From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V2 #181 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 Sunday, June 28 1998 Volume 02 : Number 181 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: MM: Subsequent listening rewarded... [JohnRN23@aol.com] MM: Re :Christina [CornflkGl@aol.com] MM: E-Online's great review [Charl Kroeger ] MM: sinking in/Mary chords [Wunnder@aol.com] [none] [mgillis@meditech.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 05:02:47 EDT From: JohnRN23@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: Subsequent listening rewarded... I just recognized Christina... It took me some time, but once I deciphered the words, I knew that it was that sad sweet song that sounded so much better when it was just her and her guitar and a bunch of people at the Ark in Ann Arbor. It's still good, but I miss the sweet simplicity to that song "A hundred love letters and none of them true" (sigh) :-) John ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 11:01:09 EDT From: CornflkGl@aol.com Subject: MM: Re :Christina I don't know how stupid this makes me sound, but since hearing "Christina" I always thought Christina Onassis was the little girl growing up right now who has $600 billion dollars.. and I thought it was sad, because it was like a prophecy of how her life will be.. but I was wrong :). The little Onassis girl is Athena, and Christina was her mother ( she's dead now ). It's just a little history lesson for those that are as clueless as I am... and it makes the song just as good, but a little less heartbreaking. Thank God. Rachel :D ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 10:17:28 +0000 From: Charl Kroeger Subject: MM: E-Online's great review Hi all, Just thought you might want to see how favorably Flaming Red has been received in the entertainment world: E-Online (www.eonline.com) has as one of it's lead stories in their subscriber newsletters the release of the CD. In the review section, this is what they had to say: Sender: owner-mad-mission@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Patty Griffin Flaming Red Who knew Griffin secretly wanted to be in Nirvana? This razor-sharp, electrically charged album is miles from her folkie debut, Living with Ghosts. Her passionate, grainy voice and finely honed songwriting are the constants, but nothing on Ghost could prepare you for the seething energy of the title track or the electronic ruckus that kicks off "Blue Sky." Even the more conventional songs have unexpected touches: the looped drums on "Carry Me," the dissonant riff at the center of "Big Dadd" and the loping pop of "One Big Love," which in a more perfect world would be pouring out of radios at beaches nationwide. Griffin has brilliantly avoided the sophomore slump, graduating early into the class of artists to be reckoned with. For my own part there is not a thing on Flaming Red that if I would change! Patty, you knew exactly which musical g-spot to aim for! Heavy rotation in my personal CD playing. Let's hope you get to be "out there" a lot on the road. I wanna see ya again!!!!! The Big Apple is calling. I know that Flaming Red is going to exceed even your wildest expectations. Look out world, here she is! And hey Patty, when your next million seller needs cool packaging, check out my work (see below) I'd love to do it for you! All the best to you all Charl (http://www.cnct.com/home/designck) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 14:08:59 EDT From: Wunnder@aol.com Subject: MM: sinking in/Mary chords hey mishers- i've had the new cd for a few days now and have slowly been digesting it...and i've reached a few conclusions. first of all, i'm not nearly as disappointed with the "plugged-in-ness" of it as i thought i was going to be. the last time i saw patty was last february at the fez in nyc, and it was a solo acoustic show. of course the songs from FR she played were all gorgeous in that form...so when the buzz here started about a ROCK BAND i got a little nervous. but i should have known better. it seems that lately all my favorite artists have been moving from acoustic towards "real" rock. first it was the nields, then dar williams, and now patty...and each time i would get nervous that i wouldn't like it as much, and each time i'm proven wrong. the only track that i wish was completely acoustic is "christina", but that's just because it was more pure when i heard it live the first time and it moved me so. but i still love it. the whole album is just wonderful i think, and the standout tracks for me are "flaming red", "one big love", "tony", "goodbye", "carry me" (i really like that one for some reason...) "christina" and "mary". speaking of that last one, i was able to sort of work out a rough tab of "mary". i think it goes something like this...a simple fingerpick sounds nice (bear with me i don't have the lyrics right here) A D mary, you're covered in roses A you're covered in ashes E covered in rain. the pattern then continues to the "jesus said mother i couldn't stay another day longer..." part. and here's where i need your help! i *think* it goes from a Bm to an A for 3 lines and then to an E for the last: Bm A Jesus says mother I couldn't stay another day longer Bm A He flies right by and leaves a kiss upon her face Bm A as the angels are singing his praises in a blaze of glory E A mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place But for some reason that last part sounds a little off...if anyone with more guitar skills than me (which is most likely anyone here) could set us straight i would be most grateful...thanks and hope you can work with what i got so far. take care everyone and enjoy the new cd. jenna § ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 14:28:28 -0500 From: mgillis@meditech.com Subject: [none] Jenna, some advice someone gave me many years ago: When figuring out songs, put on the record, tune your guitar to the record, and then use low notes to find the chords. The lowest note usually "names" the chord. All you need to do then is find if its major or minor, etc. Once you figure out the chord progression, then you can worry about how the guitar goes, etc. Bass notes are easier to pick out when there are many instruments playing at once. The bass usually hits only one note at a time (unlike guitar, for example). Good luck! -Matt ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V2 #181 *********************************