The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 13, 1978, Page Page 7, Image 7
On new release
Mason
Mariposa de Oro? Dave Mason-?
(Columbia)
By Lehman Stiles
Oamecock Staff Wrlftr
Arguing about whether or not
rock is dead has been the popular
tmng to do in the last year or so.
It's usually a good argument, too;
with Beatles rehashes and 50s
revivals and disco mania or fever
or what have you, it's obvious that
music is changing. And it is a rare
and beautiful thing to find a
veteran of the wars who still wants
to tell us what we really know all
along. This, Dave Mason does in
Mariposa de Oro.
Mason knows the way things are
probably better than any child of
the 60s who's still alive or sober.
his musical associations read like
a Who's Who of rock history:
Traffic, the Mamas & the Papas,
Delaney & Bonnie, the Stones, Jimi
Hendrix, George Harrison.
ADDING BACKUP vocals on the
current album are two old
reliables, Stephen Stills and
Graham Nash. Mason's so ourn
has resulted in a writing and
performing style devoid of t~
trickery, sublimination or
cheapness. What he sings is what
he means.
On Mariposa,the music
represents a Dave Mason who has
come through the battles with few
scars. The songs express a certainty,
an unfailing belief that the
worst is over. It's the kind of thing
you would expect from a 32-yearold
rocker who has played an integral
part in the history of a
lifestyle. We know he means it
when he sings, 'No Doubt About
It,' ? "I've thought it over, and
I've come to this conclusion; it's all
over - hurry, worry, and confusion."
In a radioland filled with
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mindless jerky Tinkertoy songs,
Around campus
ITCf'S Art nAnn.??. * ...ill
wv?v i i/c^ai uiiciii Will
sponsor an Arts Film Festival
from Sept 25 th to 30th. The show
will take place each evening from
7:00-8:30 near McKissick Museums
on the Horseshoe. Various
biographical and crafts films will
be shown, including a biography of
Van Gogh starring Kirk Douglas.
Admission is 50 cents for students
and $1 for non-students. For more
information call 777-4236.
The Students International
Meditation Society will sponsor an
introductory lecture on Transcendental
Meditation at 7:30 p m.
in room 107 C, Currell College,
Sept 13. Admission is free.
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the voice of a man who has seen
all before is comforting and rea
Mason has succeeded in creatin
something timeless. Beyond a
the success formulas that the las
two decades have given us, h
concludes in 'Bird on the Wine
that "if you want to fly like a bir
on the wind, you've got to give
everything." The trickerj
sublimination and cheapness don
work. Mason knows it, and h
makes the listener believe it.
THE SINGLE released from th
album is 'Will You Still Love M
Tomorrow,' the old Goffin-Kin
tune. As of this writing it has falle
flat on its A-side face in Top Fort
City, but that is only to be e>
pec ted. Mason has taken a tiny ol
60s hit and made it a beautify
piece of music, but in so doing h<
has made it indefinable. It's no
disco, it's not punk, hard, countr
or shlock rock. Mason's sensitivit;
to what is good about any song doe
not gain him a great audience 01
the coffee-in-the-morning shows
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'Warm Desire,' demonstrative o
2 Mason's ability to take th
. smallest musical instant and mak
tl it special. Mason creates his ow
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pretentiously triumphant lov
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d de Oro. What we hear is not som
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1 pinnacle of his art. If the songs g
^ down easily, it is only because the;
? are that much more unforgettable
a Is rock dead? Merely having t
. ask the question suggests tha
something is wrong. But if th<
k spirit of the music lives anywhere
! it lives on Mariposa de Oro.
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