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6 • The Red and Black • Thursday, January 25, 1990
SOUND
■ SOAP DOPE
"Santa Barbara" • Laura altered her pregnancy test by changing
the results In her file. She did this so Ethan would stay with her.
Gina told Ethan he was going to have to choose. Kelly and
Robert had sex all day.
7 Seconds interesting
By DAVID WILLIAMS
Contributing Writer
The album “ Soulforce Revolu-
turn’ by 7 seconds is released by
Restless / Enigma Records.
I missed 7 Seconds when they
came to town over Christmas
break. I was disappointed. After
hearing their most recent album,
“Soulforce Revolution," I was
even more disappointed to have
missed them.
This album is really good. It is,
however, a lot different from
their “Walk Together, Rock To
gether" days, so, if you’re ex-
pecting hardcore, don’t.
“Soulforce Revolution” is similar
in style to their 1986 album
“Praise,” but it’s more melodic.
The lyrics (written by Kevin
Seconds, the band’s singer and
guitarist) are well-written and
very mature. Some of the songs
are political and address familiar
issues like hatred, complacency
and the state of the environment.
But, the messages that the songs
present are subtle and not pre
achy. The majority of the songs
on the album deal with the pres
sures of being on the road away
from loved ones, and the pres
sures of having to create on a reg
ular basis.
There is a lot of variety in the
music on this albun. The songs
range from hard-edged rock (for
lack of a better word) to “Soul to
Keep,” an acoustic love song ded
icated “to Phyllis.” Ordinarily,
one would think that Kevin Sec
onds’ voice would seem out of
place in a ballad (don’t worry, it’s
not a power-ballad), but in this
case, his voice fits the lonely
mood of the song.
The band sounds very tight on
this album. They all know their
instruments and play well to
gether, along with the help of al
most all of their production staff,
who contribute backing vocals.
The production job by Kevin Sec
onds and Oliver Diciccio, man
ages to capture 7 Seconds’
intensity without sacrificing
craftsmanship.
I really like this album, and I
think you should buy it. It has
been out for a while, since early
1989 to be exact, so most 7 Sec
onds fans have probably already
heard it and have made up their
own minds. This is actually really
convenient for people who
haven’t heard it, but think they
might like it, because they can
probably pick up a used copy of
“Soulforce Revolution” or borrow
it from someone who already has
it. If not, it’s worth paying eight
or nine dollars for it.
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New Del Fuegos album disappointing
■ ALBUM REVIEW
By MICHAEL PISANI
Contributing Writer
Since beginning their career
with two basic, solid rock and roll
albums, Boston’s own Del Fuegos
have seemed to sputter.
They did a beer commercial, for
which they took massive bad press,
and their third album, 1987’s
Stand Up, was a mess. That al
bums’ problem was that it tried to
dress up the Del Fuegos grungy
guitar sound with a clean produc
tion and too many back-up vocals.
The Del Fuegos are at their best
when they keep it simple. Unfortu
nately, this isn’t the entire story
with their latest LP “ Smoking in
the Fields.”
With a new producer, it would
seem that this record would avoid
the problems of the previous one -
wrong. Instead of emphasizing the
bands’ strengths, producer Dave
Thoener and the Fuegos make vir
tually the same mistakes.
The band has undergone a
couple of major changes in the last
two years. They switched labels
and replaced two members. Lead
vocalist/guitarist Dan Zanes and
bassist Tom Lloyd remain from the
original line-up, with new guitarist
Adam Roth (replacing Zanes
brother Warren) and drummer Joe
Connelly joining the band.
The album kicks off in fine style
with the raucous “Move with Me
Sister,” which finds the Fuegos on
old stomping ground. Zanes’ grav
elly voice snarls out the lyrics as
the guitars howl, and faith is re
stored in the Del Fuegos. This is
the high point of the album.
“Down in Allen’s Mills” comes
next and covers the overwrought
territory of small town life. “It
won’t change and it never will,” the
song goes until the tired resolution
of “I’m gonna bust outta here.”
The rest of side one features the
ballad “I’m Inside You," which isn’t
bad, and the throwaways, “Head
lights,” “Dreams of You” and a
mid- tempo love song with its
catchy chorus, “Breakaway.”
Side two isn’t much better, yet is
highlighted by “Part of This Earth”
and “Stand By You.” Both stray
from the band’s strengths, yet are
delivered in a straightforward
manner; one musically, “Stand By
You,” and the other lyrically, “Part
of This Earth”.
One of the main problems of the
album is the bluesy “Lost
Weekend,” which is stiff and over
done. Even Zanes voice becomes ir
ritating before the song is over.
The album is a disappointment,
save the few bright spots, coming
from a band that can do better.
Jayhawks perform a rock, country, folk blend
Boston’s Del Fuegos: Dan Zanes, Tom Lloyd, Adam Roth
Joe Connelly. Their album is “Smoking in the Fields.”
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The Jayhawks:Band members Thad Spencer, Marc Perlman, Mark Olson and Gary Louris
■ INTERVIEW
By COLEEN BROOKS
Entertainment Writer
The Jayhawks like Athens, ad
mire a guy named Caleb and hate
deep-dish pizza.
I found out this and much more,
when I interviewed them recently
over dinner.
The Jayhawks are a four-man
band from Minneapolis, Minn, cur
rently touring the Southeast on the
strength of the album they re
leased about four months ago,
“Blue Earth.” The band, consisting
of Gary Louris, Thad Spencer,
Mark Olson and Marc Perlman,
has been making its unique brand
of music for the last five years.
Louris, who shares vocal duty
with Olson for the Jayhawks, in
sists that the band’s sound “is
really like no other.”
“I think we just sound like our
selves. We’re definitely not trying
to sound like anyone else,” Louris
said.
Louris said the band plays a
combination of folk, country and
rock. He said that some nights they
ploy more country and some nights
more folk.
“We used to be more of a danc-
eable band, but now that we play
more folk, we get less dancers as a
result,” Louris said.
‘Take country, rock and folk,
shake it up and pour it out, and
there you have The Jayhawks,” he
said.
Olson said the songs he writes
with Perlman and Louris are ba
sically just songs of personal expe
riences and feelings, without much
of the heavy socially-conscious em
phasis put into most folk music of
today.
“I like socially-conscious music,
but it seems that the people who
come out and start talking about it
get a little arrogant and self-impor
tant," Olson said.
The Jayhawks played recently
at the Rockfish Palace and said
they really like what they’ve seen
of Athens, with the exception of the
pizza they’ve eaten.
Olson said the town seems like a
nice place to walk around in, and
Perlman said the music scene
really seems to be as expanding
and innovative as it's made out to
be.
The Jayhawks credit Caleb
Palmitir, of the Minneapolis band
A Single Love, with presenting
them with the name of tneir band.
Olson, Perlman and Louris make
him out to be some sort of local
music guru who has helped them
continuously throughout the years.
The bassist, Perlman, said, “He’s
like the Brian Epstein of Minneap
olis.
“Caleb just handed us the name
on a silver platter, and we’ve been
The Jayhawks ever since. We
didn’t even question him, because
Caleb’s just one of those guys who
give you advice, and you just do it
— accept it," Olson said.
Louris said they want to make
working in the band their profes
sion and not just a hobby. He said
they want to continue writing
songs and possibly pursue a pub-
Louris said that some
nights they play more
country and some
nights more folk.
lishing career of some sort and "ac
tually start making some money.”
“I really don’t think we want to
end up being a bar band forever.
We really want to do this perma
nently. For now, we’re just four
happy-go-lucky guys making music
and having fun,” he said.
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