Grand Funic Railroad produces 'funky' disc
The following was given to
me by Rich Berney. Mr.
Berney says, "I am affec
tionately submitting this record
review from the October 29
issue of Down Beat, a music
magazine, Please print in full. I
would be grateful." Here
follows the above mentioned
review.
"Grand Funk Railroad
Closer To Home. Rating:
zilch.
At a concert, I once heard a
emcee announce next week's
attraction as the Grand Funk
Railroad, and the resultant
teeny bop tumult convinced me
that said Grand Funk Railroad
held incredible appeal for the
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teenybop mass which only
reinforced my opinion that ex
pensive hype, top-40 hype
media complicity, and the
desire of said teenybop mass
fcr fadistic product can ef
fectively dictate popularity.
Musically, GFR are as
redundant and esthetically
undemanding as one expects of
expert bubblegum, working
each mandatory cliche with
mechanical precision, as if the
archetypes of schlock.
And on this latest album, ex
travagantly popimpressBvely
advertised by a monstrous
Times Square billboard, such a
creative impotence (in the in
terests of Mammon perhaps) is
well exhibited, particularly as
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Closer To Home becomes some
definitive catalogue on How-To-Play-TremendousJy-Adequate
-Rock-&Roll:
basic pablumatic
rhythm figures, basic scream
Intonation (with proper soulful
lyric distortion), basic in
nocuous ballad ('Mean
Mistreater'), basic pop politics
plus world salvation identity,
basic peachy production and
promotion (especially the keen
sea noise on 'I'm Your Cap
tain!). As the producer's liner notes
pronounce: "They are three
who belong to the New Culture
setting forth on its final voyage
through a dying world . . .
searching to find a way to
bring us all CLOSER TO
HOME but what utter crap!
Should I ever agree that the
music of Grand Funk Railroad
belonged to my New Culture,
then I would Immediately have
to puH a Euripedes, removing
myself to a distant cave where
I might write my plays and
make my music in a spiritual
peace far apart from the
witless mass . . . -Bourne".
Mr. Berney then adds, "God
bless Mr. Bourne. As for all
lovers of Grand Funk Railroad
music . . ." Mr. Berney here
tells all lovers of Grand Funk
Music to take advantage of the
first opportunity that offers
them the chance to become
violated.
Fred Eisenhart
Byrds' new album is
by Terry Schmitt
Untitled is the title of the
newest release by the ever
evolving Byrds, This is a two
record set, one live and one
recorded in the studio.
The latest Byrds are Roger
McGuinn, of course; Gene
Parsons; Clarence White; and
the new bass player, Skip Bat
tin. They have again managed
to be inventive and diversified,
while retaining the 'Byrds'
sound.
The live record is not really
THE NEBRASKAN
Pageant judges
black awareness
Twelve young women
will compete at 7 o'clock
Saturday night in the Student
Union ballroom for the title of
Miss Black Collegiate
Nebraska.
The Afro-American
Collegiate Society, which is
sponsoring the pageant, will
use the proceeds from the
pageant for scholarships for
low income minority students.
At last year's pageant, over
400 people were on hand to see
Roxaraie Arvia of Nebraska
Wesleyan crowned the first
Miss Black Collegiate
Nebraska.
Program Coordinator Janice
Hicks is hoping that mis year's
pageant will draw a larger
crowd than last year's. "This
year's pageant is going to be a
spectacular event," Hicks said.
"We have 500 tickets printed
and we are hoping to sell all of
them.
According to Hicks, the Miss
Black Collegiate Nebraska
pageant is a lot different from
other pag:ants because con
testants are not judged on the
basis of their beauty. "The
winner will be chosen for her
intelligence and black
disappointing, but perhaps an
unnecessary expenditure. It
contains only two previously
unrecorded songs, "Lover of
the Bayou" and Dylan's
"Positively Fourth Street." The
other five songs include an ex
tended fifteen minute version of
"Eight Miles High."
While the guitar playing Is
excellent, the cut is a bit
tedious after one listening. The
problem is that the Byrds could
have used that side for several
other original, new songs.
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Hicks said,
compete in
first being
which each
an African
contestant models
stvle outfit that they made. The
second area is talent. The con
testants talent can be anything
from singing to speech making.
A question and answer session
is the final area that the
women will compete in."
There will be five young
women from the University of
Nebraska in the pageant,"
Hicks said. "There will also be
three women from John F.
Kennedy college, two from
Creighton and two from
Nebraska Wesleyan.
"Six other young women
wanted to be in the pageant but
I had to turn them down
because they sent their ap
plications in too late," Hicks
added.
A dance will be held in which
the L.A. Carnival combo will be
playing following the crowning
of the new Miss Black
Collegiate Nebraska.
Tickets for the pageant and
dance are $2.00 per person or
$2.95 per couple. Tickets may
be purchased at the door
Saturday evening.
'Untitled'
The studio record makes up
for the inadequacies of the live
record. Some very fine new
Byrds tunes are included. One
great cut is McGuinn's
"Chestnut Mare." It is a uni
que, surreal and sexually in
nuendoed song about a cowboy
trying to capture and ride a
wild horse.
If you want to be a rock and
roll star, you may be able to
pick up some pointers here that
will help you along to fame and
acclaim.
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awareness," Mrs.
"Contestants will
three areas. The
African dress, in
