RECORD
REVIEWS
The
Cars
Panorama
Just
in
case
you
are
not
familiar
with
The
Cars,
they
are
a
5-man
band
from
the
eastern
U.S.
who
are
gaining
popularity
quite
rapidly.
Panorama
is
their
third
album,
and
it
looks
to
be
another
million-seller
alongside
Candy-0
and
The
Cars.
As
of
this
writing,
Panorama
is
the
2
album
in
Canada.
The
cars
are
a
unique
band,
as
they
are
one
of
the
few
AM-FM
crossover
bands
in
existance
today.
Much
of
their
success
revolves
around
the
sheer
simplicity
of
their
lyrics
and
music.
All
ten
of
the
songs
on
Panorama
are
approximately
three
minutes
long,
tailor-made
for
AM
radio.
Side
one
begins
with
the
title
song,
which
is
argueably
the
best
cut
on
the
album.
If
you
listen
closely,
some
of
the
guitar
riffs
are
strikingly
similar
to
those
used
by
The
Beatles
on
their
earlier
albums.
Next
is
"Touch
and
Go",
the
initial
single
release.
To
hear
it,
though,
one
must
turn
the
radio
dial
to
CFUN
or
CKLG,
as
our
local
stations
don't
ever
seem
to
play
anything
new.
The
rest
of
side
one
is
good,
with
"Don't
Tell
Me
No"
standing
our
from
"Gimme
Some
Slack"
and
"Getting
Through".
Side
two
leads
off
with
"Misfit
Kids",
which
is
obviously
labeled
for
a
younger
audience:
"Un-American
misfit
kids,
I'm
still
wondering
what
I
did,
yeah..."
"Down
Boys",
the
next
song,
also
fits
in
this
category:
"You
can
make
it
with
the
down
boys,
They
don't
hear
a
word
you
say,
You
can
make
it
with
the
down
boys,
Just
stay
outta
their
way
..."
There's
some
nice
mellowness
in
"You
Wear
Those
Eyes",
followed
by
ugly
bitterness
in
"Running
To
You",
before
the
album
closes
with
"Up
and
Down",
a
real
rocker
in
the
mould
of
"Candy-O".
In
conclusion,
the
band
hasn't
quite
reached
the
excellence
of
their
first
album.
(Remember
Boston?)
If
fact,
of
their
three
albums,
this
one
is
third-best.
Still,
Panorama
is
better
than
most
of
the
newer
SOAPBOX
Soapbox
is
a
column
which
will
be
appearing
regularly
in
the
CNC
Free
Press.
Its
purpose
is
to
discuss
the
lesser-known
pros
and
cons
(professionals
and
convicts)
of
our
school
and
the
time
they
spend
here.
I
have
been
reminded
to
tell
you
people
about
the
services
offerd
by
CNC's
guidance
counsellors.
I
can
personally
vouch
for
them
as
I
have
used
their
services
myself.
I
told
the
counsellor
(I
shall
call
him
Waldo)
that
I
was
haivng
money
problems.
He
said
it
was
too
bad
that
all
of
us
aren't
rich
and
loaded,
as
these
people
tend
to
have
fewer
monetary
problems.
I
was
somewhat
skeptical,
so
I
asked
him
to
show
me
what
he
meant.
So,
after
school,
we
went
to
a
house
party,
where
a
friendly
poker
game
was
in
progress.
Myself
being
an
accomplished
player,
I
soon
joined
the
game,
as
did
Waldo.
Some
good
fortune
(along
with
some
sleight-of-hand)
enabled
me
to
go
up
$500.00,
at
which
point
Waldo
suggested
we
leave
(he
was
$75.00
down).
I
was
already
beginning
to
forget
about
my
money
problems.
We
decided
to
celebrate
my
good
fortune
by
having
a
few
drinks
at
the
Canada
Hotel.
I
was
somewhat
hungry,
so
Waldo
volunteered
to
buy
some
food.
While
he
was
gone,
a
man
came
over
to
our
table
and
asked
me
if
I'd
like
releases
of
so-called
'New
Wave'
bands,
Give
Ric
Ocasek
and
Co.
credit
for
trying
to
be
different.
Rating:
8(out
of
ten)
ACDC
-Back
In
Black
For
those
of
you
who
may
be
wondering
about
the
album
title,
it
is
in
reference
to
Bon
Scott,
the
band's
former
lead
singer
who
unfortunately
died
at
the
young
age
of
33.
On
April
Wine's
lates
tour,
they
made
a
special
point
of
dedicating
their
song
'Rock
and
Roll
is
a
Vicious
Game'
to
him.
At
this
writing,
Back
In
Black
is
Canada's
7
album.
The
new
lead
singer
is
Brian
Johson,
who
by
mere
coincidence
is
Australian
(so
are
all
the
other
band
members).
His
voice
is
unquestionably
raspy
and
bears
a
distinct
resemblance
to
Bon
Scott's,
which
fits
in
well
with
the
heavy-metal
sound
of
ACDC.
'Hell's
Bells'
is
an
excellent
opening
song,
good
party
music.
It
also
makes
reference
to
Bon
Scott:
"White
lightnin's
flashing
across
the
sky,
You're
only
young
but
you're
gonna
die"
The
rest
of
side
one
is
raunchy
(but
good),
especially
'What
do
you
do
for
Money,
Honey?'
and
'Given
the
Dog
a
Bone'.
(You
only
had
to
look
at
the
label).
Side
two
begins
with
the
title
track,
and
then
proceeds
into
the
album's
first
single
release,
'You
Shook
Me
All
Night
Long'.
Hopefully
it
will
hit
the
airwaves
shortly.
Then
there
is
the
drunkard's
delight,
'Have
a
Drink
on
Me'.
We
finish
by
listening
to
the
reaction
of
teens
to
their
parent's
attitude
towards
rock
music,
'Rock
and
Roll
Ain't
Noise
Pollution'.
"Rock
and
roll
ain't
noise
pollution,
Rock
and
roll
ain't
gonna
die,
Rock
and
roll
ain't
noise
pollution,
Rock
and
roll
it
will
surivie"
In
conclusion,
definitely
a
gutsy
album'-probably
the
band's
best
yet,
which
is
saying
a
lot.
This
album
will
put
them
back
in
black
-financially,
that
is.
to
buy
some
mushrooms.
I
thought
they'd
go
well
with
the
hamburgers
Waldo
was
getting,
so
I
said
fine.
After
we'd
eaten,
I
was
feeling
so
"loaded"
that
I'd
completely
forgotten
about
my
money
situation
and
paid
the
man
$250.00
for
his
"magic
mushrooms".
In
fact,
I
didn't
even
remember
that
I
had
money
problems
for
another
three
days.
So
Waldo
really
did
know
what
he
was
talking
about.
But
don't
just
take
my
work
for
it.
Just
ask
the
people
besides
myself
who
have
benefitted
from
consulting
their
guidance
counsellors.
At
one
time,
Calvin
Kooch
was
uncertain
of
this
future
after
leaving
CNC.
Our
counsellors
felt
that
he
would
benefit
from
taking
the
job
aptitude
test
offered
at
the
Canada
Manpower
Center.
This
test
showed
the
Calvin
had
a
weak
vocabulary,
poor
reading
and
writing
skills,
and
more
importantly,
an
aptitude
towards
being
an
apprentice
mortician.
However,
after
an
extensive
search,
our
counsellors
helped
Calvin
obtain
a
job
which
suited
he
personality
and
skills.
He
is
now
the
editor
of
Deathbed
magazine,
which
I'm
sure
all
of
you
have
read
at
one
time
or
another.
When
she
first
came
to
CNC,
Claudia
Kleinschmidt
couldn't
really
decide
what
career
path
she
wished
to
pursue.
Our
guidance
counsellors,
after
a
private
consultation
between
themselves,
Rating
-
812
out
of
10
The
Rolling
Stones
-
Emotional
Rescue
How
many
bands
need
no
introduction?"
Possibly
the
most
talked
about
album
of
the
t
past
few
months.
Unfortunatley,
the
most
controversial
part
of
the
album
was
not
even
'
included
on
it.
I
am
referring,
of
course,
to
'Claudine',
which
record
company
executives
considered
too
hot
too
handle.
(If
"Some
Girls"
isn't
too
hot
too
handle,
then
I'd
love
to
hear
"Claudine".
What
is
featured
on
Emotional
Rescue,
though,
is
good.
We
begin
side
one
with
"Dance-
Part
1",
which
critics
have
already
labelled
as
Miss
,
You"
turned
sideways
(Ala
Baby
Talks
Dirty
and
My
SharonaThe
Knack).
It's
a
real
kicker,,
good
dance
music.
The
next
song,
"Summer!
Romance",
features
some
more
of
Mickf
Jagger's
saintly
lyrics:
I
"Sucking
Off
the
teacher
and
a
tryin'
ta
gett
an
"A!"
"Send
it
to
Me'
features
a
touch
of
reggae,
'Let
Me
Go'
is
a
rocker,
and
'Indian
Girl'
shows
us
some
unusual
(fori
the
Stones,
that
is)
mellowness.
Side
two
features
more
raunch
and
roll
in
t
'Where
the
boys
all
go'.
'Down
in
the
Hole'
is
:
defineltely
bluesy,
next
is
the
title
cut
which,!
unless
you
live
in
a
cave,
have
probably
heard
already.
Next
is
'She's
So
Cold',
which
is
the
second
single
release.
"I'm
so
hot
for
her
and
she's
so
cold,"
"I
think
she
was
born
in
the
Arctic
Zone"
Once
again,
the
Stones
have
proven
that
they
can
do
it
all
rock,
ballads,
blues,
and?;
commercial
nits
ana
ao
u
wen.
wnn
me
possible
exception
of
Led
Zeppelin,
they
are
the
best
of
the
still-surviving
bands
of
the
sixties.
They
are
indeed
our
"Knights
in
shining
armour".
Rating
-9
out
of
10
fiA
AWoK
I
suyyesieu
viciuuia
eiiiun
in
me
luicaujf
;,
program.
Claudia,
being
an
outdoorsy
type,
:
agreed.
Today
she
is
gainfully
employed
in
the
forest
industry
with
Kleinschmidt
Forest
Products,
Inc.,
as
majority
shareholder.
She
is
glad
she
consulted
CNC's
counsellors,
as
I
she'd
just
inherited
the
company
from
her
3
grandfather
and
couldn't
be
where
she
is
today
without
her
CNC
courses.
The
I
counsellors
agree,
adding
that
for
every
person
like
Claudia
CNC
helps,
a
new
feeling
l
of
reward
and
satisfaction
is
felt
by
each
of,
the
individual
counsellors.
I
Going
to
school
here
has
allowed
me
to!
experience
a
lot
of
new
feeling
myself.
Fori
example,
the
feeling
I
obtained
by
patronizing
the
Canada
Hotel.
There
is
the'
feeling
I
have
while
trying
to
impress
a
nice
girl,
and
yet
another
feeling
when
she
quietly
told
me
that
my
fly
was
open.
Also,
the
feeling
I
got
when
my
math
teacher
did't
give
me
sufficient
time
to
complete
my
exam.
And
what
about
the
feeling
I
got
from
eating,
the
"Cafeteria
Special"
too
quickly?
Right
i
about
now
I
get
the
feeling
that
I
should
stop
and
ask
my
guidance
counsellor
how
to
finish
this
column.
Confused?
You
won't
be
after
next
month's
edition
of
-
Soapbox.