From: owner-jewel-digest To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V1 #271 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "jewel-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. jewel-digest Thursday, 13 June 1996 Volume 01 : Number 271 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Pieces of You tabs? Re:Pieces of You My Life and Times.... Re:Pieces of You Musicians (Jewel) Re: Angel Standing By (Jewel) musicians and stuff (Jewel) Re: Peices of You (Jewel) Me again Re: (Jewel) Re: Peices of You Re: (Jewel) Re: Angel Standing By Ages LTD Down at the Bridge LTD Comfortably Numb LTD: Without You By My Side LTD: Billy Love Me Just Leave Me Alone well, since you asked... newbie ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Lipawen Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 18:22:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Pieces of You On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Rich Melko wrote: > I was wondering if anyone else was wondering why it always seems > that Jewel cracks jokes before and during this song so often. The first > time I heard this song was in concert and I remember her saying, "This is > for a girl who hates me." When she uttered, "she's an Ugly girl", I, as > well as most of the crowd, laughed. It sounded like maybe it was a funny > song. Then I heard, "Do you hate her because she's peices of You?" I > understood what was being said there and throughout the rest of the song and > it wasn't so funny. She does something similar with "Tiny Love Spaces." I've heard it in concert twice now, and she starts out by saying that it's a song she wrote for her answering machine. Everybody laughs. Then she sings the first line: "I don't care if you leave your name after the beep." Everybody laughs some more. But as the song continues, she grows more earnest and it stops being a "funny" song. Tom said it pretty well in his LTD when he wrote that it has a "hook for immediate recognition and a deeper soul for longer connections." Sometimes there's something special about a piece of work -- whether its a song, a book, or an episode of a TV show -- that works on multiple levels; something that has all the makings of a comedy that ends up having something fairly profound to say (or vice-versa). > Maybe it really is a funny song. That said, I don't think that's the case with POY. My first Jewel Experience was when she opened for Liz Phair in April of last year. Before POY, she admitted something that I haven't heard her say in the three times I've seen her live since. She said that some people close to her felt the lyrics for this song were "naive." And frankly, I agree. POY is probably one of her least "deep" songs, and my take is that, when in concert, she's smart enough to make the song more of an event (with all the Dolores/Keanu/Dole/lighters in stadiums stories) to call attention away from lyrics which would otherwise leave me cold (IMHO). Which isn't to say that I disagree with the song's message or that all the stories aren't entertaining. And what the hey, I could be absolutely wrong on this. How about some perspective from someone who's seen her perform the song in the really early days? Mark Lipawen, Yahoo uh-huh Snail mail: `------>adbivium@yahoo.com 635 Vaqueros Ave (formerly tspinlob@leland.stanford.edu) Sunnyvale, CA 94086 ------------------------------ From: klein@way.com (Jay Klein) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 96 21:41:43 EDT Subject: tabs? I was wondering if anyone has or knows where I can get tabs for the stuff on PoY. Sorry if I'm behind the times here, someone a while back said they had them but I never got a reply to my email to them. I can't wait to not be able to play the songs well at all because I'm so bad at guitar. Thanks, Jay klein@way.com ------------------------------ From: jasegedy@unccvx.uncc.edu (jason segedy) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 21:41:59 -0400 Subject: Re:Pieces of You I think that Andrew hit it right on the head when he said that people look around to see if the people around them are Jewish, gay, ugly, etc. It happened at every one of the five Jewel shows that I have been to, if she played it. Because, I noticed that at the last two shows that I went to (in May) "POY" was conspicuously absent. Coincidence? Actually, I think yes. We all know what a prolific songwriter Jewel is, and with all of these new songs, it is a given that she can't play every song on the album. I wouldn't worry too much, though. She has plenty of other thought-provocative songs in her repetoire. By the way, I wish they would play "POY" on the radio rather than "WWSYS." Are they burning it out or what? I heard a D.J. in Charlotte last week say that here is NEW one from an artist called Jewel. Come on! They were playing it last July in Cleveland, and I'm sure much before that in California. Oh well. p.s. Good call Rich. It's a damn shame that people feel the need to make others feel like the scum of the earth if they don't feel like smoking pot or drinking. "Surrender Dorothy!" - -Wicked Witch of the West/East? Jason ------------------------------ From: Tim Schoenberg Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 19:33:22 -0600 Subject: My Life and Times.... Hi, I am new to this group but just wanted to let everyone know that I am not serving 5-10 in Sing Sing. I am just a human being, like us all, trying to make our way through. Ocassional I find a passion that helps me through my life. Music happens to be one of them. I listen to music four to five hours a day. I love all kinds. I am especially intrigued by great female performers. Jewel is obviously this. I am twenty-seven or eight, when you start to reach this age you drop off a year or two....I have a BA in Business Management and a minor in Film. My passions that help me through life are music, movies, audio/video electronics, racing (cars/motorcycles), photgraphy, cigars, and my fiance'. I am of non-denominal belief system. I have been to Japan to study Zen. I believethat at the core level people are generally bad...and have to work to be good. I HATE anything that's hip for it's fifteen minutes...current case in points...gotees, coffee shops, and the old work shirt's from Mobil. Now realize this comes from someone who has had a gotee fro three years, and liked coffee before they became hip. I run and Internet Service Provider...at lest that's what I do for money to support my passions..... Finally.....I'll tell you I can bang on a piano just like Jery Lee Lewis.....it sounds pretty crappy though....I sing in the shower also. I don't think either of thoe count as a real muscian though... I am always open for e-mail and have a larege group of interest. Hopefully, I can now call all of my fellow subsciber's "FRIENDS"...I couldn't help it, bad tv puns come naturally!!! Anyway I think it is a good idea to share a little bit of who we are and what we like. So write away!!!! TIm ------------------------------ From: Michael Szabo Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 22:44:45 -0400 Subject: Re:Pieces of You I have just finished reading a few of all your comments and theories about Jewel trying to add sarcasm to lighten up a very serious song for the benefit of the audience... I bet however that Jewel does it also to lighten the song up for HERSELF. Could you imagine singing the same songs day after day and having to put your heart and soul into each performance? It must be exhausting, and perhaps sometimes a bit tedious... She needs to laugh too. :) Ciao! Michael .-'| ___ Michael Christopher Szabo / /.-' /'.--. .-;_. _.-'___ Graduate Assistant, School of Architecture / ,. -<' / " |/ // | > /---/ Kent State University /__/ \ \: ==// // / / / Email: cheezy@newreach.net \ \---/--'--/'__/ \_.>State University WWW:http://www.newreach.net/~cheezy/personal ------------------------------ From: schoon@thor.pla-net.net Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 21:43:25 -0500 Subject: Musicians > It is true that I had long hair > and played in a hard rock/metal band a couple of years ago (kinda a > combination of Queensryche and Pixies) but time marches on, and I proceeded > to cut my hair, become civilized in the eyes of society-at-large, and until > lately have been too busy to do anything other than putter. I feel for you, man. Try falling out from a thrash/death metal band. All of the sudden, something changed and I realized how narrow- minded the whole metal seen actually is. You just can't write a love song without sounding sadistic! Now, the heaviest I get is Bad Religion and their kinda folk/punk. Mikey ------------------------------ From: Piglet Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 22:59:02 +0600 Subject: (Jewel) Re: Angel Standing By >I listened to that tape in my truck on the way to work. It brought tears to >my eyes. I kept thinking of all the people that meant so much to me that glad to here I'm not the only guy out there that gets emotional listening to songs Robb (Sailor Jove) [w/ guests 12' Godzilla and Fuzzy the purple bear] You're long gone but I can't move on, and I miss you... - Everything But the Girl Save the Sailor Moon show! Save Our Sailors @ http://looney.physics.sunysb.edu/~daffy/sos/ ------------------------------ From: Piglet Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 22:59:04 +0600 Subject: (Jewel) musicians and stuff At 08:25 PM 6/12/96 -0400, you wrote: >On 12 Jun 1996, ANGEL GALINANES wrote: >> p.s: how many musicians are there in this list ??. well I play the Sax, mainly alto, and have been in music since highschool though I haven't played in a band since I graduated I feel that having a musical background lets you appreciate music more when you know how hard it is to get a tone and hold a pitch songs like Amen take on whole new meanings also was in a short lived garage band -Pez-Wor- with my best friends from highschool since I couldn't play guitar, bass, or drum I was elected singer Oh how I still aspire to be one... Nice to see that the list has calmed down some lately just joined two other servers - I'm not cheating on you Jewel (like anyone would) and unless your a die-hard moonie don't sign on to the Sailor Moon lists Yes, you heard that right. I'm a 21 year old biology major at the university of Virginia, Virginia Tech that is, and I watch Sailor Moon. Well Fuzzy and 12" Godzilla watch it with me. Robb (Sailor Jove) [w/ guests 12' Godzilla and Fuzzy the purple bear] You're long gone but I can't move on, and I miss you... - Everything But the Girl Save the Sailor Moon show! Save Our Sailors @ http://looney.physics.sunysb.edu/~daffy/sos/ ------------------------------ From: Piglet Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 22:59:06 +0600 Subject: (Jewel) Re: Peices of You >I think that the jokes during the song (Cranberries, etc.) help to cut the what was the Cranberries joke? and how could of not heard about it? Robb (Sailor Jove) [w/ guests 12' Godzilla and Fuzzy the purple bear] You're long gone but I can't move on, and I miss you... - Everything But the Girl Save the Sailor Moon show! Save Our Sailors @ http://looney.physics.sunysb.edu/~daffy/sos/ ------------------------------ From: Piglet Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 23:09:13 +0600 Subject: (Jewel) Me again I've been thinking that alot of you all out there maybe thinking I'm some 21yrold kid who likes toys and cartoons, yes Fuzzy and 12" Godzilla never actually talk to me (but I think they wisper to each other) sorry feeling real waky right now Now as I say I wish I could see Jewel in concert, I like it when performers add to their show by telling a little about the songs before they sing them, adding in dedications and such I saw Matthew Sweet here at Tech last semester and the show just sucked. His singing and playing were excelent but there was no crowd interaction and before every song he tuned his guitar and the other guys guitar and bass also. He constantly fiddled with the amps and speakers. And in the middle of my favorite song off of his latest--Smog Moon--he stopped with out telling the band. Saying they were way out of tune and couldn't do the song. Instead he started a "simpler song." The song sounded fine to me. Just goes to show some bands are worth seeing and some aren't. The opening band, 3lb Thrill, told stories jokes and gave odd dedications--Pinata to a watress that they liked. Their musical quality was just as good as Matthew's but their stage presence was much better Robb (Sailor Jove) [w/ guests 12' Godzilla and Fuzzy the purple bear] You're long gone but I can't move on, and I miss you... - Everything But the Girl Save the Sailor Moon show! Save Our Sailors @ http://looney.physics.sunysb.edu/~daffy/sos/ ------------------------------ From: Andrew Levstein Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 23:10:34 -0400 Subject: Re: (Jewel) Re: Peices of You During the line where Jewel sings "Faggot, Faggot" she says something like: "If Dolores from Cranberries were singing this it would go something like "Faggo-ot" (imagine the way Dolores kinda hiccups when she sings zombie-ieh-ieh Jewel does a dead-on impersonation of her! Cheers! Andrew Levstein lev@idirect.com At 10:59 PM 6/12/96 +0600, you wrote: > >>I think that the jokes during the song (Cranberries, etc.) help to cut the > what was the Cranberries joke? >and how could of not heard about it? > > Robb (Sailor Jove) [w/ guests 12' Godzilla and Fuzzy the purple bear] > >You're long gone but I can't move on, and I miss you... - Everything But the >Girl > >Save the Sailor Moon show! >Save Our Sailors @ http://looney.physics.sunysb.edu/~daffy/sos/ > > ------------------------------ From: James McGarry Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 23:16:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: (Jewel) Re: Angel Standing By On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Piglet wrote: > glad to here I'm not the only guy out there that gets emotional listening to > songs Not by a long shot, I can list a good ten of Jewel's songs that regularly get me teary-eyed :-) ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An artist should be fit for the best society and keep out of it. - - John Ruskin ========================================================================== ------------------------------ From: Bryce Wood Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 20:27:10 -0700 Subject: Ages You guys are talking about age and i would like to say i am only 15 and ilike a wide variety of music "Music, Music, You call this music??" And i REAlly like jewels style it is appealling to me and i even like the harder kinds of music like White Zombie ( hey hey no flames) and i think jewel has a sound that can apeal to all ages just like to say this to all of you :) talk to tou later adios, Bryce **************************************************************** "I'm Already Dead" WZ "There's no sex in your violence" Gavin Rossdale "I fear that I am ordinary just like everyone" Billy Corgan "They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove 'em" Zach de la Rocha "Who Will Save Your Soul" Jewel Kilcher "It's easier not to be great" Ed Kowalkawiz "No I don't have a gun" Kurt Cobain *************************************************************************** zzzzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzzz zombie2@ix.netcom.com =) Zombie69 and Zero on irc ------------------------------ From: Adam Longfellow Date: Wed, 12 Jun 96 23:36:17 -0500 Subject: LTD Down at the Bridge - -- [ From: Adam Longfellow * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Need a lot of help here Down at the Bridge by Jewel Kilcher I went down to the (?????) Didn't really know what I was going for Must have been a stroke of destiny That's a break (into me)?? We met in the frozen food section It was Mrs. Swanson love connection Down at the bridge. Down down down at the bridge Down at the bridge. Down down down at the bridge You can really tell a lot about a man By if he likes his peaches to eat fresh or canned Does he like Tide or Wisk I've never go to know a guy as good as this You ???????????????????????? It was love at first sigh, there was no denying Down at the bridge. Down down down at the bridge Down at the bridge. Down down down at the bridge ???????????????????????????? It's not real fast, but it goes real far Like what I say, wouldn't have it any other way way way I walk slowly towards you down the aisle I got this future flash and it made me smile I knew right then I had better leave or forever hold my peace Put your grocery bag inside my cart And I knew I'd never get ya out of my heart Down at the bridge. Down down down at the bridge Down at the bridge. Down down down at the bridge Transcribed by Adam Longfellow - -- My new Jewel website is up! Pieces of Jewel http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/xenomorph/jewelmn.htm Check it out and spread the word. Also, I want to compile accurate concert info so I'm looking for people to send me setlists, reviews, details ASAP. I would love for the site to be updated everyday with the latest and greatest info. ------------------------------ From: Adam Longfellow Date: Wed, 12 Jun 96 23:36:25 -0500 Subject: LTD Comfortably Numb - -- [ From: Adam Longfellow * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Need a little help on this one. Comfortably Numb by Jewel Kilcher Snow is on the mountain winter settles in my heart Icy fingers are familiar smooth and cold and oh so hard Comfortably numb Frost bites deep tiny birds fly from my heart White winds scream as they leave frozen lands of my heart Comfortably numb I watch my hands to see what it is they do Their dirty, they don't build churches They don't take risks and they don't remember you Comfortably numb Orion was a mighty warrior >>>>>'s a cheap French maid He said sweetheart I give you the moon She says I much prefer jewelry (So in a stars he say) ?? Comfortably numb Me and Jesus, we go way back Cause we used to hang at the mall He says he can't trust him He'll just put holes in your hands So I covered him up and stole a bottle of cheap cologne Comfortably numb (Nord, forbid, care) crawled up my arm and I killed it right on the spot For fear it might fall out of my heart And make me love what I do not Comfortably Comfortably Comfortably Numb Transcribed by Adam Longfellow - -- My new Jewel website is up! Pieces of Jewel http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/xenomorph/jewelmn.htm Check it out and spread the word. Also, I want to compile accurate concert info so I'm looking for people to send me setlists, reviews, details ASAP. I would love for the site to be updated everyday with the latest and greatest info. ------------------------------ From: Adam Longfellow Date: Wed, 12 Jun 96 23:36:32 -0500 Subject: LTD: Without You By My Side - -- [ From: Adam Longfellow * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Definitely need some help here. Without You By My Side by Jewel Kilcher I lie so tired in my bed And the moon shows herself to the door And I shut my eyes. I pray to God, won't you tell me please, What's a girl like me doing lying here without you by my side lying here without you by my side lying here without you by my side The room fills with moonlight and memories of old times But don't worry about me, I'm just fine most of the time The hardest part is late night I'm home all alone And the house is so still nothing better to do than think about you I'm lying here without you by my side I'm here without you by my side How quic my heart wants to believe, I'll never be lonely again As though ???????? never thought about much But it's lonely standing here ????????????????? and candlight and poetry but mainly, It's the warmth of your skin And having you by my side And how I love you by my side There's this pain in my heart, it's so heavy, so sad felt like a weight (but at any moment it come crashing down!!) ??? Feel so (glad, damn) lonely I'm lying here without you by my side I'm lying here without you by my side Transcribed by Adam Longfellow - -- My new Jewel website is up! Pieces of Jewel http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/xenomorph/jewelmn.htm Check it out and spread the word. Also, I want to compile accurate concert info so I'm looking for people to send me setlists, reviews, details ASAP. I would love for the site to be updated everyday with the latest and greatest info. ------------------------------ From: Adam Longfellow Date: Wed, 12 Jun 96 23:36:45 -0500 Subject: LTD: Billy - -- [ From: Adam Longfellow * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Billy by Jewel Kilcher I know little Billy from the small time town Ma and Pa meant well but they just weren't around But he would learn what little they had taught They told him, Heaven is hard but hell is not He remembers Papa's words before he died He said, word hard son, you must change the tide Before our people have liberation, you can never rest On your shoulders, lies our future boy, so do your best Do more than your best Never forgot the burden of his father's words He lost his own life and lived the world's No one told Billy theres somethings one man just can't do Takes time to forgive and equality to take more before it's through Just takes time But still Billy went down to the big time town Hoping to find some justice there, But God how it all seems cynical through the eyes of despair He no longer saw in color, he only saw black and white There were never people behind thses faces Until he realized one man can't win Can't win this fight So Billy went back to small time town He got a life and he settled down He teaches children who never really thought He told them, Heaven is hard and Hell is Heaven is hard and hell is Hell is not worth fighting for. Corrections anyone? Transcribed by Adam Longfellow - -- My new Jewel website is up! Pieces of Jewel http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/xenomorph/jewelmn.htm Check it out and spread the word. Also, I want to compile accurate concert info so I'm looking for people to send me setlists, reviews, details ASAP. I would love for the site to be updated everyday with the latest and greatest info. ------------------------------ From: SkinnyPete@aol.com Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 00:09:22 -0400 Subject: Love Me Just Leave Me Alone Anyone else love this tune? I heard it on one of the first nights she played it on 5/18 at the Boston Westwood One taping and I was just blown away. It's probably my favorite song by her to date. But I haven't heard anyone mention it before. Everyone is talking about which new songs should be on her next album, well I'm gonna be VERY upset if this one doesn't qualify. And, yes, I play keyboards, drums, and love the sound of two bricks being smashed together, thank you. - Skinny Pete P.S. Someone told me that you actually DON'T get free beer for being a member of "Jewel@smoe.org". I thought, "Wow, how misleading!" ------------------------------ From: CornflkGl@aol.com Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 00:36:45 -0400 Subject: well, since you asked... Okay, I'll keep this short- ( and just so you know, this is a response to the age and musician questions ) I play french horn, I have for 7 years , and let me tell you, it is HARD to play Jewel on a horn ! Mostly because I try sitting at a piano with a song playing until I figure out the notes, and THEN write it on music with timing and all that crazy stuff, and THEN I have to try to play it !!! But of course I'm not complaining. I'm just a mere 17 years old, which I think is good. I'm not sure why. I guess I just know that in 20 years I'll be glad I appreciated being 17. Next year I'll start college, majoring in music, which seemed like an easy way out of finding a real career. And also, if anyone bothered to read this all the way to this part, I'd just like to say congratulations. Hell, I'd be in bed right now if my best friend hadn't forced me to stay up and watch Pulp Fiction. Blaah. Rachel CornflkGl@aol.com ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz.............. ------------------------------ From: larry siegel Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 23:41:52 -0500 Subject: newbie i am a new member to this group,but i think most of these posts are pretty good, better than alt.alternative.female by a long shot. Anyway, i saw jewel at chicago and she was great. One question on most interviews on tv she seems so quiet and serene, while in concert she is funny and flighty. just wondering. also, i have been trying to get any type of bootleg of her performances, with no success. I have save the linoleum and dubbed the irving plaza performance off the internet but the sound is baddd!! if anyone has a cool bootleg hopefully with a sped up version of race car driver please email me. ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V1 #271 ***************************