From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V3 #616 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Monday, November 16 1998 Volume 03 : Number 616 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * jewel-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY the word * unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Jewel tour dates, go to: * http://jewel.zoonation.com and click on "TOUR" * OR * go to the OFFICIAL Jewel home page at http://www.jeweljk.com * and go to the "What, When, Where" section * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: jewel-digest V3 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- I got Spirit today :-) [Louise ] Jewel is so great [Freakbus6@aol.com] Ugliest outfit ever. [KSmith7507@aol.com] repetition ["Kevin J. Elliott" ] skirt? what skirt? [Tessa ] Re: Stuff....Innocence Maintained is a GREAT song, Angels. Promise [Loui] Re: jewel-digest V3 #xxx [Skinnygrl@aol.com] "Spirit" review from Jam! - a 4 out of 4 rating! [np ] NJC: re: Casey's Top 20 (vs Casey's "American Top 40"??) [Charlie Watkin] "We are loved beyond our ability to comprehend" [Accurate02@aol.com] NJC: are there any EDA's in WI or MT? [DMJSMIG@aol.com] NJC: looking to add to my collection [DMJSMIG@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:58:54 +1000 From: Louise Subject: I got Spirit today :-) Hey Angels, Well I got Spirit today and haven't stopped listening to it. It is just sooo good, it is so different hearing Jewel singing with more instruments than just her guitar, but it sounds great. I won't go into depth coz lots of you don't have it yet. So okay i finally found 2 good things about Australia!! One, Spirit was released today (Monday 16th) and two, the Aus version of Spirit has a bonus track of Who Will Save Your Soul (live). It is an awesome version. Recorded October 16th 1996 for "2 Mmeter Sessions" VARA radio in the Netherlands. Is is one of the best versions I've heard of WWSYS. The cd sleeve is cool also. You get a pic of Jewel's feet...strange..., and one with her and her mom. That's a cute one. Okay I'm babbling, take care Angels Louise, "one of the kindest Angels" "In the end only kindness matters" - Jewel ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:16:30 EST From: Freakbus6@aol.com Subject: Jewel is so great I thought this might have been something that would have been said a thousand times by now, but on the SNL performanes Jewel pretty much gave us the greatest complement possible, she changed the words at the end of "Hands" to "we are reflection of God". I can't even think of a greater complament, why didn't the rest of you guys catch that. Jewel ROX!!!!!!! George of the Jungle The Ska Punk Angel "see my friends begin to age, a short count down to their end"-Green Day ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:15:15 EST From: KSmith7507@aol.com Subject: Ugliest outfit ever. "So please, no more comments on her outfit. "-Miss Bossy.There are over 3,000 people on this list besides you and if we want to discuss Jewels eye color then were gonna do it. I couldn't sleep last night after seeing Jewel gyrating in that awful pleather skirt no it wasn't even a skirt more like a belt. That was so U-G-L-Y-.Okay she was getting her groove on dancing, and that was cool. Lets just say if Jewel had tried to sit down we would have seen more than we did. I am not judging jewel. That outfit would have looked god ugly on anyone. SOME of you might say I don't care what she wears and I am sick of reading these E-mails about her outfit on SNL yadda,yadda,yadda.Well guess what if you don't want to read the e-mails(This might come as a suprise)you don't have to read them you have a choice to push the button or not to push the button. I love Jewel I still think she is wonderfull ,but I didn't like her outfit that s all. MUCH LOVE, ~Pshyco Angel~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 22:16:49 +0000 From: "Kevin J. Elliott" Subject: repetition I just have a quick question... Am I in for this much repetition all the time? I mean, I joined this list only 2 days ago and have read over 100 messages about the same thing...and only a few of them were original. I am just sitting here hoping that the discussion about one of my favorite artists gets more interesting than this.. Maybe i just joined at the wrong time. Please don't read this as a complaint...i'm just wondering if this is how it always is? - -Peace - -Kevin J. Elliott - -www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/8370 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 22:36:30 -0600 From: Tessa Subject: skirt? what skirt? hmmmm as a veteran, I feel a strange sence of deja vu... could it be the boredom of an over worked subject and annoying arrival of 50 zillion digests in a 24 hour period? You be the judge! Anyways... so when I woke up this morning to 50 zillion posts... I was a little confused as to this short skirt you guys were talking about. So I kinda rewound the tape I recorded the preformance on and watched it again... and then again... I then came to two conclusions: #1 her skirt wasnt really that short... her legs are very long and so it gives the illusion of shortness and #2 what she wears has absolutely nothing /"has a rats ass " ;c) to do with her music... and it shouldnt have anything to do with her intellegence level, or how much power women have... well, you know that she must have a lot of power if all she has to do is wear a short skirt to gain the attention of all... so maybe that isnt such a valid argument! Anyways go play some checkers or something and enjoy Jewel as a musician, she is, after all, just like all of us, an EVERYDAY ANGEL, human and beautiful. Chill with the email and get in touch with your Harris side :c) *hugs* Tessa (the little Harris }angel{) *HI DENNIS!!!!!* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:35:31 +1000 From: Louise Subject: Re: Stuff....Innocence Maintained is a GREAT song, Angels. Promise :-) Sender: owner-jewel@smoe.org Precedence: bulk "First of all, I want to say I went to L.A. yesterday and I picked up the two > Hands imports. I'm playing "Innocence Maintained" right now. Oh my gosh, it's > horrible. I think the problem with this album is Jewel wants to give all of her songs a new sound so she changes them so much that they sound new."..... What's up with that??!! It is SO not horrible!!! The Australian Hands single has Innocence Maintained on it and I reckon it's an awesome song. Oh so does Sprirt which I got today. (hehe) The lyrics are true to life, the guitar sounds great, as does Jewel's voice. It's got a great beat, an awesome chorus and Jewel's voice just glides through it. So don't listen to the above comment coz it is a way cool song, one of my favorites from Spirit :-) Take care Angels Louise, "one of the kindest Angels" "In the end only kindness matters" - Jewel ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:36:19 EST From: Skinnygrl@aol.com Subject: Re: jewel-digest V3 #xxx Well, umm, I'm kinda nervous about what I'm supposed to write here.. I just subscribed to this, because my good friend always sends me the "important" stuff. So anyway, I was just wondering if anyone knows any possible way that I could get on the list for Total Request Live... My ex-boyfriend is going with his new girlfriend. And it really sucks, because he doesn't even like Jewel as much as he used to. She actually got on the list, and they said she could bring a guest, him.. They were going to ask if I could go too, because we're still friends and all, but last night we decided to say our goodbyes, because seeing each other like that was tearing us apart. So now I feel so replaced. The first concert I ever saw was Jewel, at Jones Beach. I still have the ticket stub. He took me to see her, second row at Jones Beach... It was such an awesome experience, and it just seems like now it's not as special because he's going to see Jewel with her now... I now this is kind of personal, and I don't know anyone, but I'm kind of just venting a little, so I hope no one minds.. Thanks, Sharon *the Angel that lost her angel* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 22:55:06 -0800 From: np Subject: "Spirit" review from Jam! - a 4 out of 4 rating! Hey! Another "Spirit" review here. This one is by a Jane Stevenson of the Toronto Sun - giving her, as said above, a 4/4 :) I'm counting the hours, Nik - an Aspiring Angel ************************************************************************ Jewel's 'Spirit' displays maturity By JANE STEVENSON -- Toronto Sun Jewel Spirit (Atlantic) It's been four years since we've heard anything new come out of the pouty-shaped mouth of this Alaskan singer-songwriter and for good reason. Jewel's debut, 1994's Pieces Of You, just kept selling and selling and selling -- 10 million copies worldwide and counting -- delaying her much-anticipated followup. Thankfully, her 13-track sophomore effort, which finally hits stores on Tuesday with famed producer Patrick Leonard (Madonna) behind the console, was more than worth the wait. Jewel, who supposedly had a list of 15 different producers from which to choose, expands upon her traditional folk-pop sound with a variety of instrumentation --- piano, keyboards, pedal steel guitar, B3 organ, cello, mandolin, 12-string guitar -- and more mature lyricwriting overall. Even her little-girl voice has matured to the point that this album sounds downright sophisticated compared to the Elly May Clampett-like emoting heard on some of the Pieces Of You tracks. As the singer herself has pointed out herself about a million times, she was only 16 and 17 years old when she composed the songs for Pieces Of You, so give her a break. Certainly, a couple of years of fame and fortune has forced Jewel to grow up quicker than most as she has struggled to deal with the transition from her poverty-ridden life of living in a van to becoming a multi-platinum artist with money to burn. Take, for example, the sentiments on the pretty-sounding opening track, Deep Water, as she recalls: "And you wake up to realize your standard of living somehow got stuck on survive," the more uptempo Down So Long: "The wind blows cold when you reach the top, It feels like someone's face is stuck to the bottom of my shoe, and the trippier Barcelona: "Super paranoid, I'm blending, I'm blurring, I'm bleeding into the scenery." More often than not though, Jewel ponders matters of the heart on such standout love songs as What's Simple Is True, Kiss The Flame and Jupiter. It's when she gets bogged down on weightier subjects that Jewel doesn't quite succeed, like on the first single, Hands: "If I could tell the world just one thing, it would be that we're all OK," or Innocence Maintained: "We've made houses for hatred, It's time we made a place, Where people's souls may be seen and made safe." Also if you get the strange feeling that you've heard some of these songs before, like the stripped-down, acoustic numbers, Fat Boy and Enter From The East, you have. Jewel has performed both in concert in Toronto over the last couple of years. An interesting sidebar is the bonus track, This Little Bird, which features Jewel and her mother-manager Nedra Carroll, who possesses a deep, warm voice of her own, singing an a cappella duet. ************************************************************************ Awkward ending, eh? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:51:00 -0500 From: "Jon Arena" Subject: This list is too damn big I unsubscribed form this list about 2 months ago because I had lost intrest and wasn't enjoying it like I used to when I first subscribed. But today, after popping my brand new copy of "Spirit" into my CD player, I thought, "What the Hell, I'd like to enjoy being apart of the list again". Well, the first thing I get is 50 emails about Jewels skirt. Well, at first I didn't mind beacause the first 15 or so were actually opinions. I think Mike Connell said it best: >The skirt? I dunno. While I don't think it flattered her at all (she ain't >got the thighs for it, but then neither do I), who gives a rat's patootie >really? But then in came the "Shut up about the skirt" posts, and all of those "you are an idiot for discussing this topic" posts. Tons of them. Well that's great that you can object to all this nosense discussion, but by posting and telling people to shut up, you are just adding to the nonsense. My theory is that this can be expected by a list this size. I hate how many people are on this list. I have since I joined for the first time almost a year ago. The more people there are, there more you lose the sense that you are actually writing to people. People who care. I can't really give much of a soulution here. Who am I to tell everyone to leave the list. All I can say is, don't post unless it is well thought out. - -Jon The Angel who used to have some faith - ------------------------ Today's Hottest Sports Cars http://sportscars.cjb.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 21:56:55 -0700 (MST) From: Charlie Watkins Subject: NJC: re: Casey's Top 20 (vs Casey's "American Top 40"??) According to my 15 yr old daughter (a contemporary music expert by virtue of her age) the Top 20 is the adult contemporary category, whereas the Top 40 includes all pop genres. On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Mike Connell wrote: Mike wrote: > Does anyone out there know why he has two countdowns, and why the rankings > are so vastly different? (I've been discussing these two countdowns in > private email with an EDA the last three weeks and we are both at a loss) Chopped Liver (Charlie) watkins@selway.umt.edu http://members.aol.com/cwatkins/jerra.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:18:56 EST From: Accurate02@aol.com Subject: "We are loved beyond our ability to comprehend" In a message dated 11/14/98 12:32:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, gregthomaswhite@hotmail.com writes: >Does anyone have any idea what the quote on Jewel's "Spirit" CD mean? >"We are loved beyond our ability to comprehend" I'm sorry, but I never >understand things like this. Did Jewel write that? I loved reading ANWA, >but only truley understood the real straight forward poems like >"Grimshaw" and "Miracle" and "As a child I walked". I love Jewel's >quotes and poems, but just don't always "Get it" I wish I did. Well I haven't been fortunate enough to get the cd yet but what I think that quote means is : We can't even begin to imagine how much we are loved by others and most importantly GOD. I think she mainly had God in mind when she wrote this if she wrote this, I'm not sure. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:48:39 EST From: DMJSMIG@aol.com Subject: NJC: are there any EDA's in WI or MT? Hello EDA's. I was wondering if there were any EDA's in Wisconsin or Montana. If so then email me. It would be great to get to know some EDA's in my area. Just wanted to know if I am all alone here. The Mt. Climbing EDA Jim ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:43:29 EST From: DMJSMIG@aol.com Subject: NJC: looking to add to my collection How you doing EDA's. I am writting on behalf of adding to my collection of Jewel and Sarah M. If anyone has any original works, other than there CD's, done by either performer than please email as soon as posible. Thanks a ton. The Mt. climbing EDA ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V3 #616 ***************************