# I totally know a rock star. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-totally-know-a-rock-star/514442 "2009-10-20T04:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-totally-know-a-rock-star/514442/21 "2009-10-21T16:54:50Z")
**Shibb** _totally_ looks like James Carville, but cuter. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-totally-know-a-rock-star/514442/22 "2009-10-22T00:11:10Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > She’s got a million and a quarter plays on her myspace page. My band has 5 thousand. I vote rock star! Hell, Todd Rundgren - by any definition a rock star - only has 432,000 plays on [his Myspace page](http://www.myspace.com/toddrundgrenmusic). Give Vienna her props. Seen her a few times. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-totally-know-a-rock-star/514442/23 "2009-10-22T03:40:34Z")
I love Vienna Teng. I listen to her all the time. She’s very cool, and I’m kind of envious. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-totally-know-a-rock-star/514442/24 "2009-10-22T05:20:54Z")
Vienna’s a total sweetheart. Many years ago we were on the same mailing list (neither of us are on it anymore) but I didn’t meet her until she toured with her Waking Hour album. I was excited to finally meet her, but surprisingly, she was [just as excited](http://wretchawry.com/gallery/HomePhotos/photos/vienna.jpg) to finally meet me! Such a dear, and oh so talented! For those who haven’t heard her beautiful voice and piano, treat yourselves: [“Harbor”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKDXe0FP2wc) (one that people might have heard in various places, such as on Letterman) [“Gravity”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8nypWKa_aU) (the official video) [“Drought”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNuw5b5jo-Y) [“Lullaby For A Stormy Night”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlmhMS_luX8) [“Passage”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6MnoEC4mu4) (very intense, from the point of view of a car crash victim) [“Green Island Serenade”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoxvC6aqE1w) (sung in Mandarin, not Taiwanese as it says in the description) [“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3HE0U5H38A) (Noe Venable cover) A live clip where the audio isn’t the greatest, but I love this because Vienna is covering another one of my favorite artists, Noe Venable. [Here is the breathtaking original](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWamyYoevic). ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-totally-know-a-rock-star/514442/25 "2009-10-22T06:11:57Z")
FTR, she played these songs, but not in this order: Harbor Gravity In Another Life [Antebellum](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB73waPWFfs) The Last Snowfall Augustine No Gringos Grandmother Song Stray Italian Greyhound Blue Caravan [City Hall](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rikj0WMGbDU) 1Bedroom/1Bath Whatever You Want and a cover of Radiohead’s “Idioteque” ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-totally-know-a-rock-star/514442/26 "2009-10-22T06:26:41Z")
I know John Mellencamp and my sister and I were in the music video for his song _Your Life Is Now._ ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-totally-know-a-rock-star/514442/27 "2009-10-22T07:56:37Z")
Vienna Teng is amazing. She’s a rock star in my book; she’s the sort of performer who ought to be at the top of the charts, writing and performing her own music without all the showbiz! nonsense. She’s the anti-BritneyGagaMadonnaChristina. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-totally-know-a-rock-star/514442.md?page=1)