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PAGE 4 THE DECREE TUESDAY, OCT. 21, 1969 ‘Abbey Road’ Auditioned NCW ‘Pound’ Proposed By CHUCKWATERS Sometimes music offers not only variety, but if to be true to its purpose, it may also entertain. This is not to insi nuate music has a solitary pur pose; on the contrary it can be employed quite efficiently as a tool of education, social com ment and so forth. But the truly successful album is one that if both lyrics and music were separated, each could stand on its own, expressing thought and mood so entertwin- ed that the fusion creates no thing short of masterpiece. It is a very, very select few discs that attain this reward. The Beatles most recent col lection, ABBEY ROAD, almost reaches the said status. Per haps the place in your record rack best suited for storage of this LP is for it to be se cured in the middle of the Beatles’s white covered dou ble record set and considered as an integral part. Talcing the music and lyrics of the double album as a whole, neither can really be disected from the other without taking away some of the spirit and creative en deavor. Nevertheless, the three albums should be con sidered together for the works were composed at similar ti mes. ABBEY ROAD offers a mus ical spectrum, and although some of the compositions can be enjoyed wonderfully if broken down (not of necessity - this simply reflects the genius of Lennon and McCartneyi when its taken in its entirety the six teen songs are possibly the best ever recorded by the Beatles. “■I Want You”, a seven min ute plus band, begins with ly rics and music, but before the song is half completed the weight of the music itself car- r4es you with it until its fi nish. The “She’s So Heavy” subtitle is such an under statement; that one finds him self almost looking for the cul prit that abruptly cuts the re- QUALITY LAUNDRY And Gleaners 238-242 “Shirts Fit For A King” SANITONE DRY GLEANING 238 TARBORO ST. ROCKY MOUNT. N. C. cord off. Inside, however, is still car ried that same heavy, beating memory until side two relaxes the anxiety with a soothing lyric of dawn, “Here Comes the Sun.” It asks little except to be en joyed. George Harrison com mented that the song “came to him one morning while rest ing in Eric Clapton’s garden.” Side two contains Lennon and McCartney’s “Morning Suite - seven cuts when considered to gether to tell a story. Actually, Paul referred to the fifteen mi nute segment as “allowing enough time for one to shave, bathe and getdressed;” thus the “Morning Suite” connotation. And sufficiently easy to under stand, the first song in the series, “Sun King”, is the gen tle rouster. It is the sun un folding upon a night dampened countryside as a healthy flo wer. “Mean Mr. Mustard” and “Polythene Pam” border as being “pure funky” and sur prising and before you know it “She Came in Thru the Bath room Window.” All well and good, and at this point the suite has served its purpose well - to transform a perhaps sleepy listener into an unfolding flower himself. But with “Golden . Slumbers”, strains of lyric praising sleep would seem to coax the now awake hearer back to those arms from whence he stirred. Not so. Ringo’s drum solo in “Carry that Weight” is the only extended offering ever made save possibly the small amount contained in “Birth day.” Then, with typical Bri tish reserve, a venerated si lence before Paul’s jingle to his most royal lady. “The End” and quite aptly so. Harrison’s other composition on the LPis “Something” which the other members will un abashedly admit is the best on the record. Fortunately, this and the hauntingly beautiful “Come Together” are released as a single and should receive air coverage. The three re maining cuts may be smiled at. Two may be sung along with, “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” and Ringo’s “Octopus Gar dens.” “Oh! Darling” is three minutes and twenty-eight se conds of Paul crooning in a 1950 vein. Again, enjoy it for what it is - harmless, clean fun. Although the Beatles’s AB BEY ROAD may not be a com plete masterpiece, it is in deed excellent and deserving Gold Ptecord status, if no other album by the Beatles should ever have been rewarded such. ABBEY ROAD ... it will be interesting to see whether or not this street should become plagued with tourists intent on tearing our pieces of the wall and plaster so as to secure a souvenir of the Beatle herit age. Let’s hope not. PIZZA INN CARRY OUT EAT IN 443-3027 MON. - FRI. 4 - 12 SAT. 12 - 12-SUN. 4 - 10 Order by Phone For Faster Service Allow Approximately 20 Minutes MEBANE SHOE CO. 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Yarnold says that this problem has been prevalent in past years as well as now, but that no solu tion has every been presented by the administration other than simply the sporadic rounding- up and extermination of the animals. “The fact that stu dents feed and care for the dogs is the most important reason for their remaining on campus; this does nothing, however, for the problem.” Yarnold’s pro posal is that the dogs be hous ed in a pound or doghouse lo cated on campus. This pound would be constructed and main tained by Yarnold and other in terested students. This propos al, endorsed by Dean Wilde, now hinges on the interest and financial support of students. Yarnold’s interest in this si tuation came as a result of one of Wesleyan’s most recent ac quisitions, a six-week-old mon grel terrier which was hit by a car and which Doug kept in his room for a week. Doug Yarnold poses with in jured addition to Wesleyan’s dog pound. 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