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«shrinks, textiles industrial, the dis- develop- revolu- Russian tradition- 45 G AT THE COMO 8 at E Rock Concert Will Go Down In History as Fun No By MICHAEL CALLERY DAN AYKROYD relaxes backstage between sets at Heat Wave, billed as \the 1980's Big Beat Rock and Roll Party.\ Well-protected from the oppressive mid-day sun and the throat catching dust of Ontario's Mosport Auto Race Track's parched hills, the comic actor ponders re- placing John Belushi, part- ner in their Blues Brothers act, with Blondie's lead singer, Deborah Harry. \We'll call it The Blues Brother and Sister,\ he says, and returns to his mood-enhancing refresh- ment.\ © MS. HARRY is there to see, and not be seen. The beautiful and pleasantly unassuming blonde smiles sweetly at questions put to her by a writer: Is Blondie not on the bill because the band is having problems and may break up? Is she worried that her doing com- mercials for designer jeans {associted more with disco than with punk) has altered her image in the eyes of her fans? I she concerned that other women rockers, such as Chrissie Hynde, Pat Be- natar or Leni Lovich may be ready to capture her . crown as queen of New Wave music? Is she going to concentrate more on film and video (she garnered, and was pleased with her good reviews for the movie ''Roadie\) at the expense of her recordings? Puckering her succulent roseate lips, she responds in that unmistakable voice, **No, no, no, and no.\ OUT FRONT, Heat Wave seems less a day and night of gut wrenching rock and roll than a spell at the beach. Everywhere, shirt less men, and women un- dressed as legally and healthily possible, sit on blankets beside picnic cool- ers and thermos bottles, or wander to the rest areas and concession stands where \Fresh Ontario Fruit\ picked from the nearby Oro- no farms is available. The grapes are luscious, but the watermelon doesn't sell at $2 a chunk, and gets re- duced to a buck. Water trucks dispense the ley lig- uid, and Pepsi obviously made the right deal some- where along the line, as thousands of its crinkled cups litter the grounds. Se- creted pot and pilsner pre- vall. Promoters had hoped for T5,000 fans, but the figure seemed nearer to 50,000. The crowd for the Rolling Stones at Rich Stadium in 1975 was larger. Canadians made up the vast majority of the fans, with only a few thou- sand tickets sold in Buffalo, 'The great numbers of autos with Ontario plates attested to the fact that it was a Ca- nadian event. That and the loud reception for Toronto's favorites, Teenage Head, not yet a byword in the States, proved it further. One frisbee-tossing girl stated that you could tell the ''Canadlan guys easy, they're the ones still wear- ing long hair and bell bot- toms. Look at my boy friend!\ Even Elvis Costello antl-climactic ALTBOUGH there was a negligible assortment of punk fashions in evidence (blue hair and safety pins are already a bit passe) dungarees ruled the dress parade. T-shirts and multi- colored buttons with slogans such as \PUNK \SID LIVES,\ or \EAT THE PRESS\ and others featur- ing portraits of favored groups were hawked. Die- hard punkers, smelling what they felt was a co- opting rat, obviously stayed away. The few who did show up in their costumgs of black, black, and more black, suffered in the broil- Ing oven that was the conc- ert ground. The more color- ful New Wave fans fancied this year's hot hue, yellow, and its varied shades. Comparisons to Wood- stock are pointless. The doc- lle crowd was far less, and if attendees expected a water- shed event, they were soon disappointed. Where Wood- stock epitomized an era, Heat Wave was oply an out- door concert focusing on Elvis Costello, rather than a summation of current musi- cal direction. It broke no new ground, unlike Monter- rey Pop, which catapulted Janis Joplin to fame, and the biggest danger came from eating the most wretched steamed hot dogs extant. Security had only one problem, an anachro- nistle streaker. The medical staff cared more for those overcome by the heat, not the Wave. .. . at Mosport Heat Wave The concert ran smoothly, but sloppily. Gates opened at 6 a.m., Aug. 23 rather than the announced 2 a.m. Publicity was minimal, especially in the U.S. No an- nouncer was present to in- troduce the groups or co- ordinate the occasion. The concert's starting time kept changing, and a final list of scheduled groups and their slot on the program was un- available to the press. Heat Wave might have been an event, if the pro- moters had studied their rock history books. Heat Wave was held almost 25 years to the day that Bill Haley and the Comets' *'Rock Around The Clock\ finally left the Billboard Ma- gazite Number 1 Weekly Hits chart. For eight weeks, from July 9 to Aug. 27, 1955, it was the nation's biggest hit and the only rock and roll song to make the list- Ings that year. Recorded in 1954, it virtually weht un- played, until it was used in the summer of '55s con- troversial movie, \Black- board Jungle\. What the song and the movie started is history. \\Rock Around The Clock's\ importance to punk and New Wave music needs no amplification. Un- fortunately the song and the moment went unnoticed. BY NOW, Heat Wave seems to be living down its announced intentions of providing punk-New Wave music. Rockpile, hardly punk, does a swift '50s style set, followed by an unfamil- Mel Torme, 'No Moldy Fig, Having One of His Best Years By JAY SHARBUTT AP Rets Weiter NEW YORK -- About Mel Torme He once played drums in Chico Marx's band He's about to disown his hometown, Chicago He's called a jarr singer, but says no. he's a jazz influenced singer He co-wrote ''The Christ- mas Song\ one hot July day in 1945 in California because the lyricist, Bob Wells, told him. 'I'm sweltering and just decided to write some- thing to cool me off \ He's done his own music arrangements since 1964 He's written a novel about a singer. \Wynner \ He's been wed and unwed three times He likes a tuba in the brass section of bands back- ing him HES CUT a new album. Torme A New Album.\ and says | \I know it's standard for those with a new record to say this, but it's the best album I've ever done and 1 may never come up to it agam \ And while he's up there in the Frank Sinatra-Tony Bennett league of singers. he won't knock rock \I really think it's arrogant of people to say, 'When is good music coming back\ \Every generation has its cen heroes. its own music _ Torme. who turms % on Sept 13. currently is singing at a club here called Mar ty's It's an encore engage ment He premiered there last June. pecked the joint every night and got glowing reviews A Mel Terme NATURALLY, he's happy about it all \J tel you. it s one of the mast granfying sftuations T've ever been in The only thing. bugeimg him nowadays is Chicago where he broke in af age 4 with an fmprompro rend» tion of 'You're Driving Me Crazy\ one night «ith the Coon-Sanders Band For some reasnm he says } . \Jarz-influenced\ business is always bad in his hometown, ditto the re- views \I'm jest about to disclaim Chicago. I don't know what the bell it is, but there's no support there \It's always broken my THE MOMENT gom bie quickly Torme, acclaimed for bis musical invertivences, phrasing and taste. got to taking about «wo far three-person band from England, who aren't intro- duced. The female lead sing- er may have mentioned their name, but no one in the crowd got it. They go off, after exciting the fans, still unknown. With the sun setting, and- the air cooling down, Heat Wave finally comes togeth- er. Three heavyweight groups, the Pretenders, the B-52's, and the Talking Heads, bring the evening to a climatic, if not actual, close. All three energize the fans, performing hits and new songs with professional- ism, and earning the gather- ing's appreciation. THE PRETENDERS' Chrissie Hynde proves she's ready to take Deborah Har- ry's crown. The B-52's come on in full costume. Cindy Wilson is wearing a blue Jackie Kennedy-esque cock- tail dress and bouffant hair- do; Kate: Pierson wears a vivid red ruffled minf-skirt with black slacks and a red beehive hairdo. Lead singer Fred Schneider, hair ultra- short, wears khaki slacks, belted above the waist. He mocks disco and Woodstock. The Talking Heads stun the crowd with a nine member tlon, including new black artists, and perform a number of very long songs in the ska rhythm vein. The Talking Heads' set is so powerful that it breeds trouble in paradise. The fans want more, don't get it, and boo the lack of encores. The reason, backstagers re- port, is that Elvis Costello wants on. It's 9 p.m. Sup- posedly he-wasn't going to appear until later, but the dropout of a number of oth- er attractions, bas short- ened the concert Further- more, the three previous groups have shaken up the crowd. Costello seems an anti-climax, and many are leaving. The only lights at Mosport are on the stage. The parking fields are dark and far away. So the word is out to the Talking Heads: a one song encore. BUFFALO COURIER-EXPRESS, Sunday, August 31, 1990 me d nk son eRe retin n omanes commeme met nes cael s E-3 More ness, It's gmall comfort to know that they're not alone. For the grasshoppers, it's a return to normal. For the guy we the Sid Victous jacket, did you know that Sid's mother unti- mately admitted that she was the one who brought \him the heroin that killed him? That folks, is punk 'In~a-nutshell. group or song \really crys- tallized the concert.\ Aront- ca was 12 years old in 1969, the summer of Woodstock, but even he remembers the sensation created by the lit- tle known Richie Havens. .. MAYBE IT WAS the fact that punk-New Wave is in- door music, home should be a grungy nightclub such as CBGB in Manbattan; or maybe it was the taped reg- gae music played between sets instead of something like Pat Benatar's \Heart- breaker\ or even Devo's \'Whip It;\ or maybe it was the temperature, or the dull crowd, but Heat Wave goes down in music history as not much more than a fun day. It lacked something. Maybe an appearance by Public Image Ltd. or Madness might have helped. DICK FADALE & FRIENDS WANTED . Men and women of all professions who are tired of just listening and who want to participate actively in the practice and performance of great masterworks in the choral-orchestral repertoire. The BUFFALO CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY, Robert Schulz, conductor, will welcome you at its two \open rehearsals\ on Wednesdays, September 3 and 10th, at Daemen College Student Center from 7:30 to 10 PM. An aud tion is not required. Just drop in and get acquainted and decide whether we are what you have been looking for! 1980-81 repertoire: Orff-Holst-Mozart- Beethoven-Rogers and Hammerstein. Call 8365-3858 for further information if desired. COME JOIN THE B.C.A.s. For thousands having dif- f eafuring ficulty finding their cars in the 2 [ff BOBBY MILITELO -- -EVERY WEDNESDAY AT:- hilmed ert n location ar THE LIBRARY ML Wis 9:00-1:00 1919 WHIRLPOOL STREET NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK EVERY SUNDAY AT: THE BBC 3405 BAILEY AVENUE (ABOVE THE LIBRARY) BUFFALO, NEW YORK Starmng ® SEK A and HSA DFLH th FRIL-SAT.-SUN. EVANS ART THEATRE witlramsvicce shChiban a EvaNS 632-7700 Your Choice) SEPARATE abwrstion PEPPERMINT SODA ma» WITELY 7:30 0 SAT. & Sun. 2 pu KNIFE IN THE HEAD WITELY 9:30 @ SAT. & . € pm Gat, 6 SUN. 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WITH A NEARLY (ull moon, under inky black skies, and the bordes of grasshoppers, like some Biblical prophecy, from the surrounding fields having mercifully halted their end- less daylong forays into the multitudes, the new Elvis performs. It's standard Cos- tello, but be's surprisingly talkative on stage, He does repeated encores, but it's FROWT ROW CENTER SEATS TO 3 GREAT CONCERTS COMING TO BUFFALO -- The Ninja, unholy masters of terror. No one will admit they) still exist. . _- _FO- Only one man can stop them. 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