From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V4 #224 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Monday, July 26 1999 Volume 04 : Number 224 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] South Downs [JObinv01@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Live Aid [Jim Spellman ] Re: [AVALON] Bryan on VH1 [Jim Spellman ] Re: [AVALON] South Downs [JFROXY@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Bryan on VH1 [JFROXY@aol.com] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 13:21:09 EDT From: JObinv01@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] South Downs In a message dated 24/07/99 12:14:40 GMT, you write: << being the aforementioned "South Downs" (my fav. Roxy b-side incidentally) which is in fact running backwards I never thought of that before now. The synthetic nature of the track lends itself to being looped backwards without sounding any more synthetic than it already is How do you know this for sure. Is it an educated guess or did you get the information from anything official??? Regards John O'Brien - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 16:01:56 -0400 From: Jim Spellman Subject: Re: [AVALON] Live Aid JFROXY@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 24/07/99 02:00:34 GMT Daylight Time, > kicki.gustafsson@op.se writes: > > << I think he was right. Live Aid was not an occassion for pushing one's > latest album... >> > > Ok, ok so it was all in a good cause, etc., etc., but couldn't you just > applaud the man for going on and doing something like "Boys and Girls", or > did you really want to hear "Let's stick together" again? > As for the bands who did play their greatest hits Queen,U2, etc., I remember > reading afterwards that their back catalogues sales increased by 100%, so BF > shot himself in the foot for not doing likewise, acknowledge the man. > JF No matter what he did, he didn'thave a We Will Rock You type of a song. I feel his music is much too subtle to be enjoyed in a venue that big. Nevertheless, how about Don't Stop The Dance and Windswept. They were from the new album and more accessible. As much as I can't listen to Love is the Drug anymore, throw that in with Slave to Love and that's my vote. Jim - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 16:09:32 -0400 From: Jim Spellman Subject: Re: [AVALON] Bryan on VH1 Bahi Para wrote: > Sophie B Hawkins was to be a percussionist in Ferry's tour band and she > played for a large stretch of the rehearsals but was fired before the tour > began. This info is from the web some years back and I'm not sure which > tour this was - presumably Bete Noire (New Town). An interesting collection > of quotes have been attributed to her on this subject - again, this is the > web so don't rely on their authenticity but one report said that she wrote > "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" the day after she was fired. Another said > she wrote it about Bryan. Bryan told her, said yet another snippet, that > the band loved her but that her style didn't fit in or was too much her > own. I've forgotten the details. The song, of course, suggests a different > story and may even contain an ironic Slave to Love reference in there > somewhere, though I might be imagining it. > > Another Sophie quote said that Bryan replaced her with the percussionist > from his album. Didn't Steve Scales play percussion for the New Town tour? > He's not credited on Bete Noire. Perhaps I'm mixing up all the details and > only Google and Alta Vista know. > > Bahi > You could say that Ferry noticed she wasa star and not side-man material? Just didn't want it interfering with his thing. Also, I'm pretty sure they made a point to say all her songs were written about women, "Damn", who could that be? Jim - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 20:12:51 EDT From: JFROXY@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] South Downs In a message dated 25/07/99 06:24:48 GMT Daylight Time, JObinv01@aol.com writes: << << being the aforementioned "South Downs" (my fav. Roxy b-side incidentally) which is in fact running backwards I never thought of that before now. The synthetic nature of the track lends itself to being looped backwards without sounding any more synthetic than it already is How do you know this for sure? Is it an educated guess or did you get the information from anything official??? >> Hi John, This is just an educated guess, but if you listen closely, especially to the beginning and ending of each version, you can hear the similarity in the fade ins and fade outs, if you know what I mean?????? - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 20:19:47 EDT From: JFROXY@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Bryan on VH1 In a message dated 25/07/99 09:11:41 GMT Daylight Time, jspellman@banet.net writes: << You could say that Ferry noticed she was star and not side-man material? Just didn't want it interfering with his thing. Also, I'm pretty sure they made a point to say all her songs were written about women, "Damn", who could that be? >> I remember reading an article about Sophie B. Hawkins in which she said she was infatuated with Andy Newmark, who was her lover, and obviously introduced her to BF. She also went on to say that Ferry did indeed sack her, but was very courteous and paid her off handsomely, if you pardon the pun. JF - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V4 #224 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest