FEBRUARY 14, 1972 -- PAGE THREE
sound
by jean yeselski
Blessed Are...
For anyone who attended
the Joan Baez concert this is
the album to hear. Most of the
songs on the album were heard
that night.
"Blessed Are..." gives
credit to all of us as we stand
on that one-way street with the
one-way tickets in our hands.
The Night They Drove Old
Dixie Down should be familiar
to almost everyone. The Salt of
the Earth, written by Mike
Jagger and Kieth( Richard, asks
us to drink to the hardworking
people, the lowly of birth, the
salt of the earth. Three Horses
is a song, about horses which
represent the past, the here and
now, and the future. We find
that the first two horses have a
lot to tell us, but the horse of
the future has no tongue. The
Brand New Tennessee Waltz
sounds almost like a waltz of
life and love. The music
constantly goes round, but the
partners aren't always the
same.
The second side of the
first record starts out with
Last, Lonely, and Wretched a
fate possible for all of us.
Lincoln Freed Me Today (The
Slave) tells of a family of slaves
who, when freed, don't know
what to do. Outside the
NashVilletity Limits siiig:4 of a
man and his land and the love
one can hold for his land. San
Francisco Mabel Joy tells.of a
young Georgia farm boy who
meets up with a prostitute and
falls in love with her. He winds
up in prison and four years
That's
Love
at
Hazle
Drug
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later goes back to look for her.
But Mabel Joy is gone...she's
looking for some Georgia farm
boy. When love comes at the
wrong time, that is When Time
is Stolen and love must be put
aside for another time.
The second record of the
double album starts out with
people in this troubled world
looking for help in Heaven
Help Us All.
Included in this album are
a few favorites familiar to us
all. Kris Kristofferson's Help
Me Make It Through The
Night, Lennon and
McCartney's Let It Be, Gene
MacLellan's Put Your Hand in
the Hand, and Joan Baez's
Gabriel and Me and Milanese
Waltz/Marie Flore.
The Hitchiker's Song is a
song of great meaning to
anyone who has ever held out
his thumb on a long, lonely
highway.
The remaining songs on
the album, Angeline, The 33rd
of August, and Fifteen Months,
each tell at least one of us a
special story, a story of
ourselves. Also included is a
seven-inch record of Joan Baez
singing Maria Dolores and
Plane Wreck at Los Gatos
(Deportee).
The entire album is a great
collection of Joan Baez at her
best. For anyone who saw her
in conceit or for anyone '•who
just likes to hear her sing,
"Blessed Are..." will be a
valued addition to a collection
of favorites .
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Jagger in 'Performance'
as part of film series
Mick Jagger, the famed
leader of the Rolling Stones
rock group, joins accomplished
actor James Fox to headline
the cast of Warner Brothers'
controversial drama,
"Performance," to be
presented in Technicolor on
Feb. 23 in the lecture room of
the new classroom building.
Set in contemporary
London and filmed entirely on
location in and around that
city, the film is not only a
story of the underworld, but
also an incisive probe into the
closely-related emotions of
love and hate and their effects
on human relations.
Fox portrays a
professional, criminal, a
member of a . highly organized
protection racket, who falls
afoul of his colleagues by
committing murder.
Jagger portrays a one-time
entertainer who has dropped
out to live in almost complete
seclusion while experimenting
with ultra-modern musical
forms. His only companions
are two hippie girls, played by
Anita Pallenberg and Michele_
Breton, who share his decadent
life.
When Fox invades Jagger's
alien world to escape his
pursuers, the confrontation
erupts into a bizarre experience
that leaves none of the
principals unchanged.
Donald Cammell and
Nicolas Roeg, who co-directed
the film, each made his debut
in major motion picture
productions with
"Performance."
Donation is 35 cents for
this presentation of the
Highacres Film Series,
sponsored by the . Student
Union Boar&
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concert review
Joan Baez, the singer and organizer
does concert for
JOAN BAEZ, Feb. 10
Harrisburg, Penna.
by Kathy Laughlin and
John Roslevich
The organizers continue
with their work throughout the
land. For the Harrisburg 8, who
are currently awaiting trial for
their beliefs and the execution
of their beliefs concerning the
War, an old-time organizer
came to stanß up for them. An
organizer who all of us have
heard of for years, an organizer
known as Joan Baez.
Supported by a group of
very nice people who go under
the corporate name of Color
Productions, Joan Baez made
her appearance in Harrisburg at
the Farm Show. Arena on
Thursday, February 10.
The audience, who began
filling the auditorium around
6:30, was filled with many
different types of people,
ranging from small children,
War Veterans, priests, nuns,
college students, middle-aged
couples, to elderly people.
Still, for as much of a
difference as the audience had,
one common bond stood to
unite them, that being the
anti-war movement, and peace.
The Collegian was
extremely lucky in securing
coverage of the concert, as we
were the only people out of all
of the press media allowed
backstage before, during, and
after the concert. Joan Baez
seems to still possess a quality
known to many well-known
performers—stage fright.
As the concert started, the
impatient 'audience was stilled
at the sight of Joan Baez. She
made her entrance at 8:30,
instead of the slated starting
time 8:00. The entrance was
made, and at the sight of the
organizer about one hundred
cameras started clicking all
over the audience, and the
television crew began filming.
As soon as Miss Baez hit the
stage, she began playing, and
she continued to shake with
nervousness, The first song was
Help Me Make it Through the
,Night by Kris Kristofferson,
and recorded on her latest
album, "Blessed Are..."
concert calendar
Tomorrow - GENE FARMER, lecture room of the new
classroom building, 8:00 p. m., free.
Feb. 15 & 16 - AMERICA, The Main Point, Bryn Mawr
Feb. 18 - T-REX, Spectrum, Philadelphia
Feb. 18 - THE BYRDS, Bucknell University, Davis Gym,
8:45 p.m., $5.00
Feb. 18 - J. GEILS BAND, Academy of Music, New York
City
Feb. 20 - BONNIE RAITT, Schwab Auditorium, University
Park, 8:00 p.m., $1..50 .
April 1 - lAN AND SYLVIA, PEARLS BEFORE SWINE,
Bucknell University, Davis Gym, 8:45 p.m., $5.00
March 17 - BREAD, JUDEE SILL, St. Joseph's Gym,
Hazleton, Pa., 8:00 p.m., $5.00
Throughout the next few
numbers, she dedicated them
to several people. The second
song, entitled Thank God and
Greyhound You're Gone was
dedicated to' the television
people, who were posted at
various spots in the audience,
with the hope in mind of them
disappearing. She made many
other dedications throughout
the night. Some of these were
Joe Hill, "Iwould like to
dedicate this song to a great
bunch of Catholics." "This
next. song is not good for too
much—l'd like to dedicate it to
the Attorney General";Oh
Happy Day, dedicated to the
backstage police, "who were
very kind" to her; a dedication
to Bob Dylan, who she talked
about for an extended period
of time, George Harrison, to
acknowledge a few. Every time
she talked about a friend who
was also in the entertainment
field, she did an imitation
which was usually pretty good.
The first half of the
concert lacked a smooth,
flowing effect. The audience
seemed a bit restless, but when
the eleventh and final song of
the first set was played, a
certain solidarity appeared
between performer and
audience. The eleventh song
was The Night They Drove Old
Dixie Down, which received
the biggest ovation of the first
half of the show.
After fifteen minutes, the
self-composed organizer came
back on stage. She opened the
second half of the show with a
song entitled Love' is a
Four-Letter Word.
There - - i — s — Ttr d e
relationship that occurs every
now and then with a performer
and audience. The second half
of the show led to this ideal
relationship. Everything began
to click.
The third song in the
second half of the show was
Raze the Prisons to the Ground
by Baez, about which she said
that she based this song on
three true stories— one her own
experience in prisons, one from
her husband David's experience
and one on the long-term
Harrisburg Eight
prisoners. "It's too bad. I wish
people weren't locked up—all
you do is get madder and
madder." She suggested that
we give most of the prisoners a
lot of care, which they need
more than punishment and
cages.
Joan Baez has a beautiful
voice. It was strong and clear
on Thursday night. She sang
well and played the guitar with
precision skill. The last three
songs that she sang were
possibly the best of the
concert. She sang Kumbayat
making a change in one line to
"No mote armies, Lord," at
which the audience responded
by giving a thunderous
standing ovation.
Her best vocal was the
song Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot. For this song she took
off her guitar, and sang, slowly
pivoting so as to get a look at
each corner of the auditorium.
Complete silence reigned
during this song, except for the
clicking of cameras. At the end
of this song, she left the stage,
the auditorium roaring with
applause. She returned for one
final song, Freedom Now. She
and the audience clapped and
sang until the song was over.
Then she left the stage, this
time for good.
The lights came on, the
single spots faded out. The
organizer had come to unite a
front for the Harrisburg 8. She
had succeeded. The organizer
has stolen away into the night,
leaving behind only memories,
and united people.
Casts are-
announced
for plays
Results of the recent
Drama Club tryouts were
announced last week by Jean
Yeselski, president.
A total of four plays have
been cast. Following is a list of
the plays, directors, and casts:
The Tape Recorder: Jim
Curtis--director; Miss
Collins—Kathy Laughlin.
Stud: Rebecca
Strope--director; Rick
Larabee--Tony Seo; Ginny
Adams-- Jeanne Sacco; and
Mrs. Garretson—Ann Hines.
Golden Fleece: Sherry
Ross--director. Betty—Cindy
Brockett; and Bill--Jack
Gulliver.
I'm Herbert: Lee
Grossman—director; Muriel—Pat
Mullen; and Herbert— Jack
Greighton.
If they have not done so
already, all actors should
contact their directors. Also,
all directors should contact
Jean Yeselski as soon as
possible at 455-3571.
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March 15
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