Morcheeba
Charango (Reprise)
by Lex Marburger
More stoner-hop from the Brits, this time slick like Sade, and surprisingly offensive, to some. Once you get past the jazzy, mellow, feel-good slackerdom of “Slow Down” and “Otherwise” on Charango, you get to a track called “Women Lose Weight,” which features Slick Rick. Now, no one has to tell me about how first person narration can prove to be more ironic that sheer indictment (hey, I’m a big fan of Big Black and Nomeansno, so I know about that, y’know?), but there’s nothing about this tale of a man killing his overweight wife because she’s fat that makes a person think about the shallowness of humanity, etc, etc.