From: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org (lucy-list-digest) To: lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: lucy-list-digest V5 #185 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 Saturday, September 13 2003 Volume 05 : Number 185 In this issue: Re: [lucy-list] OT, Nanci Griffith webcast Re: [lucy-list] OT, Nanci Griffith webcast Re: [lucy-list] OT, Nanci Griffith webcast [lucy-list] Johnny Cash ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:17:25 -0700 From: "Gina" Subject: Re: [lucy-list] OT, Nanci Griffith webcast That seems like a dangerous area. She must know. The thing is, I can't imagine Lucy writing a song that would be hurtful to anyone, especially someone in the public light like that AND have it be the title track. I don't find it as derogatory as I find it painful. It seems to me that if you want to know, a better thing to do is to ask Lucy who the song was written about. I'm interested in who the angry trilogy songs are written about. She did say that they were about a lawyer and I get the feeling that it is a woman. It's probably someone that none of us would know. But, they sound pretty awful. Gina - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [lucy-list] OT, Nanci Griffith webcast > as much as I am a fan of Griffith's, who wants to ask her if she knows about > Lucy's song? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:43:15 -0500 From: Rachel Strain Subject: Re: [lucy-list] OT, Nanci Griffith webcast Hi, Lucy-listers, I'm a long-time fan, short-time lurker, and first-time poster. Do you mean "Every Single Day"? I'm new to the list, so I probably missed the earlier part of this conversation, but this would be the logical conclusion I'd come to. I have an MP3 of an interview with Lucy on NPR from July 13, 2002. The interviewer listened to the song and said (I'm paraphrasing): "Now can I play clinical psychologist for a moment? So I hear this through, and the first time, I'm thinking, 'This is someone you knew. Then the second time, I'm thinking, "Ooh, this is [Lucy] before she quit the first time." Lucy's response is, "Oh my gosh, I never thought of that... It's amazing how unconsciously-driven songs are, and there may be some truth to what you just said, and I just didn't realize it. In my conscious mind, it's kind of a fictionalized portrait of a composite of people I've known who have gone on to be successful and felt like they left something behind and lost something very precious, and feeling lost, and me, standing in the wings watching this happen." Thoughts? I'd love to see an analysis of the song that indicates that the song is about Nanci Griffith, as I've been a fan of both for quite a while now! Rachel Austin, TX On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 12:17 PM, Gina wrote: > That seems like a dangerous area. She must know. The thing is, I > can't > imagine Lucy writing a song that would be hurtful to anyone, especially > someone in the public light like that AND have it be the title track. > I > don't find it as derogatory as I find it painful. It seems to me that > if > you want to know, a better thing to do is to ask Lucy who the song was > written about. > > I'm interested in who the angry trilogy songs are written about. She > did > say that they were about a lawyer and I get the feeling that it is a > woman. > It's probably someone that none of us would know. But, they sound > pretty > awful. > > Gina > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:42 PM > Subject: Re: [lucy-list] OT, Nanci Griffith webcast > > >> as much as I am a fan of Griffith's, who wants to ask her if she knows > about >> Lucy's song? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:23:41 -0700 From: "Gina" Subject: Re: [lucy-list] OT, Nanci Griffith webcast Welcome Rachel and thanks for the informative post. The conversation about "Every Single Day" was way back when the album was new. Someone, sorry I forget who it was, said that they saw the whole shooting star/Nanci G. event happen at a folk festival. Although the event seems to be depicted spot on in the song, it is just one part of the song. Since Lucy said it is a composite, it probably is and this event was only used as an example of the point she was making, instead of being just about Nanci. Now it seems to make more sense. Gina - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel Strain" To: Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [lucy-list] OT, Nanci Griffith webcast > Hi, Lucy-listers, > > I'm a long-time fan, short-time lurker, and first-time poster. > > Do you mean "Every Single Day"? I'm new to the list, so I probably > missed the earlier part of this conversation, but this would be the > logical conclusion I'd come to. > > I have an MP3 of an interview with Lucy on NPR from July 13, 2002. The > interviewer listened to the song and said (I'm paraphrasing): "Now can > I play clinical psychologist for a moment? So I hear this through, and > the first time, I'm thinking, 'This is someone you knew. Then the > second time, I'm thinking, "Ooh, this is [Lucy] before she quit the > first time." > > Lucy's response is, "Oh my gosh, I never thought of that... It's > amazing how unconsciously-driven songs are, and there may be some truth > to what you just said, and I just didn't realize it. In my conscious > mind, it's kind of a fictionalized portrait of a composite of people > I've known who have gone on to be successful and felt like they left > something behind and lost something very precious, and feeling lost, > and me, standing in the wings watching this happen." > > Thoughts? I'd love to see an analysis of the song that indicates that > the song is about Nanci Griffith, as I've been a fan of both for quite > a while now! > > Rachel > Austin, TX > > > > > > On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 12:17 PM, Gina wrote: > > > That seems like a dangerous area. She must know. The thing is, I > > can't > > imagine Lucy writing a song that would be hurtful to anyone, especially > > someone in the public light like that AND have it be the title track. > > I > > don't find it as derogatory as I find it painful. It seems to me that > > if > > you want to know, a better thing to do is to ask Lucy who the song was > > written about. > > > > I'm interested in who the angry trilogy songs are written about. She > > did > > say that they were about a lawyer and I get the feeling that it is a > > woman. > > It's probably someone that none of us would know. But, they sound > > pretty > > awful. > > > > Gina > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [lucy-list] OT, Nanci Griffith webcast > > > > > >> as much as I am a fan of Griffith's, who wants to ask her if she knows > > about > >> Lucy's song? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:54:47 -0400 From: "Kristen Myshrall" Subject: [lucy-list] Johnny Cash For those who haven't heard Johnny Cash died today :( His music will remain a legacy and he is a true legand of the music industry. He was 71... - -K _________________________________________________________________ Get 10MB of e-mail storage! Sign up for Hotmail Extra Storage. http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ------------------------------ End of lucy-list-digest V5 #185 ******************************* 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