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Though Allen's health deteriorated dramatically in the summer of 1991, he continued to work on his dissertation on lyric poetry and author Rita Dove until his death...
...Three Little Birds (included here in a previously unreleased and altogether ravishing alternate version), were lighted with a sexual fervor suggesting that passion itself is a kind of temporary redemption. His political songs, whether metaphorical (I Shot the Sheriff) or straight-out and out-front (War, with its lyric from a speech by Haile Selassie, and still one of the most devastating assaults on racism in all of rock), were sung with pride, without compromise, but from a musical spirit he was proud to share. His music could challenge the conscience, soothe the spirit and stir the soul...
Haden has a distinctive style, lyric and elemental in equal proportions, that is ideally suited to this kind of experimental time tripping. "He has a big, warm, rich tone, and his approach is very traditional," says Rob Gibson, director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, for which one of Haden's groups, the Liberation Music Orchestra, will perform in 1993. "It's almost country sounding, but it's really swinging...
True, many people have been duped into the belief that Alice in Chains is a band about flower children and peace, given the group's name and song titles and whatnot. A quick glance at the lyric sheet, however, should dispel such misinformed notions. Cantrell's style doesn't just dabble with abstracted misery; it takes us to higher planes of confusion about the vulgarities of life. Try these crowd-pleasing verses out at your next party: "I have never felt such frustration/ Or lack of self control/ I want you to kill me/ And dig me under, I want...
...musical revisions are successful. The restoration of a beautiful short lyric ("Talkin' To My Pal"), which was cut from Pal Joey before its Broadway opening, is strongly illustrative of Joey's character. The addition of Rodgers and Hart's "A Lovely Day For A Murder" adds depth to Linda English. The sweet and innocent Linda is given an opportunity to be enraged and vengeful, and melodramatically funny: It's a fun, upbeat number that works well...