European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse We at s Earth wind amp fire heritage Erma Bombeck what s no Flashback born on the fourth of july contrary to popular belief the greatest Rock no Roll of All time Wasny to Alt recorded in the 60s but after listening to the soundtrack albums from Flashback and bom on the fourth of july its easy of understand How listeners might be left with that impression it is painfully obvious that the Best performances on both album come Courtesy of the oldies though they might have been included for Ven similitude. These �?~60s songs a whether Steppe woh s bom to be wild from Flashback or Van Morrison s Brown eyed girl from born on the fourth a provide most of the listening pleasure on either album this remakes done to help either Edie Unckell May have a Nice time with hard rain s a Gonna Fallon the fourth album but she and her new bohemians never approach the angry portent of Bob Dylan s original then again Dylan himself sounds pretty lame in Flashback As he attempts to breathe new life into the impressions Oldie people gel ready but where born on the fourth manages to soft pedal the decrepitude of contemporary Rock by filling out the album with the predictable Pomposi ties of John Williams symphonic score. Flashback shows no shame in offering the worst in new music from the Sappy psychedelia of the ultraviolet to the blatant Bowie isms of flesh for Lul Alannah Myles Alannah Myles As singles go. Black velvet is a real attention grabber. Built around mysterious. Elvis evoking lyrics a sensuous insinuating Backbeat and Alannah Myles sultry sensational singing in fact it s such an All around wonderful performance that it s hard not to be disappointed by Alannah Myles this Canadian Singer s american debut it in t that Myles herself can t keep up with the Pace set by the single indeed her singing is wonderful throughout the album the songwriting is another matter and where Black velvet offers new twists on familiar themes the other songs Here a Rock this joint. Who loves you. Just one kiss a Wallow in cliche and frankly in you must listen to a song calling itself kick Start my heart do yourself a favor and choose the one written by Motley Crue perhaps the most difficult balance Tor any successful pop group to attain Over the course of a career is managing to sound consistent yet fresh keeping up with changing tastes while maintaining a musical identity a and nowhere is that task tougher than in ramp a. Yet Earth. Wind amp fire has not Only kept its sound current but with heritage actually seems to have been invigorated by the process of change. Take a tune like Wanna be the Man a with its bouncy chorus tight falsetto harmonies and intoxicating swirl of percussion it has All the earmarks of an Earth wind amp fire classic yet by toughening up the beat and tossing in a Little rapping by m c Hammer no Lessie seems As vital As anything on the . Hammer Hammer please done to Hurt Mem never the subtlest of rap artists m c Hammer has always tried to live up to his Moniker with hard hitting raps powered by relentlessly pounding rhythm tracks and for the most part. Hammer please Don t Hud pm is no exception from the insistent synthesizers and chanted group vocals driving Here comes the Hammer to the big beat drum machine sound of work this the rapper rarely deviates from the formula that first brought him Fame granted he is a Little More explicit this time around about his fondness for Sweet 70s soul he covers the Chi Lites have you seen her and raps Over Marvin Gaye s mercy mercy me in help the children and his own physical Potency Check his remake of Prince s soft and Wei but on the whole this Hammer hits Home with such Blunt efficiency it s hard to hold his Lack of originality against Stansfield affection Britain s Bright new faces get ballyhooed with such astonishing regularity that it sometimes seems As if the English declare one pop Star or other Quot the next big thing Quot every 15 minutes but in the Case of 23 year old Lisa Stansfield. We should definitely believe the hype. Although her track record is astonishingly limited a she Sang the dance hit people hold on for cold Cul and Cut an album with a British Trio called Blue zone a her Solo debut a Section. Comes on with the sort of Confidence and poise that leaves her sounding like an old pro. Obviously part of the effect stems from the Way cohorts Ian Devaney and Andy Morris manage to fuse the Bass heavy Groove of soul ii soul with the Slick sophistication of classic Philly soul Bui it s Stansfield s warm emotive voice that works most of the magic Here whether seeming soulfully insinuating through live together or summoning the vocal authority of an Anita Baker or Dionne Warwick with All around the world a simply breathtaking album. By j d Considine the Baltimore Sun some of the greatest Cooks in the world Are men now that i be gotten that disclaimer out of the Way i can get on with the Point of this Story. A lot of men Don t Cook at All. They think smothered Chicken is something you do before you Cook it and oysters Rockefeller is the brother no one talks about when these men enter a Kitchen they do so with a mixture of fear and apprehension brides feel this Way to. But they get Over it. They have to it does t take Long for them to realize you can t take cooking seriously or you la end up in a Lelal position under the sink braiding your hair. Women learn quickly that cookbooks Are not written on Stone tablets the first Lime i did t Pat a Chicken dry before flouring i fully expected it to rain for 40 Days and 40 nights when that did t happen. I started to live on the Edge if i did t have Brown sugar. I substituted White. If i did t have ground pork i substituted beef. If i did t add a Pinch of oregano. The planet would still go on spinning. Recently i got a pathetic letter from a or. Reynolds one of the bravest men on the face of this Earth he offered to bake an Apple pie from scratch when his wife was sick. His first he got out a Cookbook and started to measure. But wait the recipe made three pies. Quot my wife said Divide everything by three a Quot he wrote. Quot what s one third of 144? i looked for my math Book but could t find it my wife brought me another Cookbook this was for a two crusted pie for a 9-Inch plate i went to tie garage for a tape measure but could t find that either this Book just said make a pastry. It did t say Quot i got another Cookbook and shut off the oven i was preheating since i had t started yet. With three cookbooks in front of me. I started melting ice cubes in vex cup of water and cutting the shortening into the flour with two knives i was on my third Beer and i Don t drink then it said chill for 12 hours i wanted the pie today. I read Roll the dough around the rolling pin a it was already rolled around the rolling pm and i could t get it later a much later a or Reynolds reheated the oven and the Light was t off but he went for it anyway and watched the pie Brown in the enter and turn Black around the edges we have All known his frustration but when you realize we re not mixing the formula for rocket fuel Here you lighten up. As for my advice when a recipe yields three pies make it easy on yourself or. Reynolds invite 18 people to dinner c t990 pm Jombock the St nicaraguans oust Ortega voters hand Chamorro stunning landslide Victory a in Dow nor fun is fuss a in Erfur Vrh amps j High winds again bring death to Europe 43 americans survive bus plunge into Ravine every Day can make a world of difference in your life in a world that never takes a Day to rest every Day can make a world of difference. A Day can mean the difference Between a Campaign and a Victory. A budget and a budget Cut. 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