The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, Morch 31, 1981-Page 5 ARTS The Michigan Daily Page 5 Dance Crag Soundtrack from the movie 'D Craze' (Chrysalis) - If I were a more cynical, I might refer to this collection as "The Best and the Re "Two Tone." Even though I won' that, it's hard not to treat Dance C as some sort of State of the Art c ment on the ska revival, since it tains three songs by each of the top' Tone groups - Madness, The Eng Beat, The Specials, and The Select4 and three more cuts split between lesser cohorts - Bad Manners and Bodysnatchers. Even if the tunes represented on album are not "The Best" of each ticular group. they are a good same of their work. The English Beat e show themselves to be the most and forceful of the lot with their cri balance between anchored bass driving guitar. The Specials, howe sound less clinically professional a their music as they stretch out" Klub" and tackle "Man at C & A,' of the most challenging cuts from A Specials. NOT EVERY SONG on this albu as unreproachable as the above, aimmillml..t ance tad live st of t do raze eom- con- Two glish P - already keyed into the revved-up reggae of the ska revival won't be able to live without this offering. Those of you who aren't already acquainted with this new trend now have the change to buy a virtual survey of this influential phenomenon and its most enjoyable of- fspring. So, what are you waiting for? -Mark Dighton Don McLean Don McLean - 'Chain Lightning' two (Millennium Records) -Somewhere Th between anesthesia and annoyance this lurks 95 percent of the music that wins s AM airplay, and to this big, wide, won- par- derful world of non-art we can now pling welcome Don McLean, who had his big asily hit nine years ago with "American solid Pie" and hasn't had one since. ucial "Pie" remains a powerful (if all too dver, familiar) curiosity, a kaleidoscopic bout view of the 60s in a repertoire centered Nit mostly around a more dated, clunkier 'one desire to be another generation's Pete More Seeger. Seemingly embittered by the lack of follow-up success, McLean mis retreated in post-"Pie" days to songs of (The increasing self-pity and tantrummy social satire and to unexpected stardom in Europe, where his folky pretensions were mistaken for the real thing. HIS NEW LP, Chain Lightning, is probably selling more in the United States than his last five combined (not much of a feat, admittedly), and dread- ful as it is, one can hardly begrudge McLean the belated success. After all, he did have some talent as a songwriter and a vocalist. Whatever his commer- cial chances might have been were g rather hastily scrapped by a record company that didn't know how to And then there are the cover ver- sions. Buddy Holly was honored by McLean's poignant reference to him in "American Pie," but the cover of "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (Holly's last recording) makes one feel protectively happy that Holly is dead and gone. Similar yelps of pain - from the listener, though McLean doesn't seem to be having much fun either - accom- pany the Geritol-influenced inter- pretations of "Crying" (the ghastly AM single), originally recorded by Roy Or- bison), "Lotta Lovin' " (Gene Vin- cent), "Since I Don't Have You" (The Skyliners), and "You're Cheating Heart" (Hank Williams). Well, McLean certainly listens to some nice music when he's not busy doing these awful things to it on record. --Dennis Harvey MANN THEATRES VILLAGE 4 375 N MAPLE 769-30 Daily Discount Matinees TUESDAY BUCK DAY market anything not smacking of "American Pie"-ness. As for the new record-oh, well. The first song, "Words and Music," is an innocuously okay, upbeat bar-band rocker, but from there it's string- sections and wheezy listening all the way. McLean's other four original tunes are all here-we-are-in-the-forest- and-you're-so-right-for-me-darlin'-and- isn't-life-grand material. He also wrote "Genesis (In the Beginning)," distinct as the vaguest tune to date in the whole born-again musical sweepstakes - it's too tame to be self-righteous. Rush- Rush Rush -'Moving Pictures' (Mercury) - I simply refuse to refer to Rush as a "dead" band as I recently heard them described. If they are indeed "dead," judlging from their album sales and concert receipts; they are making a hell of a success out of such an inanimate state. To call a veteran rock entity such as ;R tsh "dead" is not only a gross in- justice to the talented trio but also to th$ myriad followers they have amassed, who themselves are no fools. Rush gives them exactly what they want - solid, unadulterated rock and rdil. RUSH HAS always ranked among the more creative heavy metal bands (-yes, contrary to popular belief, perimenting with mass-appeal techniques. By no means has Rush sold out, but rather they have made a few adjust- ments. Probably the most significant lies within the key that separates Rush from any other rock band-the vastly distinguishable voice of Geddy Lee. GEDDY LEE possesses one of the few voices that I would venture to call immortal. The moment that he opens his mouth there is no doubt about it-what follows is Rush. On Moving Pictures, Lee's voice has a predominantly lower tone to it (the opening cut "Tom Sawyer" is a good example) making it more pleasing than the shrill crooning on previous LP's. An impressive aspect of Moving Pic- tures is the cut that proves Rush's in- strumental expertise, "YYZ," a jazz- oriented tune written by Lee and Lifeson. Follow this up with a lyrical piece about the life of a performer entitled "Limelight," and what you've got is a versatility that makes me wonder where these people uttering the death of Rush have been sticking their heads lately? - -Tammy Reiss Andrei Codrescu, a prize-winning poet born in Rumania, will read from his work tonight at 8:00 p.m. in East Quad's Benzinger Library. Codrescu, who is the fourth and last guest in the Residential College Writers-in- Residence series, has been called "one of our most powerful younger poets." ... Codrescu is really beginning to write in a new language as though someone in the middle of a conver- sation suddenly started speaking in multicolored bubbles instead of wor- ds", the Village Voice says. Codrescu's provocative, enigmatic style and anti-war themes have attrac- ted and intrigued a wide variety of audiences. He is the scheduled guest at the Hopwood Tea this Thursday at 3:30, and he will also be at the State Street Bookstore Friday from 4-6 p.m., to autograph his new book, Diapers in the Snow. ? / e- ' 2 Days of Sales Madness! OVER 40 STORES April 4 & 5 U of M Track and Tennis Building FREE ADMISSION Selecter especially prove themselves barely tolerable with their grating vocals and hackneyed themes) but nothing interferes with the unquestionable dance potential of this disc. The album is mixed so that it sounds like one continuous performan- ce. The final vinyl doesn't sound like your average dissected and disem- boweled live LP, but instead builds real tangible momentum just like a good concert should. There really isn't any excuse not to own this record. Those of you who have DISTINCTIVE HAIRSTYLING FOR MEN AND WOMEN Try a 1980 NEW LONG or SHORT STYLE THE DASCOLA STYLISTS liberty off State .. 663-9329 East U. at So. U.... 662-0354 Arborland ........ 971-9976 Maple Village .... 761-2733 CINEM11A 11 presents Tonight, Tues. March 31 7:00 and 9:00 Nat. Sci. Aud. AUTUMN SONATA (Ingmar Bergman, 1978) The euphoric reunion between a worldly concert pianist (INGRID BERGMAN) and her self-denying daughter (LIV ULLMAN) declines into an exchange of cruelties, triggering an agony of recriminations about the past. This explo- sion of their mutual rivalry and guilt illuminates the frail, but indestructible bonds between mother and daughter. Swedish with subtitles. Wed. April 1st 7:00 and 9:00 "GREEK NIGHT" Nat. Sci. Aud. heavy metal does have a creative side) and no one can accuse them of nonsen- j, eeal lyrics. Drummer Neil Peart is a proficient poet, and with the music- writing talents of Alex Lifeson and jGeddy Lee, the Canadian group has designed and modified their formula for success. Moving Pictures is the ninth album for Rush and it denotes some subtle as well as dramatic alterations. In Moving 'Pictures, Rush seems to be reaching out to a wider circle of listeners. The abstract properties of 1978's Hemispheres or even 1977's Farewell to Kings have been toned down. With the success of Permanent Waves, it is no wonder that Rush chose to continue ex- SORORITY GIRL AND RUSH (Roger Corman, 1957) The king of the B's directed this tale of a college bad girl (SUSAN CABOT)-a Corman favorite) involved in the mindless hedonism of the 50's college scene. Sound familiar? PLUS: Rush-the juxtaposition of this documentary with Sorority Girl proves once again that Truth is stranger than Fiction. Depicting sorority rush week at the University of Mississippi, this was one of the highlights of the New York Film Festival. Both films at 7:00 and 9:00. admission $2. Fri: THAT MAN FROM RIO and CAT AND MOUSE Sat: THERESA THE THIEF (Ann Arbor Premiere Sun: FRENCH CAN-CAN and LABETE HUMAIN ._.. A very spacey comedy. " Burl Ives Earth Sbound 1:30 3:30 5:20 7:15 9:15 Q. 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