From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V5 #168 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/pattyg * 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 Friday, July 20 2001 Volume 05 : Number 168 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Harry Chapin [adamk@zoom.co.uk] MM: RE: NPC - remembering Harry Chapin [Gary Jacques ] Re: MM: Michael Jackson, King of Beer [BenALongYear@aol.com] MM: Re: RE: RE: NPC - remembering Harry Chapin ["Darcie Miner" Subject: MM: RE: NPC - remembering Harry Chapin Mike, you are so old!! LOL Harry Chapin? Didn't he do silent films? LOL About half the people on this board are scratching their heads thinking Harry who? LOL Well Mike, I remember him and although I never had the privilege of seeing him live, I enjoyed his story telling type of music very much. But he was no John Prine. Evil Gary - -----Original Message----- From: Mike Connell [mailto:ducksoup@quackquack.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 10:50 PM To: mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: MM: NPC - remembering Harry Chapin I don't know how many of the rest of you can truly relate, as many of you are probably too young to have enjoyed this man's music, especially his incredibly fun live shows, but I am mad at myself for forgetting to post about him two days ago, as it was 20 years and 2 days ago that we lost who I know is my alltime favorite live performer, Harry Chapin. It's late and way past my bed time, so I cannot write the post I'd like to about him, but I'd like to leave you with a post that another fan of his posted on a NYC board I happened to stumble upon on AOL tonight, and he and this board made many posts remembering this man I consider a legend. Rest in peace Harry, I miss you and your wonderfully entertaining shows. No one I have seen since has come remotely close. a fan forever, Mike *********** Posted on the AOL board: The Buroughs Subject: Remembering Harry Chapin Date: 7/16/01 12:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: HZryb Let us pause for a few minutes during our hectic routine that we call our daily lives and honor the memory of Harry Chapin, one of my heroes, who died in an automobile accident on the LIE 20 years ago today. He was only 38 years old. He was the principle organizer and guiding force behind World Hunger Year, and as he liked to say onstage "I do one show for me, and one show for the other guy." He truly was a recording artist who put his money where his mouth was. No doubt Harry would have been at the fore in the We Are The World Sessions. His voice was sorely missed on that recording. Harry was even posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for his outstanding humanitarian efforts I remember on the day Harry died, I was supposed to attend a benefit concert at Eisenhower Park that evening. I heard about the horrible accident on WNEW-FM in the afternoon. Truly a great loss for all of us. Harry remains, for me, one of the great lyricists who ever put notes to paperhis songs told stories, some serious, some frivolous, all entertaining. I remember hearing "Taxi" in my bedroom one day in 1972. There are very few songs that you can remember the very first time you heard them. This is one of them. Harry's imagery, the melody, the whole enchilada is perfect. His songs were like movies, very cinematic. His lyrics were powerful and his presentation evocative. I also really like "Better Place To Be" and for any of you who have teenaged girls please listen to "Tangled Up Puppet." It's guaranteed to raise a few emotions. Harry also had the guts to record a poem that his wife Sandy wrote, called "Cats in the Cradle." With my own travel schedule, I relate to that song better than most, and of course, Harry himself was speaking in the first person. It's hard to believe that 20 years have passed already since Harry's tragic demise. "Remember when the music was a glow on the horizon of every new-born day, and as we sang the sun came up to chase the dark away, and life was good, for we knew we could" "I aint here on business baby, I'm only here for fun!" H O W A R D ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 08:45:09 -0400 From: Gary Jacques Subject: MM: New Patty Concert listing!!! New Patty show!!! Charlottesville, VA. 7/28/01 @ Starr Hill Evil Gary ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:12:36 -0400 From: "Connell, Michael P" Subject: MM: RE: RE: NPC - remembering Harry Chapin Evil Gary wrote: > I remember him and although I never had the > privilege of seeing him live, I enjoyed his story telling type of music very > much. But he was no John Prine. Since you never saw him perform live (which by far was his stong suit), IMO it's not fair to say "he was no _____". I've seen many live acts in this genre, but never saw John Prine. So I am not going to nor would I say Harry was better. If he wasn't, then I guess I've missed out on anotherr great live performer. Still, I am glad you enjoyed Harry. He was certainly special. I haven't found too many non-released tapes/boots of his shows. I might just make a solid effort now. Each one I went to was a joy (somewhere around 20 shows), so I imagine just about every one of them were in their own right. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:23:18 -0400 From: Stephen Golato Subject: MM: RE: RE: RE: NPC - remembering Harry Chapin Pat Benatar did a great job singing Shooting Star on his tribute special several years ago. Many years ago she played a character in one of his space age productions. I think it was called The Zinger or something like that. It was before my time. Anyway, I like how she sang the song. Very moving. Riff *************************************************************************** This electronic mail transmission contains confidential and/or privileged information intended only for the person(s) named. Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by another person is strictly prohibited. *************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:27:27 EDT From: Songbird22@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: RE: NPC - remembering Harry Chapin Harry Chapin's daughter is a NYC singer/songwriter and she's got some good stuff. www.jenchapin.com Check it out... Jessica www.jessicaweiser.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:45:14 -0400 From: "Shannon Mast" Subject: Re: MM: NPC - remembering Harry Chapin I was only four years old when Harry Chapin died, but I already loved his music and have taken it with me into adulthood. It still amazes me how many people have never heard of this amazing songwriter--I want to smack those people who think Ugly Kid Joe wrote "Cats in the Cradle." Ugh. My parents raised me on Harry--they attended several of his concerts and said they were like no other concert they'd ever been to. Thank God for Greatest Stories Live, his amazing live album that can give those of us who were never priveleged enough to see him in concert just a taste of how powerful he was as an entertainer. In my opinion, it's his best work--I love his studio stuff, but his live performances are just incredible. My favorite is Mr. Tanner. Hearing John Wallace vocally portraying a small town singer with dreams of making it big, then hearing the critics words deflating those dreams, always gives me goosebumps. I've often said that if Harry was still alive and touring, I'd probably leave my job and just follow him around. It's a tragedy that his life was cut so short--I'm sure he could have taught us all a lot about how to treat our fellow humans. Shannon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * There's a lady who's sure All that glitters is gold And I'm hoping to sell her Some jewelry. (George Olson, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant) * "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction." - -Antoine de Saint-Exupiry * Before you get in a fight with a person, walk 500 hundred miles in his shoes. That way you're 500 hundred miles ahead of him and you've got his shoes. * Don't be sexist--broads really hate that. ~~Shannon ;) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - ----Original Message Follows---- From: BLUEHEN@webtv.net To: ducksoup@quackquack.net (Mike Connell) CC: mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: Re: MM: NPC - remembering Harry Chapin Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:02:59 -0400 (EDT) Amen......I'll never forget the first time I heard "Tangled up Puppet". I was just a kid, but it left me weeping, and now with a teenage daughter of my own, I don't dare listen any time soon! A true humanitarian in the purest sense. Harry Chapin's love lives on......... ~Patty Blee~ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 13:01:12 -0400 From: Mark Miazga Subject: MM: RE: NPC - remembering Harry Chapin Just wanted to chime in on the Harry Chapin thread. I'm 23, and never had the privelage of seeing Harry live. But I was raised on his music. Listening to "Greatest Stories Live" is still something I do at least once a month. (My only disappointment with that album is my all-time favorite Harry Chapin song - "Flower are Red" - isn't on it. I'm a teacher, so that song really gets to me...) But "A Better Place To Be" is incredible, too. So are a bunch of his songs. I can tell by that live CD, and the more recent one that his shows were incredible experiences - fun and moving. I regret that I was never able to see him. Mark > I don't know how many of the rest of you can truly relate, as many of you > are probably too young to have enjoyed this man's music, especially his > incredibly fun live shows, but I am mad at myself for forgetting to post > about him two days ago, as it was 20 years and 2 days ago that we lost who > I know is my alltime favorite live performer, Harry Chapin. > > It's late and way past my bed time, so I cannot write the post I'd like to > about him, but I'd like to leave you with a post that another fan of his > posted on a NYC board I happened to stumble upon on AOL tonight, and he and > this board made many posts remembering this man I consider a legend. > > Rest in peace Harry, I miss you and your wonderfully entertaining shows. No > one I have seen since has come remotely close. > > a fan forever, > > Mike > > *********** > > Posted on the AOL board: The Buroughs > > Subject: Remembering Harry Chapin > Date: 7/16/01 12:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: HZryb > > Let us pause for a few minutes during our hectic routine that we call our > daily lives and honor the memory of Harry Chapin, one of my heroes, who > died in an automobile accident on the LIE 20 years ago today. He was only > 38 years old. > > He was the principle organizer and guiding force behind World Hunger Year, > and as he liked to say onstage "I do one show for me, and one show for the > other guy." He truly was a recording artist who put his money where his > mouth was. No doubt Harry would have been at the fore in the We Are The > World Sessions. His voice was sorely missed on that recording. Harry was > even posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for his outstanding > humanitarian > efforts > > I remember on the day Harry died, I was supposed to attend a benefit > concert at Eisenhower Park that evening. I heard about the horrible > accident on WNEW-FM in the afternoon. Truly a great loss for all of us. > > Harry remains, for me, one of the great lyricists who ever put notes to > paperhis songs told stories, some serious, some frivolous, all > entertaining. I remember hearing "Taxi" in my bedroom one day in 1972. > There are very few songs that you can remember the very first time you > heard them. This is one of them. Harry's imagery, the melody, the whole > enchilada is perfect. His songs were like movies, very cinematic. His > lyrics were powerful and his > presentation evocative. > > I also really like "Better Place To Be" and for any of you who have > teenaged girls please listen to "Tangled Up Puppet." It's guaranteed to > raise a few emotions. > > Harry also had the guts to record a poem that his wife Sandy wrote, called > "Cats in the Cradle." With my own travel schedule, I relate to that song > better than most, and of course, Harry himself was speaking in the first > person. > > It's hard to believe that 20 years have passed already since Harry's tragic > demise. > > "Remember when the music was a glow on the horizon of every new-born day, > and as we sang the sun came up to chase the dark away, > and life was good, for we knew we could" > > "I aint here on business baby, I'm only here for fun!" > > H O W A R D - -- Mark Miazga miazgama@msu.edu http://go.to/MarkMiazga 1-E.Wilson Hall (517) 353-0297 http://www.msu.edu/~miazgama ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 00:08:02 EDT From: BenALongYear@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: Michael Jackson, King of Beer Another classic post form iceburrrg. I don't know what it is about em, but they sure make me laugh. Keep em coming. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 01:37:10 -0400 From: "Darcie Miner" Subject: MM: Re: RE: RE: NPC - remembering Harry Chapin The first song that ever made me cry was "Shortest Story." I remember my dad was really into Harry Chapin, and he had played that song and sang it, and as my dad played, I read the words and balled my eyes out. I think I might have been 10 or something, right around the time I started playing guitar and writing.. "Mr. Tanner" was fabulous as well! My favorite of his, definatly. Beautiful beautiful...and a great story behind it. I cried for him too. Terrible tragedy. But his music will be here forever. later, ~darc http://www.darcieminer.comGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V5 #168 *********************************