Baader
Meinhof –
Baader
Meinhof
CD Album, 1996
Virgin
Luke Haines is a much needed
thorn in the side of the pop music world. Saying that I don't enjoy
everything by him, because a lot of his work is very 'forced' and
often I feel like rolling my eyes upward, but alas, even that is
perfectly OK. I feel there is a strong moral outrage in his
viewpoint of the world, and I can identify with that. His strong
points is that he knows the pop format, and even though I think he's
on the wrong side of genius, in that he's very studied songwriter.
Haines has an understanding how pop songwriting works, in many ways
it is sort of a text-book example in how to do it or not to do it.
This album focuses on the German
terrorist group from the '70's, which is an unusual theme for a pop
songwriter. But Haines as a provocateur is what makes him so
enjoyable in the end of the day. The arrangements on this album is
pretty good – the mixture of electric guitar and strings is a
winning situation and Haines has an understanding of that dynamic.
So I am not crazy about this album, but I appreciate in what he is
trying to do. I admire that in a man.
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