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Meat Puppets pull the right strings
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In thuso days of commercial
oriented r<« l. and roll, il is rare
lli.it ,i li.iiid will sla\ together
for .1 long time without hitting
large-si .ilo commerr ini success
lortunatolv for music fans, the
Meat Puppets, three musicians
who have been in the business
sime lUBO, have remained in
tact and continue to create
good music
I’he band s latest endeavor.
lorblddrn Plmrs, marks the
lirst time the hand has released
an album on a major record la
bel It is also the lirst time the
bund has used a producer to
help create the finished prod
net Whatever the Meat Puppets
did this time, it w orked
File new allium, released on
London Records, is consistent In
good although it is not as i on
slstent in style, making it hard
to categorize
"Sam,” the lirst song on the
album, is a real ear-c all her
The vocal style used by lead
singer ( ur! Kirkwood is ta r
tainh unique, and must be
heard to be lielleved I be re
cording's fourth song, "Open
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Wide, " has speed metal infill
ernes, while "1 hat's Hms It
does" has a rountrv-western
tinge and some satire al lyrics
about the thoughts of the aver
age American Joe
The album is a myriad of dif
ferent styles and concepts all
brought together in a consistent
wav by the band's years of ev
perietM e "That's How it does"
is followed In a pop sounding,
pleasingh melodii song titled
Whirlpool The style of
Open Wide" is progressive
musii reminiscent of work by
Jane's Addiction
In short, the Meat l’uppets
have produced a recording that
has something for everyone,
and will convert people who
thought they would never I is
ten to music that didn't fit neat
ly into a lUHhonrd category If
you have an open mind to mu
sic, give Forbidden /’/aces and
the Meat Puppets a try
ifolli.
( i ash Test I tummies
l hr r./msfs ih.it H.tunl Mr
What can you sa\ about the
Crash Test Dummies other than
they didn't spend enough time
thinking of a name for the
hand ' How about "It's about
time " The Dummies new re
cording. Thr dhost* I hut
Haunt A/e. is «i unique work of
musii in an industry crowded
with people following patterns
set by other successful groups.
The Dummies have a style
th.it is a cross of folk, progres
sive, country and Lou Heed
Lead singer Bred Roberts' dis
tinctive baritone voice helps
tear the Dummies sound out of
the mainstream of folk musii
I here are enough odd sound
ing riffs on the record to set it
apart from the latest folk
wannabes like Natalie Mer
c hunt and lidiu Brickell How
ever, the down-to earth lyrics
fall squarely in line with the
concerns of most traditional
and new folk groups
Superman's Song," which is
being pushed as the record's
first single, is a quirks song that
grows on you as sou listen. 1'he
subtle fight-lhe good-fight rues
sage has been sorely lacking
from most of today's Reagan
Bush era musicians
The simple lyric s reflect a
time when some Americans
could see past their own noses
"Superman never made any
money savin' the- world from
Solomon Grundy Sometimes I
despair that the world will nev
er see another man like
him ”
The slow-paced, non-ballad
style of the song precludes it
from being a smash hit in the
1 oiled States, hut it has re
ceived limited air play.
The record's only weakness
is that it begins to grow tire
s o m e near t h e e nd. Th e
strength of the first hall ol the
record begins to fade But the
early, gritty, blue-collar songs
contained on the album make it
worth looking into
There are no overt politics on
the album However, the down
home, real-life aspec ts of the
lyric s touc h base with a reality
that seems to have been left be
hind in the profit driven c or
i option of the American dream
Sometimes it is good to touch
base with this reality
The Crash Test Dummies will
not sweep the country or play
am White House barber ues,
but hopefully, they will keep
[rushing forward and prndut mg
more of the same quality work
By Pat Malach
Emerald Managing Editor
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