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Page 8 Daily Nebraskan Thursday,, September 19, 1935 New Burton LP technologically prime but lacks danceability, lyric quality three times the price of the last Burton Burton proves he still is unmatched recordirut session, shows up on this in his mastery of metaphors, record. There's more impact in the The best song by far on "I Heard Woody Allen once said that only drums, more bite in the guitars, and That is ' Bum licker, an autobiogra By Mike Grant Staff Reporter 3-322SOUTH 9 STREET, LINCOLN, NE 68508-476-8551 Groucho Marx made life worth living. He should have added "and the latest Charlie Burton album." Forget the arms talks, Pete Rose's career-hit record, and the Madonna-Sean Penn marriage. Any time Burton has a new release all other news takes a back seat. Record Review When I heard cuts from Charlie Bur ton and the Hiccups' latest disc, "I Heard That," on my car radio, I put the pedal to the metal and risked a speed ing ticket to get my hands on a copy of the log-awaited record. On the way home, I examined the cover of the album at each stop light. The colorful album jacket itself is a treat. Just seeing lead singer Burton, guitarist Phil Shoemaker, drummer Dave Robel, and bassist Tom Rierden dressed up in dapper tuxes might be worth the price of the album. The sound on "I Heard That" is top drawer. Before, listening to a Burton record was like reading a good book through a cheesecloth. Everything from the drums to Burton's voice sounded "muffled." But studio mastering, which accord ing to Magazine of the Midlands cost . : - : JL, : ; , COUPON)" Cash value l20th cent BURGEU BUCK. Save $1.00 on the purchase of any one of our 13 or 12 pound hamburgers. Good only at participating Flakey Jake's restaurants in Lincoln and Des Moines. 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I Good only at participating Flakey Jake's restaurants in I Lincoln and Des Moines. l Coupons not good in conjunction vith other promotional offers. Offer expires Oct. 15, 1985 f 6100 "O" Street at the Gateway Shopping Center Burton's voice has added nuance. One phical tune about Burton's deceased wonders if the next Burton record will parents. It's both bittersweet and com be on compact disc. ical and shows Burton's vocals at his But no record is made for its album best. I would have never expected any- cover or for it's technical quality. It's thing like poignancy from the man who the songs that count. gave us "I, 41 Don't Care." From the opening tune "Not Too Burton and the Hiccups have made it Much in Common (Anymore)" to the no secret that they expect this album to closing "Nanook of the North" there is give them the national recognition they a strong country feel to the record. deserve. If it doesn't, nothing will. Lead guitarist Shoemaker sounds Although the recording qualitv is like he has been hanging around with Johnny Cash for the past year, which isn't at all bad. Indeed, songs like "All Time Low" and the cajun-influenced "The '0' Song" are good enough to play on radio station WOW. "I Heard That" is a familiar collec .tion of no-holds-barred raucous rock 'n' roll songs like "Dead Giveaway" to "Hungry for Love," which take balla deering to the limits of tongue-in-cheek. All these songs are backed up by Shoemaker's searing guitar solos. One standout, "Roadkill," is nothing less than a gross tune about our animal friends along highways and byways who are victims of hit and run. It belongs, for better or worse, on the Dr. Demento show. "Another Vietnam" is another straight-out rocker with lyrics like "Was that you or Madame Nhu At our backyard BBQ It reminds me of your daytime dramas you there, in you black pajamas!" great, and songs like "Bum Ticker" and "Dead Giveaway" are as good as it gets in Nebraska, or anywhere else, for that matter, the album seems harder to really get into than their other albums. It's ironic that this, the most techno logically perfect of Burton's album's also is the least dancable and with the least amount of memorable lyrics or guitar riffs. Songs like "Creatures of Habit" and "Nanook of the North" come off as filler material. Rockers from the group's repetoire like "Jezebel" and "Sanitary Landfill" would have served the album much better. Don't get me wrong, I would still recommend this album on Burton's songs and Dave Roebel's guitar action alone. It just seems that the technical quality of the album got more attention than the lyrics and the instrumentals, which usually makes any Burton record worth the wait. Songs mix garage sales love on Burton album 1 BURTON from Page 7 to classical music. I guess I got it from a kind of osmosis from the crib," Bur ton said. "I like writing song-poems with a literary bent." "So far, Burton said response to the new album is slow. "It's too early to tell," Burton said. "We've sent out about 500 copies to critics and selected distributors around the country. A record is new for one to twelve months. In the meantime, we're spreading the word." "We sometimes get tired of playing the same places," Burton said. "And I'm tired of being a southeastern Nebra ska phenomenainstitution. But I guess there are no small parts, only small actors." In a Magazine of the Midlands cover story, rock critic Roger Catlin said that Bob Dylan had heard Burton's song, "Breathe For me, Presley" and told an interviewer the song "really gets me." "It makes me feel okay he likes the song," Burton said, "but I don't have any illusions. I can't eat on it. Right now I'm the idol of a half dozen and that's it." u c2) y E GfolS J TONIGHT STROH A PARTY NIGHT 0$ BHAVJS 30$ Ell IKED DRUMS 01.50 PITCHERS From 740 PM HO COVER APJD STROH'S BEER ON SPECIAL ALL NIGHT LONG AT 11:00 OUR FAMOUS UNISEX SWIMSUIT CONTEST 0100 CASH TO THE WINNER Don't Forget .Friday is Ladies Night 10 DRAWS 25$ MIXED DHirJICG 01.50 PITCHERS From 7-10 for Everyone! 1