From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 18 Jan 1999 to 19 Jan 1999 Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 6:20 AM There are 6 messages totalling 281 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Black Hole Sun 2. BHS: song vs. video 3. mtv and sg 4. LIL KIM? SOUNDGARDEN? TIMBALAND? (2) 5. Huh...? To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:20:50 -0000 From: clmiller Subject: Black Hole Sun This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BE42DC.FC4A03E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was flipping thru the TV channels ...stopped at MTV (sue me..i was bored:)..and saw that some rap/r&b star...AAliyah...was doing her favorite 20 videos. GUESS WHAT WAS NUMBER EIGHT!!! STUCK RIGHT IN BETWEEN LIL KIM AND SOME OTHER DUDE IVE NEVER HEARD OF!!! BLACK HOLE SUN! What was SG doing there?? I just found the whole damn thing really amusing. Did anyone else see this?? Well, boredom was in my repertoire as well that day. Anyway, it was = kind of interesting to see BHS again on the screen. Anyway, my question is this. I have a recorded version of the BHS video = and have compared it to the version on TV. If you watch carefully, = during the sunbathing girl scene. She flicks her tongue out and = snatches an insect from the air. On my recorded version, you do not see = the tongue dart out. Also, toward the end of the video, when the woman = is screaming near the baby carriage, you see a computer generated "blob" = rise up out of the carriage toward the sky. Again, on my recorded = version, you do not see anything come out of the carriage. Does anyone = know why A&M or Soundgarden or other involved parties would bother to = release two different versions of this video? It seems rather pointless = to me as it probably cost more time and money to do it . . . then again, = when has time or money been an issue in Hollywood! Just curious, Chris "You believe what you want and I'll believe what I know." ~ Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BE42DC.FC4A03E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I was flipping thru the TV channels ...stopped = at MTV (sue=20 me..i was
bored:)..and saw that some rap/r&b star...AAliyah...was = doing=20 her
favorite 20 videos.

GUESS WHAT WAS NUMBER EIGHT!!! STUCK = RIGHT IN=20 BETWEEN LIL KIM AND SOME
OTHER DUDE IVE NEVER HEARD = OF!!!

BLACK HOLE=20 SUN!

What was SG doing there?? I just found the whole damn thing=20 really
amusing. Did anyone else see this??

Well, boredom was in my = repertoire as well=20 that day. Anyway, it was kind of interesting to see BHS again on = the=20 screen.

Anyway, my=20 question is this. I have a recorded version of the BHS video and = have=20 compared it to the version on TV. If you watch carefully, during = the=20 sunbathing girl scene. She flicks her tongue out and snatches an = insect=20 from the air. On my recorded version, you do not see the tongue = dart=20 out. Also, toward the end of the video, when the woman is = screaming near=20 the baby carriage, you see a computer generated "blob" rise up = out of=20 the carriage toward the sky. Again, on my recorded version, you do = not see=20 anything come out of the carriage. Does anyone know why A&M or = Soundgarden or other involved parties would bother to release two = different=20 versions of this video? It seems rather pointless to me as it = probably=20 cost more time and money to do it . . . then again, when has time or = money been=20 an issue in Hollywood!

Just curious,

Chris

"You believe what you = want and I'll=20 believe what I = know."
~=20 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BE42DC.FC4A03E0-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:22:56 -0000 From: clmiller Subject: BHS: song vs. video This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01BE42DD.476D3EA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable She didn't have the BHS *song* on her countdown. She had the BHS *VIDEO*!!! dont u guys see where I'm going with this? SHE LIKES THE VIDEO! and why shouldnt she?! its a damned cool 4 minute piece of work!!! it does happen to be a great video. its creepy and polished. the average person would like it. Actually, she made a comment about it being "melodically beautiful" or = something like that. That would lead me to believe that she is = interested in the song as well as the video. My 2 cents. "You believe what you want and I'll believe what I know." ~ Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01BE42DD.476D3EA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

She didn't have the BHS *song* on her countdown.
She had the BHS = *VIDEO*!!!

dont u guys see where I'm going with this?
SHE = LIKES THE=20 VIDEO!
and why shouldnt she?! its a damned cool 4 minute piece of=20 work!!!
it does happen to be a great video. its creepy and polished. = the=20 average
person would like it.

Actually, she made a comment about = it being=20 "melodically beautiful" or something like that. That = would lead=20 me to believe that she is interested in the song as well as the=20 video.

My 2 cents.

"You believe what you want and = I'll believe=20 what I know."
~ = Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

------=_NextPart_000_0012_01BE42DD.476D3EA0-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:09:45 EST From: Rachel Potter Subject: mtv and sg In a message dated 1/18/99 1:59:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU writes: << Did anyone else see this?? >> I saw that... and on the NSYNC countdown BHS was #36!!! I think something's wrong. -rachel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:29:08 -0500 From: Anson Watkins Subject: Re: LIL KIM? SOUNDGARDEN? TIMBALAND? On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Rachel Reisman wrote: > SOMMSTERS! > I HAVE SEEN IT ALL!! > > I was flipping thru the TV channels ...stopped at MTV (sue me..i was > bored:)..and saw that some rap/r&b star...AAliyah...was doing her > favorite 20 videos. > > GUESS WHAT WAS NUMBER EIGHT!!! STUCK RIGHT IN BETWEEN LIL KIM AND SOME > OTHER DUDE IVE NEVER HEARD OF!!! > > BLACK HOLE SUN! > > What was SG doing there?? I just found the whole damn thing really > amusing. Did anyone else see this?? > > Rachel* (IWIWSS) > >Whoa an R&B artist is not supossed to be diversifed in her musical taste. How dare she like or appreciate anything not put out by herself or Puff Daddy. The nerve of that girl to like something put out by Chris. Make her take it back. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:33:34 -0500 From: Anson Watkins Subject: Re: LIL KIM? SOUNDGARDEN? TIMBALAND? On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Kim wrote: Can't he just LIKE the album for the content and without the strings attached...for once...please. Kayler > Actually, I once read an interview with Method Man in SPIN or something > once and he was talking about what CD's he liked listening to. He said > that 'Superunknown' was one of his favorite albums and that "Black Hole > Sun is my shit." But let's not forget that 'Superunknown' can be quite > the stoner album and that Method Man isn't one to shy away from the weed. > > -Elliott > http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/7915 > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:47:47 EST From: B L Subject: Huh...? Anson Watkins wrote: >Whoa an R&B artist is not supossed to be diversifed in her musical >taste. How dare she like or appreciate anything not put out by herself or >Puff Daddy. The nerve of that girl to like something put out by Chris. >Make her take it back. Since when did *Soundgarden* become *Chris*? Sarah (benlover) ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 18 Jan 1999 to 19 Jan 1999 ************************************************