European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Going against the Grain Bojoh Swenson United press International on t Tell e m about i records we be never even thought of making lop 40 records said Gui Lanse Peler Buck after finishing Locum Cal the s1h up by the aliens Georgia based group i would t know How r has become a minor sensation in the 1980s by working act Pinsl Iho Grain of a formula fixed record Industry. The band s records ,. Jump Between inspirational stuff and Unk within the space of a minute. I really respect him Lor that there s no editing process he s going Lor the fooling and he sometimes finds a and sometimes nol " Buck is pleased Wilh Iho Way document the most guitar Onon led record be limed out. This one is a Iii lie More ocal Lerhol. Which i like since in s a diverse record Here in t a Center to it. It s More Iko a Bunch of snapshots. Some of it has a Vind of orwellian i cycling. It s a chaotic record because its r e m. A hard Core cull following in the United Stales. I think a lot of our fans see us As a kind of alternative Lothe Hil thing Madonna Huey Lewis or Bruce Springsteen Buck 53 in. I like Madonna he added " respect her even though i Don t listen to her much every band Lias Ili Feir place and it would be Tair to say that ours probably in t in the lop 10 we iry to exist outside of that if a Dart in and have a Hil single that s Fine but i Don t necessarily want logo after a commercial sound neither do i want to be the Loyal opposition to just Snake records and then see what happens the problem with Rock n Roll is thai there s too Many formulas. To really can t even think whal s popular. Thai would Kiu us. People Tell us look at u2, streamline your stuff bul we re really not that Anthem Typo of band Buck cites a number of other bands who be taken the approach swears by when i first heard talking Heads he said i thought they re never Gonna get within spilling distance of having a hit single Yel they be made themselves into an indispensable band. I Admire people like Van Morrison he s a Guy who works ram his heart. The. America especially " a number of the songs strike a decidedly polecat tone exhuming Mccarthy for example suggests a parallel Between the Reagan Era policies carried oui by oiivei1 Troin Anco the political / motivated Witch Hunts Olsen. Joseph Mccarthy in Iho 1950s the right Wing Iii act Buck said. We re fighting All these foreign wars. This is the kind of year Joe Mccarthy would come Back. If he was still alive he d be a Horo i just about kicked in my to set watching Oliver North Les Lily with that smug Little took on his face he was breaking the Law. He had no right to be so smug and that Fawn Hall i d like to kick her in to Bull. I wish they d put the two of them in Irons. He s a hero by breaking the Law. We Don t have the right to pick government in this continent. What we should do is help out it s hard to Bol Tove thai people can live m a Lime like this and not be concerned. It makes my stomach churn to read lha newspapers " Buck feels that Rock bands have a responsibility to use their influence on Young audiences. Rock n Roll is supposed to be Abool personal freedoms . Taut that Rock banus should use on Young Audi facet. He argued. How can you do this and a like a Clown jump around in striped trousers and Ihen jus go Home and not worry about in because you be got your million that s just sickening. I m not saying you have to make social messages but the Motley dues and Van havens they have a tool to talk to every disenfranchised lower Middle class kid the Art of status in Hollywood new York times Awn steel the new president of Columbia pictures does not have David pull Nam s Job but she will probably use the former Columbia chairman s office. And when she moves Onlo the studio lol she will undoubtedly put pull Nam s biedermeier Burwood Sof a Mlo Mothballs and remodel his recently remodeler suite in Hollywood offices Are More irian offices for movie studio executives the size flow Colof and accessories of the place where one works Are a map to status and Money and a key to the sub Lees of office politics. The largest Otyce is nol necessarily the ii s All about How close your office is to Frank Mancuso s Oldie if you work at Paramount or Bob Daly s Oil ice. If you work Al Warner Brothers said one vice president. Can the chairman of the braid drop by without climbing stairs three regimes ago at 20lh Century Fox Clare Townsend spurned an office among the major executives on the first floor of the Headquarters building. A vice president of production she preferred being among the enlers. Producers and directors on the third floor. Ii text More creative and less corporate up said Townsend a graduate of of Nicolon out to was a political she lost the ear of the head of production. Sherry Lansing and rather quickly left the studio. Status is demonstrated by a private bathroom and an anteroom Wilh iwo Secre lanes less obviously it is apparel in one s Telephone system. You get High Marks if Here Are people on your Buzzer who Are both above and below you said Laurence Mark a former vice president of production Al both Paramount and Fox who is now producing movies for Fox. It s important to be Able to Buzz up nol just Buzz Down it s also important to gel the studio to spend As much Money As possible on your office thus emphasizing your value. A new vice president gels his Walls painted and a change of carpet. When Leonard Goldberg became president of of a year ago the remodelling of his office Cost More than $100,000 and included a working fireplace of Gold veined Black Marble. Status symbols change. No lop executive would be caught dead today Wilh the thick White carpet favored by Louis b. Mayer when he ran my a 40 years ago. Honey coloured Hardwood floors Are in Goldberg has a herringbone design the now floor in the office of Frank Mancuso chairman of Paramount is Redoak. Mancuso shocked Hollywood by spending More than two years in the office of Barry Diller his predecessor before remodelling. I was less concerned Aboul my office than Aboul our films he said once Paramount had fresh Box Ollice successes Mancuso ripped out the carpet brought in a polished Granite desk and crammed the drawers with hidden telephones and switches that turn on the Gas fireplace and open Iho window shades to spend More hours Here than i do Al my Homo so i decided in should be comfortable he said unlike Many executives Mancuso wants his go oils to be comfortable too. Instead of separating himself behind his desk he holds meetings at a round table where Lea is served in Wedgwood cups in con rail Frank Yablans a previous head of Paramount pictures had a desk built on lop of a platform in order to intimidate visitors. Joe Hooper the Interior decorator Lor uan Cusmand Goldberg has been decorating Ollices Al Fox and it pm for 21 years in addition to bleached Wood floors he lists today s in fashion materials As Marble Granite and natural fabrics. Ten years ago everything was who works in a garage and Tell them something Aboul what s happening to them but ail they Lell them is go ahead and ump a lot of these bands make it on rebellion but it s really Safe rebellion. Al the kids raise their hand m the a and yell and drink a Bunch of malt liquor Lor about three hours. Ihen they go right Back Homo and go to the mall Hooper said. Today in s Chenille Wool silk and leather and the furniture is made out of exotic Woods including Koa brazilian Rosewood and Burl Pink last year s Cotor is Oul replaced by sea foam Green Aqua and Cerulean Blue the Cost of remodelling an fice ranges from $20.000 to $ 150.000, and any executive Worth his Stock options a an entertainment Center that includes television monitors a compact disk player and half Inch and three Quarter Inch video Casselle machines and since sparseness is in style. The executives can make their huge toys disappear into the Walls by Rumole control. Top of the charts top pop singles 1 my Tymony bit Yuol 2 the thu of Maufe & Juni wvr�c3 and Kheda i lilfe4 i think he re alone now Tina i 5 Brilliant is pulse Bruc 5p�ingtfeg i breakout swing out s saw should be known a to Fth Sterwa b Little lies foal Wood Mac 9 i be been in love before cutting Cre 10 Faith Georja Michael top pop los top country singles 1 i wont need of anymore Randy to 2 Lynda 5i6e a mgr 2 Tunnel of love b 4 Whitesnake win Litulu 5 a momentary Lake. Of rea5cn Pink Floydl hysteria Qew Leppard 7 the lonesome Judilee Jorvig cough mall Jcj tip b Whitney whim Houston 9 nothing like the Sun sting to. The Joshua thee us 4 Only when i Lotfi holy Dunn 5 the last one to know Flonta men Iii b one for the u0ney to shul Ppd 7 she Coulsn t Lelve me anymore t g if Tan Brown b do a h t Ohn 9 f there s any Justice in Greenwood 10 those be Marie Sof you Daly Parion. La Fth i n5iadl. Ems Jlou Kirn top Black singles 1 Arvel to Gena i Abusi 7 Don t go Marion Jat so 3 skeletons so Warto Ralpf i wonder who she seeing new Tri tamp Ultonia system of survival each. We & f g Cau you dance Shonic Junn 7 you and me tonight pm b i Frant to 6e you Al Man Rogaff 9. Certified True the bar Kiji 10. Criticize Jubi Abuaf 0 heal wednesday. November 18. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 17
