ENTERTAINMENT
November 18, 1887
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Concert review...
U2 moves BC with raw energy, passion and conscience
Steif Writer
______________________
For a little over two hours
Nov.
12,
U2
turned
Vancouver’s huge B.C. Place
Stadium into the intimate feel
ing of attending a revival in a
small roadside church.
The Irish band’s lyrics about
injustice, commitment, and
conscience, combined with raw,
brilliant, energetic music (The
Edge, guitar; Adam Clayton,
bass; Larry Mullen Jr., drums),
plus Bono’s (vocalist) passion
and charisma, had 57,000 peo
ple standing, swaying, and sing
ing through all 18 songs.
U2 (“To call them the
greatest rock-and-roll band in
the
world
is
an
understatement,” one critic
recently said.), followed two
separate 45 minute perfor-
mances by the BoDeans and Los
“I Still Haven’t Found What
Lobos (of “La Bamba” fame). I’m Looking For,” performed
However, the minds were on as a gospel song sing-a-long,
U2, and the eyes on Bono.
was next. “MLK,” a song
During the concert, Bono us about Martin Luther King and
ed gesture and theatrical move was dedicated to his widow,
ment without it coming off as “Exit,” “The Unforgettable
showmanship or a rock-and-roll Fire,” and “In Gods Country”
gimmick. He was sensual, but followed.
not sexual. He performed with
“Sunday Bloody Sunday,”
passion, sincerity, and a sort of written in 1983 about the blood
thirsty spirituality.
shed in Northern Ireland, was
The Edge, Clayton, and the most emotionally enduring
Mullen all played their in song of the concert. Bono
struments with boundless dedicated it to the people of En
energy and movement.
niskillen, Northern Ireland,
With the aid of two large where “11 lie dead and 55
video screens, the crowed was wounded, courtesy of the
able to see every gesture, move IRA,” he told the crowd,
ment, and strain.
“There’s no glory in a revolu
Although Bono recently said, tion that takes men, women,
“I. don’t believe in using the and children’s lives.”
stage as a soapbox. Our songs
The band then performed a
are about questions, not short acoustical version of the
answers. I don’t want U2 con Beatles’ “Help,” “Bad,” and
certs to became political Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild
rallies,” the concert was filled Side.”
with religious and political
After “October,” U2 perform
references.
ed an extended “New Years
U2 opened with “Where The Day,” during which Bono took
Streets Have No Name,” one of the many Amnesty Inter
followed by “I Will Follow,” national banners in the crowd up
and “Trip Through Your on stage.
Wires.”
Calendar
Nov. 18 - McLoughlin Chapter tend free with reservations. Call
of the Northwest Steelheaders ext. 356 for information or reser
first meeting, Denny’s on vations.
McLoughlin Blvd, 7:30 pm,
Nov. 20 - Family Night Movie. A
Contact Dave Stark.
full-length feature Disney car
Nov. 18 - City League Basketball toon will be shown from 7 to 9
Organizational Meeting. Anyone pm in the Community Center.
interested in joining city league $1.50 for adults, $1 for children
basketball is invited to attend the (4-17). For information call ext.
7 pm organizational meeting in 245.
Randall Hall, Rm 11. Call ext.
211 for information.
Nov. 30 - Auditions for winter
production, McLoughlin
Nov. 18-19 - CCC Jazz Night. In
Theatre, 3 pm.
strumental jazz in the Communi
ty Center Mall, starting at 7:30
pm Wednesday night. Vocal jazz Nov. 26-27 - Thanksgiving Holi
in the Skylight Room on Thurs day: College Closed
day evening, 7:30 pm. $2 per
event. For more information, Nov. 30 - Winter Term Registra
call the Music Department
tion Begins.
Dec. 1-3 - One-Act Student Pro
ductions. One-act student plays
will be performed at noon on
Tuesday and Wednesday and at.
7:30 pm on Thursday in the
McLoughlin Theatre. Free. Call
ext 356 for information.
Dec. 2-4 - Winter Registration
by Appointment. Returning
students register by appoint
ment Wednesday through Fri
day in the Community Center.
New students register by ap
pointment Friday from 2-4 pm.
All students should call in ad
vance and get appointment
cards. Call ext. 266 for informa
tion.
Nov. 19 - Armchair Traveler.
Mary and Bill Hoffman share the
world of birds, insects and but
terflies. From 7-8:30 pm in the
ELC. Free. For more informa
tion call ext. 351.
The
Great American
Smokeout. Smokers are urged
to quit smoking, at least for the
day.
Fun Run! 12:05 pm, loading
zone off of the lower level of
Randall.
Dec. 1-2 - Holiday Crafts Fair.
Dec. 3 - Grapevine Wreaths
Workshop. Learn to make
Christmas wreaths out of
grapevines, dried flowers, and
other natural materials. 7-9 pm,
in the Enviromental Learning
Center Pavillion. $6 for ELC
members; $9 for non-members.
Materials may be purchased
from the- instructor. Call ext.
351 for information. ‘
Business Success Workshop.
This all-day workshop covers
the essentails of business suc
cess, such as marketing, record
keeping , and managing
finances. 9 am to 4 pm in the
Community Center Small Din-
ing Room. Sponsored by the
Center for Business Develop-
ment and Training and the
Small Business Administration.
Cost is $10. Pre-registration is
recommended. Call 656-4447
for information on the class
A variety of erafts made by
local artists will be on sale at the
12th Annual Holiday Crafts
Fair in the Community Center
Mall. 10 am to 4 pm on Tuesday
and 9 am to 3 pm on Wednes
day. Free. Call the 'ASG at
The “Seahorse?,’Very Little 657-8400, ext. 245, for informa
Theatre .Willamette Drive,West tion.
Linn. Phone 655-6150 Nov. 19,
20, 21, 26, 27, 28 and Dec. 4, 5, Dec. 1-11 - “American Musical
6 at 8 pm. $5.
Film” Exhibit. Photographs
Nov. 19-21 - “Extremities” Inis from the Academy of Motion
white-knuckle thriller is a power Picture Arts and Sciences
ful and explicit depiction of rage, chronicling the history of
reason, commpassion and Américain musicals will be on
retribution. Violence and strong display in the Pauling Gallery.
language. Nov. 19-21 at 8 pm in Four cedar canoes, handcrafted
the McLoughlin Hall Theatre. by faculty and students, will
Dec. 4-5 at 8 pm and Dec. 6 at also be on display. Call the Art (SBM-603).
2:30 pm. Cost is $4 for adults, $2 Department at ext. 386 for in
for students, and seniors can at- formation.
Before closing with “Pride (In
The Name Of Love),” inspired
by the assassination of Martin
Luther King and U2’s first Top
Ten hit, Bono told the crowd,
“Sing this for Stephen Biko
(deceased South African Black
leader)! Sing it for Martin Luther
King!”
The Edge started the first en
core with a Jimi Hendrix-styled
version of “Star Spangled Ban
ner.”
U2 then broke into the most
powerful and political song of the
concert - “Bullet The Blue Sky,”
written by Bono during a trip to
El Salvador (“President Reagan
comes up to me... and he’s peel
ing off those dollar bills... I can
see those fighter planes... Outside
is America”)
The encore finished with
“Running To Stand Still” and
“With Or Without You.”
U2 returned to finish the con
cert with “40.” The crowd con
tinued to sing the chorus long
after the band had left.
Only three songs off of U2’s
current album, “The Joshua
Tree,” were not performed.
U2 has the ability to unite a
crowd unlike any other band.
Lovesick denim-clad teenagers
sing in unity with hardcore
idealists. US citizens journeyed to
a foreign country to hear a band
from another foreign country.
The last line in “The Van
couver Sun” concert review the
next morning summed it
up perfectly- “U2 is a very, very
special band.”
Europe has new hit
by Christopher Curran
Design/Sports Editor
It starts with what could
almost pass for an explosion. As
the stereo needle places itself to
the first song on the first side, the
countdown begins.
The needle is reciting the title
song of Europe’s “The Final
Countdown.”
“The Final Countdown” was
released as a single earlier this
year and made its way as far as
the top 20 on several music
charts. It mixes a powerful beat
with an intense rhythm which not
only made it a hit, but seperated
it from any other single.
A second release, “Rock The
Night,” was wiped off the charts
before its ink was dry. If there
was a song that could be con
sidered “hard rock” on this
album, then this would most like
ly be considered it. In all reality,
there is no hard rock tune off
“The Final Countdown,” and
that is what seperates it from a
typical album released by Van
Halen or Bon Jovi, both of which
Europe has been compared to.
As the needle continues mov
ing, it falls on “Carrie,” the only
real ballad on “The Final Count
down.” “Carrie,” which made
it’s way up to number three on
Billboard’s chart two weeks ago
and is at number 20 this week, is
the most successful single release
from “The Final Countdown.”
With lyrics like “Things, they
change my friend” and "Can’t
you see it in my eyes..._ this might
be our last goodbye” and the
song’s slow percussion beat, it’s
easy to see why "Carrie” has
been so successful for the group.
Throughout this release,
Europe uses a keyboard - quitar
mix unlike any other group. It’s
refreshing to see a relatively new
band with this type of sound.
All 10 titles on “The Final
Countdown” were written by
lead singer Joey Tempest, except
“Carrie,” which was penned by
Tempest and keyboardist Mic
Michaeli.
Not since REO Speedwagon
has Epic records provided the
backdrop for a band of this level
of potential.
Like many groups of late,
Europe’s home is Europe -
.Sweden to be exact. In addition
to Tempest and Michaeli, the
group is comprised of John
Leven, John Norum, and lan
Haugland.
If some listeners choose to
¡compare Europe to Van Halen
'or Bon Jovi, that’s good. “The
Final Countdown” shows that
they are destined to be regarded
just as highly.
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