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and laments the way
things have changed.
The subtle theme
running through the
record about the per-
ils of forgetting or
denying history also is
found in "The Last
Comeback," and in
the album's final cut,
"Murdering
Stravinksy."
The former is about
Ian's 35 year long
music career, through-
out which she con-
stantly has been
described as making a
comeback. The latter
song wonders why, in
trying to be creative
and
innovative, we
Janis Ian: Lyrics as sharp, intelligent and hear t felt as ever.
often deny the great-
ness of artists such as
God & the FBI by Janis Ian (Windham Stravinksy, Ravel and Picasso, who
Hill Records).
came before.
Ian, best known for the hits
"We're bathing in the ashes, dancing
"Society's Child," "At Seventeen," and
on the coals, dressing up as fascists,
"Jesse," offers up a variety of styles —
and bankrupting our souls. ... We're
folk-rock, country romps and ballads
killing off the past, to make the future
— and subject matter on her 17th
last," Ian sings. Throughout the
album. The most striking thing about
record, Ian seems to be waving a
the record is the writing. Ian's lyrics
"Never forget" banner.
are as sharp, intelligent and heartfelt as
God the FBI is more sobering and
ever, shining through as poetry.
profound than sad or sorry. That
As she has done her whole career,
makes sense, as Ian is not a whiner.
she continues to write from the view-
She is a fighter, much like the
point of an outsider, much of which
Maccabees whose story she learned as
comes from her Jewish heritage, which
a child, and has cherished ever since.
she holds dear.
For more insight into Janis Ian, check
The title track, "God & the FBI," is
out her Web site at www.janisian.com .
based on the files the FBI kept on her
family (her parents were civil rights
Drama Queen by Judith Edelman
activists) in the '50s and '60s, which
(Compass Records).
she obtained through the Freedom of
If there is a new compelling and
Information Act — 10 years after she
compassionate voice in popular music
requested them.
that merits a wider audience, it is
The song, a sort of quiet, cold spit-
Judith Edelman's.
fire rap, delivers a sobering list of gov-
Edelman, the daughter of 1972
ernment misdeeds and reactionary
Nobel Prize winner Gerald M Edelman
paranoia. It includes the hair-raising
and educator Maxine Morrison, has
lyrics: "Hide me, hide you, better hide
released three albums since 1996 —
the baby, too. We demand an inter-
Peifect World and Only Sun are the
view. How long have you been a Jew?
other two. All are bittersweet acoustic-
We can make you testify. Freedom is
driven gems that primarily draw from
no alibi."
bluegrass and Celtic influences.
The tune is a riveting cautionary
Edelman, who picked up the guitar
tale. (This is not the first time
while convalescing after contracting an
Judaism has come up in an Ian song.
illness while a relief worker in Africa,
Her fine 1993 album, Breaking Silence,
uses acoustic guitars, mandolins,
includes the song "Tattoo," her dark
dobros and violins, and surprisingly
portrait of the Holocaust.)
creates an accessible melodic pop con-
The record also includes the ballad
fection in which to wrap her world
"Memphis." Featuring an exquisite
view.
duet with Willie Nelson, the song
If this is bluegrass music, it is blue-
romanticizes life on the Mississippi
grass music that would sound at home
River during the heyday of riverboats,
on Top 40 radio, save for lyrics that
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