Jewel is men best friend...thanks for the links and info great just in time best entertainment before to go to bed and have some sweet dreams being young again
what the -why my -long- posting is constantly "eaten up" by yahoo?? posting and reposting and reposting and reposting are so tiresome and time consuming? time zone? and it's so difficult to find and answer any response (apologies was never intended to be rude , impolite)--are there any SW with features to help me out me in this dilemma?? lost in posting jungle every any advice appreciated! now i sure have to rely on the walking mantra of my kids...... [:D] and jump ... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bill Coop <williamgcoop@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Nice video. > > > > > > > > Who the woman singing at the end? Local FF? She wonderfully > > > > revitalizes a song that time has calcified. > > > > > > That's Jewel. > > > > > > I used to hang in L.A. with a few people who were hard- > > > core Jewel freaks. Deadhead-level hard core; they attended > > > every concert, even if they had to drive or fly there. > > > > > > They managed to infect me with their enthusiasm. She really > > > is an interesting person, as well as an interesting performer. > > > Her voice is remarkably well-matched to tunes that require > > > its purity as it is to raunchy blues songs that require that > > > same voice to get down and dirty. And when you meet her and > > > watch her interact with fans, you get the feeling that she's > > > essentially a pretty neat person, someone you'd love to hang > > > with. And the fans get to; she is active on their Twitter > > > feed. These days she's mainly talking about her new son, > > > Kase, and her latest release is an album of children's songs. > > > > > > Here's a great video from an earlier era. The thing about > > > Jewel is not that she looks like that and sings like that. > > > She also wrote the song. She writes almost all of her songs. > > > I consider her one of the best songwriters going. And you > > > know what a fanboy I am for people like Bruce Cockburn and > > > Leonard Cohen, so she's up there with good company. > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNoouLa7uxA > > > > > > And his is Jewel demonstrating her realness and her sense > > > of humor with the Funny Or Die folks: > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmv1VhrtYRo > > > > Of course. I am quite familiar with her earlier works, but > > have not heard her for some time. From the snippet that I > > heard on FF video, I had assumed it was someone local, who > > had been singing in the park -- and did not make the connection. > > And I had not previously heard Jewel do "Times They are a > > Changin'" Which was a great song when it emerged, but became > > such a cliche anthem, its generally not something that is > > listenable anymore. To me, her rendition was so fresh, vital, > > so hit the target, revitalizing it -- like taking something > > that had become flat, 2-dimensional and adding a new dimension. > > Not adding back, but taking it in a new direction. > > I agree. I've heard her do it live and it has that > effect on audiences as well. > > > Some years ago I had listened to several of her albums since > > Pieces of You and while there were some nice things, they > > were "studio" and did not reflect that sleepin in my van, > > singing in small beach cafes, the rush, raw, complexity and > > uncertainty of uncovering her unique style of her first > > songs. A phenomenon of many songwriters and bands -- I often > > like their first or first few albums best -- which capture > > the pent up rush of creativity -- honed often over a decade > > of playing in garages and cafes. That often is hard to > > duplicate. > > I agree again. "Foolish Games," after all, was written > when she was 18. And it was overproduced in the studio > even then. She's at her best live, performing for an > audience. > > > And she has gone country -- not blasphemy in my book -- however > > its a different style than cafe angst. And its "produced" not > > the live vibe of here earlier works. I will catch up on her > > newer stuff. > > Gotta agree. The country thang is easily explained by > the fact that she grew up on a ranch, is an avid horse- > woman, and married nine-time World Rodeo Champion Ty > Murray. :-) The overproduction is not. > > > She does seem to be a genuinely simple, smart, fun person -- > > and has not lost her vitality to the road and fame. Someone > > you could meet and right away be on the same page -- a fluid > > laughing and easiness. > > That's it exactly. Bonnie Raitt is like that, too. > Sure is refreshing to find that, in an industry full > of corpulent egos and pretense. >
