Coasters of 'Yakety Yak' fame
now performing at Rendezvous
One of the most warmly-remembered groups
from the "Golden Age of Rock and Roll," the
Coasters, are appearing this week at the
Rendezvous Lounge, 56th and Cornhusker
Highway. There is no cover charge at the
Rendezvous this week, and hopefully its removal
will encourage people to hear the group and be
reminded once again of the roots of today's soul
music.
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The Coasters, formed in 1955 as The Robins,
signed with Atlantic Records the following year.
Specializing in songs penned by Leibcr &
Stroller, they produced a fair handful of hits that
preserved an essential energy of performance
while still demonstrating how far rythm'n blues
music had come since its crude postwar
beginnings.
Remember Yakety Yak?
Today, the Coasters are perhaps best
remembered for a pair of hits, "Yakety Yak" and
"Charlie Brown." "Yakety Yak" deals with the
conflict between conservative parents and their
kids who want to get out of the house for
recreation. The song is surprisingly novel in its
construction; the title appears only as a
throwaway line at the end of each verse. After
listening to a round handful of parental griping, a
bass voice advises "Don't talk back" and a
sneering chorus gives the musical equivalent of
the raspberries, an abrasive "Yakety Yak."
In "Charlie Brown," the group gives an
enumeration of the hero's escapades and his sly
pokes at authority. After a raucous "You'll get in
trouble, just you' wait and see," a deep bass
. rumble pleads with a not-entirely-credible
innocence, "Why's everybody always pickin' on
me?"
Mayfield cites influence
The Coasters sang for their generation, and
were influences and inspiration for many Black
musicians of the '60s. Even Curtis Mayfield has
said that one of his favorite sounds was that of
the Coasters.
Music at the Rendezvous begins at 8 p.m.
Lead singer Cornell Gunter comes on about 9.
With the cover charge lifted, the Rendezvous
now seems to me tq be a bright spot in Lincoln's
nightlife picture. Now if people can find their
way out there
A word of caution
As I finish this, a friend reminds me that I
ought to add a cautionary note to this story
about the Rendezvous. In past weeks, the
Lincoln Police allegedly have been waiting
outside the Rendezvous, on the alert for drunk
drivers. I will not comment on any ethical
questions involved, but rather will prescribe a bit
of common sense to be used for the good of all
concerned.
If you go out in a group, make sure that at
least one person in each car keeps good and sober
in order to drive the rest of you home. Failing
this, I urge calling a cab, since there are fair odds
of being picked up for DWI near the Rendezvous,
and I think that few, if any, of us have a great
urge to spend a night in our beloved city lockup.
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