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...songs have the same clean, tight harmony that made C. S. N. & Y. the barbershop quartet of rock. The muted sound comes as a welcome respite from the roar of Led Zeppelin and the rest of the heavy metal kids. The 14 new lyrics (mostly written by Young) are generally serious. "People want words that say something with their music," says David Crosby. In Ambulance Blues, Neil Young reveals his disillusionment with today's political morals...
...Tower of London, where historic heroes like Sir Walter Raleigh and villains like Guy Fawkes were once imprisoned, was jammed with the usual crowd of summer tourists last week. Suddenly, the three-ton 18th century Royal George cannon, a favorite exhibit with children, exploded with a deafening roar. The blast hurled the bronze gun barrel five feet into the air, showered bystanders with lethal splinters from the oak carriage, and blew out windows and a door 90 feet above...
...notion that the President cannot be heard in the roar of negative stories is of course a myth. The Nixon Administration, any Administration, has vast powers of communication. Nixon can and periodically does command network prime time to present his case. He can hold press conferences as often (or seldom) as he likes, schedule speeches before predictably friendly audiences, grant interviews to sympathetic correspondents. Like his predecessors, he can release information selectively...
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture is a medley of the sounds of war. Cannons roar, bells chime, whistles and trumpets pierce the muffled drumbeat. Seeking superrealism in his interpretation, Atlanta Symphony Conductor Robert Shaw installed 16 electronically controlled explosive devices to simulate cannons in the pit. Last week, before a crowd of 1,500, he pressed a button on the conductor's stand on cue, and a smoky, skull-splitting blast filled the Atlanta Memorial Arts Center. That triggered a smoke-sensitive automatic fire alarm. In minutes, 25 eager firemen charged into the auditorium, axes and hoses...
...your eyes, and I was the sunset and sunrise," she intones huskily. With an emphatic toss of her head, Bell shakes out a jungle of tangled curls, bawling lustily, "I know you send your regards to the queen of the night." As the final notes drown in a roar of noisy affirmation, she mops her streaming face with a Turkish towel...