(#2003-4353) - Topics this issue: 1) Shanghai Surprise, 2) Robin Fame academy expectations, 3) Digest-Maggie, 4) Why don't you share with the class, Randy??, 5) Why don't you share with the class, Randy??, 6) Why don't you share with the class, Randy??, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 12:41:42 +0100 From: "Maggie Bleksley" Subject: Shanghai Surprise Thanks, Marion. I'm not sure that I'll buy it, as the original's not one of my favourite tracks, but I appreciate the information:o) Maggie > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:22:43 +0200 > From: marion budde > Subject: Re: Fame Academy/Shanghai Surprise > > > > >Secondly, I've seen an import of Robin's ''Wait Forever' single advertised > >on http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=252507&from=AG07D70 It > >consists of two tracks - 'Wait Forever' and Shanghai Surprise remix. Can > >anybody tell me if this is simply a remix of the same song and if so, is it > >alot different from the original? > > > >Maggie > > Maggie, I have the single and yes, the Shanghai remix is a remix of "Wait > froever" but it's quite different from the original. Very upbeat/dancable. > :-) Something for a club. > > Marion > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 13:13:01 +0100 From: "Lee Meadows" Subject: Robin Fame academy expectations I am interested to see how Robin approaches "Fame Academy". I HOPE he does not do it the same as I have seen him on previous occasions where he judges songs/videos. I think his comments have never stretched beyond " It was very good" and "I liked that a lot".. I want him to be honest and maybe (Heaven Forbid) a little bit honest and blunt at times! Hopefully he will not see this as a Promotion for the current album and will upset some people. He will certainly get a better press if he does!! Lee ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 09:20:07 EDT From: Laughinchild@aol.com Subject: Re: Digest-Maggie --part1_f.162c24d5.2c53da07_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ListMember@brothersgibb.com writes> > The post certainly doesn't look to me as if it had anything to do with you, > Annie - not your style at all Thanks Maggie...the reference to Randy being "Annie Lu" is what drew my attention. Being the only Annie (as far as I know) that posts here, I assumed she was talking about me and responded. And yes, I also think that calling people names because you disagree with them is unacceptable. Annie --part1_f.162c24d5.2c53da07_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 10:03:14 -0400 From: Bill Busch Subject: Why don't you share with the class, Randy?? News flash!! It's not a personal grudge. It's a pretty good judgement of her character having analyzed her ways and means since she came on the list. There's you clue ... get it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 08:11:42 +0100 > From: "Maggie Bleksley" > Subject: Why don't you share with the class, Randy?? > > Can you keep your own personal grudges private too, please. > > Maggie > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 10:08:38 -0400 From: Bill Busch Subject: Why don't you share with the class, Randy?? You obviously missed the point. Private matters were posted publicly. It's childish, classless and in concern to the net, unethical to do as such. Regardless what is said privately ..... if it's not criminal, it has no place on a public list. There's a spot on your nose. --------------------------------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 08:29:55 +0100 > From: "Maggie Bleksley" > Subject: Why don't you share with the class, Randy??, > > The post certainly doesn't look to me as if it had anything to do with you, > Annie - not your style at all. However, I don't think that Randy has any > right to call people offensive names, privately or publicly, just because he > doesn't like their posts and I think he deserves to be shown up for > insulting someone who never did him any harm. There are ways of disagreeing > without upsetting people. If we all sent private emails insulting those we > didn't agree with, our mailboxes would all be full of flame mail! > > Maggie > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:00:12 -0400 From: "Debbie Howell" Subject: Why don't you share with the class, Randy?? Thank you, Maggie. I forwarded that email yesterday for two reasons: 1. I was fed up. There are two men (although they sound more like bitter, grouchy 80-year-old crones) on this list who have sent me ugly emails off-list over the last few months, and I will not put up with it. If it continues to happen, I'll do something to stop it -- I gave up being a doormat for Lent last year. If these people are capable of being embarrassed, you'd think a nice dose of embarrassment would do the trick, so therefore I decided to start sharing their "private communications" with the rest of you. I would NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER start a conversation with either of them, and they're not welcome to start one with me outside a public forum. I'm surrounded by gentlemen -- and not the now accepted usage of "gentleman" in society, i.e., "I saw that gentleman come out of the 7-11 holding a knife at the cashier's throat before he threw that Molotov cocktail at the school bus" -- in my daily life, and I don't know how to react when I come across a guy who isn't one. I signed on to Words to hear and talk about the Bee Gees -- not to be insulted. 2. I think we all need to be reminded once in a while about what we invite into our lives when we join one of these Internet mailing lists. People that we would never have anything to do with in our "real lives" feel they have the right to harass us on-list and off. We should remember that everyone who initially seems decent isn't. I guess each one of us needs to weigh the pros and cons and decide if it's worth it. I realize this sort of thing is not peculiar to Bee Gees lists. The only other mailing lists in which I actively participate are a women-only Bee Gees list and two literary lists. (Like the commercial says, maybe reading IS fundamental.) On all three, people treat each other with friendliness and respect -- even when they disagree. No one behaves as if they were raised in the woods by wolves. Mailing lists do NOT have to be combative. I was wrong when I alluded to Annie Lu as possibly being the same person as Randy. I knew better when I said it, and it was an ill-conceived, tasteless attempt to add a humorous ending when I wasn't feeling humorous at all. I apologize sincerely for that. When I'm upset, I tend to pretend that I'm lighthearted, but I should have kept my big mouth shut. However, I won't roll over and play dead just because some people have issues with women. Debbie The post certainly doesn't look to me as if it had anything to do with you, Annie - not your style at all. However, I don't think that Randy has any right to call people offensive names, privately or publicly, just because he doesn't like their posts and I think he deserves to be shown up for insulting someone who never did him any harm. There are ways of disagreeing without upsetting people. If we all sent private emails insulting those we didn't agree with, our mailboxes would all be full of flame mail! Maggie ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [07/26/2003 12:01] ----------------------------------------------------