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...preachers, but O'Connor wanted to give the devil his full due. He warned in his sermon that "diabolically instigated violence is on the rise" and asserted that heavy-metal rock music can "help trap people, especially teenagers," into dabbling in disgraceful Satanist practices. In particular, the Cardinal denounced rocker Ozzy Osbourne's tune Suicide Solution ("Wine is fine but whiskey's quicker/ Suicide is slow with liquor . . . Suicide is the only way out./ Don't you know what it's really about...
With each succeeding album, Blades has continued to expand the established limits of Latin music. Escenas (Scenes) featured British rocker Joe Jackson and Linda Ronstadt singing in Spanish, in what might be called "reverse crossover." It was only a matter of time before Blades broke the language barrier, and in 1988 he released his first album in English, Nothing but the Truth. Featuring collaborations with Lou Reed, Elvis Costello and other non- Latin artists, the record made several Top Ten lists but was a commercial dud. "That album pissed a lot of people off," Blades says. "Some people felt...
...evils. The new year promises a more compassionate, humane crop of idols. Generally getting the cold shoulder for 1990 are hardhearts like Roseanne Barr, Bryant Gumbel, Eddie Murphy and Margaret Thatcher. The new In crowd includes such softies as Delta Burke, Arsenio Hall, Madonna and Meryl Streep. Rocker Janet Jackson has ended up with a foot in both camps. Time to pull it together, Janet...
...resurrect the Inlet by leading a $500 million investment program for building heavily subsidized housing for the middle class. But neither the casinos nor many of the Inlet's inhabitants have much faith in the effort. "You can't mix caviar with tuna," says Dorothy McCann from the rocker on the porch of her oceanfront Victorian home. McCann, 71, has reason to sound ornery: the agency bought her out last month as part of its raze-and-rebuild plan, despite the headline-making campaign she waged to stay put. "My husband Frank wants me to move...
Mick Jagger, the Stones' co-leader, co-writer, singer, front man and flakmaster, is supposed to have said he didn't want to be a full-time rocker past 40. He denies saying it now, maybe because here he is, 46 and still doing it fine. That makes him older than the fan by a few years. The fan feels better already. Smiles, settles back, listens close...