Trammps show good, if you like disco
By LYNNE MARGOLIS
Collegian Staff Writer
Well, I finally made it down to Mr. C's
on Wednesday night. The occasion was
the disco's second live show, featuring
"the fabulou Trammps."
During the 45-minute wait between the
scheduled and actual show times, I sized
up the place. Within minutes, I had a
sense of why I'stayed away so long. The
flashy people, spinning lights and ex
pensive drinks were not my idea of a
nice atmosphere. But since I shelled out
seven bucks for a ticket to cover this
show, I wasn't about to leave.
Once the show started, though, I really
had a tough time convincing myself to
stay. I've tried, honestly I have, but I
still can't find anything to like about
disco music. What's amazing to me is
that discos are supposed to be such
sophisticated places, but the music itself
is a polar opposite of that opulent image.
The Trammps' first tune, "We Gonna
Bump" ( I think that's what they called
it . . . ) was typical of the mentality, or
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lack of it, that pervades disco. It had that
beat, but not much else.
Many people applaud the disdo craze
for bringing dancing back in style.
Truthfully, I never got excited enough
over that simplistic pounding to get in
step with disco dancing. I have to admit
that it does look good when done well.
But I don't much care for that "I strut
my stuff better than you do" attitude so
common on the disco scene.
The dancing that did go on during the
show was tightly controlled by the
Trammps' instructions, not their music.
They asked everyone in the audience to
dance only when given the word. The
rest of the time, everyone was to sit back
and watch the "disco show."
But the 'audience had a hard time
sitting tack when the bass player came
on, face paint and all, to perform his
wildly energetic "bit." I must say that
Rusty, Stone, "The Six-Million Dollar
Man from New York City," can play a
mean bass.
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cue, and the audience
,immediately
stampeded to the lighted floor.
The band shared the stage with
several dancers, who were prodded to
take turns singing "check out your mind,
and see what you might find."
Other exciting, intellectually
stimulating lines were: "Hey, goddam
Get off your ass and jam!" and from
their number one hit tune,- P-Disco
Inferno": "Burn, baby, burn Burn
this mother down!" One employee ( who
shall remain nameless) commented, "I
think they just did one-and-a-half hours
of one lyric!"
Boy, was I glad he said that. I was
wondering if I had been imagining
things, but he confirmed my suspicions.
The entire show sounded incredibly like
one long, drawn-out song.
If you liked Wild Cherry in concert, the
Trammps show would have definitely
been your thing. But when they asked,
"Can I get you to say, 'Let's disco?' "
my own resounding reply was, "No!"
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