Friday, November 17,1995 Page 12
Chick music
laden with
unique feel
Those who pe
ruse my fair-sized
> music collection
| often come to the
same conclusion.
Chick music.
From Tori Amos
and Edic Brickell
to Nanci Griffith
and Joni Mitchell, I’ve got it all.
The Indigo Girls, the Sundays, the
Cranberries and the Story. Victoria
Williams and Suzanne Vega. Bjork.
I’ve even got a little Judy Collins.
“Chick music,” they say as they flip
through my compact discs. And some
times they say it in a not-so-nice tone
of voice, as if only a chick could ap
preciate such fluff.
As sexist as it seems, I kind of know
where they’re coming from. Even I’m
not sure how my tastes got so femme.
For the bulk of my formative years, I
didn’t like women’s voices.
I don’t know if it was some sort of
self-hating adolescent Ophelia com
plex or what, but during my junior
high years. I wouldn’t listen to women
sing.
My music collection was already
limited by my nonexistent budget;
whatever I had was (illegally?) dubbed
from friends.
But I further limited my choices by
allowing only testosterone-laced
voices to fall on my ears.
Men just sing better, I argued. They
don’t whine or shriek.They don’t pull
any of that Mariah Carey crap that
makes your ears bleed.
I listened to the Beatles, Simon and
Garfunkel, some snooty British bands
and more of the Beatles.
When I started listening to alterna
tive music, though nobody called it
that then, it was the Smiths, the Cure
and REM. Not an ovary among them.
Then I heard “Like the Weather”
by 10,000 Maniacs. Dear God, I
thought, she’s singing my song. “Do I
need someone here to scold me, or do
I need someone to grab and pull me
out of four poster, dull torpor, falling
...” (It was high school, and I was de
liciously temperamental.)
There began a string of favorite
songs sung by women and favorite
bands fronted by women.
I would never-ever suggest that
men and women can’t appreciate the
creations of the opposite sex (the
Beatles are still and always will be my
absolute favorites).
But let’s face it, men and women
quite often process love and sorrow
in very different ways. And women
have unique takes on personal issues
such as unwanted pregnancy (“Eat for
Two,” 10,000 Maniacs), rape (“Me
and a Gun,” Tori Amos) and loneli
ness (“Fuck and Run,” Liz Phair).
When I feel lost or desperate or
ecstatic, I want to hear strong, talented
women who sing with my spirit, my
voice ... or at least a voice similar to
my own.
Rowell Is a senior news-editorial, adver
tising and English major and the Dally Ne
braskan managing editor.
Courtesy of Richard Feldman
Ted Neeley stars in the touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Neeley also played the role
of Jesus in the show’s motion picture version.
‘Superstar’ hit rocks in Pershing tonight
By John Fulwider
Senior Reporter
Ted Neeley brings his acclaimed portrayal of
Jesus to Pershing Auditorium tonight in Andrew
Lloyd Webber’s “Jesus Christ
Superstar.”
Based on the last seven days
of Jesus’ life, the interna
tional blockbuster musical
has been seen in more than
35 countries.
“Jesus Christ Superstar”
came to the stage by an un
orthodox route. Webber and
Tim Rice originally created
the music and lyrics and released the compila
tion as a two-record rock opera in the United
States and Britain in 1970.
That recording sold more than 2.5 million
copies and spawned many concert tours. Webber,
Rice and their manager Robert Stigwood then
wrote “Jesus Christ Superstar for the Broadway
stage. It opened in October 1971 with unprec
edented advance sales of over $1 million.
The show’s score features some of Webber and
Rice’s most popular and well-known songs, in
cluding“Hosanna,” “Everything’s All Right” and
“I Don’t Know How to Love Him.” The last song
hit.No. 28 on the Billboard charts in June 1971.
1971.
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Webber and Rice s other collaborations in
clude the Tony Award-winning “Evita” and “Jo
seph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreameoat.”
Webber composed “The Phantom of the Opera”
and “Cats.”
Neeley also played the role of Jesus in Norman
Jewison’s motion picture version of“Jesus Christ
Superstar.” He appeared in the show’s Broadway
and Los Angeles companies. He also appeared in
“Hair” on Broadway and in Los Angeles, “Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in New York
and “Tommy” in Los Angeles.
Tonight’s performance at Pershing begins at
8. Tickets are $32.75 and $24.75.
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
Saxophonist Joshua Redman, one of the jazz world’s most promising new
talents, makes his Lied Center debut tonight. Redman won the Thelonious Monk
international Jazz Competition in 1991 and is touring in support of his latest
album, “Spirit of the Moment — Live at the Village Vanguard.
Cool stuffs
. boiling over
this weekend
So, you planned on going to the big Hootie
concert this weekend. Tough luck. Sparky. There
isn’t one. Not here, at least. But go do one of
these things instead. Charles Perez would.
• At the Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St., tonight and
Saturday night. The Bel-Airs take the stage with
their blues/soul/R&B act.
j Cover is $5; the show starts
! at 9.
• Think and Love Lies play
at Knickerbockers, 901 O St.,
tonight. Saturday night,
F Knickerbockers plays host to
GC3 and Fek. Both shows
start at about 10, and cover is
$3.
• “Priest” continues at the
Mary Riepma Ross Film The
ater, 12th and R. The movie plays at 7 and 9:15
tonight and 1, 3:15, 7 and 9:15 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is $5.50 general, $4.50 for students
and $3.50 for senior citizens, children and the
ater members.
• “Fool For Love” continues at the Studio
Theatre in the Temple Building, 12th and R
streets, at 8 tonight and Saturday night. Tickets
are $9 for theater patrons, $7 for faculty, staff
and senior citizens, and $6 for students.
• Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman performs
at the Lied Center for Performing Arts tonight at
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