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Men
2. “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t
- Enough,” Patty Smyth/Don
Henley
3. “Humpin’ Around,” Bobby
Brown
4. “Baby-Baby-Baby,” TLC
5. “Jump Around,” House Of Pain
6. “She’s Playing Hard To Get,”
Hi-Five
7. “Please Don’t Go,” K.W.S.
8. “Do I HavcToSay Thc)Vords,”
Bryan Adams
9. “People Everyday,” Arrested
Development
10. “Just Another Day,” John
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Clapton shines on acoustic release
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Singer at best
when unplugged
Eric Clapton
“Eric Clapton Unplugged”
Reprise Records
“Eri» Clapton Unplugged,”e the
compact disc for which fans begged,
has been released by MTV Networks
on Reprise Records.
Clapton picks, plays, strums and
slides through 14 selections of previ
ously released recordings.
“Unpluggcd”shincsancw lighton
the legendary British guitarist whose
days of yore began in the 1960s when
he played with the Yardbirds, Cream,
the short-lived super group Blind Faith,
and Derek and the Dominoes.
Listenerscithcrwill lovcthiscom
pilation of Clapton’s acoustic blues
melodics or won’t. It’s hard to believe
a few reviewers actually have turned
their thumbs down and noses up when
they plugged in “Unplugged.”
Old die-hard rockers and rollers
might remember that Bob Dylan was
booed when he first showed up on
stage exchanging his folksy format
for an electric sound. Reviewers hated
that, too.
But it was still undeniably Dylan’s
voice, just as Clapton’s “Unplugged”
is undeniably Clapton’s blues, whether
electric or acoustic.
Clapton’s guitar playing, influ
enced by early American rhythm and 1
blucsartists, also borderlines the style *
of John Mayall, as evidenced in the
last and fast track of “Rollin’ and
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Tumblin’” on “Unplugged.”
“Tears in Heaven,” featured on the
soundtrack of “Rush,” captures the
goosebump chill of Clapton’s sensi
tivity.
The song evolved alter his young
son,Conner, died. A short time before
Conner’s death, Clapton’s friend and
frequent louring companion, Stevie
Ray Vaughn, was killed in a plane
crash.
Clapton’s “Tcars” lyrics pose ques
tions many of us ask after experienc
ing the loss of someone close.
“Would you know my name if I
saw you in hcavcn?/Would it be the
same if I saw you in hcavcn?/I mustbc
strong and carry on ‘cause I know I
don’t belong here in heaven/Would
you hold my hand if I saw you in
hcavcn'.yWouId you help me stand if
I saw you in heavcn?/I’ll find my way
through night and day ‘cause I know
I just can’t slay here in heaven.”
Another song, now receiving air
play, along with “Tears in Heaven,” is
Clapton’s unplugged version of
“Layla.” His quiet, Clapton finesse
with laid-back vocals and guitar play
ing, almost renders “Layla” unrecog
nizable from the original screaming
electric version, released in the days
af Derek and the Dominoes.
“Old Love”deceivingly starts with
runs reminiscent of “Layla,” but in
:orporatcs Clapton’s fancier fretwork,
it times similar to Spanish or classical
guitar playing.
On the I ighter side of “U npl ugged,”
he track, “San Francisco Bay Blues”
s a happy, hand-clapping tune fcatur
ng a kazoo, the instrument mimick
ng the lip-tickling sound of wax pa
>er on a comb.
“Nobody Knows You When
ifou’rc Down and Out,” fixes on the
_ ' ' Courtesy of Reprise Records
Eric Clapton’s latest release, “Eric Clapton Unplugged,” is a
compilation of tunes from Clapton’s MiV performance of the
same name.
blues style ol the 50s and early 60s.
The subject is money — either you
have ilor you don’t, and if you do, you
can count on everybody being your
friend.
His other “Unplugged” songs in
clude a short instrumental, “Signe,”
“Hey, Hey,” “Running on Faith,”
“Walkin’ Blues,”“Malted Milk”and
the slow, cool tunc, “Lonely Stranger.”
The beauty of hearing Clapton
unpl ugged is the chance to li sten to h is
voice undislortcd. C lapton s true qual
ity and range is sometimes overlooked
or overstretched when he’s compet
ing to be heard above electric guitars.
Two prime examples of his vocals
on “Unplugged” arc “Alberta” and
“Before You Accuse Me.”
So, whether listeners arc sold on
Clapton’s acoustic style or not, “Un
plugged” is unforgettable.
-Jill O’Brien
Tale showcases author’s talent
‘A Plague of Change”
Warren Douglas
3el Rey Discovery Books
iy Sam Kepfield
itaff Reporter
Del Rey has begun their “discov
ry” line, showcasing new authors,
isually with first novels. So far, from
~ Warren Douglas and the several
nhers out, it’s a good addition to an
lrcady prestigious label.
“A Plague of Change” takes a few
amiliar tncmes and wraps them to
gciher to form a stunning new item.
Bass Cannon is the ne’er do well scion
of a ric h Foundi ng Fam il y on Cannon ’ s
Orb. After tom-catting his way through
adolescence, he is sent off to a mili
tary academy, where his talent for
interfacing with computers through a
device called a “Hat” is discovered.
No sooner docs he return to his
home world after graduation than is
hc shanghaied by jealous friends,
placed on a lightspecd freighter in
indentured servitude. He makes him
self invaluable to the captain and cams
a neat nest egg after he is let off.
Enter the psaila, inhabitants of
Phaslillan — repulsive creatures who
exude pheromones for communica
tion. Human traders want to have as
little to do with them as possible.
Bass, however, is hired by the psaila
as a computer expert to install a plan
etary computer system and train op
erators. He quickly rises in rank and
esteem for his abilities.
It is surprising then, when he is
iramcd lor an embezzlement scheme
involving heavy metals. In exile,
though, he learns even more and de
vises a solution to ensure the survival
of Phastillan.
To survive and to expand, humans
and psalta must learn to work as one,
to become one culture.
The trans-Reef planets arc dying
because humanity is overextended,
letting all its pathologies run wild.
Whole planets arc depopulated, and
pirates rule large swaths of known
space. They take over Phastillan and
settle in for a long stay.
Cannon’s solution is sly. I won’t
give it away here except to say that it
involves pheromones and the unusual
effect that psalta pheromones have on
human libido.
“A Plague of Change” is brainy
and clever with plenty of science
thrown in to make it believable, but
not so much as to detract from the
characters, well-drawn all. Douglas is
an author to watch.
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