Gang of Four “Solid Gold”

This is one of those records I feel is pretty awesome on paper, but I can’t feel it in my gut. Maybe because a roommate played it too much, or I didn’t play it enough, or because I have that kind of special feeling about their first record that I can’t get from this one.

Again with the melodica! Hey, guys… there’s a reason Jimi Hendrix didn’t play the melodica! The song, “A Hole in the Wallet” sounds oddly familiar– the chorus– creepily familiar. Why? I wonder.

I feel like on this record, more than the first, they KNOW they’re awesome, and that’s a problem.

From 1981. On a big label (WB). My favorite song: “What We All Want.”