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...straggly, filthy looks could not be avoided. This the woman who thinks that orgasm is the highest state of consciousness, who roots her angst in Burroughs, Rimbaud, Hendrix, Morrison, the Bible--symbolists all. Patti Smith has used the symbols of our time exceedingly well, just as Dylan and Springsteen did before her, towards somewhat different ends. Avoiding the swastika, she has flaunted her hair, her leather, her boots, her sickliness, her chains, her sex...powerful symbols which horrified Rotarians and changed rock'n'roll...
...might more appropriately be retitled Fumbling Dice. Thoughts of decadence and decline occur; Donna Summer appears. But then Jimmy Cliff shows up, singing The Harder They Come, and the balance is redressed. By the time the show ends, with a flourish from Elvis Costello and a blast from Bruce Springsteen, you know the future is in good hands...
...Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the Edge of Town (Columbia). Visions of challenge and redemption in nighttown America by a classic rock 'n' roller...
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes: Hearts of Stone (Epic). The rave-up record of the season, a terrific broadside of roadhouse rock 'n' roll performed at white heat by Singer Southside Johnny Lyon and the hard-driving Jukes. The album includes a couple of original Bruce Springsteen tunes and a stunning ballad, Light Don't Shine, by Steve Van Zandt. Save Hearts of Stone for New Year's, then kick out the jams...
...monothematic eulogizing of a Bruce Springsteen who forever relives the nights of fast cars, bright lights, teenage promiscuity and gang fights; it was the expression of a wandering spirit, probing amid the ruins of the past and picking out vital bits of history or emotion that translate into powerful music...