(#2004-12) - Topics this issue: 1) Digest (06/25/2004 09:01) (#2004-11), 2) Digest (06/25/2004 03:01) (#2004-10), 3) Digest (06/25/2004 09:01) (#2004-11), 4) Bodyguard, 5) Makes you wonder, 6) Cathy's caps/First Words, 7) AFI, Caps, etc., 8) Makes you wonder, 9) Tammy's Jeff, 10) AFI Top 100 Songs, 11) Top Movie Songs List, 12) Digest (06/25/2004 09:01) (#2004-11), 13) Tammy, 14) "HDIYL, 15) AFI Top 100 Songs, 16) Tammy, 17) Makes you wonder, 18) Tammy & Jeffery's good taste, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:28:57 -0400 From: "HB Hal Bogart \(1982\)" Subject: RE: Digest (06/25/2004 09:01) (#2004-11) Please remove from email listing =20 -----Original Message----- From: listmember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:listmember@brothersgibb.com]=20 Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:01 AM To: words List Member Subject: [words] Digest (06/25/2004 09:01) (#2004-11) (#2004-11) - Topics this issue: 1) Cathy's caps, 2) Cathy's caps, 3) Cathy's caps, 4) Let Me Think ...., ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:53:16 +0100 From: "Maggie Bleksley" Subject: Cathy's caps Tammy, if you take another look at my post, you'll see that I said capitals don't bother me at all. I am not one of the people who have complained about this. I was simply taking issue with the dishonesty of Cathy's alleged reasons for doing this, as I have recently seen her posting in lower case on other lists. I even defended her at first when others started criticising, as I agree that we can type as we please, but if that is so, they don't have to invent stories to excuse them from doing it! Maggie > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:58:59 -0500 > From: "Tammy Mericle" > Subject: RE: Cathy's caps > > MAGGIE, > IT IS NOT SYMPOTHY THAT CATHY IS ASKING OF YOU. ACTUALLY, SHE DOESN'T WANT > ANYTHING FORM YOU!! IT'S A FREE COUNTRY AND WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO TYPE > AS WE PLEASE. UPPER CASE TYPING IS NOT BREAKING ANY LAWS AS FAR AS I KNOW. > RELAX MAGGIE, PATIENTS IS A VERTUE, THICKEN IT UP A BIT!! TAMMY > > > >From: "Maggie Bleksley" > >Reply-To: words@brothersgibb.com > >To: "words List Member" > >Subject: [words] Cathy's caps > >Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:47:35 +0100 > > > >Come on, Cathy. I sympathised with you at first, but even my patience > >is wearing a little thin, since I saw a posting from you on another=20 > >list that > >was entirely in lower case! Personally, your capitals don't bother me > >in the least, but you wouldn't put half so many backs up if you would > >just be honest and admit that you do it 'cos you can't be bothered to > >use the shift > >key. > > > >Maggie > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:00:30 +0100 From: "Maggie Bleksley" Subject: Cathy's caps Sorry, Chris. I'm afraid I replied to Tammy's post about this before seeing your request and I agree we've said enough about it on the list. I won't post anything else on the subject. Maggie Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:37:28 -0400 > From: cmathis > Subject: Re: Cathy's caps > > > >PERHAPS YOUR VISION NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED FOR JUST A FEW HOURS. THAT=20 > >IS ALL IT WOULD TAKE. A FEW HOURS FOR ALL OF YOU TO GO THROUGH WHAT=20 > >A VISUALLY IMPAIRED > > > pLEASE tAKE tHIS oFF LiNe NoW! > > tHIS aRgUmEnT dOeS NoT bElONG on tHe LiST!!!! > > cHRIS... > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 05:18:19 -0400 From: cmathis Subject: Re: Cathy's caps >From: "Bari Powers" > >Go Tammy. .... > >Go Chris Who is this? John Kerry??? (a little morning humor people! :+) Subject: Let Me Think ....=20 Hmmmmm ... seeing as I was "minus" 6 years old at the time ;) Yep, you're probably the only one on the list who saw the Bee Gees in Cork back in 1968 Richard :) Privledged to know you ... and very glad I got to hear a brief summary of the event when you, me and Mary met in England! Janel >From: "Richard O Donoghue" > > > Never meant it to be a far fetched story. I KNOW its Vince.After all who > > else on the list saw Bee Gees perform in the Savoy cinema in Cork=20 >Ireland >in > > 1968 . LOL > >A rare pedigree indeed Richard! > >Andrew > ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [06/25/2004 09:01] ---------------------------------------------------- "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees ) http://www.brothersgibb.com=20 To change any of your list options, please go to website listed above. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:35:02 -0400 From: "Cathy" Subject: Re: Digest (06/25/2004 03:01) (#2004-10) CHRIS, I MUST SAY THIS. AS YOU KNOW WE TALKED ALONG TIME AGO, WHEN I JOINED. ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN FLAMED AND HARESSED ABOUT IT. BUT I PRAY FOR YOU AND YOUR SON AND KNOW I ASSURE YOU. IF I COULD POST CORRECTLY,(ACCORDINGLY TO OTHERS) I WOULD. AND THANK YOU AS I HOPE NOW I WILL BE LEFT ALONE TO POST AND BE A PART OF THIS GROUP. AND THANKS TO SOME THAT TOOK A BEATING STANDING WITH ME. LOVE YOU ALL.. THE ONES AFTER ME ARE THE SAME ONES ALL THE TIME. SO KNOW I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF US WITH SIGHT PROBLEMS. GOD BLESS YOU ENOUGH SAID CATHY > From: cmathis > Subject: Re: Cathy's caps > > > > If you think this argument doesn't belong on the list then my > > apologies to you sir. My 19 year old legally blind and wheel chair bound > > son used to belong to "Eyes That See In The Dark" ( A Bee Gee's fan club > > done on tape) > > Since you posted this public, I will reply in kind. I would like to start > out that I do respect your opinion, and I do respect and understand the > position that some of the list members are in. That being said, I will > continue... > > Like most people on the list, I do not like to see message in "all caps". > But I also understand that if someone has poor eyesight, they may like, or > need to post in all CAPS. Weather someone *REALLY NEEDS* to or not is not > for me to say. Quite frankly, if I see a message in all caps every one in a > while I really do not care, I have more important things to worry about. > > My point is this. If you or anyone else that posts in ALL CAPS can post > normally, (lowercase) without to much bother, then you/they, by all means, > should do so. If one can not, and can only participate by replying in CAPS, > well, then perhaps the rest of us needs to be a little more patient and > understanding. > > In closing, we all have been reading about this CAPS/Non Caps for thread > for a long time now. I have not said anything about it until today because > it does have some list importance. But enough is enough. > > Again, this thread has been bashed around for a couple weeks now. It is > time to take it off line. Those that want to bash or insult another are > welcome to do so, but take it off line. This is a Bee Gee related list. > > So again, please: > > pLEASE tAKE tHIS oFF LiNe NoW! > > tHIS aRgUmEnT dOeS NoT bElONG on tHe LiST!!!! > > cHRIS... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:51:30 -0400 From: "Cathy" Subject: Re: Digest (06/25/2004 09:01) (#2004-11) WELL CHRIS, LAST POST CHRIS I PROMISE I REALLY DO!!!!!!!!!!! I WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS POST FROM MAGGIE AS I DON'T EVEN KNOW HER EXCEPT FROM HERE. SHE HAS IMPLIED THAT I CAN AND AM TRICKING YOU ALL FOR WHY I POST IN CAPS. REST ASSURED MAGGIE AND ANY OF YOU ALL THAT ARE WITH HER. IF YOU HAVE SEEN ME POST IN LOWER CASE WHICH I ADMIT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. IT WAS BECAUSE MY SIGHT HAD NOT WORSENED AND I HAVE HAD LIGHTS PUT IN TRYING TO HELP AND NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK. NOW I OWE YOU ALL NOTHING AS I LAST TIME I LOOKED IT WAS AMERICA. SO WHEN YOU PITIED ME IT WAS YOUR DOING AS I NEVER ASK FOR ANYONE PITY. SO YOU COME OFF YOUR THRONE AND KNOW I COULD CARE LESS WHAT YOU THINK OF ME OR BELIEVE. I POST IN CAPS FOR IT IS THE EASIEST WAY FOR ME TO SEE IT. I AM NOT GOING TO SAY NO MORE TO YOU FOR YOU ARE TALKING OUT OF BOTH ENDS. SO I ADMIT FRIENDS HAVE SENT ME THINGS AND I HAVE TRIED THEM AND NONE WORK. SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY POST DELETE THEM. BUT KNOW YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE A JUDGE AND JURY. AND I PRAY ONE DAY YOU ARE NOT IN MY SHOES. SORRY CHRIS FOR I WILL NOT SPEAK OF THIS AGAIN. THEY JUST WANT A FIGHT AND I HAVE BEEN CALLED A LIAR SO MUCH IT DON'T BOTHER ME. MY REAL FRIENDS KNOW AND THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS. CHRIS YOU ARE A GOOD MAN AND I AM SORRY AS I KNOW WHAT YOU SAID TO DO. BUT IN MY ON DEFENSE I HAD TO REPLY TO MAGGIE ALLEGATIONS. AS I HAVE TIRED IT AND IT DOES NOT WORK. WONDER WHY ANY ONE WOULD WANT TO FAKE LOSING SIGHT.?????? IT IS INCONCEIVABLE.AND INSULTING YOU SAY SUCH A THING.THIS MAKES ME FEEL SO SAD FOR YOU. SORRY YOU ARE MAGGIE SO PITIFUL THAT YOU HAD TO POST 3 POST TO GET ANOTHER FIGHT STARTED. WELL WONT WORK . ENOUGH SAID CHRIS AND THIS TIME I PROMISE. POSTING TO THE LIST WHEN IT IS A SUBJECT I WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT. BUT NO MORE FROM ME ON THIS SUBJECT BUT AGAIN THANKS CATHY PS MAGGIE , TAMMY IS CORRECT. I DONT AND HAVE NOT ASK NOTHING FROM ANY OF YOU. BUT TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AS YOU DO OTHERS. BUT HERE DO SOME OF YOU KNOW WHAT RESPECT IS? I HOPE SO. > > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:53:16 +0100 > From: "Maggie Bleksley" > Subject: Cathy's caps > > Tammy, if you take another look at my post, you'll see that I said capitals > don't bother me at all. I am not one of the people who have complained about > this. I was simply taking issue with the dishonesty of Cathy's alleged > reasons for doing this, as I have recently seen her posting in lower case on > other lists. I even defended her at first when others started criticising, > as I agree that we can type as we please, but if that is so, they don't have > to invent stories to excuse them from doing it! > > Maggie > > > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:58:59 -0500 > > From: "Tammy Mericle" > > Subject: RE: Cathy's caps > > > > MAGGIE, > > IT IS NOT SYMPOTHY THAT CATHY IS ASKING OF YOU. ACTUALLY, SHE DOESN'T > WANT > > ANYTHING FORM YOU!! IT'S A FREE COUNTRY AND WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO TYPE > > AS WE PLEASE. UPPER CASE TYPING IS NOT BREAKING ANY LAWS AS FAR AS I > KNOW. > > RELAX MAGGIE, PATIENTS IS A VERTUE, THICKEN IT UP A BIT!! TAMMY ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:31:05 +0100 From: "Lee Meadows" Subject: Bodyguard hi what was the situation regarding the release of Bodyguard in the USA in 1989/90? I have a promo CD and a cassette single of it but have never really seen it being sold since (especially the cassette single) Was it released officially and if so on what formats and if not...what is my tape? Lee ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:03:35 -0400 From: "Rose Stull" Subject: Makes you wonder This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01C45AA4.0F9B0310 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Got this email from my daughter today. It made my day! See what you = think: I just took out gas can to get filled up today. Get this.....strange = Bee Gee story. I filled up the gas can. Went inside to pay. I had on = my "Mo's Paintball" shirt on. The guy reads my shirt and says "Mo's = Paintball, are you from Miami". Just then "If I Can't Have You" comes = on the radio into the store!!! I nearly fell over. I explained to the = guy that I'm a big Bee Gees fan and that Maurice (the one who just died) = owns the store. I said I'm sure you know the Bee Gees, right? And he = said, "hey isn't that their song!?? I said YES! Strange, huh? Maurice = must have been there with us today!! SPOOKY!! Rose PA USA ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01C45AA4.0F9B0310-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:05:44 -0500 From: "Tammy Mericle" Subject: RE: Cathy's caps/First Words Joy, When the doctors finally told us Jeffery had cerebral palsy he was 10 months old. We new something was terribly wrong, we just didn't have a name for it. They strongly suggested putting him in an institution and walking away from him. Making him a ward of the state. They told us it wasn't fair to his older brothers for us to keep Jeffery around the house. All the doctors said he would never walk, talk, understand what we were saying, never be able to feed himself, always be in diapers, well you get the picture. Neither I nor my husband could ever think of doing such a thing. It just was not an option for us. When I looked in Jeffery's eyes I knew he was in there!! I had a cassette tape of the Bee Gees I had made of odds and ends music. I has lolly pop on it as well as Hold her in your hands. I was just 30 minutes of Gibb music. Every day I would hold Jeff and we would listen to it!! He was a few years old when he tried to sing along to Hold her in your hands. That was when I knew he would be ok in life. The only thing Jeff can't do at 19 is walk, or see very well. He graduated from high school with honors. He maintained an A average from first grade through twelfth. He has an autographed picture of Mo that says "Hang in there Jeff, Love Mo". Jeffery never got to meet him in person but I was lucky enough to tell Mo all about him and also give him a picture of Jeff. I also wrote a poem for the Bee Gees in early 1990 that a friend of mine gave a copy of to Mo. A LITTLE BOY NOT FAR AWAY LISTENS TO YOU EVERY DAY WHAT HIS BEAUTIFUL EYES CAN NOT SEE YOU SHOW HIM WITH RHYTHM,RHYME, AND HARMONY HIS LEGS WILL NEVER LEARN TO DANCE HIS ARMS DON'T GIVE HIM HALF A CHANCE HIS HANDS CAN'T OBEY A SIMPLE COMMAND HIS THOUGHTS AND DREAMS ARE ALWAYS IN DEMAND YOUR MUSIC REACHES SOMEWHERE DEEP INSIDE GIVING HIM THE REASONS HE NEEDS TO SURVIVE YOUR WORDS DRIFT AROUND IN HIS HEAD MAKING SOME SENSE OUT OF THIS LIFE OF DREAD THOUGH HE HAS NEVER MET THE HEAVENLY THREE YOU BOYS OF RHYTHM, RHYME, AND HARMONY THOUGH YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LOVELY FACE OF THIS LITTLE BOY BORN WITHOUT GRACE THERE IS A LINK, A COMMON BOND REACHING OUT FROM FAR BEYOND SOULS IN DESPERATE NEED OF PEACE SEARCHING FOR NEVER-ENDING HAPPINESS MY LITTLE BOY HIS MIND IS FREE WHEN HE LISTENS TO YOU THREE SOME WAY, SOME HOW, YOU FOUND THE KEY THANK YOU, YOU BOYS OF RHYTHM, RHYME, AND HARMONY >From: MOsWildflower@aol.com >Reply-To: words@brothersgibb.com >To: "words List Member" >Subject: [words] Cathy's caps/First Words >Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:13:59 EDT > >In a message dated 6/24/2004 3:30:22 PM Pacific Standard Time, >bgsfan@hotmail.com writes: > > > P.S. Jeffery has been a Bee Gee's fan for almost all of his 19 years. >Most > > > > baby's first words are ma ma. da da, Jefferys were 'Hold Her In Your >Hands" > > when he was several years old!! Maurice was his idol!! Does that >belong on > > > > the list? > >Tammy ~ Thanks for sharing this story with us. Considering Jeffrey's >first >words, I guess you weren't singing him lullabys but playing the Bee Gees >music >(or Maurice's, "The Loner") while he was a baby. How wonderful that he >still loves the music and is eager to hear the Words posts daily :) > >Joy > >"Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees ) >http://www.brothersgibb.com > >To change any of your list options, >please go to website listed above. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:27:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Nancy Frazier Subject: AFI, Caps, etc. --0-461238564-1088180824=:46995 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hello, I have been a member of this list for quite some time but never really felt the need to post. It is always so much fun just reading everyone else's "Words" ; Bee Gee related or not. I crack up at numerous posts, especially from Sal and Andrew. You guys I have found over the last two years, that this is really a "Barry" list. He definitely gets the most attention -- which is OK. I will admit that I am, however, a Robin girl. That voice just brings out the best in me, and there is no other voice that Now to the meat. It appears to me that we cannot make everyone happy all the time. The AFI honored the Bee Gees but placing their song "Stayin' Alive" in the Top 10 of their most recent list. What an honor, but we had people complain because Barry or R As for posting in CAPS. This does not offend me. What offends me most is the grammar and spelling that occurs in some posts. Yahoo and most email providers have spell checker as an option to use, but few ever use it. I giggle and just go on to the nex I really enjoy this list. The opinions are just so much fun to read. Sal, keep up the good work and keep everyone on their toes. Chris, thanks for the list and the humor it provides to me on a daily basis. You guys really provide the "WORDS". Nancy --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. --0-461238564-1088180824=:46995-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:19:11 -0700 From: "Bari Powers" Subject: Re: Makes you wonder Rose, Cool story about the coinsidence of you wearing the Mo's Paintshop teashirt and hearing the Bee Gees' song. Loved it. Bari ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:25:27 -0700 From: "Bari Powers" Subject: Tammy's Jeff This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002E_01C45A9E.BB853B60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I had the pleasure of meeting Tammy, Jeff and her husband. Neat family. = You couldn't help but fall in love with Jeff as I did. Thanks, Tammy, for the poem you wrote; loved it. Jeff and you always = will be special to me. It's so hard to believe we first met 13 years = ago. I'm so glad you were with me in 94 to meet the guys. I'll never forget = it. I'm so glad that Jeff was a member of "Eyes That See In the Dark" as = long as he was. Bari ------=_NextPart_000_002E_01C45A9E.BB853B60-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:32:06 -0400 From: SCompo1993@aol.com Subject: Re: AFI Top 100 Songs In a message dated 6/24/2004 9:01:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, listmember@brothersgibb.com writes: > Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:21:29 -0400 > From: Bette Hanson > Subject: AFI Top 100 Songs > > For a group that yearned for a coveted Oscar, I think recognition in > the top ten on a list compiled by AFI a preeminent national > organization dedicated to film, is reward in and of itself. They're in > some pretty good company and their top ten placement is delectable > justification that their efforts did NOT go unrecognized by the > industry. Look who they beat out: Some Streisand classics, Celine in > Titanic... Although I did find the quote from teen celebrity, Hilary > Duff and the comments from Celine Dion about how Travolta's dance moves > will never be out of fashion used in the clip announcing the Bee Gees > accomplishment, lacking the weight that a more pronounced > industry > professional could've brought to the occasion. > > The Top 17 Honorees Are... > > 1 Over the Rainbow > WIZARD OF OZ, THE 1939 > 2 As Time Goes By > CASABLANCA 1942 > 3 Singin' in the Rain > \SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1952 > 4 Moon River > BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S 1961 > 5 White Christmas > HOLIDAY INN 1942 > 6 Mrs. Robinson > GRADUATE, THE 1967 > 7 When You Wish Upon A Star > PINOCCHIO 1940 > 8 Way We Were, The > THE WAY WE WERE 1973 > 9 Stayin' Alive > SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 1977 > 10 Sound of Music, The > SOUND OF MUSIC, THE 1965 > 11 Man That Got Away, The > STAR IS BORN, A 1954 > 12 Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend > GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES 1953 > 13 People > FUNNY GIRL 1968 > 14 My Heart Will Go On > TITANIC 1997 > 15 Cheek to Cheek > TOP HAT 1935 > 16 Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born) > STAR IS BORN, A 1976 I'm glad they were honored on that list and Stayin' Alive coming in at #9 was good showing. HDIYL wasn't on the list, though? It certainly deserved to be. (Yes, I know they probably weren't inclined to list 2 of their songs, especially from the same film, Sal ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:36:25 -0500 From: "Genny" Subject: Re: Top Movie Songs List This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01E4_01C45AB1.076E31F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was happy too and pleasantly surprised, when this song made into the = Top Ten of AFI music list. When looking at the "vintage classics" that = made the Top Ten....and then realizing that Stayin' Alive (1977) was the = "youngest" in that group was an added plus.=20 I thought there would be a commentary from Barry....since I saw his name = on some of the press releases....don't know what happened there.....but = it didn't take away from fact that this song was up there with some = "heavy-duty all time classics" and made an awesome showing. Genny ----- Original Message -----=20 From: To: "words List Member" Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:25 PM Subject: [words] Top Movie Songs List >=20 > In a message dated 6/23/2004 3:11:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, =20 > listmember@brothersgibb.com writes: >=20 > Secondly, I was very happy to see Stayin Alive at number 9, but to = me, > I thought it was a disgrace that neither Barry nor Robin were asked = to > provide observations or comments to the song nor did John T. who was > hosting the event provide any comments. Did anyone else feel the same = =3D > or > am I being too Gibb-sensitive. >=20 >=20 >=20 > I thought it was a little disappointing that they didn't participate, = but I =20 > guess I'm getting used to them not being included in these type of = shows. I=20 > watched more out of curiosity as to where the number one sound track = was =20 > going to show up on the list (if at all), and was delighted when they = made the=20 > top 10. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > =20 > Bev >=20 > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees ) > http://www.brothersgibb.com=20 >=20 > To change any of your list options, > please go to website listed above. ------=_NextPart_000_01E4_01C45AB1.076E31F0-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:54:07 -0400 From: "Chris Mathis" Subject: Re: Digest (06/25/2004 09:01) (#2004-11) > LAST POST CHRIS I PROMISE I REALLY DO!!!!!!!!!!! > I WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS POST FROM MAGGIE AS I DON'T EVEN KNOW HER > EXCEPT I have asked nicely quite a number of times to take this private. I have asked you to take this off line, but you continue to carry on with it. You have been removed. .....----===*Chris... http://www.brothersgibb.com Bee Gees News and Information ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:54:49 -0400 From: Debbie Howell Subject: Tammy Tammy -- Just want to chime in to say how much you impress me. I could already tell from your comments that you have a good heart, but now I see that you're a budding poet and, most of all, a wonderful mother. You must be very proud of Jeff, and he must be proud of you too. I think your story about the Bee Gees tape and its effect on Jeff is a prime example of how people can touch others' lives for the better without even knowing it. I'm glad you had an opportunity to tell Mo about your son and how the Bee Gees' music affected both of you. That sounds like something that would have pleased Mo no end. Debbie ============================================================================ === From: Tammy Mericle [mailto:bgsfan@hotmail.com] Joy, When the doctors finally told us Jeffery had cerebral palsy he was 10 months old. We new something was terribly wrong, we just didn't have a name for it. They strongly suggested putting him in an institution and walking away from him. Making him a ward of the state. They told us it wasn't fair to his older brothers for us to keep Jeffery around the house. All the doctors said he would never walk, talk, understand what we were saying, never be able to feed himself, always be in diapers, well you get the picture. Neither I nor my husband could ever think of doing such a thing. It just was not an option for us. When I looked in Jeffery's eyes I knew he was in there!! I had a cassette tape of the Bee Gees I had made of odds and ends music. I has lolly pop on it as well as Hold her in your hands. I was just 30 minutes of Gibb music. Every day I would hold Jeff and we would listen to it!! He was a few years old when he tried to sing along to Hold her in your hands. That was when I knew he would be ok in life. The only thing Jeff can't do at 19 is walk, or see very well. He graduated from high school with honors. He maintained an A average from first grade through twelfth. He has an autographed picture of Mo that says "Hang in there Jeff, Love Mo". Jeffery never got to meet him in person but I was lucky enough to tell Mo all about him and also give him a picture of Jeff. I also wrote a poem for the Bee Gees in early 1990 that a friend of mine gave a copy of to Mo. A LITTLE BOY NOT FAR AWAY LISTENS TO YOU EVERY DAY WHAT HIS BEAUTIFUL EYES CAN NOT SEE YOU SHOW HIM WITH RHYTHM,RHYME, AND HARMONY HIS LEGS WILL NEVER LEARN TO DANCE HIS ARMS DON'T GIVE HIM HALF A CHANCE HIS HANDS CAN'T OBEY A SIMPLE COMMAND HIS THOUGHTS AND DREAMS ARE ALWAYS IN DEMAND YOUR MUSIC REACHES SOMEWHERE DEEP INSIDE GIVING HIM THE REASONS HE NEEDS TO SURVIVE YOUR WORDS DRIFT AROUND IN HIS HEAD MAKING SOME SENSE OUT OF THIS LIFE OF DREAD THOUGH HE HAS NEVER MET THE HEAVENLY THREE YOU BOYS OF RHYTHM, RHYME, AND HARMONY THOUGH YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LOVELY FACE OF THIS LITTLE BOY BORN WITHOUT GRACE THERE IS A LINK, A COMMON BOND REACHING OUT FROM FAR BEYOND SOULS IN DESPERATE NEED OF PEACE SEARCHING FOR NEVER-ENDING HAPPINESS MY LITTLE BOY HIS MIND IS FREE WHEN HE LISTENS TO YOU THREE SOME WAY, SOME HOW, YOU FOUND THE KEY THANK YOU, YOU BOYS OF RHYTHM, RHYME, AND HARMONY ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:48:27 -0700 From: "Bari Powers" Subject: "HDIYL This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0054_01C45AA1.F28EDD20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "How Deep Is Your Love" is on the serious channel 6003 as I write. I've = heard them quite a bit since I've had the Dish Network. Cool. Bari ------=_NextPart_000_0054_01C45AA1.F28EDD20-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:19:38 -0500 From: "Genny" Subject: Re: AFI Top 100 Songs This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C45AB7.110DAB40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Agree that HDIYL certainly deserved a spot in that Top 100...somewhere. = And maybe if it had been threaded throughout the movie MORE, rather than = being thrown in at the end as an afterthought and run over the credits. = Wasn't it a "left-over" song inserted at the last moment?? More use of = THIS song in the movie.....maybe could have gotten it on this AFI list. Stayin Alive defined the times, culture....you always think of = Travolta's dancing, the white suit, and the "pose" when you hear this = song. That's the impact of this song and why it placed as high as it = did. Genny =20 > I'm glad they were honored on that list and Stayin' Alive coming in at = #9 was good showing. HDIYL wasn't on the list, though? It certainly = deserved to be. (Yes, I know they probably weren't inclined to list 2 of = their songs, especially from the same film, but the song merits a place = on that list.) >=20 > Sal > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees ) > http://www.brothersgibb.com=20 >=20 > To change any of your list options, > please go to website listed above. >=20 > ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C45AB7.110DAB40-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:31:58 -0500 From: "Tammy Mericle" Subject: RE: Tammy Debbie, I was able to meet the Bee Gee's in 94. The crowd around Barry was immense. Mo had actually gotten away from everyone and was picking at the food bar. He saw me looking at him and strutted up to me. He spent at least 5 minutes with me. Possibly 10. I was amazed at how important he made me feel. He has a soul just like Jeffery's. They will meet some day, soul to soul!! Tammy >From: Debbie Howell >Reply-To: words@brothersgibb.com >To: "words List Member" >Subject: [words] Tammy >Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:54:49 -0400 > >Tammy -- Just want to chime in to say how much you impress me. I could >already tell from your comments that you have a good heart, but now I see >that you're a budding poet and, most of all, a wonderful mother. You must >be very proud of Jeff, and he must be proud of you too. > >I think your story about the Bee Gees tape and its effect on Jeff is a >prime >example of how people can touch others' lives for the better without even >knowing it. I'm glad you had an opportunity to tell Mo about your son and >how the Bee Gees' music affected both of you. That sounds like something >that would have pleased Mo no end. > >Debbie > >============================================================================ >=== >From: Tammy Mericle [mailto:bgsfan@hotmail.com] > >Joy, >When the doctors finally told us Jeffery had cerebral palsy he was 10 >months > >old. We new something was terribly wrong, we just didn't have a name for >it. They strongly suggested putting him in an institution and walking away >from him. Making him a ward of the state. They told us it wasn't fair to >his older brothers for us to keep Jeffery around the house. All the >doctors > >said he would never walk, talk, understand what we were saying, never be >able to feed himself, always be in diapers, well you get the picture. >Neither I nor my husband could ever think of doing such a thing. It just >was not an option for us. When I looked in Jeffery's eyes I knew he was in >there!! I had a cassette tape of the Bee Gees I had made of odds and ends >music. I has lolly pop on it as well as Hold her in your hands. I was >just > >30 minutes of Gibb music. Every day I would hold Jeff and we would listen >to it!! He was a few years old when he tried to sing along to Hold her in >your hands. That was when I knew he would be ok in life. The only thing >Jeff can't do at 19 is walk, or see very well. He graduated from high >school with honors. He maintained an A average from first grade through >twelfth. He has an autographed picture of Mo that says "Hang in there >Jeff, > >Love Mo". Jeffery never got to meet him in person but I was lucky enough >to > >tell Mo all about him and also give him a picture of Jeff. I also wrote a >poem for the Bee Gees in early 1990 that a friend of mine gave a copy of to >Mo. > >A LITTLE BOY NOT FAR AWAY >LISTENS TO YOU EVERY DAY >WHAT HIS BEAUTIFUL EYES CAN NOT SEE >YOU SHOW HIM WITH RHYTHM,RHYME, AND HARMONY > >HIS LEGS WILL NEVER LEARN TO DANCE >HIS ARMS DON'T GIVE HIM HALF A CHANCE >HIS HANDS CAN'T OBEY A SIMPLE COMMAND >HIS THOUGHTS AND DREAMS ARE ALWAYS IN DEMAND > >YOUR MUSIC REACHES SOMEWHERE DEEP INSIDE >GIVING HIM THE REASONS HE NEEDS TO SURVIVE >YOUR WORDS DRIFT AROUND IN HIS HEAD >MAKING SOME SENSE OUT OF THIS LIFE OF DREAD > >THOUGH HE HAS NEVER MET THE HEAVENLY THREE >YOU BOYS OF RHYTHM, RHYME, AND HARMONY >THOUGH YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LOVELY FACE >OF THIS LITTLE BOY BORN WITHOUT GRACE > >THERE IS A LINK, A COMMON BOND >REACHING OUT FROM FAR BEYOND >SOULS IN DESPERATE NEED OF PEACE >SEARCHING FOR NEVER-ENDING HAPPINESS > >MY LITTLE BOY HIS MIND IS FREE >WHEN HE LISTENS TO YOU THREE >SOME WAY, SOME HOW, YOU FOUND THE KEY >THANK YOU, YOU BOYS OF RHYTHM, RHYME, AND HARMONY >"Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees ) >http://www.brothersgibb.com > >To change any of your list options, >please go to website listed above. > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:54:17 -0400 From: Subject: Re: Makes you wonder A great story Rose and worthwhile to read, unlike a lot of other stuff that has come through my email here. thank you. > From: "Rose Stull" > Date: 2004/06/25 Fri AM 11:03:35 EDT > To: "words List Member" > Subject: [words] Makes you wonder > > Got this email from my daughter today. It made my day! See what you think: > > I just took out gas can to get filled up today. Get this.....strange Bee Gee story. I filled up the gas can. Went inside to pay. I had on my "Mo's Paintball" shirt on. The guy reads my shirt and says "Mo's Paintball, are you from Miami". Just th > > > Rose > PA USA > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees ) > http://www.brothersgibb.com > > To change any of your list options, > please go to website listed above. > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:58:23 -0400 From: Subject: Tammy & Jeffery's good taste Tammy -- Those other people didn't know what they were missing, did they?? Yes, it sounds like Jeffery and Mo would have really, really liked each other. Debbie ============================================================ Debbie, I was able to meet the Bee Gee's in 94. The crowd around Barry was immense. Mo had actually gotten away from everyone and was picking at the food bar. He saw me looking at him and strutted up to me. He spent at least 5 minutes with me. Possibly 10. I was amazed at how important he made me feel. He has a soul just like Jeffery's. They will meet some day, soul to soul!! Tammy ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [06/25/2004 15:01] ----------------------------------------------------