From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V10 #112 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 Wednesday, May 4 2005 Volume 10 : Number 112 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Wedding Music [Bev Okin-Larkin ] RE: Yearning & She Deserves It ["Desianto F. W." ] Re: Yearning & She Deserves It (OT) [PParm16424@aol.com] RE: Yearning & She Deserves It ["Steve O'Hearn" ] OT - Wedding songs [JPovlock@aol.com] Re: OT - Wedding songs [j w ] RE: OT - Wedding songs ["Steve O'Hearn" ] RE: OT - Wedding songs ["Steve O'Hearn" ] Re: Yearning & She Deserves It (OT) ["Desianto F. W." Subject: Wedding Music Can agree with you there, and also with Leslie about lyrics and length of songs. I work part-time as a wedding photographer and some people have made some amazingly weird choices for music. Oddly enough with the really young kids, "Is This Love?" from Bob Marley.... makes ya wonder, especially since this song has been only at the "shotgun" weddings (as in "thar's a bun in the oven!") I've attended. But of course, being in the middle of Country Music, we get a lot of country love songs followed by rock, etc. I even picked out a country song for Geffen and I, Terri's Clark's "Now That I Found You" as our first dance music... and though it is a loooong song the words speak to both of us... I had added in "Baby You're Mine" and "Until You Come Back to Me" and "Yeh Yeh" as part of the wedding music though... heheh - -- Beverly Okin-Larkin Barry wrote: >>I hate when lyrical meaning is ignored. >> >> > >I had a friend who asked me to put together a tape for him (years ago), a >collection of songs he and his new bride could listen to as they drove to >their honeymoon. I was a DJ at the time and had a large collection of music >(still do). > >He asked for one song in particular, "Same Auld Lang Syne" by Dan Fogelberg. > >The first line if the song is "Met my old lover in the grocery store." I >filled him in on that little bit of trivia, along with the story that plays >out in the song. Suffice it to say he decided to leave it out. We still >joke about that. > >Another friend was going to use a song in his wedding until I told him what >it was about, but I don't recall the exact song now. I just remember he, >the other friend, and I were all friends. So it all ties together in my >memory. > >People hear a melody they like, or they know a part of a song, and they >don't pay attention to the rest. Morons. > >Like I always say, people are weird. > >Barry > > >"Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and >leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 04:37:54 -0700 (PDT) From: "Desianto F. W." Subject: RE: Yearning & She Deserves It Hmmmm...... If I had to choose a special song for my "still in my far away dream" wedding, I'd like to choose "Great is Thy Faithfulness".... Czesc, Desianto F. W. ============================================ - --- Barry wrote: > > > I hate when lyrical meaning is ignored. > > I had a friend who asked me to put together a tape for him (years > ago), a collection of songs he and his new bride could listen to as > they drove to their honeymoon. I was a DJ at the time and had a > large collection of music (still do). > > He asked for one song in particular, "Same Auld Lang Syne" by Dan > Fogelberg. > > The first line if the song is "Met my old lover in the grocery > store." I filled him in on that little bit of trivia, along with > the story that plays out in the song. Suffice it to say he decided > to leave it out. We still joke about that. > > Another friend was going to use a song in his wedding until I told > him what it was about, but I don't recall the exact song now. I > just remember he, the other friend, and I were all friends. So it > all ties together in my memory. > > People hear a melody they like, or they know a part of a song, and > they don't pay attention to the rest. Morons. > > Like I always say, people are weird. > > Barry > > > "Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no > path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 09:33:28 -0500 From: Bill Roberts Subject: RE: WSAYO I agree. There are a lot more that are even more funny. Bill R. Quoting Steve O'Hearn : > > That reminds me of the anti-motivational posters at "despair.com" - have you > guys seen these? They are HYSTERICAL! > > "NONE OF US IS AS DUMB AS ALL OF US" - http://www.despair.com/meetings.html > > "SOMETIMES THE BEST SOLUTION TO MORALE PROBLEMS IS JUST TO FIRE ALL OF THE > UNHAPPY PEOPLE" - http://www.despair.com/demotivation.html > > ... and my favorite, feel free to buy this poster for me as a birthday > present ... > > "THE ONLY CONSISTENT FEATURE OF ALL OF YOUR DISSATISFYING RELATIONSHIPS IS > YOU" - http://www.despair.com/dysfunction.html > > See the rest here: http://www.despair.com > > It's the answer to the "Successories" materials at successories.com > > - Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > > PParm16424@aol.com > > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 5:51 PM > > To: basia@smoe.org > > Subject: Re: WSAYO > > > > > > > > Well, if they did boo, it reminds me of a bumper sticker I have > > on the back > > of my van: > > > > "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups!" > > > > > > I mean, it's not like they were doing "Yoko Ono" or something. Did they > > forget that Danny and Basia are as much MB as Mark is? > > > > > > Phil P. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 12:48:12 EDT From: PParm16424@aol.com Subject: Re: Yearning & She Deserves It (OT) Desianto, Good song choice! We sing "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" in our church, usually only the chorus though, and usually preceeded by "The Steadfast Love", in which the last line is "Great is Thy faithfulness". As the worship leader, I once sang the verses and the congregation joined on the choruses. The gentleman that I have said you remind me of (Kweku)? He too married rather late, somewhere around 35 or maybe a little bit older. Just one more similarity. :) Phil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 17:18:36 -0400 From: "Steve O'Hearn" Subject: RE: Yearning & She Deserves It I'm with you on the lyrical inconsistency thing. I used to DJ weddings, and part of the reason I started was because I'd attended a few weddings and listed to DJ's play "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do", and "Leaving On A Jet Plane", and I'd think - how hard can this be if these boneheads are getting gigs? > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > Leslie Osborn > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 12:26 AM > To: basia@smoe.org > Subject: RE: Yearning & She Deserves It > > > > The thing about Yearning is that it is an extremely > long song. When I was looking at wedding songs I > briefly thought of that one. We went with "In Your > Eyes" due to history (long story) and THAT was long. > You may not realize how long songs can be until you > have to dance to them. Without other people. Loooong > songs. > > While on the wedding topic: over the years I've heard > lots of people use Time and Tide as a wedding song. > Er..why? I know to each their own, but it's about... > waiting for someone. You aren't waiting for better > timing, duh, you're MARRIED! That irks the hell out of > me! ;-) I hate when lyrical meaning is ignored. > > /rant > > By the way, my t-shirts are ze coolest, if I do say so > myself... ;-P I'm finishing one up now. (then I'll > have to decide I guess) > > --Leslie O. > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 19:14:19 EDT From: JPovlock@aol.com Subject: OT - Wedding songs I swear I'm not making this one up. A girlfriend of a few years ago was maid of honor for her friend. It took Lynne almost a month to convince the bride not to use REM's "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" as their first song together. Jim P. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 16:24:15 -0700 (PDT) From: j w Subject: Re: OT - Wedding songs I remember Michael Stipe shaking his head over the fact that people come up to him all the time and tell him that, "The One I Love" is "...our song..." Hello, did you stop listening after, "This one goes out to the one I love"? For those that don't know the song, the next lines are: This one goes out to the one I've left behind A simple prop, to occupy my time This one goes out to the one I love Hilarious. Sting said more or less the same thing about "Every Breath You Take" which is more of an obsessed stalker song than a love song. - --- JPovlock@aol.com wrote: > > I swear I'm not making this one up. A girlfriend of > a few years ago was maid > of honor for her friend. It took Lynne almost a > month to convince the bride > not to use REM's "It's The End Of The World As We > Know It" as their first > song together. > > Jim P. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 00:58:29 -0400 From: "Steve O'Hearn" Subject: RE: OT - Wedding songs PLEASE tell me you're kidding. -*- WOW -*- When I was DJ'ing, I once had a groom joke that he wanted "King Of Pain" for their first dance. But he was joking. More or less. Although I do think he sending some sort of little signal to his intended. Or perhaps a cry for help to his groomsmen. But either way, it was meant as a joke. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > JPovlock@aol.com > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 7:14 PM > To: basia@smoe.org > Subject: OT - Wedding songs > > > > I swear I'm not making this one up. A girlfriend of a few years > ago was maid > of honor for her friend. It took Lynne almost a month to convince > the bride > not to use REM's "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" as > their first > song together. > > Jim P. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 00:58:30 -0400 From: "Steve O'Hearn" Subject: RE: OT - Wedding songs I've heard that Stipe really got angry about that. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of j w > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 7:24 PM > To: basia@smoe.org > Subject: Re: OT - Wedding songs > > > > I remember Michael Stipe shaking his head over the > fact that people come up to him all the time and tell > him that, "The One I Love" is "...our song..." > > Hello, did you stop listening after, "This one goes > out to the one I love"? For those that don't know the > song, the next lines are: > > This one goes out to the one I've left behind > A simple prop, to occupy my time > This one goes out to the one I love > > Hilarious. Sting said more or less the same thing > about "Every Breath You Take" which is more of an > obsessed stalker song than a love song. > > --- JPovlock@aol.com wrote: > > > > I swear I'm not making this one up. A girlfriend of > > a few years ago was maid > > of honor for her friend. It took Lynne almost a > > month to convince the bride > > not to use REM's "It's The End Of The World As We > > Know It" as their first > > song together. > > > > Jim P. > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 22:13:23 -0700 (PDT) From: "Desianto F. W." Subject: Re: Yearning & She Deserves It (OT) - --- PParm16424@aol.com wrote: > > Desianto, > > Good song choice! We sing "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" in our church, > usually only the chorus though, and usually preceeded by "The > Steadfast Love", in which the last line is "Great is Thy > Faithfulness". As the worship leader, I once sang the verses and > the congregation joined on the choruses. Phil, Everytime I sing "Great is Thy Faithfulness" in my heart carefully, I feel a powerful invisible strenght that sometimes makes me almost into tears, especially when I get the line "...morning by morning Your mercies I see...". That makes me think, "How really small we are, we live only by His mercy, every single day..." > The gentleman that I have said you remind me of (Kweku)? He too > married rather late, somewhere around 35 or maybe a little bit > older. Just one more similarity. :) > > Phil So I still have 7 more years before I get into the ceremony.... :-) Still remember that I wrote "Lady in Red" a few days ago? Well, the first time I met the woman who really captured my heart (at that time, 1993, she was still a girl), she wore a red dress. She looks so beautiful, wavy shoulder-length black hair, fair tan smooth skin, slender and tall figure, a smooth voice like music to my ears, and small smooth fingers that will melt in my hand everytime I shake her hand. And she has smart brain, good heart, and lively spirit too. It's really tough to win her heart, even right now I still don't make any success. I tried to forget her many times, look for another girl that is not so hard to win, but the more I try, the stronger my feelings to her. I never say my feelings to her, not yet at least, because I know the chance is next to none besides I don't want to hurt her again (I've hurted her feelings, once, and it felt so bad). Everytime I look at her, I say to myself, "Oh God, how mighty You are. You created the most beautiful person so perfectly." She is so strong but at the same time she is also so fragile. Everytime she falls or has to overcome troubles, I say to myself, "I wish I could give my strength to her, even my life," but sadly I have no control over my life. So the thing I can do is praying and praying for her, not for me. I love her very much so I love to see her happy with somebody else better than I am, rather than she is unhappy with me because maybe I'll make her suffer for the rest of her life. The last precious moment with her is when we both sat on the floor, so close together, doing some musical things (oh yes, she loves singing too). And yes, she wore a red dress at that time. It seems that I have to "fight harder" to win her heart - or just let her go? Surely, I need a miracle..... Desianto F. W. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V10 #112 ****************************