St. Bonaventure University, St Bonaventure N.Y 14778 Page 6 THE BONA VENTURE—Friday, February 15. 1974 Carly Simon attains spotlight with 'best ever and here she captures perfectly By RICHARD LEE looking out at us with that ever- the image of the big sister Review Writer present bright smile of hers. whom all little girls yearn to be. Singer-composer Carly Simon Everything in the picture, from the walls to the table and She describes her as the one Review is only 29, but she has provided who gets to wear all the new us with an awful lot of good chairs, is a pure white color. clothes, to ride in the front seat music. Songs like "The Way Even Carly, who usually There's also a song called that weren't enough talent, of the car, and to stay up later I've Always Heard It Should manages to look sexy on her "Haven't Got Time For The Robbie Robertson of The Band than she can Be," "Anticipation," and album covers, is clad in a Pain " Here. Carly sings about plays lead guitar and Dr John simple white maternity dress — plays the piano and organ "You're So Vain" are typical of 'Grownups' the unhappiness that charac the excellent kind of material a model of maternal purity terized her life before she met Also featured on she produces. So we put the record on Also in this category is James. Since he's come into her •Mockingbird" are well-known Now, after a long period of wondering how she's been for a "Grownup" This is a song life, though, she says she's had session men Bobby Keyes, silence, we have a new album year — a year full of where Carly relates to us what neither the time, the room, nor Klaus Voorman, and Jim from this beautiful lady entitled Watergates and gasoline it was like for her to suddenly the need for any pain Keltner Voorman and Keltner, "Hotcakes " It is by far the best shortages and Mid-East wars — discover that she's become one best known for their work with thing that Carly Simon has ever and right away in the very first of those people that children With meaning ex-Beatles George Harrison recorded song, she mentions everything label "grownups." She finds and Ringo Starr, play, from drugs to women's lib to this awfully difficult to com Coming from anyone else, respectively, the bass and the Carly returns naked motorcycle gangs and prehend. Although she admits these songs would probably drums on almost every song on tells us not to worry about her she's gotten older and taller, seem awfully trite and sen the record "Hotcakes" marks a return "We're safe and sound," she she still doesn't feel like she timental, but when Carly sings for Carly back into the public sings. "The world's just inside should be a grownup about her lover, we know she Rumors say, spotlight The daughter of the out and upside down " Well, whether she likes it or means what she sings This is publisher Simon (and not, Carly is a grownup, even true particularly in "Forever Richard Perry produced this Schuster), she never overcame Hasn't changed when she sings about grownup My Ixive" — a love song which album He also produced Ringo an early problem of stagefright things like love, her songs Carly and James wrote for each Starr's current hit album as To this day she prefers playing That sets the tone for the remain personal We know who other well as Carly's last effort to small audiences, but ever album Carly hasn't changed she's singing about and many of Rumors had it that Carly was since the success of her "No We know she's not about to us actually watched the Taylor helps dissatisfied with the final Secrets" album and her highly solve any of the world's major relationship between James versions of several of the songs publicized romance and problems She's just going to and her grow into what it is James Taylor, however, has from No Secrets," but 1 doubt marriage with James Taylor, sing about herself Carly's now more than a passive role on this that any such rumors will small audiences have been an songs are personal She writes In "Mind On Man,' she sings album In addition to co- persist about "Hotcakes ' Here impossibility As a result, as if everybody who'D hear about ' a northern baby and a authoring Forever My Ix>ve.' it seems that Perry has used his Carly's been virtually unheard them is her friend and, indeed, southern child" that can't be he plays acoustic guitar on most technical skill to present Carly from for over a year we all are anyone else but James Taylor, of the songs and his influence Sunon in the best way possible A more important reason for One of her favorite subjects is and she promises him 'a place can easily be detected on the and to produce a really ex Carl> s silence, however, was childhood. It's a theme that's in my heart anywhere ' album's title track Hot cellent album that she and her folksinger been present on all of her Then there's "Just Not cakes ' This is a jazzy tune husband were expecting a baby albums, but here it seems more True " This is a playful song in featuring Mahavishnu drum So you pick me up. and you The child, born in early dominant than ever as Carly's which Carly teases James by mer Billy Cobhem and the tune me up. January, was named Sarah come up with two really saying she doesn't really like legendary Howard Johnson one And you wind me up and play Maria, ' Hotcakes.*' released a brilliant insights into the mind him, but ends up admitting. of the jazz world s leading me few weeks later, comes to us of a child Sometimes, just sometimes hornmen You talk about heart, and you Rivers do such nice things, they roll to the sea. When I am a river, they'll want to almost as a baby announcement The first of these is a song you can see the softness in my Taylors presence is most say you know soul. from (. arly and James listen to me. iCa-iy Si-no* called "My Older Sister " Carly eyes and you know, it's just not apparent on a song called And the way to treat a lady Bob Co* photo On the cover we see Carly was the youngest of three girls true " Mockingbird ' This is the old You're puttln' out two 'Hey. everybody, have you phonograph records. heard Daddy s gonna buy me a 1 think I'm gonna have a mockingbird song with a baby, a baby Mitchell croons, courts Rochester audience couple nf updated verses added by James He shares the lead That's Carly Simon — how B\ PATTY RYAN Express started the show by several attempted retirements, Woodstock All I Want," vocals with his wife and, as if can anybody not love her' \nd JIM\ ANDEVKLDE taking the audience on a blues- all introducing songs and Clouds and Blue ' Review Writers jazz ride Their excellent sax revealing a part of herself It was a disappointment that and flute playing makes for Stories introduced her songs Miss Mitchell did not sing other •\ .rtdv sang in Rochester on interesting lnstrumental.s She told us about parties and old favorites like 'Michael Typists, tigers play UC l-fl, , Scott who played woodwinds arbutus trees and people, and of 1- rom Mountains, I Had A \nd the moon swept down and reeds in For the Roses' course, how she felt King and The (irele Game " the bla
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By MARIAN BARONE way to spend a Saturday af the audience seemed enthralled Dakota since March on a trial Review Writer ternoon with her and her music basis She enjoyed touring and Two of Bonaventure's But there was a small group started the fall 1973 semester Fontilla sang mostly well- alone with Robin favorite coffee house players known songs adapted to her who decided they had a lot to returned last week to recreate style When she dpes a song, it talk about They continued to Robin keeps up a rapport with their special sounds, en is more than just music and laugh and talk through her his audience much as Fontilla tertaining enthusiastic words. She always gets the songs and it was annoying to the does, except that he never audiences in the University meaning behind the songs rest. Although the selected few settles for a comfortable at Center (UC) cafe and the across. were given looks of warning and mosphere His audience has to Campus Ministry green room. even asked to be quiet, the noise be alive and jumping When she did Ringo Starr's Fontllla was here on Saturday never stooped "With a Little Help from My Some of their songs included of Alumni Weekend. Robin Friends," you were drawn Fontilla did not let this bit of "Dear Abby," a farce on Dear Williams followed her two days away from the usual Beatle rudeness stop her; she ignored Abby's lovelorn column, and later adaptation of the song and for her "competition" and con "Harmonic Song." The latter It seemed natural to see once the words had definite tinued playing was a mountain tune using only Fontilla during Alumni value and real meaning. She harmonica and foot stomping as Weekend. She played here When she sang "Never Can seemed to make the works music. The song included a twice, last year and last Say Good-Bye," you knew she apply to herself. humorous satire on President semester. In her own way, she was talking about her music. It Nixon. can be considered an alumna. Perhaps the most meaningful is part of her life and if she ever had to say good-bye to it, a part Fontilla keeps up a rapport part of her performance was Robin and Linda performed of her would certainly die. with her audience. Intertwined when she sang "Lean On Me." one song entitled "Granny's with her songs are jokes and The words "Lean on me when Robin Williams returned to Song." In it they did not play light conversation. The effect is you're not strong. I'll be your the coffee house two days after their instruments — their a relaxed atmosphere. friend, I'll help you carry on. Fontilla. He had played here voices were their only tools. The The audience was not over- For it won't be long till I'm before, with his partner Dakota effect was a perfect melody of poweringly large or em gonna need somebody to lean Dave Hull. This time Dakota two superb voices. Not many barrassingly small. Fontilla on," put Fontilla in a vulnerable was not with him. Instead he performers could have sung a played at the Campus Ministry, position. She was opening brought his wife Linda. song so well with no supporting which lent itself perfectly to the herself to the audience who Robin and Linda were background music. They need Fontllla baits out a tuna In Campus Ministry. Robin pauses to chat with the crowd In the UC cafe. easy-going mood she set The could either accept her wholly married this past June. She had nothing except themselves to be (Audrey Pia photo) performance was an enjoyable or ignore her. The majority of been touring with Robin and able to please any audience. (Audry Pia photol
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