Word: du
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan Administration has approved some of the biggest corporate mergers in history: Du Pont and Conoco, U.S. Steel and Marathon Oil and, tentatively, Texaco and Getty. Last week, in a stunning reversal, it blocked the planned marriage of LTV and Republic Steel. Proposed in September, the deal would have created the second-largest steel company in America, behind U.S. Steel. Assistant Attorney General J. Paul McGrath, named two months ago to succeed William Baxter as the Justice Department's antitrust chief, said the merger would violate the Clayton Act, which bans excessive concentration in any industry...
This contradiction also serves to highlight Husker Du's major message: don't trust or look for answers in any music (even in Metal Circus), but rather look within yourself. For instance, in the first song on the EP, Mould states, "You can sing any song you want but you're still the same," thus denying the idea that music can or should after people's lives. In fact, this song reveals Husker Du's message and ideals more clearly than any other on the album. Behind the fast, clean guitar line which draws the listener into the album...
...song as a sick joke is too easy, and moreover, it would belie the fundamental message of the rest of the album. Rather, this song is both a frightening and frightened recognition of the violence lurking not just within the music and message of punk, but also within Husker Du's reaction to punk...
...vocals make the songs much more than just nihilistic poses. Mould might say "I like to protest, but I'm not sure what it's for" or "It doesn't matter anyway," but the listener never gets the feeling that one should just give up in despair, Rather, Husker Du believes that one should "find out who you really are" without paying attention to the people and incidents around...
...sense, this entire album represents what one can achieve through force of will. Husker Du's lyrics may be didactic, but they never become too preachy, too cliche, or too trite. And even though the band may present a harsh, discordant, and even at times bitter vision of life, they never resort to easy cynicism or nihilism. Thorough sheer commitment, and abrasive intensity this group might help to point the stagnant rock of the present in a direction that will become as rich and exciting as the punk movement from which it has broken away...