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...Lenny Kravitz...
That's right-even as you were listening to "Hangin' Tough" back in '89, Lenny Kravitz was establishing a serious musical career, the defining moments of which are included in this album. If Kravitz's name conjures up memories of his elevator fodder "It Ain't Over Til It's Over," give him a chance-his music has definitely evolved along with his sartorial tastes. The questionable pinstripes have given way to piercings and a sex-god image, and the songs have likewise improved since the days of such musical mistakes as "Stand By My Woman" and "Mr. Cab Driver...
...forewarned that Kravitz's lyrics are profoundly uninspired at best ("You make my life complete/You make me feel so sweet"). But he makes up for it with strong vocals, great melodies and silky-smooth harmonies. In "Let Love Rule," Kravitz's voice is so enjoyable it takes you a while to realize that "Love transcends all space and time/And love can make a little child smile" is nonsensical schlock. And as you start to sing along, you might realize that you don't mind so much. B -Myung...
...Acts who broke through in the '80s and '90s opened the show. A newly blond Sheryl Crow strutted her stuff in Victorian hippie garb followed by Hendrix aficionado Lenny Kravitz (playing rather louder than the comfort zone for most middle-aged Democrats), a soberly besuited Jon Bon Jovi and a beaming k.d. lang. The performers each contributed one or two of their hits, an astute choice for a benefit crowd that nuzzles more contentedly on familiarity than new terrain. When the artist roster first reached back into the 1970s it yielded the laid-back Buffet, who revealed the "play...
...Young Guns But in an evening where musicians perform their own hits, the most telling statements come from the songs specially chosen for the occasion. Far and away the night's most unexpected choice (and most successful) was the collaboration by Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow and Lenny Kravitz. Bon Jovi, wryly acknowledging that Gore and Lieberman's favorite band was more likely the Beatles than his own Bon Jovi, announced their choice. The three teamed up on a powerful rendition of John Lennon's 1968 political proclamation "Revolution." Not the genteel doo-wop version from the White Album...