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Movie
Reynolds and Eastwood Team Up in “City Heat”!
by Thad Wawro
Collegian News Editor
One of my favorite movie
genres is the genre of the 1930’s
detective movie. What could be
more exciting than watching
Bogey dodge bullets to save the
fair (and sometimes not so fair)
maiden in distress? There is
something about Model A Fords,
double-breasted suits, and
beautiful women that give these
films a uniqueness that is found in
no other genre. The only problem
with the 30’s gumshoe movies is
that they went out with the 30’s.
In recent years, attempts have
been made to revive this genre
with such films as Bonnie and
Clyde and Dillenger but the pro
blem with these copies is that the
bad guys were the heroes;
something that never happened in
Album
Ireland’s U 2 Soars
by Roger Whelan
Collegian Staff Writer
Fans of U 2 rejoice! The group
has a new album and it is one of
their best. Bono, The Edge,
Larry, and Adam Clayton have
again outdone themselves with the
album The Unforgettable Fire.
U 2, who hail from Ireland,
write peaceful music that has been
accepted in Europe and is now
gaining popularity in the United
States.
The Unforgettable Fire is the
groups newest album and is
bound for the number one spot on
the charts. The group imported
producer Brian Eno, and with his
help, the album came out to be
one of the most well-produced
albums of the year.
With Bono’s powerful voice
singing the lyrics and The Edge on
guitars, the music on the album
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the 30’s. The making of gumshoe
movies seemed to have become a
lost art, until now. The action and
atmosphere of the 30’s has been
resurrected in the new movie City
Heat, starring Burt Reynolds and
Clint Eastwood. Both Eastwood
and Reynolds appear to have
departed from there respective
norms in this spoof of detective
films. However, it becomes quite
apparent ten minutes into the
movie that neither has com
promised their respective styles.
Reynolds is at his wise-cracking
best as the ex-cop turned private
detective, Mike Murphy. As for
Eastwood, well, when you need a
tough cop, who else would you
call? Eastwood is Lt. Spears (he
doesn’t seem to have a first name)
a tough detective who used to be
Murphy’s partner.
simply flows. Larry puts the beat
to die music with his drums and
Adam Clayton keeps his fingers
moving on the bass.
The group writes some more of
their well-known pro-peace lyrics.
“Pride(ln The Name Of Love)” is
the first single to come off of the
album and onto the air. The song
is dedicated to Martin Luther
King. Another cut off the album
entitled “MLK” is also about
King.
“A Sort of Homecoming” and
“The Unforgettable Fire” are
perhaps two of the groups best
written anti-war songs ever.
The only possible thing that U 2
could do to better the sales of the
album is to undertake a large U.S.
tour. As of now, only ten cities
have been dated. The closest that
they will come to the Erie area is
Cleveland, which sold out in only
13 minutes.
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Reviews
The plot has enough twists,
turns, and action to do even
Chandler justice. Murphy’s pre
sent partner, Lino Swift, (played
to smooth perfection by Richard
Roundtree) has gotten hold of
some very damaging secret ledgers
that could topple the local syn
dicate. His plan is to blackmail
the local crime kingpins. Unfor
tunately for Swift, the big boys
don’t take kindly to his plans and
abruptly deal with him in a rather
painful manner. However,
unbeknownst to the gangsters,
Swift hid the ledgers and then left
enough clues to enable Murphy to
recover them. Enter Spears, who
plans to use the ledgers to clean up
the city once and for all. From
this point on the film is a mad
dash for the ledgers which leads to
kidnapping, blackmail, and a
heck of a lot of action.
Reynolds and Eastwood make
up the most unlikely team since
Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in
48 Hours. They also make up the
funniest action team since Mur
phy and Nolte. Don’t worry Dirty
Harry fans, Eastwood is sidll
tough, but he adds to his
character the humor he used so
successfully in the Every Which
Way But Loose series. The per
formances of Eastwood and
Reynolds are unique because they
adapt their styles without com
promising them.
Clint uses his usual arsenal of
stares, glares, and grimaces that
have endeared him to so many
movie-goers, while Burt, although
he’s no Bogart, uses his wise
cracking style to duplicate every
gumshoe of the 30’s. As with
Nolte and Murphy, the diversion
of styles makes the film suc
cessful. The pair have come up
with a balance of action and camp
that is sheer dynamite on the
screen.
Supporting performances by
Roundtree as Swift, Tony Lo-
Bianco, cast to perfection as a
syndicate boss, Irene Cara as
Swift’s girlfriend and damsel in
distress number one, and
Madeline Kahn as, what else,
Murphy’s girlfriend and bubble
headed damsel in distress number
two, put the icing on the cake.
Add to this Model A Fords,
double-breasted suits, and a
Album
Triumph Thunders
by Michael Ross
Collegian Staff Writer
Triumph
Thunder Seven
MCA Records
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The Canadian power trio
Triumph has returned, with a'new
album that gets back to the basics
and is virtually free of the syn
thesized keyboard sound Triumph
has experimented with on
previous albums. Triumph
guitarist Rik Emmett, one of the
most underrated guitarists in rock
& roll today, dominates this
album not only with his guitar but
with his powerful and uncom-
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dynamite 30’s musical score.: by
Lalo Schifrin and you have, a
warm-hearted tribute to an era
that is the definition of action and
romance.
Whether you are an Eastwood
fan, a Reynolds fan, or even a
Bogey fan, you are sure to enjoy
City Heat.
By the way, I don’t want to
spoil the ending for you but, in
the 30’s films, the good guys
always won.
City Heat is rated PG due to
violence.
monly clear voice. The vocal
duties are shared by drummer Gil
Moore, whose gutsy voice can be
heard on Triumph’s more
straightforward tunes, and Em
mett, with the higher pitched and
more melodious voice of the two.
The opening : tune “Spell
bound” is the definition of heavy
metal, complete, with ‘thud’
drums and wretching guitar chur
ning out the basic-chords. Conti
nuing with the straightforward
song “Cool Down,” Triumph
revives the dead with this Led
Zeppelin replica. It features the
blending of acoustic guitar and
electric guitar, similar to a typical
Jimmy Page arrangement and the
off-beat drumming style used-by
John Bonham; it even has .the
wailing vocals and harmonica
touches characteristic of Robert
Plant.
Emmett steps in the limelight
on “Midsummer’s Daydream;” a
tasteful acoustic solo which. .is
another reminder of his diverse
talent. He flexes his muscles again
on the instrumental “Little:-Boy
Blues” which features Emmett
pulling off some fast and furious
electric guitar solos. Departing
from their usual rock style,
Triumph comes up with a clever
vocal arrangement with “Time
Canon” which is sung acappella
and in a round.
What Triumph lacks -in
originality on this album they
seem to make up for it with fine
musicianship. Definitely not your
typical heavy metal band,
Triumph’s style of hard rock and
hard work has won them many
faithful fans, and with Thunder
Seven they haven’t let them
down