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'r-1 OA The Times Leader; Willces-Borre, PA, Saturday, September 1 991 Entertainment MTV Awards: And the winner is the winner Commentary Afi 3rJ Following is a partial list of top-selling albums and singles as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine, along with hit singles and albums in the Wyoming Valley. HOT SINGLES 1. -1 Adore Ml Amor" Color Me Badd 2. "Good Vibration" Marky Mark 4 The Funky Bunch, 3. "Motownphilly" Boyz II Men 4Thlngs That Make You Go Hmmm" Music Factory 5.

"The Promise of a New Paula Abdul 6. "i Do ri For You" Bryan Adams 7. "Time, Love and tenderness" Michael Bolton 8. "Too Many Walls" Cathy Dennis 9. "Love of a Lifetime" Rrehouse 10.

'The Motown Song" Rod Stewart ap3 TOP LP'S 1. "Metallica" Metailica 2. "Unforgettable" Natalie Cole 3. "Roll trie Bones" Rush 4. "Luck of the Draw" Bonnie Raitt 5.

"OM.B." Color Me Badd 6. "Cooleyhighharmony" Boyz II Men 7. "Fire Inside" Bob Soger 8. "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" Van Halen 9. "Time, Love and Tenderness" Michael Bolton 10.

"Gonna Make You Swear Music Factory LOCAL SINGLES 1. "Dont Cry" Guns 'N Roses 2. "Motownphilly" Boyz II Men 3. Sandman" Metailica 4. Vibrations" Marky Mark The Funky Bunch 5.

"Everything I Do I Do For You" Bryan Adams 6. "3AJI.EtemarK.L.F. 7. "Now" Heavy The Boyz S. "Things That Make You Go Hmmm" Music Factory 9.

"You Could Be Mine" Guns 'N Roses 10. "Shiny Happy People" R.EM. LOCAL LP'S 1. "Metailica" Metailica 2. "Unforgettable" Natalie Cole 3.

"Gonna Make You Sweat" Music Factory 4. 5. "Roll the Bones" Rush 6. "Psychotic Supper" Tesla 7. "Attack of the Killer B's" Anthrax 8.

"Shake Your Money Maker" The Black Crowes 9. "Flrehouse" 10. "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" Van Halen (Local figures provided by Gallery of Sound) i MULTI-TALENTED? R.EM, picked up a number of MTV awards that didn't seem to have much to do with their primary expertise choreographers, special effects artists, editors and cinemato-, graphers sat through the spectacle. As for being the best group video, maybe. But did the group members conceptualize the video, dictate the scenes and shots, set up the lighting (and, lest we forget, perform the award-winning editing)? Or did they just show up and mouth the words to the song? "The awards are for the band and for the (people behind the scenes)," explained Tina Exarhos, manager of program publicity for MTV, when questioned as to why R.E.M.

received an award for what was undeniably a group effort. She said that she couldn't answer questions about the philosophy behind the awards. Exarhos pointed to the technical awards as adequate recognition for the directors and technicians. ome of those awards were Best Choreography "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)," Music Factory (maybe they do choreograph their own videos); Best Special Effects "Falling to Pieces," Faith No More (hmmm, maybe they're multi-talented fellows), and others that seem to indicate these musicians have pursued diverse careers in search of fame. for Ford with Paramount Pictures to begin a new motion picture franchise starring as author Tom Clancy's protagonist Jack Ryan.

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21 12 au ror imormation Miss America 91 3-1 5 Bally's 95-6 Englishtown 98, 15 1012,26 So the question that floats to the top is simply this why do we need the MTV Awards? What useful purpose do they serve? The difference between MTVs spectacle and other music awards shows is obvious MTVs catering to an audience that either doesn't care about excellence, or doesn't understand it. The powers at MTV chose to create an award that stands for popularity. Without a cavalcade of stars and Prince's naked butt there would be no show. As it is. the MTV trophy is hardly a valued knicknack.

Instead, it's a meal ticket. Who profited from the show? Certainly MTV did it was hyped for weeks, and rebroadcast through syndication, airing locally on WOLF Channel 38 this week. So, too, did the artists. After all, the awards go to videos that MTV plays videos MTV chooses to play, and places In heavy rotation. The winners are chosen by panel of about 1 ,000 producers and directors of videos, record labels, and journalists, from videos aired on MTV.

Make no mistake about it music television is about television, not music. When R.E.M. stepped up to accept the Best Group Video award, they thanked mom, their fans and college radio not MTV, strangely enough, or what's-his-name, the director. Perhaps what's really needed at the MTV Awards is a trophy for the Best Lip-sync In a Music Video. LAST CALL! HAWAII OCTOBER 9 TO 19 A FABULOUS TRIP! ROUND TRIP AIR FROM AVOCA 3 NIGHTS SHERATON WAIKIKI 6 NIGHTS WESTIN MAUI FOR A GREAT PRICE $1 59900 HURRY CALL NOW 1-800-233-4826 No String You Bur ffibommon travel fmtmM 413 So.

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Last week's MTV Awards placed credit for video achievements squarely on the shoulders of the performers the subjects of the works. Reports following the event said that the group R.E.M. took six trophies for the video to "Losing My Religionr including Best Group Video, Direction, and Editing. Best direction? The real director, Tarsem, sat in the audience during the awards show as the winner of that category was announced. The awards presenter put it this way "R.E.M.

'Losing My and the director's name was lost in the applause. One wonders why he bothered to stand up and how many other directors, A new deal HOLLYWOOD (ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) Harrison Ford has signed a three-picture deal some Brass lowing them to present Renaissance and nineteenth-century brass music In the most authentic manner possible. The Chestnut Brass Company frequently writes their own transcriptions, including Vivaldi string Joplin rags. Bach concertl, and Gershwin favorites, which feature the unique sound of vletuoso brass. The Chestnut Brass Company has performed at the International Music Festival of the Cayman Islands, the Academy of St.

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