From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V9 #51 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, March 28 2004 Volume 09 : Number 051 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: More Sweetest Illusion [PParm16424@aol.com] Re: More Sweetest Illusion ["Amy T. O'Donnell" ] RE: Sweetest Illusion ["Steve O'Hearn" ] Re: More Sweetest Illusion [PParm16424@aol.com] Re: More Sweetest Illusion ["Amy T. O'Donnell" ] Re: More Sweetest Illusion [ZZsaZZsa@aol.com] Re: Sweetest Illusion ["Steve Richardson" ] Re: More Sweetest Illusion ["Amy T. O'Donnell" ] Re: More Sweetest Illusion ["Steve Richardson" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 02:57:13 EST From: PParm16424@aol.com Subject: Re: More Sweetest Illusion Howdy! Phil here again with more about TSI. Whenever I am in a "jumpin'" mood, I set my CD player to 1 (Drunk On Love), 6 (Sweetest Illusion), 8 (More Fire Than Flame), and 10 (My Cruel Ways). Is it possible to listen to The Sweetest Illusion (song) and not want to dance or move around or something? Not for me, anyway. (I have gone through SO many batteries in my joggable CD player since getting TSI.) Perfect Mother is a curious blend of samba and rather serious lyrics. A nice blend, however. It's amazing how fast the tunes start rolling around inside the mind. Initially, I had to stop to think which song is it was I was currently hearing. As a pastor, it is heartwarming to hear the words of The Prayer Of A Happy Housewife. Makes me smile to know that whether that is exactly how Basia herself feels, or whether it is just a "song", those thoughts are inside of her. And what is with the "Return of the Killer Accordian", huh? :) Maybe it's just me, again. No biggie. Just unusual to feature an accordian in this era, but "it's all good"! And as a piano teacher, I always include a few songs myself at the annual student recital. In past years, I have (purely by coincedence) sang and played songs from artists whose names start with "B". (Billy Joel, Bruce Hornsby, Boz Scaggs) Gee, I just can't think of another artist starting with "B"!! YEAH! RIGHT! I am certainly going to sing/play one of Basia's songs. At this point, I am leaning towards doing Drunk On Love. I've already got most of it down. Just need to fine tune the words/rythym on the first verse. 2nd verse seems to be no problem. Go figure. But that is 3 months off, so that could change. Sure could use some back up singers, however. Any volunteers? :) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 05:26:12 -0600 From: "Amy T. O'Donnell" Subject: Re: More Sweetest Illusion I'm there--got some black dresses too. Strictly G rated, of course. On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 02:57:13 EST PParm16424@aol.com writes: > > Howdy! > > Phil here again with more about TSI. Whenever I am in a "jumpin'" > mood, I set > my CD player to 1 (Drunk On Love), 6 (Sweetest Illusion), 8 (More > Fire Than > Flame), and 10 (My Cruel Ways). Is it possible to listen to The > Sweetest > Illusion (song) and not want to dance or move around or something? > Not for me, > anyway. (I have gone through SO many batteries in my joggable CD > player since > getting TSI.) > > Perfect Mother is a curious blend of samba and rather serious > lyrics. A nice > blend, however. It's amazing how fast the tunes start rolling around > inside > the mind. Initially, I had to stop to think which song is it was I > was currently > hearing. As a pastor, it is heartwarming to hear the words of The > Prayer Of A > Happy Housewife. Makes me smile to know that whether that is exactly > how > Basia herself feels, or whether it is just a "song", those thoughts > are inside of > her. > > And what is with the "Return of the Killer Accordian", huh? :) Maybe > it's > just me, again. No biggie. Just unusual to feature an accordian in > this era, but > "it's all good"! > > And as a piano teacher, I always include a few songs myself at the > annual > student recital. In past years, I have (purely by coincedence) sang > and played > songs from artists whose names start with "B". (Billy Joel, Bruce > Hornsby, Boz > Scaggs) Gee, I just can't think of another artist starting with > "B"!! YEAH! > RIGHT! I am certainly going to sing/play one of Basia's songs. At > this point, I > am leaning towards doing Drunk On Love. I've already got most of it > down. Just > need to fine tune the words/rythym on the first verse. 2nd verse > seems to be > no problem. Go figure. But that is 3 months off, so that could > change. Sure > could use some back up singers, however. Any volunteers? :) > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 10:28:39 -0500 From: "Steve O'Hearn" Subject: RE: Sweetest Illusion I've found a lot of performers tend to be smaller than they would appear. Not sure why. The illusion can be from the "big head" theory put out by SNL comedian Dana Carvey several years ago, that people with relatively big heads proportional to their body tend to do much better in performances, media, TV, etc. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Desianto F. W. Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:54 PM To: basia@smoe.org Subject: Re: Sweetest Illusion Yes, Amy, it answered my question and at the same time shocked me. I never thought that she is only 4' and a few inches, well, let's say, no more than 5'1" because I am 5'5.5" (not that 555 - smoothness above all else...) and about 122 pounds (used to be 126 - I lost 4 pounds recently) and I still consider that I'm still too short and too light compared to most westerners though I'm normal for most Indonesians. It seems that our diva really plays our imagination with her big voice which leads people to think that she is tall and big... :-) Desianto F. W. =================================== "Amy T. O'Donnell" wrote: No, Desianto, I'm guessing she's four-foot-nothin', as we say in New Orleans. I'm 5'3", and while I didn't get to stand next to her, Basia looked shorter than ME by at least a couple of inches, plus VERY thin, too. What I mean by "thin" is that while I'm short, I'm big-boned. I was a little lighter in those days, and Basia weighed at least 30 pounds less than me as well. She is (or was) small and quite thin, whereas I can't get that small, I'm big-boned. I was one or two rows off the stage in the orchestra section of the Saenger Theater. So. . .she's tiny from our perspective, with a huge voice. Does that answer your question? Amy ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:06:49 EST From: PParm16424@aol.com Subject: Re: More Sweetest Illusion Great Amy! Now, all you need is to make flight plans to Michigan for the June 18th date.....:) That song will be especially tricky w/o back up singers, as the end of the verse is very high and the note is held out over the other singers (voices) first notes on the chorus. Will have to remedy that somehow. Add an extra measure in there, or something. Phil ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 10:45:15 -0600 From: "Amy T. O'Donnell" Subject: Re: More Sweetest Illusion No thanks. . .my bruddah Mikey says the food gets worse the farther north you go. He just moved back to Houston from up there. . . On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:06:49 EST PParm16424@aol.com writes: > > Great Amy! Now, all you need is to make flight plans to Michigan for > the June > 18th date.....:) > > That song will be especially tricky w/o back up singers, as the end > of the > verse is very high and the note is held out over the other singers > (voices) > first notes on the chorus. Will have to remedy that somehow. Add an > extra measure > in there, or something. > > Phil > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 14:25:14 EST From: ZZsaZZsa@aol.com Subject: Re: More Sweetest Illusion Hey, I guess your bruddah Mickey has never been to Chicago! (Italian beef, deep dish pizza, etc.) Tell me you can get decent pizza or beef in Houston, I doubt it! :-D Sheryl In a message dated 3/27/2004 10:50:06 AM Central Standard Time, amystuff@juno.com writes: No thanks. . .my bruddah Mikey says the food gets worse the farther north you go. He just moved back to Houston from up there. . . On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:06:49 EST PParm16424@aol.com writes: > > Great Amy! Now, all you need is to make flight plans to Michigan for > the June > 18th date.....:) > > That song will be especially tricky w/o back up singers, as the end > of the > verse is very high and the note is held out over the other singers > (voices) > first notes on the chorus. Will have to remedy that somehow. Add an > extra measure > in there, or something. > > Phil ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 21:00:20 -0700 From: "Steve Richardson" Subject: Re: Sweetest Illusion I was fortunate enough to meet Basia a couple of times, and my memory (and photo) tells me she was not especially short. I'd guess between 5'2" and and 5'4" - short but not tiny. Certainly not sub-5-feet. Steve R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve O'Hearn" To: Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 8:28 AM Subject: RE: Sweetest Illusion > > I've found a lot of performers tend to be smaller than they would appear. > Not sure why. The illusion can be from the "big head" theory put out by SNL > comedian Dana Carvey several years ago, that people with relatively big > heads proportional to their body tend to do much better in performances, > media, TV, etc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > Desianto F. W. > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:54 PM > To: basia@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Sweetest Illusion > > > > Yes, Amy, it answered my question and at the same time shocked > me. I never thought that she is only 4' and a few inches, well, let's > say, no more than 5'1" because I am 5'5.5" (not that 555 - > smoothness above all else...) and about 122 pounds (used to be > 126 - I lost 4 pounds recently) and I still consider that I'm still too > short and too light compared to most westerners though I'm normal > for most Indonesians. > > It seems that our diva really plays our imagination with her > big voice which leads people to think that she is tall and big... :-) > > Desianto F. W. > > =================================== > "Amy T. O'Donnell" wrote: > > No, Desianto, I'm guessing she's four-foot-nothin', as we say in New > Orleans. I'm 5'3", and while I didn't get to stand next to her, Basia > looked shorter than ME by at least a couple of inches, plus VERY thin, > too. What I mean by "thin" is that while I'm short, I'm big-boned. I > was a little lighter in those days, and Basia weighed at least 30 pounds > less than me as well. She is (or was) small and quite thin, whereas I > can't get that small, I'm big-boned. > > I was one or two rows off the stage in the orchestra section of the > Saenger Theater. So. . .she's tiny from our perspective, with a huge > voice. > > Does that answer your question? > > Amy > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 21:50:35 -0600 From: "Amy T. O'Donnell" Subject: Re: More Sweetest Illusion It's decent; it's not GREAT. On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 14:25:14 EST ZZsaZZsa@aol.com writes: > > Hey, I guess your bruddah Mickey has never been to Chicago! > (Italian beef, > deep dish pizza, etc.) > > Tell me you can get decent pizza or beef in Houston, I doubt it! > > :-D > Sheryl > > In a message dated 3/27/2004 10:50:06 AM Central Standard Time, > amystuff@juno.com writes: > No thanks. . .my bruddah Mikey says the food gets worse the farther > north > you go. He just moved back to Houston from up there. . . > > > On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:06:49 EST PParm16424@aol.com writes: > > > > Great Amy! Now, all you need is to make flight plans to Michigan > for > > the June > > 18th date.....:) > > > > That song will be especially tricky w/o back up singers, as the > end > > of the > > verse is very high and the note is held out over the other singers > > > (voices) > > first notes on the chorus. Will have to remedy that somehow. Add > an > > extra measure > > in there, or something. > > > > Phil > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 21:11:31 -0700 From: "Steve Richardson" Subject: Re: More Sweetest Illusion Hey Phil - the accordion is cool again! Well maybe that's an overstatement but some pretty big artists play the squeeze box regularly - Bruce Hornsby (who you even mentioned) and Sheryl Crow, who occasionally plays the accordion on stage. Basia was just ahead of her time putting it on her album! Steve R. > > Phil here ... And what is with the "Return of the Killer Accordian", huh? :) Maybe it's > just me, again. No biggie. Just unusual to feature an accordian in this era, but > "it's all good"! ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V9 #51 **************************