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...good news is the eponymous Del Amitri (Chrysalis). At first glance, these four Scotsman would seem to fit in with the U2 Alarm mode of loud banal political folk songs. This debut effort abounds with youthful metaphors about pollution and nuclear war and all the things that are so gosh--wrong with this world. Most of the time these societal barbs are more embarassing than effective. All of this only goes to prove that it takes time to learn how to write lyrics. Fortunately, the ultimate success of Del Amitri does not depend on its words but rather its presentation...
...With U2 blaring out a second-story suite, freshmen lined up on the front steps of Weid Hall to cheer on the wind--"Go! Go! Go!"--as it snapped a half-dozen trees. Freshmen Adam Green and Daniel A. H. McGiffin even rigged up a windskateboard, using a towel as a sail to propel them across the Yard's debrisspattered walkways...
...other TV shows that have utilized rock music, Miami Vice can spend more than $10,000 per episode buying the rights to original recordings, rather than using made-for-TV imitations. The selections have ranged from '50s hits like the Coasters' Poison Ivy to recent numbers from Todd Rundgren, U2 and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The rest of the show's bracing musical score is supplied by Jan Hammer, a Czech-born composer, using sounds stored in a digital computer synthesizer. Working in a state-of-the-art studio in his 150- year-old colonial home near Brewster, N.Y., Hammer...
...MANY ways, Persian Gulf, a little-know band from Philadelphia, could serve as an American answer to bands like U2 or Big Country. Here's a band deeply rooted in the traditions and values of the United States, who can make political anthems without sounding preachy...
...Unlike U2, Persian Gulf also manages to blend the surreal and the political, without sounding artsy. "Eclipse of the Moon" is an apocalyptic vision of social disintegration that strays from reality into fantasy with no resulting loss in intensity: "all the women are banding together/they're running free in the woods tonight/in my sleep I can hear them chanting...