Word: salsa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Local hip-hoppers the Jonzun Crew follow Bambaataa's lead with the first album put out by the independent company Tommy Boy, which has fostered electro-funk in Bambaataa and reggae-influenced Pressure Drop ("Rock the House") and Latin Special Request ("Salsa Smurph" believe...
...Lang's efforts, they have certainly been visible-and audible. Last year, for example, he decided that the French should mark the summer solstice with a national "musical festival" in which everyone would simultaneously pluck, pound, tingle and bow musical instruments as church bells rang and neighborhood salsa bands played. Right on cue, 5 million French joined in an exuberant celebration that banged on from 8:30 p.m. until well past midnight. Lang has filled the once empty courtyard of Paris' staid Louvre museum with exhibitions of new French fashions, displayed to the thump of disco rhythms...
...dark and gruesome in Jackson's journey through a night and day in the big city. The music itself is for the most part an upbeat and cheerful combination of Puerto Rican salsa rhythms, Jackson's jazzy piano overdubs, and some xylophone riffs like the catchy jingle that percussionist Sue Hadjopoulos repeats throughout the hit single "Steppin...
...their first disc, I Just Can't Stop it, they asked P.M. Thatcher, with propriety, "Please stand down, Margaret, stand down". This summer's Wha'ppen is one of the best releases of the year, discarding some of the cande-party for some somber, intricate, personal Anglo-Jamaican Salsa, all highly listenable, never dull. You can't listen passively--they shake a finger at you and say "Get a job!" or ask you "Dying to become a man? Well, I am your flag!". They mix the deadly earnestness of Elvis Costello with the singalong fun of the Beach Boys...
...even in their declining years, the Stones are one of the most entertaining bands in the business. Musically they have branched out from their earlier rock and roll-rhythm and blues show to include salsa, mock country, and border-line disco. Their guitar sound has suffered a bit under the increasingly lackadaisical supervision of Keith Richards and Ron Wood, and the aged Bill Wyrhan has done little to improve his methodical bass playing. But Watts, now limiting himself to a snare, high-hat, and garbage can top, remains raw and on-the-mark. Jagger's singing has actually improved...