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...Third row seat, right in the middle, the huge Zeigfeld Theater on 54th Street. It's the premiere of the restored "Vertigo" and Kim Novak is sitting about ten seats away. Sonic Youth is there - I talk to Thurston Moore about Bernard Herrmann. The ecstatic moment: Judy walks out of the bathroom, bathed in green light, the French-curl hair style finally in place and Madeline's reincarnation complete. Herrmann's score swells...
Which brings up the interesting question of influential groups. Not many people own an album by the Fall, yet so many bands cite them as an influence. The same thing probably applies to Sonic Youth and Kraftwerk (although both are probably more popular than the Fall), and to even more obscure bands like 23 Skidoo. Would you rather be best-selling or influential? Answers...
...would expect more of Sarah Cracknell, lead vocalist for dance-pop band Saint Etienne. Critics have always found it hard to pigeonhole the band (that is, until "electronica" conveniently became a music industry buzzword). Their sonic experiments have consistently yielded intriguing results, drawing from pop's rich past while carrying an attitude which points boldly towards the future. Cracknell's solo LP, Kelly's Locker, isn't particularly bad. However, as an electric pop record, it tries too hard to be eclectic and lacks the cohesion needed to make for a satisfying aural experience...
...Planet Rock" Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force (Tommy Boy) Possibly the most influential dance record of all time...
Does it matter that the sonic quality of the Columbia set leaves something to be desired? A little, sure. When the company last reissued these cuts in 1988 and '89, the engineers got rid of the hiss but in the process lost much of the music. Some tunes sounded as if they had been recorded in an aquarium. Now you can hear the instruments--and the hiss, alas, too. But the irresistible force that is Louis Armstrong rockets through it, as he does through all of American music...