SSML-101, 31 August 1999

Hi all,

 Welcome to another issue.   The big gold star AND elephant stamp goes to John Jennings for finding a possible way to contact Siobhan.  See the details near the end of this issue, and feel free to send any messages for Siobhan to the Siobhan ONElist (siobhan@onelist.com), or to John (john@jengs.force9.net).

 Good luck to us!

 Cheers,
   Mike.

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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 21:47:22 -0700
Subject: [siobhan] Re: Marcella Lp
From: "gordon" 

I have a copy of the above for sale for 12 dollars

Thanks
Gordon

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From: Remycrest@aol.com
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 00:33:11 EDT
Subject: Re: [siobhan] Siobhan, Marci and Coke drinking Aliens

In a message dated 8/14/99 11:18:45 AM, GlobalSky1@aol.com writes:

<< Talking of TFI Friday, was it me or did Siobhan look as if she was either 
(a) drunk (b) on drugs or (c) BOTH!?? >>

I didn't see this.  I'm sorry to hear it  as it would suggest her demons are 
still in full swing.  I feel so bad for her.  :(

But I assume then that Siobhan is doing that tour with Bananarama, Culture 
Club in late fall. 

Mary

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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 14:50:41 +1000
From: Mike Devery 
Subject: Re: [siobhan] Siobhan, Marci and Coke drinking Aliens

Hi Mary,

>But I assume then that Siobhan is doing that tour with Bananarama, Culture 
>Club in late fall. 

Unfortunately that most probably ISN'T the case.  Siobhan did not appear
with Sarah & Keren during a recent-ish Banana tour of Singapore, and the
word is that Siobhan is not involved with the upcoming Banana album.   Her
appearance with them for "Waterloo" was just a one off thing.

 Mike.

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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 23:08:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Melanie Alford 
Subject: Re: [siobhan] Siobhan, Marci and Coke drinking Aliens

Hello again!!

--- Mike Devery and Globalsky wrote:

> >I've just discovered a great Marcy Levy track called
> "You Knew What You Were Doing (Every Inch >Of The
> Way)" from the 1988 movie "Mac And Me", 

Well, Marcy must have been way into doing ET ripoffs in the 80's,
because she can also be heard on a song during the end credits of
"Short Circuit", about a robot that becomes a sentient creature.  The
song is called "Come and Follow Me" or something like that.  She was
credited as Marcy Levy on that too.  What a coincedence!!

>   You're probably thinking of the "Sacred >Heart"
> video collection....

Is this an actual video compilation like Hormonally Yours?  Is there
any way to get a copy??  I have always really wanted to see those vids
and never have.  Anybody??

Love, 
Melanie
  
===
Visit my Obsessively Yours homepage at www.angelfire.com/mi/catwoman1/

[Melanie adds the following details for this Marcy track from the end credits
 of "Short Circuit"
"Come and Follow Me"
(Number 5's theme from "Short Circuit")
Written by David Shire, Will Jennings and Max Carl
Performed by Max Carl and Marcy Levy
Courtesy MCA Records

 I can't find any confirmation of a release of the soundtrack (though
 surely there must have been...), but most of the song appears over the
 end credits.  Mike.]

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From: "Mark Taylor" 
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 18:27:42 +0930
Subject: [marcella] Flintstones

> actually credited to Shakespears Sister and the Holy Ghost (presumably
the > "Holy Ghost" is the otherwise un-named black rapper who features on
the > track).   

Its always been my understanding that the Holy Ghost is Dave Stewart,
Siobhan's hubby at the time.

:o)
Mark

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From: DEBRUYN John 
Subject: Peace
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 08:48:45 +1000

Some related news I guess:

Siobhan's ex-husband, Dave Stewart has reunited with Annie Lennox to release
a new album as the Eurithmics, entitled "Peace". The "Peace" World Tour will
hit Australia in September.

Hopefully some inquisitive journalist might be able to sneak in a question
about Siobhan!!!

John

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From: MBrad52828@aol.com
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:03:24 EDT
Subject: marcy concerto!!!

hey mike-it's mike -who usually e mails from my england address-anyways, i 
just got back from my hols in manchester and travelled to see marcy live in 
concert ,just outside london-she met me and sang with the most equisite 
precision-she is outstanding live and if anyone gets the chance to see her 
live in the future-i would say-jump to get a ticket-it was a wonderful 
evening of entertainment from a genuine * -anyways, before i go-she recorded 
a song entitled GUARDIAN ANGEL for a BBC (uk) television series called CALL 
RED, a medical drama-talk to u soon,mike

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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:23:25 +0200
From: Christophe Lepigeon 
Subject: [siobhan] Sacred Heart, the video

Hi all!

Haven't posted anything for a long long time...

For those of you interested in getting the Sacred Heart video, you can 
buy it online at the following website:

http://www.energy-music.com

Last time I checked, they still had two or three copies left (this is 
where I got my own copy of the video). But I also know that they 
recently advertised this video on e-bay, so you'd better hurry! I don't 
know of any other web sites that sell Sacred Heart.
Hope this will help.

Christophe

PS: Almost forgot, search under BANANARAMA as all Shakespears Sister's 
items are listed with bananarama's.

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Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 20:52:32 +1000
From: Mike Devery 
Subject: [marcella] New Marcy pics at the Kashmir Klub

Hi all,

 As you may recall, Eddie and Grant attended Marcy's show at the Kashmir
Klub in London on the 6th of July, and they took some photos of the show,
which they kindly offered for my Marcella picture site.  These photos are
now ready for your viewing pleasure:

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Pavilion/3545/marcypics/marcyj.html

 I hate to draw attention to this site, which badly needs an update (I've
got some more early Marcy Levy pictures ready to add), but if you go to
that address, you can see the Kashmir pictures right now.

   Cheers,
      Mike.

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The next 2 items are shamelessly stolen from the Bananarama mailing list:

Subj:    Re: Bananarama Mailing List (01 Aug 1999)
Date:   8/2/99 3:28:51 PM Central Daylight Time
From:   dgarbuio@pacbell.net (Denny Garbuio)

Hey all!!

....

As for the WHO'S THAT GIRL appearance, from what I've read, Siobhan detested
Dave Stewart at that meeting, and it wasn't until later that they hit it off 
and started dating. Karen and Sarah thought he was terribly unattractive, 
nicknaming him "Rolf". Bratty girls.

Denny

================

Subj:    Siobhan in Who's that Girl
Date:   8/3/99 6:07:58 AM Central Daylight Time
From:   xuxa@nh.ultranet.com (Jeffrey Perron)

This is in response to the email about Shuv meeting Dave Stewart on the
set of the Who's That Girl video.

Siobhan didn't start dating Dave until way after the Who's that Girl
video.  In between, she dated a guy named Bill.  He was tall with a
shaved head and appeared in the More Than Physical video.  Incidently,
Bill was Keren's Boyfriend, Dave Evans's, best friend. Dave Evans was
also in MTP.  Then while dating Bill, Siobhan ran into Dave Stewart at a
party.  Dave Stewart said when he saw her, he remember her from the
video shoot as a "nice Irish girl"  not long after that she was pregnant
and Dave and Shuvie were getting married.  Needless to say, Keren & Dave
were upset for their friend Bill, and hence, that led up to Shuv leaving
the band.

xuxa

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:22:08 +0100
From: John Jennings 
Subject: Re: [siobhan] Shuv Elle mag style

> Hi guys,  The red Siobhan shot I found was in the UK
> edition of Elle magasine, I think Sept 1996, not
> Vogue. It accompanied a bizarre review of 'Shakespears
> Sister', i.e the third album.

You mean the album was actually reviewed?
*aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh* i've got to get that magazine,
i've got to get that magazine! I'll go out and get 'Elle' magazine ASAP (if
I can handle the embarrassment!) and see if I can get back issues. Have you
got this magazine Grant, and if so, could you maybe print it on the mailing
list?
In case you haven't noticed, i've got more and more hyped up about Siobhan
releasing the third album, and i figured the only way I/we could get her to
do so was for us to contact her and tell her how much we love it! Problem
is, no-one knows where she is, she's totally disappeared... Even influential
MTV can't find her - so we've got no chance. This is why the ss.com project
is on hold, i think we should really get the go ahead from Siobhan first. I
have e-mailed BMI in the hope that they might be able to help us but have
had no reply so far.

Oh well, keep smiling,
John.

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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:49:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Grant Mitchell 
Subject: [siobhan] The Elle review

Hi guys,

Elle September 1996:

Insight Music Reviews

Shakespears Sister

Shakespears Sister(LONDON)

Siobhan Fahey is one of Britian's most successful
female pop stars. But chances are that you wouldn't
recognise her in the street. It's over 10 years since
Fahey left Bananarama and a good four years since Stay
languished in the charts for 8 weeks. Now she's back,
this time without Marcella Detroit. Gone too are the
ballads and in their place a fiesty collection of
songs (Opportunity Knockers, for one) which look back
unashamedly to T Rex and Roxy Music (Can You Wait That
Long?).
The first single, I CAN DRIVE, is a sharp reminder
that she can write no-nonsense pop songs - Fahey might
find herself being stopped in the streets very soon.

Picture Caption:
Siobhan Fahey, haven't we seen her somewhere before?

-------

 The Arena article from July/August (that is on an old
SSML) had an even more extensive review of the third
album, including a song not found on the 5 sampler,
'What's it Like To Be So Wonderful'. 
 The interesting thing about the Elle review is that 
it is dated rather late, i.e September. I was in
London in August 96 and went to Virgin MegaStore who
told me there was a release date for the self-titled
Shakespears Sister album in late September 1999. So
the review was made just prior to London or Siobhan
shelving it. That makes me think that most likely
there were some completed promos or actual albums of
the third album sent out for promotion. God knows
where they are now though, probably lying in a box at
some UK magazine headquarters. 
     The Elle review was really positive to the new
Shuv material, as was the Arena article. I'm baffled
to this day why the album was never released. It could
have been huge. Its surely to go down for me as one of
the wonders of the world.
    Siobhan did hand out the 5 track sampler to people
just prior to I Can Drive and then the 10 track just
after she had re-recorded some tracks, so if we do
ever manage to track her down there is always the
chance that we might at least get a copy of the entire
completed third album. I would love to hear 'What Its
Like.....'
   Anyone up for hiring a private investigator to
track down the beloved Miss F: ) Or that maybe
borderline stalker behaviour.

Ciao
Grant

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 18:45:41 +1000
From: Michael Devery 
Subject: Re: [siobhan] The Elle review


>   Anyone up for hiring a private investigator to
>track down the beloved Miss F: ) Or that maybe
>borderline stalker behaviour.
>Grant

 and the question is, does Miss (Ms?) F _want_ to be found! ;-)

 Mike.

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From: Remycrest@aol.com
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:18:06 EDT
Subject: Re: [siobhan] The Elle review

<< and the question is, does Miss (Ms?) F _want_ to be found! ;-) >>

No, I don't think she does.

Mary

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Date: 27 Aug 1999 18:08:52 -0000
Subject: [siobhan] Siobhan in hiding?
From: moorejs@earthlink.net

Does she want to be found? Maybe not. I'm haunted by the words to her song "I Never
Could Sing"..."I never could sing anyway...So let me go...Let me go..." Perhaps
 it's a message meant for us to just forget about her. Any thoughts on this?

Regards,
-Jeffreak

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:38:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Melanie Alford 
Subject: Re: [siobhan] Siobhan in hiding?

(Hi all;)

That's the sad irony of it though.  She CAN sing....beautifully, in
fact.  I keep holding to the hope that's she's holed up with a Pentium
somewhere lurking the net, checking out our sites and stuff...she
oughta know how much she means to us!!

M

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:14:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Grant Mitchell 
Subject: [siobhan] Or their in recovery...........

Hi guys,    
You know I really don't think Siobhan has totally
disapeared. 
    She's been working in the last year. She did
record that track last year with Sophie Muller on the
Passion CD, and she mentioned a top secret project on
TFI. (Didn't Carrie Booth tell someone that a few
tracks were recorded under the name MGA- My Giddy
Aunt?)
   She's most likely preparing herself for 
the ultimate come back and is probably in recovering
from some more major plastic surgery. (She mentioned
in the TFI she had some in 94- maybe the cigs and
booze took its toll) She wouldn't make a come back
without being totally gorgeous. The woman is a
perfectionist after all.
    I wouldn't be surprised if Shuv makes such a huge
come back that it'll make Cher look like a geriatric
pensioner in a bad wig.
Maybe wishful thinking though
Grant

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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 18:46:34 -0500
From: "jeffreak" 
Subject: Re: [siobhan] The Elle review

Well I hate to say it, I may be an obsessed fan becuase i'd love to hire 
somebody to track her down! The only problem is- We can't make her talk to
us!! What a shame! In a pefect world she'd know what a great influence she's
had on our lives.

Thanks for the info Grant!

Now, N E 1 know where I can get a copy of "What it's like to be so
wonderful"?

 [No, no-one knows. That's the problem! I would love to be proved wrong though :-)  Mike.]

Ta,
-Jeffreak

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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 11:14:10 +0100
From: John Jennings 
Subject: [siobhan] [Fwd: Siobhan Fahey]

Woo Hoo! At last we've got a reliable (I think) source to contact
Siobhan. I recently sent a fax to PRS asking if they knew where we could
contact Siobhan, and this is the reply!

[Note: PRS is a company that distributes royalties to songwriters, so hopefully Siobhan
 will have left contact details with them, so she can get her royalties!!  Mike]

Post letters to [this mailing list] and i'll send them all together as a
massive long fax - which might influence whether Siobhan will eventually
release the third album....

Be Happy, I am now!....
John

From: "Burden, Savannah" 
To: "'John Jennings'" 
Subject: Siobhan Fahey
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:22:22 +0100

Dear John,

Thanks for your fax recently received.

Unfortunately, we are not permitted to pass on members details as this would
be a breach of confidentiality.  However, if you would like to fax something
to Siobhan, c/o PRS, I will gladly pass it on for you.

I trust this is helpful and if you have any further questions, please do not
hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

Savannah Burden
Writer Relations Representative

tel: +44 (0) 171 306 4074
fax: +44 (0) 171 306 4350
E-Mail: savannah.burden@prs.co.uk

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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:05:20 -1850
From: Deep Sea Skiving 
Subject: [siobhan] Siobahn Fahey!

Come on Siobhan -come back to the pop world!  we all love you!  You're
gorgeous & talented & are such a cool diva!
I'd love to hear your new work!  You'll always be one of my idols!
Love Shar

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From: DreamDunes@aol.com
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 13:40:40 EDT
Subject: Re: [siobhan] Digest Number 86

Hiya!

Jeff;
<< Does she want to be found? Maybe not. I'm haunted by the words to her song 
"  I Never Could Sing"..."I never could sing anyway..>>

Yeah, I also remember Marci saying (in the story of Shakespear) that 
Siobhan wasn't confident about her singing during the early days of Sister..

Grant;
<< I wouldn't be surprised if Shuv makes such a huge come back that it'll 
make Cher look like a geriatric pensioner in a bad wig. >>

It's not a wig though   I think a small furry animal is hibernating 
on top of Cher Babe's head :)  Talking of hair.. don't you think it's a pity 
that Shuv cropped off and coloured her trademark Witchlike hair??  And.. has 
she lost her eye liner too??

Melanie;
<< I keep holding to the hope that's she's holed up with a Pentium somewhere 
lurking the net, checking out our sites and stuff...>>

Perhaps Shuv moved to the States and changed her name to Marcella 

- JON R.
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From: Sharil Dewa  S
Subject: [siobhan] What's It Like To Be So Wonderful
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:39:37 -0400

Grant Mitchell wrote:
>
>     Siobhan did hand out the 5 track sampler to people
> just prior to I Can Drive and then the 10 track just
> after she had re-recorded some tracks, so if we do
> ever manage to track her down there is always the
> chance that we might at least get a copy of the entire
> completed third album. I would love to hear 'What Its
> Like.....'

According to an NME review if Shakespears Sister's performance at T in
the Park in summer 1996, the song, "What's It Like To Be So Wonderful"
is piano heavy, with a good bass sound. The review for the whole
performance is not very positive, but there was mention of this song.
Hope this helps.

Regards,
Sha.

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