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Feature: Prince
- More Flesh
than Music?
October 18th, The Spectrum,
Phila.. PA. Prince, 1988 Lovesexy
World Tour. More flesh than '
music? From what I'd heard about
Prince, I'd expected an erotic
stage show with little musical
presence, but to my delight, my
expectations were not met.
Prime's staoa show was amaziro.
His sexually inclined choregraphy
was spectacular and not
overplayed (as I'd expected).
Such props as a queen-size bed,
a basketball court and a
Prince-Driven Chevrolet also
stared the atreacty street-like
set. The light show blew me away:
Prince flooded every shadow of
the Spectrum with purple's
yellow's blue's and red's with
plenty of strobe lights and
"disco-ball' effects. Prince
summed up his career in a
three-hour mecley of practically
his entire repertiore. To
accomplish this, he shortened
each song to the first WYSS and
the final chorus, which was
frustrating: just as I realized what
sory he was playirv, he was into
another one. Despite this
dsappoiriment, Prince devastated
me with his live sound. His all-star
band included Sheila E. on drums,
Patti Laßelle on back-up vocals
and Ashford and Simpson holding
up the string section. Prince's
unknown horn section played with
loving soul as well, and the entire
band matched that classic Motown
sound. This was definitely music
to my ears, and the band
compensated for any other
rissappointment. If you wart to
hear Prince's older songs played
in full,-you may have to wait for his
next tour, but if you wart loses a
highlY energetic, elaborate
produblion with a solid band and a
wild front-man, you'll want to catch
Prince's Lovesexy tour. This
concert was certainly worth the
$22.501 paid for my Oast.
Political
Activism
In their new album *Rattle and
Hum', U 2 has continued the trend
started with 'The Joshua Tree'.
In this mixture of lie recordings
and new material, the group builds
a theme that sympathizes with
victims of oppression and
empathizes with the worldwide
struggle for human rights. This
theme of sympathy is represented
n songs like "Van Dieman's Land'.
This is a sad tale about the
deportation of John Boyle O'Reilly.
O'Reilly Is a poet who wrote In
support of the Fenian, a secret
group dedicated to overthrowing
British rule in Ireland. Other
examples are 'Freedom For My
People", and a song protesting
South Africa *Silver and Gold•.
Of course, there are other kinds of
songs here as well. 'Desire' is a
harder song in the same spirit as
'Pride'. A live version of 'Pride'
is also here. Two tribute songs
come with this album. `Angel of
Harlem" was written for Billie
Holiday, and 'God Part ll' is in
memory of John Lennon. Two
special points of interest are
included here as well. In between
'Van Diemen's Land' and *Desire'
is a recording of an interview. In
IL the interviewer asks 'What has
happened between the writing of
the Joshua Tree and the recording
of the album and the tour and now
the new songs?' The answer? 1
don't know.' There is rumor
going around that 'Rattle and
Hum' may be U2's last album. If
so, this album would certainly be a
fine farewell.
Dance For Cancer
On Wednesday, October 12,
from approximately 8:30 to 11:30
there was a dance held in the
fining hall. This dance was not
just another social activity, though.
The dance was a fund raiser to
help send children who are
suffering from cancer to summer
camp. Todd Gibson volunteered
his time this past summer to be
counselor at Camp Dost. He saw
the hapiness that a camping
experience brought to many,
children who did not have much
laughter in their lives. The camp
is located in Sullivan County, at a
place called Maple Lake. Camp
Dost was started in honor of Dr.
Shaw (of Geisinger). The name
Cost is from the Indian word
meaning friend. The camp is
specially designed to care for
children suffering from many
dfferent cancer-related
dsabilities. Because of high
medical expenses and other
financial factors, though; many
Families are unable to send their
children to such a 'specially
designed and equipped' camp.
Thanks to the people who
attended the Camp Dost Dance,
and other contributors,
approximately $360 were raised.
Todd felt this would be enough to
send at least three children to
camp this sum Mer. Also, a
speci s al thallrts t M o M woo1 5 d1 11;yP W e olf for
B O O' A 1
s
the Highacres Collegian
of Wax
Heavy Metal
Metallica's hard-edged rhythms
and hauling themes are the
trademarks which have
skyrocketed them out of their
'cull-band" image into
mega-stardom. Their secondary
spot on the Monsters of Rock Tour
certainly increased their exposure
to the media and helped them
achieve the level of success In
which they are now basking. Their
music is revolutionary In the Metal
regime, based mainly on fast
rhythms and involved beats which
push their sound JIM( one step
further than average rock bands
on the scene today. Metallica's
fourth and newest album, '..And
Justice for Air, is no exception.
From the opening song,
"Blackened", to the closing,
'Dyers Eve", these guys (inducing
James Hetileid on , vocals and
rhythm guitar, Kirk Hemmet on
lead guitar, Jason Newsted on
Bass and Lars Ulrich on Drums)
only prove that they can rock
harder than any of the rest. The
central theme on the new L.P. is
the concept of injustice and the
ability (or Inability) to speak out for
what is right. Highlights include
Tye of the Beholder, The
Shortest Straw' and the
acoustic-based 'One".
Entrancing Us All -
Steven King's
Night Shift
Feelings, emotions, and actions
are part of our daily lives. We are
constantly playing uponthe "field*
of the unknown, The people we
meet, the situations we encounter,
and the places we travel through
are all raveled into life's games.
Each day we stumble Into new and
exciting dimensions -- we become
trapped in another dwellirg of
space and time. Along the
sidelines a the fields on which we
play lurk our fears. They wait in
anticipation of that fateful fumble
so that they can take us down and
tackle us when we are most
vulnerable. Hovering above this
macabre playing field is one man
-- the master creator of our
nightmares -- one man who brims
into everyday life our most
inhibited fears. Who is this
diabolical monster of madness?
He is the legendary Stephen King.
Steven King toys with us like he
would with his bizarre collection of
voodoo dolls. Through his novels
and short stories he relates the
realities of daily living and turns
them into our most hideous
apprehensions. But how does he
do it? Simply, is the answer. King
takes situations faces, and places
each of his fans can relate to. A
home, or a family, or a car.
stranded in the middle of a
desolate mountain road are things
we can identify with. It is through
these normalities of life --
'Wings on' -- that King attracts
reader after reader to his deranged
world. In one of his anthologies,
Night Shift, there are two such
examples of life's most natural
events turning into nightmares
right in the palms of King's sweaty
Classic
Rock
I.lu t r►der
Jimmy Page
0988 Geffen Records)
Look around/ Tell me what you see/
Nave you found/ What you wanna be?"
The opening vocal from "Wasting My
Tinie, 4 the first song on guitarlst
lim; Page's first solo album. seems
te Jsk 3 pertinent question with
regard to Page's career. Since the
demise of Led 2epplin, Jimmy Page
has drifted from one project to
another. He composed and performed
the eerie soundtrack to Death Wish
11, cut two albums of uneven quality
with The Firm, and guested on
numerous projects such as Paul
McCartney's "Give My Regards to
Broad Street," Robert Plant's
"Honeydrippers" Album, and the ARMS
Benefit for Multiple Sclerosis,
where he appeared on stage with the
other two members of the Brittish
Guitar God Trinity, Eric Clapton and
Jeff Beck. However, what is most
eagerly anticipated by Page's fans
is a reunion between him and former
Zep bandmate, Robert Plant. The
wishes of those fans is fulfilled on
the track "The Only One," where
Plant sings vocals. The song itself
sounds like later-era Led Zepplin,
and may be an .Indication of the
musical course the band would have
pursued had they continued to exist
into the 80's. The opening song and
first video, •Wasting My Time,' is a
crunching stomp reminicient of the
Zeppl in of old. Most of the album
however, bears little resemblance to
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hands. The first story, 1 Know
What You Need' Is a basic 'boy
meets girl of his dreams: boy can't
have girl, continues the pursuit
anyway." The bit of voodoo magic
lb the boy's sinister ;rind Is heavily
evident: He knows what she
needs... A second story and one
which would be appealing to the
on-campus crowd is 'Strawberry
Spring.' The action takes place
on the average college campus (a
common place one may cross in
his lifetime) where a series of
gruesome murders occur during a
season of the year known as the
'Strawberry Spring" (much like an
Man Summer, it is more-or-less
a fake season.) In the story, King
uses fog images repetitively,
becausefog seems to appeal to
most everyone's apprehensions
about being Caught alone in it.
The remainder of the short stories
in this particular collection
continue to demonstrate most
vividy how Stephen King has
lured people into his evil world -- it
is through their own world. The
collection in Night Shift is , highly
recommended for those seeking a
simple, yet deranged mode of life.
Keep in and though, that King is
playing on the same field as
everyone else. He just plays on
the darkew side -- ripping at our
fears.
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