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     The Rhythm Method-The Rings 
     
     The Rings are a Boston 
     
     based outfit, one of 
     
     several reasons why they 
     
     are being compared to The 
     
     Cars. The comparison is 
     
     not without merit. The 
     
     debut albums of both bands 
     
     were well recieved and 
     
     their sound is essentially 
     
     — the same. (simple lyrics 
     
     set to a thick rock beat.) 
     
     The Rings seam to be going 
     
     the Car's route, ie: the 
     
     potential is evident but the 
     
     arrangements are all over 
     
     the place. This is a char- 
     
     acteristic of a lot of the 
     
     new British groups of this 
     
     genre (eg:XTC andto a lesser 
     
     extent, U2)‘. Is it because 
     
     the band is doing what it 
     
     wants to do as opposed to 
     
     what the market wants it to 
     
     do? If that is the case, 
     
     then fine— I'd bent over 
     
     backwards justifying them‘ 
     
     before I would so much as 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     turn an ear to the'feather- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' weights that have cornered 
     
    
   
   
    
     the American market. 
     
     The shelf life of T_1'_1_e_ 
     
     Rhythm Method probably will 
     
    
   
   
    
     , not ’be too long because 
     
    
   
   
    
     a) the band has yet to 
     
     establish media push; and 
     
     b) the l.p. lacks the all 
     
     important breakthrough 
     
     single. But The Rings do 
     
     too many things right to 
     
     be written off as a bunch 
     
     of hackers. There are 
     
     several cuts which grab 
     
     you on the first listen 
     
    
   
   
    
     - (notebly"Uh, Oh(Here I 
     
      Again) ") and a couple 
     
    
   
   
    
     which improve with age- 
     
     and to me that's usually 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ a sign of a pretty good 
     
    
   
   
    
     record . 
     
    
   
   
    
     Non—Stop Erotic Cabaret— 
     
     Soft Cell 
     
    

    
     Listening to this album 
     
     is a lot like walking into 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     ' a room full of poorly ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     arranged furniture- you 
     
     recognize the effort, but 
     
    

    
     at the same time you can't 
     
     help making mental notes of 
     
     things that should have 
     
     been done differently. But 
     
    
   
   
    
     since this is a first effOrt, 
     
    
   
   
    
     one shouldn't be too picky. 
     
     If you havn't heard the 1 
     
    

    
     single on AM "Tainted Love", 
     
    

    
     is in itself almost worth 
     
    

    
     the price of admission 
     
    

    
     (It's simple, sincere and 
     
    
   
   
    
     . haunting melody reminds me 
     
    
   
   
    
     of a mid-sixties group - (_ 
     
     whose name escapes me). It 
     
     is when. Soft Cell keeps 
     
    

    
     it simple that they impress 
     
     the most. "Frustration", the 
     
     L.P's opening cut begins as 
     
     a genuine statement of , well 
     
    
   
   
    
     . . . frustration. But suddenly 
     
    
   
   
    
     the singer gears down into 
     
     a tirade of unnecessary 
     
     screaming which really makes 
     
     a chore out of listening to 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     the song a second time. I 
     
     suppose the purpose is to 
     
     drive the song's message 
     
     home but all it does is ' 
     
     drive me out of the room. 
     
    

    
     I also have a bone to pick 
     
     with "Sex Dwarf", a tune 
     
     that's so off thewall that 
     
     it's not even in the room. 
     
     I'm sure the guys had fun 
     
     recording it, but it's 
     
     damned annoying to listen to 
     
     three synthesizers and six 
     
     vocalists performing the 
     
     seemingly impossible feat of 
     
     all being out of key simult- 
     
     aneously. 
     
    

    
     Aside from the intermittent 
     
     silliness, Non—Stop Erotic 
     
     Cabaret is an honest enough 
     
     debut.After all any band 
     
     that pull off something . 
     
     like "Tainted Love", can't 
     
     be all bad. Hopefully Soft 
     
     Cell will take a cue from, 
     
     the song's success and 
     
     give us more of the same 
     
     in the future. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ALBUMS COURTESY 0F - 
     
    
   
   
    
       « Sam The Recurd Man 
     
    
   
   
    
     . 61 UNIVERSITY AVENUE 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     "Your complete music Centre" 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ’ UPEI JAZZ BAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     From Marita McNulty 
     
    

    
     PEI jazz fans are 
     
     looking forward to another 
     
     performance by the UPEI 
     
     Jazz Band which will 
     
     ‘ entertain on Valentine's 
     
     Day, Februm- 14,. at the 
     
     Steel Recital Hall.. The a 
     
     18 member band, composed 
     
     of students, members of 
     
     the university community 
     
     as well as music teachers 
     
     from Island High Schools, 
     
    
   
   
    
     is directed by James 
     
     Montgomery of the 
     
     University's Department 
     
     of Music. 
     
    

    
     The program which = 
     
     pays tribUte to Valentine' 5 
     
     Day will include such 
     
     oldies as My Funny 
     
     Valentine, Swinging 
     
     Shepherd Blues, Satin 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' Doll, and Watermelon Man. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The concert, open to 
     
     the public free of charge, 
     
     will begin at 2:00 p.m. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
        
     
        
     
       
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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