European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                S living Colour social commentary with hard edged Rock of Roll by Ron Mckinney entertainment writer iving Colour drummer will Calhoun did t like the connotation of a German word he asked to have translated. That word was a Auslander Quot a word meaning foreigner that Calhoun had heard repeatedly in an armed forces network radio newscast describing Neo nazi attacks on turks last year when he was in Germany for a clinic tour. Curious Calhoun began Quot interviewing Quot turks and asking germans How they Felt about the Berlin Wall coming Down. But his research was concluded when he met an attractive Model from Eastern Germany. She told Calhoun that Gentian Guys weren t interested in her. When they heard her speak and realized she was t from Western Germany. Quot she s spending a lot of her Money on losing her accent. Losing her ethnicity. And that s deep. She wants to lose her acc�trt5�c3qse she s embarrassed by it. That s How deep the racism is Quot Calhoun said sitting outside the concert Hall at Neu Isenburg Germany earlier this summer. Through those interviews Calhoun reasoned that the foreigners were not Here to take advantage of Germany. Quot in talking to everybody turks germans whatever alike i really Felt like most people come to a country to better their life Quot he said. Quot they Don t come to take your daughter. They Don t come to take your son. They Don t come really to take your property they want a better shot at life for  upset with the foreigner s treatment by the germans Calhoun wrote a social commentary song called Auslander. The song has since become one of the More popular tunes off living Colour s latest album stain during its european tour this year. Calhoun had presented the song to his grammy winning hard Rock group when they rented a new York warehouse last year to rehearse for the recording of stain. They liked the song Quot blazing Quot is their definitive term and added a More militaristic Edge to it by going to the rail Yard and recording the brutal sound of Metal screeching. The song has since won Over european audiences who scream the chorus so loud that Lead Singer Corey Clover simply holds out the  i think a lot of germans Are embarrassed about the song. I had one interviewer who Felt like what Are you doing a Black Guy from new York writing a song about Germany he was almost offended Quot Calhoun said. It is not living Colour s first Brush with social consciousness. This Little pig was a song that was misinterpreted As a revolt against the . Riots. With the word Quot pig Quot misconstrued As meaning  Quot that s not at All where we were coming from Quot Calhoun said. Quot if we wanted to write a song about the Rodney King verdict we would have done that Calhoun explained that the song written by Clover was a song about social microcosm ranging from hard workers to philandering wives and drug dealers. Quot it s like looking out the window and looking at the Community and society and realizing that this is a Pigpen. And we Are pigs in a Pigpen Quot he said. Those songs Are what make living Colour s music so special. They have managed to Combine meaningful social statements with hard edged Rock n Roll. While Calhoun said he respects artists like Peter Gabriel who can get paid for writing love songs he s just not into it. Quot there s nothing wrong with love songs Quot he said. Quot but if you were interviewing me now and said Well that song about you getting Laid on the Back of a motorcycle in Palm Beach you Wanna explain that to me i think you would t want to do the interview. You d say this is Crapyou know what i m saying it s just Jive to me. Quot love songs and stuff i m not into it. I Don t buy the records. If i want to hear love songs. I la listen to Luther Vandross a he s on the same Label i can get the records for  living Colour won grammes in 1991 and 1992 for Best hard Rock performance. That the group a once labelled As a Black Rock band a won the awards without mention of race is what made Calhoun happiest. Quot ignorance is what makes it a Black thing and a White living Colour at rest and in action clockwise from left will Calhoun explains the group s philosophy Vernon Reid holds a chord Corey Clover belts out a song. Thing Quot he said. Quot because a Good record As you know is a Good record. A hit song is a hit song. Plain and  in the pre grammy Days living Colour was considered to be founder and Lead guitarist Vernon Reid s band. But As the it emerged in the late 80s As one of the world s Best hard Rock bands the group which also includes Lead Singer Corey Glover and Bass player Doug Wimbish began collaborating More and More together. In stain seven of the 15 songs carry writing credits for All four members. For example when Calhoun who joined the band in 1986, presented Auslander it was not a finished product. Quot we weren t satisfied with somebody just bringing something in. We really jammed on the music Quot. Calhoun said of the rehearsals spent re arranging the music. It also helps that the group members have become close friends. Quot we All went through a Little rough time the last two years individually in our own personal lives and us dealing with each other and hanging in there Quot he said. Quot i think we be become better friends As Well and i think that s Why the music is  a amps Michael Abrams rap that s pure fun whoop Here it is by Dennis Hunt los Angeles times Quot a rap single with no shooting maiming complaining cussing politics or anything degrading to women sounds like a sure Flop does t it Quot asks Cecil Quot do Quot Clenn of the Atlanta based rap duo tag team. A Flop it is not. The song tag team s whoop there it Isis currently no. 2 on billboard s pop charts and has shot Glenn and his partner Steve Roll n into National prominence. Quot occasionally people need a break from All the Grimness and vulgarity in these rap songs Quot says Clenn who does most of the rapping while Roll n does the music. Quot there Are a few songs out there like that in the pop rap vein but a lot of people generally look Down on pop rap. We figured it might be a Good time for a song about nothing but fun. Everybody was saying whoop there it is so it seemed like something to build a song  a catch phrase in hip circles the song s title spread nationwide in the last few months with a big boost from Chicago bulls fans who chanted it during Home playoff games in the team s championship drive last month. For those who Are not quite sure what the phrase Means Roll n offered a definition Quot a response to something you agree with or like a but something  Sample usage Quot you see a great looking lady walking Down the Street Quot Clenn said pausing for Roll n to respond Quot whoop there it  second example Clenn says Quot your Momma just made some greens that taste  Roll n Quot whoop there it  intriguing Bass line and what Roll n Calls a Quot whooping Quot beat Are also part of the lure of the single which is not to be confused with shoot there it is the rival hit single by the group 95 South. Remarkably the tag team single exploded without an album a major Label push or a video. Tag team recorded the single in october Only to have it resoundingly rejected by All the major labels. Quot a big problem was that they did t like the record s Southeastern sound which has a lot of Bass and a raw sort of amateurish sound Quot Roll n says. Quot it s the kind of Low Down up Tempo hip hop they did t think would sell around the country. We were very  but not enough to quit. They borrowed $2,500 from Clenn s parents to finance a pressing of 800 singles which sold out quickly in the Atlanta area just on word of Mouth a with help from exposure in the dance club magic City. That was enough to sell Bellmare on the record and the duo. Pop a singles 1. Can t help falling in love ub40 2. Whoop there it Stag team 3. Weak. Sov 4. I m Gonna be 500 mile the proclaimed 5. Slam Onyx 6. Lately Jodeci. 7. If i had no loot Tony Toni tone 8. That s the Way love goes Janet Jackson 9. Show me love Robins 10.1 Don t Wanna fight Tina Turner top albums is Hill 1. Black sunday Cypres 2. Zoo Ropa u2 3. Soundtrack to a sleepless in Seattle various artists 4. Anet Janet Jackson 5. Back to Broadway barbra Streisand 6. Core Stone Temple pilots 7. Unplugged. And seated Rod Stewart 8. Soundtrack to a the bodyguard Quot various artists 9. The chronic or. Dro 10. It won t be the last Billy Ray Cyrus country a singles 1. Chattahoochee Alan Jackson 2. Well Burn that Bridge Brooks amp Dunn 3. It sure is monday Mark Chesnutt 4. Can to break it to my heart Tracy Lawrence 5. Every Little thing Carlene Carter 6. It s your Call Reb Mcentire 7. A bad goodbye Clint Black with Wynonna a 8. Why did no to i think of that Doug Stone 9. Haunted heart Sammy Kershaw. 10. What might have been Little Texas country a albums 1. It wont be the last Billy Ray Cyrus 2. No time to kill Clint Black 3. A lot about Uvlin and a Little bout love Alan Jackson 4. Soundtrack to a pure country Quot George Strait 5. Some gave All Billy Ray Cyrus 6. Tell me Why Wynonna 7. Life a a dance John Michael Montgomery 8. Hard Worklin Man Brooks amp Dunn 9. It s your Call Reba Mcentire 10. This time Dwight Yoakam ramp by singles 1. Check to self ice cube featuring Das eff a 2. Lately. Jodeci 3. Something a Golno on . 4. Whoop there it Stag team 5. Lose control girl u for me silk 6. Cry no More Iid extreme 7. Another sad love song Toni Braxton 8. Right Here human nature a downtown Sov 9. If i had no loot Tony Toni tone 10. If Janel Jackson adult contemporary classical a albums 1.1 Don t Wanna fight Tina Turner 2. Fields of Gold sting 3. By the time this night is Over. Kenny g amp Perabo Bryson 4. I la never get Over you getting Over me expose 5. Have i told you lately Rod Stewart 6. Done to take away my heaven Aaron Neville 7. In a free Jon Secada. 8. Even a fool can see Peter Cetera 9. It e alright Huey Lewis amp the news 10. Hero David Crosby amp Phil Collins 1. Gorecky symphony no. 3, Upshaw London sinfonietta 2. If you love me Cecilia Bartoli 3. In concert Carreras Domingo Pavarotti 4. An English lady mass Anonymous four 5. Tous Les Matins do Monde Jordi Savall 6. Heavy class la various artists 7. Philip Glass Low symphony Brooklyn philharmonic 8. Rossini heroines Cecilia Bartoli 9. Gorecky Beatus Var czech philharmonic 10. Gorecky string quartets Konos quartet fun milled by billboard disc notes too Long in exile Van Morrison polydor perhaps the exile of the title refers to the Las decade plus when Van Morrison a music became increasingly contemplative and w reverent. Here the sound is outgoing aggressive full of the jazz and ramp a the celtic master was first influenced by. He rides the blues High on tunes like Sonny boy Williamson a Good morning Little schoolgirl and his own wasted years performed with John Lee Hooker. For All that though Morrison still manages a couple of tunes about Quot shaded Groves Quot and Quot ancient roads a and tins a . Yeats poem into a stirring love hymn. A Timothy Cahill the stars and stripes Tony Toni tone sons of soul Wing Mercury f this group represents the future of soul music the genre is in Good hands. The Trio a Brothers Dwayne and Raphael Wiggins and their Cousin Timothy Christian Riley �?13 so Loose jointed Eclectic and Grove conscious that it s Tough not to find something in its sound to enjoy. Lovers of new Jack swing won t be disappointed by sex Girlfriend or Iii had no loot a funny but biting commentaries on faithless mercenary cronies a while dance Hall contains surprisingly authoritative Island heat. Sounding at times like a Hopper honed-for-the-�?T90s. Kool amp the gang the group improves on the formula with Quirky lyrics and musical segues that keep matters Lively. It helps that Dwayne guitar Bas Raphael Bass keyboards and Riley Drums keyboards Are Multi talented musicians. A Connie Johnson los Angeles times Back to Broadway barbra Streisand Columbia f this follow up to the 1985 blockbuster the Broadway album is any indication barbra Streisand s musical vision appears to be getting More grandiose by the minute. Her selection of material ranging from Gershwin and Loesser to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber is technically and emotionally demanding. The music is lavishly arranged and produced meticulously recorded and in some instances gorgeously Sung. But too often the album seems in danger of collapsing under its own overweening ambitions. How much better it would have been had she and producer David Foster simply taken the politically Correct 90s approach. Of slashing their budget in half. Streisand s Talent simply does t need this excessive ornamentation. A Don Heckman los Angeles times sleepless in Seattle soundtrack epic Quirky versions of standards Cloverly underscore the action in the Ultra romantic hit movie. It does t get much weirder than Jimmy Durante crooning As time goes by or Joe Cocker overpowering Bye Bye Blackbird. But there Are some conventional romantic tunes too like Nat King coleus Lush stardust and Harry Connick a Porky a Wink and a smile. This Best Selling album is an enjoyable collection even if you Haven t soon the movie but at 37 minutes it is Way too Short. A Dennis Hunt los Angeles times Streisand 18 the stars and stripes Friday August 6, 1993 the stars and stripes 19