From: owner-basia-digest To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V1 #91 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Wednesday, 17 April 1996 Volume 01 : Number 091 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Cecilia Bartoli Re: Passing the Time Copy of: Passing the Time Re: The Nightfly Matt Bianco Virgin Re: Matt Bianco Virgin Combee's DID collection Re: Cecilia Bartoli Re: Matt Bianco Virgin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jacki@magicnet.net (Jacki) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 05:02:50 -0400 Subject: Re: Cecilia Bartoli >Cecilia (pronounced "Cheh-chill-yuh") Bartoli is a young >Mezzo-soprano opera singer. Her voice is simply astonishing. I know who she is, I also saw her on David Letterman and on PBS. >She has a wonderfully exuberant and down to earth personality. Both >Charlie Rose and David Letterman both looked like they were ready to >propose to her (it doesn't hurt that like Basia, she is a joy to look >at, but I really do think that it is her personality and talent which is >so entrancing). Yes, but don't you think she came across as 'too much', in kind of a fakey way? I realize that she needs to over exagerate her smile so that people watching her from the back row can even tell it's a smile, but it all just came across as a put-on, a show. >When she took her bows, Cecillia looked like she was going to >cry. They always look like that.... except that "Prince" guy... he looked very arrogant to me. And that older man (didn't see enough of the show to know what part he played), he very entertaining to watch as he took his bows. (Do they have court jesters in Cinderella?) ;-) All in all, I liked her, but opera's just not my cup of tea. And her voice - amazing what she can do with it and the notes she can reach. ------------------------------ From: TJGG54A@prodigy.com ( RICHARD DECASTRO) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 07:20:51 EDT Subject: Re: Passing the Time I was able to resist the 10 favorite Basia songs and I should resist this too because I hate making these lists, but what the hell. :) I also went the self-imposed one-album-per-artist rout, otherwise I'd have picked 10 Beatles albums and have been done with it! Off the top of my head, subject to change, and in no particular order: Basia on Broadway -- STOP laughing! It would have been between Time and Tide and The Sweetest Illusion, but neither of those has Copernicus on it. This live disc is the closest thing we have to a greatest hits collection, and the audience cheering will keep me company on the deserted island. Plus it contains Basia talking. Erm...maybe I'm taking this desert island scenario too seriously. Abbey Road - The Beatles: Picking only one Beatles album was tough, but I have to agree with George Martin that they went out with their best album. These guys were innovators till the end. Rock music has only gone sideways since Abbey Road. Previn Plays Gershwin: Andre Previn playing piano and conducting three Gershwin pieces. This version of Rhapsody in Blue alone makes me glad to be alive. Time Out - Dave Brubeck Quartet: "He's an artist, a pioneer, we've got to have some music on the new frontier." I have to have something to listen to while cracking open coconuts. It may be nearly 40 years old but this is still a hot album. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John: I wish Elton and Bernie had done another theme/autobiographical album. This one is so much more textured than their others and it was made at the height of their golden age. Quadrophenia - The Who: This one makes their Tommy sound like "Pop Goes the Weasel." Hard, soft, grandiose, intimate. Teen angst was never so much fun. STATIONTOSTATION - David Bowie: What to say? Bowie when he was still good. After Major Tom's feet touched the ground but before he kept going--six feet under. ;) Novus Magnificat - Constance Demby: Survives the bad reputation that "new age" music has. An album length, transportive, non-pharmaceutical, out-of-body experience. Shepherd Moons - Enya: Was tough to choose between this and Watermark, but Enya had to be on the list. That voice, those melodies. Yumm. And now cop out time. The tenth place is a tie between every other great album I can't choose between. I mean, how to choose between Bob Dylan, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Khatchaturian, Prokofiev, Patricia Kaas, Liane Foly (the French Basia), Simon and Garfunkle, Julia Fordham, The Doors, Bananarama (a guilty pleasure), Elvis, The Rolling Stones, Tchaikovsky, Steely Dan, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Abba (kidding), and everyone else I can't think of at the moment. It can't be done. I won't do it. I refuse. I'd rather say Baltic! ;) ------------------------------ From: "Robert T. James" <76133.1633@CompuServe.COM> Date: 16 Apr 96 09:44:30 EDT Subject: Copy of: Passing the Time - ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- From: Robert T. James, 76133,1633 TO: "J.S. Lohr", INTERNET:jlohr1@zeus.towson.edu DATE: 4/15/96 4:53 PM RE: Copy of: Passing the Time J. S Lohr wrote: >Its Desert Island Discs time! >That's right: all the "great" (pishaw!) mailing lists (and music >magazines) do it, so why can't we? The premise - you're stuck on a desert >island, your only companion being a CD player and 10 discs of your >choosing. The question is, what 10 CD's would you want with you??? >There's no rules - pick anything you like, and they don't have to be in >any particular order, but know that it can only be 10. O.k. Roach, I'll bite. My tastes run a little tamer than yours, but here you are: 1. Basia- "Time and Tide" Yes, I can't live without it 2. Supertramp- "Breakfast in America" 3. B-52's- "Cosmic Thing" For those dull days 4. Billy Joel- "Glass Houses" Still his best album 5. Steely Dan- "A Decade of Steely Dan" I had to have them all, so I decided on just this one 6. Genesis- "We Can't Dance" Yes, but they can sing! 7. Huey Lewis and the News- "Sports" 8. Go-Go's- "Beauty and the Beat" Somethin to wake up the neighbors 9. Basia- "Sweetest Illusion" You can never have too much! 10. Swing Out Sister- "Its Better to Travel" If, God forbid, I should grow tired of listening to Basia O.k, now what happens when the batteries die in my CD player? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Still searching for the sweetest illusion| Robert James 76133.1633@compuserve.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ From: Robert Burns Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 10:26:32 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: The Nightfly On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, J.S. Lohr wrote: > OFF TOPIC DISCLAIMER: If you don't like Donald Fagan, don't bother > reading this post. > Hmm...yet another "Nightfly" fan. That makes three; and on a list this > small, I'd consider that a trend. :D > Since we have a small inkling of Donald Fagan crossovers, I have a > question for those who have his solo stuff: what was your opinion of > "Kamakiriad?" I had huge expectations for this album when I heard Agreed - I'm a major Donald Fagan fan too - I was told recently about the recording technique used on the Kamakiriad album called "Groovemastering". Apparently, DF recorded literally hours of each song's rhythm track, selected the best loop (4 measures, for example) and used it to drive the entire song (fills added separately). Additionally, the tracks are mastered together to provide a continuous sumbliminal rhythm experience. = Robert Burns = For more information about ARCHIBUS/FM, Facility = = R&D Facility, Inc. = or Maintenance Management, point your browser to = = Oconomowoc, WI = http://execpc.com/~rburns/ = ------------------------------ From: Robert Burns Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 10:30:06 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Matt Bianco Virgin I asked a colleague in our office if I could borrow a CD the other day, he said "sure, mate!" (he's just off the boat from New Zealand) and to my amazement, he had something like 4 Matt Bianco CDs! I am a long time, major Basia fan - yet had never heard MB, except what I heard about through this list. All I can say now, is - I'm hooked! It's like getting "lost" Basia albums. The only one I've listened to so far is "Whose Side Are You On?". Any suggestions as to which one I should go for next? = Robert Burns = For more information about ARCHIBUS/FM, Facility = = R&D Facility, Inc. = or Maintenance Management, point your browser to = = Oconomowoc, WI = http://execpc.com/~rburns/ = ------------------------------ From: "J.S. Lohr" Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 12:12:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Matt Bianco Virgin On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Robert Burns wrote: > I am a long time, major Basia fan - yet had never heard MB, except what I > heard about through this list. Ok, that's it - I want everyone who has never heard "Whose Side Are You On?" to step forward and reveal yourself so we can set you up with a copy. NO BASIA FAN SHOULD BE WITHOUT THIS ALBUM - its a crime, it really is. > All I can say now, is - I'm hooked! Someone tie down Dirk. > It's like getting "lost" Basia albums. The only one I've listened to so > far is "Whose Side Are You On?". Hate to burst your bubble but that's the only Reilly/White/Trzetrzelewska album ever made. Anything after that is Reilly/Fisher. Now, as for "lost" Basia albums, I KNOW someone is bound to take the ultimate step and call that Polish CD place back and buy those Alibabki and Perfect CDs...I refuse to do it - that guy on the phone scares me. > Any suggestions as to which one I should go for next? If he has it on CD, I personally suggest "Matt Bianco" (the second album). It basically sounds like bonus tracks from "Time and Tide" only without Basia's singing. The schizm in the Matt Bianco church didn't really become apparent, in my opinion, until "Indigo" went one way and "London Warsaw New York" went another. What I've always wondered, though, is if there was or still is any animosity present between White/Trzetrzelewska and Mark Reilly. I mean, Basia's always made it clear in her interviews that she hated being in Matt Bianco because she knew that she was to be nothing more than a "pretty face" on stage, but I don't think I've ever read anything about who this hatred was directed at; whether it was just the record company or if either she or Danny had a problem with Mark Reilly. Toodles! ********************************* R O A C H ********************************* * The Roach Motel @ http://zeus.towson.edu/~jlohr1 -- Bugs are people, too * * He loves Yugoslavians, Boba Fett, Chunky Chicken, and Yummy British Cows * ***************************************************************************** ************* "Live every day as if it were your last `cause ************* ************* sooner or later, you'll be right." - Hal Roach ************* ********************************* R U L E S ********************************* ------------------------------ From: combee@techwood.org (Ben Combee) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 17:18:02 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Combee's DID collection Well, the wonderful 10 disc discussion has appeared on the Basia list. Very well. After a bit of thought, her are the 10 CD's I'd bring with me... at least at this moment in time. 1. Basia, _The Sweetest Illusion_ -- only because all of Time & Tide is so deeply etched into my mind that I can replay it in my head anytime. 2. Shawn Colvin, _Fat City_ -- "Polaroids" is as poignant a song as you can find. 3. PJ Harvey, _Dry_ -- A wonderful expression of female anger and wit. 4. Lush, _Spooky_ -- "Untogether" is my ultimate breakup/miscommunication song. A wonderful superblast of noise. 5. Magnapop, _Magnapop_ -- Atlanta's finest female-voiced rockers in their melodic debut 6. Suzanne Vega, _99.9F_ -- Miss V turns industrial. Gotta love it. 7. The Raincoats, _The Raincoats_ -- Palmolive drums and the rest scream! De-constructed rock before it evolved into Hole. 8. They Might Be Giants, _John Henry_ -- the full band adds a grand musical sensibility to such wonderfully playful lyrics 9. Getz/Gilberto #2 -- such cool jazz, plus Astrud! This CD has bonus tracks that push it ahead of #1 10. The Innocence Mission, _The Innocence Mission_ -- Karen Parish is so fresh and so sweet and the songs tell wonderful stories. "Curious" always gives me hope on sad days. I'm sure if you asked me in an hour, the list would be at least 60% different. TTFN, - -- Benjamin L. Combee (combee@techwood.org) that public-access-TV-making, video-game-collecting, cryptography-pushing, World-Wide-Web-explaining, fem-music-loving, bad-pun-creating guy in Austin ------------------------------ From: Jason Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 16:13:20 -0700 Subject: Re: Cecilia Bartoli >Yes, but don't you think she came across as 'too much', in kind of a fakey >way? I realize that she needs to over exagerate her smile so that people >watching her from the back row can even tell it's a smile, but it all just >came across as a put-on, a show. Well, no, but I guess people read people differently. The much lengthier documentary on PBS convinced me of her genuiness, if there is such a word. >>When she took her bows, Cecillia looked like she was going to >>cry. > >They always look like that.... except that "Prince" guy... he looked very >arrogant to me. And that older man (didn't see enough of the show to know >what part he played), he very entertaining to watch as he took his bows. (Do >they have court jesters in Cinderella?) ;-) Again, in concert with the documentary this did seem real to me. ------------------------------ From: kenneth.drew.3@nd.edu (Ken Drew) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 13:51:47 -0500 Subject: Re: Matt Bianco Virgin >I asked a colleague in our office if I could borrow a CD the other day, >he said "sure, mate!" (he's just off the boat from New Zealand) and to my >amazement, he had something like 4 Matt Bianco CDs! > >I am a long time, major Basia fan - yet had never heard MB, except what I >heard about through this list. > >All I can say now, is - I'm hooked! It's like getting "lost" Basia >albums. The only one I've listened to so far is "Whose Side Are You >On?". Any suggestions as to which one I should go for next? I'm sure other may disagree but "Whose Side Are You On?" is the best Matt Bianco album ever made. Now if they would only release the album WITH Basia's vocals on "More Than I Can Bear"!!!! Good luck.... BTW "Idigo" is ok. KEN (kdrew@nd.edu) - ----------------------------------------------------------- *The Beat Farmers : WWW page at: * *http://www.ucsd.edu/sdam/artists/bf/ * *Webb Wilder : check these guys out! * - ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V1 #91 **************************