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From: "Grimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On January 21, 2002 Norma Deloris Egstrom found out that it
wasn't "all there is"
And apparently she was a 'scientist' of sorts (Science of the
Mind)
http://www.scienceofmind.com/02january/january_02.htm
"She consistently refused to sing a lyric devoid of hope "because
I can't sing what I don't believe." When she considered recording
the haunting lament "Is That All There Is?" by Lieber and Stoller,
she knew it was based on Thomas Mann's essay "Disillusionment,"
but it didn't say that to Peggy."
"To me," she explains, it was just the opposite. It said we go
through one experience after another, some of them very negative.
As we change each negative into a positive we learn, grow
stronger, can go on to new experiences because there is always
more. But I waited a whole year before introducing the song until
I felt sure I could get this interpretation across. Finally, by
changing the emphasis from 'Is That All There Is?' to 'Is That All
There Is?' I was satisfied my listeners would understand the
hopeful affirmation -- There is more!"
