From: sjackson@synchrologic.com Subject: (hats) "Heaven" by MWH Date: 02 Jun 1999 10:15:41 -0400 Mr. Stephen D. Sundstrom suggested last month that I e-mail Stefan Doroschuk regarding the song, "Heaven". Well, I did just that. He responded within a day or two with the following information: "We never actually recorded that song for real." Bummer! I would love to hear a studio version... He also mentioned that "the Famous Al Gunn" was playing bass for that concert. I'm guessing he's the same Al Gunn sent to see the doctor, Ben. :-) Hatlessly, Steve # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info hats" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email hats@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. # Men Without Hats discography: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs?hats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JDivito334@aol.com Subject: (hats) Al Gunn Date: 02 Jun 1999 20:10:12 EDT Al Gunn is working in a guitar store in Montreal. I met him twice... I don't remember is real name,, sorry! Francis # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info hats" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email hats@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. # Men Without Hats discography: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs?hats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Daniele Rossi Subject: Re: (hats) Al Gunn Date: 02 Jun 1999 20:25:30 -0400 At 08:10 PM 06/02/1999 EDT, you wrote: > >Al Gunn is working in a guitar store in Montreal. I met him twice... I >don't remember is real name,, sorry! > How's that for a stop on the Men Withouts Hats tour? :) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info hats" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email hats@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. # Men Without Hats discography: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs?hats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jason Webb Subject: (hats) Rare MWH mag on eBay! Date: 04 Jun 1999 08:30:30 -0700 (PDT) A friend of mine is selling his duplicate copy of the 1984 issue of Canadian Musician magazine with Ivan on the cover and a MWH article inside... article talks about grammy nomination, refusing photographs to be taken of the band at certain times, and other things.... Very cool from the early days!! It's on eBay right now at: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111686293 Thanks... JW _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info hats" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email hats@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. # Men Without Hats discography: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs?hats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JDivito334@aol.com Subject: (hats) CD #10 Date: 25 Jun 1999 18:50:59 EDT Hey hatters, A couple of weeks ago, I gave a suggestion regarding the production of cd#10. I have on DAT cassette a 1987 1 hour interview with Ivan. He's talking about Pop goes the world new project. I got a couple of requests and last month, I decided to produce the CD for 3 hatters. Like I said, it's in French. I will also include 2 instrumental versions of "The Safety Dance". The price is 10$, INCLUDING shipping in US. the price is 12$ for international shipment. So if you are interested, write to me, I'll give you my address. Ciao Francis # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info hats" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email hats@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. # Men Without Hats discography: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs?hats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kevin Lentz Subject: (hats) Safety Dance chords requested Date: 26 Jun 1999 18:37:07 -0500 Hi, I finally talked my band into playing a version of Safety Dance. Does anyone have the chords for the song or know where I can find them? Thanks! --=20 Kevin Lentz (ICQ 10812890) 3=BE-inch Action Figure Archives: http://www.toymania.com/334archives # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info hats" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email hats@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. # Men Without Hats discography: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs?hats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Stephen D. Sundstrom" Subject: (hats) Uforia.net Date: 28 Jun 1999 01:22:35 -0600 Does anybody know what has happened to Uforia.net? I know it has been down for a while now, but I thought that maybe it was just undergoing some updating. Now I'm wondering if it will ever resurrect. Also, has anybody heard anything from Ivan's new music project, Ultimate Pop Machine? I was looking forward to being able to buy it when it surfaced, but again, haven't heard anything more about it. Thanks. Steve # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info hats" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email hats@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. # Men Without Hats discography: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs?hats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Alex Subject: (hats) New 80's Compilation... Date: 28 Jun 1999 10:19:55 -0400 (EDT) I saw a new 'best of the 80's' compilation the other day that included a MWH track on it (guess which!), and noted that there were some interesting liner notes about MWH and Rational Youth. So, I decided to copy it down and send it onto the list (including the Discography information that may be desired), so that everyone could check it out. Ae. V/A - Pure Canadian [Retro 80's Vol. 6] EMI E2 72435 20023 2 0 Rational Youth - Saturdays In Silesia 4:04 Men Without Hats - Safety Dance 2:44 Blurbs from the liner notes: RATIONAL YOUTH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forgotten facts about this Montreal band include: (1) Ivan from Men Without Hats was Rational Youth's singer for a period. He quit after someone threw a beer bottle at him during a show at the St. Denis Theatre in Montreal. (2) To make matters a little more confusing, leader Tracey Howe was once a member of Men Without Hats. He left in 1981, two years before they hit it big with "Safety Dance". (3) Howe had a knack of choosing names that were already taken. Before Rational Youth, he was in Heaven Seventeen (not to be confused with Heaven 17, the British Band) and The Normals (not The Normal, Daniel Miller's alter-ego). "Rational Youth" was a derivative of National Youth Orchestra. (4) "Saturdays In Silesia" was inspired by the famous Lech Walesa-led strike at the Gdamsk Shipyard. And (5) the last Rational Youth show was at Dalhousie University in Halifax in November 1985. MEN WITHOUT HATS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After Ivan Doroschuk quit Heaven Seventeen/Rational Youth (see note above), he recruited his brother, Stephan, to play bass in a new group. Joining him was guitarist Tracey Howe (the founder of Rational Youth), and drummer Jermanie Arrabos. Of these three, Arrabos proved to be the most important. Not only did the new band get to rehearse at the family's Mount Royal mansion in Montreal, but Arrabos' father bought the group equipment and financed the recording of their debut EP. The following year (and after Howe quit), Men Without Hats had a worldwide hit with "Safety Dance". The single became a Top Ten hit in nineteen different countries. It hit Number 2 in the US, Number 2 in Germany, and #6 in the UK. It was such a big song that some people started calling Men Without Hats "North America's version of Kraftwerk". What about in Canada? No matter which singles chart you use, the song never did any better than Number 11. The group followed up with a series of well-received techno-pop singles throughout the rest of the decade before they were finally killed off during the grunge boom of the early 90's. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info hats" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email hats@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. # Men Without Hats discography: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs?hats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JDivito334@aol.com Subject: (hats) 20 cd #10 Date: 29 Jun 1999 00:23:57 EDT Hey gang. I didn't know that you want to learn French with Ivan, or it's the "Safety dance, instrumental" who got your attention, but I received so much request that I just burned 20 cd's. They are ready to ship. I got around 15 requests, if some of you want a copy, it's 10$, including shipping in U.s.. 12$ for overseas. Just E-mail me if you are interested. Thanks Francis # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info hats" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email hats@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. # Men Without Hats discography: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs?hats