From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V11 #149 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Thursday, June 8 2006 Volume 11 : Number 149 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe from this digest, send an email to * jewel-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY the word * unsubscribe in the BODY of the email * . * For the latest news on what Jewel is up to, go to * the OFFICIAL Jewel web site at http://www.jeweljk.com * and click on "calendar" * . * 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 V9 #___ gives fellow list readers * no clue as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- [EDA] Montage Mountain/Scranton show - my review [Mike Connell ] Re: [EDA] Charts [Sasafrass ] [EDA] Scranton Times review [Mike Connell ] [EDA] Good Day thoughts [Fjjordao ] [EDA] Another Scranton show newspaper review ["Mike Connell" Subject: [EDA] Montage Mountain/Scranton show - my review Just got back from the Jewel & Rob Thomas concert at Montage Mountain near Scranton Pa. My ears are STLL ringing and the show ended 2.5 hours ago. Longtime EDAs might be surprised to read that this was my first Jewel concert in almost nine and a half years, the most "recent" being the Orpheum (Boston) show in early 1997. (Tiny Lights Tour!) I forgot how much I love live music. Not only was it my first Jewel show in almost a decade, it was my first "real" concert since Happy Rhodes at the Bearsville Theatre in late 1998. I gotta get out more. It was my first time at this venue. It's outdoors, but all of the seats are covered, while there is an open air grass area (which was empty due to steady rain). I had a pretty decent seat, 8th row in the left side section, maybe 20 seats off-dead center, but smack dab in front of the speaker tower (more on that later). The opening act was Toby Lightman (wasn't Mathew Broderick's character in War Games named "David Toby Lightman"?). I had never heard of her until this tour. She's pretty good of course. STRONG voice, great confidence onstage. Interesting lyrics...sang maybe four songs. Couldn't be much older than 23 or 24, if that. Could have a future. You never know with this biz. The offstage announcer introduced Jewel and we immediately heard the familiar piano of FOOLISH GAMES start with Jewel still off stage. The piano continued, and continued, and continued, and continued :::one minute::: and continued, and continued, and continued ("someone better run to the ladies can and tell Jewel she's on") and continued and FINALLY after almost two minutes she prances onstage with a large cup of coffee, says high and the piano opening starts again and she starts to sing. The gal looked fantastic! You have to remember that while I had seen her on TV and DVD etc, this is the first time I saw her since she was 22 years old. "This girl is a woman now...." as Gary Puckett would say. Nice fitting jeans, tight white shirt covered by a short black leather jacket. Her hair was pretty long too, down to the lower shoulder blades (although not "down near her a**" as MrBB told me on the phone about an hour earlier. Maybe she got a trim). Anyhoots, FG continued on as the original, but half-way through it morphed into a band version as the band came onstage, and then it morphed again into a full fledged rock version. Still sounded OK, but I'd have preferred the good old-fashioned way. Next up was LONG SLOW SLIDE, pretty much a clone from the CD version. (which by the way, she _never_ mentionedI mean, she never once mentioned her new CD). Then came HANDS and I could see the many Rob Thomas fans around begin to take notice (overall, I'd guess 2/3 there were RT fans primarily. Quite a few empty seats in the front ten rows until RT was later onstage). It was a standard version of Hands (albeit obviously the first time I heard it live). Next was GOOD DAY. Never heard it before. I liked it. Will it be a single? SATELLITE was next and I'll have to admit I'm not a fan of this arrangement. I'll take the 1996-1997 version any day. Listed to both on the way back tonight and I stand by that. The 1996 version from JewelStock blows away the 2006 version in my opinion. Oh well. DOWN SO LONG was next and it was met with a lot of crowd approval/recognition, which surprised me a bit. I know it was released but judging by the way the "obvious" Rob Thomas fans reacted I was just surprised it was that well known. Sounded just like the video, which is good. Then Jewel peaked. EVERBODY NEEDS SOMEONE SOMETIME just plain rocked the place began to really move! The whole crowd was into it and to me it was clearly the highlight of her set up to that point. After a slow intro to the song, Jewel and the band then launched into LOVE ME JUST LEAVE ME ALONE and the momentum continued. I think my left foot even tapped a few times, but I'm not sure. Then the band left the stage and Jewel asked for requests. I feebly tried yelling out a few (Nicotine Love, Don't and Unsung In Your Eyes), but I don't think she ever heard me. I had figured 8 rows back would be close enough, but I underestimated the sheer vocal volume of dozens of young girls. One she DID hear from someone was God's Gift To Women. She commented that she didn't know that one anymore, but proceeded to tell the story about how that song came to be (i.e. the a-hole that picked her up hitch hiking etc). She then sung BREAK ME, which I did not think was requested and it was lovely (as usual). Looking around me I could see how people enjoyed the tenderness of that one. Again, I particularly paid attention to those I figured where there primarily for Rob Thomas. Then came one she did sort of hear a request for, she said she heard people yell "yodel!". CHIME BELLS was the result and the crowd was REALLY into it. While I had only heard it live once or twice, I have heard it on MANY Angelfood (Angelfoods? Angelfeed?) this was unquestionably the best I ever heard her yodel. Top form. Corwd loved it and it was a co-peak with the earlier Everbody Needs Someone Sometime. She then started the familiar guitar opening of YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME which eventually brought the band back and they joined in 2/3 of the way through it. Of course the female half of the crowd sang along (which sounds nice). She finished up with STANDING STILL (rocked!), INTUITION (crowd was hopping) and ended with WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL, which to be honest I was not looking forward to. (I have to admit I pretty much cannot take the meow, meow, meow stuff she added to it), but much to my delight there was never a cat's purr in the song and I think it went well and is MUCH better without it. She did scat during it and it was a long song with all the other variations the song has developed over the years. So, again, the setlist: Foolish Games (solo, then band) Long Slow Slide Hands Good Day Satellite Down So Long Everbody Needs Someone Sometime Love Me Just Leave Me Alone Break Me (solo) Chime Bells (solo) You Were Meant For Me (solo, then band) Standing Still Intuition Who Will Save Your Soul And yes MrBB, that is the accurate setlist (Alan told me earlier tonight no one posted a complete accurate setlist yet...it's hard unless you write them down, which I did). The set lasted maybe 1:10. Rob Thomas rocked! I'll tell all right now, those wondering if Jewel and Rob are going to swap opener/headline during the tour depending on who might have a stronger following in an area, Rob is headlining the entire tour. There's no doubt in my mind. He's just overall louder, rocks more and I cannot imagine Jewel following him. It's not talent, it's not the songs and/or popularity, it's the power of the show. Plus, his stage set is much more elaborate with a ton of lights. Sure, I imagine if they said Jewel headlines, then she has the 2 hour gig and Rob the 1:10 with 14 or so songs, but I just cannot see it based on the sheer power of the material (plus let's be honest, he's more popular right now) Rob did all his (and MB20) hits that I can recall, plus some covers of The Talking Heads (Burning Down The House), Fleetwood Mac (The Chain) and a couple others I can't recall right now, plus there was THE duet/cover of Stop Dragging My Heart Around with Jewel which the crowd really enjoyed a lot. That duet is solid and it rocks and it's great! Would love to see them release it as a single or it get airplay somehow. It'll be popular each show on the tour. As I said I was smack-dab in front of the speaker tower, and during Rob's show I paid for it dearly. It was nice in a way feeling that familiar (but distant memory) of literally feeling the STRONG beat of the music deep in my abdomen, but man my ears again are STILL ringing and it's been over 4 hours. Well, it's nearly 3am (no Matchbox 20 pun intended) and I am supposed to be at work at 6:30, which I really, really doubt I'll pull off. Sorry for the long post but I wanted to do it while it was fresh in my mind, because I'll have forgotten most of this by 5pm Thursday. Oh, one last thing, there MAY be photos of the show posted at www.montagepa.com in the next few days. They typically do. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 04:46:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Cornered Weasel Subject: [EDA] Concert Review: Scranton It was a rainy night at the Toyota Pavilion, but Jewel was in good form last night. A few random comments about the show: - if there was any doubt about who was headlining, it was clearly Rob Thomas last night. The crowd was packed with screaming girls for Rob. Sad that an artist like Jewel with a huge catalog like hers opens for Rob, but that's music today. - Jewel asked if there were any songs we wanted to hear. One guy who was two rows in front of us was flailing his arms around and she saw him, saying "how about you - you're looking mighty butch tonight" (to be PC, I will only say he looked a bit 'alternative'). He shouted out a few songs, which she claimed to not know how to play and said they weren't very good anyway, then moved on to someone else. - the duet with Rob Thomas was great. He said he loved Jewel, and said: "She's what the indians call 'de shit' " Rob is clearly a fan. We left after the duet. For those of you planning to take photos at future shows - it was clearly not a problem, with blatant photography by the fans. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:08:39 -0400 From: Sasafrass Subject: Re: [EDA] Charts Don't feel bad, I've requested it again & again(no pun intended) & my favorite AC station won't play it! Whenever I request it, they say they'll "try to find it" but I never hear it. One dj even said "I think I've seen it somewhere around here", but they still didn't play it. I'm under the impression that they just don't support Jewel anymore by way of playing her music, although I occasionally hear YWMFM. They never played anything from 0304, & I think a couple of those songs would've fit in nicely on the station. If they don't have a copy of A&A, why didn't they just say so in the first place? UGH..... - --------------------------------- http://darkangelfans.proboards43.com http://www.geocities.com/sasafrass452/darkangel.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sassyscorner IM me! Sasafrass452 (Yahoo) E N wrote: > THe sad thing is, I never heard A&A *once* on the radio here in Los Angeles. > I admit I didn't listen 24/7, but you'd think I'd hear it once on the way to > school or something. Her radio tour also sucked. What the heck?! > > Elizabeth ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:25:24 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: [EDA] Scranton Times review Concert opens 2006 season at Montage BY JOSH MCAULIFFE STAFF WRITER - Scranton Times MOOSIC  Rob Thomas and Jewel didn't let the unpredictable weather of Northeastern Pennsylvania rain on their parade. Wednesday night, the pop veterans brought their A-game to Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain, where an estimated 4,500 fans turned out under crummy, rainy skies for the kickoff of the amphitheater's 2006 concert season. Jewel was up first, arriving on stage at 7:25 p.m. as the waterlogged crowd still made their way to their seats. "Hi y'all doin'?" the Alaska native said. "You guys are troopers for being out there." For the next hour, she gave thanks with a set filled with both old hits and new stuff from her most recent album, "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland." On "Foolish Games" and "You Were Meant For Me," she hit all the high notes. On the new tune "Good Day," she mixed playful lyrics with a beat that was equal parts twang and funk. She bantered playfully with the crowd, and even showed off her impressive yodeling skills. Mr. Thomas picked up nicely where Jewel left off. Taking over at 9, he and his tight seven-piece band immediately dove into the revved-up strains of "This Is How a Heart Breaks," a cut off his solo debut, "Something to Be." Though he's taking a break from his band, matchbox twenty, Mr. Thomas made sure to incorporate a few of their biggest hits into the set, including "If You're Gone," "3 a.m." and "Push." This time, though, they had different arrangements to them. However, there was one holdover  Mr. Thomas' authoritative vocals, delivered with passion and clarity. He also threw in a couple of interesting covers, like Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" and the Tom Petty-Stevie Nicks duet, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around." Stepping into the Ms. Nicks role  Jewel, back for a well-deserved encore. The season is off to a good start. Let's hope it continues. Contact the writer: jmcauliffe@timesshamrock.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 12:41:38 -0300 From: Fjjordao Subject: [EDA] Good Day thoughts So... I'm now actually thinking Good Day is gonna be a good single. I have been reading some foruns and the Good morning america performance of Good Day has been getting some pretty good reviews and people seem to think it will do good at radio. After listening to the album a lot and thinking about it I actually think Good Day is the song the has the biggest shot at being a huge hit - even though it could also be a huge flop... Anyway we'll have to wait and see... ________________________________________________ Wireless Internet Ltda -- www.wnetrj.com.br ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:47:25 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mike Connell" Subject: [EDA] Another Scranton show newspaper review From the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Artists bring soul to Montage Review Rob Thomas, Jewel perform solid, well-received show for crowd on chilly night. By ALAN K. STOUT astout@leader.net SCRANTON - Both Rob Thomas and Jewel have each recorded albums that have sold more than 12 million copies - Jewel with her 1995 CD, "Pieces Of You," and Thomas with Matchbox Twenty's 1996 CD, "Yourself Or Someone Like You." And, during the past decade, both artists have continued to rack up the album sales and the Grammy nominations. On Wednesday, both songwriters began the summer concert season at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain, offering the crowd of 4,500 an engaging and impressive night of music. Jewel opened her set with "Foolish Games," and followed with the new, "Long Slow Slide," and a rocked-up rendition of her 1998 smash hit "Hands." Backed by a sturdy five-piece band, Jewel did a laudable job of combining her folk-flavored sound with a heavier backbeat. The songs retained their texture while also coming with a bit more kick. Jewel mixed her set with crafty tunes from her new CD, "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland," and her big '90s hits. Though both were very well-received, it was numbers such as "You Were Meant For Me," and "Who Will Save Your Soul," that connected most. But whether the music was old or new, she delivered with precision and with plenty of soul, and her voice remains among the best in the world of pop music. And yes, she yodeled. Thomas, touring in support of his first solo album, "Something To Be," started his set with the new "This Is How A Heart Breaks," and "Fallin' To Pieces." Revealing early in the show that he wasn't about to back off from his Matchbox Twenty hits, he then offered "If You're Gone." Thomas made history last year when his latest CD entered the billboard charts at No. 1, marking the first time that a male artist from a rock or pop group debuted at No. 1 with their first solo album. Judging by the quality of the songs, those record-buyers were not likely disappointed. "When A Heartache Ends," "Lonely No More" and "Ever the Same" sat well next to MB-20 favorites such as "3 a.m." Thomas' six-piece outfit tweaked the arrangements of some of the more familiar numbers, adding a touch of soul to the modern rock staples. Jewel also joined Thomas for a number - a thumpy cover of the Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks classic, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around." Thomas later had fun with a funky cover of the Talking Heads' "Burning Down The House." Encores included an acoustic rendition of "Push," a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain," and a slower and more deliberate version of the Grammy-winning "Smooth." Though it was a chilly night on the mountain and a misty vapor often came from Thomas' mouth when he sang, the show did raise the curtain on the summer concert season with class and style. Two gifted songwriters. Two gifted vocalists. One fine show. ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V11 #149 ****************************