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by David Friend
Collegian Staff Writer
With the onslaught of such
guitar-driven bands as Guns 'n'
Roses and Bon Jovi this year, its
refreshing to hear a truly
imaginative, instead of derivative,
guitar-driven band. Big Country
has released four albums now with
no commercial success, despite
critical acclaim . from many.
Rolling Stone called them the
"...thinking man's guitar band,"
because of their varied musical
influences and eloquent lyrics.
"Peace in Out Time" was
produced by Peter Wolf, of The J.
Geil's Band fame. It marks the
band's first foray into the use of
keyboards. Fortunately, it's kept at
a level that doesn't interfere with
any of the guitar work. Big
Country's distinctive style stems
from the fact that they employ two
lead guitarists. The cacophony
created by this arrangement was
troublesome in earlier releases, but
is controlled with this release. The
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change in producer with this release
also gives the band's music more
depth than previously. In their first
three album .releases, a wall of
sound was produced by the two
guitarists, almost no distinction
was evident from guitarists or
notes. All that has changed.
The mutation to a more
sophisticated sound is evident with
the first song on the album, "King
of Emotion." A guitar lick starts
off the song, but the bass and
drums drive most of the verses,
with the guitar adding itself in
during the chorus. However, the
band doesn't fully give up its
distinctive style. The title track is
a good, raucous, Big Country song.
With the music, the band also
retains its conscious, coherent lyric
style.
"Peace in Our Time"
states,"Give us peace in our time/
While I have a life to live/ Give us
peace in our time/ Then I have no
love to give.” It continues the
band's preaching and philosophizing
that also occurred on "The Seer.”
The band seems to belive that the
current situation in the world is
unsatisfactory, and express a desire
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to leave. In "Time for Leaving"
they sing "Listen to the city fall,,
listen to the warm wind call/ Listen.
to me my love/ This is the time for
leaving." However, they still feel
that they are a catalyst for positive
change. "River of Hope" expresses
this feeling, they sing "I'm going
to find it, I'm going to prove it/
And show the whole damned world
how to use it."
"Time for Leaving"also has a
jazz fusion feel to it at times,;
something that Big Country has.
never tried before. Country and.
Western, blues, and reggae
influences can also be heard
throughout the album.' "Broken
Heart (Thirteen Valleys)” has a
blues guitar feel, with a soft
spoken- almost hush quality to the.
precise, use of the guitar. "In This
Place" builds up from a simple
guitar piece into a complex, varied
song.
The "thinking man's guitar
band" has done it again. They have
an album out that is at once
musically and lyrically engaging.
For anyone who enjoys quality,
imaginative music, this one is a
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October 13,1988
Chicago's Theory of
by Kevin Trenney
Collegian Staff Writer
In a day when one hit or one
album wonders abound, it is
refreshing to know that some bands
can last a little longer. Chicago, a
.band which seems to prove
Darwin's Theory of Evolution,
released it's 19th album this
summer. When compared to
Chicago 17 and Chicago 18,
Chicago 19 seems to be a slightly
different wind from the "Windy
City" band.
After Peter Cetera was booted
out of Chicago, many people
mourned the band’s death. The
success of Chicago's 18th album,
which featured the vocals of Jason
Smiths - A Farewell
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by A. Thomas Mamaux
Collegian Staff Writer
Every once in a while a great
relationship is ruined. Such is the
case of the musical relationship
between Morrisey and Johnny Marr
of the Smiths. The Smiths were
part of the first wave of progressive
music that came from the United
I Kingdom.
They were formed by novice
guitarist, Johnny Marr, who
collected some other young aspiring
band members, thus producing the
band. But something was still
missing. Marr wanted to do
something progressive and to avoid
dull rock-n-roll. He decided to go
to the flat of a reclusive poet that
he had heard of. There he found
Morrisey; the missing element.
Quickly the Smiths (who were now
complete) became ruler of the
underground progressive scene.
Due to conflicts, Marr decided to
break away from the Smiths and
hook up with the Pretenders. As of
yet they haven't come out with an
album, but they may have done
concerts together.
Morrisey is a paradox of
. himself; a reclusive' person that
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yet has sung in front of millions.
He is a celibate, who claims to be
afraid of women, but is lusted after
by teenage girls (and boys).
Morrisey is a serious vegetarian
who defeated a song and album
called "Meat is Murder" to help the
cause. All of these personality
quirks probably caused Marr to say,
"Enough is Enough". Morrisey had
been working ever since the band
broke up. Right after the last
Smiths album, "Strangeways Here
We Come," Morrisey put together a
new band. "Viva Hate" is his solo
debut album which is doing well on
the college charts. Such songs as
"Maudlin Street", "Every Day is
Like Sunday", and "Hairdresser on
Fire" can be heard on WERG
(Gannon), WFSC (Edinboro), and
WPTS (PITT).
Just when you thought the
goose quit laying golden eggs, up
turns a new Smith album entitled
"RANK". Rank is a live album
that was recorded during "The
Queen is Dead" tour. There was no
tour for "Strangeways"t because of
the band's break up. I saw the
Smiths play at the Fulton Theatre
(Pittsburgh) during "The Queen is
Dead" Tour. The Fulton is a lame
place to see a concert because it is a
movie theatre, but was probably
chosen'Tdr its greaCacoustics and
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Scheff (Cetera's replacement),
seems to prove that their lamenting
was premature.
With Scheff having proven
himself on Chicago's last album,
the band seems to be going a
different direction with it's new
album. This quality effort seems to
be an attempt to move away from
the Peter Cetera dominant, "You're
the Inspirationalistic" image of
Chicago 17.
Chicago 19 features Jason
Scheff and Bill Champlin on lead
vocals. The first two singles
released from this album, "I Don't
Wanna Live Without Your Love"
and "Look Away" which feature the
rougher sounding voice of Bill
Champlin are the bands first
"Power Ballads."
Evolution
Jason Scheff, Cetera's
replacement, is featured on songs
like "We Can Last Forever" (which
may be the best song on the album)
and "What Kind of Man Would I
Be." After hearing his performance
on these songs one may want to
ask, Peter who?
Percussion performances and the
horn parts on this album also let
the listener know that 40 year old
men can produce good music.
Chicago 19 is a good pop
album. The problem is that it is
too much pop. The band does,
however, seem to be going in the
right direction. I recommend this
album to pop music fans.
Hopefully Chicago 20 will be a
new look. THE BAND'S OLD
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house size (2000). The concert was
the Smith's celebrating and a
celebration of the Smiths.
Morrisey opened by singing some
opera a cappella. After the band
kicked in there was chaos. Due to
Morrisey's sexual gyrations and
invitations, the audience stormed
the stage to dance and touch
Morrisey. The show had to be
halted and the stage cleaned before
the concert could resume.
The "RANK" album is stalked
with Smith’s classics such as: "Big
Mouth Strikes Again," "Boy with a
Thom in his Side,” and "Cemetery
Gates." And as if to prove that
there is more to the Smiths than
just Morrisey’s voice, Johnny Man
goes of on a 15-minute jam.
The sound quality of the album
is really good considering that the
album is live, because there isn’t
that muddy or static sound that
usually accompanies a live album.
The only drawback of the album is
that it does not include much of
Morrisey talking. I liked the album
because it wasn't a greatest hits
album with all of the songs
recorded live. "RANK" is like an
anthology because it has songs
from "The Smiths, The Smiths" all
the way up to "The Queen is Dead".
"RANK" is a must-have for any
Progressive music collection:
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