From: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org (trajectory-digest) To: trajectory-digest@smoe.org Subject: trajectory-digest V3 #99 Reply-To: trajectory@smoe.org Sender: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk trajectory-digest Monday, November 8 1999 Volume 03 : Number 099 Today's Subjects: ----------------- oh veda. ["Nick Eeepooh!" ] Re: oh veda. [Anne-Marie Long ] Re: oh veda. [meredith ] Oops! [Monroe/Fisher ] Re: Oops! ["rachel stone" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 01:03:56 PST From: "Nick Eeepooh!" Subject: oh veda. well, i guess it's nicholas' turn to comment on the new veda album. when i heard in an interview that she was working with an electronica artist[s] on the new album my first reaction was "oh no!" but as soon as i heard the first track (the devil's sooty brother) i was relieved that the bass-y, thumpthump beats i'd expected weren't there. instead, we get (in my opinion) tactful "bleeps and bloops" and i think it adds a nice dimension to the songs. veda evidently has an exquisite taste in music (e.g. neutral milk hotel, rachel's and palace) and i'm sure she's on the ball with electronic music as well and probably wanted to incorperate it into her own work to build upon the foundation already laid in her previous albums. i think, besides the lyrical content, that if the "bleeps and bloops" weren't there _you do not live in this world alone_ would be like _spine_ part two. so, um, yah. but even though i realize the purpose of the electronic stuff i don't however, find it as remotely intriguing as the songs themselves. i pretty much love every darn song on the album. "ponybride" strikes me as the big "hit" but personally i like the song "Batterie" the best. it was truly a special moment at the "western front" (2 years ago??)[in vancouver] when a solo veda finished her last set with that song. she had a little 8 track recorder or something playing the loops that you hear on the album and she played the song and just exited the stage (well there isn't really a stage, it's just a floor) leaving the entranced audience listening to the continuous loops. it felt like everyone was so lulled that their brains couldn't even think to clap until moments passed. so i remember that every time i listen to the song. also "Killzone!" is a fun one. _YDNLITWA_ was pretty much my soundtrack as i walk home from school for weeks and "Killzone!" always gave me this really strange headrush. you know you go to history 12 class, learn about all the craziness in russia and germany and world war 1 and 2, then walk home and listen to veda masterfully play out all these war inspired emotions and it's really affecting. "remember you are no king to me." i also like how she doesn't yell the entire thing like she does live because by being so laidback yet intensely passionate at the same time just adds even more style to the song. but i'd have to say "born lucky" is sheer brilliance as well. (another story) the first time i heard it veda was playing with the band at a kinda cheesy kinda not thing called grrrlapalooza (you can understand the fromage now, can't you?) anyway i pretty much melted into a puddle on the floor by the songs end. the imagery she can conjure up in a sentance is unbelieveable. every thought and every word just falls into place so perfectly. "wind through grasses, wind from south, the wind is blowing everything towards the entrance of her house." oh man. my one small crticism is probably not very obvious to most of you but on songs like "born lucky" esp. the recording quality of the piano is kind of flat. it really sounds distant to me and i think it should be more up front. it sounds like they plopped one mic in the room and said okay we're rolling. i can't say it sounds amateur-ish but it seems to me that somethings lacking. (aren't i articulate tonight!) what can i say? overall _you do not live in this world alone_ is flat out brilliance and we should all just remember how lucky we are to have an artist like veda around. .nick. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 12:01:12 -0400 (AST) From: Anne-Marie Long Subject: Re: oh veda. Hi! One quick question... is the first track supposed to be just the 40 seconds or so of a very faint heartbeat? That's all that's recorded on my CD and I assumed that was what Veda intended until someone mentioned the track as one with more to it than "just bleeps and bloops" (I think was the quote). Just want to make sure I'm not missing something! Cheers! Anne-Marie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 12:47:35 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: oh veda. Hi! Anne-Marie inquired: >One quick question... is the first track supposed to be just the 40 >seconds or so of a very faint heartbeat? That's all that's recorded on my >CD and I assumed that was what Veda intended until someone mentioned the >track as one with more to it than "just bleeps and bloops" (I think was >the quote). Just want to make sure I'm not missing something! Technically, the first track on the CD is just electronic noodling called "The Devil's Sooty Brother". The first *song* on the CD comes in track 2, "The Boy In The Woods". Your CD is fine. :) +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY, the Veda Hille mailing list: *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 10:13:33 -0800 From: Monroe/Fisher Subject: Oops! I blundered: >But since you mentioned Precious Heart... >It's one of my favorite Veda songs. Love the line "don't confuse the >light and heat." It's amazing how she can make those few words mean so much. Rachel wrote: Alas, she didn't write the song, herself. It was written Lavida Bond (although Veda did write the music). That's what I get for being to damn lazy to get my glasses out and actually read the liner notes. That's exactly what I got the glasses for. Thanks for the correction. Wayne (dusting off his Kmart glasses) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 12:44:10 -0500 From: "rachel stone" Subject: Re: Oops! >>>But since you mentioned Precious Heart... >>>It's one of my favorite Veda songs. Love the line "don't confuse the >>>light and heat." It's amazing how she can make those few words mean so >>>much. >>Alas, she didn't write the song, herself. It was written Lavida Bond >>(although Veda did write the music). > >That's what I get for being to damn lazy to get my glasses out and actually >read the liner notes. That's exactly what I got the glasses for. I sometimes wonder if it bothers Veda at all that one of her most popular (at least commercially, is it did used to get quite a bit of video play and such) songs wasn't written by her. I have a vague memory of hearing her say that it *does* bother her, but I may just be confusing that with some other artist saying a similar thing. Any know? Rachel. ------------------------------ End of trajectory-digest V3 #99 *******************************