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MARK PIRAS Staff Writer
MR. HAPPY 00 LUCKY John Mellencamp'
lout of four stars!
When John Mellencamp
originally paired up with
club mixer and producer
Junior Vasquez, rumors
abounded that
Mellencamp had "sold
out" his traditional homespun, guitaroriented
music that has been his
trademark for almost two decades for a
more popular dance and techno sound.
Within
the first few ? 7TT7 7
songs of "Mr. [Mr. Happy G
Happy Go resounds with ti
Lucky", it is of old, an abnosi
quite obvious sound in termini.
that the real ,
Mellencamp resonant ragged
is still here. MeUencamp's vo
There is no transporting tbe
heartland some unknown 1
staple, like m
"Jack and setim?
Diane", but
there are a few songs that fit into the
"Pink Houses" mold.
His sound has found a new freshness
for itself, and the rhythms are better
organized and more driven than in
previous Mellencamp ventures.
It still resounds with the Mellencamp
of old, an almost bluesy folk sound
intermingled with the resonant
All-star ca;
LIGHTS! CAMERA! REACTION
BRYCE GIBSON Staff Writer
FIRST WIVES'CLUB
-kif-k (out of four stars)
When I walked into the theater to see"
Wives' Club," I was expecting nothing n
just another "chick flick." I was very si
"The First Wives' Club" stars Bettt
Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton. The th
characters are experiencing problems with
in their lives.
Midler plays Brenda Cushman, whose
has left her for a beautiful model-typ<
(Sarah Jessica Parker).
Hawn plays Elise Elliot. She is an agi
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newest release,
Lucky.'
raggedness of Mellencamp's voice,
transporting the listener to some unknown
middle-American setting.
Mellencamp sings about the Easy
Rider syndrome in "Just Another Day",
a song that says as much about the
heartland of America as a county fair in
the backwoods of Arkansas.
They don't work and they don't want
to.," Mellencamp said in the press release.
"Oh Pd love to be one of those guys. How
do they do that?"
Mellencamp said, Tm fascinated by
people who can just get up and fry an
egg, look out the window, play some pool,
ride a motorcycle, guys who are 50 years
old and never
0 Lucky'] Still had a job."
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listener to many guys
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he's 35 and
on his
skateboard,
and doesn't even know there's anything
wrong with that picture."
Mellencamp said," Or maybe there's
nothing wrong with that picture. Maybe
it's OK But what I love about the song
is: He's right outside my window / yellin'
at the moon/ I hope he brings it to a
crescendo soon.' Like get it over with,
man! Once I wrote those lines, I felt the
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star that can't seem to find an;
husband has left her for a m
(Elizabeth Berkley). Elise is o
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her own.
husband The comedy trio reunites
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rekindle their friendship and
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song could be complete. Sometimes I
feel like that and I think, How do I get
this song to be over now? because if I
could write songs in a minute and a half,
I would."
"Emotional Love" wasn't written by
Mellencamp; it was written by bassist
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bsessed with looking they fumble around
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like there would be i
rted Annie Paradise pieces,
bat her husband will Midler, Hawn an<
is by confiding in her scheme off and comes
earns has a secret of humorous.
One example of t
after years apart at the three women h(
ineral. The women down on a plummeti:
begin talking about audience learns to fine
itually decide to get that these character
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Toby Myers, marking the first time
Mellencamp has done a song written by
someone else in his own band.
"I didn't even know he wrote songs!"
Mellencamp said. "He played me this
song, then we worked on it a few days,
and it turned out great."
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and try to uncover anything The mo
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All in all, this may be the best
Mellencamp release since his first album,
"American Fool".
The rhythms have a new mission,
the songs seem to take on their own life,
and the heart of America still beats in
tempo with the music.
th seeing
's veiy small role is perfect for her "acting
I is a far cry from last year's "Showgirls",
vie ends on a high-note with the women
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s definitely the show stealer, but Midler
i also both deliver excellent performances.
>cklear, Parker, Kathie Lee Gifford and
np make cameo appearances,
ars are the element that make it so
and viewers forget the plot isn't very
*st Wives Club" is definitely a star-driven
i. These three female comedians carry
ind are, in fact, the element that makes
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use School of Music
University Chorus, Oct 17,730
p.m. Trenholm Road United
Methodist Church.
Pianist Leon Bates and full
orchestra, Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m.
Concert will be held in the Koger
Center. Tickets available at the
Carolina Coliseum box office or
by calling 251-2222.
Faculty artist series?Stellar
Jazz, Oct. 24,7:30 p.m., School
of Music Recital Hall. Call 7774280
for more details.
Faculty artist series?Ron Davis,
tuba, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m., School
of Music Recital Hall. Call 7774280
for more details.
McKissick Museum
Muses Night Out,
Wednesdays at 8 p.m. and 10
p.m. These cultural arts
programs are free and include
light refreshments.
Acoustic concert on the
Horseshoe, Oct. 15. Tickets cost
$2 for members and $4 for nonmembers.
Call 777-7251 for
more details.
"Colonial Autumnal
Traditions," Oct. 15.
Participants will learn about
fall colonial traditions.
Koger Center
"Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra,"
Oct 11,8 p.m. Tickets cost
$14.50 for adults, $10 for
students.
"Peter Pan and Other
Works," Oct 18 and 19. Tickets
cost $10 for senior citizens,
military and USC faculty and
staff, and $8 for students. Call
777-9353 for more details.
"Grease," Oct. 26 and 27,8
p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost
$30 and $28.
Drayton Hall
"A Taste of Honey," Oct. 31
through Nov. 10,8 p.m. Tickets
available at die Longstreet Theater
box office.
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