O ctober 5, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver P age B 2 « 7 / Ó -Portland (©bseruer ENTERTAIPiMEríT "The basis for this album was simple: it was about trusting my 'g u t’ feelings. It w asn’t about over-sing­ ing but about doing what was natural. Although there was no overall lyrical theme, the songs really addressed women’s needs, songs that women in particular can em brace.” Make Him Do Right, Karyn W hite’s third W arner Bros, album, does indeed focus on sentim ents and feelings that women of the Nineties will easily identify with. Check out the upbeat, no-nonsense first single “Hungah For Your Love,” one of the songs Karyn co-wrote and co-pro- duced for the album - “a sensual tune that I wrote when I was singing in the shower! I wanted to do something that was in the vein o f a Donna Sum ­ mer '7 0 ’s kind of tune...although we don't push the same kind o f buttons as much as she did!” R eflectin g the a lb u m 's d iv e r­ sity, the b e a u tifu l b a lla d , “ I ’d R ather Be A lo n g ,” a c u t K aryn c o -p ro d u c e d w ith F ly te T y m e P ro d u c tio n s’ J e lly b e a n Jo h n so n , c o n tra sts w ith the p ro p u ls iv e , in siste n t “W e a k n e ss.” And. in the tradition o f her 1991 classic “Superwom an,” there’s title track “Make Him Do Right,” a soul­ ful, straight-ahead piece (written and p ro d u c e d by h itm a k e r D ary l Simmons) that Karyn notes, “is about how we women want to be treated. It’s like, if you can ’t make a man do right, what you can do is raise your own level of self-respect. The lyrics are telling women that it’s better to be alone than to be mistreated or disrespected. T here’s one line, 'i f he don’t want to get married, then he can’t be no man of m ine,’ and I’m a good example o f that viewpoint my- The Selecter The reactivated Selecter have been busy for over three years now, touring extensively throughout Eu­ rope and America in support o f their of their live reunion LP, O ut in the Streets. Their most recent outing was the much lauded all-star ska tour, Skavoovie, which barnstorm ed the U S. in late 1993. At that time. The Selecter released a C D -single con­ taining three vision o f the ska-stan­ dard “M adness,” recorded with guest star/ska legend Prince Buster. The current summer/fall tour of America is in support of the brand new LP of patented Selecter ska, entitled The Happy Album. It’s the band’s first collection of all new songs since 1981. The record features many new favorites made popular via the Skavoovie tour, such as “California Screaming” (already getting heavy play via W ayne Jobson at the world- famous KROQ in Los A ngeles), “ N e u ro tic a ,” and “ W hip T hem Down.” It also features a fine remake of Toots and the M aytals “Sweet and Dandy.” Form ed in 1979, T he S e le c te r sp e a rh e a d e d the T w o T o n e /S k a M o v e m e n t in the U K L ed by v o c a list P au lin e B lack , the band sco red a n u m b er o f hit sin g le s, such as “T h ree M in u te H e ro ,” “ On M y R a d io ,” “ T he W hisper,” and “Too Much Pressure." The hits led to the albums, most notably Too Much Pressure and Celebrate the Bullet. In addition, they had four