From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V6 #280 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, July 4 2001 Volume 06 : Number 280 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] BBC Glasgow show... ["Grant Goggans" ] [AVALON] The sidewalk papers gutter-press you down . . . ["Paul Bodine" <] Re: [AVALON] The sidewalk papers gutter-press you down . . . [Maggie Curr] [AVALON] Dressing for Roxy in Atlanta [Maggie Curran ] RE: [AVALON] Treeing and other matters -- a defense ["Guy Lawley" ] Re: [AVALON] Artikel in der WELT vom 01. Juli ["C. H. Soetemann" Subject: [AVALON] BBC Glasgow show... ...has this poor baby found a name yet? - --G. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:41:31 -0500 From: "Paul Bodine" Subject: [AVALON] The sidewalk papers gutter-press you down . . . Thanks for the generous comments on my article. Maybe it'll move some tickets for the Maestro! Paul in Milwaukee ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 20:00:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Maggie Curran Subject: Re: [AVALON] The sidewalk papers gutter-press you down . . . Add my "Well done, Paul" to your growing list of accolades. Maggie On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:41:31 -0500, avalon@smoe.org wrote: > Thanks for the generous comments on my article. Maybe it'll move some tickets > for the Maestro! > > Paul in Milwaukee > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > The subliminable footer says: > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe avalon > _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 20:36:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Maggie Curran Subject: [AVALON] Dressing for Roxy in Atlanta Hi All: We are planning our Avalon pre-gig meet-up in Atlanta for Thursday, 26th July. Grant Goggans will be posting details again later. I am excited to be receiving a Roxy 2001 Tour T-Shirt from Mary Tomlinson which she brought back all the way from England. I understand it is impossible to obtain Roxy T-shirts as they always sell out early in the evening. Quite good of Mary to purchase on good faith these shirts to bring back to us in USA. Ours is an outdoor concert and it will undoubtedly be hot, so the Roxy T-Shirt seems to me to be appropriate. Not like dressing up (which we love to do) for indoor AC comfort at other venues. Such exciting times now it's our turn!" Maggie _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 07:48:43 +0100 From: "Guy Lawley" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Treeing and other matters -- a defense Daniel, your English is excellent, as all Avalonia will attest!! And who neds spelchekers? Guy - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Daniel Atterbom Sent: 03 July 2001 12:57 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Treeing and other matters -- a defense As a journalist I try to contribute, but writing in a second language has it's disadvantages Daniel ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 09:56:55 +0100 From: "C. H. Soetemann" Subject: Re: [AVALON] In Your Mind I would agree that Ferry's vox had achieved a maturity around "Siren" that enabled him to make use of his voice the way he wanted to. Listen to the glorious harmony vocals on End Of The Line, for example. Though his voice does indeed seem more fragile now, it's still the most beautiful voice I have ever heard. The quirky phrasing is still there, and what the voice may have lost in vocal cord power, it has gained in subtlety. As for In Your Mind, it is an album with some very good tracks, and I'll bore all of you with the fact that the title track was the one to get more and more into Ferry's music in 87 - but I can understand why Ferry voices misgivings about it - it was clearly an attempt to do something for the US mainstream market, and there's too much playing, the clarity gets lost at times. With TBSB, Ferry was willing to experiment more, and there, the bleakness does not drift in the background as much. One Kiss may be one of the songs on IYM to benefit from that "big" production, while "All Night Operator" does not, honestly. Some things may be dark lyrically, but not the music. I may stand alone (or with a mere few) here, but I really prefer 90s Ferry to IYM, especially Mamouna. I find it very likeable if people sound a bit reflective and not entirely self-confident all the way through, a thread often evident in Ferry's work and probably what we get to see and hear of his personality as well. Christian - ---------- >Von: "Chris Turner" >An: >Betreff: Re: [AVALON] In Your Mind >Datum: Mit, 4. Jul 2001 3:35 Uhr > >Dark. Yes. Agreed. Wasn't Ferry living out his long-held fantasy of >Americana during his LA sojourn around this time? And discovering to his >disappointment that a diet of saccharine leaves you feeling ultimately >empty. > >But there are more prosaic reasons for the quality of this period. Like many >here I have seen video footage or witnessed all periods of Ferry's career, >and consider that his performance levels were never higher than at the 75-78 >Siren/LST/IYM/BSB period. These vocals were not the forced theatricality of >early Roxy; the faux croonery of TFT and ATAP; the 'one octave too high' >late Roxy efforts; the lost in the mix solo-career lounge-lizardry, or the >fragile and sometimes unreliable instrument currently touring the globe. > >In particular the Japanese 'Young Music Show' 1977 TV appearance, showed >Ferry as a uniformed colossus, confident to the brink of cockiness, >performing material he wrote and believed in, with a voice he could have >complete faith in, backed by a talented and rocky band. Spedding and Manzo >in tandem (and in a more appropriate lead/rhythm combo), the solidity and >reliability of the Thompson/Wetton axis, a funky horn section and the very >underestimated arrangements and playing of Ann Odell. > >It's a joy to watch. How I would have loved to have witnessed that tour >first-hand. > >Chris ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 09:57:50 +0100 From: "C. H. Soetemann" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Artikel in der WELT vom 01. Juli Thank you Cecilia, it's really a nice article. It's good to read Ferry giving comments with a pinch of salt. I'm not a very good translator, I have to admit, and at the moment I don't have enough time to have a go at a translation that would stand up to the vast majority of English readers - is someone else willing to do it? It's a funny, moody interview. Best wishes Christian - ---------- >Von: roxylia@freemail.it () >An: avalon@smoe.org >Betreff: [AVALON] Artikel in der WELT vom 01. Juli >Datum: Die, 3. Jul 2001 20:30 Uhr > >A friend of mine has sent me this article. It's in German but I thought I >just post it to the list. Some of you will understand it (and maybe some >can translate it? I am neither german nor english speaking). >Do read it. It is very interesting. > >-------------- > >F|nf Pin-ups auf Tour ___________________________________________________________________________ The subliminable footer says: To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V6 #280 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest