4 (The Daily Tar Heel Monday, March 30, 1987
Piano man in concert: it's still rock and roll to
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'No troubled waters ran under
Billy Joel's bridge Friday night. For
two hours, the piano man tickled the
ivories and belted out song after song
to the delight of a devoted, near
capacity crowd in the Smith Center.
Clearly turned on, he charmed the
occupants of the Dean Dome in a
rocking concert.
Happily, the Chapel Hill stop on
what has been billed as his "The
Bridge" tour was more like a "Grea
test Hits" performance. Joel played
only a few songs from the new
album; most of the concert was
material from days before his music
became that of a complacent family
man.
The songs picked from "The
Bridge" were the best the album has
to offer. Especially good was the
bluesy "Baby Grand." even though
Lab Theatre's 'Warm Secret'
explores conflict of identities
By ANDREW EDMONSON
Staff Writer
For once listen to your heart and
do the right thing. The place you
came from ain't there no more, and
where you had in mind to go is
canceled out. The place you are now
inside your safe, silly house
is nothing but a cardboard box. I
can knock that down any time."
rhese lines from the Lab Theatre's
current production, "Where It's All
Warm and Secret," crystallize the
conflict of the story. One lazy
Sunday afternoon, conventional
college student Rebecca Faye Good
win is lounging at her sorority house.
In rides Charles, the archetypical
hipster, on his motorcycle. He
challenges Rebecca, cajoles her,
charms her, angers her, but, most
importantly, he dares her to step
outside the safely prescribed boun
daries of her conservative world.
This drama by Jeffrey Stepakoff
received the 1985 Samuel Selden
Playwrighting Award, a cash prize
given by the department of dramatic
art to undergraduate dramatists. It
Southern bands perform solid shows
at Cat's Cradle, Fine Arts Festival
This weekend there was a smor
gasboard of music for area fans to
listen to: from the all-star rock of
the Golden Palominos to the brash
punk of Dash Rip Rock to the
relaxing southern pop of Love
Old East
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Ray Jones, task force member and
then-Residence Hall Association
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wanted to turn the issue over to an
advisory board that had not yet been
formed.
When asked if the task force
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But members of the task force and
RHA President Kelly Clark, who
met with Boulton to discuss the
advisory board, said Sunday that
they feel the authority of the task
force may be negatively affected by
the board.
Jones said that the task force
would probably not recommend that
Old East and Old West be used as
living areas for outstanding seniors,
ard that the advisory board might
be more likely to endorse that
option.
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Concert
the live version lacked the input of
Ray Charles. The concert opener was
one of the album's other strong
songs, "A Matter of Trust." Joel
wisely neglected such tunes as the
sappy, lustreless "This is the Time"
and "Code of Silence," a song on
which he collaborated with, of all
people, Cyndi Lauper. (Need more
be said?)
Performing songs from almost
every one of his albums, Joel and
his seven-man band put on a show
with plenty of variety. Only one
small complaint about song selec
is based loosely upon a short story
by Joyce Carol Oates, entitled
"Where are You Going, Where Have
You Been?" Stepakoff s work was
performed in February at Carnegie
Mellon University, where he is now
a graduate student in play writing.
Serena Ebhardt, a junior in dra
matic art from Raleigh, makes her
directorial debut with this piece.
"The character of Rebecca has the
potential to represent any female on
this campus," Ebhardt said. "She's
a young girl who has had her destiny
imposed on her by institutions: by
the church, her sorority, her family
and friends," she said. "Sometimes
you find that the identities that are
imposed on you aren't you at all,
and you start a process of deep soul
searching. If you are going to be true
to yourself, you've got to go out and
find your own identity."
Zandy Hartig, a freshman from
New York, N.Y., plays Rebecca. She
says that the process of rehearsing
this two-character play has been
especially challenging. "This is the
most emotional thing I've ever
James Rurrus
Concert
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The Golden Palominos kicked off
the weekend Thursday night with a
great set at Cat's Cradle. There are
no scrubs in this band; as Dick Vitale
would say, the band members are
all PTPS prime time players. Led
by the charming singer Syd Straw,
the band seemed to enjoy playing the
small club. The Palominos were
relaxed but energetic.
Area artist Don Dixon jumped on
stage for the encore to perform
"Faithless Heart," a song he co-wrote
and sang on the Palomino's latest
LP, "Blast of Silence." Dixon's
soulful singing was the highlight of
the evening.
While the Palominos concert was
one of the best to come to a small
club in some time, only 200 people
attended the 8:30 p.m. show.
The southern rock concert spon
sored by the Southern Accents Fine
Arts Festival on Friday afternoon
was magnificent.
Opening the Great Hall concert at
3 p.m. was Dash Rip Rock, from
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tions can be made: he completely
neglected the worthy material on his
"best of the old" album "Songs in
the Attic."
Joel did three songs from his
darkest album, the; sometimes
brooding, sometimes cynical "The
Nylon Curtain." He chose the
album's hits "Allentown," "Pres
sure," and "Goodnight Saigon"
but even hits from this LP are a far
cry from standard pop fare. Though
sound effects in the live version of
"Allentown" were somewhat lack
ing, the live version of "Saigon"
made up for any deficiencies. The
song's opening and closing helicop
ter effects were so powerful and
realistic that upper-level listeners
ducked to avoid the chopper blades.
"Glass Houses" was also well
represented on the concert, with
done," she said. "My concentration
has gotten a lot better. I don't do
a lot of talking in the part. I Ve
learned that you can convey more
about what you're feeling when
you're listening and reacting, as
opposed to when you're saying
lines."
Doug Wagner, a junior in dra
matic art from High Point, portrays
the role of Charles.; "This play has
a very fine message that can apply
to anyone on this campus from any
background from the most avant
garde artist to the most socially
conscious sorority girl," he observed.
"People get so caught up in everyone
else's preconceptions of them that
they let these preconceptions define
them. Perhaps it's the most impor
tant message that weVe seen in the
Lab Theatre this season."
"Where It's All Warm and Secret
"w7 be performed with another one
act play, Emily Mann'sStill Life,"
by the Lab Theatre today at 4 and
8 p.m. and Tuesday at 5 p.m. in 06
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New Orleans. This band jumped all
over it, never letting up. Several
people in front of the stage' danced ;
out of control as the band' played
the same way on stage. ' ' ' '
Love Tractor came on next with
their soothing southern pop. It gave
the listeners a chance to catch their
breath after the strenuous workout
of Dash Rip Rock. This Athens
band's instrumentals were especially
good, and their songs with vocals
didn't disappoint anyone, either.
Finally came the headhners, Gua
dalcanal Diary. This band, from
Marietta, Ga., let no one down. They
performed stuff from their latest LP,
"Jamboree," from their first LP
"Walking In The Shadow Of The
Big Man," and some new songs to
be included on their new album due
in August. Guadalcanal Diary per
formed their most popular song,
"Watusi Rodeo," for the encore.
The Fine Arts Festival Committee
deserves a lot of credit. They brought
three great southern bands to Chapel
Hill and charged only a $1 admis
sion. Whatta deal!
There was so much going on this
weekend in the way of music offer
ings that rock fans could go back
for seconds and thirds until they were
stuffed. Let's just hope Chapel Hill
doesn't decide to go on a diet.
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every song but one from the first side
of this solid LP included. Joel rocked
the place with "You May Be Right,"
"Sometimes a Fantasy," and "It's
Still Rock V Roll to Me" (which
was just a bit under tempo). Perhaps
the best "Houses" rendition was
"Don't Ask Me Why," featuring
three roadies whq provided rhythmic
clapping. j
Picking highlights of this concert
is extremely difficult, since the entire
evening was great. One tune, how
ever, does readily come to mind
when discussing Billy Joel: the classic
"Piano Man." After all these years,
Joel still performs it to perfection.
Other highlights included the title
tune from the recent "An Innocent
Man," on which Joel's soulful voice
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He could have selected many
things to sing as encores. To an even
greater extent than Genesis, Joel has
an incredible wealth of good material
from which to choose. His choices
were "Uptown Girl," "Big Shot," and
"Keeping the Faith." He ended the
evening by admonishing those who
had been drinking to do as he does
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exceptionally high. Joel is wonderful
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can sing, unlike some pop per
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to avoid coming across like dying
cows. Most of his songs were, not
improved when performed in person
but were on par with recorded
versions. The amplification system
made musical portions of the show
sound very clear, but listeners sitting
in less-than-ideal sections could not
always understand Joel's patter.
Joel has genuine talent to spare.
He generally writes intelligent lyrics
and successfully experiments in a
variety of styles. Not limited to the
insulated musical environment of a
recording studio, he seems at home
on a stage and communicates well
even to a huge throng of fans. Part
of his appeal is his down-to-earth
quality. He is just an ordinary Joe
who made good; sort of a walking,
talking, singing embodiment of the
American dream.
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