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...Dylans do deviate--once--from their formula of upbeat electric rockers. Sadly, the result is the monotonous "(Don't Cut Me Down) Mary Quant in Blue," which features an early eighties dance pop groove, a sound last heard on the $100 Yamaha Porta-Sound PSS-470 mini-keyboard that Uncle Harry gave me for Hanukah. So much for fancy production...
...these new elements add to, rather than detract from, Hornsby's original style. This is best demonsrated on the title track, whose bluesy, driving harmonies are underscored by Hornsby's rhythmic piano, rock guitar and some nice Yamaha synth sounds. The result is a pumped-up "Look Out Any Window" (but without the politically correct lyrics...
...from oblivion. Under the supervision of Gershwin scholar Artis Wodehouse, an optical scanner was used to convert the holes that activate the keys into computer files that can be understood by today's music synthesizers. Last week's performance on ABC's Good Morning America was played by a Yamaha Disklavier, a $20,000 grand piano that comes with a computer disk drive. A book of piano scores, transcribed by computer, is scheduled to be released later this year...
...terraced field beside a single spindly tree -- symbolic decoration in a country whose scant arable land continues to disappear. Arranged neatly alongside the makeshift altar, the gifts intended for the bride's parents include a new refrigerator, a 24-in. color television set and a jet black Yamaha motorcycle. The presents are ogled, but atop the TV a photograph of Margaret Thatcher creates the greatest buzz, a reaction the bride, and perhaps the groom too, would undoubtedly have enjoyed. Were they still alive...
...these snazzy features do have a practical application, however. When Yamaha introduced the DX7 model in 1983, its computer memory was capable of retaining and playing back prerecorded background accompaniment. The keyboardist, supported by a simple drum machine or sequencer, could surround himself with sound. Says Alfredo Flores Jr., former president of the National Association of Music Merchants: "You go into a nightclub now, and you see three guys standing in the band sounding like twelve...