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Bell, also a member of the Conference's executive board, said, "We'll be getting into the libraries to do research in areas which are important to the case. We'll do back-up, research, and brief writing. In this area, we'll be calling on our friends for help...
...music to become somewhat subordinate to, and tied to, the structure of the words. The Who's Tommy avoided the problem by keeping very close to pure rock performance; but Tommy's pretensions to being conventional opera are even weaker than Superstar's. Despite some capable back-up musicians and a particularly good performance by Ian Gillam as Judas, Superstar mixes rock with pop and produces too much schmaltz. The brightest moment of the whole show is an intentionally schmaltzy one, that comes when a chillingly ironic Herod mock-playfully challenges Jesus in a sleazy ragtime...
...whale sang these "songs" in the Athlantic off Bermuda. Some of the sounds are laughably unmusical-the closest description might be of a constipated cow in pain. Others simulate underwater noises: burbling and the purring of motors. And there are a few beautiful echoing calls-like those chosen for back-up on Judy Collins' latest album-that send chills down your spine...
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Instead, the film offers a selfreflective study of how a performer operates when conscious that his every move is being recorded for the fans. Elvis mugs shamelessly, pathetically. He points to one of his back-up men and laughs. "You can't use those words, man. They'll put an X-rating right across your big mouth." "Don't mind the cameras," he tells his audience, then does exactly the opposite...