CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
BOBBY BLAND: “I Feel Good, I Feel Fine” (MCA 79):: Then you must be on something—you don’t even get to sing on that track. C-JOHN CALE: “Sabotage / Live” (Spy/ I.R.S. 79) :: “Military intelligence isn’t what it Used to be,” Cale intones on a title cut replete with slash and yowl.
CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
by
Robert Christgau
BOBBY BLAND: “I Feel Good, I Feel Fine” (MCA 79):: Then you must be on something—you don’t even get to sing on that track. C-
JOHN CALE: “Sabotage / Live” (Spy/ I.R.S. 79) :: “Military intelligence isn’t what it Used to be,” Cale intones on a title cut replete with slash and yowl. “So What—human intelligence isn’t what it used to be either.” Speak for yourself, John. This material, based in part on Cale’srecent inquiries into foreign affairs, is fairly strong in a geocynical way that’s a lot newer to rock than it is to human discourse in general. But the live recording, while no doubt economical, gets less slash than flash out of Marc Aaron’s guitar and not enough singing .put of Cale. And “Captain Hook,” the dumbest song here, goes on for 11:26. B