From: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org (believers-digest) To: believers-digest@smoe.org Subject: believers-digest V8 #64 Reply-To: believers@smoe.org Sender: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk believers-digest Sunday, April 11 2004 Volume 08 : Number 064 In Today's believer's digest: ----------------- The Point, 4/9/04, Late Show ["Tim Dunleavy" ] Re: The Point, 4/9/04, Late Show [Leslie Dreyer Kalra ] Re: The Point, 4/9/04, Late Show ["Ron Rosen" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:13:07 -0400 From: "Tim Dunleavy" Subject: The Point, 4/9/04, Late Show Susan was in great form on Friday night as she returned to The Point in Bryn Mawr, just a mile or two from the "little yellow house" on Cricket Lane in Ardmore that she lived in for many years. I'm not going to go into as much detail about this show as I did about the Joe's Pub show four weeks ago. It was a very similar show, except for the use of an electric piano rather than a baby grand. The backing musicians were the same; the arrangements were the same; the set list was mostly the same (the same songs but with a slightly different running order and one spectacular addition). But as always with Susan, it's not so much what she sings performs as how she performs. I'll point out the things I didn't make a note of last time. 1. Tall Drink of Water - Tyrone did a lot of sliding up into notes on the bass. Beautiful. 2. Seeing You Again 3. Late For the Dance Intoducing her musicians, she mentioned that Tyrone Brown is from Abington (hey, my parents live there!) but plays everywhere. Susan: "What do you call that thing?" Tyrone: "Electric upright bass." Susan (after a pause): "On the bass..." 4. I'm Not Sure - with a lovely fingerpicked intro on the guitar. 5. Let's Regret This In Advance - this time, I was able to write down the first four lines of her new intro for this song. On the CD she sings: "Standing there before the altar Lovers make a vow But forevers sometimes falter In the here and now Still it's in the holy bible..." In concert these days she sings: "If the night belongs to lovers Come on boy, let's fly Though we both belong to others Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi Still it's in the holy bible..." Afterwards she said that a woman stood up at a show last week and said, "Have you had a lot of bad relationships?" Susan replied, "No, but if you have one, you are armed for life." 6. Philanthropy - this one ended with a great bass solo. Susan's electric piano was sideways on the stage, and Tyrone was sitting behind it (to her left). When he played the solo, Susan kept looking ahead (not at him) and smiled - and smiled, and smiled. Then she shut her eyes for the last thirty seconds or so, still smiling, just reveling in bliss. 7. No One Needs to Know The other musicians departed... 8. Don't I Know You "This next song was written in my house in Ardmore, when I had a baby grand in the living room, and that's all I had in the living room. It was a baby grand, and then the kitchen." 9. Much At All 10. Stay On Your Side of Town Susan then brought up one of her favorite subjects, the Wawa Food Market. She mentioned that she had visited the Wawa today "for a meatball sub, and some chocolate milk - *one percent* chocolate milk." She spoke of how she loves the little things you can get at the Wawa, like "hazelnut coffee... and carrots." Everyone laughed, and she said, "Well, what are the things that make Wawa not 7-Eleven? Good dairy products, and vegetables, and - what else? ... Duraflame..." I laughed hard at that one. I've been in Wawa Markets hundreds, perhaps thousands of times in my life, and I had never thought about the Duraflame logs up against the wall. But that's the kind of observation that makes Susan such a great writer. 11. Give Me Chicago Any Day This was my second exposure to this song, and I am just LOVING it! If someone could please post the lyrics, I would be forever grateful. Susan mentioned that she hopes to write a song about Philadelphia someday - "Right, Jane? I'll get around to it someday." I noticed that she cut the line about Philadelphia that she sang in New York! She then mentioned that it was Easter week, and that she thought she should do a song related to religion - "not something I'm known for." She said that she saw "The Passion of the Christ," but "I was kind of disappointed - there was nothing in that movie to sing along with." She then started playing a rolling bass riff on the piano that was very familiar to me, although I haven't heard it in years: 12. "Everything's Alright," from "Jesus Christ Superstar." She sang this in a low register, then during the second and third verses she improvised and started soaring above the melody like a master jazz singer. If you know the song, you know there's an A section sung by Mary Magdelene, a B section sung by Jesus, then a return to the A section melody. Susan sang the A sections, and turned the B section into an exquisite instrumental passage. After this song, I just sat there and thought, "Wow, Just when you think you've got her figured out...." 13. Waiting In Vain After she began playing the song, the other musicians returned to the stage and began to add their accompaniment. She didn't introduce the song this time; when she reached the chorus, the man next to me leaned over to his date and whispered, "Bob Marley." 14. You Come Through Announcing that the next song would be her last, she went into a riff about the shows she would be doing on Saturday (an in-store appearance at Borders in Rosemont, two shows at the Tin Angel). She joked that she would be at the Wawa in Ardmore, then Horsham, then... A man in the audience yelled "What about those five-minute Wawa romances?" "Oh, yeah," said Susan, recalling one of her old comedy riffs... 15. I Can't Be New "Thanks for coming, and we'll see you soon at a Wawa near you." Encore: 1. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face 2. Wouldn't It Be Loverly - performed with the same bluesy gospel rhythm as at the New York show, except that this time she did it on guitar rather than piano. At the beginning of the song she was detuning the bass string, yet kept the rhythm going on the guitar, which made Billy Novick laugh a lot. Once again Tyrone ended the song with a bass solo, but Susan was able to jazz up someone else's solo - she'd do a strum of the guitar, then tap her microphone, then do both actions again in rhythm. Then Susan and Billy left the stage while Tyrone continued to play. Susan was scatting "Thank you very much/thank you very much" over the rhythm until she was gone from the stage, leaving Tyrone to finish the show. - -Tim HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 17:17:11 -0400 From: Leslie Dreyer Kalra Subject: Re: The Point, 4/9/04, Late Show Man, what a class act! As you said, just when you have her figured out, she does something completely new. Aren't we lucky! leslie Tim Dunleavy wrote: > Susan was in great form on Friday night as she returned to The Point in > Bryn Mawr, just a mile or two from the "little yellow house" on Cricket > Lane in Ardmore that she lived in for many years. > I'm not going to go into as much detail about this show as I did about the > Joe's Pub show four weeks ago. It was a very similar show, except for the > use of an electric piano rather than a baby grand. The backing musicians > were the same; the arrangements were the same; the set list was mostly the > same (the same songs but with a slightly different running order and one > spectacular addition). But as always with Susan, it's not so much what she > sings performs as how she performs. I'll point out the things I didn't make > a note of last time. > > 1. Tall Drink of Water - Tyrone did a lot of sliding up into notes on the > bass. Beautiful. > 2. Seeing You Again > 3. Late For the Dance > Intoducing her musicians, she mentioned that Tyrone Brown is from Abington > (hey, my parents live there!) but plays everywhere. > Susan: "What do you call that thing?" > Tyrone: "Electric upright bass." > Susan (after a pause): "On the bass..." > > 4. I'm Not Sure - with a lovely fingerpicked intro on the guitar. > 5. Let's Regret This In Advance - this time, I was able to write down the > first four lines of her new intro for this song. On the CD she sings: > "Standing there before the altar > Lovers make a vow > But forevers sometimes falter > In the here and now > Still it's in the holy bible..." > > In concert these days she sings: > "If the night belongs to lovers > Come on boy, let's fly > Though we both belong to others > Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi > Still it's in the holy bible..." > > Afterwards she said that a woman stood up at a show last week and said, > "Have you had a lot of bad relationships?" Susan replied, "No, but if you > have one, you are armed for life." > > 6. Philanthropy - this one ended with a great bass solo. Susan's electric > piano was sideways on the stage, and Tyrone was sitting behind it (to her > left). When he played the solo, Susan kept looking ahead (not at him) and > smiled - and smiled, and smiled. Then she shut her eyes for the last thirty > seconds or so, still smiling, just reveling in bliss. > > 7. No One Needs to Know > The other musicians departed... > 8. Don't I Know You > "This next song was written in my house in Ardmore, when I had a baby grand > in the living room, and that's all I had in the living room. It was a baby > grand, and then the kitchen." > 9. Much At All > 10. Stay On Your Side of Town > > Susan then brought up one of her favorite subjects, the Wawa Food Market. > She mentioned that she had visited the Wawa today "for a meatball sub, and > some chocolate milk - *one percent* chocolate milk." She spoke of how she > loves the little things you can get at the Wawa, like "hazelnut coffee... > and carrots." Everyone laughed, and she said, "Well, what are the things > that make Wawa not 7-Eleven? Good dairy products, and vegetables, and - > what else? ... Duraflame..." > I laughed hard at that one. I've been in Wawa Markets hundreds, perhaps > thousands of times in my life, and I had never thought about the Duraflame > logs up against the wall. But that's the kind of observation that makes > Susan such a great writer. > > 11. Give Me Chicago Any Day > This was my second exposure to this song, and I am just LOVING it! If > someone could please post the lyrics, I would be forever grateful. Susan > mentioned that she hopes to write a song about Philadelphia someday - > "Right, Jane? I'll get around to it someday." I noticed that she cut the > line about Philadelphia that she sang in New York! > > She then mentioned that it was Easter week, and that she thought she should > do a song related to religion - "not something I'm known for." She said > that she saw "The Passion of the Christ," but "I was kind of disappointed - > there was nothing in that movie to sing along with." She then started > playing a rolling bass riff on the piano that was very familiar to me, > although I haven't heard it in years: > 12. "Everything's Alright," from "Jesus Christ Superstar." > She sang this in a low register, then during the second and third verses > she improvised and started soaring above the melody like a master jazz > singer. > If you know the song, you know there's an A section sung by Mary Magdelene, > a B section sung by Jesus, then a return to the A section melody. Susan > sang the A sections, and turned the B section into an exquisite > instrumental passage. > After this song, I just sat there and thought, "Wow, Just when you think > you've got her figured out...." > > 13. Waiting In Vain > After she began playing the song, the other musicians returned to the stage > and began to add their accompaniment. She didn't introduce the song this > time; when she reached the chorus, the man next to me leaned over to his > date and whispered, "Bob Marley." > 14. You Come Through > Announcing that the next song would be her last, she went into a riff about > the shows she would be doing on Saturday (an in-store appearance at Borders > in Rosemont, two shows at the Tin Angel). She joked that she would be at > the Wawa in Ardmore, then Horsham, then... > A man in the audience yelled "What about those five-minute Wawa romances?" > "Oh, yeah," said Susan, recalling one of her old comedy riffs... > 15. I Can't Be New > "Thanks for coming, and we'll see you soon at a Wawa near you." > > Encore: > 1. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face > 2. Wouldn't It Be Loverly - performed with the same bluesy gospel rhythm as > at the New York show, except that this time she did it on guitar rather > than piano. At the beginning of the song she was detuning the bass string, > yet kept the rhythm going on the guitar, which made Billy Novick laugh a > lot. > Once again Tyrone ended the song with a bass solo, but Susan was able to > jazz up someone else's solo - she'd do a strum of the guitar, then tap her > microphone, then do both actions again in rhythm. Then Susan and Billy left > the stage while Tyrone continued to play. Susan was scatting "Thank you > very much/thank you very much" over the rhythm until she was gone from the > stage, leaving Tyrone to finish the show. > > -Tim > > HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org > Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs > http://worldcafecds.com HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 19:09:47 -0400 From: "Tim Dunleavy" Subject: Re: The Point, 4/9/04, Late Show > Man, what a class act! As you said, just when you have her figured out, > she does something completely new. And yet, she can't be new. - -Tim HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:25:14 -0700 From: "Ron Rosen" Subject: Re: The Point, 4/9/04, Late Show > And yet, she can't be new. I'm sure most of us have seen the double meaning of the title of the new CD, but have you noticed the missing words in Late For the Dance? HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ End of believers-digest V8 #64 ****************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- 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