From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest)
To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org
Subject: shindell-list-digest V3 #137
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     Wednesday, April 25 2001     Volume 03 : Number 137



                               Today's Subjects:
                               -----------------
  [RS] NOT trying to make this list a guitar forum again!....but a little closure.  ["Timothy Bruce" <timothybruce@aer]
  [RS] Cher and Cher Alike.                               [Rongrittz@aol.com]
  [RS] The Mouth That Scored                             [RockinRonD@aol.com]
  Re: [RS] "name" song         ["Norman A. Johnson" <njohnson@ent.umass.edu>]
  Re: [RS] re: Neil Diamond    ["Norman A. Johnson" <njohnson@ent.umass.edu>]
  [RS] tunes that name.....            ["Larry Keane" <laramus@mediaone.net>]
  [RS] Mungos not named Jerry            ["Gene Frey" <gf212121@hotmail.com>]
  Re: [RS] Re: Hi Delores           [Lisa Davis & family <ldavis@connix.com>]
  [RS] names names names for 500 alex, please              [Sdgold60@aol.com]

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:57:15 -0500
From: "Timothy Bruce" <timothybruce@aeromix.com>
Subject: [RS] NOT trying to make this list a guitar forum again!....but a little closure.

I wrote:  >>heavy strings may have contributed to the difficulty playing it
so I just (after seven years, duh!) bought two sets of new light strings. <<

E wrote:  >>>>Someone, more knowledgeable than myself, should tell Timothy,
perhaps off list, about how drastic changes in string tension can be bad for
the neck of your guitar. <<<<

E, I apprEciatE the concErn, but THIS guitar is not onE to worry ovEr too
much!  I did, howEvEr, hEEd your advicE and consult with two guitar storEs
in-town, gEtting mostly comforting advicE.  I guEss, lightEr strings arE
always bEttEr for thE longEvity of thE nEck and bridgE of an acoustic,
though it may takE many yEars for any damagE from thE highEr tEnsion of
hEavy strings to arisE.  So my suspicions wErE corrEct thErE.  But anothEr
clErk frEquEntly changEs his string gaugE without any noticEablE problEms.
So, thE jury's still out!

(The other E)

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:52:49 EDT
From: Rongrittz@aol.com
Subject: [RS] Cher and Cher Alike.

>> Did I really see Neil Diamond quoted on the Shindell list? What's next? Cher? <<

Well, no, but I think it would be neat if Richard would start covering "Half Breed" or "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves."

RG
<continually trying to out-pun The Other Ron in my subject lines>

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:54:06 EDT
From: RockinRonD@aol.com
Subject: [RS] The Mouth That Scored

In a message dated 4/24/2001 2:49:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Vanessa 
explains it all for you:


> <<Ron probably means that he thinks too many of Billy Joel's songs suffer 
> from being songs about Billy Joel.  Right?
> 
> V, who swears she's closing Netscape now, as she ought to be putting words 
> into her paper and not in RonD's mouth.>>

   And there you have it, Sue K.  Couldn't have said it better myself.  And 
obviously I didn't, or Vanessa wouldn't have had to explain it further in the 
first place.  :-)

OverlyCrypticRon

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:50:18 -0400
From: "Norman A. Johnson" <njohnson@ent.umass.edu>
Subject: Re: [RS] "name" song

Peter wrote:

>>Okay the people who inspired this song may not be mentioned by name, but I 
couldn't let this thread pass by without any mention of Don Mclean's 
"American Pie." <<

Hey, Hey, Hey. I mentioned that song and several other McLean songs.

>>If this were the dar-list, a post would follow mine saying something like, 
"isn't that a movie not a song?"  ;-) <<

Or they'd ask so what does Madonna mean in that song? :-)

Norman

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 17:13:23 -0400
From: "Norman A. Johnson" <njohnson@ent.umass.edu>
Subject: Re: [RS] re: Neil Diamond

>>"Did I really see Neil Diamond quoted on the Shindell list? What's next? 
Cher?" <<

>> As the Dave & Tracy fans here know, they do a great version of "Solitary
Man", so let's not be so hasty to goof on Neil.<<

and doesn't Dar do "Holly Holy"? ;-)

Norman

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 17:51:31 -0400
From: "Larry Keane" <laramus@mediaone.net>
Subject: [RS] tunes that name.....

hey all.....okay, so i'm an official "lurker"......although i usually don't
have a great deal to add to the discussions, i thoroughly enjoy reading your
posts.....a very literate and witty lot, you all are.....i imagine that the
"tunes that name"" gig is basically limited to folk, but i had to mention
"life is a rock (but the radio rolled me)" by the 70's band Reunion....not
only does he rattle off an endless stream of musicians, but he does so at a
breakneck pace.....all for now....thanks for your cumulative insight.....it
has enhanced my RS listening experience......Larry

[demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat]

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:07:12 -0400
From: "Gene Frey" <gf212121@hotmail.com>
Subject: [RS] Mungos not named Jerry

Hey you guys,

The mention of 'Life Is A Rock' reminded me of a song that, I guess, some of 
us who are around my age (late thirties. Very late thirties. O.K., 43) may 
remember.

Dave Frishberg, a jazz pianist and vocalist with a tendency toward humorous, 
borderline novelty songs, wrote a tribute to the baseball heroes of his 
youth. The song was called 'Van Lingle Mungo,' and the lyrics consisted 
entirely of players' names. He mixed the famous with the obscure, selecting 
players, I believe, because of the musical sound of their names. The best 
were Frishberg rhyming Pinky May with Frenchy Bordagaray, and the wonderful 
last verse, quoted below.

Gene F.

John Antonelli, Ferris Fain
Frankie Crosetti, Johnny Sain
Harry Brecheen and Lou Boudreau
Frankie Gustine and Claude Passeau
Eddie Basinski, Ernie Lombardi, Huey Mulcahy
Van Lingle -- Van Lingle Mungo






_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:29:26 -0400
From: Lisa Davis & family <ldavis@connix.com>
Subject: Re: [RS] Re: Hi Delores

For that matter, in the Al Stewart mode, there is "Charlotte Corday"
(written with tori Amos actually) - but then we're not talking of songs
ABOUT famous people, really, but songs that incorporate them into the
song that is about something else.  Yes?

Elwestrand wrote:
> 
> > Actually this would be a good song to put on a mix tape of
> songs that
> > incorporate famous people. Like Suzanne Vega's Marlene on the
> Wall. Or
> > Dar's
> > Yoko Ono song. Or Abba's Waterloo. Any other suggestions? I
> love mix
> > tapes.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> There's:
> 
> Al Stewart: Marion the Chatelaine (about Marion Hurst),
> Nostradamus, Clifton in the Rain (Jacqueline Bisset)
> 
> Dar: Mark Rothko Song
> 
> Naked to the World: Albert Einstein Dreams, Art of Life (about
> Monet's wife)
> 
> Just off the top of my head.
> 
> E
> 
> Just because I'm Albert Einstein,
> Doesn't mean I understand
> The ever expanding universe,
> Between a woman and a man,
> If I knew or had,
> Half a clue,
> I'd be much more famous than I am..
> 
> -Albert Einstein Dreams
> Naked to the World
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________________________
> Get your own "800" number
> Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more
> http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:34:18 EDT
From: Sdgold60@aol.com
Subject: [RS] names names names for 500 alex, please

i couldnt find more name dropping than one Paul simon...

there is cecilia.. breaking his heart..
mrs robinson and all the robinson affairs..
joe dimaggio.. 
emily whereever you are.. 
kathy and her song
emily dickinson and robert frost.. 
the whores on second avenue
the man whos camera is really a bowtie
one man whose ceiling is another mans floor
elvis and graceland
the woman of ny who is a human trampoline
darkness my old friend
the most peculilar man
richard corey 
the only living boy in NYC.
me and julio down by teh school yard
duncan
the 59th street bridge... 
the boxer.. 
frank lloyd wright and 
more and more and more
and these guys... 

someone told me
It's all happening at the zoo.
I do believe it,
I do believe it's true.
It's a light and tumble journey
From the East Side to the park;
Just a fine and fancy ramble
To the zoo.
But you can take the crosstown bus
If it's raining or it's cold,
And the animals will love it
If you do.

Somethin' tells me
It's all happening at the zoo.
The monkeys stand for honesty,
Giraffes are insincere
,And the elephants are kindly but
They're dumb.
Orangutans are skeptical
Of changes in their cages,
And the zookeeper is very fond of rum.
Zebras are reactionaries,
Antelopes are missionaries,
Pigeons plot in secrecy,
And hamsters turn on frequently.
What a gas! You gotta come and see
At the zoo.

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it,
And look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

sharon.. 
off for a retrospective of the capeman... 

------------------------------

End of shindell-list-digest V3 #137
***********************************