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Once upon a tins, there vras a rcup
called Ths Knack. Thsy played ener
getic music which was papular far a
few months. Tksy played a certain
brand cf mcsic ths critics called
posrer pep." Ths Knack has br42ir.ee
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they pisasarcd, thai certain cssre
called pcrrer pep; b still a pervasive
, force ia rauaic today.
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Althouci the term "power pop" had
faded into nothingness until resur
rected riht here in this wry column,
the practitioners of power pop are still
around. In fact, one group which is
criticized as being a Knack clone is The
Romantics. The Romantics latest
: album, In Hcst, epitoxaises power pop.
If power pop were to be defined .3 fun
dance music, then In Heat would be a
perfect example cf what is to be dis-
cussed in this review. ' ..
It may eurprbe some people, who
have only heard the latest material
from The Romantics, that they have
been p?.rjir. cir.ss the late 70s. So why
, havent you heard The Romantics cn
- the radio before? They ran into the'
same problems The Knack did years .
; eo. Theywere stuck in the middle cf a
musical taste battle. The regular lis
teners cf lite 70s and early CD's rock -stations
called them punk, and the
punks called them mainstream. Some
times, both sides cf the fence got to
gether and called them dlbco, which at '
- that time ras as bad as beins called a -communis
to the IleCarthy era.
Cut the times have charged and the
powers that be (various rock radio
programmers living in New York) have
Civea their nod to the radio stations to-
play croups like The Romantics and
The Rentes as they wish. The Go-Go's
were the first group from the power
pop genre to be let out of the under
ground, and many ethers followed.
The Bongos, who have received even
leas air play than the Romantics, can
be considered another addition to the
power pop style of music The Dongas
were in Lincoln recentry to promote
their latest EP Nurzbars XYiL Vffazs,
In a Daily Hebraskan interview, Rob
Norris, bassist for The Eongos, des
cribed their music as TO3 pop.' .
Ji:;crs .ITith, I7irj3 cCers many
chances for The Bongos to score their
first hit record. Of the five songs on the
album, "Numbers With 7ing3," "Barba
rella" or "Skydiving" all have the poten
tial to get The Bongos air play.
Like The Romantics, there is no dis
cernable reason why The Bongos
should not be heard on the radio more
often.. Eventually, I think they wffl.
Richard Barone, songwriter and lead
vocalist for the group, writes songs
which are very catchy -and melodic. '
For a critic, the shallowness of The
Romantic's lyrics are a big problem.
For someone who likes to dance, the
lyrics are no -problem. No one - ever
needed lyrics to dance to and that is
primarily The Romantics calling in life.
v- In that respect, In Heat succeeds.
It's been two years since their last
album, the disastrous Strictly Per
zor.zU which was a departure from the
sound cf the first two albums. For
those who didnt care for Strictly Par
$saal, be assured that the group has
returned to the cleaner dance sound
that made the first two albums so
incredibly cood
Tfcrceycara cgoThe Romantics pleyed
a "catch a rising star" concert in ,
Omaha. Earlier this month, they
played in 'Lincoln in what abo was
tilled as a "catch a rising star" concert
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Holiday ceacon
things to do
fa-la-la-la-la. . .
. Ths - Nutcracker" -will ,
be presented by Theatre
Arts for Youth at the Lin
coln Community Pl.iy-
.. house OII.tt T. Joy ! L.Lv
stege, 2500 S. 6Cth t.
Tlie holiday ballet h eup-
ported by the Nebraska :
Arts CounciL It will run
Dec. 9 through 11 and
Dec. 15 through 18 at
7:30 p.m. aad Dec. 10, 11,
17 and 18 at 2:30 p.m.
The ballet, which is
being presented for the
fourth consecutive year,
is being choreographed
' by Eda Krasova. . Origi
nally, from Czechoslova
kia, Krasova has studied
with the Bolshoi Ballet
School in Moscow ,
Tickets to The Nut
cracker" are $5 for adults
and $2.50 for children.
- Reservations may be ob
tained by calling the Lin
coln Community Play
house Box Office at
489-9503 between 10
am. and 4 p.m.
Another Yuletime fa
vorite, Charles Dickens'
"A Christmas Carol" will
begin its run at the How
ell Theatre tomorrow. An
article on the play in
Tuesday's Daily Nebras
kan erroneously listed
the title as "A Christmas
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be obtained by calling
472-2073 between noon
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