Husker Du-Candy Apple Grey (1986)
Husker Du-Candy Apple Grey (2015)
When the business
starts shaping the art, or the delivery of the art, then it's not right.
Bob Mould
By: Ghost Writer
It might
not be one of the legendary underground classics the band is known for, but Hey!
One wishes that every major debut by an indie band could be at least just like
this, if such thing could be possible, this could be a much better world
without a doubt, music would surely be wonderful.
Husker Du's debut for Warner, Candy Apple Grey goes way beyond the hardcore punk origins of the band, gone is the abrasion and speed of the great New Day Rising or the enormous ambition of Zen Arcade, what we got here is an amazing display of true power pop with a big accent on "power", here the Dus make an astonishing piece modern rock that makes intelligent use of punk rock fury and metal intensity, channeled in a way that is accessible but without compromising the ideals of the band, as the brutal vocals of vocalist guitarist Bob Mould show on the relentless opener Crystal which reveals hardcore tendency towards speed, but with a great ear for melody, and while drummer Grant Hart is a brutal man on the drums, his power is greatly towards constructing the ultimate pop song on the heartbreaking Don't Want to Know If You are Lonely, a song in which Hart also carries the vocals and shows a great talent for carring this type of melodies, while more hard edged Mould returns with I Don't Know for Sure again breaking all the rules for the punk rock song, showing a complete introspective approach and intelligent and at the same time emotional lyrics,
Again with Sorry Somehow, Grant unveils his heart and gave us a show of heart and soul fully exposed, presenting us the work of a great songwriter not afraid of going too personal, equalled only by the great Mould who almost goes into the introspective ballad territory with Hardly Getting Over It, a theme that represents perhaps a too radical shift even for the always daring Dus, who get back with a vengeance on the Hart penned Dead Set On Destruction.
Candy Apple Grey might not be the best Husker Du record but is definitely an awesome pop record, one that dared to try different thins in a major label and in a pop context, is a groundbreaking record that set the stage for many other musical movements that followed it's path and that ironically found more success than the one ever achieves by this almighy original band, prophets of ultra modern music and pragmatic approach that definitely helped music make the next big leap towards independency, innovation and creativity, in the end, in order to understand the Huskers, one has to realize that the hardcore punk thing was just the surface of it, in the bottom, deep in the soul of Hart and Mould was the same Avant pop spirit of McCartney, and the sharp, sometimes bad attitude of John Lennon, or as Mould likes to put it, they played folk at full speed, and Mould was right, he sounded like an amphetamine maniac version of his idol , the great Richard Thompson.
Husker Du's debut for Warner, Candy Apple Grey goes way beyond the hardcore punk origins of the band, gone is the abrasion and speed of the great New Day Rising or the enormous ambition of Zen Arcade, what we got here is an amazing display of true power pop with a big accent on "power", here the Dus make an astonishing piece modern rock that makes intelligent use of punk rock fury and metal intensity, channeled in a way that is accessible but without compromising the ideals of the band, as the brutal vocals of vocalist guitarist Bob Mould show on the relentless opener Crystal which reveals hardcore tendency towards speed, but with a great ear for melody, and while drummer Grant Hart is a brutal man on the drums, his power is greatly towards constructing the ultimate pop song on the heartbreaking Don't Want to Know If You are Lonely, a song in which Hart also carries the vocals and shows a great talent for carring this type of melodies, while more hard edged Mould returns with I Don't Know for Sure again breaking all the rules for the punk rock song, showing a complete introspective approach and intelligent and at the same time emotional lyrics,
Again with Sorry Somehow, Grant unveils his heart and gave us a show of heart and soul fully exposed, presenting us the work of a great songwriter not afraid of going too personal, equalled only by the great Mould who almost goes into the introspective ballad territory with Hardly Getting Over It, a theme that represents perhaps a too radical shift even for the always daring Dus, who get back with a vengeance on the Hart penned Dead Set On Destruction.
Candy Apple Grey might not be the best Husker Du record but is definitely an awesome pop record, one that dared to try different thins in a major label and in a pop context, is a groundbreaking record that set the stage for many other musical movements that followed it's path and that ironically found more success than the one ever achieves by this almighy original band, prophets of ultra modern music and pragmatic approach that definitely helped music make the next big leap towards independency, innovation and creativity, in the end, in order to understand the Huskers, one has to realize that the hardcore punk thing was just the surface of it, in the bottom, deep in the soul of Hart and Mould was the same Avant pop spirit of McCartney, and the sharp, sometimes bad attitude of John Lennon, or as Mould likes to put it, they played folk at full speed, and Mould was right, he sounded like an amphetamine maniac version of his idol , the great Richard Thompson.
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