Page 10 Retriever Blondie members expect consciousness change Music in the 80's will become meaningful in the middle is what we11 continue to hear as we had pictured in our wildest fantasies, ,. the band." again, say James Destri and Clement Burke for the next few years." Burke says. "We were prepared for what's The expanding horizons of Blondie have of the popular new-wave group Blondie. In fact, Destri and . Burke say that happened over the past five years, so we took caused the group to become, like most They say that since music moves in cycles, Blondie's roots are black. for granted how popular Debbie would groups, a tightly run business. rock will once again return to the social "I don' think there would have been a become." "Blondie exists as a corporation now, not relevancy of the 60's. Blondie if there wasn' a Supremes or a In fact," Destri asserted, "Debbie became just a rock and roll band playing purely for Destri and Burke explained the cycles in Motown sound," Destri says. such a label that we were instantly fun in the streets on Saturday night," Destri an interview with the "Erlanger Rock "Obviously, the Blondie sound has recognized ... says. "We're all share holders with Classics To Come" radio s~ries, sponsored changed, but I think that was necessary Destri contends that the attention Debbie secretaries and the whole thing." by Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company. because of the limitators or emulators." Harry got helped not only the band's "I can wake up in the morning and say I'm "The '80s are the '60s all over again. We Burke adds. "There was a tremendous popularity, but the other band members' a songwriter and keyboard player or say I'm have a conservative regime in office again, backlash in new wave music and, instead of private lives, treasurer of this corporation and ask myself and youth is going to wake up again, .. Destri people trying to be original, they're trying to "I can go outside my house which is as big which LI am going to be today. It's all very says. copy what is proven hit-wise." as Debbie's and play around and nobody weird." Destri explains this return to the '60s as He sees Blondie as "a true-melting pot bothers me," Destri says. "But Debbie can't part of a never-ending cycle. He describes group in that we assimilate various styles even leave her house sometimes because this unique evolution that he believes will and incorporate them into the Blondie someone will always be there. So ~e accept take place in the next JO years. sound." everything that's happened." "Music is going to have a very strong But Blondie has never been a typical rock What has happened is "Success after influence again," he said. The I(~ading artists band. The band has had an identity crisis of success and the group's expan,sion into FROM PAGE 9 coming out of this new wave genre are going sorts \>ecause former Playboy model and movies ("Union City Blue'! and "Roadie''). EST to start making music that 13 and l4-year-old lead vocali~t Deborah Harry is generally and the sound track for the movie kids will live to. considered to be Blondie. "American Gigolo." The title song from that seminar was the number of grinning faces "M usic will become a philosophy again as "Would the Rolling Stones have been any movie, "Call Me," was Bi/lboardmagazine's there, more than one would expect to see in it did in the '60s." less a band if they were called The Big Lips, number one single of 1980, one place for a long time. These faces, it Burke also sees a repetition in the sound. which is Mick Jagger's biggest trait?" Destri .. 'American Gigolo' was a big step for us, turned out, belonged to people who had "The thing that's happening to music now wonders in reply to questions about the and it came at a time when we' needed it," graduated from the seminar. is the black influence," he says. "The mixture effect of the confusjon. Burke says, "We hope to do more with During intermission these EST grads of black and electronic meeting somewhere "Everything has worked out for Blondie movies in the future, perhaps the Hfe story of explained why they had taken EST. A few said that it helped them to open up and communicate to people. Others claimed to have found themselves through EST. The Vacationing students volunteer for most common answer was curiosity, which, if they had attended a similar guest seminar tests, beer t~sti ng tests, that is before taking EST, was easy to understand. The' riST grads were the only ones to laugh Normally, the last thing any college Sellinger, himself a familiar figure after stations where two beers--one of them at the inside jokes that McNamara told, and student on a break wants to do is take a test, appearing in national TV commercials fQr Schlitz-were poured into identical cups for they all smiled continuously at each other as but many of them at a recent College Expo his beer, was on hand to kick off the five-day sampling. if there were a colossal secret they'd been let if in Daytona Beach, Florida, lined up for one. event. He also met and talked with hundreds After tasting, the students used an in on. I began to wonder they were hypnotized or if there was something It was a beer taste test featuring Schli~z, of students. electronic switch to indicate their preferred Budweiser, Miller High Life and Michelob. "I enjoyed meeting these people and Schlitz, which prompted a happy response missing in my life. I was guaranteed that As in the live television commercials run hearing their co~ments about our taste test. . from Sellinger. there was something missing-EST. during the 1981 NFL playoffs and the Super Even after 45 years in the beer business 1 can "I'm not surprised," he said. "Through TJ'te most enjoyable thing about talking Bowl, it was Schlitz vs. the other brands. learn by listening to beer drinkers," he said. these types of tests, people are learning more . with the EST grads was how emotionally Schlitz chief Executive Officer Frank J. . Students were seated at one of five testing about beer." open they were. Unforturnately, our conversations never got past reasons to join.

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