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entertainm Skvnvrd': a B excellen1 liy D WIl) STKKL1-: (iamecock Staff Writer If you have ever enjoyed Lynyrd Skynyrd, y rprtainlv like their new album. If vou have liked them or have never heard them, you should give this final album a try. You may w what you hear. "Street Survivors," Skynyrd's sixth albun masterpiece of southern-style rock-n-roll. W addition of Steve Gaines, an excellent guitar vocalist, the band was on its way to bigger anc tilings. However, mis new aiuum was n several days after the tragic crash involvi entire band, which destroyed the future of Skynyrd. Lead singer Ronnie van-Zant, Steve Gai guitar and vocals, back-up vocalist Cassie Gail Dean Kilpatrick were killed in the crash. The industry lias lost a gr'?at deal of talent because tragic accident. "Street Survivors ' is by no means Skvnvurd's best albur. but it should not ha^ their last. I?-'Bobby BY IIKMIY <;IU:I:N (iaini'coi'k Staff Writer "Hobby Deerfield" is a love story which avoids some but by no means all of the mistakes to w hich love stories in general are \ ulnerable. The film is made with class but not with soapsuds, and the ending is sad but not mawkish or sentimental. Yet "Hobby Dierfield" is drawn out somehow it seen s much longer than two hours - and the plot wears a little thin. # .. .... tiwv . i... inv Wat ?.?y tu utati iut- tin." iiiuvic* is> uy way of a semi-cliche: "It was a good movie, hut I would not want to see it again." Advertisements for this film, which is playing at Richland Mall Theatre, ask, 'Who is Bobby Deerfield?" The man in L JtLML W s last eff< i.?_ . I IUCK II I The best way to listen to any ? Skynyrd is to put it on the beginnin start the turntable, kick off your s ou will and turn the volume up as loud as it never really T1IK FIRST SONG on "Stre< ell like "What's Your Name" which was ^ Kossington and van Zant. A goot 11, is u ballad, this song is fairly typica ith the group's other works. Taking adv ist and lyrics, Rossington provides soni 1 better guitar. This cut shows the 11 eleased capabilities of the band, as it contai ing the section. Lynyrd The second song, "That Smell, ines ? long rock-n-roll cut. The message lies and let anyone ever tell you that Skyr ; music lyrics) is similar to one of their m e of the "The Needle and The Spoon. Collins and van Zant, the song has i Lynyrd stretching lead solos by Collins, /e been See SN Deerfield' c question is an American race-car driver, living and working in Europe . This man Deerfield, played very well by A1 Pacino, has accomplished early in life what most men are still dreaming about in old age. lift/ 1W lA'lV A 1 *1*1 1\* li\mc in j ? M'J iti VT UdtJl II , UIIU I1VCO III VUAII1U1 I with his French girlfriend. He is famous: when Deerfield appears in public he wears dark glasses so that he won't be recognized and mobbed. He makes television commercials, putting his stamp of approval on a certain kind of watch in the same way that jocks like Joe Namath endorse popcorn poppers, and he poses for pictures with glamorous women in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. Deerfield's good looks don't hurt him, either. e/ LEROY, WHAT fi KIND OF PLATS ill I \ ACC TMP<sP ' nyTI ua IT1 JlsM> wKlstL. " \M ' ' ' ' I I J9 .^11 fflffl OH ilbum by Lynyrd a of Mn? first virln hoes, grab a beer w>ngo. f^v ^ BeJSWBHc i infl|B29H at Survivors" is W "L3B|[3ifffcr , written by Gary i*,- .Iu^^^SjU/0 i boogie-sounding H| 1 of most of the H 1H antage of sparse K i S e fast and meaty K / ^P^PtP lore commercial Jm, ? ns a brass rhythm I 'GflEwiiiill " is u damn-good B I to song (don't lyrd has senseless songs, ^^SHHHPQP Written by Allen i number of string- Lynard Skynyrd's fin; He proves he can the group's best. Four were killed in a plane c N\ KI), page 17 van Zant (third from left lossy, not to< Yet his life is empty. He is entirely out for himself and has no ties with anybody or anything. Deerfield is a man without a past. Mirly in the movie his brother comes to Paris for a visit and tries to rolive old limes with Bobby, all to no avail. Deerfield remembers nothing, it seems, of his childhood. Doesn't he remember that he used to do a terrific imitation of Mae West? Deerfield's face is a blank, shielded by his dark glasses. "Dir'< we live in separate houses?" he asks his brother. The meeting ends in frustration. KVKN' 1I1S PARISIAN M1STKKSS cannot seem to arouse any passion or lire in Deerfield. As he is about to leave the apartment one day, she puts her arms ]i Yip mm . 1 just a hi vM ?n\ 11/ 1 A LWC S ? ja V TOMATOES / J \\ album, "Street Survivors" is one of members of the Skynyrd entourage rash, October 20th, including Konnie L) and Steve Gaines (middle). ) CAGQV ~ r i i , around him and whispers, "You're perfect," looking lovingly into his face. "Where's; my watch?" says Deerfield by uiiv nf rpnlv " - TV * The turning point in Deerfield's life comes when he visits a friend, in the hospital because of injuries suffered in a racing accident. While at the hospital he meets a beautiful, crazy patient, Lillian (Marthe Keller), who is everything that Deerfield is not. DKKItFlELl) SKKMS to have no imagination, while Lillian makes up fantastic stories on the spur of the moment. Deerfield never laughs, but Lillian has u See DEKKFIKLD, page 17 THEY'RE JUST\ I TOMATO PLANTS, \ \ OFFICER. MY ) v too mate loves/ \ro MATOESV fitart r-fltT 4 ? V* is*? iia i ' " ' till I I 11|