Mary Weiss: Dangerous Game
CML call number: CD ROCK Weiss
Anna Blumenthal wrote in the New York Times: "She still sucks lollipops and wears high-heel boots. … Mary Weiss, 58, was barely a teenager when she formed the Shangri-Las and quickly rose to fame with the hit 'Leader of the Pack,' a boyfriend-from-the-wrong-side-of-town anthem of youthful rebellion and doomed love, featuring her high-pitched yet sultry voice set against roaring motorcycles. Now the naïve teenager who inspired groups from the Runaways to Blondie to the Donnas has returned to the studio for the first time in 40 years. 'I did know that someday I would do this,' she said. 'But it had to be with the right people.' Her album 'Dangerous Game,' due out Tuesday on Norton Records, is equal parts 1967 and 2007: a catchy, modern garage-rock record with a discernible Shangri-Las feel — and even one Shangri-Las cover, the carefree 'Heaven Only Knows.' The tear-your-hair-out emotional desperation that drew scores of teenagers to the Shangri-Las' music is still there, but Ms. Weiss's deeper, more seasoned voice lends an air of maturity lacking in her piercing vocals as a 15-year-old" ("40 Years Between Records," 3/4/07).
Anna Blumenthal wrote in the New York Times: "She still sucks lollipops and wears high-heel boots. … Mary Weiss, 58, was barely a teenager when she formed the Shangri-Las and quickly rose to fame with the hit 'Leader of the Pack,' a boyfriend-from-the-wrong-side-of-town anthem of youthful rebellion and doomed love, featuring her high-pitched yet sultry voice set against roaring motorcycles. Now the naïve teenager who inspired groups from the Runaways to Blondie to the Donnas has returned to the studio for the first time in 40 years. 'I did know that someday I would do this,' she said. 'But it had to be with the right people.' Her album 'Dangerous Game,' due out Tuesday on Norton Records, is equal parts 1967 and 2007: a catchy, modern garage-rock record with a discernible Shangri-Las feel — and even one Shangri-Las cover, the carefree 'Heaven Only Knows.' The tear-your-hair-out emotional desperation that drew scores of teenagers to the Shangri-Las' music is still there, but Ms. Weiss's deeper, more seasoned voice lends an air of maturity lacking in her piercing vocals as a 15-year-old" ("40 Years Between Records," 3/4/07).
posted by casemusic at 4:14 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home