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Cars'
By James Rokosny
Assistant Entertainment Editor
The Cars' concert in
Coliseum Sunday night w?
definate disappointment
certainly not worth the $8.50 t
price.
The Cars are one of my fay
new groups, and I've
anxiously awaiting the opport
to witness them live. After Su
evening's performance, I'm
convinced they are a great ro
roll band and would surely
them again, somewhere else,
actual performance was
pealing, but the over-all impa
the concert set-up was disgusti
Bram Tchaikovsky was bilh
the opening act. I personally
looking forward to seeing
band, because they are new
have an album out that
received a fair amount of air I
I was very disappointed to fine
(as I entered the Coliseum),
LJICLlll W Clou I aim
been replaced by an unknown
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John
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called Arrogance. I was fur
depressed when I heard Arrog;
the Dlav. I don't know much a
is a them, but I was glad wht
and became thirsty and hac
icket legitimate reason to exit
Coliseum for a minute or two.
orite The Cars are a Boston-b
been rock band who broke into
unity music scene in 1978 wit
nday smashing debut album called <
still simply,The Cars According to
ck n' the Rolling Stone's Critics'
see Readers' Poll, The Cars 1
The named Best New Artist of 197
ap- Nov. 1 issue of Rolling Stone
ct of Top 100 Album Chart displ
ng. The Cars at number 26 afte
. weeks on the cliart with their d
as album and number three aft<
weeks with their second all
and Candy0
has The Cars are: Ric Oc;
time, vocals and guitar; Elliot Ea
lout, guitar and backing vocals;
that jamin Orr, vocals and bass; I
I had Robinson, drums and <
band Hawkes, keyboards, sax,
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ny McLaughlin
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t energt
ther cussion and backing vocals.
ance
tout After Arrogance tortured the
in I crowd, The Cars came out rocking
1 a with "Got a Lot On My Head" from
the Candy-O. The Cars play at a very
high volume, too high sometimes,
but they obviously play great rock
aocvi n ron.
the
h a The Cars proceeded to play three
:juite songs from their hit debut album,
both "Good Times Roll", "Bye Bye
and Love", and the hit single, "My
were Best Friends Girl." The vocals,
8. In shared by Ocasek and Orr, were
, the fine, but the backing vocals were
ayed too soft and out of key at times,
!r 62 especially on "My Best Friends
lebut Girl". The title track from the
5r 15 second album Candy-O was
>um, outrageous. This song is one of the
best rockers to come along in some
asek time an(* was even more energetic
ston, **veBen
What the Cars played, they
)avid played well. But approxiamately
Grag one hour of music wasn't nearly
per- enough. I expected a short concert
'Jazz Fusi
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By Dale Smonk
Gamecock Staff Writer
First of two parti
Loosely defined, fusion is a comt
stated rock beat combined with
provisation, utilising more sophis
than usually found in traditional
there are often elements of funk, I
popular genres. Some of the prat
are Miles Davis (since 1969), W<
Herbie Hancock.
Fusion should not be confused w
Crossover rocks less than fusion,
easier listening, and in some ct
"muzak" sound. Chuck Mangi
Washington. Jr. are Drobablv the
titioners of crossover.
With the increasing popularity
inevitable that some characterisi
I begin to blend with jazz.
Back in the 40s, jazz began to sh
music to a more listenable and p
This lead to an alienation of mu<
jazz had accumulated over the ye
avant-garde also helped to advt
Hock then began to attract the dan
sales increased for rock artists ar
quite seclusion.
Already at this time, though,
and jazz groups were beginning I
fusion of the two styles. Some p
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from a group with only tw
albums, but most of the songs wer
from the first album, with only fiv
songs from Candy-O I figured the
wouldn't have a lot of material, bi
in the November '78 issue c
'Trouser Press', Ric Ocasek wa
quoted as saying, "We have tons <
stuff. When we started, we playe
in bars and clubs that require foi
sets a night; we did four sets of 01
own stuff."
After the short set, the Car
returned for two encores, "You
All I've Got Tonight" followed b
"Dangerous Type", during whic
the house lights came on whe
Ocasek sang 'Let me bring you ot
i in the light, my curiosity's got m
tonight'. The lights stayed on bt
i The Cars didn't.
The Cars are a great rock ban
and will probably be around fc
some time yet the Coliseum is not
good place for rock concerts, if th
show was in the Township, wit
on' combi
funk, andi
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such as Chicag
s and Chase. An
>ination of a strong moving in th<
i a jazz type im- gradually was,
ticated harmonies Miles was nol
rock. In addition of the most inl
free-jazz and other new direction
!titioners of fusion Kilimanjaro, v*
father Report and piano and Ron
Way was the n<
ith crossover jazz, textural variat
, is more melodic. Davis' fusion. C
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ione and Grover The next albun
best known prac- Davis' first ful
set remains on<
/ of rock, it was Soloists were s
tics of rock would often with the v
and the drun
ift from a dancer's tributions wen
rogressive format, from his solo w<
:h of the audience In addition
ars; the rise of the Corea, Josef 2
mce this process. Chalies Alias ;
cing crowd, record musicians bees
id jazz slipped into in fusion in the
on in their owi
several musicians fusion until his
10 move towards a problems in 197
opular rock bands Jazzfus
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t short
o Bram Tchaikovsky, or a few
e dollars less expensive, I would
e have been more pleased. But as it
y turns out. I feel like I've been
it ripped-off. The sound had some
>f distortion problems also, but
is nothing serious.
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d The crowd was much too small
ir for the Coliseum, which is typical
ir for good bands here. I don't know
why, but the security people
persisted to control the 'criminals'
s in the crowd. This has a lot to do
ir with the flow of a concert, who
y warns 10 piay a snow to a crowd
h that is afraid to cut lose.
n
. There are more elements to a
1 great rock n' roll show than
t playing songs just like they appear
on the albums. A new group needs
to grasp and hold fans, but I guess
H The Cars don't reallv care. What
they did was excellent, but the
amount they did wasn't. Beach
e Club's attempt to give the public
it's money worth was more than
h inadequate.
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;o, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Dreams,
English group, Soft Machine, was also
b direction of fusion. Miles Davis
too.
t the first to play fusion, but he was one
fluential musicians in the genre. His
was foreshadowed on Filles De
rhich had Herbie Hancock on electric
I Carter on electric bass. In a Silent
sxt step. The side-long tracks featured
ions that becamse characteristics of
vhick Corea and Josef Zawinul were on
and John McLaughlin played guitar,
l, Bitches Brew, recorded in 1970, was
ly fusion album, and this two-record
5 of the finest fusion albums available,
ublimated to texture, which changed
amD figures Thf? mucin #liH nnt cu/ina
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iming began to stiffen. Solo con3
excellent, but Davis' differed little
ork on earlier albums.
to Davis, personnel included Chick
lawinul, Larry Young; Lenny White,
and Jack DeJohnette. Many of these
?me the major leaders and superstars
seventies, drawing on Davis and going
n directions. Davis continued to play
i temporary retirement due to health
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ion continues in Friday's paper