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Neil Young's 'Reactor 1 has evasive anti-n-e w wave tone

By ED LEITCH earlier album, Rust Never Sleeps lie Service" off his tongue to a back- "Southern Pacific" deals with a re- that, "ifs better to burn out, than to drop of relentless pounding. He fi- tiring employee of that railroad When a less talented songwriter fade away" was apocalyptic for nally concludes, "Every wave is who sees himself "left to roll, down has4 releases a disappointing album, not Young as a performer. Neil decided new until it breaks." . the long decline." He nothing much is lost over it. The performer to fuzz himself into critical mass The packaging of Reactor is also to look forward to, except some will be forgiven and the fan, al- and explode, leaving nothing left designed with New Wave in mind. proud memories.The furious guitar though saddened by the experi- of the. star who wrote "Borrowed ,The striking red-on-bla- ck color and drum parts capture the power ence, will plug along happily Tune" and other meaningful tunes scheme and the words printed in and soul of the man's train, while through 'life and not worry much except fallout. In other words, Neil individual syllables are reminiscent Neil sings the lyrics with innocent about it. decided to blow-u-p instead of fade of the New Wave genre. Also, ap- feeling. When you play, "Southern When Neil Young releases his away on Reactor. pearing on the back cover is the Pacific," you don't just hear the weirdest album in more than a train, you feel like you're driving it. decade's worth of performing, how- Neil sticks with the modes of transportation idea in the next ever, things aren't quite as simple. You may decide from one of the basic themes on Neil's earlier Even die-har- d Neil Young fans song, "Motor City." Here, he turns might acknowledge that their per-- album, 'Rust Never Sleeps that it's better to burn out than fade his attention to Detroit: sonal needs to reconcile conflict- oway. He decided to fuzz into a critical mass and blow up in- ing feelings about Reactor. Yet, you stead of fade away on 'Reactor . can count on Neil to warp your Another thing that's bugging me mind even with a failure. Is this commercial ontv. Then again, of inter- prayer, "God grant me the serenity It could be, you decide, that Neil both those Says that Detroit can't is ridiculous. After all, things I Young playing a bizarre joke on pretations are to accept the cannot Make good cars any more. his in this is a Neil Young album. There's change, the courage change the audience. It was getting late to Motor City he his always eye. things I can, the wisdom the studio, perhaps, and and more than meets the and to Who's driving my car? Crazy thought Reactor is simply hippie per- know difference." Perhaps this backup band. Horse, the the Who's driving may car now? it would be hilarious record "T-Bon-e." spective of New Wave music, and is a requiem for New Wave as well to Who?. In "T-Bon- e," Neil repeats the Neil's fed up with it. Much on Reac- as further explanation about what's lines "Cot mashed potatoes" and tor, "T-Bon-e" and the bizarre going in Neil's creative Reactor. Once you get it in your head "Ain't got no over and over "Rapid Transit," for example, are True to past form, Neil doesn't what Neil is trying to do on Reactor, again, with Crazy Horse churning songs Neil used to demonstrate, limit himself to only the anti-Ne- w it becomes a decent album. Until away behind him on the same prim- both musically and lyrically, that Wave theme in Reactor. Possibly to then, remember that Neil has made itive guitar line. This lasts for half much New Wave material is sort of demonstrate what he perceives as a career of confusing, provoking of side one pretty funny, huh? stupid. the noble purpose of rock-n-rol- l, to music. T Alternately, you may decide that In "Rapid Transit," Neil rolls the deliver a message, Neil has com- one of the basic themes from Neil's lines "Rrrrapid Transit and "Pppub-- posed the ultimate train song. Ed Leitch is a staff writer for The Daily Tar Heel.

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