From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V6 #208 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 Thursday, September 30 2004 Volume 06 : Number 208 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] the island [sharon G ] Re: [RS] the island ["kunigunda" ] Re: [RS] Shindell Swag ["kunigunda" ] [RS] 'W' [B Gallagher ] Re: [RS] the island [BashamPAS@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 06:38:27 -0400 From: sharon G Subject: [RS] the island i thought that the song was framed on a vacation resort on the california coast... that is the package deal... this is one the earliest songs i think for Vuelta and it has been played for about 2 years live.... keep on chatting.... sharon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:20:53 -0500 From: "kunigunda" Subject: Re: [RS] the island Gee - This is what I got from it: In a nutshell, there is no such thing as Shangri-la. The narrator is on a vacation from the continent....on a paradise island... where it seems pretty much perfect; things are all pre-arranged, hotel, food, etc., no worries, no cares, an ideal situation, where every room has an ocean view, all the people that live there are prosperous, and nothing happens there. Then comes the realization that things do happen, nothing can stay the same. The sands shift, the beaches/cliffs erode, eventually taking away all those rooms with an ocean view. The island is no longer a paradise, the people no longer prosperous and confident. And of course this is a metaphor that we can apply so well to our own lives and our sometimes unreal expectations of what we think life should be. Comments? Carrie in KC - ----- Original Message ----- From: "sharon G" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 5:38 AM Subject: [RS] the island > i thought that the song was framed on a vacation resort on the california > coast... that is the package deal... > > this is one the earliest songs i think for Vuelta and it has been played for > about 2 years live.... > > keep on chatting.... > > sharon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:26:01 -0500 From: "kunigunda" Subject: Re: [RS] Shindell Swag Good one!!! > > I've heard that a Precious Moments 'Last Fare' Taxi Driver is also > forthcoming. > > Bart ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:56:20 -0400 From: B Gallagher Subject: [RS] 'W' > I think that would be at odds with the whole theme of the song, that the > captain drowned because he was a big fool and didn't realize how deep the > water was . . . not because his sergeant staged a coup. We don't need a coup, Just Vote! 'W' Lets not elect him in 2004 either. BG ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:02:12 EDT From: BashamPAS@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] the island Carrie says: The narrator is on a vacation from the continent....on a paradise island... where it seems pretty much perfect; things are all pre-arranged, hotel, food, etc., no worries, no cares, an ideal situation, where every room has an ocean view, all the people that live there are prosperous, and nothing happens there. Then comes the realization that things do happen, nothing can stay the same. The sands shift, the beaches/cliffs erode, eventually taking away all those rooms with an ocean view. The island is no longer a paradise, the people no longer prosperous and confident. And of course this is a metaphor that we can apply so well to our own lives and our sometimes unreal expectations of what we think life should be. I think you've got it perfectly. This is such a beautiful song. I once lived on an island (in the English Channel, so the sun wasn't exactly constant and the breeze was, well, breezy). The language was indeed an orphan branch, nothing ever happened there, the people were very prosperous and confident to the point of arrogance and I loved every minute of being there. I went back to visit last week and Richard's song echoed around my head all the time I was there. The houses are not sliding into the sea, but as an outsider I can definitely see that all that prosperity, brought by being an off-shore tax haven, exists on a kind of knife-edge. And yes, I think that is a metaphor for our own often unrealistic expectations. Phil In a message dated 29/09/2004 14:23:15 GMT Daylight Time, kunigunda@kc.rr.com writes: > Subj: Re: [RS] the island > Date: 29/09/2004 14:23:15 GMT Daylight Time > From: kunigunda@kc.rr.com > Reply-to: shindell-list@smoe.org > To: shindell-list@smoe.org > Sent from the Internet > > > > Gee - This is what I got from it: In a nutshell, there is no such thing as > Shangri-la. > > The narrator is on a vacation from the continent....on a paradise island... > where it seems pretty much perfect; things are all pre-arranged, hotel, > food, etc., no worries, no cares, an ideal situation, where every room has > an ocean view, all the people that live there are prosperous, and nothing > happens there. Then comes the realization that things do happen, nothing > can stay the same. The sands shift, the beaches/cliffs erode, eventually > taking away all those rooms with an ocean view. The island is no longer a > paradise, the people no longer prosperous and confident. And of course > this is a metaphor that we can apply so well to our own lives and our > sometimes unreal expectations of what we think life should be. > > Comments? > Carrie in KC > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "sharon G" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 5:38 AM > Subject: [RS] the island > > > >i thought that the song was framed on a vacation resort on the california > >coast... that is the package deal... > > > >this is one the earliest songs i think for Vuelta and it has been played > for > >about 2 years live.... > > > >keep on chatting.... > > > >sharon ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V6 #208 ***********************************