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But Edmund wont accept the label of "vintage rocker" without fight "I donl confine rrmetl to being Just a rock roller, he said In fad I actively dislike that thing "I often get songs sent and they're Just straight ahead bonng 13 bar rock, with jangling punas la Jerry Ice lewis running his hand up and down the piano That crazy last rock that's not me I donl like the caricature aspect of it The (Stray Cats can do it but they live it" Edmunds, known best for his 1970 hit "1 Hear You Knocking," and a cull favorite with partner Nick lame in the defunct band Rockpile. has just released his first solo album in four years After being dropped by Capitol Records. Edmunds landed with the small Pyramid Records label. The album "Plugged In" is a doit yourself affair Edmunds played all the instruments at his home studio in Los Angeles and carefully patched together several of his own voice tracks for a trademark vocal symphony on "Beach Boy Blood bn My Veins)." After many years spent on other projects, such as producing albums for the Stray Cats, d. lang.

the Ev-erty Brothers and others. Edmunds wants to concentrate on his own career. said "It a craft in itiwlf which nut many people can master Rather than Just have my name in the credits as a songwriter. I Just rather get good song And if mine pax the test, thats good, too In "I lone Music. the good tut lured Edmunds even compliments one musician who has taken his critical lump the sax playing lreidenl Clinton "He's pretty good" Edmunds sings Edmunds said he and other band member have discussed a Rock pde reunion.

Rockpile was the uncrediled backup band behind several solo projects lor Edmunds, Lowe and lajwe's ex wife. Carte ne Carter The band only put out one album undrr its own name, a record Edmunds disparages, before splintering due to a business dis pute Specifically, Edmunds was angry with Lowes manager because Rockpile was working without a contract with its record label. "The reason we cant get back together is the same reason we broke up." Edmunds said "I was of a mind that I could be talked into it, if Nick wrould have shown enough I didn't scant to get kicked In the face twice I felt I took the rap for what was basically not my fault" Although Edmunds and Lowe still talk and have occasionally done projects together, management remains a barrier. "We never fell out" he said "Rockpile can be back together," he said It' just Nick Lowe won! be in tt." Edmunds is planning to tour and Is taking Terry WTlliams, the original Rockpile drummer, along with him. Those are two hands less than last time Edmunds went on tour, with Ringo's All Starr band in 1992.

Each night Edmunds would play I Hear You Knocking" with the father and son drum team behind him. "Ringo used to speed up on it and Zak used to make him slow it down," he recalled One night we got it right and the tempo was bang on and it was great Bricked shows no life When Edie llrvkrU drbutrd 19M, brr only attraction at her varuoui persona, captured by (he quintessential hi ro( urrift, "What 1 Am Hat then the Trxan fnmletl Uve Net Bohemian Now he' a nolo art on 'Picture Prrfcct Morning," though with husband laul Simon producing the album, she hardly going It alone Hut Simon is unable to lap into HnckrlTs inane charm, which nesvr had more than minor ap peal anyway, and the result an album so bad, its disquieting iVlure Prrfcct Morning" has a subtle opening that til repre senls the rest of the album ftnclirll sounds considerably more mature ithough void of per soiulilyi. and she's holding her own against a well defined rhvthin section The rest of the wav. she sim plv inept For example, on "Good Times," the First single, she attempts to be a seductive songstress, yet the silkv RLB arrangement fits her gawkv vocals like a spacesuil nd another attempt at seduc lion, the indifferent "Stay Awhile." is more likely to draw Wateriillies are starting The Wateriillies are blooming anew with "Tempted." but this season the flowers aren't so attractive While the New York duo of Ray Carmll and Alikas had a gorgeous debut with "Envelop-tuosit) a couple of years ago. this follow up lacks enchantment.

Alikas' vocals are soaring again, but this lime with an uncomfortable affectation For his pari Carroll us still laying down sleek, dance oriented instrumentation. yet he's not consistently imaginative Mikas sails fetchinglv along the insistent rhythm of "Free." and Carroll pounds out a smart marching tempo for "How Does It Feel" and a similarly hard beat on "Work It Out The title track is a cosmic dance song brewed from her ethereal vocals and his synth-dnven music, and "Never Get ooi Dave Edmunds rejects being labeled a "vintage rocker PtCTURI PlnriCT MORNINQ by ttXf tUUCf Isy i a I ird pe.4 listeners into a coma Hnckrll has no life to cuuntrr the sluggish arrangements on the album, either, including the title track and "When the UghU Go Down She can't even ade quale ly handle the atale mg songy delivery of "ObvU FTirthermore, she struggles with a remote delivery on "Hard Times." which doesn't Jibe with the lyrics, which in turn don't jibe with the easy groove Meanwhile, on "Green" and "In the Hath" Hnckrll lues couple of her simpleton routines to no avail (although the stupidly straightforward "In the Bath" has an unintendrd humorous spin) It's hard to imagine the New Bohemians would have cursed BnckelJ with the tembly dull tr rangements of "Picture Perfect Morning." but her singing is so weak and her lyrics so trivial, she doesn't deserve any belter to wilt on Tempted TEMPTED by WATERUIUlES Se nom ArywiYVOvJ A S'rrcs $f'rp Enough" is sweetly carressing from both a vocal and musical perspective On the other hand, "Take My Breath Away" is an overdone ballad and "Nolion Doll" can be taken as stately or pretentious And an a cappella remake of the Carpenters' Close to You" is effusively ornate, but irreconcilably cold Nightclubs particularly in the East embraced the Wateriillies debut wholeheartedly, and DJs will find tempting tracks on Tempted" to spin for their listeners. Fans. too. will discover new favorite songs.

But the petals are drooping. NATURAL INGREDIENTS by LUSCIOUS JACKSON Gand Boyae Ppvewod by Cx- Ca'TOH' Scjioos Howard News Se'ece out looping urban funk in Strongman." irresistible dance grooves in "Here" and even a lively Pele Merengue." Yet the band specializes in odd hybrids built on insinuating rhythms and wiy wit. Not all songs are equally engaging the folkish "Rollin." for example, will get lost in the shuf-de. and the occasional forays into rapping are rather soft But "Natural Ingredients" is such a refreshing album that its weaknesses hardly seem to matter. remake of his own 20 year -old instrumental version of Sabre Dance." He never really liked the original recording With songs by the late Otis Redding 22 Tops Billy Gibbons and former NRBQ member Al Anderson on his new album.

Edmunds continues his habit of. popularizing the songs of others. He considers his version of Elvis Costellos "Girts Talk" as his best recording ever. Edmunds, who sporadically writes his own songs, said too many singers make the mistake of also thinking theyre songwriters. "Thats not necessarily so," he Chili Peppers wont be playing on IBB nr, 1 to.

THE SHADOW awn so, rn, BABY'S DAY OUT lIMIMIh I LOVE TROUBLE rw m-iim row Sesame Street don't feel they'd be suited to our audience." bmnMM'tliaa SL a MV I 0Kf I -AO 200. 100 I i 400 0 ptoMN Luscious Jackson's 'Natural' is Irresistible LOS ANGELES (AP) -Raunchy rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers found a dead end in their attempt to get to "Sesame Street" Lead singer Anthony Kiedis recently told Britain's "Melody Maker magazine the group has wanted to play Sesame Street" for a long time, and had finally been accepted for a guest spot A Children's Television Workshop publicist confirmed there were contacts with the band But Carolyn Miller said producers concluded the group "would not be appropriate" for the show. In January, federal health of He also wants to return to an in strumenl he's ignored Although he has spent countless hours with a guitar strapped over his shoulders, he said his skills with the instrument have gone stale. "I went through a period in the 70s and with Rockpile. when I just didn't learn anything," he said I forgot about the guitar, except if I as on a gig or recording I wasn't learning anything new or taking it any further and there was a lot of wasted time, want to make that up and feature some guitar playing again" To that end his new album includes a real guitar challenge a ficials dumped Kiedis from a public service ad campaign promoting condom use when they learned of his 1990 conviction for sexual battery and indecent exposure after a concert in Virginia.

The band also stirred controversy in 1987 when band members posed for a publicity photo wearing nothing but sweat socks on their genitals. Miller said the Los Angeles-based group's raunchy reputation wasn't the reason producers decided against a guest spot She said "It's a hot band but we Just ACRES Inns NAFTANEE, INDIAM iiii. 1 The four woman group Luscious Jackson eludes definition on its new Natural Ingredients." but the album's textured layers of throbs and shuttles are contagious The funky folks, singing rapping Manhattan quartet creates a lively, organic atmosphere of fluid sound, repeatedly anchoring into good rhythms with sharp hooks From the infectious swirling of the first single. "Citysong." to LP the vibrating closer that signs off the album with an entrancing bassline. Luscious Jackson exudes a distinct New York vibe.

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