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...closed my eyes and imagined myself narrating--no, animating--a "Sick and Twisted" flick with each explosion of sound. At times I wasn't sure if I was playing or if I was just along for the ride. My fingers flew up and down the length of the horn; my lips were tense and taut at one turn and lovingly loose at the next; my throat was opening and closing at the will of the horn; and my tongue had a life...
...motorcade of limousines, accompanied by a cadre of thuggish bodyguards that has included at least one member of the infamous Black Berets, the regiment of ^ Soviet commandos that once terrorized the Baltic states. Even now, notes Oberlin College's Frederick Starr, he adopts "the full trappings of a tin- horn dictator...
...work owes more to other commercial styles like hip hop, funk and even rock. And just when the sound of drum machines and synthesizers starts to become tiresome on this album, tracks such as "Sexy M.F." and "Power Fantastic" show how Prince rescued himself by the addition of a horn section, more vocals and live drums-all elements that would have been apparent to any fans who caught a Prince show live, especially a club date...
...Sybionese Liberation Army, with head honcho himself Donald DeFrieze dancin' to Kool in his UNderWEAR. Wood blocks congos In Time mo' Sly. And suddenly, EW&F and JB and Sly and P-Funk and the AWB all soundin simiLAR and heaviER, NO MESS, ohh yeah, heavy snare and now HORN SECTIONS blowin' screamin' hot no hangin' back FO-ward again here hear here & IN YO' FACE. So dig this: "When we did wrong, papa beat the' hell out of us": Heavier and THICKer and ANGRYier...
...York Dolls' 1972 version of Human Being, for instance, seems washed out compared with Guns N' Roses' fierce, tightly controlled update. Rose -- whose voice sounds like an angry air horn -- is one of the most distinctive singers in rock, and his prowess is on display throughout the album. He and guest singer Michael Monroe (formerly of the band Hanoi Rocks) take the Dead Boys' 1978 tribute to nihilism, Ain't It Fun, and reinvent it as a duet, infusing the song with new energy through the interplay of their voices. "I punch my fist right through the glass," they sing...