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Jon Bon Jovi Blaze of Glory Polygram Records MUSIC.. m (/> BLAZE Of MEDIOCRITY 10 Jon Bon Jovi Blaze of Glory Polygram Records Jon Bon Jovi is really sort of a poor man's Bruce Springsteen or Paul Wester- berg. On second thought, not really a poor man. More like a mall cruising adolescent. He's got about as much soul as a Chick- Fil-A sandwich. As much substance as a cup of air-whipped frozen yogurt. His music is as prepackaged as it comes. He knows that most of his fans aren't all that bright. Note the easy to understand phonetic spelling of his original name, John Bongiovi. Can't figure out how to pronounce it? Relax, the record label al­ ready thought of that. Jon's going for the lowest common denominator and he usually hits it pretty big. But most Camaro driving teenagers (both in age and at heart) don't really mind. On Blaze of Glory, Jon offers us his first solo effort: the soundtrack music to Young Guns II. His pseudo cowboy and Indian schtick fits in perfectly on an album welcome reprieve from the over-power­ Anyone familiar with the band's All things considered, Stray is good. intended to accompany a pseudo cowboy ing, blow-your-wad sound on most of the repertoire will notice their slow progres­ Whether you're a longtime fan or a new movie. rest of this album. sion towards musical maturity with each listener, it's worth adding to your collec­ I was sorely tempted to slag this one Jon actually dedicates "Blood of their albums. Their 1982 debut, High tion. right out of the box, even before listening Money" to Bob Dylan. Nice try, but Ijind, Hard Rain, gave us the twangy — NATO'CONNELL to it. But once I looked at the list of Bruce Springsteen would have been more "Walk Out To Winter" as well as the musicians, I realized that there's some Yngwie Malmsteen appropriate. The track sounds pretty good memorable "Oblivious," today perhaps actual talen featured here - relatively mostly because the only instruments are the band's trademark song. Eclipse speaking, of course. If you're a guitar and accordion. Again, restraint at The year 1984 brought Knife, full of Polydor Records mainstream music fan then this the sound board saves this one. the sadness of lead singer Roddy Frame's soundtrack is a goldmine. By far the greatest song on the album woes of unrequited love and missed op­ Who is this guy and why do they keep Guitar god Jeff Beck takes on the - I mean seriously great, not just by Bon portunity. sending me his records? What kind of a solos for most of the songs. The excep­ Jovi standards - is "You Really Got Me." In 1987 the band released Love, name is Yngwie? Why does he always tionally talented Kenny Aronoff, of John None other than Little Richard lends his heralding a new sound for Aztec Camera, have to play so damn fast? Why does all Mellencamp's band, plays drums. Produc­ piano banging talent here. Unfortunately, both lyrically and melodically. of his music sound like such pretentious tion responsibilites are assumed by former it's just a short little piece, a bit of im­ The three year interim since then has heavy metal bullshit that went out of style Jackson Browne and Jarnes Taylor col­ promptu back room jamming that fades allowed Aztec Camera to develop a new back in the mid-eighties? laborator Danny Kortchmar. Heck, even out before it really gets going good. stance. Whereas once they performed I didn't like him when I heard his first Elton John plays on one song and Little With most of the rest of Blaze we've acoustically without any electronic ele­ album years and years ago and I like him Richard on another. Oh, and former non- got more synthetic, fast food musical fare ments, they've finally found the perfect even less now. superstar Aldo Nova is listed as guitarist from one of the chief griddle men himself. blend of both. Somebody give this guy a Steve Vai and keyboardist on several tracks, too. The production is basically a generic, big The first side of Stray is a good mix album and get him out of here. With this much AOR power behind hall, big hair, rock-n-roll sound. Pretty of both past and present styles, starting — GEORGE WILLIAMS him, Jon must have come up with some­ much what you'd expect from ol' JB. with Frame's reminiscence in the title cut. Steve Vai thing at least half listenable, right? Sadly, the guest musician contributions This song is classic Aztec Camera: mini­ Well, yes and no. sound sort of like jalapenos stuck in the mal instrumental accompaniment com­ Passion and Warfare I have to admit - painfully - that Jon middle of a Big Mac: spicy and tasty, but plete with computerized thunderstorms in Relativity Records knows how to write a catchy song. If he surrounded by an overwhelming amount the background. wasn't so concerned with making a quick of mediocrity. Next is' 'The Crying Scene," a single Now this is what a guitar wankster buck, he might actually come up with If you like Bon%Jovi, you should buy that has already gotten air time right here album should sound like. Vai is not only a something good. He comes awfully close this album. Otherwise, don't bother. on Album 88. It's somewhat typical of great musician (forgive him his stints with on this record. While it's refreshing to — GEORGE WILLIAMS their synthesized ballads, which usually Whitesnake/Alcatrazz/David Lee hear this guy backed by someone other Roth..check out his solo and Frank Zappa Aztec Camera pfeach of deliverance and salvation. than his gonzo, over-hormoned, ego- The rest of the side one, however, work) but he's a smokin' rock guitarist. driven bandmates, you can't get beyond Stray pales by comparison to the first two songs. Like his former teacher, Joe Satriani, the fact that you've heard all of these lines Sire Records "Get Outta London" and "Over My Stevie realizes that the key to a great rock and all these guitar hooks before. Head" are both bland and a bit song is a serious groove, something you Some of the more noteworthy songs: For the duration of their ten year monotonous. can shake your tail feather to. "Billy Get Your Guns" is corny and career, this London quartet has been con­ "Good Morning Britain" starts off "The Audience is Listening" is self cliche, but it's got an Aerosmith boogie- tent as a primarily underground band, side two with a kick. This is the kind of indulgent masturbatory every-air- woogie groove to it. It's got a great beat preferring to play intimate venues on their sound that's great to listen to, because it guitarist's-dream material at its best with and you can dance to it...if you don't mind rare appearances here in the United States. reminds you of something fun, like sum­ Vai pulling out all the stops. your friends laughing at you A few years ago I got to see them play in mer days and Christmas when you were a He's got style and a good sense of The title track is also listenable the Chicago following the release of their last kid. Other highlights on this side are' 'The humor but sometimes gets bogged down first few dozen times (don't you love At­ album, Love. It was a gathering of die­ Gentle Kind" and "Song For A Friend," in new age spiritualist ramblings between lanta radio?). The production is a bit spar- hard Aztec Camera fans that left me wait­ both memorable for their lyrics, if nothing his songs. Still, check it out. cer than on other songs, which is a ing for more. else. — GEORGE WILLIAMS , .
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