From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V11 #170 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, May 24 2002 Volume 11 : Number 170 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Moby: Dick? [Tom Clark ] Re: well then [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: Phalle-ic Reap [shmac@ix.netcom.com (Scott Hunter McCleary)] Re: taunt pis [Jeff Dwarf ] Re: well then ["Chris Franz" ] Re: Legalized Murder and the parallel lives of TC and JB [Tom Clark ] Re: taunting & geting taunted [steve ] Re: A good year for music! [steve ] i'll shave my head for fegs [*rand - buzup buzup buzup buzup buzup ah ha*] unfavorite robyn songs [drew ] Re: Well then ["Brian Hoare" ] more unwanted sniping from drew [drew ] Re: Well then ["matt sewell" ] Re: Well then ["Brian Hoare" ] Re: Well then [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Well then [Michael R Godwin ] Re: Well then ["Mike Wells" ] RIP ["Russ Reynolds" ] Re: RIP ["Mike Wells" ] Re: Well then ["matt sewell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 14:38:53 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Moby: Dick? So who is this Moby guy? All I know is that he is some kind of music guy and an expert on every aspect of culture. It seemed like for the past couple of years I couldn't turn on VH1 or MTV without seeing him sitting in front of a mixing board talking about this or that. Yet, I had never heard any of his music. Now all of a sudden he puts out a new album and it's like he's David Freaking Bowie or something. Oh, and on Saturday Night Live last weekend he performed some song which contained a wicked guitar lead that he *apparently* played, effortlessly and while walking around the stage. I didn't buy it. His bass player was cute though. Wassup wit dat? - -t "it isn't sausage, O tto!" c ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 11:03:44 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Re: well then >Since everyone but me and one other person loves Sinister But Happy, are >there any RH songs that people don't like? I always skip "Superman", and don't like "Legalised murder". (Hm. that comment can be read two ways...) I probably would like "I something you" and "Sally was a legend" much more if they didn't sound melodically or structurally so much like other songs ("Afterhours" and "Dancing in the dark" respectively). Not that I don't like them, it's just that I don't like them enough. James (who counts "Never stop bleeding" among his favourite RH songs, thank you very much) James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= .-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= You talk to me as if from a distance =-.-=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 19:38:50 -0400 From: shmac@ix.netcom.com (Scott Hunter McCleary) Subject: Re: Phalle-ic Reap >Niki de Saint Phalle Nice perfume, too. ========= SH McCleary Prodigal Dog Communications PO Box 6163 Arlington, VA 22206 shmac@prodigaldog.com www.prodigaldog.com www.1480kHz.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 16:54:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: taunt pis ross taylor wrote: > I wasn't there & it wasn't really a taunt, but I > often think about New Order's first US gig, I > guess also 1st w/out Ian. Bernie announced > "There are only four of us here because one of > us is dead." The audience didn't know what to > make of that & so laughed. Bernie spat "It's > not a joke and it's not funny" & they launched > into Ceremony. BS also supposedly once, after a NY audience reacted too mildly to "Thieves Like Us," sneered that if you didn't like "TLU," "you must be American." Since it's one of my 3-4 favorite NO songs, I kinda wonder what that says about me. or not. ===== "This week, the White House says President Bush meant no disrespect when he referred to the Pakistani people as 'Pakis.' But just to be on the safe side, White House staffers have cancelled his trip to Nigeria" -- Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt . LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 17:20:38 -0700 From: "Chris Franz" Subject: Re: well then >Since everyone but me and one other person loves Sinister But Happy, are >there any RH songs that people don't like? I just want to note that I think there's a big difference between "songs that are disliked the most" and "worst songs." Music is, by its nature, emotionally evocative, and music that one detests is evocative (albeit unpleasantly so). If it has the power to grate on one person's nerves, it likely hits someone else in a way that's as enjoyable for him as it is irritating for the first person. The bits of "You & Oblivion" and "Invisible Hitchcock" which I find literally forgettable I suspect are less likely to find defenders than my least favorites listed below. That said, I have a big dislike for "Queen Elvis" and "Statue With a Walkman," with "Legalised Murder," "Acid Bird," and "Somewhere Apart" close behind. - - Chris ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 18:28:30 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Legalized Murder and the parallel lives of TC and JB on 5/23/02 8:15 AM, Jill Brand at jlbrand@bu.edu wrote: > So, Tom Clark of the California Persuasion, what other concerts do you > think we both attended? Psychedelic Furs? Elvis Costello? Billy Bragg? > Howard Devoto? Unfortunately, none of those! Let's see, I lived in Woburn and Billerica between '86 and' 91. Saw Robyn every time he was in the area, so that would be at the Paradise, TT's, some other place in Cambridge I can't remember, Berklee, Hampton Beach, NH., and Great Woods (opening for 10,000 maniacs). Other shows: Replacements, Camper Van Beethoven, Butthole Surfers, Pixies, Robert Plant*, Cure, Smiths, Love and Rockets, Fleetwood Mac*, um.... Can't remember any others. Hey, how about the surprise midnight showing of "The Great Rock n Roll Swindle" at that little theater by Kenmore Square? Man, that was a fun night. I'm old, - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 20:40:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Swedene Subject: Re: Moby: Dick? Nice short article in the new Rolling Stone on him. The cover has Cobain on it. Another good article. I was SHOCKED that I actually liked the articles in rolling stone. that has not happened in a long long time. Oh well.... Herbie np-> "trees" PULP - --- Tom Clark wrote: > So who is this Moby guy? All I know is that he is > some kind of music guy > and an expert on every aspect of culture. It seemed > like for the past > couple of years I couldn't turn on VH1 or MTV > without seeing him sitting in > front of a mixing board talking about this or that. > Yet, I had never heard > any of his music. Now all of a sudden he puts out a > new album and it's like > he's David Freaking Bowie or something. Oh, and on > Saturday Night Live last > weekend he performed some song which contained a > wicked guitar lead that he > *apparently* played, effortlessly and while walking > around the stage. I > didn't buy it. His bass player was cute though. > > Wassup wit dat? > > -t "it isn't sausage, O tto!" c ===== - --------------------------------------------- View my Websight & CDR Trade page at: http://midy.topcities.com/ _____________________________________________ LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 00:45:54 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: taunting & geting taunted On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 11:54 AM, *rand - buzup buzup buzup buzup buzup ah ha* wrote: > I threw a stuffed animal to Howard at the stage. > > My throw was *so* good it hit him smack dab in the face while he was > singing. So now we know who bounced one off the top of Fripp's head at that Halloween show in Ft. Worth. - - Steve __________ OS X is faster, smarter, prettier, and easier to use than any version of Windows. - Robert X. Cringely ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 00:46:32 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: A good year for music! On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 04:18 PM, The Great Quail wrote: > I was just thinking that so far it's been a great year for music! A seven way tie for first - One All, Neil Finn's reworking of One Nil, the best album of 2001, into a form that can be appreciated by North Americans. Old Man Future Blows The Blues, Stargazing With Ranger Bill, Sunflower Dairy Product, King Frankenstein, Console, and Playtime, all by Bill Nelson. - - Steve __________ Do you think Americans should ask God to grant George W. Bush the power to fly? House majority whip Tom DeLay, the ability to predict the future? Senate majority leader Tom Daschle, X-ray vision? In a prayer written for the National Day of Prayer, May 2, the Reverend Lloyd Olgivie, the Senate chaplain, asks God to "bless our President, Congress, and all our leaders with supernatural power." He didn't beseech God to endow them with strength and wisdom--a more reasonable request--but to make them superheroes. - David Corn ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 01:57:10 -0400 From: *rand - buzup buzup buzup buzup buzup ah ha* Subject: i'll shave my head for fegs *Kay, Nat ... are ya both *really* willing to shave off your locks to sell your words? I'm prepared to do lots ... shaving my head would be easy. Taking writing courses is good for contacts btw ... f.y.i. Mary thanks for the tips :-} *Susan, I forgot about 'Luminous Rose' ... that song drives me nuts. I always skip it when I listen to 'Globe of Frogs' hence my forgetfulness. 'Blues in A' did make a great soundtrack to a student film I made however ... it was quite perfect actually. 'Legalized Murder' is beyond my Robyn comprehension. He once said at a show that he'd write songs about politics but *we* wouldn't want to listen to them. If that sentiment equals 'Legalized Murder' I saw stay away ... far far away Mr. Hitchcock ... from overtly expressing your political views. It's not even the lyrics that are so bad ~ though they are so obvious as the Greatest of Quails pointed out ... but the tune ... the music ... where *was* the melody in that song? The 'Yip Song' I first heard live in concert ~ when I went up to Robyn and said "septicaemia doesn't always win". For I had *just* beaten it a few weeks before. So that song has strong sentimental value. And 'Superman' ~ {crunchy little superman ... found you in a cornflakes box ... nourished you in privacy touched the parts you couldn't reach} ~ love the lyrics ~ have always been partial to the song. Try starting a poem with the line "touched the parts you couldn't reach" and see where you go from there. I find it inspiring to be quite honest. It's also decadent somehow ... with the blatant abuse of time signatures ... it reminds me of 'I'm Only You' in that way ... *As for the BtVS season finale ~ it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay rocked ~ though in Montreal they are showing it in two separate parts according to the tv guide. At least I caught the full version via my uncle's satellite. Anyone who ever wants to dish about Buffy or Angel ~ I'm addicted ~ so feel free to exploit it! time to fade back into yesterday before tomorrow comes, Randi {who is glad there are no 'casting couches' in writing / publishing ~ well there are ~ but those seats I don't take} Toronto, Ontario, Canada *what scares you most will set you free* ~ Robyn Hitchcock *by endurance we conquer* ~ Sir Ernest Shackleton *it took the holy roman empire just to keep you satisfied and I'm gonna be more careful with you obviously* ~ Robyn Hitchcock n.p. badly drawn boy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 01:07:26 -0700 From: drew Subject: unfavorite robyn songs > From: Jill Brand Your Smiths story was fantastic, by the way. I loathe "audience participation" and so that makes me very very happy. > Since everyone but me and one other person loves Sinister But Happy, are > there any RH songs that people don't like? Oh my yes. I'm not fond of "Furry Green Atom Bowl," but I can tolerate it. Then there's: "Child of the Universe" "Oceanside" about half of _You and Oblivion_ "Night Ride to Trinidad" "If You Were a Priest" "The President" is OK, but I usually skip it And having saved this as a draft and read ahead in the digest, I see that I agree with Miles (!!!) about more least favorite Robyn songs ("Legalized Murder," "Autumn Sea" (like Miles, I like the pieces but don't think they belong together), and "Superman"). And how could I forget the terrible "Freeze"? And I'm not really very keen on several Bram songs, including "Adoration of the City," "The Underneath" (I like the lyrics but not the music), and the a-little-too-raw "I Wish I Liked You." And, of course, "Mind is Connected." > From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) > > plus my personal favourite, the > sumptuous "Beautiful Queen". Oh dear. That's the one song I usually skip. It's nice but just seems so "I'm the hit! Pick me, pick me!" > From: Jeff Dwarf > songs i __really__ don't like: > Never Stop Bleeding Agreed. > From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey > > when finally Peter Buck leans over and says to the clown, off-mic: "Shut > up - we wouldn't go to your fucking party if you paid us." But he did pay them! > From: JH3 > > And, of course, almost any male-lead role in a PKD (or PKD- > inspired) movie should always go to Patrick Warburton. How come you so smart? > From: glen uber > > You've Got a Sweet Mouth On You, Baby > Tonight > The Fly > Sweet Ghost of Light Agreed again. I'm beginning to feel like an AOLer. > From: "Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." > When I walked out of the theater stunned, after watching "American > Beauty," a > crowd of well-to-do teen suburbanites were gathered around asking each > other, > "What was that movie about?" > > "It was about you," I thought. Heh. I just described it as one of the most shallow, clueless, implausible, empty movies I'd ever seen to someone on Livejournal. I'm afraid I have to side with the well-to-do teen suburbanites on this one: I've seen teen sex comedies that had a more realistic grasp and portrayal of upper-middle- class suburban reality than that empty plastic bag of a film. None of the characters bore any resemblance to actual human beings or exhibited any plausible behaviors, so what was the point? There was exactly one convincing and gripping scene for me -- one of Annette Bening's -- and I'm not even sure that one was all that realistic or insightful. Drew ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 08:17:19 +0000 From: "Brian Hoare" Subject: Re: Well then In addition to some already mentioned: Night Ride to Trinidad. I agree that Bright Fresh Flower should swap places with Wafflehead. 1974: I can't get comprehensive theory of this song but I don't believe that its about boredom. The UK half seems to be about the feeling of an end of an era, with personal heroes finally running out of steam and abandoning you to the gak of pop culture. Dumping Nixon, though, seems to go the other way. Was it the baby that killed the lingering sixties suddenly for the US character whereas for the narrater it died slowly as its artists drifted into retirement or mediocrity? I don't know but the song intrigues me. Probably not as good as Guildford though. Sally Was a Legend is really growing on me as is Dark Princess, except for the spoken bit which I am disapointed to hear made it to live versions. I think that in a few years time Sally will be seen as the third great Jewel along with M.God and Guildford. brian np Globe of Frogs _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 01:22:27 -0700 From: drew Subject: more unwanted sniping from drew > From: "Sloe Rose" > I used to stand with Drew on hating the "Yip Song" but now that Ive > reached > that stage of life I realized at the last NY concert I loved it. > Complete > turn-around because its fufilling a function (sick old parents dying) I > am > now dealing with . Oh, thanks, I forgot about that one too. I don't think it fulfills that function especially well. "You and Oblivion" is the one for me on that subject. > From: "Eugene Hopstetter, Jr." > And the Enterprise finale also rocked, too. Now that's good science > fiction, > even if people don't think it's Literature. The show must have vastly improved since its pilot. > "Star Trek is real. Star Wars is just a movie." -- me I'm not sure why I never liked Star Trek all that much. I think it's something to do with the fact that a quasimilitary group prowling the universe being incredibly bland is not my idea of an idealized future. Star Wars isn't science fiction, of course, but space opera / fantasy; people assume it's science fiction because it has spaceships and robots and laser guns. Like Harlan Ellison (and it's one of the only things I have in common with Ellison, this and assuming that anyone actually cares about my tastes), I never liked either as much as I liked Doctor Who. Unfortunately, as I get older and watch some of those old episodes, I see that the theory of Doctor Who was always much more potent than the practice. > From: Christopher Gross > Man, if my hairline was a little farther forward, > I'd consider making myself up as Dark Willow next time I hit the goth > club. I wanted to meet you before, but now I REALLY want to meet you. Okay, I promise to try and cut down on the trashing of TV and movies for a while. I'm sure it's annoying. Sorry. Drew ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 10:09:19 +0100 From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: Well then Brian I agreed with nearly everything you wrote (except perhaps I'm not the greatest fan of Guildford - I appreciate it, but that doesn't mean I love it), until the bit below... now, you're saying that the two greats on JFS are M.God and Guildford... what about the title song? For me, it's easily the best song on the album, in fact one of the best songs he's ever written - the way the music reflects the words, the way it really is like someone walking in a wind tunnel, back to the past, while all the accoutrements of modern life smash into him in the wind, all the time he's trying to bring the Jewels to Sophia, knowing that she's already dead... fantastic... Also, I agree with Randi on Superman, although I'm not particularly moved by the song, I love its forced strangeness of time signatures and the slightly perverse lyrics... Nourished in privacy by Robyn Hitchcock, Matt PS Brian, I know I owe you something on CD... but what was it again...? Faust... but which one..? >From: "Brian Hoare" I >think that in a few years time Sally will be seen as the third great >Jewel >along with M.God and Guildford. > >brian >np Globe of Frogs > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: Click Here ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 10:07:26 +0000 From: "Brian Hoare" Subject: Re: Well then >From: "matt sewell" >For me, it's easily the best song on the album, in fact one of the best >songs he's ever written - the way the music reflects the words, the way it >really is like someone walking in a wind tunnel, back to the past, while >all the accoutrements of modern life smash into him in the wind, all the >time he's trying to bring the Jewels to Sophia, knowing that she's already >dead... fantastic... I haven't given up on it but as yet I haven't been totaly drawn into it. I will bear your words in mind when I hear it again. >Also, I agree with Randi on Superman, although I'm not particularly moved >by the song, I love its forced strangeness of time signatures >and the >slightly perverse lyrics... Whenever I play this I wonder if there is a connection with Stipe and REM's Superman. Then I conclude that there probably isn't and then it stops. >PS Brian, I know I owe you something on CD... but what was it again...? >Faust... but which one..? Your call. I have a copy of The Faust Tapes that crawled into my record collection. I don't know anything else by name and only by one off listenings. brian "Tubas in the moonlight will bring my loved one home." >PS Brian, I know I owe you something on CD... but what was it >again...? >Faust... but which one..? _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Received: from 193.133.69.244 by lw2fd.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 24 May 2002 09:09:19 GMT X-Originating-IP: [193.133.69.244] From: "matt sewell" To: arrowodd@hotmail.com, fegmaniax@smoe.org Subject: Re: Well then Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 10:09:19 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from text/html by demime 0.97c Brian I agreed with nearly everything you wrote (except perhaps I'm not the greatest fan of Guildford - I appreciate it, but that doesn't mean I love it), until the bit below... now, you're saying that the two greats on JFS are M.God and Guildford... what about the title song? For me, it's easily the best song on the album, in fact one of the best songs he's ever written - the way the music reflects the words, the way it really is like someone walking in a wind tunnel, back to the past, while all the accoutrements of modern life smash into him in the wind, all the time he's trying to bring the Jewels to Sophia, knowing that she's already dead... fantastic... Also, I agree with Randi on Superman, although I'm not particularly moved by the song, I love its forced strangeness of time signatures and the slightly perverse lyrics... Nourished in privacy by Robyn Hitchcock, Matt PS Brian, I know I owe you something on CD... but what was it again...? Faust... but which one..? >From: "Brian Hoare" I >think that in a few years time Sally will be seen as the third great >Jewel >along with M.God and Guildford. > >brian >np Globe of Frogs > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 12:34:18 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Well then On Fri, 24 May 2002, Brian Hoare wrote: > 1974: I can't get comprehensive theory of this song but I don't believe that > its about boredom. The UK half seems to be about the feeling of an end of an > era, with personal heroes finally running out of steam and abandoning you to > the gak of pop culture. Dumping Nixon, though, seems to go the other way. > Was it the baby that killed the lingering sixties suddenly for the US > character whereas for the narrater it died slowly as its artists drifted > into retirement or mediocrity? I don't know but the song intrigues me. This all sounds correct to me. The song that I can't listen to is Shapes Turn Into Animals on GoF, along with Wafflehead, large chunks of Groovy Decay, and much of the early Soft Boys material. I agree with James about the plagiarised tune of Sally Was A Legend. I've heard RH play JfS far too many times, and the same goes for de Chirico Street and Devil's Radio - but after all, it's his oeuvre. Many of the songs that I really like have been disliked by others, notably The Yip Song, Lady Waters and the Hooded One, Acid Bird (I sometimes listen to that over and over again) and Man With The Lightbulb Head (I once saw him do the spoken bit, wobbling his lips with his finger to get the spooky sound). The other songs I used to listen to repeatedly were Devil Mask, Tonight, Heaven and The Abandoned Brain - wonderful! I didn't like Oceanside until I saw him perform it with Tim and Jake on the IoW bus trip - maybe the recording lacks something. - - Mike Godwin PS I see Steven Jay Gould was only 60 - too bad. I strongly recommend 'The Mismeasure of Man' to anyone who is planning to do any social or psychological research. What a good book! PPS I vaguely remember this 'Legalised Murder' song that several people dislike, but which record is it on? Obviously not one that I ever play... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 12:49:07 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: Re: Well then On Fri, 24 May 2002, Michael R Godwin wrote: > I've heard RH play JfS far too many times, and the same goes for de > Chirico Street and Devil's Radio - but after all, it's his oeuvre. And I forgot the tedious, dreary Gene Hackman ... - - MRG ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 07:49:31 -0500 From: "Mike Wells" Subject: Re: Well then Brian: > I think that in a few years time Sally will be seen as the third great Jewel > along with M.God and Guildford. At the risk of a meetoo post, I have to chirp in that IMHO "Guildford" is one of Robyn's best songs EVER. On any album. There are very, very few songs that can 'place' me in time - someone else's time, or story - and then evoke the sense of time passing, of experiencing the present as it is moved through. "Guildford" is one of those, "You Are the Everything" by REM perhaps another. Recalling the explosive dissolution of something that was very important to you, but gaining some space - 'near enough to be scorched, not blasted' - then suddenly WHAM! smack into the present...laying on your back, in the grass with a butterfly on your face, realizing that you've become only 'a (phone) number in a drawer.' And the song would have been fine had it ended there, but of course there's also the last verse. Whoa. That one hit me right between the eyes, and it transformed and deepened my appreciation for RH. I just about lost it when he played it in Chicago in '99, it was so haunting. As to "Sally" I really, really loved the wordplay in that one from the get-go, I think my .sig files from last year probably show that too well. As a whole 'Jewels' has really blossomed for me into one of the big five along with IODOT, EOL, Eye, and ME. I had a difficult time with "Antwoman" and the title track when it first came out, though now I love both songs. Hearing the Grant Lee Hitchcock versions of "Dark Princess" helped me like that one a lot more, I'm still not really sold on the album version. I know some other listers love "NASA Clapping," but it just doesn't work for me. Matt: > For me, it's easily the best song on the album, in fact one of the best > songs he's ever written - the way the music reflects the words, the way > it really is like someone walking in a wind tunnel, back to the past, > while all the accoutrements of modern life smash into him in the wind, > all the time he's trying to bring the Jewels to Sophia, knowing that > she's already dead... fantastic... What a great read on the song, Matt. I like that a lot. Michael "I can point to Norway with two fingers and a thumb" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 06:08:13 -0700 From: "Russ Reynolds" Subject: RIP Heard on my way home yesterday that golf legend Sam Snead died following a series of strokes. Which makes me wonder: what's par? - -rUss "Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Red Auerbach ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 08:26:41 -0500 From: "Mike Wells" Subject: Re: RIP - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Reynolds" To: Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 8:08 AM Subject: RIP > Heard on my way home yesterday that golf legend Sam Snead died following a > series of strokes. Which makes me wonder: what's par? Zero. I actually got to meet him a number of years ago in Jackson, WY, and he wasn't doing too well back then. Had the shakes and couldn't talk very well, but seemed awfully nice and tried to chat while giving me an autograph. Had that look in his eyes like someone who was awake inside a body that was going to sleep, like he wanted to do more but couldn't. I quietly asked around at the club where he was a "pro emiritus" and they said that while he was a little unsteady, when he put his hands on a golf club the shakes stopped and he could still hit the ball quite well. He was probably 80 at the time. Michael "I may be a 13, but at least it's honest" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 14:26:33 +0100 From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: Well then ISTR that that is how RH explained the song somewhere... certainly the wind tunnel image... Also, I forgot to mention the riverboat cruise where Robyn was playing Guildford and a butterfly landed on his face... Cheers Matt >Matt: > > For me, it's easily the best song on the album, in fact one of the best > > songs he's ever written - the way the music reflects the words, the way > > it really is like someone walking in a wind tunnel, back to the past, > > while all the accoutrements of modern life smash into him in the wind, > > all the time he's trying to bring the Jewels to Sophia, knowing that > > she's already dead... fantastic... > >What a great read on the song, Matt. I like that a lot. > >Michael "I can point to Norway with two fingers and a thumb" Wells - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V11 #170 ********************************