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SPORTS CUBE PREDICTS Jay K. Varma, Sports Editor Harvard 14 Pennsylvania 10 Julian E. Barnes, President Pennsylvania 10 Harvard 7 Sean Wissman, Sports Staff Writer Pennsylvania 31 Harvard 7 Dante E.A. Ramos, Design Editor Pennsylvania 34 Harvard...
Sometime in the mid-'80s, Cope suddenly remembered that electric guitars were really cool. The result was the brilliant 1987 release Saint Julian. Trust me--even if you buy Floored Genius, you still need this album. The smash hit "Trampolene" combines the expected lyrical cleverness ("Trampolene/I can't believe you're trampling me/ You tell it to me softly/ Then you disagree") with a truly staggering guitar hook. And, of course, there's "World Shut Your Mouth," a kicky tribute to non-conformity that's garnered Cope his only significant American airplay...
...with the inclusion of "Spacehopper," a jokey sex ditty which could profitably have been replaced by the title track or the haunting "A Crack in the Clouds." My Nation Underground (1988) was more of the same, although a little uneven. "Charlotte Anne" (say it fast) presents a sadder, gentler Julian, singing "The sound you bring is an antiquated thing/ So please don't look to me for guidance" over airy keyboards and a martial beat. The inclusion of the string-sodden "China Doll" is inexplicable...
...most pleasant surprise on Floored Genius is "Out of My Mind on Dope and Speed," an underproduced gem from the nearly unfindable Skellington (1990) that sounds something like the Velvet Underground with the Opportunes singing backup. It's almost enough to give you hope for a Julian Cope comeback--too bad the last three songs here are drawn from 1991's truly execrable Peggy Suicide...
Nobody's going to like all of Floored Genius--Julian Cope has just been too many different musicians for that. But that's why they invented programmable CD players. For the most part, the album successfully saves this batty prodigy from his own judgment. The world may have missed out on Julian Cope; Floored Genius means you don't have...