Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...withhold applause for Israel's every aggressive move. However, the brilliance of his book is the reasoning behind it. On the surface, Oz's goals are simple and direct: Israel out of Lebanon, now. No more annexation, and full-scale peace with her neighbors. Lest his demands begin to sound like as Israeli version of the American anti-Vietnam sentiment of the 60s, Oz couches his goal in a sophisticated humanitarian vision...
...European tavern songs through fifties rock 'n' roll up to '80s power riffing and synthopop. On the surface (which counts for a lot with most Europop bands like Trio,) Trio and Error is an enjoyable album with a lot of catchy melodies, some witty choruses, and a spare, deadpan sound. However, this album works only on that surface level, because Trio never tries to capture the depth of feeling or soul present in the rock forms they manipulate. Trio along with other European rock bands (like Flock of Seagulls, etc), is basically the abba of the '80s: they steal...
UNFORTUNATELY ON THE REST of the album, Trio attempts to integrate a wide variety of rock styles into their deadpan, minimalist sound; and here their thinness really shows through. In fact, the farther Trio delves into the past, the more disastrous the results. On "Tooralooralooraloo--Is it Old &Is it New," they aim for a tavern European folk ballad, and end up sounding like Perry Como. In fact, this song is so pathetically and limply delivered that it can't even be savored as good camp. "Drei Mann in doppelbett," on the other hand, links a pub chant with...
...Anna-Letmeinletme out" moves into a late '60s rave up framework. Unfortunately, the music Trio tries to imitate has a much denser guitar sound than Krawinkle is able to provide...
...world beyond the senses, "proof given by mediums who could communicate with the dead, make ectoplasm appear in darkened chambers and order inanimate objects to move at will. Katherine and Margaretta Fox of Arcadia, N.Y., were the superstars of the new movement, adolescents who could engender a rapping sound that issued, they said, from the beyond...