The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 07, 1987, Page 6, Image 6
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6 THE GAMECOCK Wednesday, October 7, 1987
Lisa Lisa, Expose to bring
hits to coliseum Thursday
By PATRICK JEAN
Staff writer
Columbia will rcceive a rare con- ^^ ^| ^
ccrt treat this week: two groups will
be bringing their hit music to town
while it's actually fresh on the charts. Emotion," has received heavy cornLisa
Lisa and Cult Jam, touring in mercial airplay and is No. 3 on this
support of its platinum Spanish Fly week's Billboard singles chart,
album, will appear at 8 p.m. Thursday
at Carolina Coliseum. Expose, a Expose, a Miami-based female
trio which also has some hit songs trio, was also formed by an outsider
and a successful album to its name, with a strong music background.
will open the show. Lewis Martincc, a Miami producer
Lisa Lisa, whose real name is Lisa and songwriter, had written a
Velez, was first discovered as a number of dance songs in 1984 and
16-year-old in New York's Hell's Kit- was looking for someone to sing
chen in 1983 by Full Force, a black them. He auditioned hundreds of
dance group. Full Force was forming women for the all-girl group before
and producing a new band, and it selecting Gioia Bruno. Ann Curless
needed a female lead singer. and Jeanette Jurado.
Velez, who had sung in church and
in community groups, attracted their Expose's first song, "Point of No
attention at auditions. But Full Force Return," was released in 1985 and hit
was not impressed by her name and, the top of the dance charts. It later
based on the success of its raunchy appeared on the group's 1986 debut
rap hit, "Roxanne, Roxanne," sug- album, Exposure ? and, in re
gested snc do a double take on her release earlier this year, became a
first name. Thus, Lisa Lisa was born. Top 20 single.
Full Force continues to back up Two other singles from the
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, which is Martinec-produced Exposure have
comprised of Mike Hughes and also risen to the top of the charts and
Spanador, on vinyl. Both of the brought Expose to the forefront of
group's hit albums ? the self-titled the pop scene. "Come Go with Me"
1985 debut and the current Spanish reached the Top 10, and the current
Fly ? were produced by Full Force. single, "Let Me Be the One," is No.
The group scored two hits from its 13 on this week's Billboard chart.
debut album: a dance hit, "I Wonder fcxpose stands out from other
if I Take You Home," and the Top dance groups because of its unique
10 ballad, "All Cried Out." But the line-up. All three members come
driving disco beat prevalent on the from very diverse backgrounds:
debut was abandoned in favor of a Bruno was born in Italy and raised in
more straightforward pop approach New Jersey; Curless comes straight
on Spanish Fly. and it has paid off on from Miami: Jurado is a I ns Anoclps
the charts. native. The three, in addition to their
The second album was quickly cer- sexy on-stage presence, trade lead
tified platinum (sales of more than 1 vocal duties on various songs,
million) and shot to the top of the
charts. It remains in the Top 10 now. Advance tickets are on sale at the
The first single, "Head to Toe," coliseum box office. They arc $13.50
gave the group its first-ever No. 1 apiece today, but increase to $15
song. The second single, "Lost in Thursday.
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Reggae band at Rockafellas'
brings rhythms of islands
By DKRKK CHIARENZA
S,"Th;ripopu,ar reggae band, ?a,, RCVlCWS 1
brought its island rhythm to
Rockafellas' for tWO SOld OUt shows m
this past Wednesday and Thursday. from the reggae sound to do a crunOver
the past two years or so, Ital ching version of Hendrix's "Foxy
has developed a strong following Lady." Such a radical departure
among the many reggae fans in Col- from their usual beat is a bit surprisumbia.
Several of the members sport ing, but Ital carries it off well,
dreadlocks and the colorful
Rastafarian caps that have become Band members include lead
synonymous with lively rhythms and vocalist Dave Smeltz, percussionist
uiciiuw aiuiuaes. Doc Smith, who plays a multitude of
Although the seven-piece band drums, bells and whistles; and
may appear to be an authentic Cameron Brown on lead guitar. The
Jamaican combo, they actually hail bottom line is laid down by Phil
from Cleveland, Ohio. This unlikely Muricks on bass guitar and Keith
origin has no effect on the band's McFarren on a standard drum kit.
ability to deliver high energy rendi- Tony Moore adds plenty of flavor ^
tions of some great reggae classics. with his saxaphone, and George Gor- *1
Bob Marley's "Kinky Reggae" don stalks around the stage with a
and "I Shot the Sheriff" and Peter tambourine, demonstrating the proTosh's
"Legalize It" are but a few of per dance step.
the many familiar reggae hits that Although their material may not
Ital performs with inspired accuracy. be as orieinal as some nf rhe n?hrr
Reggae covers aren't all that the reggae bands that come through
band plays, though. The band has town, Ital offers a great, danceable
added some Jamaican herbs and rhythym and a lot of fun.
spices to a few time-honored rock
classics to create unique reggae ver- Ital tours this region extensively,
sions of such songs as Jimi Hendrix's playing in Charleston and Myrtle
"Hey Joe" and The Moody Blues' Beach. They play in Columbia about
"Nights in White Satin." once a month, either at Rockafellas',
Most of the night the band played Greenstreets or Concerts Plus.
with a CU/auino Aocn \17U *1 1 * 1 '
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the audience to dance, but occa- be sure to get there early. Ital almost
sionally they diverted completely always packs the house.
Murphy unprintable <
By F1RDOUS BAMJI Stevie Wonder, etc., etc., ending
Assistant features editor with the familiar asthmatic Murphy
If laughter is the best medicine, laugh.
Eddie Murphy is an overdose. Then, on came the Golden Child
Using a barrage of comic artillery himself, wearing black leather
this past Sunday night at Carolina trousers and shoes, and a bright
Coliseum, Murphy shot at everything golden jacket.
sexual: from infidelity and homosexuality
to sodomy and pornography. In light of the fact that certain
The show, "Eddie Murphy ? things just aren't printed in the
Raw," began with clips from Mur- paper, very little of Murphy's
phy's films and Saturday Night Live material can be quoted. However, no
segments blown-up onto large matter how filthy or crude some pcoscreens
that were above and on the pie say he is, Murphy provoked
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Billy Ray Valentine, Nan Jaeebakor straight Sunday night . . .and I'm
from Cameroon (hah hahhahah), still laughing.
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