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...Bell does. The high point of the album comes on "Take A Chance on Me," where he leaves the lyrics behind and babbles a blissful "ba ba ba ba." And the concept is hilarious: Erasure is just a latter-day incarnation of ABBA, after all--they're both gooey, disco-ey, selfparodying pop groups. Thus this album is self-parody to the second degree at least. It's a tongue-in-cheek overdose of corn, and it's cool...
...disco of the '90s but with a harder edge and without the lyrics," says Eddie Hardesty, who runs Street Sounds, a techno-music store on Los Angeles' trendy Melrose Avenue. "It's a form of release from everyday life...
Only a few moments hint at Morrisey's former greatness. "The National Front Disco" is a vaguely catchy tune about a small-town teen lost in the wilds of the nightclub scene, and Morrissey delivers the tale with relish. He also proves he's still capable of knocking off a diverting lyric with "You're the One for Me, Fatty." In this song he beseeches his obese sweetheart to "say if I'm ever in your way..a-hey,-a HAAAAY." He really wallows in the line, and the song offers hope that his old languid wail...
Originally the darlings of Manhattan's neo-disco scene, the members of DEEE- LITE burst into the musical mainstream two years ago with a debut album of thumping, synthesized rhythms that sold more than 1 million copies worldwide. Infinity Within, the group's new release, maintains the momentum. Super D.J. Dmitry Brill and Towa "Towa" Tei produce exuberant mixes that slam along at up to 130 beats a minute, and singer Lady Kier Kirby handles the vocals with a newly polished self-assurance. This time out, the trio has added some substance to its style with politically correct lyrics...
Those are just his short-range plans. Long-term, Thomas wants to open a disco. And a jazz, club. And a 24-hour bookstore. He wants to be a concert pianist. He wants to produce filmsand theatrical productions. He wants to rewrite West Side Story as a gay romance, the way he believes Leonard Bernstein wanted to do it in the first place. He wants to meet Florence Henderson. And that...