Showing posts with label Savage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Savage. Show all posts

Thursday, August 08, 2019

Gary Numan: Savage, Songs from a Broken World (2017)

Savage is another excellent record from Mr. Numan.
Savage (Songs from a Broken World) is a concept album centered around the blending of Western and Eastern cultures in a post-apocalyptic world that has become desertified as a result of global warming. "The songs are about the things that people do in such a harsh and terrifying environment," Numan stated in an interview. "It's about a desperate need to survive and they do awful things in order to do so, and some are haunted by what they've done. That desire to be forgiven, along with some discovered remnants of an old religious book, ultimately encourages religion to resurface, and it really goes downhill from there." [source]
I really like this record.

Monday, November 09, 2015

Eurythmics: Savage (1987)

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I had lost pretty much all interest in the Eurythmics by this point. Savage is a weak record. On this, Allmusic agrees with me, arguing that this record confirmed the band's decline. I don't mind some of the tracks. For example, Beethoven (I Love to Listen To) and, maybe Heaven, are not too bad. By this time, Annie Lennox was bigger than the band itself and it seemed clear that she was  heading for solo territory, but maybe that is hindsight talking.