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semester, blind auditions, the chest
conductor and music teachers Port]
evaluating the participants certs
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speak to them, are held. Play- pract
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It's tiring," cellist Susan collection of classical perforjolis
said "I complain about niance groups,
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Festival, the Symphony According to Margolis, oreetra
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For 4.5 hours of practice
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ing Present for about $5. On Tuesday at
pencfer BHllSf 7:30 pm-' ^ orchestra will be
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two operas. The pieces will
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UNIVERSAL MOTHER Sinead O'Connor
(out of four stars)
Someone somewhere really needs to tell
Sinead O'Connor to hop back into her bell jar,
tighten the lid and come out when she decides
to stop recording the world's most depressing
songs. O'Connor's latest release, "Universal
Mother, is mil of songs that lack in variety and
everything else you could possibly imagine.
When O'Connor first came on the scene with
"Nothing Compares to U," she was pretty cool.
Mixing her excellent vocals with her romantic
angst was intriguing enough for O'Conner to
gain enough respect in the music world, as well
as a bunch of groupies. Yet after a couple of torn
up pictures of the Pope and a few derogatoiy remarks,
O'Connor seriously lost her validity
among her fans and her peers.
Bon Jovi rehas
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CROSS ROADS Bon Jovi
kjr-kv2 (out of four stars)
As with most bands that have attained snme
sort of commercial success Bon Jovi has released
a greatest hits album entitled "Cross Roads."
The 14 track collection has 11 classic hits, a
remake of their 1986 hit "Livin on a Prayer,"
and two new songs. The compilation spans the
group's five album career. "Runaway" and "In
and Out of Love" represent Bon Jovfs early work
on the album
"Livin' on a Prayer," "Wanted Dead or Alive"
and "You Give Love a Bad Name" all from Bon
Jovi's 1986 breakthrough album "Slippery When
Wet" appear on the album. The only chart topper
that fails to appear is "Never Say Goodbye."
There are three songs from the 1988 album
"New Jersey." "Lay Your Hands on Me," "Bad
Medicine" and "I'll Be There For You" are interwoven
throughout the album. The hits "Bom
to Be My Baby" and "Living in Sin" are surnnoinfrlu
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album.
Only two songs come off their latest M length
album "Keep the Faith." "Bed of Roses" and the
title track appear, with "In these Arms" and "I
Believe" are left off leaving them one track short
of their allotment.
With the void left "Blaze of Glory" was put
in the mix. The 1990 solo effort by Jon Bon Jovi
for "Young Guns II" filled the four year gap between
Bon Jovi albums.
Bon Jovi included two new cuts on the compilation.
The current single "Always" and "Some
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Maybe she's trying to redeem herself wit
"Universal Mother," but she really didn't do
too terribly well. From a music standpoin
O'Connor succeeds. She incorporates cellos ar
pianos with generic rock instruments and th
is good. By doing this, O'Connor has a few son|
(see few) that have some heavy jazz rhythn
(see "Fire On Babylon") and hip hop rhythn;
(see "Famine").
There is no doubt in the world that 0"Coi
nor has a beautiful voice and each and ever
song is evident of that fact. Out of all the sonj
on the CD "Is This Heart," is quite possibly tl
most perfect and most evident of O'Connor's ta
ent because it is basically all a capella and sounc
very much like old Irish folk songs, which ai
art in themselves.
After this, the CD is depressing even thoug
the songs are basically lovely little tributes 1
O'Connor's son Jake, her sister Elmear and Ir
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day I'll be Saturday Night" give the Bon
faithful something to hold them over until th
next full release. "Always" is a traditional Bo
Jovi ballad that shows the band can still pum
out hits after 10 years of rocking.
The compilation leaves several hit songs c
theirs out, but still is successful in demonstrai
ing their influence in rock-n- roll. Bon Jovi ha
made a career of blending hard rock with sol
love ballads. "Livin' on a Prayer" and "You Giv
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:h land. "John, I Love You," "My Darling Child,"
it "Red Football" and "Thank You For Hearing
t, Me" are about as depressing as you could posid
sibly imagine. The lyrics are fine and actually
is very insightful, but O'Connor sings them in a
js solemn, monotone fashion that really can put
is you in a stupor of sadness. These songs are a
18 tribute of some sort and that may be commended,
but O'Connor needs to put a tad bit more feel>
ing into her causes.
y The only real reasons to buy this CD is for
^ the cover of Nirvana's "All Apologies," where
ie you can actually understand the lyrics Kurt and
il~ Crew sometimes covered up with guitar rifts
and such. Then the other reason to buy "Unie
versal Mother" is for the William Butler Yeats
poem-"He Thinks Of those Who Have Spoken
h Evil Of His Beloved" included in the CD pamto
phlet But hey-you buy a book of Yeats poems
e- for a lot less than this CD is worth.
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d Love a Bad Name" on "Slippery When Wet,"
e "Born to Be My Baby" and "Lay Your Hands on
n Me" on "New Jersey* and "Keep the Faith" and
p "Bed of Roses" on "Keep the Faith."
If you are a Bon Jovi faithful, you all ready
>f have the hits, but "Cross Roads" gives you them
t- in one package, with the soon-to-be classic "Als
ways" and the lighter remix of "Livin' on a Prayer."
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