From: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org (lucy-list-digest) To: lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: lucy-list-digest V1 #47 Reply-To: lucy-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk lucy-list-digest Sunday, April 11 1999 Volume 01 : Number 047 In this issue: [lucy-list] Oops II [lucy-list] Re: Turn the Lights Back On [lucy-list] Re: the production question ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 09:02:38 EDT From: RockinRonD@aol.com Subject: [lucy-list] Oops II The early senility has definitely set in. Sorry, Rachel, for calling you Robin. Sorry to Lucy List for calling the Harvey School the Gilbert School. I was just trying to be helpful to anyone wanting to see the George Brown show in Katonah tonight. Have to get that prescription refilled. Regards, Ron ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 11:46:10 -0700 From: Susan Krauss Subject: [lucy-list] Re: Turn the Lights Back On >From: "Robert C. Phelps" >Subject: [lucy-list] "Turn the Lights..."--therapist? > >I'm really curious about the story behind "Turn the Lights Back On." Has >anyone heard Lucy explain it? I've heard Lucy talk about this song a couple of times. It's definately about her own therapist (therapists are usually in therapy - I don't know if it's required but it's definately the norm). This person never asked the question - "why did you leave music - what were you scared of?" Lucy realized that when she was finally asked that question (by someone else), she had to change her life and get back to the music. The references are that this guy was just not very good ("The Road Less Travelled" does not a good therapist make, etc). It is a very angry song. susan mailto:susankrauss@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:47:48 -0500 From: Kelli Corkle Subject: [lucy-list] Re: the production question Part of the reason I really enjoy acoustic music is because it is so true to the musicians. By this I mean that the music heard by the audience comes more or less directly from the singers and instruments without passing thru lots of computers, cords and overdubbing. I really love music in this "pure", "human" form. Moreover, I like to think it's easier on one's hearing! ;o) It also allows us to see the people making the music for the talented & skilled artists they are without having to wonder how much of it is prerecorded. It is very satisfying to hear a singer perform a song and it sounds *better* live & in person than it does on the recording (can we say... Madonna? UGH. I have yet to hear her hold a pitch in a live performance!) As for "over-production". I don't think I would consider TYN to be guilty of adding too much, if you will. I think the songs that sound best stripped down are recorded that way. I love listening to the album, and can still expect to be wowed when I hear Lucy perform the same songs live. One example that comes to mind as over-produced might be Colvin's *Few Small Repairs*, but I have most recently seen her live either solo or with a basic trio, so simpler renditions are fresher in my mind. A second example is Patty Griffin's *Flaming Red*. The reason I think the latter is overdone is that when she and her band tried to re-create the album live, you couldn't even hear her over all the racket. ;o) I do understand that this is probably greatly do to unfortunate sound mixing in the club, but still. Her first album is much simpler and allows a person to appreciate her (delicate?) voice. Finally, regarding the nature of a good song. I think part of what makes a song *really* good is how many different singers can make it work for him/herself... ~Kelli "Music.... it's the best drug in the world." ~ Sarah McLachlan ------------------------------ End of lucy-list-digest V1 #47 ****************************** This has been a posting from the Lucy Kaplansky mail list digest To unsubscribe send mail to Majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe lucy-list-digest" in the body of the message