Thursday. November 17, 1983
The Pendulum
Arts
Page 5’
Loverboy, Joan Jett dazzle Greensboro crowd
By Lisa Conklin
As the lights went down in
the Greensboro Coliseum last
Friday night, a nearly sold-out
crowd rose to cheer two of the
most popular groups in rock to
day — Joan Jett and the Black-
hearts and Loverboy.
Exploding onto the stage at 8
p.m. sharpe, 24-year-old Joan
Jett blasted onto the scene and
played to rock fans for an hour.
Jett and the Blackhearts per
formed with high energy, run
ning across the stage encourag
ing fans to sing along perform
ing such hits as Shout Crimson
and Clover, and Do You Wanna
Touch. Jett had the crowd on its
feet singing to her biggest hit,
i which held the country’s No. 1
single for eight weeks in 1981,1
Love Rock ’n’ Roll.
Loverboy Dazzles Audience
After a short intermission, the
Canadian band Loverboy came
Simpson attributes success to luck
on stage performing from their
new album Keep it Up the song
Queen of the Broken Hearts.
Fans, ecstatic at seeing the
main event, wildly cheered on
lead singer Mike Reno as he
dazzled the crowd. Running,
jumping and dancing, Reno's
appeal to the crowd sent many
fans (especially female) into
frenzied fits of loud screaming.
Guitarist Paul Dean enter
tained everyone with a solo
which brought out the pre
sence of several air guitarists
among the crowd.
Laser Effects
The 1983 Loverboy tour in
cluded a spectacular light
show which included the latest
in concert fads — lasser lights.
At one point, Reno stood on the
darkened stage as smoke rol
led out, and laser lights shot
from behind his body into the
darkened arena.
This action packed show in
cluded such songs as. Working
for the Weekend, The Kid is
Hot Tonite, Hot Girls in Love
and Take Me to the Top.
Leaving the stage, Loverboy
reappeared for a final encore
which included their top hit.
Take Me to the Top.
Then Loverboy disappeared
into the darkness leaving the
fans hungry for more music and
proclaiming to come back next
year.
By Kami Brooks
Staff Writer
“I guess being lucky is the
prerequisite for success,” said
Bland Simpson, novelist and
creative writing teacher at the
University of North Carolina-
Chapel Hill. Simpson was re-
fering to his success as a musi
cian when he received a Col
umbia recording contract
when he was only 21.
Simpson is also a playwright,
composer and journalist. He
displayed some of his many ta-
lents last Wednesday in
Mooney Theater as he sang ori
ginal songs and read from his
works.
He read excerpts from his
novel Heart of the Country,
including Anne Bonney and
Edward “Blackbeard” Teach.
Blackbeard was made to look
like a “buffoon and was used
for comic relief,” said Simp
son. The musicians were actors
who used their instruments for
mock weapons. From Hot Grog,
Simpson sang, Restless Bones,
a song about pirates when they
die. . ,
Simpson used Mark Twain s
memoir about his Life on the
Mississippi and made it into a
musical. Simpson sang a song
entitled "Learn This River By
Heart,’’ which he emphasized
that in order to be a successful
river boat pilot one has to know
the river by heart.
On request, Simpson sang
Catfish which he wrote for the
musical Pump Boys and
Dinettes.
Simpson said his creative
writing students at UNC-CH
“work on dialogue exercises
between people.” They study
different elements of fiction by
separating them into parts
such as setting, scenery and the
author’s tone of voice.
Simpson said he gets his
ideas for his songs, musicals
and books “from meeting va
rious people and reading a lot
of different authors. “Authors
teach you a lot about writing,”
Simpson said
which is about the history of
country music as he sees it. The
book’s main purpose is to re
flect changes in the styles of
country music and Southern
culture.
Simpson said he was encour
aged to write the book by a pub
lisher, whose only other advice
was to include a female char
acter.
Simpson sang a song entitled.
These Southern States That I
Love, which he co-wrote with
Jim Wann for Diamond Studs, a
musical about the Southern
outlaw Jesse James.
“We’re professional liars,’'
said Simpson, explaining that
he and Wann did not sing about
the true outcome of the out
laws’ lives. “The truth was too
grim to sing about,” Simpson
said.
Simpson also co-wrote a
musical with Wann called Hot
Grog, which was a story of the
,. North Carolina coastal pirates.
Snow Ball Dance
Dec. 3, 9:15 p.m. in Jordan Gym
Playing
Vital Signs
Admission $1
Stav for Bon vs. Longwood basketball
game and get free ticket to dance.
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