Wednesday, September 4, 1985
Pago 10
Daily Nebraskan
Night Ranger expects upbeat Lincoln premiere
By Bill Allen
Senior Editor
The rock group Night Ranger, which
will perform for the first time in Lin
coln, has captured the MTV audience.
"Sentimental Street," the video
spawned from Night Rariger's third
albumranks third on MTVs listings.
And Jack Blades, the group's bassist
and one of two lead vocalists, said he
expects the group's new video release,
"Four in the Morning," to do well. It
premiered on MTV last Thursday.
"This one is funny," Blades said,
"It's more of our style. We had more say
in its production than in the others."
One of the others was a video for
"Sister Christian," which was a top-five
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Night Ranger will be in Lincoln's
Pershing Auditorium today at 8 p.m.
Blades said the group looks forward
to the show.
"We like playing in some of the
smaller cities," he said. "The shows are
more fun. The audience is not as jaded
as they are in, say, New York or Los
Angeles."
Blades is joined by drummer and
lead vocalist Kelly Keagy, keyboard
player Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald and lead
guitarists Brad Gillis and Jeff Watson.
Night Ranger, a band from the San
Francisco Bay area, has been together
only five years, and Blades attributed
the band's fast rise and success to its
style and songwriting.
"We always concentrate on writing
the songs," he said. "Good songs will
keep you at the top."
Because of this, Blades said, Night
Ranger should be at the top for a while.
"We're not the fad-type band," he
said. "We consider ourselves a good,
hard-rocking band. People are always
trying to classify us, but mainly we are
just a rock band that tries to have a
great fun time."
Blades said the group travels with its
own sound and light show and puts on a
good performance.
"Also, we don't try to get too deep
with our music," he said. "If you want
music you can use to figure out your life
with, you might as well go listen to Bob
Dylan."
Despite some early setbacks "Every
record company in America but one
turned us down twice," Blades said
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Night Ranger gained national success three months of this year. Blades, who wrote and sang 'Faces.' "
with their second album, "Midnight is considered the group's primary The group is about half-way through
Madness." Billboard magazine listed songwriter, said that on this album, its U.S. tour, Blades said. During April
the album on its top 200 album chart "everybody pitches in." and May, the group toured Japan and
for more than a year. "Sister Chris- Europe.
tian," the hit single, has helped the "Jeff brought in some great chord "Success gave us greater confidence,"
album sell almost one million copies, changes on the track 'Goodbye,' " he Blades said, "It's made us work harder,
The third and current album, "7 said. "Fitz came up with some killer too. It's important to us not to let the
Wishes," was recorded during the first music for 'I Will Follow You,' and Kelly people down."
Latest MgSnt Sanger record,
doesn't quiite make the grade
By Paul Morin
Staff Reporter
Frankly put, Night Ranger's new
album, "7 Wishes," is brainless music.
One can't deny the band's popular
ity, with this album's recent hit, "Sen
timental Street," doing well. The
group's earlier hits included "Sister
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Me."
"7 Wishes," is filled, groove-to-groove,
with bland, unimaginative music. Sam
ple side two's first song, 'This Boy
Needs to Rock." The twists of phrasing,
the poetic intertwining of the lyrics
and music and the insightful, philoso
phical words themselves all reek of
brilliance. For example:
Actually, there is some talent shown
on this album. There really is. There is
a talented rehashing of mid-1970s
Michael Stanley Band music. That's the
kind of talent there is on this album.
After listening to Stanley's "Stagepass"
and "Heartland" and then hearing this
album, this reviewer is thoroughly con
vinced of the existence of deja' vu.
Taking the band's nature and its ear
lier successes as givens, "7 Wishes" is
sure to please present Night Ranger
fans, but as for gaining any converts
well, it would be easier to shove a
camel through the eye of a needle.
CPA. Rating: 1.95
Tonight, tonight, tonightThis boy Editors Note: In the future,
needs to rockTonight, tonight, and in keeping with a college
tonightThis boy needs to rock paper theme, the Daily Nebras-
Tonight, tonight, tonightThis boy kan will rate albums, movies
needs to rockTonight, tonight, and other reviews on a Grade
tonightThis boy needs to rock. Point Average scale, with 4.0
Musical genius, I tell you. being the highest rating.
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