Level 42 Digest for Friday, September 07, 2007

Friday, September 07, 2007

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Topics for Friday, September 07, 2007

    1.  Always - Andrew Goodwin
    2.  S Club 7....arrival - Doug White
    3.  Does this mean I need to turn in my membership? - Doug White
    4.  Further solidifying my lack of taste.... - Doug White

1. Always
From:	Andrew Goodwin <thenightfly83 @ yahoo.co.uk>
Date:	Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:34:47 +0100 (BST)	[top]
> 2. Reply to Doug > From: fred.simpson @ tiscali.co.uk > > Zero 7 - love them, especially Simple Things and When it Falls. Which implies that The Garden is inferior? I haven't got round to it, in spite of the those being two of my favourite albums of recent years. Like most of my album buying these days, a 12 to 18 month wait should see it turn up on eBay in my price bracket. > Unsure how many of these people made it in the US but check out Tears for Fears, Style Council, Incognito, Sade and Seal - all stuff that other Level 42 'fans' have mentioned in the past. They've all created some absolute gems. The mere mention of Sade is still enough to bring me out in a cold sweat, but I'm wondering if the above means I am not, as it's always seemed to me, the only person to think that The Style Council were better than The Jam. Our Favourite Shop is something of a tour de force. > 1. L42 heard here > From: Dave Mock > > Tuned yesterday to one of the brokered-time programs Eh? "Brokered-time programs"? > the host was using the intro of "Heaven In My Hands" as a bed. Eh? "As a bed"? Two countries divided by a common language indeed. > 2. Stevie Zero Doug > From: Daniel James > > Would've loved to have, but the Seattle show sold out in five minutes. My sympathies go out to all those who queued up for hours at the venue, only to find out that the tickets sold out online before anyone in line was able to open their mouth to say, "four tickets please." Dag nammit. That pesky internet has caused nothing but trouble. I've been lucky enough to see him a couple of times, but both times at the appalling Wembley Arena where the crowds are the least discerning bunch of tourists you'll ever find at a gig. The second time he opened with Love's In Need Of Love Today and all around me nonplussed people wondered why I had tears streaming down my face. > 2. Ok, So I told an untruth > From: Doug White <bigdp @ stanford.edu> > > Mike the Pom inspired many people to write a little bio about themselves, I actually submitted one in due course and then there was Betsy from Moose Jaw who inspired a couple of terrific replies.... Ah, the nostalgia... that was the last time I managed to provoke someone into a personal e-mail having a go at me. The correspondent in question - someone who I like and respect and who must have been having a bit of an odd day - thought it was insulting to the Digest readership and that I owed you all an apology. I have no recollection as to whether I made that apology, so here it is just in case - sorry folks! Sorry for Betsy, sorry for slagging off Aylesbury, sorry for everything, the whole damn ten years, the occasional disappearances for months on end, the George Benson story, sorry sorry sorry! I used to get someone raging at me via personal e-mail every couple of weeks. I guess I was young and irreverent then. Now I'm nearly 40 and irrelevant. AG ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html

2. S Club 7....arrival
From:	Doug White <bigdp @ stanford.edu>
Date:	Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:47:49 -0700	[top]
Gang, I am now the recipient (lucky or unlucky) of the S Club 7 - S Club disc. I will listen to it a little later and I may or may not let you know what I think. Ummm...nothing much else to say at this time..... Oh wait, great posts from both Craig Hughes and Trent No Last Name.....oh wait Marner. A certain digest member and I are plotting evil things for the digest.....maybe....whoo haa haa haa haa....cough cough. Toodles, y'all Doug (I must be bored today)

3. Does this mean I need to turn in my membership?
From:	Doug White <bigdp @ stanford.edu>
Date:	Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:20:32 -0700	[top]
Folks, Oh gosh, how do I put this? S Club 7 isn't....bad.....in fact, I can see it being a guilty pleasure, not something I would readily admit to liking, except to 470 of my closest firneds. I got into listening to music (oh god, I am really gonna lose credibility) by listening to Janis Ian, The Captain and Tenille, ABBA, Barry Manilow and lots of disco, Yvonne Elliman anybody?, Crystal Gayle, The Monkees, and a bunch of other stuff like that.....so, these guys are right in my old time wheelhouse. I wanted, badly, to dislike them but darn it every single song I was bobbing my head and even tapping my toes. So, I might even order another of their CDs....maybe. Anyways......if the consensus is that I hafta go.....sigh......well I guess I'll tuck my tail between my legs and say sayonara. Sniff Sniff...... Doug

4. Further solidifying my lack of taste....
From:	Doug White <bigdp @ stanford.edu>
Date:	Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:40:58 -0700	[top]
Oh...more of my old listening habits..... America, Sheena Easton, Helen Reddy (LOVED her) and more.... Slinking out the door..... Doug

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