From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2002 #143 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, April 2 2002 Volume 2002 : Number 143 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: -------- Re: love changes everything NJC [colin ] Re: love changes everything NJC [colin ] Re: love changes everything NJC [colin ] Re: love changes everything NJC [colin ] Re: michael from mountains ["Mike Pritchard" ] A Friend Of Spirit, sjc ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: "Rare" DOG EAT DOG on eBay - "MINT in original shrinkwrap" ["Jim L'Ho] Washingtoon, D.C. - NJC ["Jerome ." ] 2 Grey Rooms, with a chaser, please... [defintely JC, but technical] [Big] Re: love changes everything NJC ["Kate Bennett" ] Party Time (NJC) LONG! ["Kate Bennett" ] Joni in major and minor... [BigWaltinSF@aol.com] Re: "Promises" on Ebert and Roeper [BigWaltinSF@aol.com] Re: love changes everything NJC [colin ] Re: "Promises" on Ebert and Roeper (NJC) [Lori in MD ] Google's secret (NJC) [Janet Hess ] Re: love changes everything NJC ["Kakki" ] Diana Krall at Radio City [Susan McNamara ] deep as a birdbath (njc) [shane ] thanks guys njc ["mack watson-bush" ] RE: love changes everything NJC ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: "Promises" on Ebert and Roeper (NJC) [BigWaltinSF@aol.com] Re: Diana Krall at Radio City [Merk54@aol.com] Re: Diana Krall at Radio City [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Re: Diana Krall at Radio City [Merk54@aol.com] BYT on Letterman ["William" ] Re: Joni in major and minor... [FredNow@aol.com] Re: JMDL Digest V2002 #139 - Julia Fordham [BRYAN8847@aol.com] EN RECUERDO DE SANDY DENNY (VLJC) [Michael Paz ] Re: Julia Fordham and India Arie (NJC) [RobSher50@aol.com] todd eldredge njc ["mack watson-bush" ] Re: Party Time (NJC) LONG! [Michael Paz ] Re: thanks guys njc [Michael Paz ] Re: A Case Of Sherelle NJC [RobSher50@aol.com] Re: EN RECUERDO DE SANDY DENNY (VLJC) [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Song to a Seagull 1968 ["michael o'malley" ] Re: Party Time (NJC) LONG! [cvickery@danielrealty.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 09:15:29 +0100 From: colin Subject: Re: love changes everything NJC Bree Mcdonough wrote: > I was thinking while I read this......Colin must have been married at a very > early age that part of it was true. I was married to an American from Culver City and I was young. > > You had me right until the last sentence though. I knew you, Bree, would get that last sentence. I had a few private responses and thought, oh, oh, that was a mistake, April Fooll is just a British thing. Glad it isn't! > I love April fools jokes! > And have done a few devilish ones myself over the years. > > Bree > > >My life is about to change. Some weeks ago my ex wife came back into my > >life. I haven't seen her for many years, since she left for Culver City > > >-- > >bw > >colin > >DAK,BRO GC, 950i, 940,860,864,890, 260,Silver 830,860, 580 and 270, > >Passap 6000, Duo80. > > > >colin@tantra-apso.com > >http://www.tantra-apso.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com - -- bw colin DAK,BRO GC, 950i, 940,860,864,890, 260,Silver 830,860, 580 and 270, Passap 6000, Duo80. colin@tantra-apso.com http://www.tantra-apso.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 09:19:19 +0100 From: colin Subject: Re: love changes everything NJC FMYFL@aol.com wrote: > Colin wrote: > > <> > > Colin, great story! BUT.........I knew it had to be an April Fools joke, > because everything was spelled correctly :~) you big meanie!!! Just for the record, i can spell but my fingers just don't know that! I try an watch it. I remeber sending a mil to Catherine and it was like some sort of code! anyway, glad you knew it was April 1st. ;-) > > > Just kidding you sweet man! > > Thanks for the post. > > Jimmy - -- bw colin DAK,BRO GC, 950i, 940,860,864,890, 260,Silver 830,860, 580 and 270, Passap 6000, Duo80. colin@tantra-apso.com http://www.tantra-apso.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 09:21:02 +0100 From: colin Subject: Re: love changes everything NJC > I am nominating you for a Postie award > (which isn't a half bad idea when the threads get thin around here)! First of all I would like to thank.......... > Happy > April Fools to you as well. BTW Culver City was a really nice touch. see previous post ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 09:21:38 +0100 From: colin Subject: Re: love changes everything NJC Catherine McKay wrote: > Wha the fa you talkin bout???????? > > --- colin wrote: > > My life is about to change. > > Colin, you are SO nuts! and I have a certificate to prove it. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 09:17:23 From: "Mike Pritchard" Subject: Re: michael from mountains >>Glad you're digging Norah Jones. Have you heard the new Pat Metheny Group album, Speaking Of Now? I really think you should.<< Not yet, but soon. >>A Remark You Made  Weather Report ... does music get more beautiful? No.<< I agree entirely. Beautiful work all round. mike in bcn - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 08:47:48 -0800 (PST) From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: A Friend Of Spirit, sjc I helped a relative of a friend do some remodeling over Easter weekend. He's in his 60s and at the first dinner, we talked about music. "Boots" mentioned Laurie Anderson and Johnny Cash within 10 minutes. He said that the "most transcenedent concert" he ever attended was when Ike and Tina brought their revue to town and their opening artist was some new commer named Don McLean. Bridging the gap, I talked about swing era singers and Dave Brubeck. The next day, when I walked into the kitchen as he was telling Anna about seeing an earlier version of "Starry Night" by Vincent van Gogh when traveling in Chicago. He spoke passionately about the influence of madness on van Gogh's work. I thought, "First, he's citing all these eclectic musical influences, and now he's talking about van Gogh? This guy talks like a JMDLer." Eventually, I steered him back toward music. He gave me a cassette of Ian and Sylvia, a Canadian duo. He turned back to his work, facing away. That did it. I said, "Ya know, yesterday we talked about how sometimes a musician transcends their own genre, like Chuck Berry? There's one person who's done that over and over again. Do you know who Joni Mitchell is?" He turned back, and slowly spoke: "What did you say?" Loudly and slowly, I repeated, "Do you know who Joni Mitchell is?" He looked at Anna like I was "having him on". "Know her? She the best songwriter of the centrury!" I looked at Anna and blinked. Then I looked back at Boots and said, "Yes! Thank you!" He goes, "Yeah! She's a perfect example! She starts out in folk, then does some commercial things, then jazz, then synthesizers! No one has done that like Joni!" and the beat goes on yeah the beat goes on Lama Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 08:56:33 -0800 (PST) From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Re: "Rare" DOG EAT DOG on eBay - "MINT in original shrinkwrap" LPs on eBay? Uhhhh. Bad. Very bad. eBay bad. eBay LPs mine. All mine. No touch LPs on eBay. Very bad. Thank you. Lama ps, Has anyone ever seen a premium edition of "For The Roses" on LP? Like a Japanese import maybe? I have a Japanese copy of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" AND a promo, white label copy of Joni's "Mingus" to trade. - --- Lori in MD wrote about an unopened copy of DED on eBay: > Less than an hour left, folks! : ) Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 10:16:28 -0800 From: "Jerome ." Subject: Washingtoon, D.C. - NJC Hey all, My mom and I will be accompanying my sister this weekend to look at a college the U.S. capitol. Anyone who has been there or those of you who live there have any suggestions? Feel free to email me privately. Thanks! - -J _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 14:41:37 EST From: BigWaltinSF@aol.com Subject: 2 Grey Rooms, with a chaser, please... [defintely JC, but technical] Hi, Howard, [and I'm sending this to the list, too, in case anyone else can help] I'm still enjoying going back and playing some of the Joni from the Blue and FTR era; and of course, I'm loving having some of the more recent pieces, too. One does wonder what Joni was thinking, writing Sunny Sunday in C# -- I ignore it and play it almost automatically raised to D, which is a hell of a lot easier; and, as it turns out, works perfectly in my scheme to bring that song together with I Don't Know... and Harry's House. [for anyone who doesn't know, I play piano, but I can make some sense of guitar tablatures] But the reason I'm writing -- I have no idea if you have the time or the inclination to check this out -- is Two Grey Rooms. There are a couple of errors in the transcription, I'm pretty sure (what else is new?), but I wanted to see what you thought. Specifically: Right at the beginning, the first two chords that open the song: The first is a plain old D/E(5) -- but the second chord, written as D(add G) in chord tablature above, is written as (from the top down) F#, C(!), A, G. Of course, if one corrects the C to a D, it's way better, but what I'm hearing in the recording is F#, D, B, A and possibly a G on the bottom or something. More like a D6/G or D6add4, the latter of which is too crowded. Hope you don't mind me bothering you about this -- I'll try not to make too much of a habit of it. I do have some questions about the piano transcription for "River"; the jingle bells sequence at the end isn't correct as written, I think, but I haven't done the listening part of my homework on that one (yes, I give myself homework). I'm in the early stages of another possible pastiche that may already have been "done" by any number of jmdlers, a Christmas pastiche combining River with Chinese Cafe's third verse, and Facelift. I'd add in Gift of the Magi (what a beautiful, haunting song! I'm just getting to know it), but I'm currently working without a broswer, so I can't check the guitar tablature database at jmdl to see if it's been done; bummer. This too shall pass. Oh, I've also been working on Man From Mars -- the transcription is regrettably more like Joni's somewhat shrill [referring to the piano, only; her voice is fine] version on TtT; I much prefer her own "unofficial" version, yours, and the one from Grace of My Heart, so I'm listening to those for inspiration. The sole reason I'm working on MFM is that it's actually suitable for my unbelievably limited voice. :-) Wouldn't you know, probably because of sickness, when I played piano for the first time in 3 weeks yesterday and sang, I was able to reach notes I hadn't even attempted since the '70's, when I didn't sing that well, either, for that matter, but I had more range to my croak back then. Robert, my partner, stopped and looked at me with some amazement during one of the songs, when i hit a relatively high note. "You sound diffferent today." Sigh. Yeah, all I needed was the flu. Hope all is well at your end, Best, Walt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:01:29 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: love changes everything NJC ooohhh its april 1st...colin, you almost had me...the hardest part for me to believe is that you would move to culver city!!!!lol... ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ******************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:01:31 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Party Time (NJC) LONG! Thanks for the Party report Paz...5:30 am! Wow...I felt like I was right there with you...my mouth is watering at all that good food... btw, who is this? >>Fellow lister and Joni lover (who has been working diligently on learning Willie on Piano) played a few of his originals from his forthcoming (no REALLY) album.<<< ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 15:11:02 EST From: BigWaltinSF@aol.com Subject: Joni in major and minor... Hi, Fred, I so enjoyed reading your notes to Mark (from last Wednesday)on the list re: Joni's use of major-to-minor shifts and chromaticity, that I printed it up. I've been working on I Don't Know Where I Stand for some time now, and she does the kind of thing you talked about in spades; the shift in the scat part (doo doo doo doo doo..., for anyone who isn't familiar with the word scat :-) is one of the hardest things I've ever worked on. For a week, I was convinced that the published piano transcription was wrong, but after repeated listening, I finally decided it was correct. [for anyone who cares: The chord progession I hear during that doo-doo part is: A(9), G(9), Bbm(9), Gdim9, F9, and returning to D(9) for the last verse; I no longer recall what key the original was written in -- don't have it here -- but I'm doing it in D for the moment] Joni still does some of the major-minor thing (in Facelift, to some part) and certainly does some chromatic stuff still (Man From Mars has both, I think), b ut it's not as pronounced as it used to be. The rising and falling to show emotional shift is brilliantly shown in Facelift, where in the last line of each verse, she goes up to sing "Happiness is the best facelift!" (chromatically). MfM uses falling in exactly the complimentary way. Towards the end of each verse, when she sings "Man from mars...", and then pauses, it suggests to me trying to get someone's attention; and then her voice drops heartbreakingly and she sings (chomatically) "This time you've gone too far." Can you guess which songs I like best on TtT? A lot of her chords nowadays -- and maybe for a long time, come to think of it -- seem to be "9's" (really "add2's"), or occasionally "11's" (="add4's"). That's fine with me. I like 9's. They sound indecisive to me. Hope all is well at your end, Best, Walt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 15:14:56 EST From: BigWaltinSF@aol.com Subject: Re: "Promises" on Ebert and Roeper In a message dated 3/26/02 10:31:36 PM, Ashara wrote: << I almost never watch TV at all, but I know someone that was up for Best Documentary, so had to watch for him. Alas, the film didn't win, but is a fantastic documentary. Check it out if you see it come 'round to your neck of the woods. The film is called "Promises" and it interviews kids in Israel, on both sides of the conflict. >> Ashara, I'm alsmost sure Ebert and Roeper (At The Movies) reviewed that movie, and loved it. Sorry your friend didn't get the oscar, but from what I could gather from the reviews, it's beautiful and, alas, timely. Hugs, Walt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 21:30:13 +0100 From: colin Subject: Re: love changes everything NJC Kate Bennett wrote: > ooohhh its april 1st...colin, you almost had me...the hardest part for me to > believe is that you would move to culver city!!!!lol... I know nothing about Culver City -only that it is in LA and that is where my ex came from. So what is it? is it gang infested or something? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:35:29 -0800 (PST) From: Lori in MD Subject: Re: "Promises" on Ebert and Roeper (NJC) > The film is called "Promises" and it interviews kids in Israel, on both sides of the conflict. Thanks for the tip, Ashara. I will watch for it. Speaking of subjects Middle Eastern, the History Channel begins airing the "global" premiere of "Egypt: Land of the Gods" tomorrow night at 9pm ET/PT. Part 2 is the following night. The commercials have been stressing that the program's content will show that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are more alike than different. I plan to watch. Lori ~ Yahoo! Greetings - send greetings for Easter, Passover ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 15:40:07 -0500 From: Janet Hess Subject: Google's secret (NJC) Here's one to catch...Google details its technological advantages: http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html You'll probably want to be sure to check this out today. ;p Cheerz, Janet and Deanna Ivy the Wonderkitty, who says that if the Google folks can set up special break rooms for pigeons, surely I can do a better job of selecting and delivering Fishy treats - -------------- You've got to shake your fists at lightning now You've got to roar like forest fire You've got to spread your light like blazes All across the sky Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:21:09 -0800 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: love changes everything NJC Colin wrote: > I know nothing about Culver City -only that it is in LA and that is where my ex > came from. So what is it? is it gang infested or something? Culver City was originally a typically sleepy SoCal working-middle class town that grew around the former (now Sony) MGM studios and Howard Hughes' Aircraft Company. Judy Garland grew up there as a child and I think Marilyn Monroe, also. It's not particularly glamourous or interesting compared to say, Beverly Hills or Hollywood or Malibu, but it has become a bit more upscale in recent years because land is so tight in the city and it offers close proximity to a lot of the LA business (Sony Entertainment) and recreation (the beach and Marina) hubs. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 15:46:53 -0500 From: Susan McNamara Subject: Diana Krall at Radio City Hi Jack and other beloved JMDLs: I really enjoyed your post last week about you calling out "A Case of You" at the Krall concert in Chicago. I'm not trying to get you mad at me, but when I saw Diana at Radio City in NY on Saturday night, yes, she did indeed play an inspired version of A Case of You. So I must thank you so much for putting the bug in her head to practice that tune so she could play it for me and Kate on Saturday night!!! :-) She was really amazing. She played a bunch of great stuff and her bass player was AMAZING! (john clayton) Take care, Sue ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 14:17:47 -0700 (Mountain Standard Time) From: shane Subject: deep as a birdbath (njc) david crosby lookin and soundin "croz" at the following url, where he says 'britney's about as deep as a bird bath...' http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020330/168/1bwuj.html shane www.angelfire.com/art/cactussong [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type image/gif] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 15:30:02 -0600 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: thanks guys njc Got home from work and fed the animals. Now getting my head together and tending to my bruises. Didn't check the mail in the box outside and had forgotten all about it. Tuned in to see what was happening in JMDL land, as usual, and all the music links reminded me of the cd i had ordered. Went back outside to the box and there it was! Gino Vanelli- Storm at Sunup. Now perfectly content as I have not heard this music in 18 years. Thanks guys. mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:45:34 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: RE: love changes everything NJC i couldn't imagine you moving to anywhere in southern california since in our previous discussions you had said you were only interested in visiting the northwest parts of the USA... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 16:39:01 EST From: BigWaltinSF@aol.com Subject: Re: "Promises" on Ebert and Roeper (NJC) In a message dated 4/1/02 12:35:53 PM, lrfye58@yahoo.com writes: << The commercials have been stressing that the program's content will show that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are more alike than different. >> Hey, Lori -- alas, I wasn't able to tape or watch it, but i suspect it'll be in repeats sooner or later. Of *course*, the three are similar -- and they *all* resemble the basics of Zoroastrianism, which (probably) predates them. But Christinaity was "informed" by Judaism, and Islam was informed by both! The current squabbles (deep breath) imho, are caused by rigid fundamentalists in each corner, and manipulation by some wealthy/politically strong people of starving pawns. Sigh. God help us all. Thanks again for the TV tip -- I'll catch it in reruns, I hope. Walt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 16:54:02 EST From: Merk54@aol.com Subject: Re: Diana Krall at Radio City Sue, I'm so glad to hear Diana played A Case of You in NY! She does such a beautiful rendition of that song. It was definitely the highlight of the Joni Tribute for me. While I totally enjoyed the whole tribute (Lauper's Carey was an absolute joy!), Krall's version of ACOY literally took my breath away. It deserves to be heard by as many people as possible. The way I see it, I got to hear her play The Border Song, and I've now got ACOY on the Live in Paris DVD, so all in all, I can't complain. It's great to know she hasn't dropped from her set completely. Thanks for the update, and you're right, John Clayton is awesome. Jack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 17:12:09 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: Diana Krall at Radio City <> Besides the recording on the DVD, her performance on the TNT tribute is available on VHS or CD, and in the "Covers" collection we've got the live recording she did for a promo-only recording called "Bushnell's Big Bash". Happy to do B&P for anybody who wants copies. Bob, with more covers news right around the corner... NP: Led Zeppelin, "In My Time Of Dying" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 17:52:40 EST From: Merk54@aol.com Subject: Re: Diana Krall at Radio City I've never heard the Bushnell's Big Bash version of ACOY, but I like the tribute version a little better than the Live in Paris version. The emotions in it seem a little rawer. But the Paris version ain't bad, and the sound is awesome. Bob, do you have a preference here? Jack ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 00:47:29 +0100 From: "William" Subject: BYT on Letterman Joni gets played and mentioned on Letterman, April Fool's Day show in Britain, possibly the day before Stateside. Letterman's Top Ten Things You Don't Want to Hear in a NYC Taxi ends with the band playing Big Yellow Taxi and Letterman acknowledging the song and writer. Willy the Shake Oh and the #1 thing you don't wanna hear was - "Next stop, Kandahar." NP - Magdalene Laundries, Les Ross ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 18:56:09 EST From: FredNow@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni in major and minor... Thanks for your kind words, Walt. Glad you find all this interesting. "I Don't Know Where I Stand" is a classic version of what I've been talking about, and her little vocal "horn" solo is brilliant, especially over such unusual chordal movement. Her chordal language has always had an abundance of pungent color tones, major and minor 9, major and minor 11, add 2, add 4, major and minor 7ths with and without raised 4ths ... the whole palette. Sometimes they may sound more indecisive, but generally produce the effect of emotional complexity and richness. "Man From Mars" is one of the few recent songs that recall her early musical dialect (yes, especially the music to which the line "This time you've gone too far" is set), but unfortunately I don't find it as inspired. As I've written before (probably too many damn times for some folks' taste here), whatever musical gift she once had for composition has long since dissipated. This saddens me, but in no way diminishes the magnitude of her earlier achievement, which is among the most towering of the modern era. Fred In a message dated 4/1/02 2:11:02 PM, BigWaltinSF writes: >Hi, Fred, > >I so enjoyed reading your notes to Mark (from last Wednesday)on the list >re: Joni's use of major-to-minor shifts and chromaticity, that I printed >it up. > >I've been working on I Don't Know Where I Stand for some time now, and >she does the kind of thing you talked about in spades; the shift in the >scat part (doo doo doo doo doo..., for anyone who isn't familiar with the >word scat :-) is one of the hardest things I've ever worked on. For a >week, I was convinced that the published piano transcription was wrong, >but after repeated listening, I finally decided it was correct. [for anyone >who cares: The chord progession I hear during that doo-doo part is: A(9), >G(9), Bbm(9), Gdim9, F9, and returning to D(9) for the last verse; I no >longer recall what key the original was written in -- don't have it here >-- but I'm doing it in D for the moment] > >Joni still does some of the major-minor thing (in Facelift, to some part) >and certainly does some chromatic stuff still (Man From Mars has both, >I think), but it's not as pronounced as it used to be. The rising and >falling to show emotional shift is brilliantly shown in Facelift, where >in the last line of each verse, she goes up to sing "Happiness is the best >facelift!" (chromatically). MfM uses falling in exactly the complimentary >way. Towards the end of each verse, when she sings "Man from mars...", >and then pauses, it suggests to me trying to get someone's attention; >and then her voice drops heartbreakingly and she sings (chomatically) "This >time you've gone too far." > >Can you guess which songs I like best on TtT? > >A lot of her chords nowadays -- and maybe for a long time, come to think >of it -- seem to be "9's" (really "add2's"), or occasionally "11's" (="add4's"). > That's fine with me. I like 9's. They sound indecisive to me. > >Hope all is well at your end, >Best, > >Walt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 19:46:24 EST From: BRYAN8847@aol.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2002 #139 - Julia Fordham Really glad to hear Julia has a new collection coming up. Vocally (though not as a composer or lyricist) she is the "closest to Joni" as any other singer I've heard, sounding very much like Joni in the mid-late 70's. Not that I make a habit of comparing others to Joni of course...Of course I do, I can't help it, she's the muscial touchstone. Bryan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 19:20:47 -0800 From: Michael Paz Subject: EN RECUERDO DE SANDY DENNY (VLJC) I got this from my brother and thought that some of you who are big on Sandy Denny might get a kick out of it. It has a whole list of songs that she participated in including a bunch of Joni tunes. Paz - ------ Forwarded Message http://www.terra.es/personal2/gallego2000/ - ------ End of Forwarded Message [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type message/external-body which had a name of EN RECUERDO DE SANDY DENNY.url"; x-mac-creator="41726368"; x-mac-type="4155524C] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 19:30:16 -0600 From: evian Subject: love changes everything NJC Oh Colin, what wonderful news about your wife! Blessings to you always! I am so hopeful for you, and for Jimmy too -- In case Jimmy hasn't told you all (sorry for spilling the beans, Jimster, but it will come out sooner or later), he too is being reunited with an old love -- "Peaches" aka Cheryl Wheeler! Yes folks, you have heard it from me first -- Jimmy's in love! You may remember that Jimmy and Peaches were together years ago, before "the accident". Now, after years of soul searching, Jimmy and his beloved Peaches are now together again. No more living in sin, no more lonely nights -- this is the real thing! They rekindled the fire last month, at the Olymipics in good ole Mormon country. Both Jimmy and Peaches were backstage, trying to get Elvis Stoyko's attention -- Peaches always had a thing for skaters, and Jimmy, being the skater extrordinaire that he once was, was dying to get his hands on Elvis's costume (don't ask -- some sick role-playing thing he was into, some sinful behavior or other). Anyway, after waiting for Elvis forever, both Peaches and Jimmy decided to look for some coffee (the forbidden beverage) to pep them up, and they met across the coffee pot. One thing led to another, and soon they were frantically making love in the dressing room, on top of Todd Eldredge's costume -- he was pissed, but love knows no boundaries! Anyhoooo, after much soul searching, and consultation with Celestia (you know, Anne Heche's alter ego), they decided that they needed to be together. I am standing up for Jimmy at the wedding, and, to make things even better, Jimmy arranged for Charo to be my date! Coo-chi coo-chi indeed! James, I wish you and Peaches a long, happy and prosperous life together -- may all your ups and downs be in bed (or at the rink -- whatever floats your boat!) Evian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 20:47:27 EST From: RobSher50@aol.com Subject: Re: Julia Fordham and India Arie (NJC) So sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I was away from my computer for the Easter holiday. Thank you so much for this news. This is exactly the type of collaboration I have been dreaming of doing. Even though I am not familiar with Julia Fordham's work, I have heard great things about her. I am very happy that Indie Arie was willing to do whatever was necessary to get there and get on the CD. I am just astonished at musical chemistry between the two. I can feel it just by reading the article! I think it's almost as important to be a fan as it is to be an artist. Only then does one appreciate what another artist is trying to accomplish. I believe the appreciation comes from just having the love of music residing in one's soul. Thanks again for sharing a wonderful article! Very inspiring! I look forward to hearing Julia Fordham's music. Sherelle In a message dated 03/28/2002 9:40:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, jpalis@kssp.upd.edu.ph writes: > To Kakki and other fans of Julia Fordham and/or India.Arie. This is > exciting news. > > Music News > Fordham, Arie Share the "Love" > March 28, 2 p.m. ET, RollingStone.com > > > It's been five years since fans of British singer-songwriter Julia Fordham > have heard new material. She followed up her last album, 1997's East West, > with a greatest hits album, Collection, in 1999. Her upcoming record, > Concrete Love is due on June 18th, and it may be the most hard-earned > success story of Fordham's fourteen-year career. The album features a duet > with acclaimed Americana singer-songwriter Joe Henry on the > track "Alleulia" as well as a duet with India.Arie on the title track, > completed just a week ago. > > "She's like this beautiful little angel who wafted in and sprinkled her > fairy dust everywhere," Fordham says of Arie. The two singers originally > met at a Sade concert. Fordham, who was already a big fan, gave Arie a copy > > of her record and Arie immediately took to the song "Concrete Love." "She > said she loved the song and was always singing along," Fordham says. "And > she came to my house and asked me to sing the song, and she sang this > unbelievable, exquisite harmony along with me." > > At the eleventh hour, Arie made it to a Los Angeles studio and added her > vocals to the song, which Fordham describes as a "sultry and soulful" love > song. "She just opens her mouth and a selection of gems falls from it," > Fordham says, "but I didn't feel like she came in and dominated the track. > She's woven a golden web around the song. India is one of the most innately > > musical human beings I have ever encountered in my life. I knew that from > hearing 'Brown Skin' on the radio and ran out and bought the album and had > that confirmed. She has the most exquisite natural tone vocally and superb > instincts musically." > > But the addition of Arie's vocals goes beyond making a good song better. > For Fordham, Arie's enthusiasm for the track and collaboration on it have > re-energized her attitude for a record that was almost never released. > After six albums on Virgin Records, Fordham, while enjoying her time there, > > decided that her next home would be on a smaller label. Division One, an > imprint of Atlantic Records, seemed like the perfect match. Concrete Love > was set for release on January 29, 2002 and a small number of advances had > been sent out, but a month before the release, Time Warner and AOL merged. > Several Atlantic (a division of Time Warner) subsidiaries -- Division One > among them -- were closed. Meanwhile, the advances of the album had been > reviewed, garnering glowing press in several publications. "I didn't assume > > that just because it was a strong record and because I've had a long > career, that -- especially in the current climate -- I would get picked up > quickly somewhere else," Fordham says. > > > She did, however, signing with Vanguard records. "I literally hadn't heard > [Concrete Love] for six months," she says. "I had moved on to other things. > > It was dormant, and now it's sprung back to life in a bloody flame of glory > > [laughs]. It's fantastic, and there's an energy around it. I felt this > energy in January, with this unexpected wonderful press reaction, and then > not to have a deal, not to have it available, I was low as shit. And then I > > just sort of thought, 'Great, it's coming out on Vanguard on the 18th,' and > > now India's brought a beautiful last-minute addition. I just sort of feel > through the roof." > > Fordham is equally satisfied with her duet with Henry. "I absolutely loved > his album Scar," she says, "and he came in and incorporated some of my > ideas with his own flavors that he wanted to add and it was wonderful. He's > > almost like an instrument. Larry Klein [the album's producer] said he's > like this really classy clarinet player, and the flavor he added to his > track was just divine in its own way." > > With six albums behind her, the seventh on the way and two record deals in > less than a year, Fordham finally feels settled and is looking forward to > the album's release. "It's a really good life," she says. "I've had this > incredible musical journey." > > CHRISTINA SARACENO > > (March 25, 2002) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 20:01:00 -0600 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: todd eldredge njc I want to make love on Todd Eldredge's outfit. Preferably with Todd in it. mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 20:45:05 -0800 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Party Time (NJC) LONG! Oh shit I am sorry. Lack of sleep and tooooooooo many martunis. That was Jack Neilson. Paz on 4/1/02 12:01 PM, Kate Bennett at kate@katebennett.com wrote: > Thanks for the Party report Paz...5:30 am! Wow...I felt like I was right > there with you...my mouth is watering at all that good food... > > btw, who is this? > >>> Fellow lister and Joni lover (who has been working diligently on > learning Willie on Piano) played a few of his originals from his forthcoming > (no REALLY) album.<<< ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 20:48:12 -0800 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: thanks guys njc Mack I LOVE this record. I have quite a few of Gino's releases and listen to him quite regularly. That reminds me I need to fix my record player as the belt has fallen to bits. I have the part but need to just do it. Best Paz on 4/1/02 1:30 PM, mack watson-bush at courtandspark@earthlink.net wrote: > Got home from work and fed the animals. Now getting my head together and > tending to my bruises. Didn't check the mail in the box outside and had > forgotten all about it. Tuned in to see what was happening in JMDL land, as > usual, and all the music links reminded me of the cd i had ordered. Went back > outside to the box and there it was! Gino Vanelli- Storm at Sunup. Now > perfectly content as I have not heard this music in 18 years. Thanks guys. > > mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 22:13:13 EST From: RobSher50@aol.com Subject: Re: A Case Of Sherelle NJC Manachevitz! (probably misspelled!) Thank you for such a great review! I do take requests for covers and I truly love Stevie's song, "Ribbon In The Sky." I will seriously try to do that song as I am still trying to complete the CD. You are not kidding that it takes being in the right place at the right time! I used to fret about it as I'm sure a lot of the other artists up here have done. the business is so tough and cutthroat sometimes. I have come to the peaceful conclusion that when it is my time, the doors will open up. In the meantime, I will just keep planting seeds and watering them with faith. That's all anyone can do. I know there are a lot of Joni list artists who know what I'm talking about. I've heard some very fantastic voices on the Jonifest CD's that I am in awe of myself. Thanks for the wonderful critique of "Walk On By." (I wrote this song but used this title. Hope I don't confuse too many people) I am so grateful for the support I have received from the Joni list, I am truly sending my demo CD to anyone who wants it at no charge. It is my way of saying, "thank you from the bottom of my heart!" Love, Sherelle-NP Ribbon In The Sky (in my head) In a message dated 04/01/2002 12:06:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, les@jmdl.com writes: > Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 22:48:41 -0800 > From: "Bree Mcdonough" > Subject: A Case Of Sherelle NJC > > "Do What You Love" I certainly have, Sherelle, I've listened to your CD > countless times since getting it the other day. You have read the praises > of Anne and Colin and I'm sure many others. I'm sure you have heard your > voice compared to the likes of Anita Baker or Sarah Vaughn. Or adjectives > such as smoky,rich.....she sings effortlessly with the ease of a soaring > bird. Your range is incredible and it never seems forced. Your original > "Walk On By" if a person can hold still while listening to this.....they > belong in an old age home. (or are a Baptist ;-) ) > > I've played it for family and friends and nothing but positive responses. > I > wish you much luck!! I say this because we already know you have that > incredible talent. But I think luck has as much to do with making it as > talent does. (being in the right place at the right time) > > I thank you for taking the time to send your CD to me. I have a few > questions that I'll ask you off list. Do you take cover requests or ideas? > > I was listening to one my very favorite all-time Stevie Wonders songs the > other day"Ribbon In The Sky" and while listening, I thought, I love to hear > > Sherelle's interpretation of this. :-) > > (I don't want you to be inundated...but I would encourage everyone on the > list to check you out) > > Thank you again, > > Bree ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 22:19:44 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: EN RECUERDO DE SANDY DENNY (VLJC) <> Hey Mikey, that's a cool site - lots of info! Of course those Joni tunes were the ones she did with Fairport, including the only cover of Eastern Rain. Bob NP: The Band, "Ophelia" (listening to it on my brand-new computer setup with sweet Boston Acoustic speakers with a subwoofer yet...) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 19:53:47 -0500 From: "michael o'malley" Subject: Song to a Seagull 1968 Just reacting to the thinness of Joni content on the list these days... Believe it or not, I've only now just discovered Joni's first album, Song to a Seagull, originally releaed in 1968 (Say what??) Wow! I was truly amazed at the sheer beauty of the voice, and was deeply touched by her renditions of The Dawntreader (a precursor to Song for Sharon?) and Cactus Tree, among others. I would even venture to say, that perhaps her voice never sounded better (although surely there are those who would disagree.) I think first albums are always very special events, because they usually embody many years of work, fermentation and thought on the part of the artist. Surprsingly, I was astounded (and relieved) to discover that the music (very elegant and pared down) doesn't sound dated to this jaded ear of 2002. That's very impressive indeed. Go Joni! This album must surely join my list of absolute Joni favorites. Dreaming of crocus and forsythia in Quebec... Michaelo ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 23:40:54 -0600 From: cvickery@danielrealty.com Subject: Re: Party Time (NJC) LONG! The morning after the morning after, Paz finally gets his ass outta bed to report: <> Over the top? Wooooooo-eeeeee, I'll say! For an old fart, Paz can par-tay! Thanks for including us, birthday boy. It was definately a party to remember! Cindy Oh - and Michael - If Jay ever forgives Gisele for that "Matilda" thing, let me know, okay? And Jack Neilson - stop reading this shit and get back to the studio. I'm ready for my copy of your CD! (Gisele's *still* talking about your guitar work and your songwriting.... You really *are* amazing, my friend.) _______________________________________ Cindy Vickery Daniel Corporation 205-443-4718 direct 205-443-4615 facsimile http://www.danielcorp.com/ ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2002 #143 ***************************** ------- 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?