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Page 4 Friday, March 16,1990
The Daily Collegian
Album r&views I
Oingo Boingo, Little Angels unimpressive
""h"*' "%# " ^^ . . „.. p _n „r «Tnmnn trwiav as thev were tn r*
By Todd Heth
Staff Writer
Oingo Bolngo-"Dark at the End of
the Tunnel"
It's hard to believe that Oingo Boingo
turned soft so quickly. It doesn't seem
so long ago lhat Uiey were cranking out
energetic dance tunes with great wit to
go along.
But now they are a little older (actually
quite a bit. Judging by the album sleeve
photos) and maybe not wiser.
Their new album. "Dark at the End of
the Tunnel." Is more like a soundtrack
rather than an album by a band, and a
lookattheband'srecentpastmay reveal
why.
First they recorded the single "Weird
Science" for the movie by the same name,
but also lead singer and sole songwriter
on the new album, Danny Elfman. has
spent much ofhls time doing the scoring
for movie soundtracks including "Bat¬
man" and a few others.
The album Is very orchestrated and
posh, while the production, although
very tight, has smoothed out the rough
edges that previously gave Oingo Boingo
character.
None ofthe songs on this album offer
the energy, creativity and force of earlier
songs like "Who Do You Want to Be."
"Only a Lad." and "Utile Girls." all of
which came in the early eighties.
The only good quality of the earlier
Oingo Boingo albums that still exists is
the horn section. ThankstoSamPhipps,
Dale Turner and Leon Schneideman.
the hom secUon Is able to blare through
when they aren't drowned out by syn¬
thesizers.
Hopefully, this album was a fluke, or
the whole band didn't have time to make
contributions to Ihesongwritingbecause
otherwise, there isn't muchof a promis¬
ing future for albums by Oingo Boingo.
Little Angels-"Don't Prey on Me"
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one won't pop up every once in a while.
LltUe Angels is one of those new hard
rock bands to come out of the British
Isles, but their debut album "Don't Prey
on Me" doesn't really offer much.
It would be nice to hear a fresh hard
rock band, and Britain seems to be the
one place' that can do that every once
and a while, butthls time they failed.
The band got exposure to large audi¬
ences on their tour with Yngwle Malm-
steen, but apparently none of his talent
rubbed off on them. A few of the first
songs are basically AC/DC ripofls with
the screaming vocals and guitars.
Later, they run through the stere-
otypical formulaic hard rock ballad On
one of the ballads, guitarist Bruce Jon
Dickenson has a good Spanish guitar
part, but it's quickly covered overby the
overbearing electric guitar.
After the umpteenth rebellious phrase
lyrically, the songs become trite. Such
lines as "You gotta kick, and If they
knock you down, get right back up and
kick" could apply to a young concert
goer as he's being pushed down by a
security guard, but wrestling all along.
That's about the extent of rebellious¬
ness in today's hard rock.
Little Angels might as well pack It in
now because they'reon the wrong course.
They'll need a drastic change If they are
to ever j$et out of the slump theyve
started Jn.
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| Title | 1990_03 The Daily Collegian March 1990 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1990 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
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| Title | March 16, 1990, Page 4 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1990 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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Page 4 Friday, March 16,1990
The Daily Collegian
Album r&views I
Oingo Boingo, Little Angels unimpressive
""h"*' "%# " ^^ . . „.. p _n „r «Tnmnn trwiav as thev were tn r*
By Todd Heth
Staff Writer
Oingo Bolngo-"Dark at the End of
the Tunnel"
It's hard to believe that Oingo Boingo
turned soft so quickly. It doesn't seem
so long ago lhat Uiey were cranking out
energetic dance tunes with great wit to
go along.
But now they are a little older (actually
quite a bit. Judging by the album sleeve
photos) and maybe not wiser.
Their new album. "Dark at the End of
the Tunnel." Is more like a soundtrack
rather than an album by a band, and a
lookattheband'srecentpastmay reveal
why.
First they recorded the single "Weird
Science" for the movie by the same name,
but also lead singer and sole songwriter
on the new album, Danny Elfman. has
spent much ofhls time doing the scoring
for movie soundtracks including "Bat¬
man" and a few others.
The album Is very orchestrated and
posh, while the production, although
very tight, has smoothed out the rough
edges that previously gave Oingo Boingo
character.
None ofthe songs on this album offer
the energy, creativity and force of earlier
songs like "Who Do You Want to Be."
"Only a Lad." and "Utile Girls." all of
which came in the early eighties.
The only good quality of the earlier
Oingo Boingo albums that still exists is
the horn section. ThankstoSamPhipps,
Dale Turner and Leon Schneideman.
the hom secUon Is able to blare through
when they aren't drowned out by syn¬
thesizers.
Hopefully, this album was a fluke, or
the whole band didn't have time to make
contributions to Ihesongwritingbecause
otherwise, there isn't muchof a promis¬
ing future for albums by Oingo Boingo.
Little Angels-"Don't Prey on Me"
British hard rock bands aren't as
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***** «**
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