{"id":8653,"date":"2015-10-14T05:30:03","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T09:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=8653"},"modified":"2015-10-18T22:26:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T22:26:22","slug":"album-mini-review-public-image-ltd-what-the-world-needs-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/14\/album-mini-review-public-image-ltd-what-the-world-needs-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Mini-review: Public Image Ltd &#8212; What the World Needs Now&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/pil_world.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" vspace=\"10\" \/><\/p>\n<p>File Next to: <strong>The Fall<\/strong>, <strong>Killing Joke<\/strong>, <strong>Gang of Four<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B010CGPS6C&#038;asins=B010CGPS6C&#038;linkId=J7BDPZTRBY7LLFID&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been nearly forty years since <em>Never Mind the Bollocks<\/em> was released; try wrapping your mind around that fact. Back then, the idea that vocalist <strong>Johnny Rotten<\/strong> (ne\u00e9 John Lydon) would somehow carve out a career niche for himself would have been laughable. But in many ways, his post-<strong>Sex Pistols<\/strong> aggregations (a revolving lineup usually dubbed Public Image Ltd) were as musically groundbreaking as the Pistols, if not more so. On <em>What the World Needs Now&#8230;<\/em> Lydon shouts insistently while an aggressive band cranks out surprisingly melodic (yet menacing) one-chord jams. The phrasing on \u201cKnow Now\u201d is reminiscent of some of the best moments on PiL&#8217;s generically-titled 1986 release, <em>Album<\/em>. Surf-n-spy guitar enlivens \u201cBettie Page.\u201d Lydon&#8217;s caterwauling is a decidedly acquired taste, but the overall accessibility of this disc \u2013 combining elements of rock, no-wave, dub and hip-hop \u2013 renders it quite listener-friendly.<\/p>\n<p><em>An edited version of this review appeared in the <\/em>Colorado Springs Independent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/the_musoscribe\">Follow \u201cthe_musoscribe\u201d on <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/icon_twitter_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"1\" vspace=\"0\" \/> Twitter<\/a> and get notified<br \/>\nwhen new features, reviews and essays are published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File Next to: The Fall, Killing Joke, Gang of Four It&#8217;s been nearly forty years since Never Mind the Bollocks was released; try wrapping your mind around that fact. 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