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Rock And Roll Stars For Openings

By CHARLES WEIR

The Beach Boys and The Byrds
will appear in concert at University
Hall Saturday night as part of
Openings weekend festivities. Both
groups have been headliners on the
pop music scene for many years.

The Beach Boys have been
together for over ten years and in
that time one can see the changes in
the music of the 1960's. They
started the surf sound and remained
at the top of that field for as long
as they played it.

The theme of those songs was a
hard driving combination of fun,
powerful cars and the surf, as the
titles to some of their leading songs
indicate: "California Girls," "Surfer
Girl," "I Get Around," "Little
Deuce Coupe," and "Fun, Fun,
Fun." In the past decade, the Beach
Boys have released 23 LPs and sold
20 million singles.

Newest Album

The "Boys" have recently
releases their newest album, "Surf's
Up", which covers many subjects
from ecology to student
demonstrations to the title song
that documents the personal
dilemma of Brian Wilson since he
found in 1965 that he could no
longer find any satisfaction in
sunny days, surfing and driving, or
groove on making public
appearances with the group.

"Surf's Up" is an attempt at
bringing the Beach Boys popularity
from the ripples of the suburban
swimming pool set and local speed
shop to the banks of the Hudson
River. Regardless of the possible
success of their album, a concert
with the Beach Boys would be only
complete by wearing saddle shoes
and a high school letter jacket.

Followed Footsteps

The Byrds, on the other hand,
followed more in the footsteps of
the Beatles and Dylan, fusing the
energy of the Beatles and the
literary sense of Dylan. That fusion
is now labeled progressive rock. Of
the starting Byrds, only leader
Roger McGuinn remains. The Byrds
are more recent in the music world
than are the Beach Boys, as they
started in 1964.

Tickets for the concert are on
sale at Mincer's Newcomb Hall, The
Band Box, Hi-Fi House and
Joywind. The cost is $3.50 in
advance and $4.00 at the door.

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