SIDELINES, Friday, March 4, 1988 Page 5 EN TER TA IN ME NT Plants 'Now and Zen' mixes then and now Cult and Whitesnake and others sampled snatches of old Zepplin good, the modernization attempt that a slightly biased opinion. Not over the past year. The average songs into the mix and letting Plant just doesn't v/ork as well. many men can make it in the twelve-year-old, however, probably and Page duel with themselves. It A friend was listening to the modem world, but Plant looks like, doesn't know much about Robert also has playing a and said, "It's OK, but those he's going to try. If his be:! keeps> Plant, except that he used to look guitar riff VERY similar to the old snare drums have that new, tight up with this, he ought to make it. a lot like F.odger Coverdale. And rockabilly hit "Train Kept a Roll- sound. I liked the old Zepplin songs Record provided by Cat's Re--: even if peo )le do remember, and ing," a version of which Page played with loose snares where it sounded cords. ; even though this is a on 22 years ago with the Yardbirds. huge." On the less successful songs 1 'In their review of the album. Rolling " album on which Jimmy Page plays Bringing it all back home indeed. the sound is too clear and clean to Stone called "Dance on My Own" a guitar, it definitely is not a Led A similar time warp is the focus really let loose. Tears for Fears metaphor for masterbation, and yep, Zepplin album. of the album's other great song, without the beer this time. And, of it does sound like it. That means ad- What it is, hype or not, is an im- "White Clean and Neat." This one course, a few songs just whiz on by ding Plant to the short, but brave list, pressive rock album that manages goes back to 1954, when singers without making any impact at all. of people like Pete Townshed and to forge a modem sound for Plant like Johnny Ray and Eddie Fisher Plant has, however, knocked a Elvis Costello who've actually sang about it. Considering most guys would that isn't chained to the past yet- were i-bout to be blasted into the couple out of the park and into the rather have their fingernails pulled doesn't ignore it either. Plant has cutout bin by the first wave of rock parking lot and that's not bad for a out than talk about, well, you know, hooked up with Phil Johnsto ne (no 'n' roll. Synths synth, fingers snap guy who's old enough to (yep, time it's a gutsy maneuver. Singing I've never heard of him either) who like the song was about to turn into to face facts) be the father of most "Squeeze my lemons 'til the juice runs produced, played keyboards and a number from "Grease" and Plant college students. (In fact, he is the down my legs" does take, uh, lemons, co-wrote most of the material on sings about 'Miss Debbie Reynolds father of a college student.) He but self abuse? Stud image or not, the the album. Whoever Johnstone is, promised someone out there, al- looks great on the cover and in the guy is brave. he and the young musicians on this ways to obey." Then snippets of video, i Plant, like Elvis, is one of Of course, I've just really screwed record have given Plant the kick he some announcer talking about those guys that even guys have to up my life with the previous para- needed to re-enter the music world Reynolds, Fisher and other stars of say'Yea, I Guess he's Good-look- graph, but it had to be said. Robert Plant's Note and Zen something othei than the the day battling it out with the ing." With someone like Robert 2* Johnstone said this in the latest issue of Musician in a terrific interview /Editor's note A five-stai rating once the biggest and perhaps the "former lead vocalist foi \*-<\ voices of old R<est mainstream rock band to stride Zepplin doesn't quite describe it. Let's put can say "You really like him?") Plant or Led Zep check it out, and i \t it's best, Now and Zen blends it this way, when Plant screams Even the album's producer ad- poses. (hu being po> fair the arenas of the Western world Musican itself is probably the best Superhype was even the name three good, four •. modern synthesizer rock parts ol is me it doesn't lead mits the record is only "70 percent magazine dealing with popular misic of he and Jimmy Page's mu outstanding it could almost be like IV i0 but into more fabulous," 2", and it's safe to call out today. lishing firm during thos. days peche Mode) with the guitars • still rocks. Superhype is also what ha guitars and more guitars trademark By CHRISTOPHER BELL II " f the songs were like companied the release <>l his lastest sound of previous Plant work this the album would manage to Spring Break Contact Sale Managing Editor solo album. Now and Ten with a Think of Tears for Fears with stomp Whitesnake and 10,000 Now and Zen barrage of interviews, ads and fea steroid injections, a case of Bud and Man-iacs al the same time. Well. Robert Plant ture stories the actual possibility of sex and that would probably also mean the Es Paranza/ You might not think this would you've got the basic idea end ol the world, so I guess it s Hype is something Robert Plant be necessarv. He is Robert Plant The high point is "Tall Cool natural that while "Billy." "Helen AN should know about considering he and tons of Zep sound alikes have One," which yokes past and pre- of Troy." "Dance on Mv Own," 1* was the lead singer for Led Zepplin. been issued from bands like the sent, in a literal sense, by mixing and "Heaven Knows are all very 'Caboose' on track to Boro's Mainstreet EYE

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