R L Turner High School - Roar Yearbook (Carrollton, TX)

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Vince Neil of the rock band Motley Crue per- . forms during a concert at Reunion Arena. The concert that generated the most enthusiasm of the year was, of course, that performed at the Tar- rant County Convention Center in November by the Irish rock band U2 to support their album The Joshua Tree. The group was known for its noncommercial stance, yet their success created for them the par- adox of being opposed to what they had become. The English band Pink Floyd played three shows at Reun- ion Arena in November without for- mer leader Roger Waters but with a glut of special effects to promote their album 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason. Also promoting a new album but minus a key member of the band, Fleetwood Mac less Lindsay Buck- ingham put on a solid show at Re- union in November. The legendary Tina Turner included Dallas on her U.S. tour. Tina, who came back from relative obscurity to win three Grammys with her Private Dancer album, was promoting Break Every Rule, her most recent million- selling album. Soaring popularit U2 year's big attraction In September some of the bad boys of rock, Motley Crue and White Snake, played Reunion for fans who like their music loud and tinged with just a bit of rebelliousness. White Snake originally was a Deep Purple spin-off with three of Purple's one- time members in the lineup. But with the re-creation of perhaps rock's original metal band, only vocalist David Coverdale remained. Howev- er, White Snake enjoyed unprece- dented popularity as their songs and videos were heavily aired. While the arena rockers carried on, the local scene was focused pri- marily on the Greenville and Deep Ellum areas with new bands fea- tured at Club Dada, Club Clearview, the Prophet Bar and Grill, and The- atre Gallery. In spite of the fact that there was really nothing universally signihcant for teenagers to protest, young peo- ple continued to flock to rock con- certs, making Neil Young's prophet- ical verse, Rock and roll will never die seem true enough for the time being. C -fi 1' Ulf le E RUN DMC, the rap group, appeared in New York City to host a cable television show. 28 Concerts Punk rocker Billy Idol performs at Reunion na before an enthusiastic crowd

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lan Frewer ls the investigative reporter whose computerized alter ego haunts the TV screen ln Max Headroom. the futuristic action series. A curious mixture TV's oldfnew generation Television in 1988 was a curious mixture of past and present. Star Trek: the New Generation and Sea Hunt were representative of nostalgic remakes while Tour of Duty and Frank's Place were signs of the times. A spirit of ex- perimentation prompted the com- bination of comedy and drama that resulted in something that Holly- wood called dramedy. Dramedy shows like Slap Maxwell iwith Dabney Coleman in the title rolel and The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd istarring Blair Brownl were efforts by the networks to regain a share of the affluent audience they had lost to cable TV and video cas- settes. A show that attempted to regain the interest of the upscale young was ABC's Thirtysomething, which dealt with the problems of being a Yuppy and starred former Hill Street actor Ken Olin. The show was an instant hit with those that it attempted to portray. Hill Street's creator, Steven Bochco, was the guiding light behind Hooperman, which starred John Ritter of Three's Company in a police show that bore some sim- ilarities to Bochco's earlier creation. The Cosby Show continued to hold onto first place in the ratings week in and week out and inspired the spinoff A Different World with Denise Huxtable fLisa Bonetl away at college. Another standby, Family Ties, starring Michael J. Fox, continued to be a popular sit- com. Long-running shows with a police or detective orientation were Cagney S Lacey, Magnum, P.I., Hunter, and Simon and Si- mon. Cheers was minus Shelley Long and plus Kirstie Alley, a change that did not aversely affect the show's ratings. Evening soaps like Dallas and Knots Landing continued on the tube but may have lost some of their Nielsen luster while L.A. Law, one of the most talked-about shows on the air, dramatized the stratagems of the legal profession for a receptive au- dience. TN -F'-bf? Game-show hostess from Wheel of Fortune Vanna White shows off her new hair style dur- ing an awards ceremony in Los Angeles in Sep- tember. , .. members of the Huxtable family were ftopl Phylicia Rashad as Clair 30 Current Television One of the top-rated television shows this year was The Cosby Sho e Le Beauf as Sondra, Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Theo Tempsett Bledso Vanessa, lbottomj Bill Cosby as Cliff, and Keshia Knight Pulliam as Rudy