Lots of people responded to my question of whether or not you think
the second
album will surpass the other and just about everyone agreed. I'm going
to
steal some lines from [email protected] because some
of the things
she said were just so true (there's also a full out response in the
Savage
Comments section because I really liked that particular email)!! Anyhoo,
Jaime
says "Some bands who try to make the crowd-pleasing music just try
too hard."
That is so TRUE!! Sometimes the outcome is just such a sorry attempt.
She also
said (and I really liked this one):"This is why I'm not pushing them,
tapping
my foot waiting for the next album as their producers or someone may
be,
because I'd rather wait two or three years and have a great album then
wait a
year and have a few notes and a couple meaningless words (although
I doubt
that would ever happen)." Bravo! I agree with you 100% on this. I know
we're
all eager for the new album, but people should definitely give them
time!
afeverthatburnsinmyheartafeverthatburnsinmyheartafeverthatburnsinmyheartafever
tha
SaVaGe NeWs
**The boys are included as one of the best male bands of the year in
the
January issue of Teen magazine!!! Check out the issue!
**[email protected] has let me know that the Billboard Awards
may be airing
again on VH1 on December 19th and possibly the pre-show, also. I'm
not so sure
about the pre-show, though. I'll definitely look into it and let you
know for
sure.
**You all know for sure by now how the Billboard Awards turned out.
But just
in case, I'll repeat it. "Truly" won...
~Adult Contemporary Song of the Year
~The Hot 100 Airplay Track of the Year
Woo hoo!!! Congratulations, Darren and Daniel!!
afeverthatburnsinmyheartafeverthatburnsinmyheartafeverthatburnsinmyheartafever
tha
Savage Trivia
Last week's trivia question was: What popular Aussie songstress does
Daniel
enjoy? It's not Natalie but this one has a connection with her! Who
is she?
Quite a few of you guessed Greaser Olivia Newton-John, which I was
surprised
about. Does she have some sort of connection to Natalie Imbruglia that
I don't
know about? Anyhoo, the answer is Kylie Minogue, who accompanied Ms.
Imbruglia
on the Aussie soap "Neighbours". Congrats to those who got it right!!
[email protected] [email protected]
[email protected]
This week's quessie is: When was the new "To the Moon and Back" video
shot and
why, AND in what city (this part is an obvious one!)? Thanks to
[email protected] for the info!!!
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tha
SaVaGe CoMmEnTs
Hey Lauren,
I'd normally insert something about how well you run the Savage
Gardener
(and you do), or how your news is really interesting and unlike a lot
of other
Newsletters you actually send it out before the news is as old as dirt,
but
you know all that. ;)
Anyway, can SG follow up their smash CD with an equally, or
even better CD?
Sales wise, more than likely if it comes out soon enough. The
more time you
spend out of the spotlight, the harder it is to reclaim. Musically,
it's
pretty much inevitable that there are going to be a lot of people who
won't
believe it's better than, or as good as the original. But let's think
about it
for a moment. With the exception of Fire, the b-sides were new
songs, no?
And fans scrambled to get them, even though they could hear them on
the net.
Why? Cuz the songs are well done, and show improvement in the
band's style.
Which proves that the band is maturing and taking their fans along
for the
ride. In other words, to answer in English, hell yeah!
That last sentence made my laughter fill the room! I REALLY like how
well you
put this, and couldn't agree with you more. The anticipated release
is still
undecided, and I've heard so many different months that my head is
still
spinning! Their songs are very much maturing as they go on, which is
one of
the best ways of telling whether or not they'll make it. And with the
good
majority of critics on their side, I do believe that we'll have our
Savage
Garden for many years to come. ~Lauren :o)
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Hi Lauren,
Ooohhh...oooohh...I just remembered something;
I was going to write about
this last week but it slipped my mind. I was home over Thanksgiving
break
putzing around in my room with the TV on; a Rock n' roll Jeopardy marathon
was
on. They had a celebrity show with David Alan Grier and Yasmine
Bleeth (and
some other dude too...?) - Yasmine had control of the board;
she was working
through a category called "First lines". I wasn't really paying
attention to
the TV at the time, but all of I sudden I was like..."WHAT did he say???!"
I
looked over to see Yasmine and co. COMPLETELY dumbfounded...then they
flashed
the answer on the screen..."I'll be your dream, I'll be your wish,
I'll be
your fantasy...". I'm jumping up and down yelling "WHAT IS TRULY
MADLY
DEEPLY?! Come on, you should KNOW THIS!!! SAY IT! ITS TRULY
MADLY
DEEEEEEEPPLLLYYYY!!! SAAAAY IIT!!! AAAGGGHHH!!!!" Well, NONE
of them knew it
- I was VERY dissapointed. But I thought it might be interesting
to those
getting the SGer.
Anywho; great job on this Lauren - I also want
to let everyone know that
WE STILL NEED SQUARES FOR THE SG QUILT!!! I've gotten mail saying
that
several others have sent thiers or will be sending this week.
So far I've got
one from Canada, OK, several that I'm not sure where they're from offhand;
and
probably about 5 from FL on thier way.
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Hi Lauren,
I have a few things to tell you about our favourite Aussie Guys.
First off, I
have a friend, Scott, who is 17. He loves Savage Garden!
He`s always asking
me about them, lol! He doesn't like Hanson, BSB or N'SYNC.
I think Savage
Garden are more of a group that both males and females can enjoy [insert
from
me! Before you BSB/'N Sync/Hanson fans start flipping out again and
sending me
hate mail, I think you should realize that what she's comparing here
is that
Scott likes SG but not the rest, when usually people seem to think
that if a
guy likes one, he likes the others. Which I think is dumb to think
that,
anyway!]. Also, some neighbours of mine, who I used to baby-sit
for, Knew I
liked Savage Garden, and I brought the Cd over one time to listen to
while I
was baby-sitting. The next time I was there, they had a copy
of the CD!!!
They told me they love it, and they are about 30! Also, Scott`s
family own a
cabin south of where we live (Calgary, AB Canada) When he`s there,
he listens
to a radio station that isn't a major one many people here. Each
night, they
have a countdown of the most requested songs of the day. When
he was down
last weekend, he was listening to the "Top Eight at Eight" (as the
countdown
is called) and Tears of Pearls was on it!!! I thought that was really
cool.
Woooo!! Yay to Scott and the neighbors! LOTS of adults I know love SG
(especially my parents! You should hear my dad try to sing "Moon"!!
Oh, and my
brother's absurd attempt to hit the high notes on "Tears of Pearls"!
He was
going around telling me he would fire Darren and take over as lead
singer.
Yeah, keep dreaming!). As for the countdown thing, I'm beginning to
think
"Tears" WAS officially released in Canada!! Keep us updated on the
progress
(it's got such a fun beat!) ~Lauren :o)
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Hey Lauren! At MuchMusic's website, there's a place to vote for your
favourite
video of 1998, to be aired on MuchMusic on New Years eve. I think this
is only
open to Canadian residents, but I'm not sure. If you'd like to let
people know
that they can go to http://www.muchmusic.com/events/favvids98/ and
vote. It
would have to be To The Moon And Back that they vote for, because Truly
and I
Want You weren't released in 98. That's all!
You heard the lady, VOTE! I know I am (unless it's only open to Canadian
residents!) ~Lauren :o)
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Heya.. you've probably heard this but I think it's adorable and I thought
you
could use it as a 'quiz' question in an upcoming issue? :)
When Darren was sixteen he wrote a letter to Michael Jackson.. "I love
the
sound your belt buckle makes when you move Michael.. is it intentional?"
He admits that the clothes he buys and the hairstyles he's had are based
on Bono. This information is from the book 'Fanclub', in aussie bookstores..
it has a chapter on sg fans and then an essay by Darren about being
a fan
himself. Thought you'd like to know!!
That is so cool!! One of the neatest things about Darren is how he's
just like
us in terms of being a fan of someone/thing. I thought one of the greatest
things in the updates from the road the guys sent on their tour in
America was
the pic of their shoes along with a little note saying how when he
was younger
he would have gotten a kick out of seeing Michael Jackson's shoes (the
other
was the beautiful goodbye/thank you letter to everyone...was that sad
or was
that SAD??). I think there's a little Darren in all of us. ~Lauren
:o)
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I thought this was so cool so I had to put it in the newsletter! Thanks
Maaike!
HERE ARE MY COMPLETELY UNUSEFUL FACTS !!! *LOL*
(I had fun though collecting them… )
“I want you” is also the title of a song by :
- Gary Low, Madonna, Massive Attack, Party, Real McCoy, Roxette(!!!!!!!),
Spiritualized, Rick Springfield, Squeeze, Stiff Little Fingers, Third
Eye
Blind, Tom Waits, The Beatles, Bon Jovi, Lindsey Buckingham, Coroner,
Elvis
Costello, Bob Dylan, Elastica, Melissa Etheridge, Marvin Gaye, Joan
Jett & the
Blackhearts, Kiss.
“Universe” by :
- Magnum, Pale Divine, T. Rex.
“Violet” by :
- Hole, Johnny Q Public, Seal
- And “Ultra violet” by U2 ! *LOL*
“Promises” by :
- Basia, Buzzcocks, Eric Clapton, Eternal, Face to Face, Fugazi, Iq,
Lyle
Lovett, Amanda Marshall, Nebulai, Trevor Rabin, Saga, Take That,
Randy Travis, Tyrese.
“Santa Monica” by :
- Everclear
“Mine” by :
- Lesley Gore, Elvis Presley
(Thanks to http://www.lyrics.ch)
And what about…
- Elected president of the USA in 1876 : Rutherford B. Hayes
- The girl in the book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” who turned
into a berry after eating gum she wasn’t supposed to eat ? Her name
was Violet.
Savage Garden international…
- French : Jardin Sauvage
- Italian : Giardino Selvaggio
- Dutch : Woeste Tuin
- German : Wüste Garten
- Russian : Dikiy Sad
- Latin : Hortus Ferociter
- Portuguese : Jardim Feroz
- Brazilian Portuguese : Jardim Selvagem
- Spanish : Jardín Selvaje
- Danish : Vild Have
- Finnish : Villi Yardi
- Icelandic : Villtur Garður
- Norwegian : Vill Hage
- Swedish : Vild Trädgården
- Croatian : Divlji Vrt
- Hungarian : Vad Kert
- Polish : Dziki Ogród
- Serbian : Divlji Bašta
- Slovenian : Divjak Vrt
(Thanks to http://www.tranexp.com/InterTran.cgi)
On television :
- Truly Madly Deeply was used in
a episode of Mtv’s “The Real World –
Seattle”
- “I want you” plus a picture of the album is used in a commercial
for
Columbia House
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Dear Lauren I was reading through an old article about Australian music
in
America and it had a list of the No.1 hit song for each year over four
decades
of Billboard. It said that the song that was made No.1 was the one
that spent
the most time on the chart that year, not the one that spent the most
time at
number one. Does this mean that Truly Madly Deeply is possibly the
No.1 song
of 1998? (Just something else Savage Garden might add to their list
of
achievements, I don't know!)
Well!! I was VERY excited when I read this email! As I said to ya in
my reply,
I think it's very likely that "Truly" could be the #1 song of '98,
if what you
read is right (which it should be). Wow, the thought of Savage Garden's
song
being the #1 song of '98 here in America is just amazing! Note: I doubt
this
has anything to do with the Billboard Awards. Rather, the charts themselves.
And you're right - just another thing Darren and Daniel could add to
their
accomplishments!! ~Lauren :o)
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HEY!! Anybody here tape the VH1 Savage Garden appearence?
The Billboard Pre-
show one?? I MISSED IT! My lord I missed it! I am desperate
to get a copy of
that appearence. I have a tape and money so if ANYONE has it
taped and is
able to make a copy for me it would be HIGHLY appreciated! I
would do almost
ANYTHING to get that!! PLease, if anyone has it email me at
[email protected] and I'll LOVE you forever!! Again, this is
my pathetic
plea for that VH1 Billboard Awards PRE SHOW if you have it TAPED and
are able
to make a copy for me I will supply the TAPE AND MONEY if it costs
anything!!!
Thanx!!
afeverthatburnsinmyheartafeverthatburnsinmyheartafeverthatburnsinmyheartafever
tha
**An idea has come into my head! I spent absolutely FOREVER compiling
this and
my poor brain is now fried after thinking of all these (good thing
my finals
for school aren't until January!). Now that I've made sure to emphasize
how
hard I worked on this, I hope YOU'LL do me a favor by actually participating
in this! Anyhoo, this is the ULTIMATE Savage Song Awards! 30 categories
featuring Savage Garden songs that YOU vote for! So without further
babbling,
here are all 30 categories!!!!! Oh, and VOTE! Or else I'll have to
hire a
secret agent to track each of you down and send threats!! By the way,
to vote
just email me with the LETTER of your choice, k? Oh, and you can only
vote for
ONE. Also, I know there are some categories that some people may not
be able
to vote in because they haven't heard the songs (such as remixes and
acoustic
versions), so just include a little note that you can't answer it.
Thanks!!
The ULTIMATE Savage Song Awards!!
1. The Most "Gives Me Goosebumps" Song is:
A. "Memories are Designed to Fade"
B. "Mine"
C. "To the Moon and Back"
D. "Truly Madly Deeply"
2. The Most "Gets Me Up Makes Me Wanna Dance" Song:
A. "All Around Me"
B. "I Want You"
C. "Love Can Move You"
D. "Tears of Pearls"
3. The Sexiest Song:
A. "I Want You"
B. "Mine"
C. "This Side of Me"
D. "Universe"
4. The Song that Should Have Been Released:
A. "Break Me Shake Me" (in America)
B. "Carry on Dancing"
C. "Mine"
D. "Santa Monica"
5. The Best B-Side:
A. "Fire Inside the Man"
B. "Memories are Designed to Fade"
C. "Love Can Move You"
D. "This Side of Me"
6. The Grooviest Song:
A. "All Around Me"
B. "Carry on Dancing"
C. "Tears of Pearls"
D. "Violet"
7. Best Instrumentals (as in the music itself, hehe):
A. "Carry on Dancing"
B. "Mine"
C. "To the Moon and Back"
D. "Truly Madly Deeply"
8. Best Acoustic Version:
A. "Break Me Shake Me"
B. "I Want You"
C. "To the Moon and Back"
D. "Truly Madly Deeply"
9. Song Most Likely to Appear in the Next X-Files Movie:
A. "A Thousand Words"
B. "Break Me Shake Me"
C. "Carry on Dancing"
D. "Truly Madly Deeply"
10. Best Remix:
A. "I Want You" (Xenomania Punxy Mix)
B. "Santa Monica" (Bittersweet Mix)
C. "To the Moon and Back" (Hani's Num Radio Edit)
D. "Truly Madly Deeply" (Dub Mix)
11. Most Underrated Song:
A. "A Thousand Words"
B. I'll Bet He Was Cool"
C. "Promises"
D. "Violet"
12. Song Most Likely to Be Played During the End Credits of a Movie:
A. "Carry on Dancing"
B. "Love Can Move You"
C. "Santa Monica"
D. "Universe"
13. Song That Would Make the Best Movie Title ("Truly" doesn't count
because
it IS a movie title!)
A. "All Around Me"
B. "To the Moon and Back"
C. "This Side of Me
D. "Universe"
14. Song Most Likely to Be Covered By Another Band:
A. "Break Me Shake Me"
B. "I Want You"
C. "To the Moon and Back"
D. "Truly Madly Deeply"
15. Best Line:
A. "...sweet like a chic-a-cherry cola" ~ "I Want You"
B. "I wonder if you know the pain to want the one thing that
you haven't
got" ~ "Mine"
C. "We twist and turn where angels burn, like fallen soldiers
we will
learn" ~ "Tears of Pearls"
D. "She's taking her time making up the reasons to justify all
the hurt
inside" ~ "To the Moon and Back"
16. Best Discarded Title:
A. "Magical Kisses" for "Truly Madly Deeply"
B. "Stepping Stones" for "Break Me Shake Me"
C. "Strange Days" for "Memories are Designed to Fade"
17. Best Guitar Solo:
A. "Break Me Shake Me" (after "...that your soul is slowly fading"
B. "Love Can Move You" (the opening music)
C. "To the Moon and Back" (opening music and after the countdown)
D. "Truly Madly Deeply" (ending music)
18. Best Song to Play After Getting Your Heart Broken:
A. "A Thousand Words"
B. "Break Me Shake Me"
C. "Promises"
D. "Tears of Pearls"
19. Best Song to Play to Try to Win Your Crush:
A. "I Want You"
B. "Mine"
C. "This Side of Me"
D. "Truly Madly Deeply"
20. Most Haunting Song:
A. "Memories are Designed to Fade"
B. "Mine"
C. "To the Moon and Back"
D. "Universe"
21. Most Intricately Detailed Lyrics:
A. "Memories are Designed to Fade"
B. "Mine"
C. "Tears of Pearls"
D. "To the Moon and Back"
22. Song That Requires the Most Tissues:
A. "Memories are Designed to Fade"
B. "Mine"
C. "To the Moon and Back"
D. "Truly Madly Deeply"
23. Song That Best Fits the Delicate Mulder/Scully Relationship (I'm
an X-
Files fan, so sue me! :) )
A. "I Want You"
B. "Mine"
C. "This Side of Me"
D. "Truly Madly Deeply"
24. Song That Should Be Used in the Upcoming "Star Wars" Prequel:
A. "Carry on Dancing"
B. "Memories are Designed to Fade"
C. "Tears of Pearls"
D. "To the Moon and Back"
25. Song Most Likely to Appear On "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
A. "Break Me Shake Me"
B. "Carry on Dancing"
C. "Mine"
D. "Universe"
26. Song that Best Shows Darren's Incredible Vocal Range:
A. "All Around Me"
B. "Break Me Shake Me"
C. "Love Can Move You"
D. "Memories are Designed to Fade"
27. Song Title That Would Make the Best Jerry Springer Episode:
A. "Love Can Move You - It Moved Me Right Out the Door"
B. "Mine - I Want Everything I Can't Have"
C. "This Side of Me - I Want to Tell My Wife the Truth"
D. "To the Moon and Back - My Husband's a Space Alien"
28. Line Rose Should Have Said After Pushing Jack into the Ocean in
"Titanic":
A. "I'll bet he was cool" - "I'll Bet He Was Cool"
B. "Don't go making all these promises you know you cannot keep"
-
"Promises"
C. "I want to bathe with you in the sea" - "Truly Madly Deeply"
D. "But either way we're the same two people looking out to sea"
-
"Violet"
29. Best Song to Fall Asleep to:
A. "Santa Monica"
B. "To the Moon and Back"
C. "Truly Madly Deeply"
D. "Universe"
30. Best All-Around Song:
A. "Break Me Shake Me"
B. "I Want You"
C. "To the Moon and Back"
D. "Truly Madly Deeply"
Wow, do you know how long that took to type??? A long time!! Now PLEASE vote!!
**I just watched my tape of the VH1 preshow again and noticed that the
lead
singer of Everclear (aaaah, I can't remember his name!!) seemed pretty
happy
that Savage Garden won! He started applauding before anyone else and
yelled
"yeah!" as soon as his bandmate said "Savage Garden" :) Another observation!
VH1's Cynthia Garrett called that category the Hot 100 Single of the
Year, but
when Everclear announced it, it was Airplay of the Year. Is there a
difference? Because the other artists nominated with them were the
same
competition they had for Song of the Year, but Next won (I won't even
start on
that!).
**Quite a few of you asked why I thought the interview with Darren on
VH1 was
so sad. I figured, why try to explain it when I can watch it a bazillion
times
and write the transcript for you? I didn't get it exactly word for
word, but
it's close enough. So anyhoo, you can draw your own conclusions with
this.
Enjoy...
Cynthia Garrett: So Darren, I gotta tell ya something. Now, Savage Garden,
you
are like my man, because for the <Darren laughs> no, I'm serious!
For the last
year, I have been...like I was talking earlier about how they're the
songs
that you hum to all year? "Truly Madly Deeply" is the song that I hummed
all
year...
Darren: Awww!
C: ...and I'm still humming, and everytime I'm at the studio at VH1
I'm always
like "This is my favorite song!"
D: That's so sweet, thank you!
C: It's beautiful!
D: Thank you, it's just a love song, yeah. It's amazing, I mean, you
often...it's a very selfish reason, you write it for your self and
when it
touches other people, it's a big deal, so thanks, that's cool.
C: How cool is that?! "It's just a love song"!
D: Cheers! [ok, here's the sad part!!]
C: You know, I can only imagine the inspiration must have been a very
happy
woman.
D: Well, you know, I was completely in love at the time and...it was
written 3
years ago...I was a completely different person. I was very...what's
the word?
Innocent. And it comes from a really innocent place and it's like when
we play
it live it's really nice to see it affect people the way it did when
I wrote
it. [SOB!]
C: How has your innocence kind of grown up and matured with the success
of the
year?
D: You know, we now have business managers and accountants and lawyers
so I'm
a boss now, it's like an industry. And I guess that can kind of shake
you. But
we're doing fine. We're doing fine.
C: Yeah, all of a sudden you're a product and you have to look at yourself
objectively.
D: I guess so, I mean, originally it's just about songs you sing in
a bedroom
and you're just writing them these songs for yourself and then all
of a sudden
it becomes an industry and so many people depend on what you do and
that can
take a little time getting used to. But I think we're doing okay.
C: What do you want to accomplish with the next go around?
D: Just make another record that's from the heart. That's what we did
the
first and we're having such a good time, it's a thrill. So...make another
record we're proud of, I guess.
And I'm sure you'll achieve, that Darren...
And enclosed for your reading enjoyment:
The Acceptance!
Presenter: To accept the award for the Hot 100 Airplay Track, please
welcome
Savage Garden's Darren Hayes
[Clip of "Truly" plays]
Darren: Wow, um...it's a big deal, actually. So on behalf of Daniel
I'd just
like to say a very big thank you to everybody at radio who supported
our
record...everybody at radio and retail in general. Thank you, this
is a very
big deal.
**Out of curiosity, I went to the AOL member directory thing and typed
in
"Savage Garden male" to see how many guys there are on AOL that are
SG fans.
Well, there were so many that AOL couldn't even list them all! My main
observation was that Savage Garden was among the hard rock/punk bands
that
were also included (and SG was the ONLY pop band). That seem a little
odd to
you?
**I just HAD to steal this off my friend Rob's site!!! This is something
that
I can't believe I never even noticed!! Anyhoo, if you've read The Vampire
Lestat by Anne Rice (the series that inspired the name Savage Garden,
of
course!), then you'll note that Lestat was in a band. Anyhoo, Rob noticed
eery
similarities between the band in the book and OUR Savage Garden...
Chapter One:
P3. "Our first album has sold 4 million copies" Who does THAT sound
like? lol.
P3. "Videos have been shown in.....Japan" We all know that SG is big
in Japan!
P5. (About the music) "It was more melodic than most. There was a romance
to
it in spite of its pounding drums" Which Aussie group sounds like that?
Lol
P5. "They were slender, sinewy, and altogether lovely young mortals...a
little
savage in dress......two male..." Which band could that be describing?
Also, Lestat is trying out to be the lead singer in a cool band that
two
brothers are starting.... dosent that seem a little like how SG got
started?
Isn't that freaky?! (Taken from http://members.tripod.com/Daz7/index.html)
Thanks, Rob!!!!
That's it for this week! Please help me out with this survey thingy!
And I'd
like to say one more congratulations to the guys for making "Truly"
the
Billboard Adult Contemporary Song of the Year and Hot 100 Airplay of
the Year!
Ooh, I get my Christmas tree tomorrow!! Yay!! I love those...they smell
so
piney!
Peace, love, and Savage Garden!
Lauren ( <A HREF="mailto: [email protected]">[email protected]</A>
)
~*~Visit the Savage Gardener on the web~*~
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