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...trick, as John Gielgud says with a smile, was to "Shut your eyes...and think of England." Britain's most gifted director, Alfred Hitchcock, didn't think of England; he learned his trade from the Americans and the Germans. On the set, instead of "Action!" he'd cry "Achtung!" Cinema Europe reveals him as an impishly sadistic fellow--he is seen lifting an actress' skirt while she tries to rehearse. But Hitch could make movies; Hollywood saw that. He went to the U.S., as had Lubitsch, Lang, Sjostrom, Stiller (and his young star Greta Garbo). Some were chased there...
Luckily, the music on Wah Wah does not take itself as seriously as Eno apparently does. The 23 tracks reflect two general moods: one, a dreamy, new-age rain-foresty wash of sound over which an cerie voice intones barely audible lyrics; the other, an abrasive, Achtung-Baby industrialesque sound with distorted, staticky vocals...
...wind down from one of the most electrifying rock shows ever staged? If you're U2, the indefatigable Irish quartet, the answer is you don't. Riding the wave of its audacious 1991 album, Achtung Baby, the group has spent the past 15 months hop-scotching the globe with the Zoo TV tour, a futuristic, high-voltage extravaganza that has packed stadiums from Berlin to Los Angeles, and is scheduled to end in Australia next November. But just when most bands would be lurching for the finish line, U2 has struck while the muse is hot and re-energized itself...
This turn should not have come completely by surprise. "Achtung Baby" contained hints of this latest incarnation, especially in the resonating "Zoo Station." And in many ways, "Zooropa" is nothing more than a musical extension of the still running Zoo TV Tour...
...First Time" is reminiscent of some of their slower, more melodious "Achtung Baby" tracks, probably because it explores the theme of love and emotional commitment that pre-dominated that album...