European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Alienation Hatfield s lyrics Cut to the Quot feel like i Don t have a peer group. I Don t fit in anywhere.,. I want to belong a musician Juliana Hatfield in a Magazine interview by Stedee Arrington Doke assistant City editor he almost sneaked onstage ignoring the tradition of blacking out All lights but those on the equipment Quot on Quot glows for the grand Juliana Hatfield walked to a microphone at stage right House lights up and began to play As if alone in her garage. Understated but direct her Entrance matched her often self effacing lyrics. But once onstage she belonged. A alternative and College radio charts in the United have offered a longtime Refuge this fall for become what you Are the 1993 album by her band the Juliana Hatfield three. A amps a Yiotos by Dave Casey Juliana Hatfield scored big this fall on . Alternative and College radio charts with become what you me a Success that s continuing in Europe. That Refuge has extended to club stages for Hatfield and band mates Bass player Dean Fisher and drummer Todd Philips who played three dates in Germany earlier this month including a sunday night show at Frankfurt s Sachtleben club. The German stops followed a Short tour in the United kingdom with scottish alternative posters teenage fan club. The Appeal of the Waif like Hatfield stems from her vulnerability a whispery and Sweet childish voice straightforward lyrics that Cut to the emotional Core a in receptive empathy and occasionally anger and a firm and with a guitar. She s the Friend you d like to share secrets with and the Friend she admits she does t have. On sunday she gave her finest self to the tightly packed Sachtleben crowd performing a number of tunes from become what you Are a just written country song and a Solo singular transcendent was my sister a three act tale of hate love and regret a in that order a familiar to k anyone with a sibling. When she sings Quot i hate my sister she s such a Bitch Quot you recognize exactly the tug of War she s singing about a feeling that prevails As the song s emotions Progress to Pride in the sister s hipness and then at the end sadness that comes from separation. She introduced a melodic new country song which she did t name As Quot a song we threw together a few Days ago. I was listening to a lot of Hank Williams a she wanted to write a song in the style of Williams sr., she said but Quot it s not quite As Good As Hank Williams Quot. Also on sunday s playlist were the riveting two person both Sung by Hatfield play let Dame with a Rod that portrays the emotions and actions of a woman faced with rape who arms herself and the rapist i cot no idols Little pieces and the biting supermodel a song about a mannequin who gets paid $5,000 a Day for having a pretty face. She led in to Massachusetts with Quot this is about living in a town you want to an encore Hatfield performed by herself a appropriately Given the lyrics a Here comes the pain which has the refrain Quot i feel like an alien. I am my Only Quot it s All about self pity. She has no self esteem Quot said pfc. Christopher Villa a Hatfield admirer who is assigned to Rhein main a. A Quot no one takes them for real Quot Villa said of alienated people like those conveyed in Hatfield s lyrics. Quot they re not acknowledged by anybody except themselves. Seems like she has a hard time with relationships i have the Shijie thing going on Hatfield s music and lyrics also ring True for Cathry i cd ver 17, and Karen Mauer 18, both of Wiesbaden we o forged to the front Row for the concert. A her voice is so childish and her lyrics Are so aggressive Quot Mauer said. Quot i feel she understands i a Luver praised Hatfield s literary allusions and the to try in which harsh realities Are revealed. I however in spite of afield s sad pictures of the world arc und her one in t repelled. Instead her vulnerabilities eni courage listeners to want to know her better. pop singles 1. Again Janet Jackson 2. All that she wants Ace of base 3. Haro Mariah Carey 4. Id do anything for love but i wont do that meat loaf 5. Shoop Salt a Pepa 6-gangsta lean drs 7. All for love Bry an Adams Rod Stewart. Sting 8. Breathe again Toni Braxton 9. Please forgive me Bryan Adams 10. Said i loved you. But i used Michael Boron top albums 1. Doggy style Snoop Doggy dog 2. 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A Jean Rosenbluth los Angeles times mtg unplugged 10,000 maniacs Elektra none wondering Why Natalie merchant would be so eager to split from 10,000 maniacs probably has t spent much time listening to the groups final recording. Vocally the album is surprisingly Strong with a merchant breathing new life into maniac favourites like these Are he Days or Stockton gala Days and offering a soaring impassioned rendition of the Patti Smith hit because the night. But the instrumental work is Stuffy and lugubrious bogging Down otherwise sprately a a a material like Candy everybody merchant wants and Don t talk. By albums end you May find yourself wondering Why merchant did no to pull the plug on this band sooner. A . Cons dons the Baltimore Sun Honky Tonk Angels Dolly Parton Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette Columbia he female holy Trinity of 1960s and 70s country music unites for an exemplary session of round Robin vocalizing. Focusing on country past instead of its future their renditions of such classics As wings of a Dove and Silver threads and Golden Needles plus an original from each woman find All in great voice. A Randy Lewis los Angeles times cuckoo curve anxious Charisma he second album from Singer Toni Halliday and instrumentalist Dean Garcia lives up to the Promise of last year s debut with powerful vocals and thoughtful lyrics mated to harsh yet Tush techno Rock that Falls somewhere Between ministry and the sugar cubes. Cune plays the Palace on wednesday. A stave Hochman los Angeles times real Belinda Carlisle Virgin he former go go has always stuck with pop of the sort the girl group was famous for a some of it Good pop some of it bad. On her fifth Solo album she a armed with perhaps her Best Batch of songs yet particularly the sly Quot dig scary animal Quot but. She nonetheless manages to add a few tracks to the bad count with some unattractive Voca histrionics. 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