indeed and if Bono still has too many Gregorian moments his conviction carries the music, while the Edge becomes a tuneful guitarist by the simple expedient of not soloing. Anyway, I'll take his militant (if pacifist) Christianity ("The time has come/To claim the battle Jesus has won") over the secular humanism and Jah love so many rockers are going for these days. B

hey got Maiden tix?

With music as subtle as Nelson's you wonder whether you're imagining things. Maybe we've just had it with his shtick--maybe a Martian couldn't tell the difference between this and Stardust. Then again, what do Martians know? Not only is Nelson choosing cornier material--self-serving schlock like the title song, awkward fripperies like "A Dreamer's Holiday"--but the relaxed, let's-wing-it delicacy has simply disappeared. When he tries at all, he usually oversings, and he's finally hitting the wrong clinkers. If you don't believe me, compare this "Autumn Leaves" to Stardust's timeless "September Song." Or ask yourself whether Julio Iglesias doesn't sound right at home on "As Time Goes By." C+

It should come as no surprise that this platinum product is utter dogshit even by heavy metal standards--under the suggestion of editors unable to distinguish Wynton Marsalis from Iron Maiden, my beleaguered colleagues at the dailies have been saying so all year and every insult goes into the press kit. Still, I must point out Mick Mars's dork-fingered guitar before getting to the one truly remarkable thing about this record--a track called "Ten Seconds To Love" in which singer Vince Neil appears to boast (!) about how fast he can ejaculate (or as the lyric sheet puts it, "cum"). Therein I believe lies the secret to their success--if you don't got it, flaunt it. Followup--"Pinkie Prick." D+

F

Back around 1970, I played for Nick Koszlas, a CalArts colleague of distinctly Yurrupean music tastes, a couple of singles I thought instructive--"Brown Eyed Girl", "California Dreaming", "Neanderthal Man", that sort of thing. The one he flipped for was "I Wanna Be Your Dog." So if you think the sonic cover proves they're a rocker at heart, you have a real fine art critic on your side. The dull rock critic would like to mention that the cover doesn't rock too good, either. But then again, neither did King Crimson a lot of the time. C-

This collection of unearthed concert tapes isn't without its virtues--Robby Krieger a white blues twister on "Little Red Rooster" and Jim Morrison remains an effective focus as long as he just sings. But when he deigns to read his poetry aloud or lays one of his narcissistic come-ons on some unsuspecting teenager, it is to feel a sense of relief for kids too young to have experienced the fabled Jimbo charisma firsthand that there are no new rock stars. C+

It's only 15 years until Chappel Roan is born. Enjoy it while it lasts.

>>126821338
>Not only is Nelson choosing cornier material--self-serving schlock like the title song, awkward fripperies like "A Dreamer's Holiday"
That song should have been left in 1949 where it belonged.

ON THROUGH THE DEAD OF NIGHT
WITH THE FOUR HORSEMEN RIDE

>>126822220
my mom hates her btw

Idolization is for rock stars, even rock stars manque like these impotent bohos--us critics just want a little respect, is all. So if it's not too much to ask, I wasn't exactly pleased to hear my name pronounced right, not on this particular title track, anyway, while noting that one of the two tracks lifted from Confusion Is Sex is a whole lot niftier than the other track lifted from Confusion Is Sex ("Brother James", a dandy Glenn Branca tribute, ditto). At least the title cut is more likely to appeal to suckers for rock-and-roll instead of suckers for rock-and-roll poseurs. Poseurs just shoot their mouths off a lot. With rock-and-rollers you never know. B

I can forgive August Darnell the filler on side one because he's a gifted disco producer, which means his throwaway jingles and premature remakes and cynical trifles add up to dance music that's more listenable than most. But the failures on side two are as unfocused as anything he's ever committed to vinyl--excepting only "If I Only Had a Brain," an all too apt cover for these would-be bimbos. B

>>126822567
#owned

>>126821377
KISS sux, bro

The second or third Joy Division II album has occasioned disputation among the faithful. Some claim that it cynically recycles their riffs, while others think it raises that old new music to transcendent summits. Me, I find it relatively gentle and melodic in its ambient postindustrial polyrhythms, their nicest record ever. I also think it sounds pretty much like the others. B+

> perfects punk

So, "Fast" Eddie Clarke left Motorhead, but this is a good album.
I'll bet people will put it down and give it bad reviews because Brian Robertson is a jerk, and Motorhead aren't playing any of the old songs.
I hope Lemmy kicks him out of the band, and they go back to playing al the fan favorites.
I mean how could they not play Ace of Spades?

>>126821242
no, because you took it out of context - you need to see what she does and what comes after this

This is a really good album.
Michael Jackson is back.
This is even better than Off The Wall, but I'll bet you that MTV won't play any videos from this album.

I love good Soul and R&B.
Whatever happened to Tina Turner.
It seems like she dropped off the face of the earth after her divorce.
I don't think she really needed Ike.
She could strike out on her own if she wanted to.
I hope she makes a new record soon. I'll bet it will be great.

>>126821032 (OP)
How the hell nobody posted this gem ? Shame on you.

Van Halen bros.... what the fuck was Diver Down? It was like half covers. I hope they still got a good album in them, Fair Warning was their best.