University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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Modern music, viewed as a whole, has migrated somewhat from the traditionally disco or rock sounds. Many new bands have successfully created a hybrid sound with elements from both types of music. Acts that were once strictly identified as purely rock or disco have also broadened their musical ett J RM feces oF EiaHt ¢ DESPA 4G CRIC CLAPTON -APTON AT HIS BEST oe IMAGES HEATWI.VE pas 3870 4905 °F 8F 24-3503 | RONNIE MILSAP nea AHS1.3346 PS8-706 boundaries. Donna Summers and Led Zepplin are two such acts. Donna Summers has big sales with the disco crowd, while Led Zeppelin holds an equivalent post with rock. Zeppelin, who with the Stones can be considered the greatest remaining rock band from the early seventies, produced a fresh new sound with “In Through The Out Door,” an instant hit. By the same token, Donna Summers has ‘emerged as an en tertainer. BT-4724 iy SLO ISNA aN A ai ee mim ee a 2 meer — = evds Keuticd? EREO. PINK FLOYD Her new music reveals a new depth, a maturation, that is punctuated by her characteristic (and also very profitable) disco interludes. One of the most perplexing development of the late seventies was punk rock. In its empirical form, punk rock is the expression of basic emotions. Anger, love, fear, hate (particularly — most real punks are highly abusive) top the list of favorites. Due to its overwhelming grass-roots side effect, true punk rock is a model of simplicity. It is decidely not human music. Punk rock is hopefully dead, but a few of its grooms remain along with a Today’s variety of music is so varied it runs from one end of the spectrum to the other, with every thing from rock and roll to easy listening to the blues. 64 Student Life .