4 Arts Wednesday, May 27, 1981, The Michigan Daily Page 6 Teardrops explode in concert Teardrop performed their songs in a By REGINA MYER compelling, yet loose manner. Cope It wasn't just the Teardrop that ex- demanded attention with his beaming ploded at Bookie's last Friday night, as stage presence. He moved and danced this band from Liverpool displayed how on stage with ease, a natural perfor- good pop can burst with excitement. mer. w Fronted by lead singer and songwriter, Julian Cope, The Teardrop Explodes played a strong set of striking material, THIS SHOW opened with "(Read it ranging from their earliest single to in) Books," the B side of last year's in- their iew and yet-to-be recorded songs. dependent hit single, "Treason." The Judging by their most recent album, band played with energy to spare, im- Kilimanjaro, I expected to hear very mediately comfortable with' the songs. fluffy pop, trumped up by esoteric and Cope was instantly lovable, singing ambiguous lyrics. This display of lyrics like "Who wants love without the pretense simply did not occur as the looks?" as he pushed the hair from his face, showing off his own very han- dsome features. For someone dressed in a silly, ripped Pyramid Power t- shirt, very baggy Levi's and half-laced boots, Julian Cope's physical presence attracted quite a bit of attention.. The band went through a large por- tion of their recorded songs. "Ha, Ha, I'm Drowning," a song about falling out of love, was particularly strong. Cope repeated the line "I'm drowning in your love" with enough intensity to know that he has felt that way. Their live version of "When I Dream" also came off particularly well. This beautiful love song contains an entran- cing chorus of "ba-ba-ba-oh-oh's" that Cope sang with grace and ease. THE NEW SONGSwere also very good. Cope obviously thinks that "Sen- ding Secrets" is wonderful: he in- troduced it by saying, "This is a classic." "Culture Bunker" is a catchy song about Liverpool that even manages to comment on the Crucial Three, the band that he started along with Ian McCullough of Echo and the Bunnymen and Peter Wylie of Wah! Heat. The encore, however, was marred by Cope's vanity, which led him to ask the audience to be quiet. His anger, displayed in the midst of a song, really broke the continuity of the show. "Treason," perhaps their finest pop song, sounded a little rushed, after that incident. On the whole, The Teardrop Explodes proved themselves to be a worthy pop band, and not as much of a psychedelic rip-off as I had expected. In speaking with Cope and Gary Dwyer (the drum- mer) after the show, I found them to be happy with their performance and ex- cited about their material. They aren't doing anything more* than solid pop songs - nothing outrageous, mind you - but you have to wonder why this isn't the type of music that makes it on the American airwaves. Hines reportedly in satisfactory condition 4 Rupert Hine -'Immunity' (A&M)- (AP) Doctors reported today that there are some signs that the Progressive Rock Syndrome, previously thought incurable, may not always prove fatal. Their cause for hope is Rupert Hine's Immunity. Doctors say that the patient in question has pulled through this damaging genre with his beat still in- tact. In one expert's opinion, the curiously muffled but lively slap-slap 375 N. MAPLE 769-1300 Daily Discount Matinees All seats $2.00 Tuesday-DUCK DAY $1.00 ALL DAY Forged by a god. Found by a King. 415 :.,-7:15 EXCALMBUR 945 DOUBLE FEATURE THE FAN 1:15-4:35-8:00 FRIDAY 13th II 3:00-6:15-9-45 (R) 1:30-3:30-5:30-7:30-9:30 ® 4 130-5:20-9:30 3:30-7:30 t " 11C1T 1:3 520 9:30 polyrhythms within the body of this album are far more promising that the deathly power chord thump-thump that has stymied most recent Progressive Rock victims. THOUGH THE words of Immunity still betray some inability to recognize reality (the point of this patient's ram- blings being described by some obser- vers as "irrelevant" or even "in- coherent"), the music reveals a sur- prising awareness of other current musical trends outside of the somnolent Progressive Rock corpse. Even the occasionally icy syn- thesizers and vocals shouldn't dishear- ten the well-wishers who had hoped for some solution to the Progressive Rock condition. As one doctor put it, "It's the first time that it's been fun to be with a Progressive Rock victim since the early 70s. For a while there it was really awful - cold, repetitive, in- coherent, arhythmic. We're extremely thrilled that this one's pulled through so well. I give ita 9.5 chance of survival - you can even dance to it!" -Mark Dighton tUe ann arbor film cooperative SEVEN DAYS IN MAY AND RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN originally scheduled for THURS., MAY 28, have been CANCELLED i