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Music Grades
A+ Extraordinary; Masterpiece
A Very Good
B Entertaining; Worth the Money
C Flawed; Lots of Reservations
D Seriously Flawed; Not Reoommended
F Horrific; Disgustingly Bad
By WILL MAHAN
Staff Writer
Even after the massive commercial
and critical success of 1987's
Faith, George Michael must still
think he has something left to
prove to the record-buying public
and to himself.
When the first single from Listen
Without Prejudice, Volume
One, "Praying For Time," was released
less than a month ago, it
was obvious the album would not
be a carbon-copy of its multiplatinum
predecessor.
Rock-Note
boy, you'll eventually get it right.
Former Pink Floyd lead man, Roger
Waters took Floyd's rock opera
"The Wall" to the wall (you
know, in Berlin) where he performed
the show with a guest cast
including Sinead O'Connor, Van
Morrison, The Band, Cyndi
Lauper, Bryan Adams, the
Scorpions, the Hooters, and Joni
Mitchell, as well as Tim Curry,
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"Praying For Time," with its
heavy emphasis on acoustic guitar ti
and Michael's vocals, was a depar- ri
ture from the hard-edged funk that a
dominated most of Faith, not to n
the mention that it does not even v
mention the word "sex."
Apparently, Michael was dissa- V
tisfied with the super-stardom and ti
wealth thrust upon him over the s
past six years since Whaml's C
breakthrough. Overall, his latest al- ti
bum is a change-of-pace with few d
obvious attempts at chart-topping c
singles. Michael seems more inter- y
ested in crafting meaningful and s
moving music than worrying about s,
creating music Top 40 radio stations
will play. n
Nowhere is Michael's dissatis- tl
faction more evident than on the ii
album's second track, "Freedom a
'90." The lyrics serve as a capsule tl
of Michael's musical career, and s
the lines "But when you shake h
your ass/They notice fast/Some a:
mistakes were built to last" indicate
that Michael was aware of the v
usage or nis sex appeal in the sell- tc
ing of his music and is now renouncing
the tactic once and for ci
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Thomas Dolby and Albert Finney
as principle actors. Look for reviews
of the last two in the near
future.
In the Gamecock Mailbox: Soul
Asylum and the Horse They Rode
in On has some great hard-rock
with a punk edge as the band
emerges from the underground
with a noteworthy effort.
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ser are in a song that contains the
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/ork with Wham!
The rest of the songs on Listen
Vithout Prejudice are more of a
rue departure from his earlier |
ound. The excellent "They Won't
Jo When I Go" is the most effec- J
ive use of Michael's vocals to (
ate. Backed simply by piano, Mihael
uses over-dubs to serve as ^
earning background vocals that j
weep the listener along with the
ong.
Simple arrangements also domi- j
ate the acoustic-driven "Some- i
nine to Save" (with shades of the \
ndigo Girls), "Waiting (Reprise),"
nd "Heal the Pain." The lyrics of
lese songs reflect a deep under- ]
tanding of relationships only <
inted on previously in songs such 1
s "One More Try." 1
The album succeeds just as well 1
'hen Michael adds more elements 1
) the mix. The percussion-driven <
Waiting for That Day" is a wel- 1
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'onderful "Soul Free." On the lat- 1
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DATE: September 28, 1990
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ter track, Michael expertly blends
a strong bass and brassy horns
with delicate keyboards to create a
ttomplex and truly interesting
work.
The only true flaw of the album
is the lack of diversity that made
Faith one of the best albums of the
eighties. Not only does the music
largely lean toward low-key acoustical
and vocal arrangements, but
the lyrics largely deal with selfjcrutiny
upon Michael's part,
whether dealing with his career or
bis relationships.
Only "Mother's Pride," a moving
story of war and its effect on
the family, does not directly relate
to Michael.
Such self-serving lyrics are a relatively
small price to pay for the
sxpertly crafted music contained
within Listen Without Prejudice,
Volume One. And if Michael continues
to explore his musical abilities
because of discontent with his
:areer, it can be guaranteed that
nore creative and entertaining
nusic will be forthcoming from
lim in the future. A
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in order to star in a film she de- /
sperately wants to do. She must mal
be supervised by a responsible are
adult ? her mother, portrayed by Qu:
MacLaine. MacLaine, as the dot- f??
ing mother, is her usual weird, rno
wonderful self. can
The basic premise, drugs in bve
Hollywood, is also quite com- he (
pelling. The early scenes in the ^
movie detail Suzanne Vale's y?u
(Streep) drug overdose and sub- a 01
sequent hospitalization and are m'n
starkly depicted. From there, she Mac
is plunged into a world of reha- a ca
bilition and Hollywood blacklist- ter
ing, and it gives the audience a staP
fairlv realistic view of what eoes aH?
on behind the scenes of the 'mo- Mot
vie star capital of the world.' eac'
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doesn't stay with this topic and
instead lapses into the familiar Unl
waters of the mother-daughter C0U1
relationship. ^
At this point, the movie be- .
comes a 'chick flick.' After the ^
first 20 minutes, the movie be- lQ j
comes a series of conflicts and en(^
arguments. They are about the Cu,
usual things ? Streep saying c a
MacLaine ignored her as a child,
MacLaine being jealous of Streep fore
being young and talented ? and ovei
you get the feeling that you've che<
seen it all before, only much seer
better. wha
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after midnight. seu
The Punchline ? 628
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cover cnarge or a>5. au"
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Riverbanks Zoo ? Off 737
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nosaurs Alive!, an exhibition of Lad
full-scale animated dinosaurs, is Wee
open every day until November, bar
Admission is $2 per person in ad- at ?
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bums that received the most
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^.s in most 'chick flicks,'
les are almost incidental. They
either jerks like Dennis
lid's character, or utter bufns
like every other guy in the
vie. Quaid does the best he
do as a promiscuous, insensiproducer,
but by mid-movie
iisappears, never to return,
owards the end of the movie,
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tile away. No one gets a terial
disease in this one, but
Maine's character does get in
ir accident. It occurs right aftheir
'final confrontation' (a
le of these kind of films) and
ws for a sappy resolution,
her and daughter understand
i other, finally, and we are
?osed to draw the conclusion
they will never fight again,
ess there's a sequel, of
rse.
'ostcards From the Edge is a
the-numbers film. The plot
s with originality but reverts
tiokey sentimentalism by the
. The acting is great, but the
racters are the same ones
've seen a thousand times be.
The film leaves you with an
rail sense that you've been
ited and that what you've just
1 is not nearly as good as
it could've been. C.
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Both Friday and Saturday
its will feature Jack the TripCover
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? 301 Gervais St. There
be a symposium in conjuncwith
New Deal Art in South
alina exhibit, exploring the Palto
State's experiences with fedly
funded art created during the
at Depression. There will be no
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