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basia-digest               Saturday, 9 March 1996       Volume 01 : Number 055

                               Today's Subjects:
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       YATT (Yet Another Top Ten)
       Last Minute Top 10

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From: Mark Lipawen <adbivium@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 18:41:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YATT (Yet Another Top Ten)

As others have said, this was really hard.  My top four was pretty easy to 
pick, but after that things got hairy.  From ten to one, with a 
few gratuitous comments for each:

10. Not an Angel
	Whatever combination of instruments that is that opens the song,
	it sounds perfect right after "Copernicus"

 9. How Dare You
	Great rhythm underscores a Basia song with "attitude"

 8. More Fire Than Flame
	I've been meaning to weigh in on the "I don't like TSI, either"
	debate for some time now, but even on the first listen to the album,
	this song drew my attention.

 7. Miles Away
	Perfect capper to the album -- its easy-going tempo, the finger 
	snaps, the backing vocals, the way the piano comes in at the 
	right moments -- perfect.

 6. Reward
	My favorite Basia love song, lyric-wise.  Love the transition 
	from the opening piano to the percussion.	

 5. Astrud
	Cool combination of a "mysterious" story and a seductive melody.

 4. Yearning
	As a follow-up to my comment for (8), I had to rediscover this 
	song.  I played the CD in my car (a great listening environment, BTW) 
	as I was running errands a couple weeks ago, and fell in love with 
	this song.  Everyone who's been pointing it out has been absolutely 
	right.  I couldn't get it out of my mind all day.

 3. Masquerade
	The song most unlike anything else she's done, IMO, and it 
	works.  The guy's voice complements Basia's very well.

 2. Copernicus
	Heh-heh.  Her classic uptempo number.  And all the name dropping 
	is cool, too.  This the one song of hers that really makes me 
	want to learn Polish.

 And my number one Basia song... <drum roll>

 1. Time and Tide
	Like someone else said, it's what made me a fan in the first place.
	Even though Basia doesn't occupy the same place relative to my 
	other musical interests that she did ten years ago, this is still 
	one of my all-time favorite songs.  No one does soaring vocals 
	better.  Every time I hear this song, I get this image of Basia 
	in a long black dress, singing in some intimate, smoke-filled New 
	Orleans jazz club.  She's standing behind one of those large old-time 
	microphones, backed by a full band and a trio of backup singers.  
	And of course, she's singing her heart out.  I've never seen the 
	video, and I guess, I really shouldn't.

Sorry for going on so long.  Can't wait to hear the results.
	 
                 Mark Lipawen, Yahoo uh-huh    Snail mail:
                 `------>adbivium@yahoo.com    635 Vaqueros Ave
     (formerly tspinlob@leland.stanford.edu)   Sunnyvale, CA  94086


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From: William Daystrom <daystrom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 20:57:27 -0800
Subject: Last Minute Top 10

Hoping to win the Procrastinators Award, here is my top 10...

1.  Time and Tide
2.  Yearning
3.  Astrud
4.  Copernicus
5.  Masquerade
6.  Yearning (the song so nice, I list it twice!)
7.  Cruising for Bruising
8.  Baby You're Mine
9.  Half a Minute
10. Third Time Lucky


BTW: In case having a song listed twice throws the ranking system off, I 
*might* be persuaded to replace #6 with "Give Me That."  Maybe.

- ---Wm.D.

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