Review of Searching for the Young Soul Rebels

Their look postponed to the port of New York City with an attitude "U-talkin'-to-me?". Real hard in love, however, of the soul. The Dexys Midnight Runners were capable of a dazzling and devastating debut, a true masterpiece (which are mixed in literature, provocation, pop music, rock and R'N'B 'as the quote from Lee Dorsey in closing There, There My Dear and dedication to soul singer Geno Washington Geno) and also falls amazing, so unique and clever as to amaze and surprise today. And if you have not understood after listening to Burn It Down - from fulminant start with the triplet of radio noise and "deepurplesexpistolspecialannunciBBC" (Smoke On the Water / Holyday in the Sun / Rat Race) and the desperate cry introductory Kevin Roland intended to "Big" Jim Paterson, for God's sake, burn it down and explosion of brass - then you will never understand the Clash and all the rest.

The Dexys were much more punk and politicians without declaring it openly so many others who marched, just look at the cover of Searching ... (photo taken in August 1969 in Belfast when hundreds of Catholic families were forced to leave their homes as a result of violent riots against the Protestants and the police) with the first floor of a teenager but hard-eyed astonishment and fear behind her children moved out of the house by their parents. However, not to miss anything phases, the Dexys were also toxic, thieves, drop out, remaining, however, great artists loyal to a fault to their music. And a little 'losers: they steal the master of their first album (by closing the doors of the studio when Peter Wingfield, the producer, goes out for a coffee break, escaping with the loot on a Morris Minor and hiding the recordings at home mother of Kevin) and not trip until the Emi not up to 9% of their royalties, succeeding, in the meantime, to smagnetizzarne most. In short, everything and more.

The new edition double CD, in addition to the original disc released in 1980, remastered, add all of the individual at the time, including b-sides, a demo tape of five songs (dating back to January 1980) and two radio sessions for John Peel and Steve Jensen with amphetamine-like versions of Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache and The Horse and two exceptional readings of classic Stax: Hold On I'm Coming and Respect. Then, you will, a swing made of many desperate and metamorphosis, including the tragicomic cover of My Beauty (1999) with Kevin fifties style sad, alcoholic drag queen that even Marc Almond of the worst moments, to reach the final intense and sincere work, One Day I'm Going To Soar .... but that's another story.