Concordia Lutheran High School - Luminarian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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U2, INXS SHAKE CITIES Bono throws himself into each show. When he comes off-stage, he is in another world, says The Edge. by Lori McMahan I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside ... sang out Bono, U2 ' s lead singer, to the 44,000 plus fans at the Hoosier Dome on November 1. Around 4:00 that afternoon I walked by the Dome on the way to Union Station and could hear U2 warming up — that got me really pumped up for the concert, sopho- more Heather Zurcher said. There were two warm-up groups at the U2 concert, the Bo Deans and Los Lobos. U2 also came out dressed as a country band while the crowd waited for Los Lobos to show. It was a long wait for U2, but it was worth it. They played great music and everyone was dancing and scream- ing. U2 was by far the best concert I have ever been to. I was so glad to be there I was practically crying, Zurcher said. U2 performed the ultimate con- cert; it was the concert of a lifetime, junior Jenny Nash said. Another band that has been around for awhile but had not been widely recognized was INXS. They came to Fort Wayne on October 21 and played at the Embassy. I was glad it was at the Embassy because it ' s intimate there. It ' s small, and the acousticswere awesome, junior Carmen McGee said. Seeing INXS was great because I have liked them for so long and they had never been to Fort Wayne. After seeing groups in concert, their music seemed more personal, junior Hallie Smith said. Students sometimes attended con- certs to see a group live and to get a feel for the group ' s music. I think it ' s better hearing a group live than on tapes. I also think that it ' s neat to see them, sophomore Knsten Stmson said. Other concerts throughout the year were KISS, Tina Turner, John Cougar Mellencamp, Aerosmith and Def Lep- pard. All were at the Coliseum. According lo students, Moonlighting ' lost viewers due to the reruns that were shown. David and Maddie were once one of T.V. ' s most loved couples. Reruns resulted because Cybill Shepherd was on maternity leave and Bruce Willis was oti filming Die Hard. Photo: Us During the INXS concert, fans reach out to touch the lead guitar player. The concert, on October 21 at the Embassy, was used to promote the group ' s new album, KICK. About 1.250 people attended the concert. Photo: Lewis b I s J Members of the Irish pop band U2. Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton. The Edge, and Bono, seem to have overcome their want to hide as men- tioned in their song Where the Streets have No Name. The group seemed to show no shyness at the Indianapolis concert. Photo: Teen While checking out the video selection at Rent-a- Movie, a rental store on E. State Blvd. sopho- more Tim Falkenstern views a poster ol Robo Cop. In the opinion ol Concordia students, Robo Cop was a movie flop ot 1987. Photo: Adair y EWlOrKS OCT Mini-Mag Trends

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Censorship in rock mu- sic — was it okay when done for the pub- lic or dangerous? CLHS students decided. NO SEX ALLOWED OVER WAVES By Danielle Tucker While showing off !he different variety of boxer shorts, junior Amy Rickner and senior Jell Smith take time out from the twenty-eight hour Dance Marathon to talk Students said these shorts were a popular item because of the unique designs they came in. their comfortable fit, and their reasonable prices Photo: McBride Once again censorship was alive and kicking; this year it ran its course through the music world with the Pa- rental Music Research Coalition and Federal Communications Commissions following closely at its heels. With the release of George Mi- chael ' s new album, Faith, came one of the year ' s most popular songs among students, I Want Your Sex. Almost immediately following its re- lease came the decision that the song The album Faith by George Michael turned out two number one songs and one that has been hurdling the charts since its release. Mi- chael was nominated for favorite pop rock male singer at The America Music Awards, but lost to Paul Simon, of Graceland fame. I Want Your Sex brought not only a number-one hit. but controversy Photo: US could not be played with the word sex in its content. Theretore, radio stations electronically changed the lyrics from sex to love. I don ' t think it made that big of a difference, because most people al- ready knew the original lyrics. junior Angela Wissman said. The song should not have been changed, because the song was writ- ten that way, and the contents weren ' t as bad as they were made out to be. sophomore David Lange said. One well known argument was that what a child could or couldn ' t listen to should be left up to the parents: not everyone agreed. The only way that the system of letting the parents decide would work was if we had all good parents; the problem is that we don ' t, senior Darcy Robinson said. When it concerns kids our age, the decision should be left up to the indi- vidual. Although the parents ' influence is there, we ' ve formed our own opin- ions, so what we want to listen to should be our choice. Wissman said. ' I Want Your Sex ' had a good beat, and was good to dance to. It wasn ' t right to change the lyrics: what we listen to should be our choice. sophomore Lisa Kneller said. Mimicking American Gothic, Spuds and sup- posedly Mrs. Spuds model their farm outfits. Mackenzie was often dressed in a variety of outfits in commercials and photos. Photo: News- week Three-time platinum album. Faith. was a tug seller this year among teens. Here, sophomore Greg Marcom. checks out George Michael ' s al- bum at Karma Discount Records. Photo: Adair Mini-Mag Trends t

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ifi t From the weekly series to the silver screen, ac- tors made their way up the ladder ot success. STARS ABANDON SHOWS By lamie Diehm A wave of panic swept through the air as fingers paged through the T.V. Guide and the favorite show could not be found anywhere. Eyes rapidly scanned the pages in hopes of finding it. The agony of defeat was overwhelm- ing; the program had been cancelled. The fall television season brought with it new as well as old shows. Returning shows appeared with new characters. With Shelley Long gone from Cheers and Bruce Willis divid- ing his time between Moonlighting and movie making, some students felt as if there was something missing from the shows. ' Cheers ' seemed different after Shelley Long left the show. Since she ' d always been on, it was weird not seeing her. The new lady (that took her place) was too mean, but was a bet- ter actress, sopho- more Jason Stuart said. I really liked Shelley on ' Cheers. ' Even though a lot of people didn ' t. I still thought she was I, freshman Jenny Diemer said. Moonlighting, previously a popu- lar show, seemed to have lost its touch this season by showing mostly reruns. I was upset when I realized the shows played would be reruns because I was tired of the old ones and wanted to see something new, junior Mandy Burkholder said. Senior Amy Krocker was also upset because she wanted to see David and Maddie together more since they final- ly got together before the reruns were shown. After shows such as Hill Street Blues and Scarecrow and Mrs. King were cancelled, new series took their place. My Two Dads, Thirty- Something, and Married with Chil- dren were just a tew. Although some of these got good reviews, students had mixed feeling about them. The new shows were really enter- taining. They kept me interested be- cause they were so good, Diemer said. Most of the new shows dealt with families. They should ' ve done some- thing different such as made shows that dealt with high school, Stuart said. The lack of creativity could have kept some students from watching the new programs. ' Slap Maxwell ' was so stupid! They tried to make it funny by copying off of all the other comedy shows, but it really didn ' t work, senior Laura Zelt said. It was obvious that a few of the shows that were on this season didn ' t have much creativity behind them. It seemed that not much time was spent on creating the episodes because some comedy situations appeared in more than one show, Krocker said. FREQUENT FLOPS Although 1987 pro- duced a box office record of over $4 bil- lion, it also came up with its share of flops. by Susan Slalder Imagine sitting in a movie theater, feet stuck to the ground because of spilled pop. dozing off and being startled, only to wake up to tomato stains on the screen because of the movie being so bad. The worst movie of the year had to have been ' Ishtar. ' I ' m really sur- prised it even made enough money to advertise, movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert said. The movie industry depended on the viewers opinions, and so they could only put out the best movies, but some bad ones also slipped through. There were more bad movies in the beginning of the year, but that ' s how it always was, Mr. Dave Kusch said. The industry always started out slow, and then produced better movies. There were many different opinions among students at Concordia as to the worst movie of the year. I thought Three Amigos ' was one of the worst movies. It was so stupid that half of the jokes weren ' t even worth the laughs they got. senior Chad Van- natta said. Another movie thought to be a flop from 1987 was Robocop. sopho- more Kan Forsberg said. It was just so unrealistic and hard to believe — plus, there wasn ' t enough action to hold my attention . It seemed others in the theater lost attention too. The writers intended it to be a comedy, but the jokes just flew by. I thought that Superman IV ' was the worst. It |ust wasn ' t as good as the other three, and it was really stupid. sophomore Michelle Poole said. Mini-Nag Trends