From: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org (believers-digest) To: believers-digest@smoe.org Subject: believers-digest V4 #46 Reply-To: believers@smoe.org Sender: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk believers-digest Thursday, March 9 2000 Volume 04 : Number 046 In Today's believer's digest: ----------------- Been There [ImSerius2@aol.com] Re: Pasadena (Followup) [SNAFUZone@aol.com] Re: Pasadena (Followup) ["Charisse D. Lowe" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 06:31:40 EST From: ImSerius2@aol.com Subject: Been There Okay, this is the only place where I can express this thought without being looked at strangely, so here goes...Country artist Clint Black has a new song out called 'Been There' which he does as a duet with another country artist, Steve Wariner. The first time I heard it I a:) liked it a lot, and b:) immediately thought of Susan W., as in for some reason the song reminds me of her style. So now every time I hear the song, I think Clint should have picked her as his duet partner. I can just hear her singing. And especially at the end where Clint's cookin' on the harmonica and Steve (but just as easily could be Susan!) is rockin' on the guitar. So there's my crazy thought for the day - Susan hits the big time singing with country heartthrobs. I just heard the song on the radio and so had to write while the thought was fresh, even though I know you've now lost all respect for me (whaddya mean you didn't have any to begin with???) and I will be forced to retire from the list in shame for confessing to a liking for Top-40 country... hey, even Susan admits that she'd give 'her last quarter and smile just to hear George Strait singin' a while', remember? ;-) ST HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 12:28:25 EST From: SNAFUZone@aol.com Subject: Re: Pasadena (Followup) In a message dated 02/21/2000 4:11:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, ronsopas@earthlink.net writes: << I don't really chat with her. It's just brief babbling... I really wish I could be friends with Susan because she is just so amazing, but we've never hit it off like that. She just looks at me as a fan and, understandably, keeps her distance. I mean I'm sure everybody would like to be her friend. I didn't think Susan would remember me... I was very happy that she remembered me from last time she was here. >> I also have the same wish as Ron about being friends with Susan, as I am sure many others do. However, much to my dismay, we've never hit it off like that either. Both Susan and Jane know who I am and say hello. It's not difficult for them to remember my name! I always try to chat with Jane because she is a sweetie and she deserves some attention as well. A couple of years ago after meeting Susan just once after a show, she did something incredible that I will always cherish. She helped make a difficult time a little bit better, which she can do effortlessly. Afterwards, it was difficult going back to being just another fan after crossing that line. There's a connection for me that doesn't exist for her, and it's hard to let go. Maybe someday we'll have a one-on-one conversation under better circumstances. As time passed, it seemed that the distance grew even greater than before. Therefore, I decided to avoid chatting with Susan after shows because, as Ron described, it's only brief babbling, which only leaves me frustrated. I'm not a big *surface* person. Don't ya know, the very next show I attended, guess who came out of a bathroom stall as I was about to go in?!? I think I was too stunned to do anything but smile, and I would never bother her while she's taking care of business. If nothing else, I do hope that going to see her perform does not remain a bittersweet experience for me. The aloof believer, Susan HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:02:51 -0600 From: "Charisse D. Lowe" Subject: Re: Pasadena (Followup) It is sometimes better to remain a fan, anonymous, and let the music speak for your 'idol'. Once years ago, my then-husband and I were stationed in Germany, circa 1977. We took three days leave, spent an exorbitant amount of money for travel, hotel, and tickets to see Emmy Lou Harris and The Hot Band in Hamburg. We were huge fans, especially my husband, a nice man. We were driving around Hamburg looking for the concert hall, and saw Emmy and entourage walking towards the hall. My husband got out and approached them to say hello, welcome to Germany, etc. I couldn't hear, but could see by the expressions on everyone's face, that it was not pleasant. He came back, red-faced and hurt. Emmy said " I'm going in now, I'm busy", and had turned on her heel flanked by her boys, and walked away. I never forgot that. And neither did he. Do I like Emmy's music any less? No. Did this make an impression on me? You bet. But we had no idea what kind of day she'd had, hwy she might have acted like that. So - either learn to deal with the fact that our musical idols are just people endowed with talent. It doesn't mean they are nice, gregarious, personable, or interested in us. If you prefer to keep them on pedestals, don't put yourself out there for possible hurt. If you are fearless, go for it. For some reason that line that ex-husbands like to use about new girlfriends " Oh, honey, you'd really like her if you knew her..." keeps coming to mind...... Charisse of Oz - -----Original Message----- From: SNAFUZone@aol.com To: ronsopas@earthlink.net ; believers@smoe.org Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 11:31 AM Subject: Re: Pasadena (Followup) >In a message dated 02/21/2000 4:11:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, >ronsopas@earthlink.net writes: > ><< I don't really chat with her. It's just brief babbling... > I really wish I could be friends with Susan because she is just > so amazing, but we've never hit it off like that. She just looks at me as a > fan and, understandably, keeps her distance. I mean I'm sure everybody > would like to be her friend. I didn't think Susan would remember me... > I was very happy that she remembered me from last time she was here. >> > >I also have the same wish as Ron about being friends with Susan, as I am sure >many others do. However, much to my dismay, we've never hit it off like that >either. Both Susan and Jane know who I am and say hello. It's not difficult >for them to remember my name! I always try to chat with Jane because she is >a sweetie and she deserves some attention as well. > >A couple of years ago after meeting Susan just once after a show, she did >something incredible that I will always cherish. She helped make a difficult >time a little bit better, which she can do effortlessly. Afterwards, it was >difficult going back to being just another fan after crossing that line. >There's a connection for me that doesn't exist for her, and it's hard to let >go. Maybe someday we'll have a one-on-one conversation under better >circumstances. > >As time passed, it seemed that the distance grew even greater than before. >Therefore, I decided to avoid chatting with Susan after shows because, as Ron >described, it's only brief babbling, which only leaves me frustrated. I'm >not a big *surface* person. Don't ya know, the very next show I attended, >guess who came out of a bathroom stall as I was about to go in?!? I think I >was too stunned to do anything but smile, and I would never bother her while >she's taking care of business. If nothing else, I do hope that going to see >her perform does not remain a bittersweet experience for me. > >The aloof believer, >Susan > >HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org >Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com > HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at songs.com ------------------------------ End of believers-digest V4 #46 ****************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- This has been a posting from the Susan Werner believers-digest To unsubscribe send mail to Majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe believers-digest" in the body of the message