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What a difference 10 years can make!
In 1966, Carter was a liver p21, Chevy Chase was a .
well-to-do Washington, DjC. suburb and the Eagles were a
mediocre professional football team nested in the friendly
confines of FhSbddphia. "
In 1976, Carter is the President-elect Chevy Chase is
Chevy Chase (and you're not), and the Eagles are a su
perb Southern California-based rock quintet.
While Carter and Chase look to hew horizons, the
Eagles are continuing their tastefully . managed marriage
of popular and progressive music. This artfully con
summated marriage has made the Eagles the . most
consistently successful rock group since their debut album
was released in 1971.
Hotel California, the Eagles new album, deviates little
from the musical principles fust established on the Eagles
debut album.
Norecyc&g .
This does not mean the Eagles merely have recycled
and rearranged reliable melodies for their fifth studio
album.
While Hotel California is unmistakably a product of
"LTjrors on the ccCtj,
Tlse pink cksmpzgne on ice
And she sdd, Ve ere cH fast prisoners here, of our
own dries'
And in the master chambers,
Tl&y gathered for the feast
They stsb it with their steely knives
But they fast can't kill the beasts.
Eves ' fMfornia" has a lot going for it
lyrics, vocabnd melody it's not an easy song to listen
to.
This is really the only problem on the album, but un
fortunately it exists throughout. -
After previous big, easy-listening style hits, "Lyin'
Eyes," "One of These Nights" and "Best of My Love,"
Hotel California present only one song, "Wasted Time,"
that is likely to benefit from the Eagles soft-rock follow
ing.
' New ersrcsdi
Although Hotel California is certainly not a hard rock
album, there is a new approach to guitar-playing on the
album. , ' ' ' '
This is partly because of the arrival of Joe ?alsh, who
along with Felder, provides the Eagles with two excellent
guitarists.
Even though the guitar playing is considerably snappier
than on their last album, One of These Nights, it suffers
from the priorities of producer B2 Szymczyk.
Walsh and Felder are especially effective on "Hotel
California" as they exchange leads near the end of the
song. However, the title track and a Walsh tune, "Life in
the Fast Lane," are the only places where Szymczyk
allows the guitars much breathing room. .
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the Eagles, it is, at the same time, unlike any of their lour
previous albums.
It seems remarkable that the Eagles have achieved such
a consistent success without becoming overly predictable
musically.
Take for example the new album's title song, "Hotel
California." The song presents a songwriting style unlike
anything previously attempted by the Eagles.
"Hotel California" is a Dylanesque (heavy on the
Imagery) portrait of the California lifestyle.
Written by Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey,
"Hotel California" benefits from crafty instrumentation,
a well-executed vocal outpouring by Henley and lyrics
that are quite possibly the strongest, and certainly the
most insightful, in the Eagles' five-year history.
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"Hotel California" describes the environment in the
celebrity-infested wasteland of Hollywood and other
California centers of decay and degradation:
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Photo cowrtay of Asylum Record
The Eagles-the band, cot the (octbzl tesni-wiih new member Joe Walsh, have released their latest album on
Asylum records. Hotel California features new directions for the group.
Review by Jerry DeLomszo
The Student Composer Concert at
Kimball Recital Hall Monday had an
unusual closing method, featuring a direct
response from some of the audience.
The musicians, UNL music composi
tion students, were playing their hst piece
when a yelling man came out of the
audience and onto the stags.
He was joined by a screaming woman
and asked the musicians if they thougU
what bey were playing wss muds. When
the coi'f's ordered the misskians to Izzvs,
the mizidans responded by leaving the
stage, ending the concert.
Rands1! Snyder, assistant professor of
nrjsic theory and composition, said the
man and woman were students acting as
part cf the show and were used as a
poser uonc
ort ended
by man's yells
different method for completing the
concert. - -
He described their participation . as
"playing within the fabric of the concert."
He said the deception was designed to
upset the audience's definition of what
a concert should be.
That bit of deception was not the only
unusual thing about the concert, Snyder
said, because the pieces played were "new
music rie twaed that new music uses
unrelated sounds in an caorderh fsdhisau
This year's first Student Cociposer
Concert last month used abrasive and
unruly muiic while this concert's music
was more sd)tle and easy to lirten to.
Although this concert was more
subdued, its approach was still unusual.
For example JaJgerdicder," the fifth
piece, had a German narration to
accompany the muse.
It seemed to go along well with the
music, but it may have been more effective
if the audience could understand the
words messing. .
The opening piece, "Mitoses," was the
brainchild of student Rich Jones. It had a
somewhat mellow, sinister overtone that
eased the audience into the concert's
harder pieces.
Mike Bergstraesser's "King's Oisnber" '
hd an interesting combination of slides;
piano and electronic music with a dancer
interpreting the muc.
The muiic, slides and dancing went well
together. -However, the dancer was in the
dark so the audience had to strain to get
a glimpse cf her. With so many things going
on during the piece, it was hard to focus
on it as a whole.
Although 'these innovations in music
have been going on at -American univer
sities since the 1950s, Snyder said they are
still relatively new at UNL -
The pieces require the listener to be
patient and develop an appreciation for
it. The cliche of not bad, just different,
applies well to the concert. If the listener
knows what to expect and can let go of his
standard thoughts on music, he can find
these concerts enjoyable.
Although most of the composers say
tfiere is little philosophy in their music,
a general theme conies through most of the
pieces. The abundant talent of the
musicians is evident, making the concerts
enjoyable to the open-minded listener.
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Sheldon Theatre
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thst cHirMr J tlm Ytrk CUy C.st
plans screenings
to help pay costs
The Sheldon Film Theatre will fponsor benefit screen
ings the first week of second semester to raise money for
the theatre, according to Dan Izidy, theatre director.
The theatre will screen a film cf Felix Mendelssohn's
baHst, A Midsummer Night's Dream, with Suzanne
Fsrrell, Edward VkHa and the New York Cily Ealkt
Company.
Critic Give Barnes of tl:e New York Times cs!Is it "one
cf the trst dance Ltj ever."
It win be shown Jew 16 throu-h 22 at 3,7 and 9 vsn.
csch day. Admisdon wO be $3. v
Lzltly said he plans to use the profits from the benefit
ffKwb-s to help defny some cfiix experts cf cperzlj
the theatre, lle.tlso said lie plans another bensfit at the
end of the second semester.