Word: doo-wopping
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...women there are simply not enough deviations from the dance floor. And even with particularly strong performances by Monica Scattini and Etienne Guichard, there is simply not enough material to justify two hours of flitrations and rebuffs. By the time we reach the 1950s and the invasion of the "doo-wop" thugs in leather jackets, the end is long overdue...
Called the "prince of post-modernist trumbet-with-a-punch" in a recent Down Beat article, Bowie began his rise to jazz stardom in the early sixties, working with "doo-wop" bands, and backing the likes of Albert King and Joe Tex. He moved to Chicago in the mid-'60s, became a part of the "Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians," and in 1965 the critically acclaimed "Art Ensemble of Chicago...
Simon, who after all has built bridges over troubled waters, is masterly enough to span that gap. Any record that encompasses doo-wop, Philip Glass and the fragile orchestrations of the French film composer Georges Delerue is bold by any standard. Anyone who writes lyrics that sound like the poet Ted Hughes on sabbatical in the Brill Building rates a very close listen indeed. Simon's musical agility and lyrical literacy may seem suspect to an audience that wants its rock rougher. He irrefutably proves that hard edges run a poor second to deep thought. Hearts and Bones explores...
Remember the rock-'n'-roll '50s? The era of Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Little Richard, the doo-wop boys on the corner and Elvis on your 12-in. TV? Do you want to relive those glory days in a movie theater? Then go straight to a revival of The Girl Can't Help It or The T.A.M.I. Show, because The Idolmaker is something else, and less. I recalls one withered branch of pop nostalgia: the South Philly sound of Fabian and Frankie Avalon, which is to genuine early rock as Fritos...
Then there are the "Chesterfields," the black doo-wop group that teams up with frustrated song writer Laraine Newman (Carole King). The scene in which they meet and Newman reaches them her song captures the same special moment, the gel point of the music, which is really quite effective. Another such moment occurs when the 12-year-old leader of the Buddy Holly Fan Club sits with Freed and starts to cry as he recalls the news of Holly's death...