Hday, October 24,1975
page 11
daily nebraskan
of Licks
1. By Deb Gray
By NumbefsTTic WhoMCA
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The Who
$6.98
A battle will begin. After deaf, dumb
and blind pinball wizards and Ken Russell
movie spectaculars, the Who has reunited
or its first album of new material since
1973s Quadrophenia.
Who fanatics -among the most fanatical
of rock followers-will lejoice, reviving the
old rigamarole. The Who, not the Rolling
Stones, they'll say, is the greatest rock and
roll band in the world.
To me, the mythical title of "greatest
rock and roll band in the world" is as
irrelevant as whether the 1971 Comhuskers
were the greatest football team of all time
or Catherine Deneuve the most beautiful
woman in the world.
, "I But Lord knows we heard the phrase
"-s--'"i thousands of times this summer while the
Ptwrta courtly MCA rocd RoUing Sones were on tour lt was heard
Roger Daltrey, lead singer of on Geraldo Rivera, seen at least 100 times
The Who along in Rolling Stone and picked up by
newswire stories.
Nothing against the Rolling Stones -I
mean, what can you say? they're fantast
ic. But how nice it is to hear the other
groups are still capable of nonpareil rock.
Yes, the Who is back-as raunchy and
driving as ever.
The album's 10 songs are loosely related
by theme not as obviously as on Tommy
or Quadrophenia, but related nonetheless.
It's not an original theme to be sure-the
dues a rock band pays for success. In the
hands of 90 per cent of the bands around
these days, this theme would be, at the
very least, trite.
But the Who have really lived what
they're singing about-up from the working
class to one of the most enduring, wor
shipped acts in rock.
When Roger Daltrey sings "My ego will
just confuse meSomeday it's gonna up and
use me. . . Tell me about some destiny I
can't prevent And however much 1 squirm
There ain't no way out," he makes
believers.
A song to delight those with libidinous
leanings is "Squeeze Box " Yes, it is about
what it sounds like it is about. And how
appropriate. After all, rock is rooted in
sexuality. . . , v
You "can tell it from the opening guitar
sweeps of "However Much 1 Booze"-this
is what rock should sound like. It's grip
ping, exciting and majestic. It transcends
music . (
All trademarks of the Who sound are
there, but it's amazing how these guys have
matured since the days of, for example,
"Meaty, Beaty, Big, and Bouncy " Daltrey
was bora .to sing these songs. He is more
confident than ever.
This should not diminish the import
ance of Peter Townshend, Who wrote all
but one of the album's songs. He is nothing
short of incredible-weaving his guitar
licks, like rippling water, above a crashing
wall of sound.
jup & coming
On Campus
Theater
Howell Memorial Theater - 12th and R -Long
Day's Journey Into Night -through
Saturday Oct. 25, 8 p.m.
f University Studies Historical Theater -
Henzlik Hall- J he Uid Ulory; An Ameri
can trilogy - Friday Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m.
Art
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery - 12th and R
- Photographs by visiting UNL professor,
Wright Morris through Nov. 16; Maggie
McKichan-photographs through Nov. 2;
Watercolors by Marcia Goldstein Khren
hard through Nov. 2; Textiles by Vir
ginia Harvey through Nov. 9.
Film
Sheldon Film Theatre - 12th and R- Ham
let (Shakespeare Film series), Fri. and
Sat. at 3, 7 and 9 p.m.; Robert Mother
well (Contemporary Art and Artist
Series), Sun. at 3 p.m.
a r
VanCliburntoplay
,a .i,nic Von riiKnm winner of the First Inter-
national Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, will be m Lincoln
Sunday to open trie iyo uncoin uommuimy wwn
Pershing Municipal Auditorium at 3 p.m. . .
Series members may bring an out-of-town guest for an admission
charge and members of other Nebraska concert associations may attend for a
nominal fee. Otherwise, attendance is by membership only. ....
Bom in Louisiana in 1934 and brought up in Texas, Cliburn received his
first music lessons from his concert pianist mother and later studied at
Julliard School of Music under Rosina Lhevinne. He made his debut tn
Houston in 1947, and the following year won the National Music Festival
Award for his first appearance at New York's Carnegie Hall.
His recording of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto was the first classi
cal album ever to sell one million copies. .!.. ,u
Ciiburn's Lincoln appearance is one of 60 performances by the artist in the
United States this year, and his schedule is sold-out. In addition, he will be
the first to use the new grand piano recently purchased by Pershing.
Halloween Costume Party Dance
in the Georgian Room at
The Radisson Cornhuskcr Hotel
Champagne Breakfast No Cover Charge
at Midnight and a DJ.
COSTUME CONTEST 1
1st prise is a symphony dinner
for 2 at the Landmark plus
tickets to the show of your choice S
Reservations not necessary, but welcome,
I.D.'s required Halloween Night 0:00 - 1:00
-Kndisson Cornhuskcr Hotel
BEEF & BOOZE
HALF PRICE
DRINKS
ONDAY THRU
FRIDAY
3:30-5:30
301 No. Cotner
3 Blocks North of "O"
466-2339
Mwatk
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SHELDON
ART GALLERY
12th & RSts.
Shakespeare
Films
HAMLET
(Great Britain 1943
152 minutes)
Produced and
Directed by
Sir Laurence
Olivier
Starring
Sir Laurence
Oiivier and Jean
Simmons.
Friday S Saturday,
October 24 & 25
only
Screenings at 3, 7
& 9:45 p.m.
Admission $1.50
Historical Theatre presents
The Old Glory
A Play by Robert Lowell
a non-rod-whito-and-blue-
plastic-birthday-party-bok
at tho nation's Bicentennial
Free Admission
Thursday, Oct. 23rd
Friday, Oct. 24th
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7:30 p.m. Henzlik Auditorium
11511, i ft WmmtiAizjhds