From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V2 #363 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Tuesday, December 5 2000 Volume 02 : Number 363 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] "Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard ["Sally Green" ] [RS] Courier Line! ["Norman A. Johnson" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 10:56:26 -0500 From: "Sally Green" Subject: [RS] "Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard Hey, I forgot to mention that as I was driving all over God's green earth before Thanksgiving on my Green World tour (Dar) bildungsroman-ish journey, I was leaving Brooklyn, NY at 7:30 AM and was listening to WFUV and heard Merle Haggard's version (I guess it's the original) of "Sing Me Back Home." Now, I know that people are prone to liking the first version of a song they hear just because it's what they're used to, but SHEESH, I like Richard's version SOOOOOOOOOO much better. Merle's voice way way too sweet and melodic. I mean, if you're going to sing a country song, then put some country into it, baby! Of course, I also really really like Richard's voice, so that might have something to do with it. - --Sally (a little bit country) sallyagreen@hotmail.com _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 11:26:28 EST From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] "Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard >> I mean, if you're going to sing a country song, then put some country into it, baby! << However, it's not a REAL country song until it's got a truck and a dog in it, right? RG ------------------------------ Date: 05 Dec 2000 16:54 GMT From: Katrin.Uhl@t-online.de Subject: Re: [RS] "Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard Sally wrote: > Hey, I forgot to mention that as I was driving all over God's green earth > before Thanksgiving on my Green World tour (Dar) bildungsroman-ish journey, and now I just have to ask: Bildungsroman is actually a word used in the English language??? Wow. no Richard content. I could tell you though that there is a Lucy-broadcast on WUMB in exactly 5 minutes... but maybe I'll keep that a secret... :-) Katrin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 11:57:58 -0500 From: tigerboy20@juno.com Subject: [RS] Paul Simon on TV tonight... and some other Paul too... Hey ho everybody... Long time - no post. But thought I post a little reminder that there is a pretty good Paul Simon concert thingy on PBS tonight. At 8pm on channel 13 in Ney York. Followed by some other guy named Paul who plays a little 50s rock and roll from some place called the Cavern Club in some city called Liverpool - this seems familiar - but from another life or something. I know Dar ia a big Paul Simon fan. Any one know about Richard? He's just right age - knid of hard to think he's NOT a Paul Simon fan. ok... bye Bob Paterson ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 09:54:15 -0800 From: "Clary, John (CLRY)" Subject: RE: [RS] "Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard Katrin asked: >> Bildungsroman is actually a word used in the English language??? Wow. << You have to add the "-ish" to make it English =) I heard a rumor that Richard was going to incorporate this word into his next song. j a c ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 13:17:04 -0500 From: "Dupas, Edward (E.M.)" Subject: RE: [RS] "Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard The thing about Merle Haggard is that he is country without being too country. A lot of country artists just cut their songs out using the ol' fashioned country cookie cutter and once that song fades away it is back to the "drawling" board. Merle was often a blend of country and rock with songs that had folk-like content. I think that is what separated him and made him a legend among his peers. Country with content, dare to dream. In a lot of ways I think Richard takes SMBH and presents it as more of a straight country song, which is fine, but certainly more country than many of Merle's arrangements. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 13:45:12 EST From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: [RS] RE: "Sing Me Back Home" >> In a lot of ways I think Richard takes SMBH and presents it as more of a straight country song, which is fine, but certainly more country than many of Merle's arrangements. << Interestingly, when I hear Richard's version of the song (the only version I've ever heard, BTW), I hear the exact same arrangement and harmony structure as on "In My Hour of Darkness," the last song on Gram Parsons' final album, "Grievous Angel." I gotta tell ya, I would LOOOOOOOVE for Richard and Lucy to take a stab at doing a tribute CD in which they'd do that entire GP album. Lucy's already done the title cut, they've both sung "Hickory Wind" and "Love Hurts" before, but I'd give Clary's right arm to hear them tackle "$1000 Wedding," "Cash on the Barrlehead" or "Hearts on Fire." RG ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 14:45:17 -0500 From: Kerry Bernard Subject: [RS] Re: Paul Simon on TV tonight... Bob wrote: >there is a pretty good Paul Simon concert thingy on PBS tonight. Can I just take this opportunity to GLOAT about the fact that I had the incredible privilege of attending one of Paul Simon's 3 sold out shows in Boston last week? Oh my GAWD the man is a genius. Truly one of my All Time Top 5 Concerts EVER. You can just tell that this is a man who feels music with his entire body - it's not only wonderful to listen to the brilliant lyrics of his beautiful songs, sung in that gorgeous voice but to *see* the way he feels music is almost too powerful to put into words. I left that concert positively *floating*. The other cool thing is that, the very next night, the Boston PBS station aired that Great Performances that Bob mentioned (recorded in Paris) and it was the very same show that I had just seen! We're talking same band, same set list, same freakin' baseball cap on Paul's head! I taped it, of course, so now I basically have a video of one of the best concerts I've ever seen. How cool is that? Still humming 'Graceland' 4 days after the concert... Kerry :) =========================================================== Kerry Bernard kerry@younghunter.com Young/Hunter Management 781.643.2773 (ph) Arlington, MA 781.643.0416 (fax) =========================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 15:47:30 -0500 From: Elwestrand Subject: Re: Re: [RS] "Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard Seriously, yes. This word is taught and used in the U.S.. If I am not mistaken, I first heard in Literature classes in Senior High School (I believe that's Gymnasium level to you). It was certainly bandied about in college, but then I was studying literature. The average person would not use this word. I once heard a learned person talking about how the German language contains many more words describing emotional states than English. For some reason German language has more subtlety in this area than English does. Now of course I am sure that the list would like some examples of this, but hey I'm only an American! E - Who barely passed high-school German. ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag - ---- On 05 Dec 2000 16:54, Katrin.Uhl@t-online.de (Katrin.Uhl@t-online.de) wrote: > Sally wrote: > > > Hey, I forgot to mention that as I was driving all over God's green > earth > > before Thanksgiving on my Green World tour (Dar) bildungsroman-ish > journey, > > and now I just have to ask: > Bildungsroman is actually a word used in the English language??? Wow. > > no Richard content. > I could tell you though that there is a Lucy-broadcast on WUMB in > exactly 5 minutes... but maybe I'll keep that a secret... :-) > > Katrin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 18:50:24 -0500 From: "Sally Green" Subject: [RS] Bildungsroman E wrote about bildungsroman: <<<<< High School (I believe that's Gymnasium level to you). It was certainly bandied about in college, but then I was studying literature. The average person would not use this word. >>>>> I learned the word in high school literature class in relation to some literature that we were reading. Like, Huck Finn and all those other traveling books where people mature and find themselves. I haven't had the opportunity to use it much, though. I also know the word "billabong," which is an Australian word that means a creek that is dry most of the time but runs when it rains. Sort of like a drainage ditch, I guess. - --Sally, not an average person sallyagreen@hotmail.com _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 19:03:54 -0500 From: "Norman A. Johnson" Subject: [RS] Courier Line! How could this description be left out: "A hundred men, all knee to chest A hundred marionettes. I am the string pulled by the sure hand Animating what was still I am invisible and faithful I am a courier." Norman ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V2 #363 ***********************************