From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V2 #266 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 V2 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Thursday, September 10 1998 Volume 02 : Number 266 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: MM: MM- Tony [cdaignea@bakerbotts.com] MM: Re:Tony [Jeff Dunnam ] MM: Re:Tony & Lyrics Archive [CornflkGl@aol.com] MM: World care' [LeShawnte@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 09 Sep 98 09:42:01 -0600 From: cdaignea@bakerbotts.com Subject: Re: MM: MM- Tony Nice post Dana. I absolutely agree. I guess whatever the exact subject matter of "Tony" is, isn't really as important as what messages this song drives across to the individual listener. One of the beautiful things about music is personal interpretation. Patty is one hell of a lyricist to be able to reach so deeply into people's hearts and minds. That is one of the reasons I enjoy P.G. so much...she has the capability to make me smile, laugh and even cry with nothing more than words. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: MM: MM- Tony Author: at internet Date: 9/9/92 11:09 AM To me it is at least partly about how we could touch others lives for the better if only yeah, we weren't so self absorbed. It may have a gay main character, but lonliness is universal- you don't have to be a gay teen to feel isolated. Patty felt the same way but recognized it after it was too late to make a difference in Tony's life- to take the lyrics literally. We can't reach everyone we meet, but we can touch some people at least- one by one. It sounds to me like she regretted not being able to do that for him. Maybe he wouldn't have done it. Maybe she needed to be reached herself- I think I'll do a little dying today. I don't think the song has a unsympathetic tone to it- she had a heart for him or she wouldn't have written this song. That is how I hear it anyway. In the World Cafe interview I heard, she said that it was a true event in her hometown and she really did read about it in the paper. Dana ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 11:14:33 -0500 From: Jeff Dunnam Subject: MM: Re:Tony From DJ's note the other day, it sounds like yes, Tony was a very real person, in Old Town, Maine. It also sounded like he went out in a public way, but in a small town, it woulda made the paper. To me, it's about loneliness; as she says "I know that story, I was right there behind you". I really relate, as I felt very isolated in high school and had no sense of who I was. I'm not gay, but that couldn't have helped in a small town. - Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 12:34:34 EDT From: CornflkGl@aol.com Subject: MM: Re:Tony & Lyrics Archive In a message dated 98-09-09 12:13:10 EDT, you write: << From DJ's note the other day, it sounds like yes, Tony was a very real person, in Old Town, Maine. It also sounded like he went out in a public way, but in a small town, it woulda made the paper. >> I agree that Tony was a real person (I've heard Patty say it before), but I doubt the news would have made the TOWN paper. Probably the regional paper, though. I live in a small town, and we have a weekly newspaper, and I've never seen a suicide reported in it (and yes, we've had quite a few). Usually even small town obits won't say what the person died of, unless they wanted a donation made to Dana Farber or something. So i'm thinking "local rag" meant regional paper, not town paper. Sheesh, what a silly little thing to post about. I updated the lyrics site ! Woo hoo ! Rachel :D ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 13:54:30 EDT From: LeShawnte@aol.com Subject: MM: World care' In a message dated 98-09-09 01:36:45 EDT, you write: << That is how I hear it anyway. In the World Cafe interview >> Would any kind soul out there in Patty land happen to have a copy of her performance and interview, I like World cafe's style, I have Paula Coles from a year or so back and it was really intimate. I will be willing to send a blank tape and self addressed stamp envolope...thank to anyone who can oblige :) Shawnte' "As we grow older and out of chilhood we become more like everyone else, smaller and simpler." ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V2 #266 *********************************