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Top Albums

From 1987

1. Bon Jovi - "Slippery When Wet"
2. Michael Jackson - "Bad"
3. U2 - "The Joshua Tree"
4. Whitney Houston - "Whitney
Houston"
5. Paul Simon - "Graceland"
6. Beastie Boys - "Licensed to Ill"
7. Whitesnake - "Whitesnake"
8. Anita Baker - "Rapture"
9. Steve Winwood - "Back in the
High Life"
10. Genesis - "Invisible Touch"
(Taken From Rolling Stone)

Style Diversity Grows

N goers. It gave them the chance to fi-
nally see the artists of the music they
o matter what style of music
enjoyed. Fans dreamed of becoming
played on a student's speakers, most lucky enough to get front row tickets
generally it was rock and roll. Styles of ... or back stage passes . Senior Cheryl
music ranged from top forty to heavy Washa said, ''I'll go to a concert if I real-
metal and classic to progressive rock. ly enjoy a band's music . It's fun to see
The reasons that students listened them perform live." Poputar performers
to their music was as different as the such as Whitesnake, Def Leppard, The
music itself. Senior Kevin Reid BoDeans, The Romantics, Whitney
said, " Pounding away with the music Houston, Sting, John Cougar Mellen-
was a way to release stress ." Other stu- camp, and REM held concerts in the
:Jents listened for fun or just as a way metro area. A few dedicated students
to pass time. Sophomore Belinda Smith bought bus passes and tickets to
said, "I listened to the radio when I was watch U2 at Kansas City or Iowa City.
bored or depressed." Sign of that could be seen on t-shirts .
Whatever the reason, music found English teacher Terry Thielen said, "I
its way into everyone's life, even where could always tell when there was a
they didn't expect it. It played in their concert, the students would come to
homes, cars, televisions, classrooms. school the next day in their t -shirts. "
Occasionally a student's favorite song Even if students were not able to
reeled in their heads during an impor- see their favorite bands perform live,
tant test. they expressed their dedication by
As enjoyable as music was, it held buying their albums, posters, and read-
an expensive price. Records, tapes, ing magazine articles about them.
and CD's added up as students built Senior Doug Macdonald
their collections. Added to the price of said, "Whatever music it took to let stu-
concert tickets and t -shirts , many stu- dents forget the everyday problems
dents felt that the price was too high there were, I said go for it! " _/
Choosing what album to play can often be the and relied on their stereos to fill their
hardest thing to do when listening to music. Junior sound waves.
Jeff Smith chooses to listen to " Decadance" by However, that didn't stop concert -Jennifer Hueftle-
INXS . (P. Mahoney)