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...nothing but a joke." The clincher comes with the hard challenge of Bruce Springsteen's voice, which should be some strong indication of rock's new course. Anyone ever hear Elvis Presley sing a song about Martin Luther King Jr.? On Sun City, the country's most formidable rocker since Presley's passing can be heard making his feelings quite clear: "We're stabbing our brothers and sisters in the back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Songs From the High Ground From Farm Aid to Apartheid, Rock Wrestles with Big Issues | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

...looking for when he cast Eurythmics Lead Singer Annie Lennox, 30, in the role of Miss Liberty in Revolution, an epic film about the American War of Independence, due out in December. "We thought she had the right kind of look for the period," says Winkler of the Scottish rocker. "We thought her voice would ring out in the crowd. It cuts through everything." In the film's opening scene, Lennox incites a mob to take a ship for the American cause from its owner, played by Al Pacino. Lennox took the demands of making her first movie in stride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 30, 1985 | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...cousin of Pete's unsavory friend Bonzo. Already an aspiring songwriter in Acton, Pete tries to distinguish himself from the sordid company of Bonzo and his thieving friends. It is finally his relationship with Jaco, the owner of a fish-and-chips shop and a former rocker, that redeems him by reminding him of the palliative qualities of making rock music...

Author: By Jennifer A. Kingson, | Title: Townshend's Horse Fetish | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

...David Bowie in his next movie looks like a wild-haired descendant of Cookie Monster and Chewbacca the wookie, well, in a manner of speaking, he is. The versatile rocker has just finished shooting Labyrinth, a $25 million gothic fantasy directed by Muppets Creator Jim Henson and overseen by Star Wars Mastermind George Lucas. Bowie, who wrote and sings a batch of new songs for the movie, plays Jareth the Goblin King, a baddie who lives at the center of a maze and turns human babies into goblins. Most of the other characters are part of a new Hensonagerie that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 23, 1985 | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...model turned actress from Lake Oswego, Ore. He and the blue-eyed brunet beauty will wed this week in a nuptial Mass at her hometown church (both are Roman Catholics, neither has been married before). "We're very proud to have Bruce Springsteen in our family," bubbled the rocker's mother-in-law-to-be. "We just couldn't be happier." Sounds like your basic down-to-earth family wedding. Ah, but who will be the Boss at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 20, 1985 | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

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