From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V3 #199 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, June 19 2001 Volume 03 : Number 199 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [RS] Re: Richard Moment ["Susan Koval" ] [RS] Gorka ["Lea Gavrieli" ] [RS] SOTW: The Weather [Rongrittz@aol.com] [RS] The Weather and Paul Simon ["Norman A. Johnson" Subject: Re: [RS] Re: Richard Moment Carol wrote that Richard's #1 harmony is with himself on "Blue Divide." I've always loved the round that he does with himself on "Confession." Sue K ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 09:24:12 -0400 From: "Lea Gavrieli" Subject: [RS] Gorka I've gotta add a correction here, 'People My Age' is the 14th track on the album, and appears on the play list. It is a cute song, and encouraging in a sick sort of way to people my age ;) The album as a whole, though, I don't think stands up to his 2 previous. Maybe I just haven't listened enough, but it's not doing much for me. On the other hand, The Kennedy's forthcoming Positively Live is so outstanding I've played it about 5 times since I got it on Fri. Lea ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 22:47:57 EDT From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: [RS] SOTW: The Weather << Have we done "The Weather" for SOTW?? I don't recall it being done formally... and I've checked the archives. >> Ask and ye shall receive. Particularly with today's simply SPECTACULAR weather here in lovely New Jersey, this song is fitting. This song's always seemed like an oddball one for Richard . . . an honest-to-goodness uptempo happy song. It's generally accepted that it was a last-minute composed-in-the-studio song written during the "Reunion Hill" recording sessions, and then never played again. Has ANYONE ever heard him do it? (I mean, besides Gene?) Me, I like it lots, particularly the second verse. I've spent several years all locked away, and am finally starting to take the boards off the windows. I just may make this song my anthem. For what's usually considered a pretty lightweight song, does it touch anyone else? RG THE WEATHER Here's to you whose love is new And all rosy in the summer Days are long, skies are blue Nights could not be sweeter Through the skylight the moon and stars Will shine like this forever They're calling for a thunderstorm But who cares about the weather Here's to you who lost a love You never will recover Now you can't imagine how You could ever love another You've boarded all your windows shut Against that old nor'easter But someday soon you'll go back out And face the changing weather Outside the rain is falling down Soon the sun will come back out Love is lost, love is found So never mind the weather Here's to all you Moms and Dads Who hold it all together Heaven knows you love your kids You might even love each other You work all day, you sleep all night And find an hour for dinner And time's too short to sit and whine About all this dreary weather Outside the rain is falling down Soon the sun will come back out Love is lost, love is found So never mind the weather ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 23:21:28 -0400 From: "Norman A. Johnson" Subject: [RS] The Weather and Paul Simon It's certainly not the first song that comes to mind when I think of Richard's work. I think it's one we (and apparently Richard) overlook. >>You could ever love another You've boarded all your windows shut Against that old nor'easter But someday soon you'll go back out And face the changing weather << Yeah, I like this verse too. How we wall ourselves in... as in Paul Simon's "Something so Right" "They've got a wall in China It's a thousand miles long To keep out the foreigners They made it strong And I've got a wall around me That you can't even see...." It's also possibly a harbinger to "Waiting for the Storm". >> Here's to all you Moms and Dads Who hold it all together Heaven knows you love your kids You might even love each other << The last line here reminded me of a line from PS's "Train in the Distance" with the old divorced couple keeping in touch "let's us say it's for he child". Norman ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V3 #199 ***********************************