Encore!
Decade never lacking in musical innovations
Many trends come and go, rap breaks onto rock
scene and artists begin making social statements
Bv I .n no t .ikolish
Ent ore Reporter
As the decade draws to a i.lose there's one thing
that’s perlectlx ilf.it the 1‘Utlts v\ 111 go down in
musical histor\ .
There was never a dull moment limn the record
breaking release td Mil had |ac kson s /hrillri to the
skvroc hiding popularitv ot rap. the last ten xears stand
as proof that musit i an and does make hislorv
It has been a dec ade of voic e Music bee ante an out
let tor thought, and albums bee ante statements l ake
Sun (,'it\ lor example With such artists as Hruc e
Springsteen. Ringo Starr Pete l ow nshend and lack
son Browne. Sun ('it\ protested South Attic an apart
heid The album raised over a halt million dollars to
support anti apartheid movements
rills record, along with other benefit etforts sui h as
lie .Are tlw World and \mnrst\ lntHnuition.il. proved
lh.it making music can also make a difference the
1‘IKtis marked a dec ade when artists worked together
using musit as a vi hie le for i liangc
Single artist albums also made strongei statements
this decade both political and personal the lug
selling rec ords by sue h artists as |od\ Watlex and I ra
i \ ( diapman. along w ilh the music al group 1 prove
that
It has been a decade of cnntroversx It max have
been ()/z.y Osbourne's 1'IBO demonic stunt of biting a
dove's head off at a OHS stall meeting that did it It
max have been the incredible rise ot heavy metal
bands like Metallic.a and Poison that did it It max
have been sirnplv the liberal Ixrus of the decade
But. whatever the reason a whole new musical era of
conlroversx emerged
In PUTT. Parents Music Rexourc e ( eiilei formed with
determination to change the wax the music iiuluslrx
operated I’MKO wanted the industry to start plac ing
warning l.ilirls on albums that t ontained explicit Ivr
ii s
l ilt's later extended Ilnur proposal ever further. urg
ini; tli.it the snmi' t\ p*■ ot warning appear betore tin
brnadr ast ol explu it inusir videos I.ven though noth
ing r\cr i ami* ol their light it was still a light out'
that w ill go (low n m 1'ightU's hixtnrv
A not her controversy popped up onto the st cue in
I'lltt. alti'i ill NIK V/g/lf/l \ i' i v s spii nil mvestign
ttod I In- report tohl ot radio insulers that were heing
ottered "cash, cars expensive uati lies drugs and
nights with women" to plav i ertain new in md n
leases
It was the totals pavol.i si aildal all met again
I he scenario is as billows Record ( onipnnv \ pa vs a
tree la ill e pro motet up to S 1 III Id a week toi getting a
prestigious radio station to plav new releases Ihe
treeluiu e promote! however, uses some ol the mniiev
he or she is lining paid to bribe ladin station employ
ei's to plav the new rei orris
\lt( s report suggested th.it in some taxes a new
rei ord's air time was dependent on how in lit h monev
w as being rei eived
Iti add to the i ontroversv \H( s set olid report xug
gested th.it there was a link between some ot the top
freelance promoters and the matin Sill i laimetl that
Joseph Isgro one ol the top promoters had previous
Iv de.st i dled m.ilia t npotie Joseph Arinone as Ins part
uer
\lthougb the Mouse SuIk omuutlee on (Iversighl
and Investigations uni overed no i redihle ev idem e ot
spet ilii mi idents ol improper or illegal at tivitv this
i ontroversv also put the eighties onto the music al Ins
lorv time line
It has been a dei ade ol origin.ditv In l‘IH I it vvusii I
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A MUSICAL v'AUPEVIi
Book by
Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse
Music by
John Kander
Lyrics by
Fred Ebb
Directed by
Joe Zingo
December 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, & 16, 1989
Soreng Theatre
"Theaudience adored it...
One of the best musicals of the season...
brassy, sassy, raunchy..."—
New York Times
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