Muzz Skillings (Bassist): Vivid paved the way for Times Up. The idea that something has to be important is its own reaction to trauma. That’s a kind of oppressive state to be in. Vernon Reid (Guitarist): We were charged with, and burdened on a certain level with, a feeling of responsibility that we couldn’t half-step. We have decided that we’re gonna have to work really hard at this. You cannot get rid of the fact that even if you were brought up middle-class, or even if you were brought up with some sort of privilege as African American men, and people in general, you still got to work hard for what you get. That’s not something we can ever get rid of. Despite the success on the outside, that wasn’t what was happening on the inside. Because if we don’t, we were going to miss an opportunity. “ Solace of You” was written on the road because we knew at the end of the Stones tour, we got to go into the studio and get some work done. Ĭorey Glover (Singer): Some of those songs were written while we were on the road with the Stones. In the below excerpt, the members of Living Colour explain their intentions for their second album and what they wanted to accomplish post-Vivid. Band members, past and present, as well as associates, were interviewed extensively for the book, which presents track-by-track perspectives for each song, while also weaving in a critical analysis of the album and a retrospective look at how the band and its music were received at the time.
Fans will appreciate the deep dive Mack takes in Living Colour’s Time’s Up, a new volume in the acclaimed 33 1/3 series.
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