Word: dos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...right. Bekana Santos Kaiapo, who plays Imana, the Brazilian Indian child helped by Dr. Campbell (Sean Connery), made his film debut as an infant in The Emerald Forest (1985) and earned his spurs more recently in At Play in the Fields of the Lord. Edinei Maria Serrio Dos Santos, who appears as Imana's mother, also played Indians in all three films. Elias Monteiro da Silva, Campbell's aide Palala, was in At Play. Silva says his latest role was particularly daunting: "I play an Indian who speaks English. And I'm not an Indian, and I don't speak...
...intend to listen to the lyrics, few songs from the album merit your attention. The times that DOS does try to espouse ideas with some depth the lyrics only slide along the surface of issues, never delving into them. In "Change" they rap "Nelson is out/ Who would believe those lyrics woulda come out." But instead of discussing the importance of Mandela, DOS simply concludes, "It can be solved if it can evolve...
Another example of DOS's inability to wax political or philosophical arises in "Reality." Although it has a catchy chorus of "Is this reality?" it wanders into poetic nonsense with "Cause I like to flow like a log down the stream." Although the group's effort to transcend typical dance music in a few of their songs deserves praise, their results...
...DOS strays from the typical dance music path again with "Blues." But again they fail. Instead of being moving, soulful and powerful like quality blues music, this song drags, without emotion or force...
Musically speaking, when DOS does stick to dance music they actually do it fairly well. "Now is Tomorrow" and "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" have strong driving beats and light catchy choruses. This release does have a place in the world of music, but DOS has yet to learn that that space is extremely limited...