From: owner-trailer-park-digest@smoe.org (trailer-park-digest) To: trailer-park-digest@smoe.org Subject: trailer-park-digest V3 #61 Reply-To: trailer-park Sender: owner-trailer-park-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-trailer-park-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk trailer-park-digest Friday, July 26 2002 Volume 03 : Number 061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 11:51:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan Friedman Subject: Re: some beth reviews James and I seem to be in accord re: singer-songwriter writing strategies. - --- James Gibbon wrote: > Alan Friedman wrote: > > > > > Reviewer of DAYBREAKER claims Beth is mysterious > and > > elusive and finds it strange that someone who > wants to > > be a singer-songwriter doesn't care about > > communicating. > > > > Anyone relate to Beth's work this way? I find > nothing > > elusive about the emotions Beth generates in her > > songs, and anyway singer-songwriters can be > completely > > great while wearing many masks and without > revealing > > all (Dylan being the ultimate example). > > > > I have to admit to being a Beth Orton Newbie - I > really only > discovered her work about two weeks ago after > hearing Concrete Sky > on the radio, and thinking - what a fantastic song, > and what an > amazing, distinctive voice. So I went out and > bought Trailer Park > (it was less expensive than the other one and I'm > really very > cheap). > > I do relate to her stuff that way actually, but I > disagree with the > reviewer - there's really nothing unusual about > singer/ songwriters > painting obscure pictures, and it's just a different > kind of > communication. > > She certainly doesn't come across as mysterious or > elusive in > interviews. Very down-to-earth, in fact, if her > comment about > 'seven strapping lads that sort me right out' on > Saturday morning is > anything to go by. Nearly choked on my toast .. I > adored the > plaintive, delicate acoustic version of Concrete Sky > as well. > Glad I had the MD recorder running. > > james Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 11:53:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan Friedman Subject: Re: Beth's NME reviews Well, if there is a NME antipathy towards folk, that at least explains things a little bit. It is not just about Beth, then. - --- Chris Beckwith wrote: > NME reviewers generally harbour a deep disdain for > any singles remotely > smacking of folk; another prime example is this > review of the new (totally > ace IMHO) Gemma Hayes single: > > http://www.nme.com/reviews/10764.htm > > Note also the obsession with image; the reviewer > says Gemma is no name for a > pop star! But in the end it gets a good review. > > As for the "Daybreaker" album review, it appears the > reviewer simply can't > come to grips with what makes Beth special, hence > the "mysterious" tag. > > Take care, > Chris Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 22:29:17 EDT From: NorthernSoul79@aol.com Subject: Re: reminder tonight (beth on wfuv) i wasn't home, but i had my sister tape it and she cut off the end! arrgh. did anyone else hear it? anyways, first they played the cd version of paris train, then in-between interview segments beth played solo: concrete sky carmella blood red river (saying, "here's a nice jolly one!") central reservation (requested by the interviewer..which kind of annoyed me. he could have requested anything and he asks for the one song i have like 30 different versions of! oh well, it's still a great song). cheers, kathleen ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 03:16:00 +0000 From: "michael furini" Subject: video footage?? hey all, is there any video footage or bootlegs of concerts out there?? any talk of a live dvd? or anything please!!! can't wait until august 12th..... _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 23:19:32 EDT From: NorthernSoul79@aol.com Subject: Re: video footage?? well, you can watch the "concrete sky" video here: www.astralwerks.com/bethorton (my connection isn't very good, so it was all stop-action for me) does everyone know she finally has a new website? i didn't know until i bought the new single, and it was listed on it: www.bethorton.mu cheers, kathleen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 20:25:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan Friedman Subject: Re: video footage?? Michael, The only major Beth video material I know of (and have) is from 1999 or so when she played on PBS' "Sessions at West 54th Street." It is acoustic with Ted Barnes accompanying, and entirely mesmerizing. Perhaps some of the U.K. fans here have seen/have more? Alan Rockville, MD, USA - --- michael furini wrote: > hey all, > > is there any video footage or bootlegs of concerts > out there?? any talk of a > live dvd? or anything please!!! > > can't wait until august 12th..... > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN > Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 05:20:01 +0000 From: "michael furini" Subject: Re: video footage?? fcukn' brilliant! what a great clip! thanks so much for the link, first time i've heard this song too. i owe you one. 3 weeks to go.........rats... what a great start to the weekend! :-) >From: NorthernSoul79@aol.com >To: spikeymikey74@hotmail.com, trailer-park@smoe.org >Subject: Re: video footage?? >Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 23:19:32 EDT > >well, you can watch the "concrete sky" video here: > >www.astralwerks.com/bethorton (my connection isn't very good, so it was all >stop-action for me) > >does everyone know she finally has a new website? i didn't know until i >bought the new single, and it was listed on it: > >www.bethorton.mu > >cheers, >kathleen _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of trailer-park-digest V3 #61 *********************************