From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V5 #97 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Thursday, September 7 2000 Volume 05 : Number 097 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Matt Bianco [Leslie Brown ] Re: Matt Bianco..lemme try that again! [Leslie Brown Subject: Re: Matt Bianco Maybe this will shed some light on the subject. From an interview in People, January 30, 1989: 'They had this image of the band as three guys dressed sharp in Italian suits, playing in a jazzy style," explains Basia, "and they wanted to make the name sound Italian." The result was a group that proved more popular with European audiences than with its new backup singer. "It was boring __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:27:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Leslie Brown Subject: Re: Matt Bianco..lemme try that again! Way to hit the send button too quickly! - -------------- Maybe this will shed some light on the subject. From an interview in People, January 30, 1989: 'They had this image of the band as three guys dressed sharp in Italian suits, playing in a jazzy style," explains Basia, "and they wanted to make the name sound Italian." The result was a group that proved more popular with European audiences than with its new backup singer. "It was boring," says Basia, rolling her eyes. "All I had to do was record my parts in the studio and look pretty onstage. I even had to get *permission* to wear a certain kind of shirt or dress. She didn't ask permission to leave. That's all I need to know. - --Leslie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 21:13:44 +0100 From: "Dr. Dirk Pilat" Subject: Re: Matt Bianco..lemme try that again! Hi! Nice quote here: > "All I had to do was record my parts > in the studio and look pretty onstage. I even had to > get *permission* to wear a certain kind of shirt or > dress. Well, as I said: she left to do her own thing, in this case to wear more, um, frocky things! Anybody know which label she's now interested in? Dirk ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V5 #97 **************************