From: owner-sheryl-crew-digest@smoe.org (sheryl-crew-digest) To: sheryl-crew-digest@smoe.org Subject: sheryl-crew-digest V6 #81 Reply-To: sheryl-crew@smoe.org Sender: owner-sheryl-crew-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-sheryl-crew-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk sheryl-crew-digest Tuesday, July 8 2003 Volume 06 : Number 081 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [sheryl-crew] Fwd:Crow Flies High [Brigitte ] Re: [sheryl-crew] Fwd:Crow Flies High [XMystery79@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 21:49:19 +0200 From: Brigitte Subject: [sheryl-crew] Fwd:Crow Flies High This was posted in the tradinggroup: >Hello, everybody. > >Here's a little article from Jam! Showbiz. Note the mention of a new song >from an upcoming Greatest Hits collection. > >-Dave > >http://www.canoe.ca/JamConcertsA2D/crow_sheryl_070603-sun.html >Crow flies high >By SHAWN JEFFORDS >London Free Press > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >SHERYL CROW >John Labatt Centre, London, Ont. >Sunday, July 6, 2003 >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > >LONDON, Ont. -- "You're an original baby." > >The lyrics said it all about Sheryl Crow. One of music's biggest stars >brought her North American tour to London last night and blew the roof off >of the John Labatt Centre. > >Her performance started off with a very theatrical twist as the purr of a >Mustang's engine filled the arena. Then Crow, who kicked off her tour two >weeks ago, and her band hit the first few notes of her popular single, Steve >McQueen. The crowd erupted in deafening applause, whistles and cheers. > >She never looked back as the hits kept coming. > >The first two pieces, Steve McQueen and There Goes the Neighborhood, were >meant to jump-start the crowd. But while the reaction from audience members >was decidedly loud, their actions didn't match as they sat, planted firmly >in their seats, until Crow said something. > >"Ya know, it's cool with me if you want to stand up and stretch a little, I >won't mind," she said. > >With that, most of the fans on the floor jumped to their feet, danced, sang >and generally joined in for the rest of the show. Crow doubly provided the >release and permission people needed to enjoy the show. > >Throughout the concert, Crow, a music graduate of the University of >Missouri, continued to demonstrate the sheer power of her voice, belting out >the tunes. Her ability to make a live performance sound similar to her >recordings is a testament to her vocal skills. > >The lighting for the show was hit-and-miss, flattering her during some >songs, such as Leaving Las Vegas, and coming off as a bit harsh during >C'mon, C'mon. > >Fans were even treated to some new material from Crow's forthcoming greatest >hits album as she sang a cover of Try to Love Again. > >But the radio favourites such as My Favourite Mistake, A Change Would Do You >Good and Picture still seemed to elicit the biggest cheers. > >Crow's last two songs, Soak Up the Sun and Everyday is a Winding Road, had >everybody in the jammed JLC on their feet, whistling, singing along and >dancing. > >Another highlight was Let's Get Free, an anti-Iraqi war song available only >on the Internet. Its hard-rocking but poignant message seemed to go over >well. > >Crow, 41, a native of Kennett, Mo., also adeptly slid from hard rockin' >tunes like You're an Original to the slower, bluesy songs like Strong Enough >and Leaving Las Vegas. > >During the latter, she slowed the pace and began to banter with the crowd, >telling what seemed like a autobiographical story of her "younger days" and >her adventures with friends Jack Daniels and Bud Weiser. > >Some critics slammed Crow's latest album, C'mon, C'mon, as a departure from >her normally abrasive and socially conscious subject matter. But what they >failed to recognize, unlike the fans in the JLC, is that with the album, >Crow has widened her playlist and found another way to reach her audience, >while still tackling those same issues. > >The fans at the John Labatt Centre weren't fooled by the '70s rock blare, >the meaning still resonated and elicited cheers when she came to key lyrics >in her songs. > >For that reason, she'll always be an original. > > >Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >28f51d.jpg > >28f5e5.jpg > >Got questions or ideas? E-mail the moderator: > Brigitte, lois-lane@xs4all.nl > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >thewindingroad-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the >Yahoo! Terms of Service. [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of 28f51d.jpg"; x-mac-type="4A504547"; x-mac-creator="4A565752] [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of 28f5e5.jpg"; x-mac-type="4A504547"; x-mac-creator="4A565752] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 17:20:55 EDT From: XMystery79@aol.com Subject: Re: [sheryl-crew] Fwd:Crow Flies High Refreshing to see a positive review, thanks for posting it Bridgitte. ------------------------------ End of sheryl-crew-digest V6 #81 ********************************