music KING COOL! Ferry’s new disc ‘THE TRAGEDY-filled ~ voice of Bryan Ferry returns + with a stand-out selection; the big screen spawns a . soundtrack disc full of hits “ and misses; opera meets - Gershwin for some uneven results; Stevie Wonder busts out with yet another funky hunk of plastic. MICHAEL BECKER music reviewer. Bryan Ferry — Bete Noire, WEA 1987 The king of cool hits a comfor- table stride in his seventh solo telease. The pop crooner, whose smooth moves and distinctive vocal mannerisms inspired many a suave clone during the early ‘80s British New Romantic fusion of new wave and disco, has come up with a new collection smooth as silk... ee ry The effort is the result of a col- laboration including Madonna producer/songwriter Patrick Leonard and former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. The album returns to expand on rhythms explored earlier on the Roxy Music Avalon album and the *85 Boys and Girls Ferry solo. The disc opens uptown and uptempo with the perfect night life dance floor fodder of Limbo and Kiss & Tell. But all is not cha-cha in Fer- ryland. On Zamba, Ferry takes the is smooth as silk mood down a couple of notches with a tale of spurned tove ina tune marked by a moody autumnal atmosphere. Coo) tunes and a slick delivery make this a record to be recom- mended. Less Than Zero —- Original Mo- tion Picture Soundtrack — CBS 1987 A representative cross-section of American pop music culture circa 1987, these soundtrack selections confirm there is nothing new to be found in the mainstream. Aerosmith, power chord hit mongers who ruled the airwaves in the '70s, have arisen phoenix-like with the group's version of Rock- ing Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu. Poison puts in a fatally antisep- tic rendition of the young genera- tion gone-to-sced anthem (I want to rock and roll all night and party every day) Rock And Roll All Night. A band called Slayer murders an Iron Butterfly tune best left mori- bund in the heavy acid-rock grave- yard of the ’60s. While nothing new, a modicum of relief is afforded by an in- trospective Roy Orbison with voice @ Valentine’s Day Feb. 14 @ Choose from our special Valentine's Day menu or our regular menu @ Open at 11:30 for brunch and stay open ’till 9:00 pm for dinner @ Bring your love to a delightfully different and truly romantic spot for this special day NOW OPEN EVERY SUNDAY FOR BRUNCH \ and DINNER 11:30 AM - 9 PM Parties up to 80 people: reservations 980-9508 == ANCHOR IN 1653 Columbia Street, North Vancouver, B.C. (at Lynnwood Marina) Photo submitted stil] intact in Life Fades Away. Rap masters with a social message, Public Enemy, shine on Bring On The Noise, Joa Jett & The Blackhearts move from hard metal to a blues-imbued She's Lost You. The Bangles bow to ‘66s nostalgia with a frenctic fling through Simon and Garfunkel’s Hazy Shade Of Winter. Like the man in the paisley shirt once told me: ‘*The more things change, man, the more they stay the same."’ Kiri Te Kanawa — Kiri Sings Ger- shwia, EMI/ Angel Records 1987 Stick to opera, Kiri. Fifteen of George Gershwin’s most memora- ble songs are given a good diva workout, but you often get the creeping sense of perfectionism run amok. See Stevie Page 20 NY \ a LYTWO00 e i 19 - beidas, February $2, 1988 - North Shure News Bryan Ferry - new album returns to expand on earlier ry¢hyms, VALENTINE’S DAY Spyros and Mark invite you te come and treat your Valentine to Brunch or Dinner at B.C.’s finest waterfront Restaurant. FINS, the Seabus and Skytrain take you to our door, on the Fraser at the New Westminster Public Market. For more information and your reser- vation, call 522-8222 FINS, New Westminster Quay, 810 Front Street, New West. Flickers Video 1431 Marine Drive. North Van at Norgate Centre Open daily 11am’. 10pm Fri./Sat. ttl 11pm 988-3394