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u n d e r m i n e their "identity a n d s u b s t a n c e " .

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CCUs.

today, a n d a m e e t i n g o f ICU C o u n c i l d u e

M r Hellard first o u t l i n e d his plans t o m o v e m o s t C C U c l u b s into direct ICU c o n -

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riages a n d a trio o f b a g p i p e r s . T h e super-

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experience to t h e point of

questioning the mental

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a maiden

I managed

pol-

i n c i d e n c e s o f split e n d s , f o l l i c l e d a m a g e a n d less e f f i c i e n t c l e a n s i n g o v e r a l l .

a l m o s t a f o r t n i g h t , b u t , in t h e V U X s s o f

isn't it?"

hero

Hercule

Poirot

f am ous Belgian since Merge introduced

hygiene

had been

happening

irre-

of the

VUX Y d

'abit o f m e k k i n g itself

s h a m p o o a n d c o n d i t i o n e r in o n e b o t t l e

begun a

as putting m al e a n d

into

knern. O n a routine

The

cleaning

Earnalot:

" N o , n o . Let m e m a k e it

is still very m u c h t h e r e .

quite clear. T h e r e

Th e n a m e itself - ]UYU "

quality o f t h e p r o d u c t as a

- clearly

s u g g e s t that t h e r e is, is s i m p l y i r r e s p o n -

underlines

that point...." "Oh

is n o t h r e a t t o t h e

VTUYe

a n d to

m o n g e r i n g . O u r position

sible scare

Paxman.

r e m a i n s as it h a s ®^¯ s b e e n t h e r e

VfY l

c o m e o n , M r . Earnalot,

b e n o d r o p in c l e a n s i n g

s u r e l y this is a b l a t a n t

tough o n grime, t o u g h o n the causes of

seems to be 'Yes'."

attempt to encroach

grime.

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§ ¨d

QR o tier

by t h e b a c k d o o r isn't it?"

n o

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the ?

s h o p p i n g trip

Vf S e

ad-exec

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d e c a d e - h a v e d i s c o v e r e d that m i x i n g

is a b o u t a s

It's n o t h i n g m o r e t h a n

Worried

Tin-Tin t o a n e x p e c t a n t

d e n t a l l y b u m p e d in t o

R bo

- the most

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lead to

icy? I m e a n , it's a bit o f a b l o o d y c h e e k

personal

community

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a n i n c r e a s e in t h e n u m b e r o f r e p o r t e d

jZf[WXg©V o

to kee p

VfY l

m o v e a c o m p l e t e reversal of y o u r earlier O n e C o n -

up t h e pretence of u n d e r s t a n d i n g u p for

s p o n s i b l e e n o u g h t o o p t o u t o f this, t h e

the

of those members of

over.

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sexual

iX UVWS s

hUVl

failed to

classmate

o n t h e c o s m e t i c terrias a first-

three-biscuits-in-the-pack-breaker, a n d

Paxman:

tory o f y o u r c o m p e t i t o r s ,

m a i n t a i n e d that

reunited?"

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QR o

the

i U VW r

constituents might be

f e m a l e g e r b i l s in t h e s a m e c a g e . I c a n

he spotted the bottle of V 0 5

the role o f t h e c l e a n i n g a g e n t o n t h e

clearly r e m e m b e r t h e first e m e r g e n c e o f

s h a m p o o in m y m o t h e r ' s t r o l l e y I k n e V

o n e hand, a n d the conditioner o n the

a n d it's a b i g if, I t h i n k that it's s o m e

t h e p r o d u c t s in q u e s t i o n i n t o t h e p u b l i c

that it

G a m e O v e r . By M o n d a y , it

o t h e r s h o u l d b e c l e a r l y d e f i n e d . Isn't

off. A l t h o u g h

all r o u n d t h e c l o a k r o o m a n d m y

this just a case o f g o o d b y e Vidal - A l o e

i d e a o f a r e u n i f i c a t i o n in p r i n c i p l e ,

Vera?"

feel that t h e current situation -

R xs

d o m a i n a n d I still b e a r t h e m e n t a l s c a r s

VZ s

that r e s u l t e d f r o m m y f a t h e r ' s r e f u s a l t o

credibility never recovered. Even Trudi

a l l oV his family t o e x p e r i m e n t

Wallace deserted

Vfj h

"that

o f f e r e d t o V T f p m y bails o f f a g a i n . E v e n -

overpriced mixed together rubbish". For t h o s e o f y o u

R b o greV

to adult-

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k lmnopqr the

, Eurostar-riding d e c a d e that is

90's,

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stigma brought by

pre-

continuing to take o bottles into the

the com-

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the

our

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painfully

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it d o e s n ' t a f f e c t h i s ability t o d o his j o b ) .

tionary

hair

VZSTf[g

Vfj h

this r e v o l u -

experience.

l e a r n e d t o b l u f f m y R x y t h r o u g h intricate

latest

is f i n e b y m e a s l o n g a s

If t h e i s s u e in q u e s t i o n

c d ee

a political

policy rather t h a n a personal

] ZSU U n V U Y d

hygiene

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only to be sent back to

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i n g p a p e r s a r e in and

craze hit our school..."

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j e c t e d t o t h e s a m e k i n d o f scrutiny as o u r elected

Earnalot: "If I m i g h t b e ZYYUVW d t o f i n t h e r e is t h e q u e s t i o n o f

c o n s u m e r c h o i c e . B e i n g in m a n u f a c t u r -

n o t o n l y r e s u l t s in y o u r l i n o c o m i n g u p sparkling clean

VTUYe

but also leads to the

r o o m b e i n g r e d e c o r a t e d a n d flo-

ral c u r t a i n s b e i n g h u n g at t h e

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perhaps

Kotex

its a n d d e m e r i t s , all t h e t i m e l i v i n g in

f u l , follically d i s a d v a n t a g e d l e a d e r o f H e r

fit. I h a v e i n s t r u c t e d m y t e a m t o u n t h i n k

Anne Frankesque

Majesty's

p r o b a b l y m o r e a r e f e r e n c e t o that d i s -

Vfj h Trudi W a l l a c e in e I c o m p l e t e l y pavilion

appointing episode t h e cricket

Vf[sUVS. V U Y d have for R b y m e n -

i n g m e a n s that y o u h a v e t o b e p r e p a r e d t o t a k e t o u g h d e c i s i o n s , a n d it m a y b e

b e e n c a l l e d to a c c o u n t

usually dis-

c o n c e p t o f universal scalp b e n e -

the thinkable."

Paxman:

" H oR d o y o u

Z[S VW r

VTWXWhy

u s i n g Flash o n y o u r f i l t h y k i t c h e n f l o o r

struating

R bo

VWXW , rather

harder to explain the process

that t h e r e is a c a s e f o r l o o k i n g at t h e

Opposition,

If t h e y pushed

representatives.

they might have b e e n

VTUYe

p l a y s all t h e p o l i t i c a l a c u m e n o f a s h e e t

ÅUV-

e v e r , t h e m a r k e t i n g b o y s a r e rarely s u b -

product, Vidal

fear that m y guilty

something

o f t h e sort.

to shreds by t h e m e d i a . Even t h e y o u t h -

VU Yd s o m e h o V c o m e to the [ UV YWsu e of m y peers. Classmates V U Y d e n d l e s s l y a r g u e o v e r hair t y p e s a n d V TW j T W r t h e y c d e e N o r m a l , G r e a s y . T h e c o m m o n c o n s e n s u s R x s or that I R x s D u l l a n d Lifeless - b u t that R x s

" Or

discussions o f the m a n y different prepa-

secret

y o u . Well,

t h e first e d i t i o n s o f

rations available a n d their relative m e r -

be ripped

M r . Earnalot-

thank

some of the morn-

der-and-fabric-softener

Vfj h e a c h ot h e r , it is m e r e l y a m o v e j U V ZX s s d e v o l v i n g c l e a n i n g iU VW r a n d g i v i n g t h e QR o i n g r e d i e n t s g r e a t e r a u t o n o m y VfjTf n t h e b a t h r o o m a s a VTUYW ¶ " ]WvU[sYa ,

ÃÄ o "Wash

a c a s e o f "Wait a n d

the Gulag ¸ ¹º n the

ditioner have

ish.

the help o f the

pany. W e

approach

Paxman:

Vfj h

Re Vfj h

lemon

shampoo and con-

to stifle m o a n s o f

ecstasy

¡ h

the

°±²³±´µ e

cause

r u n n i n g a n d t r i e d f o r | } } ~s t o d i s g u i s e

close partnership,

R xy

to the

VUX f[g

shampoo and conditioner

"...I · s rehabilitated,

problem.

i m p o r t a n t ties that

p o l i t i c i a n s c a n o n l y d r e a m a n d is

Peter M a n d e l s o n

the

concept

VTfvh

R xy

t h e root c a u s e

the very close a n d

jVo

in a

birth o f this n eR - "Wash

in o r d e r t o

occurs,

R e are not o p p o s e d

deals

does not d a m a g e

Vf j T U t c o n d i t i o n e r , I f e e l a great VWf uT t liftf r o m m y s h o u l d e r s . ]UYU " - as this

marketed

that

the

c a l l e d - r e p r e s e n t s t h e sort o f U-turn o f

R xs IR xs

strategy

place

Firstly, W e

"If s u c h a m o v e

follicle

uncleanliness y o u

o n e let o n that m y

oneself back then by continuing to take

have

tackle

Vfj h

ing

As a vul-

QR o ª « ¬ s if I m a y . ®^¯ s m a i n t a i n e d that

school, and some-

c o u n t e r - r e v o l u t i o n a r y hair t r e a t m e n t is

S TU VW X .

b u t s e r i o u s l y , I'd like t o e v a d e that q u e s t i o n in

term

hit

t h e s o c i a l s t i g m a that o n e b r o u g h t o n

bottles into t h e

" N e V Lather - N e R B a t h t i m e " J e r e m y . N o

fabric-softener

Basil B r u s h it is i m p o s s i b l e t o a p p r e c i a t e

nerable a n d sensitive t e e n a g e r

"I p r e f e r t o t h i n k o f it a s

must have a long-

and

VZjvTf[g

Earnalot:

hf[WsgVZSTf[uiUVsWXgZ[s-

But

caps

back-to-front,

rather t h a n b y

rehabili-

Dreft.

trousers

and baseball

VU X n

craze

jVW[jagSUtWjTf[u s in b a g g y

R xs

tated, only to b e sent back to t h e G u l a g

to appreciate the social

sented by middlel

t h e b r o u h a h a over "Wash

magazine

programmes about

TUVW WX ,

and Go" subsided and I

"...it is impossible

gained from Chan5

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and

V T U S e cultural valu e s c d ee t h e r e f o r e nel

m e a n d s h e never

Earnalot:

the

V U t W n suddenly get the urge ¢ Æ ¤ r VTfj e t r o u s e r s a n d r u n a l o n g a b e a c h Vfj h l o n g , l o p i n g s t r i d e s b e i n g p u l l e d a l o n g b y QR o G o l d e n R e t r i e v e r s .

o f g r e a s e p r o o f p a p e r , c o u l d n ' t fail to

charge m a d e by s o m e of your c o m p e t i -

In t h e f a c e o f s u c h r e l e n t l e s s i n v e s t i g a -

m a k e political capital o u t o f such a bla-

tors, a n d y o u ' v e n o d o u b t s e e n t h e a d s ,

tion, Vidal

VU[-

that this latest a b o u t f a c e m a r k s a d o

to e x p l a i n

make of

f a c t o return t o a m o r e t r a d i t i o n a l style o f

o r i g i n a l b o t t l e o f no-fuss, one-stop "Wash

t h i s if h e c o u l d g e t t h e h e a d o f t h e C o n -

TZfXgVZSTf[ g

and G o " advised y o u to apply the prod-

s u m e r B a m b o o z l i n g D e p a r t m e n t at Vidal

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to enable better s c i e n c e to occur. These arguments explain suggest Þ ßy having m o r e Ò á â Ó n Ò á ï Ô d b e g o o d f o r s c i e n c e . T h e y fail t o e x p l a i n Ò å y s t u d y i n g s c i e n c e is g o o d f o r Ò á â Ó ð . Girls t e n d not t o c h o o s e s c i e n c e , t h e p r o g r a m m e s r u n b y Õ Ö×E s e e m t o exist t o e n t i c e Ò á â Ó n i n t o t h e s u b j e c t . Girls are b e i n g a c t i v e l y p e r s u a d e d i n t o s c i e n c e .

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a n y o f y o u m a y h a v e t h o u g h t that B l o n d i e Ă&#x161;Ă&#x203A; Ă&#x153; e s o m e band from the seventies. You're Ă?Ă&#x17E;Ă&#x;Ă ĂĄ Ă˘ . They're actually a fresh n e band

ready to attack t h e m u s i c s c e n e ĂŁĂ¤ĂĽ h s o m e innovative

s o n i c m u s i n g s . ĂŚ Ă§ Ă¨ Ă¤ ĂŠ ĂŞ ĂŤĂŹ Ă , t h o u g h , this is t h e b a n d that Ă&#x161;Ă&#x203A; Ă&#x153; e o n e o f the most influ-

a r o u n d fifteen years a g o

ential b a n d s a r o u n d . There's a terrible s t i g m a a t t a c h e d t o b a n d s that r e f o r m y e a r s after t h e i r p r i m e . T h e y t e n d to b e s e e n as m i l k i n g past g l o r i e s . A G r e a t e s t

m e a n , f o r C h r i s t ' s ĂŚ Ă§ ! I k n o ĂŁ critics t e n d t o slate o l d Ă˘ artists t r y i n g n e t h i n g s b e c a u s e t h e y s e e it as a n Ă˘ attempt to n over the y o u n g a u d i e n c e s o I d e c i d e d t o listen t o it a g a i n ĂŁ Ă¤ ĂĽ h a m o r e o p e n m i n d a n d m y fears Ă&#x161;Ă&#x203A; Ă&#x153; e c o n f i r m e d - t h e title t r a c k is t e r r i b l e ! N o q u e s t i o n . I t h i n k t h e p r o b l e m m a y h a v e b e e n that t h e y t r i e d

Hits

to get everything o n t o record ĂŁ Ă¤ĂĽĂ˛ĂŠĂŞ t filtering out t h e

p a c k a g e last yea r c o u l d l e a d p e o p l e t o t h i n k that t h i s

d u f f e r s . T h e r e a r e a c t u a l l y a h a n d f u l o f d e c e n t tracks

is ĂŽ ĂŻĂ° t t h e y ' r e d o i n g . T h a t ' s far t o o c y n i c a l , t h o u g h .

but o n c e y o u e x p e r i e n c e t h e c r a p o n e s , y o u d o n ' t

Y o u g e t t h e f e e l i n g that t h i s is a c t u a l l y f o r real. W h a t Ă˘Ăą actually h a p p e n e d s in t h e s p r i n g o f 1998 t h e f o u r

h a v e t h e heart t o s l o g t h r o u g h a n d f i n d t h e g e m s .

Noth-

ing Is Real But The Girl is r e m i n i s c e n t o f t h e B l o n d i e o f Ă˘ Ăą

o r i g i n a l m e m b e r s m e t u p a n d d e c i d e d t o let past dif-

o l d - that's a g o o d t h i n g , b y t h e

f e r e n c e s lie. T h e y e n t e r e d t h e s t u d i o a n d this is ĂŽ ĂŻĂ° t

g o o d because y o u can hear t h e band gelling together

t h e y m a n a g e d t o c o m e o u t ĂŁ Ă¤ ĂĽ Ă˛ , No Exit.

rather t h a n D e b b i e ' s v o i c e p e r v a d i n g all. It's t h e sort o f

T h e q u e s t i o n is ĂŁ Ă˛ Ă§ ĂĽ Ă˛ Ă§ r it's a n y g o o d . A l b u m ĂžĂż Ă´ĂľĂśĂˇĂ¸ĂšĂşĂť ĂźĂ˝ sounds promising. There's a opener. Ăł

it's n o t g o i n g t o t u r n t h e k i d s o n b u t at least this

. Double

m a t u r e track that t h e y s h o u l d b e ĂŁ Ă¨ Ă¤ ĂĽ Ă¤ g

Take is also

ĂŠĂŁ. Obviously Ă˘Ăą y

M a d n e s s - l i k e g u i t a r riff j o l t i n g t h r o u g h t h e intro a n d Ă˘ e h e a r D e b b i e Harry's f am i l i a r v o i c e g e t t i n g car-

you don't e n d up embarrassing yourselves.

r i e d a l o n g by ĂŽ ĂŻĂ° t c a n o n l y b e d e s c r i b e d as a r e g g a e

I'm b e i n g a t a d h a r s h o n this t h e i r ' m o d e r n i s a t i o n . ' T h e

q u i c k s t e p r h y t h m . This is a r e d h e r r i n g , t h o u g h . N o t h -

fact r e m a i n s that o n c e y o u r f i r e ' s g o n e o u t , t h e r e ' s n o

Forgive

p o i n t r e k i n d l i n g it u n l e s s y o u ' r e g o i n g t o m a k e it b u r n

then

i n g e l s e o n t h e a l b u m s o u n d s r e m o t e l y like it.

t h i n g s really g o ĂŠ ĂŁ Ă˛ Ă¤ ĂŹ ĂŹ . It c a n o n l y b e d e s c r i b e d as very Ă˘ poor. What e g e t is D e b b i e Harry t r y i n g t o r a p ! I

o p e n s ĂŁ Ă¤ ĂĽ h ĂŽ ĂŻĂ° t is s u r e l y a rip-off o f a N e

and Forget

O r d e r riff. U n f o r t u n a t e l y , ĂŽ ĂŻĂ° t

ĂŠ ĂŹ ĂŹ ĂŠ ĂŁ s is n o t a N e

O r d e r s o n g . It's just a n a v e r a g e ĂĽ Ă˛ Ă¨ ĂŠ ĂŁ ĂŁ y

Ă˘

I like t h e B l o n d i e o f o l d a lot ĂŁ Ă˛ Ă¤ h is p r o b a b l y

b r i g h t e r . A n d b u r n b r i g h t e r , No Exit d o e s n o t .

Ă˘

Dennis

song -

s o m e t h i n g m o r e s u i t e d t o a b-side o r p e r h a p s e v e n a n a l b u m filler! T h e p r o b l e m ĂŁ Ă¤ ĂĽ h it is that t h e r e is n o s p a r k a n d this is ĂŽ ĂŻĂ° t is m i s s i n g f r o m s e v e r a l s o n g s o n t h e a l b u m . It's a r u n n i n g t h e m e that s h o u l d h a v e b e e n Ă&#x161;Ă&#x203A; Ă&#x153; s t o p p e d in its tracks b e f o r e t h e s o n g s e committed to t a p e . T h e title track o p e n s ĂŁ Ă¤ ĂĽ h s o m e classical m u s i c that I'm s u r e o t h e r s ĂŁĂ¤ĂŹ l b e a b l e t o r e c o g n i s e in stan tly b u t t h e n a m e o f it e l u d e s m e .

MOJAVE

ĂĂŁ Ă, from

there

' l o v e is t h e u l t i m a t e s a l v a t i o n ' t h e m e : ' A n d y o u

g e m o f a n a l b u m . I t h i n k t h e trick is s i m p l i c i -

s o m e k i n d a a n g e l , y o u t o o k m e aside, said h e y never-

ty itself. It's o n l y n i n e s o n g s l o n g , l o o o f t e n ,

m i n d , I'll m a k e y o u f e e l be t t e r . ' In c o n t r a s t t h e r e a r e

b a n d s just tack a n extra c o u p l e o f tracks o n t o m a k e

m o r e bitter pills in t h e a l b u m . Yer Feet s e e s t h e s i n g e r

t h e i r a l b u m t h e 'right l e n g t h . ' ĂŚ Ă¤ e isn't e v e r y t h i n g , you

ĂŠĂŁ. What

e got here

is a c o l l e c t i o n o f

a c o u s t i c b a s e d tracks that r a n g e f r o m u p b e a t t o , ĂŁ Ă§ ĂŹ ĂŹ ,

ĂŠ ĂŁ Ă§ ĂĽ . I a d m i t that at t i m e s , t h e v o c a l i s t slips i n t o

a B o b D y l a n s o u n d b u t t h a t ' s just s p l i t t i n g hairs. O p e n e r , Who

s .

Ă&#x161;Ă&#x203A; Ă&#x153;

ell ĂŁ Ă§ ĂŹ ĂŹ , this t u r n e d o u t t o b e a n i c e little

contemplating the aftermath of a failed relationship: T n e e d s o m e t h i n g s o l i d I c a n h o l d like a d o g that c o m e s ĂŁ Ă˛ Ă§ n I call b u t I d o n ' t n e e d y o u . '

The strength of Mojave

is in t h e b e a u t y o f their

s o n g s . T h e s o u n d is s i m p l e . O r g a n s a n d p i a n o s a c c o m -

Do You Love, s t r u m s itself i n t o a

pany an acoustically s t r u m m e d rhythm section. There

lovely s o n g that asks y o u t o l o o k at you rself : ' W o u l d y o u Ă˘

Ă&#x161;Ă&#x203A; Ă&#x153; like o you e if y o u m e t t h e m s o m e p l a c e ? W o u l d

a r e n o e l e c t r i c g u i t a r s o r f u n k y l o o p s z i p p i n g in a n d o u t

y o u r e c o g n i s e the lines o n a stranger's face?' I k n o ĂŁ

c o m e t o t h e ĂŁ Ă¨ ĂŠ g h o u s e . If, Ă˛ ĂŠ ĂŁ Ă§ Ă§ Ă¨ , y o u ' r e l o o k i n g

o f tracks s o if y o u ' r e after m u s i c a l e x h i l i r a t i o n y o u ' v e

all this s o u l - s e a r c h i n g t u r n s p e o p l e o f f b e c a u s e t h e y s e c

for m u s i c a l s a l v a t i o n , Out Of Fune

it a s part o f t h e pr e - m i l l e n i a l p a c k a g i n g that m u s i c a l

ĂŁ Ă¤ ĂĽ Ă¤ g f o r y o u t o c o m e i n . Q u i e t l y brilliant.

artists a n d o t h e r s a l i k e a r e t r y i n g t o c a s h in o n . ever, M o j a v e

ĂŠĂŁ-

c o m e a c r o s s a s very g e n u i n e a n d n o t in

t h e least c o n t r i v e d . T h a t ' s a c o m m o d i t y that p e o p l e try very hard to create ĂŁ Ă¤ ĂĽĂ˛ ĂŠ ĂŞ t success. M o j a v e

s e e m to

a c h i e v e it e f f o r t l e s s l y . T h e lyrical c o n t e n t o f t h e a l b u m is m o s t l y r e l a t i o n s h i p b a s e d . Give

What

You Take

is y o u r b a s i c l o v e

s o n g : T h e r e ' s a light in y o u r e y e s that fills m e ĂŁ Ă¤ ĂĽ h life. T h e r e ' s a l o v i n ' in y o u that m a k e s m e ĂŁ a fly.' A g a i n , I k n o ĂŁ it s o u n d s c h e e s y b u t ĂŁ Ă˛ Ă§ n y o u hear it, y o u k n o ĂŁ it's f o r real.

Kinda Angel

e c h o e s t h e s a m e sort o f

is a n o p e n h o u s e

Dennis

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he m e d i a splurge reads s o m e -

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t h e m into a s o n g : 'You

t h i n g like t h i s : 'Built T o s last album,

the epic

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y o u s a i d that all that glitters isn't g o l d .

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n y o u s a i d that

all just br i c k s in t h e " 6 . Y o u

finest guitar a l b u m s , a

n y o u s a i d that y o u c a n ' t

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act o n e : I c e l a n d ' s its

number "!-#

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h a very nice chorus a n d g o e s

o n to c r e a t e t h e 'rollercoaster r i de ' effect

not s o m a n y o f t h e m ar e in circulation

t h e lyrics s i n g o f . Great

V WX Y V X

m i x e s pile-driving guitars, quick beats,

. Fact

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monumental testimony to the !"# r o f

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t h e r o c k t r a d i t i o n . Fact.' W e l l , if t h a t is t o

1 2

be b e l i e v e d t h e n their

p album.

y o u s a i d that e v e r y t h i n g is g o n n a b e

must surely stand

a l r i g h t . ' For t h e r e c o r d , t h e y o r i g i n a l l y

catchy m e l o d i e s a n d nice vocals. From

b e l o n g to L e d Z e p p e l i n , Pink Floyd, T h e

fact

Rolling

d e s t i n e d f o r s u c c e s s . K e e p i n g fact o n e

the names

in m i n d , c a n

ing the record shops. I don't k n o " h o7

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e c a n d e d u c e that t h e y a r e

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e then hazard a guess

p l e a s e or e l s e it'll b u g m e f o r a g e s ) a n d

that this is all b u t a s u b t l e p l o y t o f i n d

The Beatles respectively.

themselves a

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e n d o r s e m e n t o f t h e l e n g t h i e r variety a s

m u s i c tricks t o m a k e t h e i r m u s i c a n d

m o s t o f the d e c e n t tunes are t h e shorter

songs interesting. The s c r e e c h i n g gui-

poppier ones.

tars, t h e v i o l i n s , t h e " : < / g s y n t h e s i s e r

, eh?

W e i g h i n g i n at a fairly fifty m i n u t e s Keep

It Like A

tains e l e v e n t r a c k s

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h only o n e track

u s e d to g o o d effect.

m u c h all p o p s o n g s a n d t h e b a n d ' s p o p

quickly. There's definitely p r o m i s e here

n't h a v e b e e n a b l e t o s a y t h e y a r e b a d

sensibilities

h t h e vocalist's

a n d t h e " : 0 ; / g at t h e e n d o f t h e

imitators o f others.

. The

a l b u m is e n o u g h t o m a k e y o u l a u g h . It's

distinctively r h y t h m guitar out

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T h e o p e n i n g track

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pheric p r o m p t i n g a q u i c k burst o f t h e o l d

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they could b e marketed

Much

sion is a c h e e r f u l s o n g full o f

l o n g it " l t a k e f o r Bellatrix t o b e " # , if e v e r , b u t I t h i n k t h e y a r e a s

g o o d as anything out there, a n d hopefully c a n o n l y g e t b e t t e r .

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dimen-

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fast b e a t s a n d m a n y a c h o r u s l i n e . This

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is a

a h u g e d i s c l a i m e r i n that t h e y h a v e n o

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like t h e rest o f t h e a l b u m it d o e s n ' t f o l -

rock trio, b y t h e

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o m i n o u s l y p r o p h e t i c . P e r h a p s they k n o "

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e kno"

h its s e a r c h i n g g u i t a r c h o r d s a n d

vocals.

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nice s m o o t h introduction to the a l b u m

e t h e l e a d is q u i t e o f t e n s t rat os -

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been inclined to dismiss them, I

is g o o d b u t it c a n g e t v e r y d u l l

alright b u t that's it.

k is fairly s o l i d t h r o u g h -

nised, l o o often today

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h b a n d s like this is it'll

a g o o d lead vocalist (Bjork-esquc?) a r e all

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over six m i n u t e s l o n g . T h e y a r e pretty

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s o u n d s , t h e c h u n k y b e a t s , a n d n o t least,

fall s h o r t o f b e i n g s o m e t h i n g s p e c i a l .

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take a l o n g t i m e for t h e m t o get r e c o g -

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r choice o f men?

t the

a n d folksy violins into a g o o d song.

routine of

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is o n e o f t h e l o n g e r s o n g s . That isn't a n

t they are - plain a n d simple.

music press says a n d

t y o u "6/;. Y o u

though.

that

rock t r a d i t i o n . A h a l f d e c e n t r o c k b a n d is

is t h e sort o f s t u f f that m a k e s y o u start

basically

s a m o u n t o f critical a c c l a i m . T h e s o u n d is t h e u s u a l

A m e r i c a n r o c k s e e m s s t u c k in t h e m i x t u r e o f c h i r p y o p t i -

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o f a m b i e n t a n d big-beat s o u n d s that h e l p e d their h e ad -

m i s m a n d p o u n d i n g g u i t a r s that is s o m e t i m e s c a l l e d

liners g a i n s u c c e s s last y e a r . Y o u " l b e h e a r i n g m o r e

post-grunge.

from these guys in the future, I promise.

#j6.!

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vocal s o u n d spot o n (Imagine t h e bl ok e

Knock On Wood)

7 8

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b u t luckily a s t o m p i n g d r u m b e a t pulls

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the s o n g r o u n d t o m a k e a n e n j o y a b l e listen.

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e e c h o e s t h e b a g g y s o u n d f r o m that e r a ,

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mm nmo n kl

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style taster f o r t h e G r e a t e s t Hits

a l b u m that is o u t at t h e m o m e n t .

c o m e f r o m N e 7 Z e a l a n d . A bit rootsy-bluesy-trying-not-

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series o f p r o b e s , s cou t s a n d transports,

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n o t all that c l e v e r a n i d e a a s t h e g r o u n d

b e f o r e they m a n a g e to kill y o u or stop yo u r

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objectives b e i n g c o m p l e t e d . I h e p r o b l e m

poor a n d annoyingly frustrating series o f

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g e n t D i n o s a u r s a n d their masters

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m a n a g e d to get his h a n d s o n s o m e nice k l m y including the cerebral bore - a k l n

starts t o r e q u i r e f i n g e r g y m nastics o f O l y m p i c k z z g q u a l i t y . T h e

b e c a m e borin g a n d a potential uprising

multiplayer g a m e s b e c o m e a m as s o f

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person g a m e they have also included a

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step lmk m| , t h e buildings a p p e a r i n g

m e n t really. N o t a s m u c h f u n a s G o l d -

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