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Page 4 Friday, March 19, 2004 University Press
Prince, Harrison lead inductees into ‘rock hall’
NEW YORK (AP) —
Throughout his career, the prodigious
Prince has defied categorization. The
androgynous rocker with a soulful
bent blurred musical genres, racial
boundaries and sexual attitudes with
songs that broke barriers on an artistic
and social scale.
Twenty-five years later, though,
the musical maverick has finally been
categorized — as a member of the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Purple One was inducted into
the hall on Monday night along with
Bob Seger, ZZ Top, Jackson Browne,
The Dells and George Harrison, who
became the third ex-Beatle inducted
for his solo work.
However, of all the rock royalty
on hand, it was clearly Prince’s night.
He opened the ceremony with a trio of
his 1980s hits that caught the breadth
of his work: the rock anthem “Let’s Go
Crazy,” the topical “Sign O’ the Times”
and funk groove of “Kiss.”
Later, he came out to upstage Tom
Petty, Jeff Lynne and Harrison’s son,
Dhani, on “While My Guitar Gently
Weeps” with a dazzling performance
on guitar.
The 45-year-old singer, whose first
album was released in 1978, became a
superstar in the ’80s with hits like
“Little Red Corvette” and his ground-
breaking movie and album “Purple
Rain.” But his star faltered in the early
’90s after a bitter dispute with his label
Warner Bros. He changed his name to
an unpronounceable symbol and
wrote the word “slave” on his check
during the bitter dispute, which ended
when he left the label in 1996 and he
started releasing his music independ-
ently.
But on Monday, he thanked
Warner Bros, for not only giving him
his start, but the freedom to do what-
ever he wanted.
“I embarked on a journey more
fascinating than I could ever imagine,”
he said after R&B songstress Alicia
Keys and rap funksters OutKast
inducted him into the hall.
“But a word to the wise to the
young artists — without spiritual guid-
ance too much freedom can lead to
spiritual decline,” he said.
Another singer-songwriter induct-
ed, Browne, co-wrote “Take It Easy”
for the Eagles, then was successful on
his own with “Doctor My Eyes,” “The
Pretender” and “Running on Empty,”
chronicling the turn of the 1960s utopi-
an dream into the cynical ’70s.
The “No Nukes” concert organiz-
er has mixed the political with the per-
sonal throughout his career.
“I want to thank you for allowing
me to put my personal politics in my
songs,” he said. “Music is a very
empowering thing. I’m thankful for
having had a lifetime doing it. Thank
you for this job.”
Bruce Springsteen inducted
Browne, noting with some jealousy
that while he and his E Street Band
usually drew an audience filled with
men — and not particularly good-
looking men — Browne was a magnet
for women. Springsteen called Browne
a “bona fide rock ’n’ roll sex star.”
“Jackson was drawing more
women than an Indigo Girls show,”
Springsteen said.
Backstage, Browne said while the
induction was an honor, “to be perfect-
ly honest, I’ve never really dwelled too
much on this.”
“I think it’s a wonderful thing,” he
said, “but it hasn’t been the motivating
factor in my life.”
Seger, who still lives in the Detroit
area where he hails from, burst from
regional to national fame with the hits
“Night Moves,” “Old Time Rock &
Roll” arid “Like a Rock,” the latter a
longtime Chevy commercial theme.
Fellow Michigan singer Kid Rock
inducted Seger, calling him one of
music’s most overlooked performers.
“Bob Seger’s music not only influ-
enced me; it taught me to be proud of
where I come from. I still am,” he said.
Seger brought up his Silver Bullet
Band for their first public performance
in nine years. They sang “Turn the
Page” and the wedding staple, “Old
Time Rock ’n’ Roll,” made even more
famous when Tom Cruise danced
around in his underwear lip-synching
the tune in the movie “Risky Business.”
Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, two fel-
low members of the Traveling
Wilburys, were on hand to salute
Harrison. The guitarist joins John
Lennon and Paul McCartney as
Beatles also honored for their solo
work.
Harrison’s biggest hit, “My Sweet
Lord,” came in a burst of pent-up cre-
ativity following the Beatles’ breakup.
He recorded infrequently in the
decade before his November 2001 can-
cer death, but a well-received posthu-
mous disc came out in 2002.
“He often said he wasn’t pursuing
a solo career,” Petty said. “He never
hired a manager or an agent. He just
loved playing music with his friends.”
Hirsute blues-rockers ZZ Top
were an early MTV staple with the
boogie hits, “Legs” and “Sharp-
Dressed Man,” helped by the presence
of little-dressed women in their videos.
Traffic were inducted by Dave
Matthews. The band featured teen
prodigy organist Steve Winwood, who
later went on to solo success. The pas-
toral, jazzy Traffic had hits with “Glad”
and “Low Spark of High Heeled
Boys.”
Although former Traffic member
Dave Mason was inducted, he didn’t
perform with the band. However, he
later joined his former bandmates dur-
ing the evening’s all-star jam, which
also featured Keith Richards, The
Dells, Kid Rock, ZZ Top and others.
The Dells, a vocal harmony quin-
tet that hit with “Oh What a Night” in
1955, were the inspiration for the film
“The Five Heartbeats.” With only one
personnel change, a group formed in
high school is still performing together
more than 50 years later.
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NEW MIGRAINE DRUG SHOWS PROMISE
Early studies suggest a novel migraine treatment is as effective as the best available
drugs and can alleviate pain hours after a migraine starts. Researchers say this also
may be a safe alternative for migraine sufferers who have heart problems.
The experimental drug BIBN 4096 BS works similarly to triptan medications like
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during a migraine attack, the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). CGRP is believed
to be involved in pain transmission during a migraine and the swelling of vessels that
occurs during an acute attack.
Unlike the triptans, the experimental migraine treatment does not appear to have the
potential to constrict blood vessels of the heart.
“Even though cardiovascular problems are very rare with the triptans, there are still
doctors out there who are reluctant to prescribe them," migraine specialist William
Young, M.D., of the Jefferson Headache Center in Philadelphia, said. “And patients with
pre-existing heart problems are currently cut off from our best treatments.”
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but there are still major hurdles to be overcome,” says migraine researcher Paul L.
Durham, Ph.D., who wrote an editorial accompanying the study.
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“This drug seems to be blocking the [migraine] pathway in the same way,” he says,
adding that if this turns out to be the case, an improved response would be unlikely.
Preventive Options Growing
But even if the drug's effectiveness is limited to patients who respond to triptans, it
could still represent an important advancement in the treatment of acute migraine
attacks, Young says.
“This study represents a proof of concept, and if the manufacturer gets over the
delivery hurdle this may be the beginning of a whole new class of migraine treatments,"
he says.
There are also a growing number of treatment options to help patients prevent
migraines. Anti-epilepsy medications like the drug Topamax have been shown to
decrease dramatically the frequency and intensity of migraines in many patients.
Young says only about a quarter of the patients who could benefit from preventive
medications are taking them.
“But even with the best preventive drugs, patients still have migraines,” he says.
“That is why it is so important to keep looking for new treatments.”
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