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By Tanya Savorv
Staff Writer
While artists such as Olivia Newton-John
and Barbra Streisand are singing sweetly
about the trauma of broken hearts and life
in a magical land of love, three sisters from
New York are concerning themselves with
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The Roches new album, 'Nurds,' ha,
humor and sensitivity.
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say definitively, in Paul sure a block of ic
Mazursky's "Bob & Carol & A first-rate ca:
Ted & Alice" in 1969. Since Shirley MacLa
then, it's been held up, Coburn, Susan
looked at and re-examined to Steven Collins
the point where there isn't a Kellerman, are
single corpuscle left to be the inferior itu
catalogued. although they ti
to overcome t
Jack Smight's "Loving deficiancies, ti
Couples," the latest in a long manage to coax i
line of you-try-mine-and-I'll- snicker from ev<
try-yours movies, is done in easily amused of
by the fact that it comes to MacLaine p
the screen at least 10 years Beverly Hills
who's suffering
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'Loving Couples' this.
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dirty laundry and the joys of being a nurd.
The Roches' second album isn't often
obviously sentimental and never sweet. But
what can you expect from a record bluntly
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"My God!" you're screeching, "an entire
album without one love song?" Not really.
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f breaking Off the port of Shanghai swimj
tine-Collins human eye. As the character's s
Doburn and the outline of a man, an H'man,
ne of their figure.
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:es Collins, elastic strap on his head. As he is
t, and in so he mumbles something about bei
he domino Two Chinese taxi cab drivers
s everyone water and begin interrogation.
I partner at Chinaman. "/+#$/&#)(/&" conti
The drenched figure, knov
1 is well at (hereafterreferredtoasH'man,a
ritating. It speak a work of Chinese nor does
previously His speech pattern consists of i
fairy tale- translated into Garnet and Black
ems more H'man is immediately thrown
i a genuine is whisked away to a downtrodde
Under a scorching, single lamp
ble per- purpose is for being in China,
all con- 4,To gain a better understand!*
yt minuies purpose with relation to the vari
ilm was at commerce," H'man says before
But even one of the Chinamen.
ldn't save "Liar," one of them yelled. "Y
effort as ambassador to China, right?"
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uieie are cuis mat are full of emotion.
These emotions, however, cover a wide
range without a whining, nauseating voice
concerned only with repeating the word
"love" 35 times in three and a half minutes.
Overall, the Roches' new effort is an appealing
combination of humor and sensitivity.
It seems the most popular criticism of the
Roches' new album concerns their new
sound. They have acquired rhythm,
keyboards, and an occassional clarinet, as
opposed to their initial sound which was
icauicieu iu iwo acoustic guitars. Old fans
are screaming "traitors" and "Top 40" and.
other such obsceneties.
How ridiculous. The perfect harmonies,
fresh songwriting and guitarist talents
have remained unchanged, so why would
anyone want to get hysterical over extra
instrumentation? As Terre Roche remarked
in a recent "Rolling Stone" interview, "1
still don't hear anything on the radio thai
sounds like this "
Not hearing anything on the radio that is
similar to the Roches' style is an understatement.
You won't hear anything
anywhere that is vaguely similar. The three
voices are smoothly blended like those of
Crosby, Stills and Nash, yet they are ocpacinnolltt
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The melodies are often bouncy and singsongy,
but usually for the purpose of conveying
sarcasm.
"The Death of Suzzy Roche." which is a
laundromat workers lament, written and
sung by Suzzy, concerns the disgusting
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selling out to the |
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> a figure barely visible to the for his possible a
hape takes form, one can see pleads. 'Takeit e
a president, an international a deal. If you lei
graduatespeakei
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thick glasses bound by an he would name s[
only inches away from port, Centers after the
ng "thechief." H'man is brc
fish the creature out of the members of the (
"#$%/&=$," asks the first minutes and H'i
inues another. spreads quickly
vn universally as Holdy newspapers writ
nundercover name) doesn't president and su
he speak a word of English. Tension hits the j
strange Illinois propaganda taking American
TASK force is se
into a waiting cab whero hp -
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n hotel, the "Shanghai Inn." He is sent back
, H'man is asked what his at USC early Sund
the students and
ig of the country and USC's landmark strides
ous propsects of travel and change between I
he is struck with a club by soon. According t
will be made is a
ou have come here to be an tries. Don't believ
The other slant-eyed in- Chinese refugee.
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habits of the Koche sister. An overloaded
machine is the last straw and the worker, in
just retaliation, decides to "finish Suzzy's
cycle." Not exactly your basic theme for a
song.
In direct contrast to the mood of Suzzy's
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Season, which makes use of discordant
harmonies to further emphasize feelings of
disagreement. The sisters seem to be
referring to their own sibling conflicts and
gently explain, "I've got to get away from
you, if only for a day or two".
'The three voices are
smoothly blended like
those of Crosby, Stiffs and
Nash, yet occasionally
theatrical like Bettf* Min/vr '
If this is not diverse enough for you yet. >?<
you don't think you'd care lor all original
songs, there is also a traditional Irish bahr.
"Factory CJjrJ," and a 1M3 Cole Porter tuiu
"It's Bad for Me." which is sung a cappella.
"Nurds" is an innovative and ver\ different
album which is certain to receive
mass condemnation from musical con
formists. It's difficult to k<?<?n irr?v?
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dering, though, il this wouldn't secretly
please the three sisters. How many conformists
have you heard lately singing
" Nurds- I'msogiad 1 am one!"
?tarring Shirley Mac Laine and James
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H'man Of not "h#?ino trno tr? ?iio r
..py <.??. iu mo ^.uuiury, ior
people of USC."
'man cowers in fear, not only for his life but
mbassadorship. "Wait a minute, guys," he
asy. I need to keep my easy job Let 's make
t me go, I'll make you Summer Session II
s."
inot agree to the deal, as H'man pleads that
>ecial sections of the proposed Carolina Arts
two hoodlum bandits.
>ught to trial on charges of bribing two
Chinese secret police. The case lasts three
nan is banned from the country. Word
of the H'man demise. The Chinese
e of the disgraceful actions of the USC
ggest that he be hanged, shot or worse,
air as China-U.S. relations falter. Hints of
tourists in China hostage run rampant. A
>t up to investigate other USC personnel.
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to the U.S. on a fishing boat and will arrive
lay. According to Reports, he may try to fool
administration by talking about great
he has made. He might say that an exJSC
and Chinese students may take place
o our information, the only exchange that
trade of bad blood between the two coune
what H'man tells you because now he is a
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