home bbs files messages ]

Just a sample of the Echomail archive

<< oldest | < older | list | newer > | newest >> ]

 Message 245 
 Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins 
 Re: Any good stuff to listen to lately? 
 18 Dec 21 16:48:39 
 
TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes
TZUTC: 0100
CHRS: UTF-8 2
PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221
MSGID: 2:280/464 61be0390
REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet f7829866
Hi August,

On 2021-12-17 21:37:00, you wrote to me:

 AA>>> I like the singer in the yellow top. I don't know what those
 AA>>> two ladies were singing about, but they clearly demonstrated
 AA>>> fine command of the voice and pitch.

 WvV>> As a Canadian you don't know any French?

 AA> I had the top marks in French in high school!  ;)  ..but I
 AA> never quite mastered conversational french.

I always had bad grades for French. I dropped it as soon as I could. ;)

I think I had it for 4 years, but I still can't understand spoken French at
all. Well maybe a couple of words, but not enough to follow any conversation...

[Anneke van Giersbergen]

 AA> I'm still not quite convinced that she is a great singer. She
 AA> definitely has talent and conviction, but.. something is still
 AA> missing.

 AA> One Canadian rock/pop singer that made a fairly big splash
 AA> during the last 80's is Luba.  The voice is baritone, but
 AA> powerful.

 AA> Check out this live performance of one her hits:

 AA> https://youtu.be/zKr5-LWTU4o

I'm not impressed... ;-)

Let's agree we have different tastes. ;-)


Bye, Wilfred.
--- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
 * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
SEEN-BY: 1/123 30/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 120/340 123/131 124/5016 129/305
SEEN-BY: 153/757 203/0 221/0 1 6 226/30 229/424 426 428 664 700 240/1120
SEEN-BY: 249/307 400 261/38 280/464 5003 282/464 1038 292/854 301/0
SEEN-BY: 301/1 101 113 317/3 322/757 341/234 396/45 423/120 460/58
SEEN-BY: 712/848 770/1 920/1 2452/250 5058/104
PATH: 280/464 301/1 229/426


<< oldest | < older | list | newer > | newest >> ]

(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca