From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V3 #340 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup/pattyg/patttyg.htm * OR * go to http://www.amrecords.com * then click "tour" and fill in the blanks :) * . * 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: mad-mission-digest V3 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Sunday, December 5 1999 Volume 03 : Number 340 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re:MM: No Geeks Here ! ["Donald Henn" ] MM: Christmas CD [Everyman7@aol.com] MM: Rarities 2 tape not ready yet [Everyman7@aol.com] MM: my pixs for PG Christmas CD [Flakeybird@aol.com] MM: NON PATTY RELATED [Flakeybird@aol.com] MM: Christmas CD [runrunrun@dellmail.com] MM: Re: Patty Reviews?/Fiona ["Greg Pendleton" ] Re: MM: Re: Patty Reviews?/Fiona [Songbird22@aol.com] MM: Re: christmas cd ["Greg Pendleton" ] MM: goofy question ["LouAnn Muhm" ] Re: Re:MM: No Geeks Here ! ["Greg Pendleton" ] MM: Re: Christmas CD ["Greg Pendleton" ] Re:MM: No Geeks Here ! ["Sherie" ] MM: Re: goofy question [UMCaner74@aol.com] MM: Re: goofy question ["Donald Henn" ] Re: MM: No Geeks Here! ["Donald Henn" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 01:42:25 -0500 From: "Donald Henn" Subject: Re:MM: No Geeks Here ! Hi Sherie ! You read fine ! It was my guess that she was talking about holiday songs , but it wasn't crystal clear. That's why I asked her when I saw that you & Amy had different ideas on it. I experienced the same thing with favorite tracks. As I keep listening to Patty's music , one will spring to life as never before. "Christina" did that recently , & I recall the chorus of "Poor Man's House" seeming too long & repetitive at one time. Now I like the rest of the song so much that the chorus sounds fine. Great music like Patty's has so many nuances in it , that it has a lot of staying power , & you don't tire of it easily. Welcome to Mad-Mission ! I hope you find it as stimulating as I do. Great E-mail name! These are days you'll remember Never before and never since , I promise Will the whole world be warm as this And as you feel it , you'll know it's true That you are blessed and lucky It's true that you are touched by something That will grow and bloom in you Natalie Merchant & Bob Buck "These are Days" Performed by 10,000 Maniacs From their album "Our Time in Eden" Don ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 04:22:16 EST From: Everyman7@aol.com Subject: MM: Christmas CD Is this supposed to be just Patty songs or Christmas songs by anyone? Or just a wish list of songs we would like Patty to do for a Christmas album? She did a Christmas special on TV 12/16/98 with Shawn Colvin, which I think was put out on CD. I have an audio{not video} tape of the show- Patty did Mary on it and Good bye. Shawn did my very most favorite Christmas song- In The Bleak Midwinter. I once saw the Indigo Girls do that on a TV special also- maybe someone has that on tape -they did a beautiful job of it. I didn't get to see the Shawn/Patty show unfortunately- Maybe someone has it on video and the songs with Patty could be added to Donn's video he is trying to put together. Dana ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 03:52:43 EST From: Everyman7@aol.com Subject: MM: Rarities 2 tape not ready yet No- The Rarities 2 tape tree has not been done yet- don't worry- you did not miss it- It is still being finished off and hopefully will get offered when a couple of more songs reach the compiler of the tape- Jen. {How is it going Jen- did you get any tapes with those songs on them yet?} I just have a preliminary copy and it is not ready to be branched out yet. It is 90 min and I think she is trying to make it 100 min like the other one. There are wonderful songs on it, so just wait, ok! I hope you are enjoying the new{to us} songs on Rarities 1. Dana ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 10:34:57 EST From: Flakeybird@aol.com Subject: MM: my pixs for PG Christmas CD Sharyn here. Never being one to take to the standard Christmas stuff, my picks would be The Holly and the Ivy or See Amid the Winter's snow -- I think they're both very old English Carols. Peace, Sharyn ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 10:45:11 EST From: Flakeybird@aol.com Subject: MM: NON PATTY RELATED Hi all, it's Sharyn. If you are from the NYC area next Sat, there is a good show coming up that I'm doing as a duo with the songwriter from the band that I'm in--Joe Rathbone. We're doing an "in the round" performance with Sam Shaber and Colleen Sexton (Martin's sister). It will be in Hoboken at the Shannon Lounge. If you're at all interested, here's the link--go to tour information. www.joerathbone.com. Patty Rocks ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:00:23 -0500 (EST) From: runrunrun@dellmail.com Subject: MM: Christmas CD Okay, since everyone else is giving their thoughts, I might as well give mine: "Oh Holy Night." That is, in my opinion, THE BEST Christmas song - and Patty could give it even more. She would sing it beautifully. I'm just imagining it now. Wow. If anyone has the song - listen to it, and think of her voice in there. Wow. She should do it. That's the one - I hear it done in a "Mary" kinda way. Wow. Okay, enough said........Wow. That would be so beautiful - especially the "....fall on your knees, when you hear the angels voices....." part. Oh wow. She would do that incredibly. .......((*.*)).....................DARCIE............... "who would know better than you... a hundred love letters, and none of them true..." - patty griffin '98 - -------------------------------------------------------- Get your free DellMail address at http://www.dellnet.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:06:55 -0500 From: "Greg Pendleton" Subject: MM: Re: Patty Reviews?/Fiona I heard Fiona's "Fast As You Can" for the first time yesterday on U of Penn's WXPN and was blown away. I haven't heard the entire CD yet (www.amazon.com's 30 second snippets don't give you much to go on). Has anybody heard the whole thing? Reviews?? Thanks... Greg - ----- Original Message ----- From: Donald Henn To: mad-mission Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 12:48 PM Subject: MM: Patty Reviews? > MMers, > > I've been watching for reviews , or even a mention of Patty's > performances at the Land Mine Free World benefit in California > this week. Any west coasters out there? Since there's no news on > Patty , I'll have to subject you all to my review of Fiona Apple on > David Letterman last night. Her performance of "Fast as You Can" > knocked me out again. Again , because her performance of "Criminal" > on an earlier show did the same. So , when it comes to the Letterman > show , Fiona is ahead of Patty in great performances by 2 to 1. I > sent for her new CD earlier this week & if it's anything close to > "Tidal" she may steal as much as 5-10% of my loyalties away from > Patty. Which may be a good thing , because since I received the > rarities tape & attended her 3 concerts two weekends ago , I've been > in an obsessive state about Patty's music. I'll keep everyone posted > on the progress of the compilation. I hope we get a lot of lead time > on the Sessions announcement so that I can either add it or have > the tape done before she appears. > > > Music is playing > Inside my head > Over and over > And over again > My friend > There is no end > To the music > > Carole King > > "Music" > > > Don > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:05:45 EST From: Songbird22@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: Re: Patty Reviews?/Fiona greg asks: > I heard Fiona's "Fast As You Can" for the first time yesterday on U of > Penn's WXPN and was blown away. I haven't heard the entire CD yet > (www.amazon.com's 30 second snippets don't give you much to go on). Has > anybody heard the whole thing? Reviews?? Thanks... Yes, I've had it for awhile and it is extremely good. I'm not a huge Fiona fan but I really think the production/instrumentation on this CD is excellent. Her voice is much stronger, so are the melodies... Very cool stuff. You can listen to some of it here: www.fiona-apple.com :) Jessica www.aquezada.com/jess | www.mp3.com/jessweiser ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:14:23 -0500 From: "Greg Pendleton" Subject: MM: Re: christmas cd A more traditional song choice for me would be "Little Drummer Boy", but another favorite of mine is Harry Connick's "When My Heart Finds Christmas". I think Patty would do a great job with it. Greg - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 7:42 PM Subject: MM: christmas cd > Hey mm gang, > A song by patty l would put on a Christmas CD right now, though it has > nothing to do with Christmas, is "Goodbye." The lyrics reminds me of a girl > I knew. I keep listening to it over and over. Does anyone know who or if > she is singing about anyone in particular? > For all of you who, like me, are in those final weeks of your fall > semester at college: hang in there, we're almost done! Fifteen credit hours, > what was I thinking! Never again! Take care all, > > Steve ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 11:08:13 -0600 From: "LouAnn Muhm" Subject: MM: goofy question I'm pretty new to the list, and I have been trying to figure something out: was the original post asking about the Christmas CD from an MM'er who happens to be named Patty, or was it from the divine Miss G, herself? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:21:10 -0500 From: "Greg Pendleton" Subject: Re: Re:MM: No Geeks Here ! Interesting...."Poor Man's House" may be my all-time favorite Patty song. I know what you mean, though, about songs "springing to life". "You Are Not Alone" was one of those (a favorite now) and "Christina" may be becoming one as well. Greg - ----- Original Message ----- From: Donald Henn To: Cc: mad-mission Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 1:42 AM Subject: Re:MM: No Geeks Here ! > Hi Sherie ! > > You read fine ! It was my guess that she was talking about holiday > songs , but it wasn't crystal clear. That's why I asked her when I saw that > you & Amy had different ideas on it. > > I experienced the same thing with favorite tracks. As I keep > listening > to Patty's music , one will spring to life as never before. "Christina" did > that > recently , & I recall the chorus of "Poor Man's House" seeming too long & > repetitive at one time. Now I like the rest of the song so much that the > chorus sounds fine. Great music like Patty's has so many nuances in it , > that it has a lot of staying power , & you don't tire of it easily. Welcome > to > Mad-Mission ! I hope you find it as stimulating as I do. Great E-mail name! > > > These are days you'll remember > Never before and never since , I promise > Will the whole world be warm as this > And as you feel it , you'll know it's true > That you are blessed and lucky > It's true that you are touched by something > That will grow and bloom in you > > Natalie Merchant & Bob Buck > > "These are Days" > > Performed by 10,000 Maniacs > > From their album "Our Time in Eden" > > > Don > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:23:58 -0500 From: "Greg Pendleton" Subject: MM: Re: Christmas CD For what it's worth, I recommend Shawn Colvin's holiday CD: "Holiday Songs and Lullabies". It contains "In The Bleak Mid-Winter", as well as other great holiday songs. Greg - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: ; Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 4:22 AM Subject: MM: Christmas CD > Is this supposed to be just Patty songs or Christmas songs by anyone? Or just > a wish list of songs we would like Patty to do for a Christmas album? > She did a Christmas special on TV 12/16/98 with Shawn Colvin, which I think > was put out on CD. I have an audio{not video} tape of the show- Patty did > Mary on it and Good bye. Shawn did my very most favorite Christmas song- In > The Bleak Midwinter. I once saw the Indigo Girls do that on a TV special > also- maybe someone has that on tape -they did a beautiful job of it. I > didn't get to see the Shawn/Patty show unfortunately- Maybe someone has it on > video and the songs with Patty could be added to Donn's video he is trying to > put together. > Dana > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 13:16:48 -0500 From: "Sherie" Subject: Re:MM: No Geeks Here ! Thanks again Don! Glad I'm coming through ok. Usually it's just my typos that get me in trouble : ) : ) The road I've followed to Patty-dom has interesting too. I first heard her do "Christina" on our Pittsburgh's WYEP (which, or course,is fabulous!), and I almost drove my car off the road the first time I heard her voice! The phrasing, the range, the lyrics -- just perfect! Anyhow, I didn't wreck the car, but I *did* drive to the closest record store and picked up FLAMING RED. At first I listened to "Christina" about 2000 times, and then I got adventurous and started flipping through the track to find others that I could burn the track away by listening to them over and over again : ) My progression on FR was "Christina," "Goodbye," "One Big Love," "Go Now," "Tony" and "Mary." The thing that is great about the FR CD is that the songs are so different, and each fits into one of the special place in my mind and brings out different memories depending on my mood. There are very few artists that have this kind of range and power over me -- I guess that is why Patty is one of my favs. Currently I'm in a "Living with Ghosts" phase. I'd go into details, but I think I'll play it safe and stop my message here : ) Cheers! Sherie p.s. I grew up in about 20 miles for Natalie Merchant's home town (Jamestown, NY), which was also home to Lucille Ball and Roger Tory Peterson. Just a bit of trivia : ) On 5 Dec 99, at 1:42, Donald Henn wrote: > Hi Sherie ! > > You read fine ! It was my guess that she was talking about holiday > songs , but it wasn't crystal clear. That's why I asked her when I saw that > you & Amy had different ideas on it. > > I experienced the same thing with favorite tracks. As I keep > listening > to Patty's music , one will spring to life as never before. "Christina" did > that > recently , & I recall the chorus of "Poor Man's House" seeming too long & > repetitive at one time. Now I like the rest of the song so much that the > chorus sounds fine. Great music like Patty's has so many nuances in it , > that it has a lot of staying power , & you don't tire of it easily. Welcome > to > Mad-Mission ! I hope you find it as stimulating as I do. Great E-mail name! > > > These are days you'll remember > Never before and never since , I promise > Will the whole world be warm as this > And as you feel it , you'll know it's true > That you are blessed and lucky > It's true that you are touched by something > That will grow and bloom in you > > Natalie Merchant & Bob Buck > > "These are Days" > > Performed by 10,000 Maniacs > > >From their album "Our Time in Eden" > > > Don > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 15:06:59 EST From: UMCaner74@aol.com Subject: MM: Re: goofy question >>I'm pretty new to the list, and I have been trying to figure something out: was the original post asking about the Christmas CD from an MM'er who happens to be named Patty, or was it from the divine Miss G, herself?>> Well, unfortunately...last I heard Patty's experience with computers was limited to solitaire on her laptop while devouring and entire bag of chips.. :-) The post by Patty about the Christmas compiliation was from a fellow MM'er, not "the almighty" Ms. Griffin herself... hope everyone is having a nice weekend! Dave *************************************** The Best things in life are free... ..with proof of purchase ~~~ Bree Sharp ~~~ **************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 17:50:15 -0500 From: "Donald Henn" Subject: MM: Re: goofy question Sorry LouAnn , The divine Miss G hasn't graced us with her presence in the 3 months or so since I've been on the list , & I'm sure I would have heard about by it now if she had done so previously. Everybody knows the secret Everybody knows the score I have finally found a place to live In the presence of the Lord Eric Clapton "Presence of the Lord" Performed by Blind Faith From the album Blind Faith Don - ----- Original Message ----- From: LouAnn Muhm To: Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 12:08 PM Subject: MM: goofy question > I'm pretty new to the list, and I have been trying to figure something out: > was the original post asking about the Christmas CD from an MM'er who > happens to be named Patty, or was it from the divine Miss G, herself? > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 18:02:19 -0500 From: "Donald Henn" Subject: Re: MM: No Geeks Here! - ----- Original Message ----- From: Donald Henn To: Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 4:27 AM Subject: Re: MM: No Geeks Here! > Patty , > If you want profound , how about "I'm Gettin' Nuttin' For > Christmas"? If Patty sings it & adds her profundity to it , it will > be so deep that it will probably come out on the other side of the > world in China. If you'd like a serious answer , I love Karen > Carpenter's voice & her "Merry Christmas Darling" is one of my > favorite Xmas songs. Patty has the amazing ability to sing in the > style of some of the greatest singers I've known & match or exceed > their performances. "Stolen Car" is a song written by Bruce > Springsteen. I like her version better than his. Copenhagen is a song > patterned after the legendary , black female blues singers. Before > the first line was out of her mouth, the name Billie Holiday jumped > in my mind. She did a version of Patsy Cline's "Crazy" & if I had > heard it before I knew who it was , I would have guessed that it was a > different version by Patsy. So I would love to hear her version of > "Merry Christmas Darling". Now all we have to do is convince Patty > to do it. > > > It's a wondrous world of ridiculous things > With nothing so rare as the love that it brings > In the silence of a smile that understands > > Patty Griffin > > "Christina" > > Merry Christmas ! > > > Don > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 6:38 PM > Subject: Re: MM: No Geeks Here! > > > > Oh yeah, what song did you choose??? Think carefully, it is actually > quite a > > profound question. P > > > ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V3 #340 *********************************