From: owner-sycophant-digest@smoe.org (sycophant-digest) To: sycophant-digest@smoe.org Subject: sycophant-digest V6 #20 Reply-To: sycophant@smoe.org Sender: owner-sycophant-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-sycophant-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk sycophant-digest Friday, April 20 2001 Volume 06 : Number 020 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: sycophant Neil Finn NZ shows and new fan questions [DanielWerner@t-on] sycophant starting on lisa [Daniel Gee ] Re: sycophant Neil Finn NZ shows and new fan questions [Bradley Be To: Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 8:47 AM Subject: Re: sycophant Neil Finn NZ shows and new fan questions > Welcome Alan! > Any other album of Lisa will be great... > > Best wishes from Moscow > Roman > -----iSHODNOE SOOB]ENIE----- > oT: snaro@pop.ihug.co.nz > kOMU: sycophant@smoe.org > kOPIQ: snaro@ihug.co.nz > dATA: 19 APRELQ 2001 G. 7:12 > tEMA: sycophant Neil Finn NZ shows and new fan questions > > > >Hi all, > > > >I just joined the list a few days ago - my names Alan and I'm from New > Zealand. > >Up until a few weeks ago I had only heard of Lisa's name in passing mostly > in > >connection with Neil Finn (a fellow New Zealander). > > > >Well most of you probably know that in early April Neil Finn played 5 shows > in > >Auckland NZ with some of the people he's become friends with during his 20+ > >year musical career. Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam, Phil and Ed from > Radiohead > >and Jonny Marr from the Smiths were all there, as well as someone I didn't > know > >a lot about - Lisa! > > > >Me and my girlfriend flew up especially for these shows, and saw all five > of > >them since Neil Finn, Pearl Jam and Radiohead are among our favourite > bands. > > > >The shows were AMAZING. Hopefully some of you watched the webcast they did > of > >the April 6th show (it will soon be on cable TV in Aus/NZ BTW). SO many > >talented musicians on stage at once playing incredible songs.... wow > > > >Anyways, on the first night Neil invited Lisa to sing a song - she sung > what I > >now know to be 'cry wolf'. It was just an amazing moment.... the whole > venue > >went quiet and I don't think many people knew a lot about her beforehand. > > > >Over the 5 nights, she played I think 3 different songs several times > each... > >cry wolf, paper doll (?) and one other I'm not sure what the title is. > > > >Anyway, everyone I spoke to about the shows agreed Lisa had blown them away > and > >in a newspaper she was called the "MVP" (most valuable player) of all the > >guests. She was constantly providing beautiful backing vocals to Neils > songs, > >playing piano, guitar, ukelele, violin or anything else it seemed. > > > >Seeing her play violin to the Pearl Jam song 'corduroy', sing *perfect* > vocals > >to the Neil Finn song 'turn and run', do a ukelele duet with Eddie Vedder > on > >the song 'paradise' and sing her songs to near total silence every night > were > >some of the highlights of the week. She was amazing. > > > >So is there anyone else from New Zealand on this list? I'd love to know the > >real names of those songs she played. > > > >Since the shows I've bought the 'geek the girl' album (the only one I could > >find in the shops here sofar). Haven't had time to give it enough play > yet..... > >but what albums should I be getting next? Are there many live shows out > there > >someone could trade with me? > > > >Hopefully someone can give me some recommendations and help! > > > >Seeya > >Alan > > > > > > > >------- > >The Ectophile's Guide to Good Music: http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/ > >------- > >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with the message: > >unsubscribe sycophant > > > >If you gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of computers, > >they would all get AOL accounts and send unsub messages to the list > >address. 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AOL users please read the instructions six lines up before unsubbing. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 03:28:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Daniel Gee Subject: sycophant starting on lisa hey, and welcome i watched lisa on the webcast of one of the shows...the 6th i think...according to the newspaper here in sydney thats the one she played cry wolf at, but i didn't have geek the girl then so i didn't recognise it! i started on love circus [her 3rd album], then got slide, inconsiderate bitch ep, happiness then geek. i think geek is her best, but happiness is my favourite and slide is her most accessible. love circus falls in the area overlapped by them all. i'd probably recommend happiness as next...just because its got around the world, sycophant, puppet and everyone's victim on it. and of course, bad attitude. have fun lisa-ing! anyone know if neil is touring australia with her? "you wish you were pretty, but you're not...ha ha!" Dan ;) ===== tie me up with the twine in your eyelight string me from heaven to time you beestung me. i'm scaring everybody. a doormat is good honest work. what a loon, a loon. Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - ------- The Ectophile's Guide to Good Music: http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/ - ------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with the message: unsubscribe sycophant If you gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of computers, they would all get AOL accounts and send unsub messages to the list address. AOL users please read the instructions six lines up before unsubbing. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 07:52:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Bradley Be Subject: Re: sycophant Neil Finn NZ shows and new fan questions - --- snaro@pop.ihug.co.nz wrote: > Since the shows I've bought the 'geek the girl' album (the only one I > could > find in the shops here sofar). Haven't had time to give it enough play > yet..... > but what albums should I be getting next? Hi. I also just joined the list a few days ago. I would suggest getting her last solo CD, Slide. Also, if you ever see the original capitol version of Happiness you should grab that one because it's so hard to find. ===== http://www.geocities.com/bradleybee Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - ------- The Ectophile's Guide to Good Music: http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/ - ------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with the message: unsubscribe sycophant If you gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of computers, they would all get AOL accounts and send unsub messages to the list address. AOL users please read the instructions six lines up before unsubbing. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 13:12:44 EDT From: TRman2323@aol.com Subject: sycophant Re: but what albums should I be getting next? > but what albums should I be getting next? You should get all of them; my personal favorite is "Happiness" (especially the Capitol records version) followed by "Moon Palace". - --Tom Lucas - ------- The Ectophile's Guide to Good Music: http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/ - ------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with the message: unsubscribe sycophant If you gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of computers, they would all get AOL accounts and send unsub messages to the list address. AOL users please read the instructions six lines up before unsubbing. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:45:37 +1200 From: Simon Shuker Subject: Re: sycophant Neil Finn NZ shows and new fan questions Hi Alan, Whereabouts in NZ do you come from? (I'm in Wellington) Simon - ------- The Ectophile's Guide to Good Music: http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/ - ------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with the message: unsubscribe sycophant If you gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of computers, they would all get AOL accounts and send unsub messages to the list address. AOL users please read the instructions six lines up before unsubbing. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 01:12:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Wouter Reedijk Subject: Re: sycophant Neil Finn NZ shows and new fan questions Hi, welcome to the list..... I would continue your collection with excerpts of a Love Circus, I think it's the most accessible AND has Small Heads on it!!!! You lucky person seeing Lisa live!!!!! Cheers, Wouter Yahoo! 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