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...local leaders say they are willing to grant King political points if that means tax revenues. And they seem prepared to scream and yell, to act their part in the confrontation...
...Stellar's will alight on the garden dirt, cock his head in disdain, scream twice, burst off into the hemlock and set the lower branches dancing almost before its blue sheen has blazed on my retina. What a vacancy a jay leaves...
...primal scream opens the record, and from then on, Jackson emerges as a more affected and effective persona than the "Spiv" of his first two efforts. Those concentrated on a poppy guitar, steady beat, and musical hooks, with songs about women, the working class, and the media. Suddenly, Jackson's oft-avowed affection for reggae has taken over. Graham Maby, one of rock's most melodic and dextrous bassists, assumes center stage, as Jackson acknowledges by allowing him to sing the title track. And Maby holds it well--the bass lines are entrancing, polished, and danceable...
...many of the newly influential Republican Senators will want to go much further. Garn is out to amend the Davis-Bacon Act so that it no longer raises the pay of workers on federally assisted construction projects. Says he: "Organized labor is going to scream to high heaven, but I think we've got the votes." Utah's ultraconservative Orrin Hatch, the new Senate Labor Committee chairman-who greeted his ascendancy by exclaiming, "I thought I'd died and gone to heaven!"-is in favor of lowering the minimum wage for young workers, a proposal Reagan...
There's at least one song here, however, that manages to be both explicit and hard-hitting. "Scream Like a Baby" is an account of a government crackdown on undesirables told with emotion and immediacy. "They came down hard on the faggots/They came down hard on the street," Bowie sings, giving specifics in place of his usual vague insinuations. Set to sleek rock backing, it's the album's outstanding tune...