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EVERYTIME I TURN on the radio, somebody tries to tell me something. I can try to get lost in the bass line, or to ignore certain passages, but that has been getting harder lately. Paul McCartney, for instance, tells me that if I want to be happy I should get rich and retire to the country with a beautiful wife. The Who think I should avoid political activity, and perhaps ride around in a mobile home. Everybody seems to agree that falling in love will solve my problems. Even if I don't think that "it's gonna be allright...
...versality of the group members, especially Chris Hunt (who plays mandolin, bass, electric lead, acoustic, and piano) reveals some of the latent talent of the group. Wayne Lipton's cello is a distinguishing factor in the group's overall sound and is employed with stunning effectiveness to counterpoint the guitar work. Particularly in Hunt's Desert Bones are both instruments combined in a tight-woven harmony with Lipton's cello providing an eerie backdrop for the song's haunting lyrics...
...their music present in songs like One More Question, Get Down on Your Knees, Keep the Crying From Me, and, as mentioned. You Can't Always Get. Though the group has no drummer, the percussion section made up of Connet's claves and tambourine and Lipton's punctuating bass patterns add the backbone necessary to carry the beat of these songs, building them into some real foot-stamping numbers. Get Down has real potential to become a Top 40 tune should the Falloon move in that direction...
...noticeable tendency to whine out the first notes, belying their true ability. When they sing into the upper range, they produce a sound absolutely unearthly--a sound no female voice could match. Dissonances in the soprano register are far more jarring than the same notes in the tenor or bass, and this effect was used advantageously in the Weelkes...
...hint of the genius found in the famous 40-part motet Spem in alium. By the last work of the evening. Thomas Morley's Service for the Burial of the Dead, the singers were well warmed up. Their diction was excellent and the large intervals between soprano and bass--which put a premium on faithful pitch--were negotiated readily. The beautiful ending with an inverted pedal point was almost ruined by some muddy lower parts, but the total effect was of great majesty and quietude...