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...kind to begrudge anyone the material benefits of success. I only wish success could come on a small scale basis, at least as far as rock groups are concerned. When I saw Yes as a freshman, I could at my leisure amble down to the Orpheum box office a few days after tickets had gone on sale, avoid that claustrophobia-inducing crowd, and still get a pair of pretty decent seats. This year I had to go to the Garden box office the night before tickets went on sale and brave the pouring rain the following day in order...
Zappa's musical output in the last year and double concert at Boston's Orpheum theater last weekend suggest that the brilliant composer may decide eventually to sacrifice his art for greater public acclaim and a higher income. To Zappa's delight, his last three albums, Overnite Sensation, Apostrophe' and Roxy & Elsewhere, scaled the charts and seduced a new crop of listeners--mostly teenyboppers jaded by glitter rock--into becoming "Zappa Freaks." But all this success spells trouble. The band that once proclaimed it had "no commercial potential" is now in danger of becoming much too commercial...
...ORPHEUM last weekend, during the first one-and-a-half hour show Zappa played "commercial," responding to screams from teenyboppers for recent tunes like "Yellow Snow" and "Penguin in Bondage" and established a fine rapport with what was basically a rock and roll crowd. His newer, funkier melodies flowed together in an extended medley which included a few unrecorded instrumentals and vocals ("Pajama People") and some songs for the "old folks" ("I'm Not Satisfied" and "Dog Breath...
...very day. He has yet to be credited with an honest-to-goodness hit single on Top-40 radio. Those of you so moved, be it by pity or the desire to witness one of rock's giants, can catch Zappa with his newest collection of Mothers at the Orpheum, Nov. 9 at 7 or 10 p.m. Tickets are $4.50, 5.50, and 6.50 and are available at the box office, Out-of-Town, and Minuteman-Soundscope...
Foghat/Trower/Montrose. Get ready to get up just to get down with a sound guaranteed to tickle the tympanic membrane. Though perhaps not rock-and-roll at its best, the Orpheum has put together a triple bill that promises at least rock-and-roll at its loudest. Whether it be the hard-driving English blues of Foghat or the energized rock-and-roll of Montrose (led by former Edgar Winter, guitarist Ronnie Montrose), the beat is going to be laid down early in the evening and could result in a lot of sore hands. As an added attraction, ex-Procol Harum...