From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2001 #573 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Tuesday, December 4 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 573 The Official Joni Mitchell Homepage, created by Wally Breese, can be found at http://www.jonimitchell.com. It contains the latest news, a detailed bio, Original Interviews, essays, lyrics and much much more. The JMDL website can be found at http://www.jmdl.com and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- abundance, njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu \(Lama\)" ] Re: Announcing...Covers Volume 24!! [FredNow@aol.com] Re: 100 Greatest Women of Music sjc ["Bree Mcdonough" ] you won't believe this [silly and sooo njc] ["Wally Kairuz" Subject: abundance, njc Licensing, good. Yoko kept John's "Revolution" alive. I can imagine Joni's "River" as the sountrack in a tv commercial for long distance service showing a phone call from a rainy, dark phone booth. A little goes a long way though and there's no way she'll ever be overexposed [Not counting the FTR inner sleeve. ) ] I'm all for Joni keeping her music *within* the movie (to set a mood which her songs certainly can do). I'm a little ambivalent (of two minds, ya'll) about putting stuff on the audio soundtracks, though. If she's keeping her stuff off the audio-only sountrack "albums" I can see a point. I mean, after hearing her tracks out of context on "hits" and "misses", it's completely obvious that sometimes her songs don't work out of the original settings. If she doesn't want her track followed by Harry Connick on the CD players of the world, that's okay by me and I think it's a smart artistic choice. Standing firmly by Joni, (surprising no one), Lama ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 23:58:31 EST From: FredNow@aol.com Subject: Re: Announcing...Covers Volume 24!! SCJoniGuy@aol.com wrote: >17. Keith Jarrett - All I Want: Surprisingly, nothing very creative here >from piano virtuouso Jarrett. One of his earlier recordings, it's pretty >enough and gets the job done and that's about it. There's much more here than meets the ear. Creativity, in covers, can be a highly overrated commodity; too many covers are too damn "creative," by which I mean that the "creativity" supersedes the song. Yeah, a radical reworking can sometimes work, but often all a song needs is the firm stamp of the cover artist's own voice. With Jarrett it's the latter; the thing is, that stamp is somewhat masked by the fact that the song itself lays squarely on the broad intersection of Joni's and Jarrett's melodic/harmonic language. I think that's a big part of why he played it: to demonstrate the hipness of Joni's music, just as it is, with no further "hipping it up." He recognized a kinship in her music and celebrates by just "singing" her song in his voice, which shares so many characteristics with hers. Also, few jazz musicians at that time were investigating the current popular songs as alternative jazz vehicles to decades of Gershwin, Porter, etc. - -Fred ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 21:03:48 -0800 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: 100 Greatest Women of Music sjc >1. Polly Harvey I'm not enlightened. Who is Polly Harvey? And i'm skeptical of this list. Why isn't joni first? >8. Joni Mitchell ) >24. Britney Spears A joke right? >33. Carole King What was the criteria? Britney before Carole?? The no-talent is even on the list, but before Carole?? >54. Anne & Nancy Wilson (Heart)?>55. Bonnie Raitt >56. Tina Turner >57. Joan Armatrading >93. Laura Nyro How soon people forget. What an insult!! Bree _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 00:14:41 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu \(Lama\)" Subject: Clapton and Harrison,(continued), Long , njc Kate said, >>It sounds like Clapton recorded some stuff on this last album of George's, what an amazing thing to do...I can't wait to hear these songs... Gen Xers might be interested to know that Eric (god) (slowhand) Clapton bent his guitar at such Beatle gems as "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and lots of amazing stuff on "Abbey Road". After reading about the making of "Abbey Road", seeing McCartney doing the medley with a band, and seeing him talk about it on the Anthology video, I'm thinking that Paul was the third guitar in the medley but I don't know for sure. (Previously, I'd heard that it was Lennon's guitar but John was preoccupied during Abbey Road, while Mac was there every day.) What I remember, is that God's own producer, George Martin, and Mac edited together a composite guitar solo for the final track "The End". (Not counting the bonus track, Simon! Ha!) Who wants to recall the last 3 minutes of Abbey Road with me? "Golden Slumbers fill your eyes." "Smiles awake you when you rise." Sleep pretty darling, do not cry. And I will sing a lullaby. Once there was a way to get back homeward. Once there was a way to get back home. Sleep pretty darling, do not cry. I will sing a lulaby. Ringo double tracked: Boy, you're gonna carry that weight a long time. Boy, you're gonna carry that weight a long time (horns) Harrison playing a caffeine-like figure then Mac goes, I nevr giveyou my pillow I only send you miy invitation "and in the middle of the celebrations, I break down. (horns) Ringo double tracked: Boy, you're gonna carry that weight a long time. Carry that weight a long time. Boy, you're gonna carry that weight carry that weight a long time. and Eric brings out the "Badge"-like ringing, chiming, bell-like tone. (It doesn't sound like any other guitar part on the album.) drums. Oh yeah! All right! Are you gonna be in my dreams? Tonight? (Ringo's only solo.) Chords. Love it. Love it. Love it. Love it. ** sure, stinging, lifting clapton, ** caffeine-like harrison with a touch of slide; ** jagged, Neil Young-like one note riff (by Mac?) "bap-bap-bap-bap" Mac on piano. And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love (drums) you make. (generic Beatle-ly choir), then the coda is the sure, slow, stinging, soaring player who brought us the best part of "Layla". Not McCartney, not Harrison, but Clapton. JESUS CHRIST I LOVE THIS TRACK!! IT'S BIRTH AND DEATH IN 3 MINUTES!! THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT, PEOPLE!! **RUN** OUT AND BUY "ABBEY ROAD"!! Sober, at least chemically speaking, Lama ps, Do Brits say "You're gonna" or is that an American-ism that they picked up? ppss, Uh, Oh. Now I've got the cat thinking I've gone a bit daft. Nice. Kitty, kitty. (JC) pppsss If I got my Abbey Road details wrong, who will correct me now that md is gone? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 21:59:14 -0800 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: RE: virusNJC You have to zap it on your hardrive even if you think you have buffers. Take windows into a safe mode.....reboot, before the big windows,hitF5. This is a very, very smart worm and "it" knows you are trying to delete it. You might have KDLL.Dll but not Kern32.EXE. But look if you are sluggish.......A friend sent me an e-mail and wanted to know where and when I was moving? I wrote her back and told her I wrote nothing about moving. THE WORM UP TO IT's TRICKS. I sent her some attachments which she never received? Bree NP: Sting singing Fragile on Larry King _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 04:20:34 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: you won't believe this [silly and sooo njc] go to http://www.straightacting.com/ and take the quizzes!!! i don't know if they're for real and god knows they're the most un-pc thing i've seen in a long time, but if i get a level 3, anything is possible. go check it out, ***''buddies''***! wallyK, level 3. and where is jimmy when one needs him? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 08:31:46 +0100 From: "John van Tiel" Subject: Joni Covers European Branch & George and Eric Bob's Covers Project: Since Bob is getting increasingly professional with his cover project, I am glad to announce that the pre-release of Volume 24 has already reached Holland. Anyone in Europe (and the UK) who would like a copy - just contact me. George & Eric: Not only did George and Eric 'do something together' in recent years, they even toured together in the early nineties. Last night German radio broadcast a George Harrison w/Eric Clapton concert from December 1991 in Japan to commemmorate his death. I recorded it, put it to CD and am perfectly willing to burn a few extra copies for GH/EC admirers on the list. Just let me know if you would want one ... From the Lowlands of Holland Deeply disliking the miserable weather, John ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2001 #573 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she?