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alloy-digest Monday, February 20 2006 Volume 11 : Number 048
Today's Subjects:
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Alloy: Anyone in the Pacific Northwest? [Melissa Jordan <merujo_sai@yahoo]
RE: Alloy: TD Song Covers ["Andy Venables" <andyjmail@cheerful.com>]
RE: Alloy: Oops!!!!!! (the REST of A Double-Whammy Thomas Tech. Moment) ! ;^) ["Stephen Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuser]
RE: Alloy: Leipzig - the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin interpretation ["St]
RE: Alloy: Leipzig - the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin interpretation ["St]
RE: Alloy: Leipzig - the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin interpretation [Me]
Re: RE: Alloy: Oops!!!!!! (the REST of A Double-Whammy Thomas Tech. ["Kar]
RE: Alloy: Leipzig - the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin interpretation ["]
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Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:36:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Melissa Jordan <merujo_sai@yahoo.com>
Subject: Alloy: Anyone in the Pacific Northwest?
This was just posted to the forum on TMDR's official site:
Thomas Dolby
Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR
Thu, Apr 20, 2006 08:00 PM
20.00
on sale 2/20
Coolness. I have to call my cousin, who lives in Portland. The man loves good music. (Back in the day, he was the original guitarist for Paul Revere and the Raiders. But, when the photogenic Mr. Revere got a TV deal, he was forced to ditch his original bandmates to create a prettier group of Raiders. Grrr, music and TV industries, grrr...)
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Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 18:50:17 -0500
From: "Andy Venables" <andyjmail@cheerful.com>
Subject: RE: Alloy: TD Song Covers
>Don't forget the Patti Austin cover of "The Ability to Swing,"
On Jazz FM (UK: Sky 917) as I write this.. can't believe the
coincidence, was 'surfing the web' and randomly chopping from
one satellite radio station to another.
What were the odds, huh? Why can't I win the lottery then?!!
Because I don't buy tickets, I suspect.
Too late, it's finished. I prefer the TD version, though it
got interesting towards the end, with a particularly
Dolby-esque sound.
Andy
Boring the world since 1967
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Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:39:18 -0800
From: "Stephen Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>
Subject: RE: Alloy: Oops!!!!!! (the REST of A Double-Whammy Thomas Tech. Moment) ! ;^)
Hi Kara:
Both Thomas Dolby and Larry Fast worked on that album and on "Waiting..." I
had an opportunity to ask Mr. Fast who came up with that lovely, haunting
keyboard intro and he modestly said something to the effect that 'it's been
so long I don't remember anymore who came up with what - both of us, I
think, worked on it. Thomas is a really talented fellow.'
> I loved those shiver-inducing keyboards long before I ever found out who
> had played them!!!
What *she* said!
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alloy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-alloy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
> Kara R. Laidlaw
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 5:36 PM
> To: alloy@smoe.org
> Subject: Alloy: Oops!!!!!! (the REST of A Double-Whammy Thomas Tech.
> Moment) ! ;^)
>
>
>
> What key did I hit, there??!?!? Anybody want a bodiless post??!? ;^)
>
> Anyway, I just saw this cell-phone commercial--Verizon or something, I
> forget which one. But the phone was playing "Urgent" by Foreigner, and I
> said to my Mom (we were eating dinner), "Thomas played keyboards on that
> track." Then, it hit me--Thomas' Beatnik Sound Engine is the reason that
> that phone is able to play that song in the first place!!!!! :^)
>
> That's so coooooollllll...
>
> Yeah, some people say that his having played on "Foreigner 4" isn't
> anything to put on his resume [yeah, as if it *needs* padding! ;^)], but
> $5000 quid is $5000 quid, right? [I think that's about what Thomas earned
> for playing on that album. Helped him get his own career off the ground,
> so how can it be negative?! ;^)]And anyway, "I've Been Waiting for a Girl
> Like You" is an awesome song--at least, I always thought so. I loved
> those shiver-inducing keyboards long before I ever found out who had
> played them!!!
>
> Love and techno toys, Kara
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Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 18:07:23 -0800
From: "Stephen Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>
Subject: RE: Alloy: Leipzig - the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin interpretation
The "single" Paul refers to contains an extended version of Leipzig @ 8:06.
The album version is 4:18. There was a CD reissue of the single in a
2-for-1 package released in Japan in 1987 by publisher MIDI INC., catalog
MID-1505. It comprises A and B sides from the two singles "I'm in a
Different World" and "Leipzig".
The LP, "Up from the Dark", 1985, was reissued on CD by Rykodisc in 1986.
That catalog number is RCD 10011. My copy of it was made in Canada.
Not sure if this was mentioned earlier, but this is not David A. Stewart,
the guitarist of Eurythmics fame. This Dave Stewart was connected to the
British progrock scene, which might explain the appearance of Bill Bruford
on one of the album tracks. Barbara Gaskin is his wife.
Having fun with facts and figures.
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alloy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-alloy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
> p1latham
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:47 AM
> To: alloy@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Alloy: Leipzig - the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin
> interpretation
>
>
>
> Was also released as a single in the UK for any of those who like their
> vinyl.
>
> Paul (Blackpool)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Melissa Jordan <merujo_sai@yahoo.com>
> To: <alloy@smoe.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 5:02 AM
> Subject: Alloy: Leipzig - the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin interpretation
>
>
> >
> > I remember talking about this version of Leipzig out here many, many
> years ago. Tonight, a friend and I listened to this wonderful version of
> the song together. We'd forgotten how much fun this interpretation is,
> and
> how cool it is to hear someone else take on one of TMDR's songs. There's
> a
> real gentle exuberance to the way Gaskin sings it.
> >
> > Other than this song, and the "Submarines" mixes, what other covers
> of
> TMDR's songs are out there?
> >
> > (If you haven't heard the version of "Leipzig" I'm talking about, do
> yourself a favor and find a copy - the CD, "Up From the Dark" is out of
> print, but shows up on eBay, half.com, and Amazon Marketplace now and
> then.
> Someone in the UK is selling it on eBay right now. Bid's just under 5
> quid.)
> >
> > - Melissa J.
> > http://merujo.blogspot.com
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses!
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Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 18:28:09 -0800
From: "Stephen Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>
Subject: RE: Alloy: Leipzig - the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin interpretation
I should have added, "Up from the Dark" is a really fun album! It has a lot
of interesting covers mixed in with original material. One original,
because of its proximity to "Leipzig" is suspiciously titled "Henry and
James". The cover of the Four Tops' hit, "I'm in a Different World" (1969),
is outstanding.
From the mouth of the megaphone,
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Tilson [mailto:Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 6:07 PM
> To: 'alloy@smoe.org'
> Subject: RE: Alloy: Leipzig - the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin
> interpretation
>
> The "single" Paul refers to contains an extended version of Leipzig
<snip>
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Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 18:46:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Melissa Jordan <merujo_sai@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Alloy: Leipzig - the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin interpretation
On their website, it notes specifically that "Leipzig" spawned their two musical characters "Henry and James"...
Melissa
http://merujo.blogspot.com
Stephen Tilson <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com> wrote: I should have added, "Up from the Dark" is a really fun album! It has a lot
of interesting covers mixed in with original material. One original,
because of its proximity to "Leipzig" is suspiciously titled "Henry and
James".
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Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:08:05 -0600
From: "Kara R. Laidlaw" <mizmusic@mts.net>
Subject: Re: RE: Alloy: Oops!!!!!! (the REST of A Double-Whammy Thomas Tech.
Hi back, Steve! Thank you for your interesting and informative reply! :^)
[but argh--I'm having to re-write this e-mail from memory--it didn't end up being sent as I had gone off to check something, so the original was lost when my session timed out. My apologies in advance if the original does show up--this will be but a pale imitation of my really rather brilliant original... ;^)]
> From: "Stephen Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>
> Date: 2006/02/19 Sun PM 06:39:18 CST
> To: <alloy@smoe.org>
> Subject: RE: Alloy: Oops!!!!!! (the REST of A Double-Whammy Thomas Tech.
> Moment) ! ;^)
>
>
> Hi Kara:
>
> Both Thomas Dolby and Larry Fast worked on that album and on "Waiting..." I
> had an opportunity to ask Mr. Fast who came up with that lovely, haunting
> keyboard intro and he modestly said something to the effect that 'it's been
> so long I don't remember anymore who came up with what - both of us, I
> think, worked on it. Thomas is a really talented fellow.'
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He is indeed!!! I'll bet that Mr. Fast is really talented, too, though--and modest to boot! Awesome! :^) It's so cool, Steve, that you got to meet him and actually ask him that question! Gawd, the people you Alloyites have met...I am so totally outclassed... ;^) Oh well, I think my function here is comic relief. Tee hee! ;^) Ya know, if I had a nickel for every person who had told me, "You're funny!", I'd have at least...25 cents. ;^)
It's so freakishly synchronous--when I found out that our brilliant Thomas (and Thomas, if you happen to be reading this, are ya sick of being called brilliant yet?!) ;^) had played the absolutely *piercing* riff, er, part, er, I don't know the term, in "Waiting..." I thought, "Holy #%$*!!!" That song ended up being stuck in my intercranial CD changer on a permanent basis. :^)
Here's a freaky little factoid about me: when I was about 12, I had at least 500 favorite songs [I wrote all their titles down, and counted them], and I knew the lyrics and percussion and keyboard parts and guitar riffs etc. to every one of them--just picked up through casual listening, off the radio, whatever. I have most of those original 500, plus thousands more in my head now...so that's what I mean by my intercranial CD changer. :^) But Thomas' music is so wonderfully complex that I haven't got it all memorized yet--not nearly!!--and I'm still hearing new sounds in his songs every time I listen. That is unheard of for me. I am so satisfied now. I'd always just taken my capacity for absorbing music for granted, but Thomas, I bow to your genius. I think we all do, here.
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> > I loved those shiver-inducing keyboards long before I ever found out who
> > had played them!!!
>
> What *she* said!
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What he said I said! :^)
Love and music by the truckload, Kara! :^)
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> Steve
It's All About the Music. :^)
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Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 22:04:53 -0800
From: "Stephen Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>
Subject: RE: Alloy: Leipzig - the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin interpretation
Cool. How about hooking us up with an url...?
Thanks,
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alloy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-alloy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
> Melissa Jordan
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 6:46 PM
> To: alloy@smoe.org
> Subject: RE: Alloy: Leipzig - the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin
> interpretation
>
>
>
> On their website, it notes specifically that "Leipzig" spawned their two
> musical characters "Henry and James"...
>
> Melissa
> http://merujo.blogspot.com
>
> Stephen Tilson <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com> wrote: I should have
> added, "Up from the Dark" is a really fun album! It has a lot
> of interesting covers mixed in with original material. One original,
> because of its proximity to "Leipzig" is suspiciously titled "Henry and
> James".
>
>
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