State University of New York College at Buffalo - Buffalo State College Digital Commons at Buffalo State Shakin Street Gazette, Student Music Magazine Buffalo State Archives: History of the College 11-15-1973 The Shakin' Street Gazette, Volume 3 The Shakin' Street Gazette Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/shakinstreet Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation The Shakin' Street Gazette, "The Shakin' Street Gazette, Volume 3" (1973). Shakin Street Gazette, Student Music Magazine. 3. https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/shakinstreet/3 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Buffalo State Archives: History of the College at Digital Commons at Buffalo State. It has been accepted for inclusion in Shakin Street Gazette, Student Music Magazine by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons at Buffalo State. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Teenage Music in the 70's : Part 3! ! ! "Won't you let me walk you home from and See" is an excellent example of their doing? Self-parody of the "good little : school more aggressive rockin' stance. With its boy" in · you?) That's the Wackers. : Won't you let me meet you af the pool parodic Stones-riff intro and Jagger-like They're my little secret. '. Maybe Friday, I can vocals, it shows the Wackers for what *Note: Just got word that the Wackers : Get tickets for the dance they are: a tight competent group who disbanded, although there is still a fourth ; And 1'11 take you shows their r!lspect for their roots by not and final album to - be releaseq, called : getting bogged down in the "seriousness" Wack and Roll. Won't you tell your dad get off my back and "rock is art" crap that's destroyed An incredibly hard album to find is ·' Tell him what we said 'bout "Paint It half the Western rock music world. No. 1 Record (Ardent Rec.) by a group ; Black" When the· Wackers do acoustic called Big Star. The band is led by : Rock 'n' roll is here to stay material, they don't get taken in by their former-Boxtop-s Alex Chilton and while : Come inside, well, it's OK own sincerity, thus becoming wimp. half the album doesn't quite make it, the . And I '11 shake you" Remember when you were having a half that does shows the band to be quite : -Big Star laugh-riot with your friends in the school suppressed masters of pop/rock and : East/Memphis (BMI) library, and the librarian would threaten Teenage music. No matter how I fight, : to kick you out if you didn't shut up and the album always ends up on my : The most effective style ( of the four why don't you act like good boys blah turn'table, and the vibrant rockers "Feel," . mentioned last ish. Were you there?) in blah blah, so you'd all comicly fold your "Don't Lie to Me" and beautiful ballads : the new Teenage music has been to poke hands on the table and force your smiles "Thirteen," "El Goodo" blast forth. ' fun at the 60's and its music. Yeah, you down . only to burst into gales of These are rock 'n' roll ·ballads, "not : sure were stupid then. At the time, you laughter again, because of the sheer whimperings from some M~rin county ; thought you were really 'cool,' but now, ridiculousness of the situation? Well, sickbed/' as one reviewer put it. you think, Wow·did I really wear that/ do when the. Wackers start doing ballads, Lastly, there's the bunch that handle , that/ listen to that? But you're 'hip' now, acousticnumbers, etc., it's done in a mild the softer 60's feel, and are probably the , right? And 10 years from now, you'll form of self-parody that recalls that hardest to digest at first listen. None of think you were an idiot again. Ah, human memory (and when you're trying to these people will come out and hit you at nature. It's the 'l.isten to that' aspect that suppress that laughter in the library with first so take your time with them. David ; the Wackers, the first and still the best a perfectly straight face, even though it Beaver, late from a group · called T.M. band, preoccupy themselves with, almost hurts to do so, , what are you Edgewood, has a fine album called on a'60's and 70's level. Combinations on TMI (Steve Cropper's The Wackers are American ex-patriates · label). With most oftheold·band backing now residing in•Montreal,Canada, where him up, songs like~thony Beechum," • they'll play a high school dance one night "I'm Gonna Show You" and "The Wizard and headline a c;oncert the next. They're of Menlo Park" are graced by Beaver's pop at its best: four brats weaned on the Moog, organ and pianowork and create a Beatles, Stones and the 60's, rockin' as if· full, rich album of lush sounds ·and rock was just discovered and singing with intriguing melodic rock. Blue a teenage enthusiasm that they never lost. (RSC/Atlantic) are a group whose Thei~ music, at its best, just makes you material is not ballsy or overly original, . happy to be alive, and ain't that what but the album has an overall pop feel rock 'n' roll's all about? found again only in Curt Boetcher's Hot Wacks (Elecktra) catches them at There's An Innocent Face (produced by their strongest (cut before the departure At the loading dock: is this how the Gary :Usher, veteran of ·60's CaliforJ}ia of fifth Wacker, Michael Stull) and made Wackers will go to work now that they've pop, and produced the first .two Wacke.rs No. 1 of my Top 10 list of 1972. "Wait · disbanded? . albums). -In Boetcher's album, the I STRAIT,.._ 1 S NOVEMBER 1973 21 ', excellent production and arranging with parents laughed at yor for liking the subtle California pop teasers ·make it the Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys, etc. y OU best example of this style. · remember the feeling, trying to convince There's one problem with all of the them the joys of your music, and they'd groups discussed: teenagers don't listen to only answer with "How can you listen to it. The reason why is most clearly that crap?". You know the feeling. You evident, it lies in its availability. Most of look down on this new Teenage music, SPACE RITUAL-HAWKWIND (UA) frills thansmitted through oscillators ancl th.ese bands are on smaller independent , and there's no excuse for you. If you As you all know, the prime force, the synthesizers. As there is a sense of 'labels (as was most of the authentic 50's dislike it, fine, but don't get in its way, 'essence' if you'll permit, of good rock morbidity and an attempt at escapism in ·, rock 'n' roll ... ) and those on large because it'll shoot you down as easy as has always been Energy. Rock Energy is their themes (lyrics); there. is this same 'major' labels are virtually ignored by the Townshend used to destroy his guitar. created through two different methods. morbidity evident in the. seemingly company and t~e record-buying audience. Rock 'n' roll belongs to the Kidz, we're One is Energy through enthusiasm: an redundant sound they throw at us. Since all the bands are singles oriented just observers. excitement and freshness created Even the packaging for Space Ritual , and release singles ·regularly, ifs natural · A very small incident ironically sums humanly through ·youthful, joyfully has a cold, inhuman quality about it. A to think that teenagers (a singles-buying up this whole business: an, 11 year old girl unrestrained vocals and fresh pop six part cover that folds out to the size of · audience) would pick up on them, l;mt went to see Wings in concert and upon arrangements, things like the Beach Boys, six album jackets ( one up on Blue Cheer's · the Kidz ·have got to hear them first, and noticing the older couple seated next to Why do you think I acted like this during Wackers, Big Star, early Hollies, Blue Ash, Outsideinside) is covered with mid;60's the 1973 "rock" radio programmer will her exchanging insulting comments about the 6 O's? If you had ulcers and early Stories, Stealer'·s Wheel, etc. The acid-rockfreakism photography, cosmic I/Ot put them on the playlist. Stalemate. McCartney while he was performing, hemorroids and lumbago of the earlobes, second method is Energy , through fantasy drawings and a nude Stacia (a Those who are interested, after asked· the couple why they were saying you'd act like this too. But that's OK cuz electricity: raw electric rock · power space . goddess indeed) with Andromeda sampling . a few of the bands discussed that McCartney has become so lame now. when, I'm at the Aud with the Mothers which, in its throbbing pulse and Strain computer printout type for related . here, can keep track of the new Teenage She wanted to know what McCartney had and Taj Mahal Nov. 21, I'll be so nice and relentless, continuous drive forces you to phrases over the pictures. ' music via this magazine and the excellent been in the older days. She didn't know! maybe I'll tell you why I like deptal floss react, groups like the Stooges, Black so much more kinestheticly. Icing on the Space Ritual, recorded live in England, ' Greg · Shaw, whose writing is printed By god, the start of a new generation.