European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Presidential routine keeps candidates running a away Andy Rooney Tribune Media you hear Distant rumblings of the next presidential Campaign. Most of the talk is about How difficult it will be for the democrats to get anything going because of president Bush a popularity. Wise democrats sit Back and say smugly a just wait. Something wonderfully bad will there must be several Hundred people in the United states some of them democrats who d make a better president than George Bush. In a not knocking George Bush. He a a Good president. He a just not mount Rushmore material and there must certainly be a few people among the 250 million americans who would Channel their Talent through a Toby Betty Webb Cox news service Quick question if Bob Dylan were getting started today would he make it As a Star the answer probably depends on How much influence you believe mtg has exercised Over the music Industry. Its no secret that the careers of stars such As Cher Madonna and Michael Jackson got a big boost when their videos began airing on the nations first music Channel 10 years ago. They ushered in a new Era of stars who could sing dance a and were Young and Beautiful. That positive Side of the Coin was emphasized As television watchers and critics hipped Over the aug. 1 Celebration of a tvs a first decade in the business. But picture Dylan with a nose Job wearing eyeliner and a White sequined Glove warbling i la be your Buby tonight with great seriousness into the camera. Or imagine Dylan a reaction if he were told to emulate emf by covering himself with hissing cockroaches for a video to Market a record. Head probably reply a it ainu to me yes mtg has changed the music business and opinion is divided As to whether that change has been for the better or the worse. Today a Rock music is flashier but is it necessarily better according to Rick Krim vice president of Talent relations at mtg flashy costumes and Good looks might help a musician on the Road to stardom but they won t necessarily maintain a career. Says Krim Quot not All Rock fans Are into the Bon Jovi mentality and for these people looks Aren t the trick is to find the person and then talk him or her into running for the office. That s the hard part. We Don t often get the Best person As president because the Best person does no twant to be president. The Best person is to smart and too modest to take the Job. As a result we be had some terrible presidents a whose names 1 wont mention because i done to want to get into an argument. Being president of the United states is miserable work. Your life is not your own when you live in the White House. You Are observed by the whole world through an open window with the Shade up. If you have to go to the Hospital you re Apt to Wake up the next morning with a diagram of your Colon on Page one of the newspaper. The presidents working Day consists mostly of frying to solve several Hundred problems that can to be solved. In Between trying to do that he has to sign a pile of papers he has t read. Then he meets with a lot of Dull strangers who want their pictures taken with him in the Rose Garden. All Day Long the president has to pretend he likes people he either does t know or hates. That a hard work for anyone. Every time you look at the newspaper. President Bush is shaking hands with someone whose language he can t speak making a speech he did no to write to a group he does no to know or waving from the ramp of an air plane that a going someplace he has no interest in getting to. This is a Job Worth fighting for a if you re the president All the Small pleasures of life arc denied you. You can t go to the store. Buy Gas or drop in to a movie. You can to walk Down the Street Chat on the Telephone or put your feet up on the desk and read the newspaper. You can t take a Nap on the Couch in front of the television set without having people report that you can t stay awake on the Job. You can t walk around your House the White House Barefoot. There is no such person As the perfect president. A person who d make a Good president this year might not be a Good one next year. George Washington was perfect for his time but he probably would t be too Good working with Congress in 1991. A a a a a 1 done to think a modern Day president could be As honest As Washington was. It s impossible for a president to be As honest As head like to be these Days. At some Point a president s personal sense of what s right and honorable runs up against what he knows is smart to do. Say for instance that he thinks he s a Good president and believes it would be Best for the country if he were re elected. If being re elected depends on his lying a Little or maybe just not telling the whole truth Isnit it Best for the country in the Long run if he tells the lie in foreign affairs the president sometimes has to decide Between helping the Economy of his own country or promoting a dictatorship in another. He has to decide Between the homeless at Home and the starving abroad. The democrats ought to be looking for the perfect president. He or she is out there somewhere. Andy Rooney is a Lori nor stars and stripes reporter Porto hons Emfs unbelievable video Cost $13,000, everything. Non glamorous musicians such ask Tracy Chapman and Don Henley were raised to National attention As artists because of their Well produced video Krim said can turn a band s career around a even when the boys in the band done to look like finalists for the or. America pageant. A the Zzz top Guys Arentt exactly living dolls but the minute they released their first video Gimme me All your l Oving in 1983, their career took off. They made the transformation from being a Mere boys band to video superstars a says Krim. The bands appearance consisting of Yard Long beards rockabilly clothes and cheap sunglasses even helped catapult Zzz top to Multi Media Success. Once Rock lovers got a Gander at the threesome they giggled All the Way to the nearest record store. Explains Krim Quot Zzz tops appearance worked for them because their videos match their music. Fast cars gorgeous women and a great sense of creativity rates High with the mtg stall. Quot we encourage directors and hands to come up with fresh material presented in an interesting manner a says Krim. One of Krims most recent video favourites is the anthrax Public enemy collaboration. Bring the noise which was just released. Quot the action takes place on lop of a Mountain of speakers surrounded by great special effects animation wonderful stuff Quot says Krim. Quot its a very exciting video to watch almost frantic but then the production company that made it Isnit into cliches.�?�, a gun the Chicago based company that produced bring the noise has filmed popular videos that the company feels contribute to a bands Rise in popularity. A guns Long list of video hits in elude those for Mega Del ministry de la soul and skid rows recent stunner. Monkey Busi Ness. Ben Stokes 25, one of l a guns hot Young directors says Quot one of the most important things in be Learned about this business is that when you get right Down to it a video is simply a commercial for a product. In our Case the product is a this concept does no to make Stokes cynical. It excites him. He says a before you come up with a concept you have to ask yourself. A just How Good is this band.?�?T it makes a difference in the material you write for Stokes is impressed with the musicianship of anthrax and Public enemy. A those Guys Are wonderful musicians very. Verf Active solid performers with real stage presence. Working with them was the easiest thing in the world and we made that video in one Day just showcasing the Talent that was already there a says Stokes. Lie Isnit As enthusiastic about other hands. He says a with other groups that Arentt in anthrax a league such As some bands that rely heavily on electronics Wick re Given More of a Challenge. We have to go out there and manufacture an image for them to lean Stokes agrees that creative videos serve As crutches for mediocre performers. Quot you can hide a lot of weakness on an expensive Well made video. But eventually that band will have to tour and then that weakness will be he 11, 1991 sunday a
