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Today's Subjects: ----------------- Jewel and the Super Bowl/ Anthem - answer to Georges' question [Mike Con] Re: EDA's Toolkit to a Jewel concert [MLewisFL@aol.com] i hate valentine's day... [Karyn Cruz ] NJC: EDAs actions ["ASTIER Sylvain" ] Jewel news on rollingstone site ["michiel" ] Foolish Games ["Jill Muno" ] Jewel in Teen People [Lin11@aol.com] Does anyone have Jewel on SNL? [Tanner Evans ] Re: Foolish Games ["Cymbaline 76" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 06:28:21 -0500 From: Mike Connell Subject: Jewel and the Super Bowl/ Anthem - answer to Georges' question George asked in his post reviewing a book about Jewel: >Ok I have a question for you angels.... Did any of you think when Jewel >missed the lip synch on the Star-Spangled Banner She might of done it cause >they wouldn't let her do it live (I didn't get to see this I'm just asking) It's an interesting conjecture, however it's well known that NBC "went to Jewel" about 20 seconds before they were supposed to, as per the article below (from a year ago today, oddly). She wasn't even close to being ready when the music started. Mike :-) ******** "Red glare of doubt bursting over Jewel's Super Bowl gig" By George Varga - January 28, 1998 Did she or didn't she? Did top-selling San Diego singer-songwriter Jewel sing the national anthem live at Sunday's Super Bowl game? Or did she lip-sync it, as a number of TV viewers and Pop Beat readers maintain? The answer to that question depends on whom you ask. At a news conference at Qualcomm Stadium last Friday, Jewel said she would be singing live-to-track, which is standard procedure at many professional sporting events. It's also common practice at dance-pop concerts, which often feature vocally challenged young artists who can only dream of matching Jewel's soaring singing style in general, let alone her dignified reading of the anthem. By one definition, live-to-track means a singer is performing live over a prerecorded instrumental backing track. By another, it means the entire track - - -- including the vocal -- is recorded live, and the singer is lip-syncing. For TV viewers, Jewel's vocal began a split second before her mouth opened at the beginning of the anthem Sunday. Therefore, it would seem, Jewel was lip-syncing. Pop Beat, which covered the anthem live on the field from an obstructed corner of the end zone, did not have the same vantage point as TV viewers. So we called NBC-TV, which broadcast the Super Bowl, for clarification. "NBC is not in the position to do that," Ed Markey, NBC's vice president of sports communications, said Monday. "You'll have to talk to the NFL." Come on down, Steve Brenner! A veteran NFL spokesman, Brenner emphatically stated that Jewel sang live-to-track, and that indeed meant live. "She sang over a track," he said. "It was a live microphone, and she sang along with her own voice. I've been involved with the last 12 Super Bowls, and it's always been that way, where they have it on track and the artist sings along, the same way as Whitney Houston" (who did the anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl). But what about the gap between the start of Jewel's vocal being heard on TV and the start of her stadium performance just after. "There was a (technical) miscue," Jim Steeg, the NFL's director of special events, said Monday. "In fact, the whole anthem thing started about 20 seconds earlier than it was supposed to, because NBC was supposed to come back to us (the NFL producer) and they went straight to her." Moreover, Steeg said, there were actually two different audio tracks. One was completely prerecorded, Jewel's vocal included, for TV broadcast only. The other was for those in the stadium and enabled Jewel to sing live as soon as she caught up with the prematurely cued TV audio track. "One is going to the stadium, and one to TV," Steeg said. "What we were trying to do was have them be in sync. We didn't (succeed)." So TV viewers heard a lip-synced anthem by Jewel, while those at Qualcomm Stadium heard the real thing. Case settled. Right? Wrong. "Actually, it wasn't live at all," said Jewel's mother and co-manager, Nedra Carroll, who was with Jewel at the Super Bowl. She said that Jewel's microphone was a prop. "I just spoke with the NFL, and told them we would answer this question frankly." (Jewel, who was attending the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, was unavailable for comment.) "Jewel requested she be able to sing the anthem live, a cappella," Carroll continued. "They (the NFL) said they were now discouraging artists from doing it live. They thought it worked much better for artists to do it on tape." As for Jewel's comments at the news conference Friday about singing "live-to-track," Carroll said, "that was the way it was talked about, and Jewel answered that way automatically and later thought it was kind of misleading, which she didn't intend it to be." But what about the insistence by NFL spokesmen Jim Steeg and Steve Brenner that Jewel sang live? "I would anticipate both Steve and Jim were of the impression it was live-to-track, (although) I will not, and can't, speak for them," said Rob Heller, a talent consultant to Super Bowl entertainment coordinator Bob Best, who was unavailable for comment. "The fact is it (Jewel's vocals were on) a prerecorded track," Heller continued. " . . . If it was up to Jewel, she would have enjoyed doing it a cappella." While acknowledging Jewel's performance was completely on tape, Heller maintained this "certainly doesn't violate the integrity of the performance, because Jewel did an incredible job." Reached later, Brenner said, "I stand on what I said before," then added: "Basically, the NFL allows the artist to sing live-to-track, so it's up to the artist." Absolutely not so, said Carroll. "Jewel wanted to sing it live, and they (the NFL) said no. We asked them a couple of times." In a post-anthem interview Sunday, Pop Beat asked Jewel if she considered taping her vocal. She responded: "I hadn't, um, I was, I don't know; I just didn't do it." Asked to clarify, Carroll said: "All I can do is go back to what happened. She wanted to sing it live, and the NFL said no. So I guess she was thinking, 'I won't go into all of that.' I know there was no intention to mislead; it's hard to be precise in every word." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:37:00 EST From: MLewisFL@aol.com Subject: Re: EDA's Toolkit to a Jewel concert Nick: No Frisbees!! (just kidding). Cameras and recording devices are probably going to be on a bring-at-your-own-risk basis, since if Security finds you, they'll take your film/tape. At least, that's how it is mostly in the States. Enjoy! Let us know how the show is! ml > > Hi again everyone, i am still rather excited about Jewel coming to NZ. I > have never been to a concert before in my life, as well I haven't actually > thought about going to any if it wasn't Jewel doing the concert. So anyway > what are we allowed to bring into the concert??? are we allowed cameras??? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:02:00 -0500 From: Karyn Cruz Subject: i hate valentine's day... Hi, angels, i know i just posted this less than a few weeks ago but i just have to ask again: Does anybody have the guitar tabs for "i hate Valentine's day"? i've been searching and searching through the internet and can't find it anywhere... V-day is around the corner...it's absolutely critical that i learn this song before then! =P Thanks to the angels who answered my last post regarding this song. When i find the "i hate Valentine's day" song , i will be sure to send it to you, too. =) If you can help me, i'll be clean your room for a whole month! (well...maybe!) tee hee! karyn idiosyncratic... kacruz@indiana.edu /\o/\ "/ \" - "...i unfasten myself from your side, slip away, quiet as a sigh...there'll be no more heartaches, there'll be no more heartaches for me..." --Jewel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 16:59:46 +0100 From: "ASTIER Sylvain" Subject: NJC: EDAs actions Dear EDAs, I need information about all the actions done by the EDAs, I mean all the important things from the birthday gift to Jewel to the ‘been down so long’ video project. This is need to write a part of an English rapport. Every anecdotes, or things that may help me are welcome too. Thanks for your help and friendship, Take care, Sylvain ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 18:27:12 +0100 From: "michiel" Subject: Jewel news on rollingstone site Hi Jewelfans, This is what i read on the rollingstone musicmagazine site : Jewel shines. The History of Women in Music The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, Jan. 25, 1999 With an eclectic lineup ranging from the folk blues of Odetta to radio's best friend Jewel, the evening had the makings of historic proportions. Billed as "1960-1999: The History of Women in Music," the concert was organized for the benefit of Zero Population Growth and the Turner/Fonda Project, which aims to improve access to family planning information and services. But, as impressive as the lineup -- eight women in all -- sounded on paper, the affair was, by and large, a matter of endurance, its rare moments of beauty thrown off balance by frustrating displays of cringe-inducing mediocrity. Highlights included the rise and fall of Odetta's voice, retro-country wonder Mandy Barnett, and the lyrical sincerity of Jewel. Bringing it all down was a bad sound mix, high-school talent show lighting, Janis Ian's pseudo-Ani DiFranco, bust-out-guitar playing, Paula Cole's masturbation scene and Helen Reddy's Japanese restaurant entertainment. Odetta, arguably the only true legend in the house, was a stunner. It was almost unfair that she opened because it set a towering standard for the others to reach. The high point of her set was Mama and Papa Yancy's "Ain't It Hard Lord." Odetta rolled up her sleeves and, with one hand on her hip, got down to business. After fifty years of performing, Odetta remains a glorious and spiritual force. Young country newcomer Mandy Barnett had the most to prove at her first New York gig, and she did not disappoint. With her nine-piece band commanding the stage, Mandy eased into Porter Wagoner's "Trademark," the toe-tapping "Ever True Evermore," and "I've Got a Right To Cry." Leaning toward old-school country and conjuring up images of Patsy Cline, Barnett's voice was astonishing in its depth and clarity and heralded a promising career. Non-Jewel fans force-fed her music by radio might think it was sacrilegious that she was the headlining act, and that she got more playtime (six songs to everyone else's three). But all such doubts were quashed by Jewel's extraordinary set. Cameras lent a strobe-like effect to the stage as Jewel danced as stiffly as a shy young girl coming out of her shell at the sixth grade dance, but despite an abundance of technical problems, Jewel remained collected and delivered an intense set of hits from "Hands" to "Foolish Games." Like Pocahontas on acid, Paula Cole was a slave to the rhythm, hopping around madly in her familiar squaw outfit. With "Me" to "I Don't Want to Wait," Cole clearly aimed to satisfy -- one young fan was even welcomed with open arms on stage. The exception was "feelin' love" -- quite the understatement for the performance she gave. Writhing in orgasmic ecstasy on her piano bench, Cole was animalistic, trying to seduce the crowd by grunting urgently, "You make me feel snakes inside." Quite a shocker for the Moms and Dads that brought young Susie to the show to hear that Dawson's Creek song. The rest of us were just uncomfortable. With dramatic flair intact and her voice as strong as ever, Helen "I Am Woman, Here Me Karaoke" Reddy avoided the feminist anthem that made her, cued her DAT and launched into Broadway-meets-Holiday-Inn worthy versions of "Angie Baby" and "Tell Me It's Not True" from the musical Blood Brothers. Ian, looking like an unholy cross between Rhea Perlman and Olivia Newton-John circa "Physical," started off well with "At Seventeen," but got off course with the adult contemporary anthem rock of "Take No Prisoners" and her self-indulgent, extended solos. No less painfully earnest was Sixties crooner Judy Collins. After a desperately-long ode to her beloved "Colorado," Collins found a moment of grace in "Both Sides Now" that begged for animated woodland critter accompaniment. Relief seemed imminent when Phoebe Snow took the stage, but the "singer's singer" went astray with her freedom rock delivery and power-to-the-people cover (gasp!) of "Piece of My Heart" that recalled the Blues Brothers more than Janis Joplin. The biggest letdown of the evening came at the end of the night. After Jewel received an energetic ovation, the singers came out for a final bow. There was no final encore. No rousing rendition of "I Am Woman." No jam sessions between artists. No nothing. Granted, they had donated their time and talent, but it would have been more interesting if there had been some collaboration. This event could have been something special, something extraordinary, but instead, it was a slim helping of history in Cliff's Notes form. MARIAN MONTGOMERY (January 27, 1999) greetings, Michiel Jewelfan in holland ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:32:00 PST From: "Jill Muno" Subject: Foolish Games Hey angels, I was at Tower Records yesterday and I saw a CD by an artist named Jem. The song was "Foolish Games" and it said written by J. Kilcher. It was a dance mix version. Has anyone seen or heard this version? And who the heck is Jem? (It made me think of the cartoon from when I was little anyone else remember that?) Jill ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 16:16:33 EST From: Lin11@aol.com Subject: Jewel in Teen People hey EDA's, in the Feb issue of Teen People there is a short interview with Jewel. It has one picture. it is of jewel walking across the top of a building, she is wearing a red dress. the caption says, " Gem of a singer: Jewel sparkles her second time out. " here's the article: Pieces of Jewel The singer whose luster never seems to fade sounds off on her critics, women in rock and where her Spirit may take her. TP Do you think music has the power to change lives? J At the end of the day, this is just pop music. It isn't like saving lives. I don't think it matters too much. My job is to honestly portray where i'm currently at and work as hard as i can. The rest is up to fad, fashion and timing. TP Even if you're not saving lives, you do affect the lives of your fans. J I write my records for myself and for the kids that listen to them. When my first record was out, I became so self-concious and thought, "How can you even walk out on stage?" Then I realized: Kids get it. Kids get what I'm about, what I'm honestly trying to say, even my shortcomings. TP Is it frustrating to be lumped into the "women in rock" category? J I cannot wait for the whole Chick Rock thing to boil over. I don't overidentify with my sexuality, in the sense that the media blows it up. I don't like being called a "great female singer-songwriter" or the idea that i'm competing more with Alanis Morisette than with a male musician. It's sort of silly to me. I don't like to see us pitted against each other. TP You've had incredible success at a very young age. Where do you see your career going from here? J I was nineteen when I put out my first record. I'm only twenty-four now, and of course I'm going to have songs that aren't great or perfect yet. But I don't think about that now as much as I think, "Will I be here in twenty years?" I think people will have a much better idea of who I am in twenty years than they will of me now. It's impossible to know me too well right now. Lindsay :) the nameless angel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 16:25:18 -0600 From: Tanner Evans Subject: Does anyone have Jewel on SNL? Hi, Back in either November or December Jewel was on Saturday Nigh Live. Well, I had it recorded, but I guess I either lost it or it accedently got recorded over. Does anyone have a copy of it they can get me? I'd really appreciate it! Tanner Evans of Planet Jewel: http://tanweb.com/jewel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 18:27:39 PST From: "Cymbaline 76" Subject: Re: Foolish Games Hi there, I heard of this. Its a dance remix of Foolish Games. Its Jewel singing it. but since its not atlantic records, they can't use Jewel's name. So they do a similiar alias for the name. They do that so THEY get the money. Not the artist, or the artist's record company. They did this w/ "Torn" and said it was by "Natalie Brown" cymbaline >Hey angels, >I was at Tower Records yesterday and I saw a CD by an artist named Jem. >The song was "Foolish Games" and it said written by J. Kilcher. It was a >dance mix version. Has anyone seen or heard this version? ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V4 #47 **************************