I was on the radio (sort of)!
Mar. 26th, 2008 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalSo... I'm famous again! I e-mailed my morning show on Mix 107.3 and they read my e-mail on the air! I could have died of happy.
They were talking about American Idol, and how certain performances of songs can move us because of the performance, not strictly because of the lyrics. So I got to work, said my hello's and shot them a quick e-mail. My e-mail is in italics below and their comments (paraphrased) are in bold:
They went on a little after that, went to commercial and played some music, and then they started up again, talking about the CD since soooo many people had been contacting them, asking about it. Apparently you can buy it on Amazon.com now, which is awesomeness. During the first issuing of it it was only available in limited release at area Target stores and I went almost every day looking for it for weeks. I kept calling stores- they'd sell out in an hour. So when they ordered a second printing of it, they offered it online on their website and I immediately bought it- because there are a few songs like Superman that I had heard performed on the radio and *loved* them but there were also a bunch I hadn't heard (because I don't get up as early as some people). And it's all for charity, which rocks. But I probably would have bought that whole CD just because of Five for Fighting's song.
Oh, and Jimmy replied to my e-mail with:
Thanks so much for your email. It's hard not to tear up in those moments.
But, hey, yeah! They read my letter on the radio! I was thrilled I got to share :-) Because those were really special moments for me and my music appreciation. Twas nice to share it with the morning show I've been listening to for... oh, what's it been? 15 years? 16? One of these days I really MUST go in on Friday and meet them in studio. It's on my 101 goals in 1001 days list for goodness sakes.
They were talking about American Idol, and how certain performances of songs can move us because of the performance, not strictly because of the lyrics. So I got to work, said my hello's and shot them a quick e-mail. My e-mail is in italics below and their comments (paraphrased) are in bold:
We were talking earlier about performances that have made us cry and we got an e-mail we wanted to share. It's from Kate in (omits the name of her town) Virginia. She writes:
I was driving to work this morning before 9 and heard the discussion about songs that make you cry because of the way they are performed. I had to write in.
I'm a cry baby. I cry at anything- even some movie trailers! And, certainly, when I went to see Billy Joel in concert I was moved to tears when he
sang Downeaster Alexa and Goodnight Saigon
Oh, that's an amazing song. Very moving, for sure. Billy Joel's concerts are always fantastic.
but those songs have powerful lyrics and always make me cry anyway.
Even though so much makes me cry, the only really good example I have is Superman by Five for Fighting. I had always liked the song but it wasn't
until I heard them perform it live in studio on your show on the anniversary of September 11th that the song really struck me. I was driving and had to pull the car over until I stopped crying.
John Ondrasik is a great friend of the show and he was kind enough to perform that song for us live in studio. I think we were all moved and honored to have him play that for us. It's hard not to get choked up during that song, that day being what it was.
The performance was so raw and powerful- not to mention well-timed. I was so glad to see that track on the Jack Diamond Morning Show CD, and
it still makes me tear up when I listen to it, where the original recording doesn't.
Love your Show, Babe!
That's so great to hear, thanks for sharing that with us. It was wonderful they let us include that cut on the CD. There are actually a few really powerful songs on there. Another one is when Blue October played Hate Me and talked about the story behind writing that song....
They went on a little after that, went to commercial and played some music, and then they started up again, talking about the CD since soooo many people had been contacting them, asking about it. Apparently you can buy it on Amazon.com now, which is awesomeness. During the first issuing of it it was only available in limited release at area Target stores and I went almost every day looking for it for weeks. I kept calling stores- they'd sell out in an hour. So when they ordered a second printing of it, they offered it online on their website and I immediately bought it- because there are a few songs like Superman that I had heard performed on the radio and *loved* them but there were also a bunch I hadn't heard (because I don't get up as early as some people). And it's all for charity, which rocks. But I probably would have bought that whole CD just because of Five for Fighting's song.
Oh, and Jimmy replied to my e-mail with:
Thanks so much for your email. It's hard not to tear up in those moments.
But, hey, yeah! They read my letter on the radio! I was thrilled I got to share :-) Because those were really special moments for me and my music appreciation. Twas nice to share it with the morning show I've been listening to for... oh, what's it been? 15 years? 16? One of these days I really MUST go in on Friday and meet them in studio. It's on my 101 goals in 1001 days list for goodness sakes.
