PaRDREPORT MUSIC NOW! see if they were camera -shy, and to see what kind of stories that they couldn't use it because it had a Heinz baked bean they would tell. Then we narrowed it down to about 30. Most can in it," Hitchcock says. "Imagine that." Hitchcock says he's of them who could talk could do it again for a bigger camera. now altered the video, "systematically removing all traces of In most cases, I picked the video extracts ifI felt that what they Heinz. The can is now quite nameless, the Clint Eastwood of were saying had some reference to the song that had just the baked bean world, riding into town unnamed. Yes, let these come by, or the one that was about to play. Something that I beans be Clint." felt would bring the songs into the real world." One of the seg- ments featured a man talking about his late wife. "It was com- "One Step Up," the third single from Bruce Springsteen's pletely an accident," Byrne says. "He'd talked about a lot of "Tunnel Of Love" album, features a track called "Roulette" on things, and at some point I thought I'd ask him about his wife. the b -side that is not available on any album. I had questions like that that would always produce a story. He was so sincere, yet his delivery was such that itreally worked on camera. He took pauses like a dramatic actor Former Band members Rick Danko and Garth Hudson ap- would." Byrne plans to make a film this summer, called "The pear on Colin Linden's new album, "When The Spirit Comes." Forest," making it unlikely Talking Heads will tour anytime "I'm not presumptuous enough to think that just because The soon. The movie is based on the Babylonian story of "Gil- Band is from Toronto, and we're from Toronto that there are gamesh." "It's an updating of old myth set in modern times," similarities," Linden says. "I do know that Rick's way of look- Byrne says. ing at things is very much in keeping with what Ifeel about priorities. He's a very zen guy. He has a very positive aura about him." Not surprisingly, U2 was named best international group at the Irish recorded Music Awards held at the National Concert Hall in London. The band's manager, Paul McGuinness, was Ian Thomas will have a new album out in late May, produced honored for his outstanding contribution to Irish music. Chris by Chris Neil, who has worked with Paul Carrack and Mike & DeBurgh was namedbest Irish male artist, Hothouse The Mechanics. Flowers won for best Irish group. Clannad was named best traditional and folk act, while T'Pau won for best internation- "Van Halen's Monsters Of Rock" tour will begin May 27th, al newcomer. Cry Before Dawn won the award for best new and will include 25 to 30 nine -hour concerts in stadiums Irish act. around the U.S.The Scorpions, Dokken, Metallica and Kingdom Come will participate in the tour. With the break-up of Stiff Little Fingers, bass player Ali 'Mc- Mordie says he plans to continue working with Sinead Dave Wakeling says that writing the title song to the O'Connor, as well as producing some new bands. soundtrack of John Hughes' film "She's Having A Baby" gave him a good look at the way the film business works. "It was a Joe Jackson will have a double live album out in May, called real honor to work with John Hughes, but a real pain in the "Joe Jackson Live, 1980-1986." neck to work with grasping, greedy movie types," he says. "They're even worse than the grasping, greedy types that work in the record business." Wakeling says it was difficult to Mr. Mister's lead singer Richard Page had his remarks write the song because of the conflicting input he received misinterpreted while the band was performing at the Vina Del about the track. "It's barmy enoughwriting a song when Mar Festival in Chile, but it was probably fortunate in one there's just one neurotic involved, but if there's a whole office respect.Page had dedicated Stevie Wonder's "Higher full of neurotics, and they're 6,000 miles away, and they're Ground" to Chilean artists, saying they had been "frightened changing their minds on the song as often as they change to death" by the country's military regime. He says authorities their mind on the film,it's insane," Wakeling says."We immediately demanded he read a retraction, which he didn't recorded several different versions of the song, which they do. Instead, he thanked the crowd and wished them well. But would love for a week, and then they'd say, 'We've had this a guard apparently translated his remark as a retraction. "The idea, can you do it again four beats a minute slower, with less concert was broadcast all over the country," Page says. "There guitar and more keyboards?'" Wakeling adds, however, that were people who understood English and knew what Ireally it was an "honor" to work with Hughes. "John doesn't want said. It's important to defend artists who are threatened with the music to sound gratuitous, like on a lot of soundtracks. death and demoralized by those bent on silencing (them)." It's very important to him to get the sound to perfectly match the mood of the movie." Elton John has been recording with a mariachi band at a Los Angeles studio. Molly Hatchet is planning to record a new album this sum- mer. It would be the first since 1984's "Double Trouble Live." Sammy Hagar has written a tune for Hank Williams Jr. called Guitarist Duane Roland says he's noted an increased interest "Kicking My (Rear End) Again." in the band's music in recent years. "The attendance at our shows seems to be increasing," Roland says. "There's definite- ly renewed interest. Something's fixing to break loose again. Jeff Lynne is producing Tom Petty's next album. We hope to be there when it happens." Lead guitarist Dave Hlubek is said to still be an official member of the band, but A re-formed Little Feat will make its debut at the New Orleans has not been playing with the group because of personal Jazz and Heritage Festival in late April. The band is already problems, according to Hatchet's manager. working on an album, with longtime producer George Mas- senberg. After the New Orleans show, a summer tour will high- light the new record. Much of the material on Bruce Cockburn's next album was written during a recent trip to Nepal. Cockburn says he'd been having trouble writing new tunes for over a year, but the trip Steppenwolf lead singer John Kay is producing an album for helped give him the inspiration for new material. "I've gotten Canadian singer Art Bergmann. stuck before, but it's never lasted so long," Cockburn says. "It started me thinking about getting a new job. I needed time to Robyn Hitchcock says he had to change the video for "Bal- reflect and create some space where songs could come in. loon Man," from his new album, "Globe Of Frogs," because of The trip to Nepal was a catalyst too. The excuse for that was a can of beans. "We submitted the thing to MTV, but they said a governmentorganization for humanitarian services that needed people to go over and be a witness, so they could go April 11988 38.