Word: tattoo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tattered haute couture of an intergalactic hitchhiker? In Paramount's $10 million space epic Star Trek II, Montalban does just that. He plays the diabolic Khan, a villainous android who escapes exile on a nightmarish planet but not the embraces of two comely space maidens. As Tattoo might say: Hey Boss, whoever said dreams don't come true...
...Alpine goat-herder's hut. Archie Bunker may seem like a conformist, but he is, a heart, an individualist who rebels against uniformity not of his own making. He considers it his right to paint his house coral or plaid if he wants to, much as he would tattoo his biceps or select an inscription for his T shirt...
After it's over and before the Stones hit the next city on their current "Tattoo You" rampage, Robert Palmer or some other prominent rockologist will write yet another piece confirming that the group has recaptured the old raunch, that Richards seems sharper than ever, that Jagger can still hypnotize the masses by merely taking off his shirt and sticking his hands in his pants. "This is the real thing," we will be reminded...
Also two valiant efforts from old warhorses the Stones and the Kinks. The Stones' Tattoo You has been bought by everyone in Boston, so I'll just comment that as good as the music is, the lyrics only matter on the second, ballad side, whereas ten years ago, "Sympathy for the Devil," "Satisfaction," "Gimme Shelter," while quick, all had something to say. The Kinks' Ray Davies, on the other hand, starting to recover from a decade's drunken stupor, has never been so lyrically biting. Give the People What They Want works on many levels; the fast songs reflect...
...strong, wild form in concert, but no one has ever disputed his status as rock's shrewdest showman. On Tattoo You, the Stones' new No. 1 album, Jagger's voice has the rough resilience of a scouring pad, and Keith Richards keeps on playing what is, in all senses, the meanest guitar around. The new record sounds like their best in years-many years-but a little attention to the lyrics shows that the Stones are still stuck in the same territory without a passport. The album is supposed to be a return to their strong, singed...