anal ae soma page 8 The Other Press September 23rd to 30th 1982 fiw Thy HEV ALL Bob Geldof ( of Boomtown Rat’s fame ) gave a good performance as Pink’, the man who the story builds around. Dialogue was a bare mini- mum; only used to convey a point or blend the action in a scene to sur- rounding songs, but facial expressions and body language were of extreme importance. The album as we know it was not used as the sound-track. The music was recorded separately ( for the movie ) extending some songs and a couple of songs were added (‘‘When The Tiger’s Broke Free’’ parts 1 and 2 ) that probably didn’t fit on the commercial album when _ recorded. Gerald Scarfe’s 15 minutes of ani- mation were equivalent to ‘Heavy Metal’’ if not better. ; The movie is put together in fragments which can leave one rather confused unless one’s skills of inter- pretation are exceptional. An even blend of memories, fantasy and real- ity, the story spirals around the causes and effects of 'Pink’ enclosing himself in his own little world. On the theme Bob Geldof says, ‘One of the points they (Pink Floyd ) wanted to make was the obnoxious- ness of violence arid isolation and paranoia. If you isolate yourself, you desensitize yourself to what’s happen- ing outside of yourself, and quite likely upon other people. After the character goes through this excruciating self trial, self abuse, self loathing, and self pity, he event- ually does tear down this wall that he’s built up.” by Brian Pharez Neon Angel All this week at ‘‘Rockin’ Tonight Cabaret’’ Neon Angle, which ts a four piece band fronted by a female vocalist, plays a range of top 40 cover tunes from such artists as Pat Benetar, Loverboy and others. Since the music that the group played was very well performed, I feel it only fair to say that the night was not a waste. \ 49 Sean Valentino George Thorogood Rocks On! With any luck George Thorogood and the Destroyer Concerts will be- come annual, or even bi-annual events in Vancouver. If not, tough luck, you may have missed the concert of a lifetime. The beer and lumber jacket crowd was out in full force at the Kerrisdale arena the night of the first George. Thorogood concert in Vancouver in 1% years. These people don’t like trendy stuff...they like straight, uncut, fun rock ’n roll in the traditional vain...and that’s what they got! For 2% hours Thorogood played unforgiving versions of Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker and other early Blues-Rock great tunes and played them with an intensity and drive all his own. From duck-tailing across the stage Berry style to blessing people with the head of his guitar; Thorogood has the makings of a rock demi-god. Other bands just go through the motions of a rock concert, this band lives for rock ’n roll, and they were not afraid to show it. The accoustics in the Kerrsidale arena are not the greatest but for the crowd it didn’t seem to matter -- the ““Destroyers’’ cut through all the distortion to give the crowd what they wanted to hear. While lesser bands would let an opening act warm the audience up, the ““Destroyers’’ started work, on time, without an opening act, and satisfied the crowd throughout the concert to the last three, well deserved encores. Thorogood played songs from their past five albums, the crowd singing out to the familiar ones like ‘Move It On Over’ and moving and clapping to the newer ones from their recent album ‘Bad To The Bone’. Thorogood and saxophonist Hank Carter played off against each other in a sort of duel throughout the concert. The rythym section, Billy Blough on bass and Jeff Simon on drums, stayed back giving a steady driving beat to Thorogood’s constant strumming and Carter’s syncopated honking. Thorogood and the Destroyers are by themselves in the world of rock ’n roll because Thorogood doesn’t bow to the lates fad, instead, he sticks to the music that they, and the fans, love. The Stray Cats Jet black early fifties, Edsels and Comets competed for parking spaces while duck-curled leather-jacketed youths lined up half way down Granville St. for what has been called the best concert of the year: The Stray Cats, at the Commodore. The club was packed and tense by the time The Stray Cats made it to the stage after a disappointing set by ‘‘Los Popularos’’. During the set a small crowd watched in front of the stage while nearly one thousand other fans screamed over the drone of the sound system, ‘‘We came here to see the Stray Cats!”’ They got what they wanted and less. Three tatooed youths from Long Island, New York, an old semi- accoustic Gretch guitar, a huge snap base, and the simplest of drum sets; base drum, snare and cymbal were all Mfifti they needed. The three of them (Brian Setzer:‘strummin and a croonin’, Slim Jim Phantom: ‘banging & yelling and Lee Rocker: ‘slappin & howlin’) played with a conviction and drive that made it seem that every song was their last and their best. The highlight of the evening was when the group announce they were going to play ‘The Strut’. Everyone in the place knew the baseline to the song by heart and packed the dance floor by Photo by Ian Hunter by lan Hunter the time Setzer started the mournful, so-cool phases of the ‘Stray Cat Strut.’ With every one in the Commadore singing along with him, he sang: “Il don't bother chasing mice around I shink down the ally looking for a fight howling to the moonlight on the hot summer night..." Ya’ should ‘av bin there...everyone was howling to the moonlight. Sorry Ya’ should ’av bin there...everyone was howling to the moonlight. For the rest of their set they played the best contemporary Rock a’ Billy in the world; a punk flavored fusion of country & blues that has previously alarmed the parents of children in the ies, and made household names of ‘such greats as Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. At the end of their last encore Setzer yelled to the crowd, ‘‘see ya’ next year’’ Vancouver.”’ ° Until then we will have to settle with their excellent first North American release ‘Built for Speed’, which is a compilation of their first two albums which have been only previously been avaliable on import. by lan Hunter