December 8, 1969
The N. C. Essay
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gather, that only a handful would
turn out for something so vital.
Sut enough, there are more
important things to be talked about.
A result of that meeting was the
decision on the part of many people
to take a more conscious degree of
involvement in the mobilization
committee. Obviously, full-time
work is impractical for us, but we
are not and should not prohibit
ourselves from at least learning more
about the war itself and what we can
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but be it. The Stones bump and grind,
jump at you, seize you. Ride on,
baby! Mighty Mick, unlike any other
singer in rock, grabs the NOW and makes
it entirely his. The audience, like
a victim in the undertow, is swept
into Jagger's moment.
From the super-charged opener,
through the slow country riffs, to
the chanting finale, Let It Bleed is
a raging, passionate gut-spilling
session.
Vintage rock, but uniquely
avant garde. Basic emotions and
feelings slurred from Mick's slightly
cockeyed tongue-in-cheek point of
view. Love In Vain throbs like a
toothache at 3 A.M. as Mick plays
with pain. Live With Me extends
the invitation made in Let's Spend
the Eight Together: "You know, baby,
there's always a place between my
sheets for you." Just for feel, a
tenor sax solo is added, just like
Little Richard. Mich does his
monkey on Monkey Man.
"We all need someone to lean
on" sings Jagger on the title song.
Keith Richard plays a super solo
(he's really one of rock's most
underrated guitarists) while the
Stones rave up. The song is carried
through its logical progressions:
"We all need someone to dream on";
"We all need someone to cream on";
"We all need someone to bleed on".
Let it bleed, baby. Midnight Gambler
is the Stones at "their satanic
majesties request." A jam, a com
pact version of Coin' Home, with
superlungs singing scat behind the
band's chugging beat. Brian Jones
plays harp.
A1 Kopper and the London Bach
Choir guest on You Can't Always Get
What You Want. Mick's leering
vocal, Dylanesque lyrics, funky
Stones, and the Bach choir make this
an eerie prayer. But THE cut is
Country Honk. A blusier Honky
Tonk Women. Concise and quick,
nothing wasted. Jagger, with a
straw between his teeth, sitting and
picking with the boys. The song of
the year indeed.
do to end it.
Thus, this Wednesday, Dec. 10,
at 12:30, in Room 113, a workshop
will be held. A workshop. Simply
a period of instructive learning
during which we can gain insights
about the history of our involvement
in Viet Nam. Two speakers are
scheduled.
On December 12, the third mora
torium will begin with an early
evening rally which will include
speakers and concerts. Red River
Salvation, a band from the School
of the Arts, will offer their ser
vices in concert. If for no other
reason, go to hear them because they
are good and well worth your time.
Look for an announcement concerning
when and where.
The following day, the 13th,
there is a march shceduled at Fort
Bragg in Fayetteville. There is a
contingent of soldiers there known
as G.I.s For Peace. They need
assistance. Transportation from the
(Cont. from page I)
He went on to say that they are
mainly interested in apprehending the
pushers, pushing being a felony.
He used a true anecdote to illustrate
the difficulties the S.B.I. has in
this area without the support of
young people. It seems that the S.B.I
bought a quantity of marijuana from
someone and arrested him only to find
that he could not be tried for
possession of narcotics because the
"marijuana" was really rabbit grass.
They couldn't even get him for false
advertising.
Mr. Morgan re-stated the law's
need for the support of students such
as ourselves particularly; and the
students who did attend applauded,
dumbfounded, at the Convocation's end.
Few people but Richard, Mick
Taylor, Bill Wyman, and Charlie
Watts could play with Mick Jagger
without getting in his way, yet
retaining their own identity. They
are Rolling Stones and not every rock
musician could be that. Despite his
short existence as a Stone, Taylor
has adapted with no difficulty.
Much has changed for the Rolling
Stones. Although they still have
their gypsy image, it has become
almost acceptable. They are touring
again. Mick is into films and Brian
is dead, conspicuous only in his
absence. But Jagger is still
the crazy cocky Mick of before and
the music is raunchy as it was when
the Stones first formed. They've
been away for awhile and we need them
back. We all need someone to lean
on. Just as Mick Jagger.
conuocflTion-
Dr. James T. Cleland from the
faculty of Duke University, will
address the N.C.S.A. student body at
the convocation, Wednesday, Decem
ber 10, at 1:30 p.m. in the theater
at the school.
Dr. Cleland's topic is "An
Hour with Robert Burns, the Scottish
Poet". All students are encouraged
to attend.'
school will be provided by the
committee, leaving at 10:00 Satur
day morning.
Finally, December 24th,
Christmas Eve, the plea is simple
and direct: go to church. If you
care to, urge your preacher, priest,
or rabbi to pray for peace. A simple
thing to ask.
Other long range plans are in
the formative stage. What is em
phasized above all else, is that we
become aware, involved, that we take
a stand. That in some way, each
day we can do something to make people
understand how we feel. Just making
posters would help. Canvassing the
Winston area, talking to people in
their homes. Not easy, huh? Right,
but neither is this war and living
with it. The contribution need not
be startling or flamboyant. But
what is needed is a coming together
of this academic community in some
kind of understanding and action.
Time is running out on us. We're
already outlaws in the eyes of
America, just by what we are and what
we do. But we have power and the
means to make it better. Let's
not blow it.
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could create as Interested an audience
as the dancers have. He explained
that even though the dance is a
spectacle, the dance department has
had to build and educate an audience
through tours etc. along with creat
ing a dance company. There is no
reason why the music department
cannot do this. It boils down to a
need for more publicity as well as
more performing.
Let's face it, once you've seen
all the available movies and eaten
hush puppies till you could gag,
what is there to do in Winston-Salem?
We don't have any outlets, cultural
or otherwise, except for what we
make ourselves, here. If students
get so frustrated that they begin
tearingf^'pianos apart, then we have
to create more outlets.
The vacuity representatives
promised to work on the problem and
the next Student Administration Forum
will be held Dec. 10 at 12:30. All
are urged and welcome to attend if
they are free at that time.