European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A j j j 2i still doing it for themselves by Hillel Italie associated press the Pointer Sisters have always had this Little problem they just can t Slop talking at Home on stage . They re wonders of nature streams of a a consciousness Rushing like Niagara Falls. Just try getting through an entire sentence before being blown away by hurricanes Ruth Jure and Anita Quot we just take Over Quot june said laughing As the others Jabb ered away. Quot sometimes we say the same things at the same  a Quot when  kids our father would scream about it Quot adds Anita never coming up for air. Quot Quot will you please just let me say something1 and we Quot a just laugh. He d say you Are the craziest people Ruth and june join her Here i be Ever seen in All my life Quot a More laughter. More stories. Call and response. Quot hey Ruth remember when Quot laughter. Quot no june you were the . Quot laughter. You a never know it but these Are hard times for the Pointer Sisters squeezed around a Small table in a Manhattan hotel a setting More suitable fora Nice a quiet game of Bridge. A. Sales have slowed considerably since automatic Neutron dance and their other hits from the first half of the 1.980s. The last two albums flopped and in 1988 they loft their longtime Label Ria records and signed with motown a a. So now they re working extra hard blaming the slump on bad promotion and counting on a big push from motown for their new record right rhythm. Quot we want concerts sold out in an hour Quot says Anita. A Quot we be grown closer to each other and our Confidence has grown now,1 insists june. Quot we have a lot of different rhythms different sounds in our voices,&Quot.Ruth explains. Quot sometimes its surprising and shocking to  musically the pointers Are a Lillic bit country a Little bit Rock n Roll and a whole lot of gospel and rhythm n blues. They cracked the charts in 1973 with yes we can can. More Andrews Sisters than to incr Sisters and three years later became the first Black women to perform at the grand Ole opry. It almost ended then. There were four  in the group at the time but Bonnie Pointer abruptly  a Solo career. The others considered calling it quits. Even now they have to hold Back the tears. Quot we wore devastated Quot Anita recalled. Quot we weren t prepared Lor it.  a show that night when she left and after that we did have a period where we stopped. To 1 Hough i this was t going to work without Bonnie. We All tried different  but they bounced Back hooking up with Rock producer Richard Perry in 1978 and going Gold with Bruce Springsteen s classic backseat Ballad fire. Over the next five years the pointers just look Over and won grammy in 1983 or jump and automatic a flight rhythm has plenty of Good times Man with the right Uli Mthm. Some Huid tunes you knocked the a in e right Otitila me i  and tots of  words about life end l., Hern / 7 Ai in it co den7 Lak it i i sue i or. J Imp Ai  on-1 Tkv i rom a i Sii in  duties but if is a i i in 81.tee resold i i that  every song is o i enter  a 111.itt a who g. 1 the erred i Quot i not Elu i we love a us Good   make some sense Quot Ruth said "80 we Don i have to get an encyclopedia to figure a  we nun Wei. I the  a lid of tune if the he Usu 1 1  Lind Trie let m Aion t great sometimes we just w or in it or i is talk to the pointers Dion roots Ami that Means Elinich. Their 1.,tier s a Hurcil in Oakland. Calit where they Sung As children 1 mat s How they sound Hether Jinn rur voices m song or conversation. Quot yen know the pad where we re doing to so of Cito Quot Ruth says Quot where t Man Xuee the band r1 i be the Pointer Sisters from left Ruth june and Anita. Known those Guys for years and i fun i forgot the drummer s name wife s name. Quot i could t remember his name to save my soul and i got tickled myself and it was All because my excitement overwhelmed me. I sort of lost my focus and just started having fun like i was just a dance party d get so into having i remembered his somewhere and just being  Quot i think it s Why ramp a and just regular blues music is so emotional Quot june explains. Quot because it s spiritual a a spiritual feeling underneath it All when you re brought up that Way the things that upset you maybe Are probably More upsetting than to somebody who did t have that  top singles 1. Visions of love a Mariah Carey 2. The Power a snap 3. Rub you the right Way a Johnny Gill 4. Cradle of love a Billy idol 5. If wishes came True Sweet sensation 6. Come Back to me a Janet Jackson 7. In Skinny Bop Poison b. King cd Wishful 1 Funking a go we 9. Sue Ain t Worth it . Mtg Dunios amp Bobby Brown 10. Do my a Bali o v a Voe Vince cd a it 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Top up s 1. Please Hammer Don t Hurt pm a  Hamm 2. Wilson Phillips a Wilson Phipps. 3. Flesh and blood a Poison 4. Step by step a new kids on the Block 5. I m breathless a Madonna 6. Mariah Carey a Mariah Carey 7. I  give All my love to you a Keith sweat 8 pretty woman a soundtrack 9. Compositions a Anita Baker 10. Poison a Bell big Devoe country a singles 1. Good times a Dan seats 2. When i Call your name Gill 3. Next to you next to me a Shenandoah he talks to me a lome Morgan wrong a Waylon Jennings i m Gonna be somebody a Travis Ontl nothing s news a Cunt Black of lonesome me a the Kentucky head Uciles a 9. The dance a Garth Brocks. 10. Wanted a Alan Jackson a Black singles a 1. Vision of love a  Carey 2. Can t Stop a after 1 3. Talk to me a amt  4. Jerk out a the time 5. Do my a Bell dry Devoe 6. My Kinda girl a baby face 7. Come Back to me a Jane Jackson 8. Make you sweat a Keith sweat 9. I want it now a Cameo 10. We re All the same gang a the West coast rap a stars a comp us by billboard Pago 16 thl stars and St rips wednesday August 8, 1990