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From the first moments, when a merchant (voiced, as is the Genie, by Robin Williams) offers to sell the viewer a "combination hookah and coffee maker -- also makes julienne fries," Aladdin is a ravishing thrill ride pulsing at MTV-video tempo. You have to go twice -- and that's a treat, not a chore -- to catch the wit in the decor, the throwaway gags, the edges of the action. Blink, and you'll miss the pile of "discount fertilizer" Aladdin's pursuers land in; or the fire eater with an upset stomach; or half of Williams' convulsing asides. Chuck Jones...
Stradlin sounds like Keith Richards too, launching into the first track, "Somebody Knockin," with a vintage Stones mid-tempo guitar groove. His classic "guitarist gone solo" gravelly vocals complement the track's gritty feel, and the simplicity and repetition of the lyrics demonstrate Stradlin's focus on stripped-down musicianship for this album...
...need support." Perhaps nowhere else does he so eagerly long for an end to pain and for the remedy of a lasting relationship than on Love to be Loved and Washing of the Water. In the former, Gabriel confesses his fears of loneliness over a moody, mid-tempo track, singing, "When my self-esteem is sinking, I like to be liked/ In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted/ 'Cos I love to be loved." Washing of the Water, with its slow piano-and-drum accompaniment, sounds hymnal. "River, oh river running deep," Gabriel implores, "Bring me something...
...ethereal ballad Blood of Eden (with Sinead O'Connor singing backup) uses biblical references to emphasize Gabriel's hunger for spiritual and sexual union. The up-tempo Steam, featuring a funky, pumping bass line and brass blasts, teems with sexual energy, as Gabriel lusts for a woman who is "turning up the heat...
...five military officers sitting in rocking chairs, singing. They then stand up, remove a chair and proceed to play musical chair. The point of the game: The man left standing is forced to leave the room, and thus symbolically relinquishes power over Argentina. The remaining men sit and the tempo of the song increases slightly. This charade continues until Juan Peron is the only one left and becomes the leader...