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Post by Mil on May 30, 2012 8:29:05 GMT -5
While I'm glad for all those who've joined here so far, I just want to suggest we start some new topics about the music itself. So, go ahead, start posting about what you hope might be on the new record, a great McD show you attended this year -- anything you like.
Thanks again!
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Post by markn on May 30, 2012 17:51:08 GMT -5
A show I attended this year? LOL, we only get a show or two in Philly each year, all scheduled within a night or two of each other. Hopefully this year will be different since we hopefully will get a few more in the September/October timeframe. Looking very forward to the back-to-back Philly and Freeholds shows next weekend then a few more in the fall!
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Post by Bill Pitts on May 30, 2012 20:36:22 GMT -5
A past show you say? How about 620/Gethesamne @ Lincoln Hall? I heard Michael for the first time when "A Wall I Must Climb" came on WXRT very late on a Sunday nite. Been hooked ever since! If'n you read this Michael, I was at Breastfest in Libertyvillelast year and620 etc. @ Lincoln Hall. Also saw you at The Wooden Nickel in Highwood 'bout 7 yrs ago and @ The Metro for the 620 tour. Lincoln Hall was awesome. I'm the guy always yelling "No. 49" and I know the story behind the song, it's my favorite(obviously) 'cause I want to hear that song all the time, and the Idler too!all time classics if'n you ask me!
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Post by Mil on May 31, 2012 18:40:30 GMT -5
I hear your, Mark! With that in mind, I think Bill may have hit on a more interesting topic -- how he discovered Michael and a bit about what that resulted in.
So, how about everyone who cares to do so sharing how you came to Michael's music and what it's led to -- attending shows, collecting all the music, etc.
Thanks again!
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Post by markn on May 31, 2012 19:01:23 GMT -5
Since you asked, how I got into Michael was by hearing about him from a post (in something like "who else are you listening to?") on a Springsteen forum. I always like to explore new artists and when I listened to what Michael had written up to that point (Gethsemane timeframe I believe) I knew immediately that whoever had mentioned him had done me a great favor. I'm still a huge Springsteen fan, having seen him live well over 30 times and I still am amazed by his performances (including one earlier this spring that was in the top 5 of his shows I've seen), but, as I've told Michael, if both were in town on the same day, I'd be at Michael's show no doubt. We can only hope Michael is still writing and performing at Springsteen's age.
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Post by finsup on May 31, 2012 21:44:19 GMT -5
Ok, I became a fan very early on. I heard a wall I must climb on the radio and liked it a lot. I remember really getting into MM when he did a few songs live on the Steve and Garry radio show in Chicago. I became a hard core fan with his second album - in particular need some surrender and idler. And I became obsessed with his later music. He's a musical genius.
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Post by finsup on May 31, 2012 21:48:09 GMT -5
Mark, you are making me feel guilty. I am going to buffett on the 30th rather than MM. My only excuse is money and friends. Committed to buffett before MM concert was annouced. Also, buffett is not getting any younger.
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Post by markn on Jun 1, 2012 16:15:46 GMT -5
finsup, I can understand that this was planned before the MM show and, having been to more than a few Buffett shows, I do know it's always a fun show, especially if you go with friends. But if I had that ticket (or for Springsteen) I'd be on Stubhub getting rid of it quite easily at at least face value I'm sure to go to Michael's show. Neither Buffett nor Springsteen are getting any younger for sure but both will probably be playing for many more years considering how strong they are still going at 60+. No guilt meant, each must make their own choices. For me, a MM concert is the peak of the mountain and, as much as I love a Springsteen show (still amazing at 60+), I'd rather see the guy that is a better songwriter at this point in a MUCH more intimate setting without having to deal with the drunken kids you get at most big concerts these days.
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Post by danielle on Jun 2, 2012 14:20:29 GMT -5
On Wikipedia, I saw a few MM releases that I dont' have. Does anyone know where I can get copies of these?
Seeking Solace In a Godless Night (2xCD) My Soul's Unfettered
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Post by markn on Jun 2, 2012 16:44:14 GMT -5
I don't think those can be considered "official releases". They were available on his website for a while but no longer are. I don't know if Michael would be OK with someone making copies for you of them since they are "out of print".
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Post by marshal on Jun 3, 2012 0:41:39 GMT -5
All three were available on physical CD at some point, but Mark is correct, they wouldn't be considered official releases.
In a Godless Night was originally part of a tape tree, but then was redone with some extra tracks and made available for sale on CD at shows and later digitally on the website. Seeking Solace was similar, but was never redone with extra tracks.
During 2002 (as well as other years) there was an MP3 program where people subscribed and got 1 MP3 per month. My Soul's Unfettered was the CD that was sent to subscribers of the program with all the MP3s from the year and I think a bonus track as well. I think the CD was then made available at shows.
There are other tape tree/unofficial releases/MP3 CDs as well.
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Post by justjeff on Jun 3, 2012 1:57:22 GMT -5
I first heard Michael back in 2000, my first marriage. We were out partying as usual at a club I have no idea which one... I heard him sing "Wall I Must Climb' and started crying. It touched my own situation soo deeply, my wife then did not understand. Fast forward 9 years, I'm working at a nightclub in Nashville, musicians EVERYWHERE, and here comes Michael doing a 'Hey La Hey' CD release show live broadcast. I left the kitchen to watch when I heard the first few notes of 'Carry Your Cross' after he introduced it... Again I cried, and almost didn't stop crying as he poured out (what we all know now as just HIM) 5 more songs. After he was done I cornered him kinda in the back hall and told him how powerful his performance was, perhaps with tears still in my eyes. We ended up at the bar drinking a few beers talking, like guys do, and the whole time I'm thinking 'Man, you have no idea how much you changed my life back then'. We exchanged phone numbers to meet a few days later to go to Dave N Busters. I told the bartender "He's famous and won't remember me will he." 3 days later, when we were to meet, I was riding my bicycle (my only form of transport for the last 4 years) and was hit by a car, broken neck (C5-C7). Vandy said I was a quadriplegic. I was flown to Sister Kenny Insitute by my family when I was medically stable. Once my treatment began all I heard was Michael singing. Carry Your Cross. I know it had a different meaning for him as written, but for me during those 4 months... saved me. Saved me from the self pity of being suddenly disabled. The nurses had no clue why I smiled all the time when they were poking and making my limbs do things. Bottom line, to me, Michael saved my life. Yes I am a quadriplegic. Yes my lifes goals ended. I have a new goal tho, and that is to see Michael go as high as he wants to go! I can see him and Heather taking a place near U2 or REM status, but that is my dream. I will go to any show I can to see him perform. Period. The man (and family) WILL change the world.... *edit* to clarify the saving my life part. My injury is classified as 'incomplete'. The intense therapies I went through were only as successful as they were due to my attitude during rehab. I regained 75% use of my arms/hands, and 15% use of my legs. I can live self-sufficiently because of the way Michael's music kept me on a positive tilt.
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Post by Mil on Jun 3, 2012 8:38:49 GMT -5
Wow -- thanks so much to Jeff for sharing a bit about your journey...I'm definitely glad I raised the question of how people discovered Michael! As for his becoming a huge star (in the world's eyes), I think the meaning of that is very limited in the scope of true success. While, of course, we all wish him the ability to live comfortably from his work, so many of th world's most famous/recognized "names" are not true artists, but rather the products of well oiled hype machines, PR companies, etc. I've always viewed art as a spiritual force -- which ties in well with early aspirations toward the priesthood often ascribed to Michael. True art is about reaching the soul of its viewer, listener, reader, etc (ministering, if you will -- in the purest sense). And, clearly, as Jeff has illustrated -- and all of us touched by his work know firsthand -- it's this Michael has achieved again and again. In my book, there are no greater "success" stories than his, though he may not always feel like that's the case. But that's why we're all here on this board, at his shows, buying his records, etc. etc. etc. -- to let each other know we're not alone... and to remind Michael that neither is he.
As for the world's view of success, they've been getting this wrong time and again for centuries. After all, Van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime (imagine how those who knew how great he was at the time felt about that!). In any case, Michael's may not be a household name (yet)...but I'd say he's still in pretty good company.
Thanks to everyone else for sharing as well. Also, a suggestion -- you might want to start spreading these different topics out into new threads. Just go back to the main board (Yet Another Pauper Sky) and click on "New Thread" at the top -- within a post it only seems to allow one to add replies.
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Post by danielle on Jun 4, 2012 11:46:05 GMT -5
Thanks, Mark and Marshal--I figured those "CDs" were available online or something. I'll have to get in touch with Matt to see if I could get copies somehow.
Jeff, that is an amazing story. I, too, found MM's music when I was going through the hardest time of my life. I came to this relatively late, 2004, when I heard "Everything I Got" on XPN in Philadelphia. I then bought Ashes, and the music really spoke to me. When Noise from Words came out, it was all I could listen to. I think you have to have known "the darkness" to really appreciate MM's music. I don't think I would have related to it when I was younger before these things happened to me.
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Post by Steve08080 on Jun 4, 2012 22:06:14 GMT -5
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