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From: flaskerud@quark2.aero.org
Newsgroups: rec.music.country.western
Subject: Garth Brooks concert January 29, 1993
Date: 15 Dec 1992 14:43 -0800
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I thought everyone knew about this concert, but it's a benefit for the 
Rebuild L.A. project, so maybe it hasn't made the national headlines 
yet!

Garth will do two shows that night, at the Great Western Forum in 
Inglewood.  I waited in line at the local Ticketmasters outlet for 
two hours before tickets went on sale last Saturday morning (12/12). 
Both shows sold out in 25 minutes - must be a new record.  He sold out
the Forum in July 1992 in only 15 minutes. (18,000 seats)

All seats sold for $20.00.  I think the way Ticketmasters sells tickets 
to popular shows stinks.  It's a completly random process, so even if 
you are THE biggest fan and get there early, you may not even have a 
chance to purchase tickets.  They handed out wrist-bands with numbers 
starting at about 300.  I had number 320.  The "computer" said start at 
number 357.  Thank goodness my sister-in-law went with me and got number 
361; she was able to buy 4 tickets (the maximum), but that too was at 
random and she did not get the 4 seats together.

Ok, enough complaining!  At least I'll be there!

--
Cindy Dagen-Flaskerud
The Aerospace Corporation
El Segundo, CA
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From: bwood@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (William Wood)
Subject: Re: worst country song titles
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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:21:00 GMT

In article <00965050.53246BE0@Msu.oscs.montana.edu>, oopcv@Msu.oscs.montana.edu writes...
>In article <1gedrkINN493@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, aa536@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Alayne M. Whaley) writes:
>>
>>>17. Thank God and Greyhound She's Gone
>>
>>That reminds me....Is this a Ray Stevens song?  Can anyone add a 
>>few lyrics to it?
>>
>Roy Clark did this one.  Can't think of the lyrics at the moment, it's an
>oldie!


<*>  I always liked this one because it has a deceiving start and end.
     I don't recall the lyrics.  The tune starts off with a sad 
     refrain about how the relationship has come to an end, giving
     the impression that many tresured memories will be left behind.
     Just when you think the sone is about to get sadder, Roy belts 
     out, "Thank God and greyhound she's gone!"
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From: ditaylor@IASTATE.EDU (Diane R Taylor)
Subject: Re: Clint Black
Reply-To: ditaylor@IASTATE.EDU (Diane R Taylor)
Organization: Iowa State University
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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:36:46 GMT

In article <1992Dec15.125110.25528@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, texan@cbnewsg.cb.att.com
(jennifer.j.sinclair) writes:
> In article <stangem.12.0@columbia.dsu.edu> stangem@columbia.dsu.edu (Michele
Stange) writes:
> >I was wondering if Lisa Hartman's influence has anything to do with Clint 
> >abandoning his hat?
> >
> >Michele
> 
> 
> Or for that matter - the way he dresses.  He used to wear more country
> style clothing - now it seems he's been updated. 
> 
> 
> Jennifer
> 
   You are right on the mark, Jennifer, I too have noticed that Clint's wardrobe
and hatlessness have all come along pretty quick after he said "I do." But I
have to wonder if that can be anything but bad in a business sence. By changing
his image and style so much, don't his biggest fans feel a little confused? I
wonder what he is like in concert these days? Anybody have a pre-Lisa and
post-Lisa comparison for us?

   Looking foreward to the responses,
   
   Diane Taylor
From: jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov (Ad absurdum per aspera)
Newsgroups: rec.music.country.western
Subject: Re: worst country song titles
Date: 13 Dec 1992 17:45 PST
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>> Thank God and Greyhound She's Gone {You're Gone, actually}
> Roy Clark did this one.  Can't think of the lyrics at the moment, it's 
> an oldie!  

No, it's not.  I was young when I first heard it. Couldn't be an oldie. :)

Seriously: I too space out the first part of the song, a dolorous bit of
my-wolman-done-left-me country carried almost to the point of parody.
Which is exactly the idea, as you see when the band rolls into an oom-pa-pa
beat and Clark sings, in exultation:

  Thank God and Greyhound you're gone!
  The load on my mind got lighter when you got on.
  That dirty old bus is a beautiful sight
  With the black smoke a-rollin' up around the tail lights
  That big diesel motor is a-singin' my song,
  Thank God and Greyhound you're gone!

Should be available readily enough -- keep your eyes open during the
annual record-store crawl.

--Joe
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From: oopcv@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
Subject: Re: worst country song titles
Reply-To: oopcv@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
Organization: Montana State University
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 16:20:42 GMT

In article <1gedrkINN493@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, aa536@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Alayne M. Whaley) writes:
>
>>17. Thank God and Greyhound She's Gone
>
>That reminds me....Is this a Ray Stevens song?  Can anyone add a 
>few lyrics to it?
>
Roy Clark did this one.  Can't think of the lyrics at the moment, it's an
oldie!
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From: marshall@NEBULA.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM (Bob Marshall)
Subject: Re: Titles and Artists Needed
Reply-To: marshall@NEBULA.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Organization: LMSC, Sunnyvale, California
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 02:22:23 GMT

In article <1g8l8eINN1gd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, aa536@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Alayne M. Whaley) writes:
>Who sings "The smile on your face lets me know that you need me"?
>And what's it's title and the album?  Thanks.

Keith Whitley, "When You Say Nothing At All", from the album "Don't Close
Your Eyes" (probably his best album). 

Now you've done it, gotten me all melancholy. What a great talent we lost
when Keith died.

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Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.     \\     think they are; they think we
Sunnyvale, CA                      \\    men know a lot more than we
marshall@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com\\   really do."
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From: marshall@NEBULA.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM (Bob Marshall)
Subject: Re: Best of Country '92
Reply-To: marshall@NEBULA.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Organization: LMSC, Sunnyvale, California
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 02:49:35 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.190554.2978@leland.Stanford.EDU>, irene@chemeng.Stanford.EDU (Irene Dris) writes:
>	I am a big fan of this hot country movement (music is music -- why try
>to classify it?)  And most of the performances were awesome (especially Colin Raye,
>Randy Travis, Diamond Rio,  Clint Black,  Mary Chapin Carpenter
>and Alan Jackson's).  But why did they need to have "The Solid Gold-type" dancers
>sliding around the stage dancing the way music wasn't meant to be danced?    
>	So although (in my opinion) the hot new country sound is great this
>needless embellishment is too annoying and has to go.

Whew! Boy, am I glad to hear that! I am *NOT* a big fan of "hot new
country", and when I saw that pathetic show last night I could just feel
Roy Acuff kicking in his grave. It's good to know that fans of H.N.C.
were as turned off by the ridiculous dancers as I was; I was worried
that since all you guys like to see Garth swinging on a rope that this
stuff would be accepted. I'm glad to find out that it's not, even by
the H.N.C. fans.

Don't get me wrong, I like to watch scantily-clad women cavort (I have
to wear a bib when I watch the Dallas Cowboys on TV since I drool so much
when the cowgirls come on), but somehow it's really incongruous while
Alan Jackson is singing.

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Bob Marshall                     \\     "Women aren't as smart as they
Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.     \\     think they are; they think we
Sunnyvale, CA                      \\    men know a lot more than we
marshall@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com\\   really do."
"I tell the truth 'cept when I lie"  \\     - Tim the Toolman
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From: lyndap@Novell.COM (Lynda Peterson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.country.western
Subject: Re: Country Music Influences
Date: 16 Dec 92 16:11:17 GMT
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Organization: Novell, Inc.

Guess I will resond, too.

I have to thank an ex-boyfriend (and Randy Travis) for turning me on to  
country music. After we broke up and I was heart broken and couldn't stand  
to hear any popular music because all of it reminded me of him. So I  
turned the dial to country and started liking it. I really got hooked on  
Randy and The Judds (the early Judds) influenced my decision to be a  
country music fan. I had to be a closet fan because all my friends gave me  
grief over it. Of course, there are many heartbreaking country songs now,  
too.

Joyeux Noel!!

lyndap@novell.com

_________________________________________________________
"I Only Want You for Christmas" - Alan Jackson
From: jimmys@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
Subject: Re: Garth's last(?) concert: A review
Newsgroups: rec.music.country.western
Reply-To: jimmys@ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 16 Dec 92 06:36:44 GMT
Distribution: usa

In article <Dec15.184624.5496@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> gregk@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Gregory Krueger) writes:
>In article <BzBC1F.G4w@fc.hp.com>, rodean@fc.hp.com (Bruce Rodean) writes:
>|> Janet Rowell (jrowell@ssd.intel.com) wrote:
>|> > I'm curious...for people who haven't been lifelong country fans, were there
>|> > particular artists who brought you to country music?
>|>
>
>
>Well, I've been a fan for just under a year now.  And yes, it was Garth
>who got me interested at first.  It was a friend of mine who kept
>playing more and more different artists that got me really hooked.
>The biggest  source was probably Sawyer Brown (after Garth, that is).
>Although I don't consider myself a total fan of all of the old C&W
>music, I can appreciate it a lot more now.

It was Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood that got me started, bless
them both!

>
>That is another point, how many young people (high school and down) can
>be real and total fans.  Country music requires you to have lived through
>some bad stuff to totally appreciate some of the pain the artists are
>trying to portraty (See The Dance, anything by Reeba).  I couldn't
>really get into some of their lyrics until I had been through some of
>this stuff myself.  Yes, the jokes about playing a C&W song backwards
>exist, but that is what country, to me at least, is all about.  People
>singing songs about real things, none of that pop crap on the other
>stations.

It is real interesting you brought this point up, I remember someone
(I think it was Garth on the TV special, "This is Garth Brooks")
said, music like Heavy Metal/Rock n Roll sings about love as they
imagine/fantasize it to be, while Country music sings about love
from someone who's been ther; the way it really is.  (I know, I
butchered this elegant and very truth idea, sorry :-)

>
>I guess that what I'm trying to say is that it was more than an artist,
>it was becoming a little more mature so that the songs and situations
>make some sense, it was just some artists who gave me a little shove
>to get me into it!
>
>Well, that's it for now, got to study for finals.....

Good luck on your finals!
>
>
>Greg Krueger
>
>gregk@longs.lance.colostate.edu

--
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From: drmellow@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Greg Cohoon)
Subject: Re: Man in the Moon confusion...
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 16:57:06 GMT

mas20882@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mark A. Smith) writes:

>	In the first part of Mark Collie's Man in
>	Moon song, he says he walked her to the 
>	plane in Phoenix and said say hello to your
>	Mama.  And she couldn't even look me in the
>	eye...   

>		I just can't quite figure out what 
>		he's talking about.  Any insight would
>		be appreciated.

I take it to mean that he is taking his significant other to
the plane because they had a dissagreement/fight and she said
she wanted to spend some time with her mother to sort things
out or something.  They both know that she is not going to be
coming back, but neither of them have directly said it.  So he
pretends that she is, saying "Say hi to your mom for me."  And
she is jut too embarrassed to look at him.

But this is just my opinion, your milage may differ.

-greg


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From: M15841@mwvm.mitre.org
Subject: Re: Garth's last(?) concert: A review
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:19:51 GMT

In article <BzB9zn.B80@SSD.intel.com>
jrowell@ssd.intel.com (Janet Rowell) writes:
 
>Box writes:
>>
>>  Now if I could just get people to be as fanatical about Randy Travis!
>>He's the whole reason I love country like I do!  :-{)
>>
>>  --Bob, who has pictures of Garth without a hat!
>>
>>
>Yay, Randy! He's one of the people who brought me to country. I grew up
>
>I'm curious...for people who haven't been lifelong country fans, were there
>particular artists who brought you to country music?
 
Most definitely--Mr. Randy Travis!!  I couldn't stand Country Music.  Then my
sister discovered RT and told me I had to hear this song, "Digging Up Bones".
I though it was the siliest thing I'd ever heard (especially when my nieces
showed up with "I'm Digging Up Bones With Randy Travis" t-shirts!).  But she
recorded his first two albums for me, and I listened to them alot.  I finally
became hooked on him.  Took me a little longer to fully turn over to Country
Music, but Rodney Crowell and Sawyer Brown (remember "Shakin'"?- I love that
song!) helped me on my way.  Now I'm a New Country Music fan (as for the older
stuff--gotta respect it; still learning to like it).
 
Mary Brick
e-mail: m15841@mitre.org
 
BTW:  After re-reading this note, it sounds like a confession:  "My name is
Mary B. and I'm a Country Music Fan."
From: cfstmpab@logica.co.uk
Newsgroups: rec.music.country.western
Subject: Tish Hinojosa - is she to play in England?
Date: 17 Dec 92 11:46:55 GMT

Is Tish Hinojosa to play in London, England? If so, when? 
Has she released anything else (I've got 'Aquella Noche',
'Culture Swing','From Taos to Tennesee', 'Homeland', 
'Memorabilia Navidena')? Do you know of any other C&W
singers playing in her style of Mex-Tex? Are there any videos
of her songs? 

Has Kimberley McCarver released anything else apart from 
'Breathe the Moonlight'?

Andrew Buckle
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From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow)
Subject: Mary-Chapin Carpenter, 12/10, Ft. Worth TX
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 22:43:56 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
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              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.


Mary-Chapin Carpenter, the pride of Bethesda, MD, and her Washington-
based band came to Fort Worth's Will Rogers Auditorium Thursday night
for a very good concert.  She commended the crowd for coming out to see
the show rather than staying in to watch the ABC "Best Of Country '92"
special; she said that she had hated being involved with it, but that a
wall of lawyers had made it too complicated for her to leave :-)

Musically, a lot of the music was from "Come On, Come On", which she
took pains to spell because of a newspaper that had written it down as
"C'mon C'mon", "which is how you call a dog rather than a soft,
spiritual beckoning" :-)  She opened with a reworked version of "Never
Had It So Good" done mainly in minor key, which sounded a lot more
sinister than the recorded version.  She also reworked a couple of
other older songs, to good effect.  Her band scortched, and it was
damned good to see that they didn't see any reason to not challenge the
mainly-country crowd by experimenting with non-country styles; "Read My
Lips" sounded like what Ry Cooder might have come up with on an album
exploring rap and house music, for example.  They could also play
kick-ass rock and roll, as her cover of Lucinda Williams "Passionate
Kisses" proved.  Her treatments of slower fare worked better than I
expected them to in that venue, as well; "Only A Dream" and "Come On,
Come On" retained the depth of the recorded versions.  All in all, a
great performance with in a pretty good hall full of involved fans.

Set List:

Never Had It So Good
You Win Again
Going Out Tonight
How Do
Rhythm Of The Blues
Passionate Kisses
Read My Lips
Down At The Twist And Shout
Right Now
Only A Dream
Come On, Come On
He Thinks He'll Keep Her
Quittin' Time
The Moon And St. Christopher
I Feel Lucky
==
Hearts In Her Eyes (new)
Train Of Love (new)
==
Halley Came To Jackson
The Hard Way
I Take My Chances

Rob T
--
Rob Thurlow, thurlow@convex.com
"Sometimes it feels like the sun just comes up out of habit,
 And goes down as quick as it can,
 These days, you just have to grab it as it goes by."
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From: Joanna L. Castillo <pefv702@utpe.pe.utexas.edu>
Subject: Clint Black (was Re: Best of Country '92)
X-Xxdate: Mon, 14 Dec 92 20:46:52 GMT
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 19:53:30 GMT

In article <2435@gandalf.intel.com> Linda Harbin, linda@linda.intel.com writes:
>I enjoyed watching the show (with the exception of the dancers).  I thought
>the artists did a great job with their songs.  
>
>My only negative comment is "Where was Clint Black's hat.  I thought he
>looked naked without it!"

I didn't see the show but...Clint hasn't worn a hat at any performance
in at least a year -- probably longer.  It's always disconcerting to me
when I first see him without his hat these days.  

And speaking of Clint Black...what's the general concensus about his
Christmas tune ('Til Santa's Gone) that's burning up the airwaves?  For
some reason, I just love that song -- especially the "milk and cookies"
line.  :)  I thought it was a real treat to get to watch him sing it
last week on the Tonight Show.

Joanna.

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From: hatley@granite.pa.dec.com (Alan Hatley)
Newsgroups: rec.music.country.western
Subject: Re: the saddle rack...going down
Date: 16 Dec 92 17:38:46 GMT
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In-reply-to: pbertsch@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com's message of Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:52:23 GMT

oooopps, guess who has a little egg on his face now?  that's the last time
i will ever report anything like that before the actual event.  8-}

Alan-
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From: marshall@NEBULA.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM (Bob Marshall)
Subject: Re: Your countdown 92 (top 5)
Reply-To: marshall@NEBULA.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Organization: LMSC, Sunnyvale, California
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 03:37:35 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.130338.6947@samba.oit.unc.edu>, dil.admin@mhs.unc.edu (Dave Laudicina) writes:
>Let's hear from all of you on your countdown for 92 (top5 cd's/albums
>not individual songs) sans the obnoxious dancers pleeeeaaaaasssseeee.
>
> My picks :
>
>1. This One's Going To Hurt You (Marty Stuart)
>2. Seminole Wind (John Anderson)
>3. Alan Jackson's latest ????title (Alan Jackson)
>4. Aces (Suzy Boggus)
>5. Trisha Yearwood (Trisha Yearwood)

Can't argue with any of those. Here's mine (some may not be from '92) :

1. Iris Dement, "Infamous Angel"  (If you're a "Hot New Country" fan,
   forget about this one; if you like down-home stuff, GET THIS ALBUM!)

2. Tish Hinojosa, "Taos to Tennessee"

3. Reba McEntire, "For My Broken Heart" (I'll never get tired of listening
   to "The Greatest Man I Never Knew")

4. Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers at the Ryman

5. Paulette Carlson, "Love Goes On" (an underrated and underplayed album)

Honorable mention to Suzy Bogguss for "Aces", but I've been disappointed
with her ever since her first album, "Somewhere Between", which far
outclasses her subsequent offerings (IMNSHO). You think Garth's version
of "Night Rider's Lament" was good on the show (and so did I, even though
I am a member of the Garth Basher Club), you should hear Suzy's version.

=============================================================================
Bob Marshall                     \\     "Women aren't as smart as they
Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.     \\     think they are; they think we
Sunnyvale, CA                      \\    men know a lot more than we
marshall@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com\\   really do."
"I tell the truth 'cept when I lie"  \\     - Tim the Toolman
=============================================================================
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From: riordan@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Gerard Riordan)
Subject: Re: Mary Chapin Carpenter
Originator: riordan@moose.uvm.edu
Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 01:28:35 GMT

From article <0096510E.8A119B00@Msu.oscs.montana.edu>, by oopcv@Msu.oscs.montana.edu:
> Okay, my last request was successful...does anyone have the lyrics to 
> "Something of a Dreamer"?  I'm not sure of the title, but it's the one where
> she "watched him from afar."
> 
> I'd really appreciate it, and I promise not to bother you anymore!
> 
> Thanks,
> Cheryl oopcv@trex.oscs.montana.edu

Here you are..

She used to watch him from afar
She used to dream about him
and she'd wish upon a star
That one day she'd have him for her own
Throw caution to the wind
And with a grin
He'd take her home

Chorus:

She's something of a dreamer
somethig of a fool
something of a heart break
when she gives her heart to you 

And she used to hear his voice at nigth
a sweet whisper from the shadows
dancing with the backporch light
and she used to feel him in the wind
his warm breath upon her neck and the goosebumps up and down her skin

Chorus:

Well she should have known by now
but that's the foolish part of her
she should of seen some how
but a dreamer's never cured
when heartbreaks fast approach
when a love ain't truly love 
he promised wine and roses
and she thought it was enough


enjoy...
gJr
riordan@moose.uvm.edu
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