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Title: NEW YORK DOLLS DUE JULY 25TH - FIRST IN 32 YEARS
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billboard.com
URL Source: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/revi ... .jsp?vnu_content_id=1002877340
Published: Jul 21, 2006
Author: Wayne Robins
Post Date: 2006-07-21 23:03:20 by TLBSHOW
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Views: 488
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With Arthur Kane gone, it's just David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain from the original glam-bam brat pack, and some cultists may have a problem with "authenticity." But get over it: This first new Dolls album in 32 years is not just a legitimate entry in their catalog, it's a great one. Johansen, apparently having bathed in the fountain of youth, still spits out syllables like a teen with the munchies eating beef jerky. Having acquired decades of wisdom, his new lyrics manage to capture an adult sense of rock'n'roll community one had forgotten could even exist in this, as one title puts it, "Punishing World." Few lyricists are as shrewd as Johansen, making the potential radio/club hit "Dance Like a Monkey" a mocking statement about intelligent design, while "Fishnets & Cigarettes" pungently evokes the sexy recklessness of the youthquake the Dolls facilitated in the early '70s.
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#1. To: TLBSHOW (#0)
TLBSHOW cannot, or will not, converse with them
hear the new cd now
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