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...with Springsteen. This is as itshould be: those who are not ardent fans will beless than enthusiastic about paying $50 for acollection of songs which, on the whole, weresimply not good enough to be included on earlierrecords. Tracks is an attempt to remindfans of the energy of Springsteen's youth, and toconvince them of the profundity of his olderyears. It attempts to convince the listener thatthere are definite connections between his personaat opposite ends of a quarter-century recordingcareer. Tracks argues that fans of theyoung Springsteen, screaming through a wall ofsound, are indeed also fans of the olderSpringsteen, alone with...
That inability to critically assess their material hurts this compilation. Youth, one might think, would work well here, imparting pubescent angst to these most angst-ridden of tunes. Unfortunately, most of the bands featured have too much respect for the songs they cover, playing them in much the same style with only minor changes of tempo or instrumentation. This forces one inevitably to compare the originals--and the comparison often comes up short. The Gadjits' take on the Simple Minds classic "Don't You (Forget About Me)," for example, preserves the source's arrangement down to the deep voices...
...exceptions, but in general, when a veteran rock 'n' roller gives a new album his own name, he's looking to make a career statement. John Mellencamp's latest album, John Mellencamp (Columbia), is no exception. These are difficult days to be John Mellencamp. Rock is on the run, youth is on the rise, and his brand of rural rock skews a little old even for the VH1 set. But Mellencamp, 47, is soldiering on, trying to re-establish his name, his image and his music. He has left Mercury Records, his label for some 20 years, and signed with...
Mellencamp had a heart attack in 1994, and as he tours for this record, the thought of his heart giving out is in the back of his mind. Still, he says, he's happier than he's ever been. The excesses of his youth, he claims, are gone. The twice-divorced Mellencamp is married again (to model Elaine Irwin), and he says he's through chasing women. He's gone from singing pop fluff to voicing, in mid-career, his concern for farmers, small towns and, of late, humankind in general...
...commentary on America's cultural obsession with youth [SPECTATOR, Nov. 9]: for the record, we at the Felicity television series did not fire writer Riley Weston when we "learned she was 32 years old instead of 19, as she had claimed." In fact, a full two weeks before she revealed her actual age to us, we chose not to renew Weston's contract. All our writers are in their 30s or 40s. Had Weston been the right fit for our show, regardless of her age, she would still be here. Next time, if your writer does even less research...