From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V2 #66 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 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/patttour.htm * OR * go to http://www.amrecords.com/road/index.html * 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 V2 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Thursday, March 12 1998 Volume 02 : Number 066 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: jules shear; mangled lyrics ["Luca, Joseph" Subject: MM: jules shear; mangled lyrics Howdy to both lists. Just wanted to say that I picked up the much-talked-about Jules Shear CD, featuring 13 duets. Disclaimer: I listened to it this morning, but only peripherally-that is, while showering, making lunches, feeding the dog, etc. So I really couldn't concentrate. Okay, enough qualifying. What I heard was really good. The guests include Roseanne Cash, Margo Timmins, Amy Rigby, Mary Ramsey, Ron Sexsmith, and, of course, Patty. It takes a minute and 37 seconds for Patty to finally appear on the cut "Walls and Windows," and then for a while she's just joining Jules for harmony vocals. But then she gets her shot, and it is, of course, gorgeous: heavenly and powerful. (Preaching-to-the-converted section coming here, in the guise of an odd and tangential comparison: Do any of you read the comic strip "Rose is Rose"? In it, Pasquale's guardian angel occasionally will transmogrify himself from a cute five-year-old's angel into a huge, fierce, sword-and-shield-bearing warrior. Well, that bolstered image kind of makes me think of Patty's voice: angelic and formidable.) She just takes the song over. No further adjectives will suffice. And to any Darlings not yet familiar with Patty, please do yourself the favor of favors and check her out. Other noteworthy items: a pleasantly restrained Paula Cole; a lovely voiced Susan Cowsill (Tom, help me out here. Could it be? I mean, how many other "Cowsills" are there [and I don't mean in her family!]?) (nice grouping of typographical symbols there, eh?); a duet with Rob Wasserman that is instrumental; and a very pretty song done with Angie Hart, who is unknown to me (Tom, again: Is she part of Hart Rouge?). True, Jules Shear (author of "If She Knew What She Wants" and "All Through the Night," among others) is a much finer writer than singer, but with this cast, who cares? Overall, a very enjoyable disc, one that I'm looking forward to hearing again. Regarding Mondegreens, my favorite remains one I've posted before: A friend recalls hearing a woman passing by, discussing "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," and describing confusion at the line "the girl with colitis walks by." That's about it. Thanks for putting up with all the parentheticals and tangentials; have a great day! Pax et lux, Joe ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V2 #66 ********************************