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Fans say Yes to classic rock

YES ALUMNI spin out
Neo-Classic Rock; - Tom
croons Classic Schlock;
Dion sidesteps temptation
for quick Classic Rock. cash-
in; Bowie ch-ch-ch-changes
again and manages to avoid
Classic -Rock. ossification’
process. ;

***Anderson, Bruford,
Wakeman, Howe, Arista Records
1989 :

There have been eight incarna-
tions of Yes since 1968. This
lineup, plus bassist Chris Squire,

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record review
was one of them. These four Yes

men, as Yes No. 3, were responsi- other great Yes art, . temptation to coast on the strength ‘his hat Is passe.
ble for bringing to the 70s music ** Tom jones — Move Closer, of past success, only to regurgitate are
world the Classic Rock albums Zomba Records 1969 the effort for an easy Classic Rock

Fragile and Close To The Edge.

From that heady time to this, the
four variously contributed to pro-
jects as guest musicians and as
members of groups. including
subsequent. versions of Yes, King
Crimson,. Genesis, Asia, Jon &
Vangelis and Earthworks.

By the mid-70s, Yes became ir-
relevant, collapsed by the plod-
ding..weight of bombastic super-
group excess and deluged by the

. 20.— Wednesday, August 23,.1989 .- North Shore News

bare-bones appeal of the New
Wave.

. Yet, the Yes team returns trium-
phant. Classic Rock is big business.
The timing is right. There is market
viability. And. yes, the new music

is intricate and the lyrics are elo-
quent, and heck, a little musical
bombast to stir the blood now and
again ain't all that bad, eh?

If you count yourself among the
Yes faithful, you'll Sike this
flashback disc. Oh yes, the nifty
sci-fi cover art for the release is by

Roger Dean, the guy who did the-

There was much promise in this
cool person's cover of Prince's flir-
tatious Kiss. {t worked so well
because it was craftily packaged
by The Art Of Noise arid it showed
a camp side to this machismo-
riddled hunk of Welshman.

But the follow-through doesn’t

_ happen with the rest of the cuts
here. The tone set by the quirky
Kiss quickly degenerates into the
lounge-act crooner posturing that

Made to order.

We've cooked up something special for you. :
A fresh, new restaurant. Complete with contempo-
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made him so famous with the pan-
ty-tossing set decades ago. But ail
is not lost in the morass of mush.
The man in black briefly breaks
the candle light and wine spell on
side two. Self-parody is unwittingly

‘Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe.

revisited with a humorous Jones-
does-Jagger version of (f Can’t Get
No) Satisfaction.

Why, Why, Why, Delilah?
*** Dion — Yo Frankie, Arista
Records 1989

Here’s a case where the singular

cash-in, was sidestepped.

Dion DiMucci charted a string of
hits between 1958 and 1963. /
Wonder .Why, A Teenager In
Love, Runaround Sue, The
Wanderer, are zit-pop classics.
The ertswhile pre-pubescent love
icon turned to the cloistered realm
of Christian music for a period.
This release sees him back in the
secular swing of things with
guitar-wielding producer Dave

Edmunds at the helm.

The distinctive Edmunds sound
pumps up the funtime factor by
adding a rollicking kick to Dion’s
New songs. Local rock bigwigs
Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance and
Bob Rock contribute a peppy road
tune, Drive All Night.

What could easily have been a
collection of slick and silly songs,
turns out to be a surprisingly good
record with a little help from
Dion’s friends,

**** Tin Machine, EMI 1989 .

David Bowie has attained the
professional longevity to easily
qualify for Classic Rock star status,
but the slippery fellow has never
stood still long enough to ossify.

This time out he’s parked his.

ego at the door to become one of
the regular boys in the band. Tin
Machine's’ Hunt and Tony Sales
did the Iggy Pop Lust For Life ses:
sions along with Bowie over a de-
cade ago. With Reeves Gabrels

guitar component of the Machine,
the group puts out some vicious
tracks. ;

providing the wild-riffing lead... YO! DION is surprisingly .gocd

this time out with Dave Edmonds,
Sut. somebody should tell him that

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