From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V8 #147 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 Sunday, September 28 2003 Volume 08 : Number 147 Today's Subjects: ----------------- My story part 1 ["Desianto F. W." ] Re: More Things I Love About Basia's Music ["Desianto F. W." Subject: My story part 1 Hi all, I'm back! I'm ready to make 'riots' in the list after I was 'caged' in the small cabin of Suzuki Katana (also called as Samurai in the US) with gallons of paint everyday in the last few days, driving from and back home like a lunatic, and typ- ing almost every night. I write this just to fill the quiet days in our list. If you think that it's just wasting time, nevermind, just skip this message or even delete it. But if you're interested in it and want to spend some time to read it, just go ahead and enjoy...:-) - ----------------- This is my story about the first time I heard Basia's voice, in 1990. I lived in Wonogiri at that time, a small town South of Central Java. It has rocky hills, a reservoir, rocky and sandy beaches, limestone caves, and fresh air. Almost like a little Arizona in Central Java, including the poisonous snakes and scorpions. In this small town, I have so many sweet memories (as well as the bitter ones) such as climb- ing up and going down a hill on my BMX and ended up in the bushes because of a brake failure, took a 'night shower' with volcanic ashes from the eruption of Kelud volcano in 1990, tried to have a girlfriend for the first time (and failed), formed a 'nice gang', from bicycle to motorcycle, with some boys and girls from school, and of course, introduced to the sweetest voice that later 'coloring' my life eversince. It is started when my father bought a new mini compo to replace our broken old radio. Since that day, my brothers and I started to listen to FM stations from the neighboring city and soon we were all loaded with new songs. One day, a station played Basia's "Baby You're Mine" (at that time, I didn't know the title and the singer). I listened to it but wasn't attract- ed to it instantly because I was still searching 'my kind of music' at that time. Like other 'fresh' teenagers, I had a motto: "The louder and crazier the music, the more I like." And her voice soon 'vanished' from my mind though the chorus of BYM sometimes came up when I was alone on my bed. The year 1993 came. My parents moved to Semarang but one of my brothers and I stayed in Wonogiri to finish the first semester in highschool - for me - and the entire semesters for my brother. We stayed at the house of the family's friend. To entertain us in our little room, my father allowed us to take the compo. That year was also the first time for me to buy tapes, Air Supply - The Vanishing Race then followed by Pet Shop Boys. We played it many times but we still listened to the FM stations, especially in the nights when we're studying for tomorrow's classes. One night, I stumbled accross a station already play- ing BYM and it reminded me to my first impression. I waited for the end of the song to find out the singer and the title but, alas, it was cut by the news. I waited more patiently in the hope that the anchorman said anything about the song but he said nothing. The next night and the nights after, I tuned in that frequency but BYM never came up again. I lost her, again, but I soon forgot it. Instead, I was hooked to Meatloaf with his "I'd Do Anything for Love", though only for a moment, because of my brother's influence. In 1994, I moved to Semarang, finished hy highschool, and still didn't know about her and the song! To be continued........ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 08:48:53 -0700 (PDT) From: "Desianto F. W." Subject: Re: More Things I Love About Basia's Music Hello Janelle (is it OK?) Try Basia on Broadway. I'm sure that you'll 'scream'! Desianto F. W. - ----------------------------- - --- JC wrote: > > I expect listmembers have discussed this in the > past, but as I replay > "Sweetest Illusion" I am once again struck by the > exquisite instrumentation > that supports Basia's soaring vocals. > > I consider Danny White's keyboards perfect in every > way - his solos and > backgrounds on Drunk On Love and Third Time Lucky > give me chills every time > and make me wish I could conjure up a 14' Steinway & > Sons in my living room. > Add to that the most excellent brass (who can ever > find fault with Kevin > Robinson's horns?) the bass lines that are always > RIGHT ON the mark, and the > just-right percussion to perfectly bind it all > together, and the > instrumentation alone could leave a true musician > and music-lover perfectly > breathless. And altho I didn't mention Peter > White's guitars, with > which I fell in love at first hearing I will > say that those tones can > make one determine to be a good little girl so as to > hopefully end up in the > Heavenly Hereafter and listen to White's guitars > forever. > > Just felt the urge to "share the love" as I listen > again this morning. Hope > everyone's having a fabulous day! > > /jan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V8 #147 ***************************