Word: discs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lives to make movies," says film critic David Chute, who produced the new laser-disc set of The Killer and observed Woo close up as unit publicist on Hard Target. "He's without ulterior motives, so the set was remarkably free of backbiting, infighting or ego fits." Woo was unfazed by Hard Target's $18.5 million price tag, about five times the size of his Hong Kong budgets. Still, there were adjustments. "In Hong Kong," notes Van Damme, "he's the Steven Spielberg of action movies, but in Los Angeles he's just the new guy in town." Raimi says...
...there it languished, obscurely, until the advent of compact-disc technology, which permitted Bryars to fashion a version twice as long -- and at least four times as ambitious. Beginning with a fade-in of the tramp's a cappella singing, it slowly builds and swells, with new instruments constantly added to a basic string quintet. Cellos and basses come and go; horns, trombones and contrabassoons add color; a full string orchestra emerges, along with a vocal choir. Finally, pop singer Tom Waits joins in, his raspy, passionate baritone contrasting with the old man's reedy tenor. Its long journey finished...
Keith Richards' new solo-tracks leave no doubt about who was the energy behind the Rolling Stones in the late 70's and early 80's. Richards' new single "Eileen" and the four other songs that appear with it on a recent Virgin disc show him returning to the Stones' bluesy roots while letting his own unmistakable personality shine through...
Even after "Eileen" has faded out into sympathetic serenity, the best of the disc is far from over. The next track is a live take of "Gimme Shelter." Many will remember it as the lead-off on "Let It Bleed," the album that blared, "THIS RECORD SHOULD BE PLAYED LOUD" on the inside cover...
...third song on the disc, "Wicked As It Seems," is a bit disappointing. It lives off the same key for its duration excepting a brief solo. Forcing out the same sparse lyrics (predictably, the title) and guitar line for the five remaining minutes, this song offers few surprises. It does have some power, but it's not a ready-made warhorse like "Gimme Shelter" or "Sympathy for the Devil...