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Kevin Wayne Williams

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May 25, 2003, 5:38:49 PM5/25/03
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Just kicking back, watching "Stairways to Heaven" again, and got to the
Judi Connell version. Is this woman a real gospel singer? Or is she
making fun of someone that only Australians know?


KWW

..."After all, there are many words that have two meanings, like 'hump',
'shag', 'root', and 'pork'."

Declan Murphy

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May 26, 2003, 5:54:35 AM5/26/03
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Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> Just kicking back, watching "Stairways to Heaven" again, and got to the
> Judi Connell version. Is this woman a real gospel singer? Or is she
> making fun of someone that only Australians know?

I've never heard of anyone describing her as a "gospel singer", these
days she seems to be better known as "the Queen of cabaret". In the 70's
she was big in musicals, including on Broadway and in London. Think
"Fiddler on the Roof" etc.

So yes, it is parody, but she is real. Some background on the project
might help you put her performance into context.

http://speedysnail.com/textuary/denton.html

> ..."After all, there are many words that have two meanings, like 'hump',
> 'shag', 'root', and 'pork'."

"Take it away Barry..."


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Kevin Wayne Williams

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May 26, 2003, 10:14:13 AM5/26/03
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Declan Murphy wrote:

> Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
>
>> Just kicking back, watching "Stairways to Heaven" again, and got to the
>> Judi Connell version. Is this woman a real gospel singer? Or is she
>> making fun of someone that only Australians know?
>
>
> I've never heard of anyone describing her as a "gospel singer", these
> days she seems to be better known as "the Queen of cabaret". In the 70's
> she was big in musicals, including on Broadway and in London. Think
> "Fiddler on the Roof" etc.
>
> So yes, it is parody, but she is real. Some background on the project
> might help you put her performance into context.
>
> http://speedysnail.com/textuary/denton.html

Thanks. I understood the basic context of the project. Its just that
sometimes I have a hard time sorting a version like the one from The
Fargone Beauties, where they do a very straightforward version of
exactly what I would expect the Fargone Beauties to do with "Stairway to
Heaven", from one like "The Friends of the Castanet Club", where it is
pure parody from the get-go. Rolf Harris, the Sydney Philharmonia,
Leonard Teale, The Fargones, Nick Barker, Toys gone Beserk, The
Whippersnappers, I put together in once clump of "expected covers". Rock
Lobsters, Australian Doors, and The Beatnix, I put in kind of an
"alternate history" lump. Because I don't know if a group like
"Vegimite Reggae" ever did anything else or not, the rest make me wonder.

Oooh, they make me wonder.

KWW

Rindler Sigurd

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May 26, 2003, 9:35:42 PM5/26/03
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I have come across several messages that use as Subject "Private for XYZ"...
Is there a special reason to send them to everybody instead of using email?


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Kevin Wayne Williams

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May 26, 2003, 9:40:19 PM5/26/03
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Rindler Sigurd wrote:

> I have come across several messages that use as Subject "Private for XYZ"...
> Is there a special reason to send them to everybody instead of using email?

The expectation that other people in the group may be interested, but
you want to be sure that XYZ reads it, because you are continuing an old
discussion you had with XYZ. Obviously, they aren't really private.

KWW

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