How has Jewel affected your life? - Page 2

007 · 02-12-2007, 10:40 PM

Okay, you're right, Kiera, back to the quesiton in hand.

I read jewel's book ANWA, and it changed my humanity, my course of thinking. It promoted, along with her music, to have civil lrights for all and to belileve in most accuracy, that we are all human (ten fingers, ten toes, n all). That is it's impact.

Jones

Eibhlin · 02-13-2007, 12:03 AM

Well, I wouldn't really say that my life has been dramatically affected by Jewel's music to degree of some of the members on the forum. It is something the girls and I like to listen to together as we are driving and it is cool to hear them singing along to it, and alot of her lyrics put into words thoughts I have had for some time...so I guess it is inspiring in a poetic sense.

ItBeThatWay27 · 02-13-2007, 01:50 AM

this simple quote alone has affected my life and it comes into my head at times when my human nature wants me to be selfish or worse..

"We must demand not more from each other, but more from ourselves."

never.alone · 02-13-2007, 02:23 AM

i dont think jewel has dramatically changed my life but she has very much inspried me in many ways....

i love her!!!!!!!!!

Eibhlin · 02-14-2007, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ItBeThatWay27

this simple quote alone has affected my life and it comes into my head at times when my human nature wants me to be selfish or worse..

"We must demand not more from each other, but more from ourselves."

Well, ok ya sure there is that :-P

ItBeThatWay27 · 02-14-2007, 01:20 PM

Andrea what songs do your girls sing to? I am curious.. or do they have favorites?

R*Philippines · 02-14-2007, 04:10 PM

I thought of posting this once again as i feel it's related to this thread.
From the thread:
"How Did you get Introduced" By: bluediamond

I posted this on: 10-29-2005, 03:25 AM

(This is a long story, be patient on reading it)
Back in 1996, i was still in my first year college, the Philippines was busy listening to grunge music, NIRVANA et al.... I was hook with a song called "RUNAWAY TRAIN" by Soul Asylum (I still do listen to it once in a while up to now). It was also then that i started collecting records (cassette tapes in particular) as you know, I am living in a third world country, Cd's were introduced to us far behind, so things which are in with you comes later with us.
That same year, I remember the saleslady from Tower Records recommending me "Pieces of You' tape (the first ever released), it has Grammy Nominee sticker on the cover which was of course impressive, so i got it, i listened to it, once, twice, but that was it. Years had past, Spirit came, i didn't buy a copy though it had a big promotion over here, Jewel became MTV-ASIA Artist of the Month (May 1999), but i wasn't paying much attention of JEWEL yet.
Not untill i had listened to "WWSYS" (vh1-storyteller-live version). You know that VH1-Storyteller compillation album.Wow! that version blew me away. I found myself hook on that song, i played it a billion times, and told my friends about that song.
It was around year 2000, when Jewel took a break I began to fall in love with her music. So then, i took away POY album from my collection and put it in a very special place, then i started collecting Jewel stuff. The happiest and most rewarded was when i got "A LIFE UNCOMMON-DVD", i didn't attend my classes for a week and locked myself in my room, bought everything i needed, food, water and everything, for 1 week i was watching that DVD, every second, i never got tired of watching it and not still up to this moment.... Now, JEWEL has become a big part of my life. For me "SHE'S THE GREATEST", "THE BEST", and
my LIFE will never be complete without her music.
I have all her 5 CD's, 5 DVD's, and more unreleased stuff.
But i've never seen her live.
She hasn't been in our country,
but I'm still hoping she will visit the Philippines soon.
To all the co-members who had seen her live,
you know your stories of watching her live,
of seeing Jewel in person, makes me smile ...
It makes me happy as if I was also there.
But, what makes my life more special now,
---is that knowing I'm not the only person in the world ,
who believes that,
this GREAT ARTIST MUSIC deserves to be heard by the rest of the world.

I JEWEL FOREVER!!!

Eibhlin · 02-14-2007, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ItBeThatWay27

Andrea what songs do your girls sing to? I am curious.. or do they have favorites?

They tend to like Hands and Deep Water, I listen to Spirit the most

Justin would be so proud of me-lol

ItBeThatWay27 · 02-14-2007, 09:53 PM

hey I am proud of you too. Don't you know Spirit is my favorite!?

greenpoet · 02-15-2007, 11:10 AM

What's with Jewel that made me really want her? I don't know, I still am wondering all this time. Well, what I know she stirs me up. There is something inside of me, that responded. I write poems so naturally, I don't know how, when and where it started. Maybe its been there just standing still inside me. But when I read and heard Jewel's music and insights, it just gave me an inspiration, that is why I call her my muse. What a lovely muse personified.

ItBeThatWay27 · 02-15-2007, 12:48 PM

Yeah I agree until Jewel entered my life, I had no poetic drive or anything. And now I feel like I can express myself through poetry, whether it's good or not, it's easier for me now to just let all the abstract thoughts flow from my mind onto paper. So that's another impact Jewel has somewhat had on me..

Ptitours · 02-16-2007, 09:26 PM

Me too ! Listening to her songs and reading some of her poems in the last few months has really inspired me to write more poetry than novels (not that I'm a great writer!).
When I discovered Jewel my English was not very good (a few months at school!) and her voice was the first thing that moved me. Even if I found at that time that she had the same voice as Tori Amos...well , maybe that's why I like both singers so much. It's that kind of voice... Yeah , "Foolish games" moved me a lot just with the voice and it(discovering Jewel) definitely opened a new chapter in my perception of music and writing.

DreamsLast · 02-20-2007, 07:06 AM

I guess in some ways I've become an even more deep thinker since I've really delved into her music. Also, I'm going to learn guitar too because of her inspiration. I'd just like to learn a few songs and play them once in awhile. I also like some country music, so I could learn all my favorites and maybe even come up with some of my own! :-)

Eibhlin · 02-20-2007, 04:26 PM

Lol, I only refer to Justin because his whole site was labeled "The Fortress of the Gallant Defenders of The Spirit Album"

Quote:

Originally Posted by ItBeThatWay27

hey I am proud of you too. Don't you know Spirit is my favorite!?

ItBeThatWay27 · 02-20-2007, 05:49 PM

is his site still up??

02-13-2007, 12:03 AM	#17
Eibhlin Oscillating Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 2,044 Rep Power: 254	Well, I wouldn't really say that my life has been dramatically affected by Jewel's music to degree of some of the members on the forum. It is something the girls and I like to listen to together as we are driving and it is cool to hear them singing along to it, and alot of her lyrics put into words thoughts I have had for some time...so I guess it is inspiring in a poetic sense. __________________ I'd like to call you my wild horse and feed you silver sage Andrea an eye for an eye makes the world blind

02-13-2007, 01:50 AM	#18
ItBeThatWay27 Gary, 'Disposable-Hero' Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,242 Rep Power: 0	this simple quote alone has affected my life and it comes into my head at times when my human nature wants me to be selfish or worse.. "We must demand not more from each other, but more from ourselves." __________________ so close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters

02-13-2007, 02:23 AM	#19
never.alone Jessica Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: TN Posts: 472 Rep Power: 0	i dont think jewel has dramatically changed my life but she has very much inspried me in many ways.... i love her!!!!!!!!! __________________ alone. always. alone. never. alone.... Come away O human child To the waters and the wild With a fairy hand in hand For the world's more full of weeping Than you can understand. http://blog.myspace.com/butiwannaplay

02-14-2007, 01:20 PM	#21
ItBeThatWay27 Gary, 'Disposable-Hero' Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,242 Rep Power: 0	Andrea what songs do your girls sing to? I am curious.. or do they have favorites? __________________ so close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters

02-14-2007, 04:10 PM	#22
R*Philippines I jewel everyday. Join Date: May 2005 Location: MANILA,PHILIPPINES Posts: 900 Rep Power: 0	I thought of posting this once again as i feel it's related to this thread. From the thread: "How Did you get Introduced" By: bluediamond I posted this on: 10-29-2005, 03:25 AM (This is a long story, be patient on reading it) Back in 1996, i was still in my first year college, the Philippines was busy listening to grunge music, NIRVANA et al.... I was hook with a song called "RUNAWAY TRAIN" by Soul Asylum (I still do listen to it once in a while up to now). It was also then that i started collecting records (cassette tapes in particular) as you know, I am living in a third world country, Cd's were introduced to us far behind, so things which are in with you comes later with us. That same year, I remember the saleslady from Tower Records recommending me "Pieces of You' tape (the first ever released), it has Grammy Nominee sticker on the cover which was of course impressive, so i got it, i listened to it, once, twice, but that was it. Years had past, Spirit came, i didn't buy a copy though it had a big promotion over here, Jewel became MTV-ASIA Artist of the Month (May 1999), but i wasn't paying much attention of JEWEL yet. Not untill i had listened to "WWSYS" (vh1-storyteller-live version). You know that VH1-Storyteller compillation album.Wow! that version blew me away. I found myself hook on that song, i played it a billion times, and told my friends about that song. It was around year 2000, when Jewel took a break I began to fall in love with her music. So then, i took away POY album from my collection and put it in a very special place, then i started collecting Jewel stuff. The happiest and most rewarded was when i got "A LIFE UNCOMMON-DVD", i didn't attend my classes for a week and locked myself in my room, bought everything i needed, food, water and everything, for 1 week i was watching that DVD, every second, i never got tired of watching it and not still up to this moment.... Now, JEWEL has become a big part of my life. For me "SHE'S THE GREATEST", "THE BEST", and my LIFE will never be complete without her music. I have all her 5 CD's, 5 DVD's, and more unreleased stuff. But i've never seen her live. She hasn't been in our country, but I'm still hoping she will visit the Philippines soon. To all the co-members who had seen her live, you know your stories of watching her live, of seeing Jewel in person, makes me smile ... It makes me happy as if I was also there. But, what makes my life more special now, ---is that knowing I'm not the only person in the world , who believes that, this GREAT ARTIST MUSIC deserves to be heard by the rest of the world. I JEWEL FOREVER!!! __________________ Stay COOL !!! RY

02-12-2007, 10:40 PM	#16
007 Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Staring at four gray walls that surround me.... Posts: 692 Rep Power: 0	Okay, you're right, Kiera, back to the quesiton in hand. I read jewel's book ANWA, and it changed my humanity, my course of thinking. It promoted, along with her music, to have civil lrights for all and to belileve in most accuracy, that we are all human (ten fingers, ten toes, n all). That is it's impact. Jones

02-14-2007, 09:53 PM	#24
ItBeThatWay27 Gary, 'Disposable-Hero' Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,242 Rep Power: 0	hey I am proud of you too. Don't you know Spirit is my favorite!? __________________ so close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters

02-15-2007, 11:10 AM	#25
greenpoet Amused by the Muse Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 147 Rep Power: 213	What's with Jewel that made me really want her? I don't know, I still am wondering all this time. Well, what I know she stirs me up. There is something inside of me, that responded. I write poems so naturally, I don't know how, when and where it started. Maybe its been there just standing still inside me. But when I read and heard Jewel's music and insights, it just gave me an inspiration, that is why I call her my muse. What a lovely muse personified.

02-15-2007, 12:48 PM	#26
ItBeThatWay27 Gary, 'Disposable-Hero' Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,242 Rep Power: 0	Yeah I agree until Jewel entered my life, I had no poetic drive or anything. And now I feel like I can express myself through poetry, whether it's good or not, it's easier for me now to just let all the abstract thoughts flow from my mind onto paper. So that's another impact Jewel has somewhat had on me.. __________________ so close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters

02-16-2007, 09:26 PM	#27
Ptitours JKF Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Beuvry , FRANCE Posts: 47 Rep Power: 211	Me too ! Listening to her songs and reading some of her poems in the last few months has really inspired me to write more poetry than novels (not that I'm a great writer!). When I discovered Jewel my English was not very good (a few months at school!) and her voice was the first thing that moved me. Even if I found at that time that she had the same voice as Tori Amos...well , maybe that's why I like both singers so much. It's that kind of voice... Yeah , "Foolish games" moved me a lot just with the voice and it(discovering Jewel) definitely opened a new chapter in my perception of music and writing. __________________ I've been down so long That the end must be drawing near...

02-20-2007, 07:06 AM	#28
DreamsLast ~~Moderator~~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 1,635 Rep Power: 232	I guess in some ways I've become an even more deep thinker since I've really delved into her music. Also, I'm going to learn guitar too because of her inspiration. I'd just like to learn a few songs and play them once in awhile. I also like some country music, so I could learn all my favorites and maybe even come up with some of my own! :-) __________________ "We are loved beyond our capacity to comprehend..." -Jewel Kilcher, Acoustic Goddess Of Song & Modern Day Troubador

02-20-2007, 05:49 PM	#30
ItBeThatWay27 Gary, 'Disposable-Hero' Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,242 Rep Power: 0	is his site still up?? __________________ so close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters