From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V4 #119 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.quackquack.net/patttyg * 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 V4 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Thursday, April 27 2000 Volume 04 : Number 119 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Tour question ["Paquin, John" ] Re: MM: Tour question ["Sarah Stanley" ] MM: Nebraska, story behind the song.. [UMCaner74@aol.com] Re: MM: Nebraska, story behind the song.. ["You Oughta Know" Subject: MM: Tour question Is patty touring with somebody big? All her gigs are in arenas. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:41:05 EDT From: "Sarah Stanley" Subject: Re: MM: Tour question She's touring with the Dixie Chicks - blah. Not so much "blah" to the chicks, just that she's opening and if you're not really into the chicks, who wants to pay all that money? Plus she's not the opener for the MI dates (not that i can complain since she just did 3 MI dates). I assume everyone got their pollstar updates!?! :) hee hee.... Sarah >From: "Paquin, John" >To: "Mad Mission (E-mail)" >Subject: MM: Tour question >Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:23:23 -0500 > >Is patty touring with somebody big? All her gigs are in arenas. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 17:58:26 EDT From: UMCaner74@aol.com Subject: MM: Nebraska, story behind the song.. Hey Guys, I don't know if you're all familar with the Springsteen cover of "Nebraska" that Patty (and Darcie Miner) cover. If not, this post will probably mean nothing to you. For those of you that ARE familiar with this song, or just feel like reading an interesting story, continue on.. I always liked the song when I heard Patty (& Darcie) sing it, but I honestly never thought about the lyrics enough to totally understand, or care about the story that's being told in the song. However, just a few weeks ago someone (I believe it was Don) told me that the song was written about a 14 year old girl, and an older guy who for an unknown reason, started killing every innocent person they came in contact with. Call me crazy, but for some reason this just struck me as fascinating, and I've spent the last few weeks asking people, and trying to find out ANYTHING more about it. I bought Springsteen's CD entitled "Nebraska" with the original version of the song last week, and I've probably listened to that particular song 100 times now. Isn't it strange how the most morbid and dark songs always seem to be the most intriguing? After weeks of searching for info on this subject, I was starting to believe that I would never learn anything new about this... then low and behold, today I got home early from work. I turned on the TV on, and put it on the History Channel.. where it said the next show was about "2 teenagers who go on a crime spree in Lincoln, Nebraska.. leaving 10 people dead in a string of motiveless murders.. the Story of Charles Starkweather" I still wasn't sure that this WAS the story behind the Nebraska song, but ironically enough, IT WAS. The crimes happened in 1957, and the show told of a 17 year old boy Charles Starkweather (who I was led to believe in the song was MUCH older than 17), and a 14 year old girl Carol Ann Fuyga (sp?) who were arrested after the murders of 10 people in just 8 days. Charles was given the death penalty, but the jury and the public were not sure of Carol's involvement in the murders. She had plenty of chances to escape, or get out of the situation.. but didn't. People were divided as to whether she was an accomplice to the murders, whether she actually killed some of the people (as Charles pleaded), or if she was just an innocent hostage, who as a young teenage girl was too scared to try to get away. To make a long story somewhat shorter.. Carol was sentenced to life in prison. Once the trial was over, because of Nebraska state laws, she had to stay in solitary confinement until the age of 16. She then lived her life in prison until she was released on parole in 1981 (I believe it was '81) Although there definitely seemed to be something wrong with her as a girl, I was surprised to see that she turned out to be a very pretty woman.. and seemed so much NOT like a murderer in her interviews later in life. I wonder if we'll EVER know if she was involved in the murders, or if her story of just being there is true? So, I now have discovered my precious "Story behind Nebraska", the song that Patty (& don't forget Darcie Miner!) so beautifully cover.. Now, does anyone else think it was quite ironic how I just happened to turn on the TV TODAY as that particular special was coming on? I mean.. even 3 weeks ago I would have never given the segment previewing the next show a 2nd thought. It all just seems too strange to me. This post brings up another subject that I find interesting.. Patty mentioned at her Lebanon, NH show the other week that she has "too many songs about dead people". It's obvious to anyone that her songs deal with emotional things, most of them sad things.. but I never really thought about how many of her songs really DO talk about dead people, suicide, murder, etc... until she mentioned this. If you think about it, there are only a few of them that DON'T talk about a dead person SOMEWHERE in the song, whether they are the focus of the song or not. It's funny that a person who seems so angel-like to me, someone who when I look into her eyes I see nothing but beautiful things, seems so obsessed with morbid thoughts like this.. when me myself, hardly ever think about death. I mean, I'm not going to say I could care less if I went now, but when it's my time, it's my time. Maybe it's just our general mind set regarding death, that she is fascinated by it, and I'm really not.. or I wasn't until I started listening to her.. LOL Anyway.. those are my thoughts for today. I haven't posted in a while, so there's a NICE, BIG one for you, just to let you know that Dave is alive and well! If anyone has any thoughts as to why they think Patty writes and sings about morbid things so often, or what it is about us that is drawn to those type songs, I encourage you to post your ideas! I've mentioned many times about how when I first heard Patty, she totally changed the way I listen to music. Before her, most everything I listened to could be categorized as "feel good" music. So her style of writing is still really new to me, and it is a bit scary to me that I'm becoming more and more in tune with the feelings she writes about in some of her songs. Ok, that IS enough for now. I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! Dave ****************************************** We Are Water, We flow and flow I feel you pouring through Every inch, of my soul I really must tell you this Baby before you go.. We Are Water, We flow and flow ~~ The Almighty Patty G ~~ ******************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 18:24:52 EDT From: "You Oughta Know" Subject: Re: MM: Nebraska, story behind the song.. Ah, Dave, I too have never really paid attention to the fact that Patty sings alot about dead people or death. But lo and behold she does. Thanks for the Nebraska info. Very interesting. I also think Patty has a way of touching our feelings. It is wonderful to have them felt so strongly in her songs. I think her innocent, pixie look add to that special dimension. Hearing her so eloquently and beautifully sing her soul to us and then jam with her band is one of my favorite joys in this life. Thank you so much for thinking of me with your quote (I know you were, the jerk that I am! LOL!!) NPC: Mary Arden Collins will be playing at the Stazi Milano (a restaraunt/bar) at the Jenkintown train station this Friday, 4/28, it is free. It starts at 8pm. For all those Patty fans out there in the Philly area, COME ON DOWN. You will enjoy yourselves, she's great! I will be there sitting at the table that Mary will be at. Just come on up and introduce yourself to me... Peace, Karla ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V4 #119 *********************************