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Show bp Cyclops BBBBiiiBppBpBppBBBppPBBBpPiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBBBViBBbBlBBBBBJPB) l By BRYAN GRAY Unfortunately, rock 'n roll music is here to stay The reader called to report a news tip and then mentioned that her son reads the Cyclops column every week. "He thinks you're cool," says the reader, "but he can't understand why you don't like rock n roll music. He says rock 'n roll is here to stay. ' Unfortunately, the kid is right. And, as proof of the term "unfortunately," I can only point to last week's Motley Crue concert at the Salt Palace. This year some 13,000 people attended the concert, proving that A) a fool and his money are soon parted, and B) today's younger generation is in serious se-rious need of new role models. As today's rock music goes Motley Crue is hardly a Johnny-come-lately. They've fleeced Salt Lake's kids at three previous concerts con-certs and have been a staple of the grunt-and-groan-Wham-B am scene for much of the 1980's. Still, most parents have never seen Motley Crue perform, a major reason why 13,000 fans were allowed to buy tickets for last Thursday's event. Here, in a short but descriptive summary, was Motley Crue's latest performance: SHEER EXCITEMENT-Seated in a rotating platform, the drummer opened the concert by descending from 80 feet above the audience and delivering the always exciting 15-minute 15-minute non-stop drum solo. Only a parent who has mistakenly given their child a drum set for Christmas can fully appreciate this artistic expression. ex-pression. The rest of us can only imagine the beauty of a 15 -minute drum solo and can only wonder why an OSHA inspector wasn't present to prepare a report ARTICULATE COM-MUNICATION-Referring to a previous concert in which he descended in a spinning cage, the drummer screamed the following concise and literate sentences to the teen-aged throng: "Ever since then, people ask how I'm gonna top the spinning thing, dude. You know what I said? I said, 'You're lookin' at it!' " This poetic announcement then brought the shrill cry of appreciation ap-preciation from the fans and brought tears to members of every high school English department. BEAUTIFUL AESTHETICS The drummer then leaped from the platform, dropped to the floor on a Bungi cord and "mooned" the audience. au-dience. How delightful... A kid pays $15 for a concert ticket to see a grown man drop his pants in public! If this wasn't enough of a thrill, the high-technology light show showered the audience with laser-generated laser-generated figures of the pentagram and the skull-and-crossbones. AWE-INSPIRING LYRICS The group rambled through the repertoire of well-known (and lovely) love-ly) songs: "Dr. Feelgood," "Shout at the Devil" and the always-beautiful always-beautiful "Kickstart My Heart." LEAVE 'EM IN ECSTASY-As fans flicked cigarette lighters for the traditional light bath, the guitarist smashed his guitar to the stage and gave pieces of the battered instrument instru-ment to a swarming gioup of adoring ador-ing fans. A piece of a guitar....who says today teen-agers aren't interested inter-ested in preserving part of America's past? Motley Crue is gone, but they'll be back. They know easy money when they see it. But I won't see Motley Crue-and Crue-and it's not because I have lofty musical standards. After all, I still love Bob Dylan...And yet I recognize recog-nize that Bob Dylan is no Mario Lanza. No, it's not superior musical taste that will stop me from paying good money to see a 30-year-old man spin around in a platform and display his backside. The reason for my not appreciating ap-preciating Motley Crue and today's rock 'n roll songs stems solely from the music. Let me put it to you in a way that Motley Crue could understand. "Ya see, man, uh 'Kickstart Mv I |