March 29, 1985 PAGE 13 Rick Scott: Combo of the best styles What do you get when you cross David Byrne with Robin Williams? Rick Scott, of course, Vancouver's one and only purveyor of ‘’folk-jazz-blue- grass-boogie-punk-funk-rock music’’. by JOEL HAGEN and KIRSTIN SHAW Scott, who has been busy with acting lately, returned to the concert stage for a five night stint at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre re- cently, and he put on an entertaining and invigorating show. It seems that old hippies never die, they just cut their hair. _ Once part of Pied Pumpkin, and later Pied Pear, Scott has expanded his music into the pop/rock idiom, and unlike the last time | saw him (that’s me, Joel), he is now using a full backup band. Made up of Vancouver musicians Connie: Lebeau (bass), Andy Graffiti (percussion) and ‘‘the doctor of the sixstring’’, Harris Van Berkel (guitar), the band adds a lot of punch to Scott’s cheerful and_ infectious melodies. | Love in WWII A Love In Germany (1983), based on Rolf Hochhuth’s novel ‘’Eine Liebe in Deutschland’’ was produced by Polish born director Andrzej Wajda. The film begins in present day West by DOUG FINNERTY Germany when Herbert Kropp (Otto Sander) and his 17 year old son, Klaus (Ben Becker) arrive in the small hamlet of Bromback, located near the Swiss border, presumably for a vaca- tion. In reality, he is investigating an incident which occured there during the Second World War. During this period, Herbert’s moth- er Paulina (Hanna Schygulla) ran a grocery store while his father (Dieter Kirchledhuner) a soldier in the S.S. was being stationed in Bavaria, Even- tually Paulina’s loneliness causes her to become romantically involved with a Polish P.O.W. named Stanislaw Zasada (Piotr Lysak) who has been assigned to an elderly peasant couple (Sigfrit Steiner and Frika Wacker- nagel) as a slave. Although sexual relationships between German fe- males and males of so-called ‘‘inferior races’’ were expressly forbidden by law, most of the town ignores what is happening, until one day somebody with a grudge... Herbert Kropp acknowledges that many films were made concerning the Second World War, but none have fully captured the period. A Love in Germany is obviously not your average WW Il film since there are no stereotypical Nazi’s to be found. Instead, director Andrzej Wajda por- trays a small town in a totalitarian country where everyone gets caught up in the propagandistic media-hype that keeps dictators in power. — Another thing | like about A Love in Germany is Hanna Schygulla, who portrays Paulina so well that ‘‘Stani’’ doesn’t care if she is old enough to be his mother. Rick Scott, known. as the ‘Jimi Hendrix’’ of the dulcimer’’, has been around since these two spams were pre-school tykes; but he has remark- able staying power. A lot probably has to do with his background. He was at one time a riot policeman, and he travelled a lot. In fact, he ended up in B.C. only because his truck broke down here on one of his vehicular voyages. He is what critics might call a ‘timeless performer’’, _ outlasting fads, making consistently excellent music, and most importantly, keeping a youthful outlook on life. During the show, he must have sweated off about 3 pounds (1.5 kg for all you metric freaks), as he exuberantly bounded around the stage. Scott caters to his fans, and audi- ence participation was the name of the game. Rick put his theatre skills to work when the Cultch was transformed into a huge pinball game. The balcony people were the specials and the floor folks (that’s us!) were bumpers. Rick of course, was the flipper, a huge styrofoam board strapped to his arm, and the pinball was a big yellow balloon. Dialogue on aa 4 Think about i Take action. OVER- DRINKING. After soliciting a quarter from the audience, the game began. To the strains of Baby, It’s You, we, all got to enjoy “the white persons’ escapist trip’’, watching the balloon sail through the theatre. Rick Scott is not all fun and games however, and he sang some very thought provoking songs. David in the World, written for his young nephew, is one of those ballads that makes you want to cry, with moving lyrics and a AC *‘I like the taste of a cold beer on a hot day, but | certainly don’t think you have to get the gang together with a couple of cases of beer just to celebrate the fact you've had a bit of exercise?? oumale SILVER MEDALLIST sweet melody heightened by Scott’s intensely emotional singing. It seemed suiting that this was also the song that he sang at the Ethiopian benefit concert earlier this month. Along with theatre and music, the concert featured a short dance produc- tion. Classically trained Mary-Louise Albert choreographed her own rou- tine, Queen of Dreams, and the band slipped into the background as she took centre stage. It was a pleasant surprise, and it highlighted the reason why the concert was so good: variety. There was great music (like the snappy You Better Dancing), intelligent lyrics (‘‘Well a love ain’t a love unless it’s improvis- ed’’) and some really funny comedy vignettes (especially the trombone fantasy). In a way, the show was reminiscent of the Talking Heads film, Stop Making Sense; a non-stop visual and musical treat. - When it was all over, the band was cheered back on stage for an encore, and Rick dug into his songbag to pull out I Love You. It was a fitting ending to an evening of entertainment and good vibes. We love u too Rick! i OW JOHN WOOD Health Sante et andWelfare Bien-étre social Canada . Canada Canada +