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Reviewing every track of a buried rock-n-roll treasure.WARNING: singer Lynn Carey lives up to the band's name.Think of flamboyant female vocalists in hard rock history. Maybe Janis Joplin, Joan Jett, Lita Ford, or punk's Wendy O. Williams come to mind. The best of the bunch is probably the least well known today: Mama Lion's "carnivorous" Lynn Carey. With greater range and tonal appeal than Joplin; more versatile than Jett, more feral than Ford, and more coherent than Wendy O., Lynn was a true "torch singer" with a lavalike style. Her bluesy rock vocals are eruptive: she bleeds, she aches, she pounces, she claws, she screams, she demands. Her bluesy rock vocals are magmatic: she churns, she growls, she struts, she purrs, she lures, she scalds. Lynn can suck a lyrical line dry and spew it back with fiery abandon. She "honky-tonk" snarls, her sound corresponding well with the Jagger/Richards image of a "Honky Tonk Woman." She don't "go gentle into that good night." Lynn's is a savage grace, yet it is not mindlessly indulged. In every song, it is purposefully directed. Her delivery is propulsive, emphatic, and often extreme, but always in soulful touch with and plumbing the depths of lyrical meaning and relevant emotion. She is one of the most exciting female vocalists in hard rock history and my personal favorite.I suppose there was/is some "shock value" to "Preserve Wildlife"'s bestial album photo depicting Lynn "breast-feeding" a lion cub. Given the album's title, however, I think the photo is thematically right on target. Arresting or controversial album imagery often deflects attention away from the quality of music with which it is associated. One listen to "Preserve Wildlife" by a favorably-inclined ear and you will agree with me that, in this case, the opposite holds true—and the music quality is high.The "lion roars" and "lightning-bolt" sounds that you hear are MY embellishments and not part of the original recordings. Consider them audio/video "exclamation points" and nothing more.Lynn Carey's entire catalogue of rock AND jazz music (especially, in the latter case, the swingin' CD "Good Times!") is worth exploring both for its variety and as a showcase for her amazing interpretational vocal range. Her early work with Neil Merryweather can be enjoyed on CDs courtesy of Paul Surdin's Music Unlimited: http://musicunlimited.homestea... December 1972, Lynn lent her physical beauty to the cover and pages of PENTHOUSE magazine. I have--with creative good judgment--included several of her "Pet" photos in this video. Now go get the back issue if you are intrigued!Jim Howard is credited as Mama Lion's keyboardist. In the years succeeding his band stint, as James Newton Howard--film composer, orchestrater, and score producer--he has been enjoying a prolific and successful career. He has won several ASCAP awards and an Emmy. One example of his work: the theme music for the TV drama "ER."This video abides by YouTube's Terms of Use in a relevant and decisive respect: Nudity. I have scrupulously and artfully edited Lynn's photos to ensure that "areas typically covered by a bathing suit or underwear" are never—not even for a single frame—fully revealed. THAT was a point of honor for me. Pornographic photos, by definition, feature explicit nudity. The photos I have selected approach, but never reach that threshold. Exposure? Yes. "Indecent?" No.I have also incorporated a brief film sequence in which actress Cynthia Myers body is draped with nothing but shadows. Repeated, objective scrutiny of this footage has convinced me that these shadows more than sufficiently veil/obscure "areas typically covered by a bathing suit or underwear." In fact, Cynthia's form is reduced to silhouette, which, in terms of nudity, does not qualify as the substance thereof. I do not believe a mere silhouette of a glorious female form violates YouTube's Terms of Use. Accordingly, I will defend my use of the same to the hilt—and successfully, I daresay. To all reasonably indulgent YouTube viewers: I appreciate your sustaining me and welcoming a harmless, exciting, and not contextually-inappropriate** glimpse of adumbrated gorgeousness.If you are a professional with any legitimate concerns about this video's content, please do not hesitate to send me a private message. I will respond promptly and courteously. If, otherwise, a viewer cares to publicize his/her (positive) reactions, please do so by commenting; however, I must warn you—in a friendly way—to avoid lewd or disparaging remarks—these will be pounded by lion paw, disemboweled by lion claw, and ravaged by lion maw. (of course)Thanks sincerely for watching and for your benevolent indulgence.**given Lynn's connection with the film from which the clips derive

Channel: Music Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am Author: northbreed1

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