From: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org (oppositeview-digest) To: oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Subject: oppositeview-digest V9 #128 Reply-To: oppositeview@smoe.org Sender: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oppositeview-digest Monday, April 21 2008 Volume 09 : Number 128 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: OV: Re: Re: oppositeview-digest V9 #126 [Helen Bartlett ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:41:11 +0000 (GMT) From: Helen Bartlett Subject: Re: OV: Re: Re: oppositeview-digest V9 #126 As in, Jimmy Blue is about not being at a funeral? On the Waking Hours tour back in 1989 (ish?) He said Jimmy Blue was about growing up/being a teenager in a small town (Kegworth) when his family was living in Leicestershire. (This being memorable at the time because the show was in Loughborough which was just down the road from Kegworth) H - ----- Original Message ---- From: Steve & Cindy Meyer To: johngalt@whoever.com; oppositeview@smoe.org Sent: Saturday, 19 April, 2008 7:33:07 PM Subject: OV: Re: Re: oppositeview-digest V9 #126 Agreed - a fantastic show. More than we had even hoped for. To add to Mike's review, the other songs he added at the end were Here and Now and Jimmy Blue. He also added something no one I talked to knew. He said it was "for a friend" and part of the lyrics talked about this not being a funeral, but the passing of another year and then something about the other guy being buried under here. Anyone know what this is? I was glad to hear the two songs that were not on What is Love For (this one and As Long as you don't come back), because it may mean another CD is in the works. :-) Diane has a complete set list and I'm sure she will put it up later. He did not do Spit in the Rain. He did about 6 songs in the encore, so I think Spit just fell to the wayside. Justin looked and sounded great. Suit, tie, pompadour! He was really on top of his game last nite. A treat was at the end of Here and Now, for the two verses sung at once, Justin sang his part and the audience sang the other simultaneously that Iain would have been singing in shows past. Justin was personable and gracious as always after the show, talking to everyone who wanted his time. We got a great family photo with him (Thanks, Diane!) as after all these years of our son growing up with Del Amitri music and talk, he was finally old enough to go to a club show! I can't tell you how pumped he was - the show was one thing, but meeting and speaking with Justin afterward were the icing on the cake. All in all, one very memorable evening. Cindy - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 11:59 AM Subject: OV: Re: oppositeview-digest V9 #126 > Justin in Milwaukee......absolutely fabulous... an incredibly intimate > gig in Shank Hall....a great venue where the farthest seat was about 30 > feet away from the small stage... what a great show...a vast contrast > from when I saw Del Amitri at the same venue back in 1997..... that show > was a rocking and rollicking amazement....all the fans on their > feet hooting and hollering........ the new acoustic show was much more > subdued, but fantastic, all the same...most everyone was seated at > tables... Justin has not lost any of that amazing voice despite the > passage of the years.......sounded great as always... did a lot of newer > songs, including some not on the new CD, like "As Long As You Don't Come > Back"........also die a lot of great old Dels tunes.....seemed to stick > to a set list until later in the show.... then he threw in a few > requests shouted from the crowd, including Whiskey Remorse (my favorite) > ....Justin was funny as hell with his between song observations...... did > about a two hour show.......then, to everyone's surprise, came out after > the show and patiently met with a long line of fans, shaking hands and > posing for for pictures (mine will be printed and framed today!!) and > autographs .... truly a magical and wondrous night with an incredibly > talented musician and entertainer.... > > -- > Want an e-mail address like mine? > Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com! ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! For Good helps you make a difference http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:21:58 -0500 From: "Steve & Cindy Meyer" Subject: Re: OV: Re: Re: oppositeview-digest V9 #126 He did Jimmy Blue and Here and Now during the encore. Then he also did something new that no one had heard before (of the people I talked to). The lyrics included something like "This is not a funeral. It's just the passing of another year," and "The other guy is buried under here." Cindy - ---- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Bartlett" To: Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 5:41 AM Subject: Re: OV: Re: Re: oppositeview-digest V9 #126 > As in, Jimmy Blue is about not being at a funeral? On the Waking Hours > tour back in 1989 (ish?) He said Jimmy Blue was about growing up/being a > teenager in a small town (Kegworth) when his family was living in > Leicestershire. (This being memorable at the time because the show was in > Loughborough which was just down the road from Kegworth) > > H > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Steve & Cindy Meyer > To: johngalt@whoever.com; oppositeview@smoe.org > Sent: Saturday, 19 April, 2008 7:33:07 PM > Subject: OV: Re: Re: oppositeview-digest V9 #126 > > Agreed - a fantastic show. More than we had even hoped for. To add to > Mike's review, the other songs he added at the end were Here and Now and > Jimmy Blue. He also added something no one I talked to knew. He said it > was "for a friend" and part of the lyrics talked about this not being a > funeral, but the passing of another year and then something about the > other > guy being buried under here. Anyone know what this is? I was glad to > hear > the two songs that were not on What is Love For (this one and As Long as > you > don't come back), because it may mean another CD is in the works. :-) > Diane has a complete set list and I'm sure she will put it up later. He > did > not do Spit in the Rain. He did about 6 songs in the encore, so I think > Spit just fell to the wayside. > > Justin looked and sounded great. Suit, tie, pompadour! He was really on > top of his game last nite. A treat was at the end of Here and Now, for > the > two verses sung at once, Justin sang his part and the audience sang the > other simultaneously that Iain would have been singing in shows past. > > Justin was personable and gracious as always after the show, talking to > everyone who wanted his time. We got a great family photo with him > (Thanks, > Diane!) as after all these years of our son growing up with Del Amitri > music > and talk, he was finally old enough to go to a club show! I can't tell > you > how pumped he was - the show was one thing, but meeting and speaking with > Justin afterward were the icing on the cake. > > All in all, one very memorable evening. > Cindy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 11:59 AM > Subject: OV: Re: oppositeview-digest V9 #126 > > >> Justin in Milwaukee......absolutely fabulous... an incredibly intimate >> gig in Shank Hall....a great venue where the farthest seat was about 30 >> feet away from the small stage... what a great show...a vast contrast >> from when I saw Del Amitri at the same venue back in 1997..... that show >> was a rocking and rollicking amazement....all the fans on their >> feet hooting and hollering........ the new acoustic show was much more >> subdued, but fantastic, all the same...most everyone was seated at >> tables... Justin has not lost any of that amazing voice despite the >> passage of the years.......sounded great as always... did a lot of newer >> songs, including some not on the new CD, like "As Long As You Don't Come >> Back"........also die a lot of great old Dels tunes.....seemed to stick >> to a set list until later in the show.... then he threw in a few >> requests shouted from the crowd, including Whiskey Remorse (my favorite) >> ....Justin was funny as hell with his between song observations...... did >> about a two hour show.......then, to everyone's surprise, came out after >> the show and patiently met with a long line of fans, shaking hands and >> posing for for pictures (mine will be printed and framed today!!) and >> autographs .... truly a magical and wondrous night with an incredibly >> talented musician and entertainer.... >> >> -- >> Want an e-mail address like mine? >> Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com! > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! For Good helps you make a difference > > http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:23:56 +0100 (BST) From: Chris Quartly Subject: Re: OV: RE: Iain sighting in Oxford. Ha, well that's a turn up for the books. I wonder how long he's been here (I'm local and work in Oxford so am there almost every day the last 10 years)... That's funny he has a son not a daughter! In all honesty it was just a "blink and you miss him" moment, we just walked past each other in the covered market so I didn't really dwell on it. I've seen Thom Yorke around in town a couple of times but again, I'm not one to bother people. Thanks for the info, are you from around here too or was the dance performance just something you did in Oxford? Cheers Chris - --- Jane Armstrong wrote: > Hi Chris > > He does live in Oxford now, and it would have been > his son Louis you saw - > he hasn't got a daughter! I saw Madeline and Louis > there a couple of years > ago when they stopped to watch a dance performance I > was in. Louis is > certainly a chip off the old block - the same blue > eyes. > > Jane > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-oppositeview@smoe.org > [mailto:owner-oppositeview@smoe.org] On > Behalf Of Chris Quartly > Sent: 18 April 2008 15:49 > To: Porl; oppositeview@smoe.org > Subject: OV: Iain sighting in Oxford. > > Hi everyone, just thought I would say that I'm 99.9% > sure I saw Iain Harvie > and his family (wife + > daughter?) walking around Oxford the other day. I > didn't bother him because > he was with his family though. > > Cheers > Chris > __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ------------------------------ End of oppositeview-digest V9 #128 **********************************