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Apart from the playful Kiss That Frog, based on the Prince Charming fairy tale, Us offers little in the way of light fare. Recent Gabriel converts who expect another slew of hits to equal those heard on So will be disappointed, but Gabriel's older fans, accustomed to his challenging lyrics and textured musical landscapes, will find that Us is for them...
These short animated films represent the unleashing of some of the most creative and demented imaginations in the animation industry. The styles and subject matter are incredibly diverse, ranging from the mindless idiocy of Frog Baseball (starring the beloved "Beavis" and "Butthead") to the explicit sexuality of Pink Komkommer to the unbridled violence of Mutilator II: The Underworld...
...abrupt mood changes and exotic instrumentation, might seem an unusual choice for a first single. But there's little other radio-friendly material here. Those seeking "In Your Eyes II" might not want to fork over eleven bucks for Us. The tender "Come Talk to Me," Upbeat "Kiss That Frog" and funky "Steam" may find commercial success, but "Fourteen Black Paintings" and "Only Us," the album's big clunkers, probably won't. Most of Us is well-crafted, but unaccessible; it doesn't fit easily into any of the categories--rock, pop and alternative--that radio stations use to pick...
...also larger than life. "His gestures are large and his deepest large dark baggy eyes are dramatically hooded, and the defining lines of his fleshy fifty-nine-year-old face are so deeply etched one feels one could read him like Braille...He thinks he looks like a frog." Harrison makes her admiration palpable...
Which is Lucas' moral. Inside every frog, he suggests, there is a princess held in bondage. Inside every princess is the clock of decay, which ticks remorselessly until she loses her looks, her grace, everything but her love -- you can read that in the eyes. In Peter's eyes too. They course with anger when he feels he has lost Rita; they moisten in awe when he finds his love in a most unexpected place...