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concert with a bang,
opening with “What’s
It to You” and follow
ing it with his latest
chart-topper, “Only on
Days That End in Y.”
day evening at The Woodlands offered more quality entertain-
CLAY WALKER
Lollapalooza.
For real concert entertainment this past week,
one didn’t need to drive all the way to Dallas. Fri-
ment than a full day in Ferris.
Walker was at his best, though, when
he performed his soulful works, “This
Woman and This Man,” and “Hypnotize
the Moon.” In the encore, he showed The
Eagles a thing or two with his rendition
of “Desperado.”
He established a good rapport with
the audience, constantly collecting flow
ers and stuffed animals from admiring
fans. Since the audience knew most of
his songs, the night was a sing-along; he
even let the audience sing entire verses
of some his songs, like “If I Could Make
a Living.”
Even though his act and music aren’t
particularly revolutionary. Walker rep
resents the best of new country. Com
bining traditional country music with
old rock and ’80s pop, new country’s ori
gins span generations.
Walker’s influences showed not only
in his own music, but in the music he
chose for his encore. In addition to “Des
perado,” Walker sang “Sweet Home Al
abama,” “Hound Dog,” “Great Balls of
Fire,” and “Louie, Louie.”
As a recent country convert, this
was my first country concert. Sitting
in the audience, watching everyone
else and listening to the music al
lowed me to reflect on why I and so
many others pledge allegiance to
Nashville, and not Seattle.
First is its universal appeal. Entire
families showed up to hear Walker, and
15-year-olds knew the songs as well as
55-year-olds. The reasons are simple
themes and intelligible lyrics.
Sure, “Who Needs You Baby” isn’t
the deepest song, but it’s something
people can relate to. It also helps that
an interpreter is not required to decode
the lyrics.
Also, the music is pleasant to listen
to. Let’s face it, Alanis Morissette has
an ugly voice. Her songs sound ugly, and
I can’t tell what she’s saying half the
time. So many singers forget the concept
of melody and tone. Fortunately, we
have country as a salvation.
Finally, country singers don’t take
themselves too seriously. They know
they won’t save the world; too bad Whit
ney Houston hasn’t realized that. Their
light-heartedness provides a nice con
trast to the gloom-and-doom alternative
whiners. Besides, it’s a little disingenu
ous for multimillionares to proclaim
they are “still just a rat in a cage.”
Country singers (and songwriters)
understand their role is to provide fun
entertainment for their fans. They don’t
need to be potty mouths, they don’t need
to wallow in self-pity, and they don’t
need to be humorless. All this rang true
Friday night. Walker’s ear-to-ear grin
remained all evening, and it reflected
the content of all his music.
Of course, the crowd at Clay Walker
was a bit different from the people Lol
lapalooza tends to draw. There weren’t
many people displaying multiple body
piercings and tattoos for the public to
see. Plus, there weren’t zombies passed
out from alcohol or some other sub
stance at the Mitchell Pavilion.
OK, I’ll confess, there were a few
strange ones at the Walker concert.
There was a thirtysomething woman sit
ting three seats down from me wearing
a pink bra-thing under an unbuttoned
pink shirt. She was obviously too old to
be wearing the bra-thing (if there is an
appropriate age for that), and she gave
me that “Hey, cutie” look/smile after
Paul Brandt’s opening act. I politely re
turned the smile, although I was really
trying to stifle a laugh. Five minutes
later, as a stranger passed in front of
her to get to the aisle, she grabbed his
butt. I didn’t leave my seat the rest of
the concert.
But all in all, I can’t complain about
the concert.' People whine about the
lack of variety of music shows around
here. But the way I see it, the problem
is the lack of quality entertainment in
general. It’s a shame there isn’t more
fun, wholesome music for everyone —
not just the 18-23 alternative crowd —
to enjoy.
If only there were a mosh pit at Clay
Walker’s concert, maybe more people
would understand his and other country
singers’ appeal.
Jason Brown is a Class of ’96
economics major
Stacy Stanton, The Battalion
Clay Walker brought his summer tour through the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion
at The Woodlands on Friday night.
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