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      Wow,
      now
      these
      guys
      have
      anew
      album
      coming
      out,
     
     
      whata
      year!
      U2’s
      new
      single
      is
      the
      work
      of
      a
      drasti-
     
     
      cally
      changed
      band:
      Bono
      whispers
      through
      the
      song
     
     
      in
      a
      manner
      similar
      to
      that
      of
      the
      Manchester
      bands
     
     
      (Happy
      Mondays,
      the
      Stone
      Roses,
      etc.),
      The
      Edge’s
     
     
      guitar
      sounds
      like
      Hendrix
      in
      a
      bad
      mood
      and
      the
     
     
      drums
      sound
      like
      they
      jumped
      off
      a
      Sisters
      of
      Mercy
     
     
      album.
      Lyrically
      ‘‘The
      Fly’’
      is
      quite
      similar
      to
     
     
      Leonard
      Cohen’s
      ‘‘Everybody
      Knows’’
      using
      ‘‘it’s
      no
     
     
      secret’’
      in
      the
      place
      of
      ‘‘everybody
      knows’’.
      This
      is
     
     
      pretty
      forceful
      stuff,
      far
      more
      intense
      than
      most
     
     
      heavy
      metal.
      I
      hate
      this
      video,
      then
      again
      I
      hate
     
     
      videos.
      By
      the
      way,
      is
      Bono
      a
      dead
      ringer
      for
      Perry
     
     
      Farrell
      now,
      or
      am
      I
      nuts
      (you
      can
      only
      pick
      one),
     
     
      I’m
      not
      quite
      sure
      what
      to
      make
      of
      this:
      the
      canned
     
     
      drums
      could
      either
      indicate
      experimentation
      or
      sell
     
     
      out,
      the
      powerful
      sound
      real
      anger
      or
      just
      hard
      rock
     
     
      posing
      and
      the
      whispered
      vocals
      subtle
      intensity
      or
     
     
      just
      more
      posing.
      Ill
      go
      with
      the
      first
      choice
      in
      all
     
     
      cases
      until
      I’m
      proven
      wrong.
      This
      is
      THE
      band,
     
     
      folks-
      the
      one
      with
      the
      most
      potential,
      the
      ‘‘best’’.
      I
     
     
      await
      their
      latest
      with
      open
      ears,
      and
      ‘“‘The
      Fly”’’
      only
     
     
      heightens
      my
      anticipation.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Ferguson
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      meg
      No,
      Prince
      is
      not
      smart
      (just
      check
      out
      one
      of
      his
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘es
      (makes
      sense).
      Don’t
      compare
      him
      to
      U2
      or
      REM
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      "Diamonds
      and
      Pearls"-
      prince
      and
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      New
      Power
      Generation-
      (Paisley
      Park/Warner
      Bros.)
     
     
      The
      latest
      from
      Prince,
      "Diamonds
      and
      Pearls",
      is
      to
     
     
      Grafitti
      Bridge
      what
      Lovesexy
      wasto
      Signo’
      the
      —
     
     
      Times;
      a
      solid,
      entertaining
      album
      that
      repeats
      the
     
     
      pleasures
      of
      it’s
      predecessor.
      Diamonds
      and
      Pearls,
     
     
      which
      has
      a
      neat-o
      cover
      in
      which
      you
      can
      actually
      ©
     
     
      see
      the
      shape
      of
      Prince’s
      hair
      (the
      thrills
      never
      stop:
     
     
      from
      this
      guy),
      is
      a
      very
      fun,
      entertaining
      little
      al-
      —
     
     
      bum.
      This
      music
      is
      incredibly
      tightand
      dynamic;
      —
     
     
      Prince’s
      syncopation
      is
      always
      amazing.
      He’s
     
     
      obviously
      been
      heavily
      influenced
      by
      rap,
      and
      while
     
     
      the
      raps
      aren’
      t
      rivetting,
      he
      has
      a
      keen
      understandin|
     
     
      of
      what
      makes
      rap
      great.
      There’s
      filler
      here,
      but
      eve
     
     
      Prince’s
      filler
      is
      appealing.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Many
      people
      don’t
      ‘‘get’’
      Prince,
      or
      understand
      whi
     
     
      he’s
      the
      critic’s
      darling.
      Well,
      what
      makes
      Prince
     
    

    
     
      great
      (besides
      the
      fact
      that
      he’s
      the
      biggest
      talent
      ar
     
     
      most
      electrifying
      performer
      of
      our
      time)
      is
      his
      sour
     
     
      He’s
      not
      about
      lyrics
      (ignore
      them),
      he’s
      a
      pop/funl
     
     
      sensationalist,
      so
      to
      speak.
      He
      understands
      the
      en-_
     
     
      dearing
      qualities
      of
      his
      form,
      and
      often
      pulls
      them:
     
     
      with
      more
      verve
      than
      those
      he
      emulates.
      Take
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘‘Jughead’’
      for
      instance;
      it’s
      a
      stupid
      little
      tune,
      bv
     
     
      it’s
      just
      so
      funky.
      ‘‘Cream’’,
      which
      contains
      more!
     
     
      Prince’s
      tired
      sexual
      innuendo
      (‘‘you
      got
      the
      horn}
     
     
      why
      don’t
      you
      blow
      it’’),
      is
      the
      same.
      But
      the
      real!
     
     
      whopper
      here
      is
      “‘Gett
      Off’
      (another
      dopey
      song))
     
    
   
   
    
     
      which
      sounds
      like
      a
      giant,
      ponderous
      bass-machine¢?
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      movies
      if
      you’re
      a
      non-believer),
      but
      he’s
      genius
      |
     
     
      whoever;
      he
      doesn’t
      play
      their
      game.
      He’s
      the
      *‘Pi
     
     
      casso
      of
      pop’’,
      and
      Diamonds
      and
      Pearls
      is
      just
      m’
     
     
      proof
      of
      his
      stature.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kirby
      Ferguson