Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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Busy Year or Music Some rock ond roll fons will remember 1985 os being o bonnet yeor for the music industry. Bob Geldofs Live Aid benefit lost summer eorned on estimoted 65 million dollors, which is still being disbursed through vorious chonnels in hope of some whot contributing to the Africon fomine relief. Live Aid is commonly thought of os the rock highlight of the yeor. Live Aid proved to be o 'lrocls smorgosbordu, showcosing 61 rock octs which included performonces by Elton John, Poul McCortney, Bob Dylon, Mick Jogger ond Dovid Bowie, to nome just o few. Live Aid olso set the stoge for the reuniting Cif only tempororilyb of o number of clossic popfrocls groups which mony hord-core fons believed never would perform together ogoin. Led Zeppelin, The Who, ond Crosby Stills, Nosh ond Young, eoch reunited ond tools the stoge to perform ot Live Aid. Over 1.5 billion people witnessed the Live Aid concerts Cheld in huge outdoor orenos in Philodelphio ond London? vio rodio ondfor TV. On the other side of the coin, 1985 proved to be o controversiol yeor for the rocls music industry. Lost April, Tipper Gore, wife of the senotor from Tennessee, co-founded the Porents Music Resource Center CPMRCD in hopes of ultimotely bringing obout legislotion thot would require oll olbums to be roted for content. A lobel, bosed on on oporopriote rotings system much like the one used by the movie industry, would be ploced on the front of oll olbums informing or worning the prospective consumer. The PMRC, consisting mostly of politicions' wives, is octing in order to protect the vulneroble young record buyers from explicit songs they view to be soturoting the rodio woves os of lore. The PMBC feels thot songs with references to sex, drug use, violence ond the occult constitute rock porn. Mony feel the PMBC hos good intentions, but its methods moy be just o bit on the extreme side Some rocls personolities hove referred to the PMRC os o politicolly privileged elite, seriously flirting with the ideo of censorship. According to the November 7th issue, the editors of the Rolling Stone wroter Boring records . . provides no benefit to the children it is meont to protect ond seriously threotens ortists' freedom of expression ond everyones freedom of choice. Definite problems would orise if the lodies of the PMBC were gronted their wishes. For exomple, who would do the roting ond judging of the records? Who would oppoint the members of thot screening ponel? Who's to soy thot singers ond songwriters would not intentionolly slip in thot choice lyric in order to ochieve thot lucrotive Rftoting for their olbum? Everyone lsnows the old soying obout forbidden fruit. Stonley Gortilsov, president of the Recording lndustry Associotion of Americo, is solidly stonding his ground. He wos quoted os soying in the August 26, 1965 issue of Newsweek: l'Some things I see oren't to my toste, but you connot substitute supervision of the record industry for supervision of the child, lt is eosy to see thot the rocls industry isn't choosing to justify ony of the so-coiled obscene moteriol it is indirectly responsible for. lt is, insteod, trying to protect its employees' Csingers, songwriters? rights to freedom of speech. The editors of Rolling Stone odequotely described the noture of rocls ond roll in their November issue by referring to rocls os o vitol ond often row form of expression thot 'ltends to donce on the outer edge of whot society finds occeptoble lt olwoys hos We must molse sure it olwoys does 1985 proved to be o controversiol, yet entertoining yeor in rocls ond roll. - Usa Acup Nlli Pvoloomsindh Student Life

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MAIN FLOOR set sow Je ' ADMIT ONE THIS DATE x i , 98 - Concerts stuncnv ACTIVITl S GUNCIL PRESENTS 1 1 3 1 'CHEAP TRICK4' it if 1 if CAPE ARENA BUILDING Nov 1 Q your To kick off the year, l-leod East, o popular 70's rock group, enter- tained students with a concert on the intramural fields. Concerts lmpro ve - The Student Activities Council CSACD wos busy this year presenting the biggest concerts in SEMO history. To kick off the year, SAC, in cooperation with Miller High Life, sponsored the John Woite!Shooting Star concert which took place in September at the SEMO District Fair. Although the acts previously sponsored by SAC were good, some seemed a bit outdated, John Waite, formerly of the rock group 'The Babys' was the first current rock act to hit the SEMO area in some time. Concert-wise, until two years ago, SAC had the reputation for getting 'has beens.' The newer acts are getting a much better turn out, said Scott Law, vice-president of programming. According to Law, people have expected more with the increase in fees. The funding for the shows comes from an agency account, which is on open-end account. Ticket soles money goes back into the account, but does not always compensate for the money spent, Law said. Law commented that the John Waite!Shooting Star concert was to cost 515,000 with sound ond lights, but ended up being close to 500,000 after paying all advertising costs, rent for the concert site, the electric bill, and catering for the bond ond crew members and other expenses. On Monday, November 18, students had the opportunity to see Cheap Trick, one of the nation's hottest bands. Although SAC lost nearly 53,000 on the event, the Cheap Trick!Elvis Brothers concert was coiled a success. Roy Wells, assistant director of Student Life Activities, blamed the loss on the bond's declining popularity and the fact that the concert was held on a Monday night. A bond without any hit tunes won't draw a lorge crowd, said Wells, Cheap Trick just isn't os popular as they were in the past because it has been a while since their lost album, Bruce Santhuff, chairman of major concerts with SAC, explained that the reoson they booked the act wos not entirely due to their popularity, but also the fact that they were inexpensive. Santhuff said he had expected a high energy show, According to several of the people in ottendonce, that is exactly what Cheop Trick had given and SAC's efforts paid off, - Linda Rathka

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