From: owner-harbinger-digest@smoe.org (harbinger-digest) To: harbinger-digest@smoe.org Subject: harbinger-digest V2 #2 Reply-To: harbinger@smoe.org Sender: owner-harbinger-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-harbinger-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk harbinger-digest Monday, July 7 1997 Volume 02 : Number 002 HARBINGER DIGEST To post, mail harbinger@smoe.org To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger-digest To get list info file, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info harbinger-digest Today's Subjects: ---------------- (harbinger) Less than 24 hours to go... ["design" ] Re: (harbinger) Wow, Paula. What a performance! [Riphug@aol.com] (harbinger) Premiere Lilith Fair at the Gorge [Detour97@aol.com] (harbinger) Paula on PBS [Detour97@aol.com] [none] [Angela Davis ] Re: (harbinger) Wow, Paula. What a performance! -Reply ["Kenn Carpenter" ] (harbinger) "I Don't Wanna Wait" Hits NYC Airwaves -Reply ["Kenn Carpent] Re: (harbinger) Wow, Paula. What a performance! -Reply -Reply ["Kenn Carp] Re: (harbinger) Wow, Paula. What a performance! -Reply [Irene Grau ] (harbinger) The Paula Screensaver ["Kenn Carpenter" ] (harbinger) Paula's Interview from West 54th Sessions ["Kenn Carpenter" <] (harbinger) E-mail -Reply ["Kenn Carpenter" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 01:32:34 -0700 From: "design" Subject: (harbinger) Less than 24 hours to go... Okay, here I am... sitting in front of my computer and watching the clock. In 10 hours I'll be leaving for Salem to see Lilith with my wife and daughter. Yikes, PBS didn't have Paula on tonight... guess I'll just keep my eyes open and wait for when it might air. Thanks Kenn for the great postings of transcripts that Paula participated in... I haven't felt this strongly about a musician since the mid-seventies! I'll let all of you know my impressions of the Salem, Oregon show within a few days... Larry Sievers design@sme-net.com - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 10:05:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Riphug@aol.com Subject: Re: (harbinger) Wow, Paula. What a performance! Can someone tell me when the 54th Street show was on PBS last night? I'm vacationing in Nags Head, NC, and tried to find it at 11:00, but to no avail. And I couldn't stay up until 1:00a.m. as some people had suggested it might be aired. Anyway, since PBS frequently reruns their shows from time to time, does anyone know when it might be aired again? Lying in the sun drinking 'Zimas, Jill :D P. S. For those of you who want the lyrics to This Fire, I can't access them from this laptop I'm using while on vacation. However, I'm saving all requests and will send them to you when I get back home to my *real* computer. - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 12:09:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Detour97@aol.com Subject: (harbinger) Premiere Lilith Fair at the Gorge Okay, I went to the Gorge last night for the first Lilith Show. I have to tell everyone that I was very disappointed!!! First of all, Paula went on second. That was a plus since she was the main artist I wanted to see perform. Second being Sarah, of course. Anyway, back to being VERY disappointed. Her set only lasted 35 freaking minutes. The songs go as follows: "Mississippi" "Me" "Cowboys"-I'm so sick of this song "Tiger" and last but not least "I Don't Want to Wait" 5 songs is all she sang. The music wasn't loud enough. My friend and I were holding a conversation at regular voice level throughout her performance. I don't think the person working the sound board was working very hard if you ask me. Also, she didn't sound that great. I've seen her live a few times and she's always sounded excellent. I think she may be trying to be a bit too hard to be different. Her usual grunts (which I love) were harder than ever. She was growling and grunting more than she ever did, instead of really singing and showcasing her gorgeous voice. To add more to it, there was no "Jolene", "Happy Home", "I Am So Ordinary", etc. There were also no finger cymbals, beat boxing or metal sheets to kick. Please don't get me wrong everyone, I love Paula to death, but I think I'd rather see her next time head lining her own show. After Paula was done, Jewel came on for about an hour and a half. There's only so much of her voice I can handle. And after Jewel was Tracey. She rocked but she too was on for 1 1/2 hrs. It just didn't seem fair. Finally, Sarah came on. Sarah was great and everything but it just seemed like everyone opened for Sarah instead of it being a concert in celebration of women's music. I love Sarah and have seen her before in concert. That's actually when I was first introduced to Paula (she opened for her). When she played last night, it kinda ticked me off because her set just sounded perfect. The music was much louder and the guy at the mixing board finally got a grip. It just didn't seem right that when she came on, everything was perfect. I understand that she's the creator of the Lilith Fair and all that, but it just seemed to be aimed more towards a Sarah concert than a celebration of all these talented female musician's. Sarah has always sounded great live, but she has a very boring stage presence. We all ended up just sitting and listening to her more than watching her. It was very slow too. She used to rock a bit harder. She didn't sing, "Into the Fire" or "Ben's Song" or "Vox" or "Steaming" or any other of her livelier songs. She did sing, "Possesion". She actually did a great version of that but I got really tired of that song when they over played it 3 years ago. Finally, one last disappointment of the show was the Sarah was the only one to get an encore. People where screaming for Paula to sing "Jolene" and other songs when she was done, but we got nothing but five songs in 35 minutes. Well, that's it. Other than that I did have a great time. I hung out at the beer garden for a bit, ate some food and got a nice tan. The Gorge is definately the best place to see a show. There were 32,000 people there. FYI-T shirts run from $25-$40. They only had Sarah, Tracey and generic Lilith Fair t shirts. NO Paula, Jewel or Suzanne Vega ones. I can't wait to hear other peoples review of the show! - -Brian - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 12:11:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Detour97@aol.com Subject: (harbinger) Paula on PBS Hey, I was wondering if anyone had a copy of the "54th St. Sessions". I was at the Lilith Fair and my timer on my VCR is screwed up. I would love to see it. - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 12:32:53 -0400 From: Angela Davis Subject: [none] Don, so cool to meet another Jonatha Brooke fan!(I love Angel in the House as well ) Anyone here ever heard of Kevin Gilbert, as well? Way cool stuff, but hard to find the CD, he is dead now...... Angie - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 14:22:28 -0400 From: "Kenn Carpenter" Subject: Re: (harbinger) Wow, Paula. What a performance! -Reply JENFER7193@aol.com wrote: > they actually showed the performace of "nietzche's eyes"? No. They didn't. And it's too bad. I heard her do "NE" twice that night (once during the sound check and once during the taping) and I was just about ready to cry by the end each time. I mean, Paula can damned near rip my heart out when she sings "Ordinary" live, but "NE" live is almost unbearably sad. That's a good thing, though. :) They showed "Suwannee Jo" (a killer performance of that song - my mouth was hanging open watching her doing the song during the sound check), "Carmen" (a duet w/ Holly Palmer), "Me" (she said this song was, for her, like finding a diamond in the mud) and "I Don't Wanna Wait." What they recorded and didn't show were "Nietzche's Eyes," "Mississippi," "I Am So Ordinary" and "Hitler's Brothers." Another thing they didn't show (mainly because they cut off Paula's performance before she actually left the stage) was that the crowd was going nuts for Paula and the guys after Paula finished singing "Ordinary" (the last song of her actual set). So nuts, in fact, that they came back out to play "HB" as an encore. Then, after they finished their encore, they received a standing ovation. I just wanted to mention that again because I noticed that they showed the standing ovation that k.d. lang received when she took the stage. Just want to make sure Paula and the boys get their props. :) I thought the interview portion of the show was cool and she was finally asked a couple of questions she doesn't get asked all the time. Not that the questions were really new material, but at least there was a different spin on the old standards. Paula is just so graceful, gracious and unaffected. Best part of the whole interview? When she started singing "Yes, We Have No Bananas". Totally hilarious and really sweet. I loved seeing the performance again last night. However, I was surprised at the sound quality. I really expected that it would have been better. This was the same studio where the Hard Rock Live performances were recorded and the sound on those shows was great. Perhaps it was only the transmission from WNET here in New York City that had substandard sound quality. Did it seem muffled to anyone else? And one last thing.... if you watched the show carefully (or if you have it on videotape), I'm the guy in the orange shirt with a big smile on his face, sitting right behind Jay Bellerose's left shoulder. Just a little self-serving plug. :) Riding these fumes 'til I see Paula again on the 18th...... Peace. Kenn - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 14:39:39 -0400 From: "Kenn Carpenter" Subject: (harbinger) "I Don't Wanna Wait" Hits NYC Airwaves -Reply My bud, Jim McNamara wrote: > Say it ain't so, Kenn! I'm afraid so, Jim. :( > To me, the bridge makes the song....and completes the album..... Very well put and I agree completely. > "you're wearing your anguish again, believe me I know the feeling" > We know, Paula, we know! You just finished telling us -so- well!!! :) > "so breathe a little more deeply, all we have is this very moment" > Facing your anger: venting it and then dealing. Great advice. The > song is a shell without that statement. I'm right there with ya, Jim. All of that is entirely true. We die-hards know how beautifully Paula arranged _This Fire_ and can appreciate all of those nuances. But, the song does work for the top-40 radio audience whose only real exposure to Paula thus far has been "Cowboys." The radio edit is still definitely good enough to prompt those fans who might just need to hear Paula sing another song to go out and actually buy the album, rather than just the "Cowboys" single. And, then if they buy This Fire and love it (how could they not?), they will likely go buy Harbinger, too. Mo' money for Paula! Mo' money for Paula! :) I just can't wait until "Me" is released. Then people will *really* know Paula's name. Let me say, though, that if they cut the bridge out of *that* song, I'll scream. :) Very happy to know Paula is continuing her ascent.... Peace. Kenn - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 14:49:54 -0400 From: "Kenn Carpenter" Subject: Re: (harbinger) Wow, Paula. What a performance! -Reply -Reply I wrote: > What they recorded and didn't show were "Nietzche's Eyes," > "Mississippi," "I Am So Ordinary" and "Hitler's Brothers." Forgot one. Paula also performed "Road To Dead" but it didn't make the cut. Peace. Kenn - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 14:21:39 -0700 From: Irene Grau Subject: Re: (harbinger) Wow, Paula. What a performance! -Reply Kenn Carpenter wrote: > > What they recorded and didn't show were "Nietzche's Eyes," > "Mississippi," "I Am So Ordinary" and "Hitler's Brothers." > Hey...has anyone thought...maybe they'll do a "Sessions... Paula Pt.2"?? They definitely have enough material! Maybe...maybe... Irene - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 21:45:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Honoku@aol.com Subject: (harbinger) pbsPC comments i just saw sessions... (tape delay). i liked it . even considering all that it was'nt , i thought it was a very attractive show . the tone reminded me of a quietly beautiul peice of wood as opposed to something big, bright , and exciting like a concert. (mixed metaphors oh well). it had that warm, casual , intimate feel with the soft ,even dark lighting ( god! what do you call that "dark lighting") i did see kenn with his incredible seat, having the advantage of knowing what i look like ,i was able to spot myself a few times , standing in the back . did any one else notice there is a web site,www.sessionsatwest54th.com. ? it is rather crowded at present,but i did see they are offering a Paula Cole screen saver down load. - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 23:30:31 -0400 From: "Kenn Carpenter" Subject: (harbinger) pbsPC comments -Reply Steve wrote: > god! what do you call that "dark lighting" Ambient lighting? :) Thanks for the info on the screen saver, Steve! Now the people I work with can think I'm *really* stalking Paula. ;) Peace. Kenn - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 22:58:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Honoku@aol.com Subject: (harbinger) sessions web site i was plowing around the sessions web site a bit . as i mentioned in the giveaway section you can down load a Paula Cole screen saver. in the" in session "section you can check out ; interviews,artists , backstage, sound off, and conversations. i checked the interviews part. of special interest to those who have as yet not seen the show , you can down load (quite a long time) the two interview video segments and play them back. not as good a picture quality as tv but if you havent yet seen them here's a chance. also in the interview section is a text section, and in print are interview segments that were not broadcast along with those that were. the address is www.sessionsatwest54th.com/ - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 23:06:34 -0400 From: Sarah Andrews Subject: (harbinger) Paula on PBS I knew that was Kenn! I knew it! And now, no more need for conversations about what Kenn looks like, since we now know. I thought it was really great. My local affiliate almost screwed up enough to piss me off, because the sound sucked for the first song or so, but then the flashed a "One moment please" message and fixed it. That, and they were in the TV guide for 12 midnight, but when I went to bed at that time I checked the station and the movie that was scheduled to end at 12 was still in full swing. I went to sleep and crossed my fingers. My hour of taping ended up with a half hour of the movie ("The Green Berets" btw) and Paula's performance. I only got about 2 minutes of kd in the interview before the tape cut off. I would have really liked to get her on tape, but at least I got all of Paula! I thought Carmen with Holly Palmer was excellent, but everything else was really cool too. pax, Sarah <><><><>Sarah Andrews<><><><><><><><><><><><>sra5@psu.edu<><><><> /\ "I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process /\ \/ anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought \/ /\ or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or /\ \/ process anything sold, bought, or processed. Or repair \/ /\ anything sold, bought, or processed, you know, as a career." /\ \/ - John Cusack, _Say Anything_ \/ <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 00:20:10 -0400 From: "Kenn Carpenter" Subject: (harbinger) The Paula Screensaver I just downloaded the screensaver from the West 54th Session webpage. It's pretty cool! Obviously, they shamelessly plug themselves by having their own logo take up more room on the screen than either of the two images of Paula that alternative fade in and out of the black background.... but hey... what was expecting? So, yeah... it's a black background with the West 54th Sessions logo (the spinning disc) emblazoned prominently in the center of the screen. It reads "West 54th Sessions" elsewhere on the screen a couple of other times. But, then.. the good part.... two images of Paula (both from the waist up and no more than three inches high by two inches wide) fade in and out of the background and the words "Paula Cole" gradually fade in from the right side of the background and become larger as they reach the center of the screen. So, yeah... it moves and everything. Thanks again, Steve! I've set my screen saver to come on every 4 minutes now instead of every ten minutes. More opportunities to see Paula's gorgeous mug on my screen! :) Peace. Kenn - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 23:38:11 -0500 From: "Jessica K. Bacon" Subject: (harbinger) E-mail Does anyone know of an e-mail address for Paula? A long shot, I know....but I had to try. Jessica - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 00:33:47 -0400 From: "Kenn Carpenter" Subject: (harbinger) Paula's Interview from West 54th Sessions For those of you who like to keep this things archived..... Here=27s the = interview with Paula from West 54th Sessions...... Reprinted here = entirely without their permission. ;) Please note that there is A LOT = more of the interview here than what was actually shown on the show last = night.=20 PAULA COLE INTERVIEW PAULA COLE SEGMENT 1 Paula: Your permanent home is in LA? Chris: It=27s been pretty cool here though. We=27ve had 17 performances. This will be the 17th. Paula: Oh really? Chris: In nine days. Paula: I saw some of the list. Did k.d. come by Wednesday? Chris: k.d. was here. Paula: That=27s good, =27cause she=27s giving very few performances these days. Chris: I know, I know. She did a good set. She did just piano and vocal. That was Tuesday, it was great. Are we all set? We=27re going? Paula: Where is my microphone? Chris: Where is your microphone? Wait, let me see if I can figure it out. Paula: Is it on me? Chris: I see it. I=27m not gonna say anything, I=27m not gonna tell you. Man in room: It=27s making a lot of rustling noise. Paula: Oh, well that=27s =27cause I was moving around. If I know where it is... Man: It=27s reflecting inner turmoil. Chris: You think you=27re having inner turmoil? PAULA COLE - SEGMENT 2 Chris: I=27m glad you brought your clarinet and we=27re getting =22Suwannee Jo=22 today which I was very excited about because when I first heard that song I was just so transfixed I mean, where did that come from? That song? Paula: You know, I was really inspired by reading Zora Neal Hurston=27s =22Their Eyes Were Watching God=22. And she is like, well if you like Alice Walker, even Maya Angelou, even though Maya Angelou=27s writing style is kind of in itself, it is it=27s own island, but, a lot of contemporary black female writers like Toni Morrison have really drunk at the fountain of Zora Neal Hurston. Chris: Ah. Paula: She was one of the first Harlem renaissance black female writers to write in the colloquial language. Chris: Wow. Paula: And so it=27s really rich. Chris: That explains... Paula: It=27s really humble and yet profound. She=27s also one of my favorite authors and it=27s so dark and real. Profound and humble. So it just got me into that mood and this song is about this woman character who=27s kind of crazy. She=27s regarded as crazy by everybody in the town but really, in her own spirit, she=27s probably the most sane and strong one. This song is about her and kind of has that dark... Chris: ...dirge-like... Paula:...slave-trade kind of feel to it. Chris: Yeah. It does, it has a real blues element but it=27s also got a dirge-like quality and I kept hearing Ellington, you know, whenever we put it on the air, we put some Ellington next to it or something. Paula: Oh wow, god=21 Chris: Yeah, it=27s just really, really cool. Paula: That=27s such a compliment. Chris: Well... Paula: Ellington=27s so awesome. Chris: Clarinet: you studied clarinet at Berklee? Paula: No, I mean, I don=27t consider myself really a clarinet player. Chris: You fake it well. Paula: I started in 4th grade like so many people do and I have music in my heart and I have good ears , so I was able to get a good tone out of it. I=27ve kept it with me because now arrangement ideas that I have, I=27ll stack clarinet voicings and make arrangements with clarinet instead of voices or instead of keyboard. Chris: I see, I see. Paula: It=27s just a nice spooky sound. I like a real woody airy sound with a nice vibrato. Chris: Wow, well put. Paula: Yeah (they laugh). Chris: But, clarinet when you were in 4th grade, you said? Paula: Mmhmm. Chris: All the while though in the house, I mean, your dad was a musician? Right? Paula: Yeah. Chris: He was what, a bass player? Paula: Yeah. He played bass in a Polka band and they had records so I got to see my dad on record covers. Chris: Wow. Really=21 Paula: And he played a lot of instruments: piano, banjo, guitar, harmonica, and singing. We=27d all sing. We didn=27t really watch TV at all or listen to the radio so it was like we were in a family a hundred years ago when people used to gather around the campfire and express themselves in music. Chris: Do you have a, a big family? Paula: No, just myself and my sister and my parents. Chris: So singing was always happening. Paula: It was as corny as it sounds. It really was. Chris: So what was the repertoire? What were the favorites? Paula: Sometimes really stupid songs. Chris: Like what? That=27s what we wanna hear: what the stupid ones were. Paula: (sings) Yes, we have no bananas... Chris: Yeah? Paula: Things like that, to folk songs and standards, that=27s mostly what happened. Sometimes blues, you know like, *You Are My Sunshine=22, blues songs. Chris: No polkas? Did you guys sing polkas? Paula: Sometimes. My dad did the polka thing. We didn=27t really get into it. Chris: Right. =22Roll out the Barrel=22 is the only thing I can think of, I mean as a polka, you=27d want to sing along with. Paula: Well, =22The Too Fat Polka=22 (sings) =22I don=27t want her ,you can have her...=22=20 Together: =22...she=27s too fat for me=22.=20 Paula: See, you know that one. Chris: I didn=27t know that was a polka Paula: It=27s a polka, yeah, a polka.=20 Chris: Wow. But what was it that made you pick up the clarinet, I mean was it always the love of that woody sound you were talking about? Paula: I don=27t know. Why do we choose the trumpet instead of the clarinet in the fourth grade? I don=27t know. I guess I have of an =22out there in the dark=22 sound in my voice so maybe I gravitated towards a darker sound in an instrument.=20 Chris: Although, your voice in the fourth grade was probably a lot higher. Paula: Punier, yeah. Chris: More puny. But you ended up going to the Berklee College of Music studying what? Composition, was it? Paula: I studied a bunch of things but I ended up being a professional music major which is the vaguest, most non-descript major. Really it was an opportunity for me to meet other musicians. It was like this oasis because I came from this really small town where there wasn=27t much of a music pond and I had to meet other people. Chris: This is what? Rockport, Massachusetts?=20 Paula: Yeah, and began getting over my inhibitions and started...=20 Phone rings. Chris: I=27ll get it=21 Hello? Ah, she stepped out for a minute, can I take a message? Yes, yes I will, we=27re in the middle of an interview otherwise I=27d say hello, if you can hear us. I=27ll tell her you called...Thank you very much. Good-bye... Gemma=27s husband calling from Germany. Sorry about that. Paula: That=27s okay. Chris: So, oh I know where we were going, Rockport. Paula: Ummm..and Berklee. Chris: Yeah, but the last thing you said was... Paula: Why I came to Berklee because Rockport was tiny, tiny.. Chris: Right. Well, if you want to be a musician, you=27re really going to school to get the confidence , right? And the vocabulary to come out with the confidence and vocabulary to tackle what you=27re trying to do, what you=27re hearing, right ultimately? Paula: Absolutely. I wasn=27t able to sing a song with my eyes open. I=27d have my eyes shut the entire time and often, my back would be turned to the audience... Chris: Really? Paula: Yeah, I just crawled up into a shell. Music was very much an internal thing. It was hard for me to look out into people=27s eyes. It was very scary. So, being at Berklee, singing over and over again, helped just start peeling away the layers of the onion, peeling away the layers of... Chris: The inhibition.. Paula: Inhibition that we learn in our society. Chris: It=27s odd because you know most people don=27t sing out loud among friends and stuff because they never did it at home but you did it at home. Yet, outside of that circle, it was... Paula: Well, I was in high school plays and things. It just was always very easy and natural for me, but to actually think I was a singer... That was just very scary and to play a real gig and get up on a real stage, that=27s scary. That took some time.=20 PAULA COLE - SEGMENT 3 Chris: How did you get from Berklee to a Warner Brothers recording contract? Paula: Yeah, Long and circuitous journey. When I was at Berklee, I studied mostly singing. I was really into jazz. I wanted to be this great jazz vocal improvisationalist in the sky and I really had the expectations on myself. And I was studying music and I was transcribing the horn solos and things like that so..It was really cerebral and I was enjoying it less and less. I was analyzing everything that was coming out of my mouth.=20 Chris: Sure. Paula: So it was coming less from the heart. And finally, I rebelled against all of that and that=27s when I started writing all my own music. It wasn=27t until the very end of Berklee and I got such positive reinforcement, that it was clear this was my destiny. I was influenced along the line by some gospel too. I was one of the only white people in an all black gospel choir and that was amazing, coming from this little white town, you know? I wish every white person had that experience. It=27s amazing. And it helped me to just open my mouth and sing from my guts. Listening to Aretha Franklin, that helped me a lot too. Chris: Like from the toes up. Paula: Totally, from the crotch up. Chris: Yeah. Paula: That=27s really where it comes from. Chris: I guess so, yeah. The sensuality of it all. Paula: So then when I started writing my own songs I got a lot of positivity for it and actually got offered a deal from this label called GRP. They=27re more of a Jazz label. Chris: Sure. Paula: And that gave my confidence a big boost. I thought, =22maybe I can actually do this=22, so although I didn=27t take the deal, I was really a lot better for the offer and continued waitressing. Chris: Why didn=27t you take the deal? Was it just not the right thing? Paula: I felt it wasn=27t the right thing because they were more of a jazz label and they would=27ve been experimenting with me, trying to expand their boundaries and I felt that I=27d always be stuck in the jazz bin, stigmatized. And I knew somewhere secretly in my heart even though it was hard to admit it that I was meant for bigger horizons. Chris: ...Or more pop, broad-based appeal. Paula: Yeah, because I knew if I were on a label like Warner Brothers I could do whatever I wanted to do. Chris: They could take whatever you threw at em=27. Hopefully. Paula: Yeah, so I waited, I waited. Chris: You waited tables. Paula: I waited tables and I was a bakery clerk, and I wrote songs until I finally got a deal. Chris: Wow. Paula: Yeah, and it was Imago and nobody knew Imago. Imago had their share of troubles but in the end it=27s all good. It=27s all meant to be. Chris: It=27s all good, but you=27re still able to integrate the jazz leanings into your work, all the various styles of music that you love and you=27ve explored from the gospel, the jazz. Like, *Suwannee Jo=BE. I mean, you know I think you really have the aptitude, the vocabulary to do that kind of thing and pull it off, and it doesn=27t sound cosmetic. It sounds rich and soulful. Paula: I try really hard. I=27m really a hard worker, you know. Chris: But it seems as though you gotta have the soul in there. Paula: Yeah. Chris: The spirit of the origin in there. Paula: Yeah. Man: Did you know Jeff Tain up there? Man In Room: Jeff *Tain=BE Watts? Paula: He left already, unfortunately. Chris: What about Rockport, though? Describe the town, if you could, Rockport ,Massachusetts. Paula: It=27s a dry town; there=27s no alcohol served anywhere. Chris: What?=21 Paula: You can=27t buy, so there=27s still this kind of puritan Yankee ethic lingering. Chris: Oh, yeah. Paula: It=27s about a population of 5000 or so, although it triples in the summer =27cause it=27s so quaint and all the tourists come and flood it. It=27s on the water and there=27s a lot of granite and it=27s a really beautiful place where you can lose yourself in nature. But, it=27s kind of idyllic and perfect and sometimes suffocating because of that, you know? Everybody knows everybody. Now that I=27m over some of my anger I can go back and really see the beauty of such a small community and how they can nurture you. I=27m more appreciative of it now.=20 Chris: Have you gone back to Rockport and played any shows recently? Paula: I haven=27t played a show, but I will eventually. Chris: Wonder what that would be like? Paula: I mean, I wasn=27t even able to go back for about ten years. And then last summer I went back. I went to my high school ten year reunion. Chris: Oh wow, was that weird? Paula: It was great. I realized all my fears, all my silly thoughts were because of me. And that everyone had grown, and everyone was in a much better place really. Chris: That=27s usually what it is . Paula: Yeah. Chris: What you find out to be true that it really where all those fears come from. Paula: They come from yourself. Chris: From yourself. Paula: Yeah. Chris: Wow. Well, thanks. I think we=27re getting rushed out of here soon. They=27re telling us to wrap it up. Paula: O.K. Thanks. Thanks for supporting music, good music. Chris: It=27s great. You know, finding great music is what keeps me going, keeps it very exciting. So, thanks for being a part of all this. Paula: Yeah. Chris: Don=27t forget your clarinet. Paula: I won=27t, I carry it around with me so the reed won=27t get bonked.=20 - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 00:36:35 -0400 From: "Kenn Carpenter" Subject: (harbinger) E-mail -Reply A very optimistic Jessica Bacon asked: > Does anyone know of an e-mail address for Paula? A long shot, I > know....but I had to try. That's a good one, Jessica. :) No. No e-mail address for Paula. Post to Brian Titus' guest list. Paula has been known to read those posts quite often. In fact, if you look through you'll find a couple of posts from her, complimenting her fans on how great we are. :) Peace. Kenn - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 00:53:04 -0400 From: "Kenn Carpenter" Subject: (harbinger) A Hilarious and Wonderful Excerpt from Paula's Interview Check out this part of Paula's W. 54th interview..... > Paula: And it helped me to just open my mouth and sing from my > guts. Listening to Aretha Franklin, that helped me a lot too. > Chris: Like from the toes up. > Paula: Totally, from the crotch up. > Chris: Yeah. > Paula: That's really where it comes from. > Chris: I guess so, yeah. The sensuality of it all. ROFLMAO!!!! Oh, man!!! Why didn't they show *that* last night during the interview segments?? I'd have loved to have seen the expression on Chris' face when she said that! Even in the text version, he seems stunned. :D I guess we now know why listening to "Feelin' Love" can make you feel a little funny in your pants.... :) Paula's singing it from *her* crotch (God love her!), so it would only make sense that we're hearing it from somewhere in the same vicinity on our own person. You're beautiful, Paula. Truly beautiful ! Peace. Kenn - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 23:53:30 -0700 From: Irene Grau Subject: (harbinger) More Paula on TV Found this on RockOnTV: Saturday, July 12th (possibly Sunday--check TV guide) 1:00 am - VH1 - Hard Rock Live! : concert footage featuring Lou Reed (with special guests David Sanborn and Laurie Anderson) and Paula Cole Sunday, July 13th 2:30 pm - VH1 - Hard Rock Live! : concert footage featuring singer/songwriter Jewel (rerun) 5:00 pm - VH1 - Melissa Etheridge: Duets : Melissa performs with Joan Osborne, Jewel, Paula Cole and Sophie B. Hawkins I don't have cable. If anyone happens to catch any of these performances on tape I'd really love to work out something with you to get these. Thanks! Irene - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html For This Fire kinda-lyrics write Riphug@aol.com ------------------------------ End of harbinger-digest V2 #2 *****************************