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John Prine Mick Ronson o PAGE 6 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1972 THE TECH - %.-, .__. .- · _ ... , ' ,' i .horrorsho'w 'futuristic Tommy., and'-on ti strength of this album alone, David Bowi; must be cOnsidered -the most promising: rock composer and artist, perhaps, ever. Each song bears his distinct trademark: a' strikingly.hauiting melody, nriever or dinary or expected, and incisive, ta-;:?:' talizingly poetic lyrics, sometimes deeply' ernmotional, but -often :satirically pro,. voking. While the lyrics on Hunky DorJ.' (and two earlier Bowie' albums on Mer-, cury, which may both be re-releasedi. ' along' with new. stuff by RCA) were-ofteii .unforgiveably obscure, those on Ziggy ar} another kettle _of asteroids, as Dave-' explores ard':lampoons rock and roll in a' bizarre Clockwork Orange-likenetherworl:·i. Alice Cooper's killer new single, 'setting of space-invaders, andromorphs, "Elected," is one of the mbst unusual and ever-present death. Rock and rolli releases in a good while, unusual ill suicide, when, the music becomes more. many ways. First and foremost is its, important than the people who play it or;V subject matter: the only other rock 45 those its meant-to help-and heal. I can think of :that concerned itself: -And lest- there is any doubt that David'i with the electoral process was Bowie- can rock, he and his:: Spiders are., "L.U.V." which stood for, as you no. currently touring the USA, appearing atf doubt recall, Let Us Vote, Boyce and. the Mucis Hall a few weeeks back. Frorrm Hart's plea to enfranchise the the moment Dave stepped on stage, a 18-to-20-year-olds. It was a minor flop vampire Elvis in a harlequin jumpsuit, back in 1968. Then there is the way in until his one encore, a sweat-soaked 90- which "Elected" came into existance: minutes later, all that could go right with:: it is a remake of a song off Alice a rock concert, did. They were loud butf Cooper's first album, ' called not deafening, Mick, RonsQn's scorching" well to the "Reflected." I can think of no other guitar and Dave"s vocals mixed example of a band doing that, digging front. They did several incredible acoustic up a cut from a long-forgottern album, numbers, including a starkly beautiful giving it a new title, new lyrics, and a rendition of "Space Oddity", and old: completely new arrangement. The re- Bowie single from 1968. But Dave and.."," Woodmanseyi: suit is barely recognizable. Nor is it Ronson and drummer Mick very audible: Alice does a good bit of and bassist- Trevor Bolder showed they ranting from the podium during the could be. more than just pretty:. theY? rocked off like sons-of-butches, strobe-' song, very little of which can be make out through the substandard mix. But John Prine -light screaming, through numbers like "Elected" rocks, y'know. About the I "Queen -Bitch," "Moonage Daydream," (Prine, continued fromr page 5) Chicago boy could pickk up such a. fine Dave's new British single "John I'm Only most chaotic, high - energy thing into mind with the lyrics. Despite leaks of sense of emotion and such a drawl toI they've done since "Under My Dancing," "Width of a Circle" with a similarity, John Prine is his own man with express it with, but whoereper they come, torrid Ronson solo, "Suffragette City," Wheels." The flip is a song, "Luney his own songs;of lost love and emotional from, they set him right in the middle of the School's Out album, one -and Dave's T. Rex spoof, "Hang Onto Tune," of wanderings. You can't expect to g!ean America. But it's not eexactly what you Yourself.-' Then as if his own material of the best things on the LP, and too much of his real sentimentality unless would expect middle America to be deserving of more airplay than anyone I him singing the wasn't enough, Dave lead the Spiders you are able to sit still and disregard his singing. Finally ydu find is about' to give it. ' Naturally,'Warner through two tunes. by' one of his favorite and repetitive guitar title cut, a 1929 revival hymn in all of its Bros. has pulled out all the advertising usually-simple, slow bands,' the now defunct Velvet -Under- serves as a a capella splendor, with John Prine"... stops with "Elected": red, white and accompaniment that only gound: "Waiting' For the -Man" and frame to hang his words on. And the. -shining, no longer in the r:ough." Diamonds oWhite Heat, White. Light" much to the' blue campaign buttons, bumpers stick- in the Rough - a fine sec:ond album. ers reading "Elected Cooper '72", with words are there, real everyday things that delight of the les-than-capacity crowd. I-- back and. imagine, as in =================================================St{eve McDonald:-:i dut-t a picture of a reclining Alice, his pet make you sit doubt that anyone save the Stones in:- boa wrapped about his naked loins. "Souvenirs": water An{d the cover of the single is almost A II the snow has turned to have come and gone worth the 78 cents by itself: a black Christmas days and white photo of John McCormick Broken toys-and faded'colors swearing in, well I guess John Kennedy Are all that's left to linger on I hate graveyards and old pawn- used to be in the picture, but now its a ig full-colored,' gold-and-silver plate-d sh70ops Alice. Cooper and Company may not For tliha always bring me tears be fairing 'too well in the polls, but-. I can 't fborgive the way they rob me Of my childhood souvenirs when was the last time the GOP had a And you can dance around too. You tune in the Hot 100?7 I ma-yav -not normally. have the urge to dial The first Velvet Underground your radio over- to the local.C&W station album, the one with Andy Warhol's -to get your body moving, but when John banana on the cover, has recently been Prine sings hisstyle of jukebox,-honky-, cut out and can now be :bought at tonk, truck-stop,- barroom 'music, you've .unbelieveably low prices, like..at the got to feel your boots stomping on the may not have a Harvard Coop for $1.99. dirt floor of a barn. He hell of' a lot to say under these circum- Last week George Carlin paid stances, but that don't make no never yet another. visit to Jo'hnny Carson's mind when you're laughing along with Tonight .Shovw, and told the tale of his "Yes I Guess They..Oughta Name A Drinkl Milwaukee bust this summer, for doing After'You'"': or "The Frying Pan" which his bit about the seven word6 you he' wrote at fourteeh). I couldn' tfeature can't. say on TV. Or apparently in them playing too much .of John Prine on Milwaukee, for that niatter. But Se-.i- C&W-- stations anyways since h'e has a ously, it .- seems he stands'. a good [-propenSity; foriwriting songs /bout Viet- chance off getting his case dismissed, nam vets throwing the towel in over the First Amendment and all that. But in war, as in -"Take. the Star Out' of the the meantime, looks like George. has Window." finally made it in show biz, if his Of all the lines that run through John appearence on Johnny's show is any Prine's -songs, one of the most obvious is indication. Instead of coming out, his affinity for dealing in moral terms. It's doing his bit, then going over to chat a little hard to bring this'part of John with Johnny until the next commer- Prine together with the rest of him,.in cial, George got the superstar treat- spite of the fact that this attitude is ment: he comes out to talk with- usually found in songs where he is poking Johnny, until Johnny says, Hey fun at.' American institutions as in "Flag . George have you got something for us Decal."' And there he is, a slightly drunk that you can do, and George says -former mailman from Chicago singing Yeah, Johnny, OK, and goes out and "Everybody," a spunky little piece about then does his routine. It may not seem a guy out sailing his boat ar.- having the I LbLEb7-'b^laYZLu'b3jiiliYr· to make that much of of difference, misfortune of running over the Saviour as Ii but just keep track of who does their I he -is walking on the water. Nevertheless, Mick Ronson (with back 1turned) and David Bowie schtick-before talking to Johnny and in "Billy the Bum," he does get serious who does -it after. The conclusion is about the hypocrisy of so many of (Bowie, continued fr'om page 5) their prime -could have put on as daz' clear: George has made it. today's churchgoers: best album of 1 97 1) into the-searing sci-fi zlingly superlative a rock show. Now some folks they :wait Quote of the Month (It could have space-rock of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy And ·I doubt I'll ever be able to bloi[ And some folks'the pray.v Stardust and the. Spiders From. Mars my critic's -trumpet loud enouh to do I happened to anyone; but'it did happen For Jesus to rise up again to the Boston Sunday Globe dated (more than likely the best of !972.) The the dude justice. As for the future, there'S i But none of these folks October 1, 19572): "For at-least 2 years record is such an awesome, definitive no way to anticipate what David Bowiei In their holy cloaks thing rock success that Dave's back-up men are will turn his genius to next.
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