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^ _ high life — Feb. 15, 19/z Top Seven (Neglected) Records Or 1971 . - » ii_ A n*^A +V»£ivyNTi» VkAAti malHnct mnTA ri»fld- In the last issue of HIGH LIFE I stated that there was an awful lot of good music made in 1971 that went unjustifiably unnoticed. What HIGH LIFE readers don’t need is another article on Carol King, Chicago, etc., when there are hundreds of articles avail able on these people in every magazine from LIFE to WEEKLY READER. What is needed is coverage of lesser known but equally talent ed groups who somehow get tampled in the rush. So without further ado, here are the top seven (neglected) albums of 1971; (1) “Surf’s Up”—The Beach Boys. The Beach Boys, as usual, hav^ released one of the best al bums in this or any other year. Such A Good Movie To See With A Friend Otto Preminger, a name associ ated with powerful films like Exodus, is now linked to Such Good Friends, an exception to the rule. Such Good Friends is classi fied as a comedy, though at some time it’s quite . serious, but over all, it is a very entertaining film. Such Good Friends is a story about people. It revolves around the author of a popular children’s book who goes to the hospital to have a mole removed. His benign mole develops complications, and his wife (Dyan Cannon) is forced to call her husband’s “friends” to donate blood. In calling these people she runs across her husband’s “Little Black Book” containing the names and dates of his past “con quests.” All the women in his “book” are her good friends; of course, she is obviously shocked. So she has a fling with her hus band’s best friend and his doc tor. The story ends with a differ ent twist and nobody lives hap pily ever after. The female lead is played by Dyan Cannon, Gary Grant’s fourth wife. Hollywood gossip re portdrs say that she isn’t satis fied with Preminger’s directing or her performance. If she isn’t satisfied, she must have set very high standards for herself. I felt; her performance was above aver age. Ken Howard shares the male lead with James Coco. Both are better than average. Jennifer O’Neill enhances the screen with her beauty and outdoes Dyan Cannon in this aspect. Overall the film was very en tertaining and should be seen. An Excellent College Close To Home AT GREENSBORO COLLEGE YOU'LL FIND — An excellent faculty — Good facilities — A full curriculum — A friendly atmosphere — Small enrollment GREENSBORO COLLEGE Write or Contact; DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS GREENSBORO COLLEGE GREENSBORO, N. C. PHONE (919) 272-7102 For the Best In PRINTING and PRICES Call ACME PRINTING COMPANY BR 28809 Printers of School Papers, Handhooia, Literary Magazines, Directories, Invitations and Announcements 803-B McCormick Street GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA The album is amazing in its range and subtlety. Every song is excellent, but “Long Promised Road,” ‘"nil I Die,” and “Feel Flows” are masterpieces. (2) “Loaded”—Velvet Under ground. The Velvet Underground, from New York City, are legen dary for their association with Andy Warhol. In the beginning they had a black, satanic image created ' around their songs of heroin and decadence. Recently, they changed their image to rock and roll and more positive things. Led by genius Low Reed, this is one of America’s best groups at their creative peak. (3) “14-1 + 1=4”—Sir Douglas Quintet. Doug Sahm is/the image of Texas; there is hardly a more interesting person musically or personally than he. This is the Quintet’s best album, representing all of their many styles from big band music to country to Mexican-Texas rock and roll. (4) “New York City, You’re a Woman”—A1 Kooper. A1 Kooper has played with the Blues Proj ect, Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Bob Dylan, and many others. This is his fourth and best solo album. His songs are just plain tremen dous. (5) “Crabby Appleton”—Crabby Appleton. This group had a hit single called “Go Back.” The al bum follow-up is full of crisp, high-energy rock, spotlighting the songwriting ability of guitarist Michael Fennelly and the super ior musicianship of the whole group. (6) “Oh, Pleasant Hope”—Blue Cheer. Like Velvet Underground, Blue Cheer underwent great changes. Starting out as a brut ally loud trio, they eventually went through many personnel and musical changes. This album is quietly electric, and the music is low-key, tasteful rock. (7) “Meddle” — Pink Floyd. Starting out they primarily made electronic music through an army of equipment. Recently, however. they’ve been making more read ily accessible songs. “Meddle” is their best album yet. Side one contains one instrumental and a number of acoustic ballads, and side 2 is an advanced 23 minute composition called “Ekihoes” fus ing jazz, rock, and electric. Bury Yourself In This Book For the past few months a cer tain book has been riding the best seller list—non-fiction divi sion. This is imusual for a non fiction book to remain popular for such a long period of time. The book is Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown, and I’m sure after you read it, you’ll know why. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is the story of the decline of the American Indian. It is told from the Indian’s point of view, not the white man’s, and after reading this book, I guar antee you’ll have a different view of the “cowboy and Indian” battles of the nineteenth cen tury. Dee Brown is a famous author of “old west”^ stories. He reveals in this one his true sympathy for the Indians and his disgust of the white man for the mistreat ment of them. The book may seem to be prejudiced against the white man, but after looking at other Indian stories, I think this is acceptable. Bury My Heart is told in chronological order, and by the extinction of different tribes. The theme about mistreatment of the Indians is there, hut the book also points out all the treaties that were made by the whites but were never kept. The last quotation in the book, from the Oglala Souix chief. Red Cloud, sums it all up; ‘"They made us many promises, more 'than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it.” Such quotes as the one above are good examples of the strik ing realism of the book. Bury My Heart is thoroughly researched and presented with on-the-spot manuscripts and photographs of the great Indian chiefs. Depite the high price ($10.95), I would recommend this book to anyone. If you can’t buy it, take Abbie Hoffman’s suggestion ' and “steal this book.” COMPLIMENTS OF CAMPUS CUPBOARD 950 WALKER AVENUE Western Sizzlin’ Steak House 2624 Battleground Avenue 18 VARIETIES OF STEAK FROM 49c TO $3.50 SERVING U. S. 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