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latest film from John Hughes,
director of ''Sixteen
Candles," "Weird Science"
and "The Breakfast Club."
Like the previous movies,
"Pretty in Pink" features a
soundtrack with many good
but overlooked artists.
Last spring, Simple Minds
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Breakfast Club," and Oingo
Boingo hit last summer with
the theme from "Weird
Science." "Pretty in Pink"
should do the same for a few
more artists.
OMD has an cxccllcnt new
track on the album that should
further break it onto hit radio,
and a re-recording of the
Psychedelic Furs' * * Pretty in
Pink" may give the group its
long-overdue hit.
Also present arc new tracks
from INXS, New Order and a
. terrific cut from folk artist
Suzanne Vega, whose
beautiful and haunting vocals
mix with the piano of Joe
Jackson, providing what is
perhaps the album's most
compelling track.
Jesse Johnson, the Smiths,
Echo and the Bunnymcn, and
Bclouis Some also contribute
their talents to what is one of
the most consistently good
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Until December, "Secrets (I
Won't Tell) /We Are the
Boys, "415-Columbia Records
Until December is a threeman
band from Houston that
has relocated in San Francisco.
The band's debut single
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two of the highest energy
dance tracks I've heard in
some time.
The band's sound is
somewhat like a hybrid of
Dead or Alive, StfffckttacK,
Tangerine Dream'lftftd Tf&rikffe1"
Goes to Hollywood. The songs
have strong vocals and'an intense
beat delivered by the
forceful drumming of Greg
Set/.er and the propulsive,
funky computer-processed
bass of Brian Weisbcrg.
Adam Shcrburn's guitar
screams and grinds along and
ultimately gives Until
December the meat in their
sound that so many bands
lack. An album is due out in
late summer Hi it in th/? m??nn.
time, this 12-inch single is well
worth a trip to the local record
store.
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followed closely by the band's
breakup. Last fall the "new"
Wall of Voodoo put out its
first record, and ex-Voodoo
frontman Stan Ridgway has
released his debut solo album.
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songs.
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distinctive Ridgway talkingsinging
and his voice, which is
full of character and is clearly
responsible for the majority of
the "old" Wall of Voodoo
sound.
The Din Heat is an excellent
collcction of songs about cab
drivers and bank robbers.
ghostly marines, construction
workers and salesmen, and
even a song that found it's way
onto a recent "Miami Vice"
episode. However, I do miss
the twangy western guitar
sound that remained with Wall
of Voodoo.
The Swimming Pool Q's, Blue
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Pool Q's continue in the direction
taken on its previous, selftitled
LP. It's a direction that
is gradually removing the band
from the vibrant, hard-edged
live shows that have made the
Q's a favorite and staple of the
Columbia oiusic scene.
Instead, the songs are more
moody, and the twin guitars of
Bob Klsey and Jeff Caldcr arc
generally successful. Anne
Richmond Boston's vocals
have improved and have a
richer, more mature mialiiv
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rccord, but I miss the
guitar that makes the Q's live
shows work.
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By ART BOERKE
Staff writer
Dave Alvin is God!
It's not a widespread sentiment. It doesn
leap instantly from the lips of the throng tl
v/ay of Clapton, Page or Townshcnd. You
be hard pressed to find his face amidst tl
spandex pyroteehnicians gracing an issue i
Circus or Hit Parader, and it's unlikely he
be called to be next week's MTV guest vj. J
why this exaltation? Ask anyone who saw tl
Blasters' performance at Rockafellas' Tuc
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Drawing on classic rock-a-billy and blues
form their sound, the Blasters put on a sho
of driving roots music that could easily I
at biicd as the best to come to Kockafclla
since the club opened.
Even the opening act was ama/ing. I'opul;
Mechanics, a Greenville-based band makii
their first Columbia appearance, cranked o
a rousing set ol hard pop originals along wit
fine, and thankfully, unabuscd covers of '6?
nuggets.
Whereas most "sixties-done-eightie?:-styl<
bands owe their allegiance to the raw, aci
drenched sounds of the Electric Prunes, Ti
Thirteenth Floor Elevators and their il
Popular Mechanics rather take the innoccn
of the Easybcats and quadruple the guita
It's pop with punch that's sure to bring the
back this wav.
By the time the Blasters came on, the ch
was packed. Vocalist Phil Alvin look I
stage first, quickly followed by bassist Jol
Bazz, Dave Alvin, and drummer B
Bateman. The crowd was hooked with no
one of "Rock and Roll Will Stand," from tl
band's latest album Hard Line.
The Blasters were magnetic. John Cong;
Mcllencamp's "Colored Lights," "Jubili
Train" and "Never No More Blues" had tl
crowd transfixed. Phil Alvin's harp blowir
to the late Sonny Terry on "Hoodoo Man
was as riveting.
Kockafellas' was a sauna by this time, bi
'9012 Live, the
By ED CHAMBLISS to pla;
Assistant Spotlight editor and so
It is a simnlp living rnnm fill ! <?#?nain
with 1950s furniture. The father moved
is sitting in an easy chair talking more
to his daughter and her classic;
boyfriend. The girl asks her Ever
boyfriend to put on some "really concerl
moving" music. She starts danc- (his coi
ing, waiting for the music to best I
start. But when it does start is was a |
isn't rock at all; it's classical. tered v
And so starts 9012-Live, the fancy
Movie, a video record of Yes' were hi
1985 smash concert tour for the The
album. Q0I2 5 Th?* Snntli tinunll*
Carolina premiere screening of and w
the video movie was presented by lional
Roundabout at Rockafellas' with hi
Monday night. pletcly
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went to the conccrt at the Nor- provid<
thland coliseum in Edmonton, story. <
Alberta, probably believed that ing of i
Yes was this awesome new band the son
who had just released their first The
or second album. They had no control
idea they had released 14 live fo<
previous albums and had been the Ca
playing since 1968. was us
The opening scene parallels tercstin
and sets the stage for the rest of Scenes
the movie. The fans expected Yes day lift
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ib its heal paled in comparison to that on th<
tie stage. The Downey California band lit into "
m Don't Want To," "Blue Shadows" and a rag
ill inn version of "Common M-.m" ?!? ?
itc even cluhowner Scott Padgett a madman ofl
lie stage left.
ur The slower "Help You Dream" doo
i*e wopped into "Crazy Baby" and the near
ic classic "Shakin," which had Dave's Fende
ig sounding almost unnaturally like i
i" saxophone.
The response to "Shakin" and "Bordei
ut Radio" was phenomenal. On "Dark Night,'
Movie' features c
/ from their "new" look
unci, which they did to a . ? e i 2 1 ? v 1 . r
extent. But as the concert
on, Yes showed more and ^
their incredible nco- ?
ll sound from past albums.
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: movie, the visual look of
lcert movie was one of the
have ever seen. The stage
ilain, white circle not clut- jisjpP
vith a bunch of props or
equipment. These guys
i*re to play music, not act. of the Coliseum in 1
concert footage was con- to add to the ,4n
/ mixed with 1950s black theme of the show,
hite science and educa- The sound of n
films occasionally tinted films is extremely d
ue or light brown or com- The editor ?;nmptin
colored by computer. the sound from the
vere linked to the music to thn band just ends uj
* a sometimes-poignant Or even worse, the s
One example is the show- is so bad the only tl
uiclcar test footage during be heard is the di
ig "City of l ove." crowd.
use of computer- 9012-Livc's soun
led animation mixed with flawless. This is be(
>tagc, as made famous in factors. First, the s
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ed just enough to be in- job, and second, Ye
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of 1950s people in every- albums ? awesome
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RAY GRONBERG/Tho Gamecock
k 'n' roll at the Blasters' show at Rockafellas' Tuesday
; it seemed Dave Alvin's guitar would catch
I lire. "I Love You So," and "Stop The
Clock" followed. "Red Rose" and
I "American Music" rounded out the set. The
f Blasters were flawless.
Barely catching their breath, they returned
to the stage to erupt into "Long White
v,uuinac, irom is f\on f iction, and their
internationally covered hallmark "Marie
r Marie."
\ 1 he balance between the Alvin brothers
was uncanny. Phil belting out vocals on one
side and Dave's guitar blowin' smoke on the
' other. This was a rock 'n' roll show.
classic Yes sound
\?range in age from lead singer Jon
h i m o v i i . Anderson, 41, to drummer Alan
White, 36, still manage to crank
out the sound thai has made them
a classic Tor years. Anderson was
in rare form, holding notes for
what seemed like an eternity with
his unique high voice.
gH&^r' Bassist Chris Squire, known
; v for some of the most oriuinal and
fresh bass lines in music, was
unbelievable, as usual, especially
in the closing number, "Starship
Rome helped Trooper." Guitarist Trevor
co-classical" Rabin was equally incredible
throughout the entire concert and
nost concert especially in "Starship Trooper,"
isappointing. during which he more than adeles
mixes in quatcly filled in for past member
album while Steve Howe in an extremely dif )
lip-syncing, ficult solo that Howe wrote,
iound system Rabin played it more than close
ling that can to perfection. Keyboardist Tony
urns or the Kaye and drummer Alan White
were also superb.
d is almost Even though only two of the
;ause of two nine songs in the movie weren't
,ound equip- from 90125, the film had a
a wonderful definite classical touch to it. This
:s sounds the classic Yes spice built and built
do on their until they finally broke free of the
"new" sound as they jammed on
le band, who "Starship Trooper."
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