 
Yeah, I almost forgot about these two myself. For those who did actually forget: T.A.T.U. (Lena Katine and Julia Volkova) made a small ripple in the pop world by forcing themselves in the press as a pop duo who came from Russia and happened to be lesbians. The whole thing was played up as the Eastern Bloc Spice Girls with a little more edge. It worked in the UK for about two months (a country where they don’t take things like this seriously and have a bit of fun) but didn’t work so well here. The conservative intelligentsia must’ve put the kibosh on it before we even knew they were coming. Doesn’t matter, the whole deal was so fake and forced that anyone with even the slightest inkling of cynicism could smell a rat. So another CD for these two? Why not. Oddly, these commies sounds like Abba. Isn’t Mama Mia or Bjorn Again or Ace Of Base enough already? This is pretty much you’re a-typical dance music for clubs that cater to rich, drunk Euro-trash. Furthermore, how does one review dance music? Dangerous And Moving is certainly catchy with its giant drum sound and highly processed vocals way up front in the mix. It’s a big sound and every track BLASTS the chorus and repeats it until you forget that the previous song did the same exact same thing. No more than ten or twenty words per song because words get in the way of the dancing. Yeah, this is catchy alright but this reviewer isn’t rich or drunk, so forget it. On second thought, I kinda like the third track, “Cosmos (Outer
Space)”, it’s the ‘space age love song’ that
the Flock Of Seagulls should’ve written. (What?) I close my eyes
and try to pretend that it’s really Sun Ra on an off night. Them
Russians are always good with anything Space related. Back when Dennis
Miller was funny he had this great line about the Russians opening Chuck
E.Cheese’s on Mars while we Americans break out the party hats
when we get as far as “three” on the countdown.
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