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...FILM STUDIO IN ATLANTA, AMY Ray and Emily Saliers, who make up the folk- rock duo Indigo Girls, stand before a row of skeletons illuminated by flashes of light. The two are shooting a video of their new song Least Complicated; in another scene Saliers lies on her back wearing a white wedding dress and clutching a bouquet of red flowers. What does it all mean? Saliers, who wrote the song, offers a profound interpretation. "It's about repeating patterns in life," she says, "if you wanted to get the basic philosophic message. The video is an illustration of that...
...just released CD Swamp Ophelia is Indigo Girls' most complex and satisfying album. They started off performing at coffeehouses and on street corners, and their early songs were naked and direct -- just the two of them playing guitar and singing folk music. Swamp Ophelia is more ambitious, with waves of orchestration, African drums, accordions and trumpets; Saliers even plays a long electric-guitar solo. "I think this record is more polarized than our other records," says Ray. "There are more extremes going on. Electric and acoustic. Loud sounds and soft sounds...
...Indigo Girls aren't made-for-video babes. They are not about belly buttons or cleavage or appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman chewing cigars and swearing to get attention, as Madonna did in April. Although their CDs have sold consistently well -- their self-titled debut album went platinum -- both Girls harbor acid feelings about the image-conscious video age. "MTV has hurt music in one sense because people now judge a song by more than just the song," says Ray. But, she concedes, "in the sense of having another art form around -- video -- MTV is probably...
Music: Folk-rock duo Indigo Girls talk about each other...
...Indigo Girls aren't made-for-video babes. They are not about belly buttons or cleavage or appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman chewing cigars and spouting four-letter words to get attention. Although their CDs have sold consistently well -- their self-titled debut album went platinum -- both Girls harbor acid feelings about the image-conscious video age. "MTV has hurt music in one sense because people now judge a song by more than just the song," says Ray. But, she concedes, "in the sense of having another art form around -- video -- MTV is probably a good thing...