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1 rivial ELP's 'i By Mark Thornberry very 1 Gamecock St?W Writer keytK Ever since the first time I heard tune, Emerson, Lake and Palmer eight chara years ago, I never thought that I, the ultimate ELP fanatic, would "T; have a bad thing to say about any line-u of their songs, but with the recent almoi release of Love Beach, I have soon found it much easier than I had like a previously thought. As a matter of of tl fact, it was extremely easy. inclu< electi The first four songs on side one sort ( are putrid. Four more flagrant The s examples of gross commercialism the b in music would be hard to find. One listen and vou rediscover the Th meaning of the phrase "The "prostituting the art." desei rink} The opening cut, "All I Want is Sheri You," is unrecognizable as an ELP same tune except for Greg Lake's voice. foun< Emerson's keyboard work and as " Palmer's drum beat are extremely "Ber simple and boring. The lyrics diffei match the music. The song as a the i whole can be placed under the like ! general category of "trivial." Th The following track "I.ovo "ir Beach," is the worst on the album, best The music is still far too basic, the mucl lyrics are a joke, and if you listen start HamI By Glenn Rawls netwo Gamecock Staff Writer peopl< This is the first in a series of impor three articles on television. Show Night-time television. Prime actors time. A marketplace of en- much tertainment beamed directly to Thes< your home, at no cost to you mesm 1 A ?* 1 wnaisuever. mayoe. every The fact of the matter is, that quick! clever little electric coffeetable the wants you ? desperately ? to give somel up your other leisure activities and which spend time with it; from 8 p.m. to the re 11 p.m., to be exact. It wants to begin mesmerize, hypnotize, and desensitize you to everything Wei except the need for blue toilet SOMI water, extra absorbent paper more towels to carry coffee cups on and (beats washing a tray, right?) and thems mouthwash to keep your breath and fc from coming out of your mouth in ting t greenish-brown clouds when the and 1 Welcome Wagon drops by. charg In order to do that, there is some degree of inconvenience that the So networks have to go through. It some was discovered early in the ? television business that hardly any 4k of the American public wanted to watch a half-hour show called "Who Ate Sara Lee?", and even ^ less interest was expressed in Mr. i , j Whipple's "Squeezably Soft: Fact, M Fetish, or Fantasy?" Ralph the j plumber unclogging sinks and the j right way to douche simply did not I | sell, so these concepts were left for [ i Public Television, whicn simply M1 did not care about selling, and H C cared even less about entertaining. 1 The commercial television || sonosstH Love Bea hard you might even hear the thesized guitar i >ards. As with the preceeding mellow, elec "Love Beach" is totally out of lyrics are not t icter for the band. the music cover best vocal cut o jste of My Love," next in the again, the com ip of follies, starts well and stiff. st has a chance, but the lyrics took care of that. They sound "Canario," s i Rod Stewart reject, with all immediately r< le poor sexual innuendoes ELP tune and r ied. Imagine, if you will, the side. Th -onic raunch 'n' roll; it sounds keyboards and i >f like a menthol cigar tastes, reassures you ong does distinguish itself as knows how to [ est of the worst. Side two, enl e fourth travesty on side one. an Officer and i Gambler," does not really breath of fresh ; rve much mention. It is a stench of side c Mink (see Trilogy ? "The is one long co iff") tune that fits under the same vein as "r ; "gag" songs that can be Evil 9," divide i on earlier ELP albums, such "Prologue-The <\re You Ready Eddie?" and Gentleman," my the Bouncer." The only Sight," "Letter rence is that by this point in and "Honoura dbum you really do not feel March)." laughing. "Prologue .. acoustic Diano e last two songs on side one, slipping in a You" and "Canario," do their musical mood to save the side, but it is pretty progresses it t h a hopeless battle. "For You" sound, setting tl 5 with some decent syn- of the side. et never? rks had to find a way to get As we all kno i to watch these chronicles of an art that re< tance, so they invented The talent and instim ? dancers, singers and Television, how ; oil nnfnrl o ininrf r?/v nKonrtno in r? >, tin taming wliuuui 3U v-nangcs in aiuil as a word on athlete's foot. i entertainers would terize the public, making For one thing, one watch, and then very ? the lead chara ly (in about 30 seconds or so), good person, j networks could slip in viewers. They 1 thing called a "commercial," personal hygier i, as we all know by now, was teeth and sparkli al reason for all the hoopla to to match. Never with. to hell with 1 ItMcklchprrv Pi 1, a strange thing happened, going to sell dete C hoopla was watched by be nice. people than OTHER hoopla, then the networks found So when Anim >elves in a race to get better television, TH >etter hoopla, therefore get- crazed maniacs >igger and bigger audiences, dean down with j rHEREFORE being able to with half of the < e more to advertisers. ? no, indeed! i campus policem hoopla became an issue of to say: "They'r importance. iM'i50r.v*'?'.s,?l !>'ew Special | >"''' Trout Aliiiondi French Fries, ^ lole Slaw, Hushpuppies Jjk mmMHHHJan. 2?--Feb. '* oil cW md then slips into a ml tronic tune. The Ha oo impressive, but s for them. It is the ?-wr ftj n the side, but then Jg petition wasn't too , f M in instrumental, is ecognizable as an ates as the best on . air after ine. The entire side ncept song, in the The next song, "Love rarkus" and "Karn Sight," rates as fair. The r id into four parts: the concept, but it is bor Education of a Lake's voice sounds as "Love At First fighting the piano. A mi s From the Front" terlude between the pi ble Company (A acoustic guitar solos in th of the song is good, but ." starts with an cussion sounds out of pla , with the vocals "Letters From the F nd matching the easily the best song on th well. As the song and, once again, akes on a martial recognizable a$ ELP. On le mood for the rest it is really just an average the band. >elis soap w, entertaining is They try to almost run quires creativity, down!" Almost? What did ;t for what is good. during the last twenty mil 'ever, had some their hit movie? Never mil ; for art. ? his brother appears scene, a fat guy in a suit who, maybe, just MAYBE the star of a show gets mad over True Ii cter ? had to be a MIGHT be steamed enougfr ust like all the some beer over someone lad to have good He then eats the bottle bee ice and pleasant course, that's funny and i rta OUOC HTltVl n nnK Kirn O/'k " -11 - 1 ??o vji vu ttiui a ^ai iiiiii iuuin OU Mliy dllU fl mind Hamlet and and SO REALLY NICE, pi om Sawyer and Perhaps we simply mi inn ? if you're these clever youths in th irgent, you have to movie house. Or perhaps they just sel al House moves to wash better this way. ESE aren't sex who try to run the a car and fornicate _ __ :ampus population LtRRpI H \ somfwhnt an runs to the dean ? jjft e maniacs, dean! -tHP nt ir\j 1.7911 ^ !?H ! Outdoor I - )i!?z!^?S&&z38&SBl^BUH^^tttBB3g4ml. C[?>? ^BKa^^BgaBg||MUoSSaSjSBBBBi^^W^^^g^^s-] Ty/m ^^sa mA* 33 , BdftHBJ At First The final song on the album, nusic fits "Honourable Company," is the ing, and second best on the album. It is an if it is instrumental much in the same isical in- style as "Bolero" from Trilogy and ano and even more like "Aquatarkus" from e middle Tarkus. the per ce. ront" is As with any other rock group, e album, ELP eventually had to come out is easily with an album that was a bomb; it the whole took them nine albums and eight 3 song for years to do it, but Love Beach has made up for the lost time. ion V people Sell! Say, that's an idea! College they do situation comedy might sell to that nutes of all important college age bracket! id Bluto So it's Brothers and Sisters on one on the network and Co-ed Fever on and tie another, and they're all SO silly when he ljustice, and SO likeable. Never mind the \ to pour fact that it's unbelievable^ that 's head. these WILD guys all talk like the ause, 01 Brady Bunch ? it MIGHT sell. So t makes some poor production company in armless California gets this fanatical call robably. from a network vice-president who isjudged screams: "ABC might have a big at dark hit with an Animal House spin-off! Make us one and have it in my office in two weeks!" 1 mouthsee TV, page 8 ?RSEBflCK RIDING DATES? Feb. 6,8.13.15.20 | JL &22- I WHERE? Wildewood j | "HOW mUCH? $60.00 | | WHERE DO I SIGN UP? I | RHUU | * fit the RHUU Travel | Center by Febuary 2nd. | Recreation Program