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T-Bone Burnett's last release was a modest, honest record using beautiful country instrumentation, and came as close as any known record titled after its author to living up to its name. On ''Talking Animals'' we learn more of what is on T-Bone's mind than what is in his heart But just because this set is often more light at heart doesn't mean it isn't straight from it. Understandably cynical critics, who have been exposed to too much "great rock genius," tend to point the moralist finger at T-Bone and accuse him of being a finger-pointing moralist. ''Talking Animals'' should not perplex these harassed souls, and normal people should really enjoy it. | T-Bone Burnett's last release was a modest, honest record using beautiful country instrumentation, and came as close as any known record titled after its author to living up to its name. On ''Talking Animals'' we learn more of what is on T-Bone's mind than what is in his heart But just because this set is often more light at heart doesn't mean it isn't straight from it. Understandably cynical critics, who have been exposed to too much "great rock genius," tend to point the moralist finger at T-Bone and accuse him of being a finger-pointing moralist. ''Talking Animals'' should not perplex these harassed souls, and normal people should really enjoy it. | ||
The record opens with "The Wild Truth." To say that this one song has more going for it than most "great rock" of the last year ie to overlook that this ''is'' great rock 'n' roll. On its face a splendid mess of noisy drums and guitars, it also makes at least two observations which have a timely ring (or is it death-knell) with regard to some of the would-be or would-have-been contestants in your approaching presidential game-show. When T-Bone says that he has "the feeling that as soon as something appears in the paper it ceases to be true," you might be thinking of Hart, or maybe just Biden. When he continues that "mercy" is "the only thing worth taking seriously," it might put you in mind of Robertson, or maybe just Hart. There is a strange vision of some candidate adopting this as his campaign song, but you know that the Republicans would rather appropriate | The record opens with "The Wild Truth." To say that this one song has more going for it than most "great rock" of the last year ie to overlook that this ''is'' great rock 'n' roll. On its face a splendid mess of noisy drums and guitars, it also makes at least two observations which have a timely ring (or is it death-knell) with regard to some of the would-be or would-have-been contestants in your approaching presidential game-show. When T-Bone says that he has "the feeling that as soon as something appears in the paper it ceases to be true," you might be thinking of Hart, or maybe just Biden. When he continues that "mercy" is "the only thing worth taking seriously," it might put you in mind of Robertson, or maybe just Hart. There is a strange vision of some candidate adopting this as his campaign song, but you know that the Republicans would rather appropriate Tom Waits' "You're Innocent When You Dream," missing the point completely, and win by a landslide. | ||
"The Monkey Dance" sounds like a seductive preface to "Come Together," which it resembles, and contains the funniest lines on the record: | "The Monkey Dance" sounds like a seductive preface to "Come Together," which it resembles, and contains the funniest lines on the record: | ||
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*[http://articles.philly.com/1988-03-05/entertainment/26279130_1_elvis-costello-coward-brothers-issue-of-musician-magazine Philly.com] | *[http://articles.philly.com/1988-03-05/entertainment/26279130_1_elvis-costello-coward-brothers-issue-of-musician-magazine Philly.com] | ||
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