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Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Monday, April 26 2004 Volume 08 : Number 098 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: MM: Michael Fracasso ["Roy Larsen" ] MM: East Coast concerts [Danalee7@comcast.net] Re: MM: East Coast concerts [sarah martin ] MM: Favorite songs? [lindee37@webtv.net (Lindee)] Re: MM: Favorite songs? [Mark ] Re: MM: Favorite songs? [TPar102961@aol.com] RE: MM: Favorite songs? ["James Pettenato" ] Re: MM: Favorite songs? [Mark ] Re: MM: Favorite songs? ["Sarah Stanley" ] Re: MM: Favorite songs? [Rockerpgh@aol.com] Re: MM: Favorite songs? [Danalee7@comcast.net] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:13:00 -0700 From: "Roy Larsen" Subject: RE: MM: Michael Fracasso The only thing I knew of Michael was the duet Patty does with him on "Started On The Wrong Foot" up on the web site, and that didn't do much for me. He played a small venue here in Portland a few weeks back, and since Patty does so much backup singing on his new album, I thought I'd give him an honest try. I was not disappointed. For a little guy, he has a big stage presence and I now have a great appreciation for his work and his voice. I came away with two of his CDs and I will definitely see him again when I have the chance. Roy - ----Original Message Follows---- From: Robin Hall To: mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: MM: Michael Fracasso Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 11:14:41 -0400 MIchael Fracasso, who toured with Patty a couple of years ago, will be opening for the Gourds at Mercury Lounge in New York City, Sunday night (4/25). Supposed to go on at 7:30 PM. He has a new album out that's supposed to be excellent. _________________________________________________________________ From must-see cities to the best beaches, plan a getaway with the Spring Travel Guide! http://special.msn.com/local/springtravel.armx ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:06:13 +0000 From: Danalee7@comcast.net Subject: MM: East Coast concerts hey you guys- on Wed I leave for the east coast and will be offline for 3 weeks unless maybe I can check my email at my brother's in Charlotte in about 2 weeks- so- no one is talking about meeting up at these concerts- I hope to meet some of you so is there any chance of preconcert get-togethers with anyone? Berklee, Town Hall and Birchmere concerts are the ones I will be at. How about it? Dana ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 17:17:59 -0700 (PDT) From: sarah martin Subject: Re: MM: East Coast concerts Hi Dana- We're planning a get together before the Berklee show...I think our fearless boston leader John Higgins has volunteered to find a restaurant to meet up at. If you can find a way to get online, just check the posting on the discussion board on pattygriffin.net just before May 9th and you'll see the plans. See you there! Sarah Danalee7@comcast.net wrote: hey you guys- on Wed I leave for the east coast and will be offline for 3 weeks unless maybe I can check my email at my brother's in Charlotte in about 2 weeks- so- no one is talking about meeting up at these concerts- I hope to meet some of you so is there any chance of preconcert get-togethers with anyone? Berklee, Town Hall and Birchmere concerts are the ones I will be at. How about it? Dana Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 22:36:02 -0400 From: lindee37@webtv.net (Lindee) Subject: MM: Favorite songs? Hi everyone...well, I finally got my ID...have listened to it a couple of times and am wondering where "Impossible Dream" is!! I was wondering what songs stand out to people. (Ok, I'm serious...WHERE is Impossible Dream sung by her parents??) I just finished the album for the third time!! AHHH! Anyway....I think I fall into the category of people who have been completely seduced by Patty's incredibly catchy melodies and I'm missing it on this one. I know she did say that there was less of it on this record...I'm not falling in love with the whole thing as I've done with all the other albums so I do detect a difference here. Patty is the only artist I've even been into (besides maybe Dar Willaims) where I don't skip songs on her CDs. So, I'm having a bit of an adjustment here. My favorites so far are "Useless Desires" and "The Rowing Song" for obvious reasons. I like "Kite Song" and "Mother of God"......and the rest is sort of leaving me undecided for now. Linda "Sometimes I hear my voice And it's been here Silent all these years..." ~Tori Amos~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:01:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Subject: Re: MM: Favorite songs? I think my faves are Useless Desire and When It Don't Come Easy. (Impossible Dream is the END of track 5 I believe...before the next song begins). I am thinking this is Not my favorite Patty CD. I like it very well....but surely not my fave. I think it might be because I have the Silver Bell demo.....and so much is a repeat. :( Lindee wrote: Hi everyone...well, I finally got my ID...have listened to it a couple of times and am wondering where "Impossible Dream" is!! I was wondering what songs stand out to people. (Ok, I'm serious...WHERE is Impossible Dream sung by her parents??) I just finished the album for the third time!! AHHH! Anyway....I think I fall into the category of people who have been completely seduced by Patty's incredibly catchy melodies and I'm missing it on this one. I know she did say that there was less of it on this record...I'm not falling in love with the whole thing as I've done with all the other albums so I do detect a difference here. Patty is the only artist I've even been into (besides maybe Dar Willaims) where I don't skip songs on her CDs. So, I'm having a bit of an adjustment here. My favorites so far are "Useless Desires" and "The Rowing Song" for obvious reasons. I like "Kite Song" and "Mother of God"......and the rest is sort of leaving me undecided for now. Linda "Sometimes I hear my voice And it's been here Silent all these years..." ~Tori Amos~ Practice safe snacking........use condiments I don't have an attitude problem, you have a perception problem Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:02:34 EDT From: TPar102961@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: Favorite songs? my advise is to keep listening.. i too love useless desires and rowing song but i also love dont come easy.. i have probably played the cd over 30 times since it came out. now i am so addicted i cant get enough, i find myself waking up in the night singing her songs like useless desires. i absolutely love standing.... i am going to see her on thursday in dallas.. cant wait to hear the live versions of the new stuff.. so keep listening it will seep into your soul and entangle you and you want know what hit you.. teresa in fort worth. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:05:14 -0400 From: "James Pettenato" Subject: RE: MM: Favorite songs? Patty's parents sing "Impossible Dream" after Patty is done singing Track # 6 on the CD ("Top of The World"). It is not listed as a separate song, but just two songs under one track#. I think they did a lackluster job, they should leave the entertaining to their daughter! As for you not liking the new material Patty put out, I was in that category for a day or two. But, just give it as many listens as you can and you find yourself liking a song more and more each time you listen. You finally will "get" what Patty is doing and be just as impressed as we all are by her earlier work. Good song choices though, and yes, "Kite Song" is amazing. I would try not to look at the new album as eleven seperate/different songs, but a single mood-setting audio. It flows, has grace, and mesmerizes. If you pick apart each song separately you will miss the overall purpose. Congrats to Patty for another amazing album (which of course will go unrecognized by mainstream music industries). Ugh! Jim >From: lindee37@webtv.net (Lindee) >To: Mad-Mission@smoe.org >Subject: MM: Favorite songs? >Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 22:36:02 -0400 > >Hi everyone...well, I finally got my ID...have listened to it a couple >of times and am wondering where "Impossible Dream" is!! I was wondering >what songs stand out to people. (Ok, I'm serious...WHERE is Impossible >Dream sung by her parents??) I just finished the album for the third >time!! AHHH! > >Anyway....I think I fall into the category of people who have been >completely seduced by Patty's incredibly catchy melodies and I'm missing >it on this one. I know she did say that there was less of it on this >record...I'm not falling in love with the whole thing as I've done with >all the other albums so I do detect a difference here. Patty is the only >artist I've even been into (besides maybe Dar Willaims) where I don't >skip songs on her CDs. So, I'm having a bit of an adjustment here. My >favorites so far are "Useless Desires" and "The Rowing Song" for obvious >reasons. I like "Kite Song" and "Mother of God"......and the rest is >sort of leaving me undecided for now. >Linda > > > > > > > > >"Sometimes I hear my voice >And it's been here >Silent all these years..." > ~Tori Amos~ _________________________________________________________________ Test your Travel Quotient and get the chance to win your dream trip! http://travel.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:22:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Subject: Re: MM: Favorite songs? Hey you. I live in FW..near Dallas.... I would LOVE to hear Patty.......... But too little time..... TPar102961@aol.com wrote: my advise is to keep listening.. i too love useless desires and rowing song but i also love dont come easy.. i have probably played the cd over 30 times since it came out. now i am so addicted i cant get enough, i find myself waking up in the night singing her songs like useless desires. i absolutely love standing.... i am going to see her on thursday in dallas.. can t wait to hear the live versions of the new stuff.. so keep listening it will seep into your soul and entangle you and you want know what hit you.. teresa in fort worth. Practice safe snacking........use condiments I don't have an attitude problem, you have a perception problem Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:34:04 -0400 From: "Sarah Stanley" Subject: Re: MM: Favorite songs? I love the whole album but it also took me several listens to completely fall in love with it. At first i was just excited to hear new Patty tunes. But I wasn't completely gaga over it... after listening over and over again I've realized what a spectacular album this really is. My favorites are "Don't Come Easy," "Rowing Song" and "Icicles Falling" I already knew "Florida" from live shows and whatnot and was so in love with it, so I don't count that since I knew it. :) Same with "Top of the World" Peace.... Sarah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You're gonna dance to jah music, dance, We're gonna dance to jah music, dance, Forget your troubles and dance, Forget your sorrows and dance, Forget your sickness and dance, Forget your weakness and dance. . ." -- Bob Marley ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark To: Mad-Mission@smoe.org Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 11:01 PM Subject: Re: MM: Favorite songs? I think my faves are Useless Desire and When It Don't Come Easy. (Impossible Dream is the END of track 5 I believe...before the next song begins). I am thinking this is Not my favorite Patty CD. I like it very well....but surely not my fave. I think it might be because I have the Silver Bell demo.....and so much is a repeat. :( Lindee wrote: Hi everyone...well, I finally got my ID...have listened to it a couple of times and am wondering where "Impossible Dream" is!! I was wondering what songs stand out to people. (Ok, I'm serious...WHERE is Impossible Dream sung by her parents??) I just finished the album for the third time!! AHHH! Anyway....I think I fall into the category of people who have been completely seduced by Patty's incredibly catchy melodies and I'm missing it on this one. I know she did say that there was less of it on this record...I'm not falling in love with the whole thing as I've done with all the other albums so I do detect a difference here. Patty is the only artist I've even been into (besides maybe Dar Willaims) where I don't skip songs on her CDs. So, I'm having a bit of an adjustment here. My favorites so far are "Useless Desires" and "The Rowing Song" for obvious reasons. I like "Kite Song" and "Mother of God"......and the rest is sort of leaving me undecided for now. Linda "Sometimes I hear my voice And it's been here Silent all these years..." ~Tori Amos~ Practice safe snacking........use condiments I don't have an attitude problem, you have a perception problem Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:55:16 EDT From: Rockerpgh@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: Favorite songs? I will do the same. When I've played it many more times, I will give it a rating. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 05:21:31 +0000 From: Danalee7@comcast.net Subject: Re: MM: Favorite songs? A lot of times with new Cds all of a sudden I finally hear a song after a few or maybe a bunch of listens. It is a rare song that captures me first listen. Not Alone was one of those rare songs for me. Chills first time around hearing it in the dark at midnite. Mary was another one. Shells was another one. Top of the World too back when she did it on ACL. 2-3 listens and I was into Useless Desires and then it had to be on repeat. Next, When It Don't Come Easy got me- that song is just beautifully done. Florida and Top of the World are great, but I already went thru my honeymoon period with them a while back. :) These are beautiful versions tho. Standing is not my fave PG song as this style of gospel is not my fave music, even of Christian music, which in my past life I have spent many an hour singing and I still love the old songs altho I am not into church anymore, and yet the words are really just so humble and beautiful- she does it great. I think she would fit right in in some gospel singing church and they would all be clapping and calling her sister. She nails it. I got into Icicles anyway last summer /fall when we heard it in concert and I have it on live shows. I do agree that if I had never heard these songs before- Standing, Icicles, Florida, Top of the World, Mother Of God, this collection would seem more super duper to me now, but each of those songs had me captured anyway previously. Even Standing. I am glad she included that one too as it really shows another facet of her gift. I am least into Love Throws a Line as that bluesy style is on my unfave style list altho I recognize the lyrics as important. I wish they were promoting Useless Desires or When It Don't Come Easy , or Florida on the radio instead. Maybe in these difficult times in the world, Love Throws a Line is most appropriate tho. Rowing and Kites are also good, but I would not say I am captured yet. I guess I zeroed in on Useless Desires and When It Don't Come Easy and As Cold As It Gets. It is not just the music, it is the lyr! ics that make them stand out to me and it takes a few times around to hear them. This weekend I was going thru this routine with a Richard Shindell Cd I had gotten a year or two ago but never listened much to- Reunion Hill. The songs are popping out to me now altho first listen I was unimpressed. I know a couple of the songs from live boots -like Reunion Hill - which is just an incredible song, a chiller- also Next Best Western. I am hearing the harmonies now of the new songs to me, recognizing the piano background, bazookie - one song just jumped out at me tonite- I Saw My Youth Today- . I love it when that happens and there are a couple more songs on there I am interested in now after 3-4 times thru the Cd. These artists don't write simple songs- I think it is ok if it is not instantanous to get the songs. Now that I am driving 35 mi to work each way, I will have a lot more time to explore a lot of Cds I have not really gone thru well enough and I have a load of those too. I have been so tuned into Patty and Jackson Browne for years. I need to get Eliza Gilkyson's new Cd still. Dana- don't worry- I will be very quiet for the next 3 weeks. ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V8 #98 ********************************