From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #27 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Monday, January 22 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 027 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: Geaux SAINTS njc [Em ] Re: Bob Dylan and C&S ["Stephen Toogood" ] Re: Geaux SAINTS njc now eaux sh_t [Em ] NJC all street songs now ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter [mags h ] Re: Euro Jonifest, etc [mags h ] Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter ["Azeem Ali Khan" ] Jonifest 2007 [AsharaProducLLC@aol.com] Re: Brecker and joni [Bob Muller ] Re: NJC all street songs now [Bob Muller ] Re: Jonifest 2007 njc [Bob Muller ] FW: Message from Website ["Les Irvin" ] Re: Clouds/That Song About The Midway, ramblin' on ["Patti Parlette" ] goat dance further clarification [Victor Johnson ] Colts and Bears(njc) [Victor Johnson ] Re: Geaux SAINTS NJC [Michael Flaherty ] Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter [Michael Flaherty ] Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter [Victor Johnson ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:40:39 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Les wrote: > I've always had just the opposite opinion. Songs like "Off Night > Backstreet" and "Silky Veils of Ardor" seem to me to be some of Joni's MOST > emotionally involved lyrics of her career. > > YES!!!!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:03:58 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Geaux SAINTS njc I am sooooooooooo pulling for you guys even tho you all are our division rivals. I think alot of Tampa Bay is behind the Saints. 2 point game right now! I'm hopeful! NO MORE FUMBLES!!!!! :D Em - --- Michael Paz wrote: > Off to Pete's Bar and Grill downtown LA to watch the New Orleans > Saints play the NFC championship and go marching in to the Superbowl. > > Go Saints! > Everybody pull for us please! > > Paz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:08:59 +0000 From: "Stephen Toogood" Subject: Re: Bob Dylan and C&S Oddly, Court & Spark was one of the last Joni albums I got. So, I was surprised how quickly and easily I got into it. The title track is one of my favourites, it's a really seductive song and I love then piano. Her voice is at it's best too, it's before she went all 'grown up'! Sherelle, you simply must get MOI, where her voice is also stunning! Though, it's nothing like SAL. amelio747 www.myspace.com/parkertristan >From: "Sherelle Smith" >Reply-To: "Sherelle Smith" >To: joni@smoe.org >Subject: Re: Bob Dylan and C&S >Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:50:10 +0000 > >Eeeks! > >Court & Spark is the first Joni album I ever heard and so it has to be my >favorite followed by Shadows and Light (must get Miles of Aisles to compare >the two though!) I have to say in poor Bob's defense that C&S just calms my >soul every time I listen to it. It has that affect on me. I just start >feeling "Mellow Yellow" every time I hear it. I'm hoping that was the case >with Bob Dylan along with fatigue though it would hurt my feelings if I >were the artist presenting new material to a fellow artist and friend. I >understand where you are coming from Monkika! > >Sherelle > >Monika wrote: > >I had read in an interview with Joni, that after she recorded C&S, she >played it for Bob Dylan and compnay and he fell asleep! Bob, come on man! >Chances are he probably was tired and all and didn't mean it to be an >insult (I >presume anyhow), but how rude! I find that such a very, very mean thing >to let >yourself do. It'd be one thing to listen to the album and then say oh I >think it's a piece of shit but to fall asleep when its playing for the >first >time?!?!? Atleast if you say you don't like it, you know you atleast gave >it >the >attention and respect it deserved to be able to come to that conclusion. >And when coming from one artist to another I'd think you'd be more >respectful >than that as well. Don't get me wrong, I like Dylan's music (Sub. >Homesick >Blues is my favourite song of his or one of them), and I think he's a >pretty >funny guy from what I know but the man can be mean...... >- -Monika > >_________________________________________________________________ >Laugh, share and connect with Windows Live Messenger >http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=hmtagline _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail, News, Sport and Entertainment from MSN on your mobile. http://www.msn.txt4content.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:55:12 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Geaux SAINTS njc now eaux sh_t 'taint lookin' good. Justaint, :( Em ps but I'm thinking its another act of God, cuz turning the snow on was not nice, but it seems the "big guy" did it... sheesh - --- Em wrote: > I am sooooooooooo pulling for you guys even tho you all are our > division rivals. > I think alot of Tampa Bay is behind the Saints. > 2 point game right now! I'm hopeful! > NO MORE FUMBLES!!!!! > :D > Em > > --- Michael Paz wrote: > > > Off to Pete's Bar and Grill downtown LA to watch the New Orleans > > Saints play the NFC championship and go marching in to the > Superbowl. > > > > Go Saints! > > Everybody pull for us please! > > > > Paz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:49:02 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: NJC all street songs now Take the Highway (southern rock, Outlaws?) Telegraph Road (Dire Straits) 59th Street Bridge Song (Simon & Garfunkel) South Rampart Street Parade (Louis Armstrong, trad?) Takin' It *TO* The Streets (Doobie Bros, McDonald?) Where The Streets Have No Name (U2) Streets of Fire (Asbury Jukes? :) ) Jim L. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:55:59 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: Re: Clouds/That Song About The Midway, ramblin' on I like Clouds too, first time I heard many of the songs was via Miles of Ailes. Ive always had a bit of a backward education a la Joni. And so it goes. I like going back to work that Ive not heard in a while, and see how it fits into where I am, now. Sometimes , I am surprised to learn that Im not into something as much as I used to be. And then, there's the revisiting things that just hit me in ways like never before. I love when that happens. This list helps to pull me back into the centre . Mags Deb Messling wrote: Clouds was the first Joni album I ever heard. I agree with you about the innocent and childlike feel of this album - it may be why it grabbed me so much; I was only thirteen! The first song that blew me away was The Gallery, and the last song to grab me was That Song About the Midway - it took me some years to appreciate, and now it's my favorite song from the album. At 12:41 PM 1/20/2007, you wrote: > So what do you think of the album? What songs do you particularly >enjoy? What was your first experience with the album and how do >you feel about it >comparatively now? >-Monika - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- dlmessling@rcn.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ ***** - --------------------------------- Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Yahoo! Answers. Try it now. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:58:58 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: RE: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter LOVE Song to a Seagull....love it, moody , wonderful . I dont know, David Crosby said it's not a great production, but to me, that's all relative. I just thought I would mention that if something comes up NJC, Im not seeing it. So if anyone's been writing to me about anything Ive written under the njc tag...please remember to include me. Man, does that ever sound filled with self importance ;-PP Mags, catching up np: Jesse DeNatale, Montgomery Street. Stephen Toogood wrote: I'd not thought of DJRD like that before, but I have to agree. I appreciate what Joni was trying to do there - create something special and unique, but yes I feel in her efforts she seperated her core from it. Besides, didn't she create something special all the way back with her first album (any STAS fans?). amelio747 www.myspace.com/parkertristan >From: "anon anon" >Reply-To: "anon anon" >To: Joni@smoe.org >Subject: RE: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter >Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:26:12 -0500 > > I'm just guessing, but I think one of the major problems with DJRD may >be that there is something kind of "detached" about the record... I enjoy >the music, but it sounds as if Joni wasn't really that emotionally involved >in the album... "blue", "for the roses", "hejira"... those albums seem to >really come from a very deep place in Joni's heart and soul... DJRD >doesn't seem to have the same emotional resonance in my opinion... maybe in >the sense, that's a postive thing for Joni, maybe she was happier at the >time, but it's harder for the listener to get as involved in the album... > >_________________________________________________________________ >The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes is here. Get all the scoop. >http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/?icid=nctagline2 _________________________________________________________________ Find Love This New Year With match.com! http://msnuk.match.com ***** ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ ***** - --------------------------------- The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:12:30 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter hi Randy, i LOVE your description of slapping the shit out of a guitar, and also, describing it as a Scorpionic piece....this scorpion couldnt agree more ;-) Mags, who is posting more today than i have in eaons. Randy Remote wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Irvin" > "anon anon" wrote re DJRD: >>it sounds as if Joni wasn't really >>that emotionally involved in the album > > I've always had just the opposite opinion. Songs like "Off Night > Backstreet" and "Silky Veils of Ardor" seem to me to be some of Joni's > MOST > emotionally involved lyrics of her career. That's what I was thinking-while DJRD has many moods, these two songs must be among her most intense, Scorpionic pieces ever. And the guitar playing-she is really slapping the shit out of it, but focused, too. A really stunning way to end the album, the way it started, with voice and guitar, and with the title track preceeding, a very weighty side of vinyl at the time. RR ***** ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ ***** - --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:10:31 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: Re: Euro Jonifest, etc Im thinking that there needs to be a Winnipeg Manitoba Fest in 2008 as well, if anyone is interested. I know we talked about this before, but it would be most beneficial to have when the Winnipeg Folk Festival is on. Does that make sense? thoughts? Would anyone really travel up here? Bah, who knows. It's a huge festival, so Im not sure of that. OR, I was thinking about putting on a Joni thing, and seeing if we can sell tickets to it....not sure how this would work...and who knows...perhaps I can get that 'person' who knows her, on board....just some thoughts...I promise it wont be -45 at that time. Mags np: Rake by Townes Van Zandt...my newest musical flame ;-) Sherelle Smith wrote: Hi Laurent, I would really love to attend a Euro Jonifest at some time and think your idea is a good one. I can't attend every Jonifest but I have attended two in the U.S. I would like the opportunity one day to attend two Euro ones as well! I loved the pictures that were posted about it! They were absolutely beautiful and breathtaking! Italy or France, both are beautiful locations! Sincerely, Sherelle From: "Laurent Olszer" Just wanted to submit the idea of a Euro Jonifest every other year. I think that it would make it easier on everybody's budget if they didn't have to cross the Atlantic every year, and thus promote exchange and meeting among jmdlers who would otherwise not come. If needed, Jean Yves will be glad to welcome it again in France. Or there were other offers from Italy. _________________________________________________________________ Turn searches into helpful donations. Make your search count. http://click4thecause.live.com/search/charity/default.aspx?source=hmemtagline_donation&FORM=WLMTAG ***** ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ ***** - --------------------------------- Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:37:14 +0000 From: "Azeem Ali Khan" Subject: Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter The Silky Veils of Ardor is one of Joni's most underrated songs; I've often been puzzled that it isn't more lauded, and is usually absent from discussion of highlights from DJRD. Contrariwise, I'm delighted to see it bigged up here. Even the title is brilliant; and as a re-writing of an old trad/standard/poem, it's light years ahead of Slouching Towards Bethlehem or Sire of Sorrow. Azeem in London On 1/21/07, mags h wrote: > > hi Randy, > i LOVE your description of slapping the shit out of a guitar, and also, > describing it as a Scorpionic piece....this scorpion couldnt agree more ;-) > > Mags, who is posting more today than i have in eaons. > > > Randy Remote wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Les Irvin" > > > "anon anon" wrote re DJRD: > >>it sounds as if Joni wasn't really > >>that emotionally involved in the album > > > > I've always had just the opposite opinion. Songs like "Off Night > > Backstreet" and "Silky Veils of Ardor" seem to me to be some of Joni's > > MOST > > emotionally involved lyrics of her career. > > That's what I was thinking-while DJRD has many moods, > these two songs must be among her most intense, Scorpionic > pieces ever. And the guitar playing-she is really slapping the > shit out of it, but focused, too. A really stunning way to end > the album, the way it started, with voice and guitar, and with > the title track preceeding, a very weighty side of vinyl at > the time. > RR > > > > ***** > ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ > > ***** > > > --------------------------------- > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:54:49 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: NJC all street songs now In a message dated 1/21/2007 6:07:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, jlamadoo@sbcglobal.net writes: Take the Highway (southern rock, Outlaws?) Telegraph Road (Dire Straits) 59th Street Bridge Song (Simon & Garfunkel) South Rampart Street Parade (Louis Armstrong, trad?) Takin' It *TO* The Streets (Doobie Bros, McDonald?) Where The Streets Have No Name (U2) Streets of Fire (Asbury Jukes? :) ) Jim L. Put on your best dress baby And darlin', fix your hair up right Cause there's a party, honey Way down beneath the neon lights All day you've been working that hard line Now tonight you're gonna have a good time I work five days a week girl Loading crates down on the dock I take my hard earned money And meet my girl down on the block And Monday when the foreman calls time I've already got Friday on my mind When that whistle blows Girl, I'm down the street I'm home, I'm out of my work clothes When I'm out in the street I walk the way I wanna walk When I'm out in the street I talk the way I wanna talk When I'm out in the street When I'm out in the street When I'm out in the street, girl Well, I never feel alone When I'm out in the street, girl In the crowd I feel at home The black and whites they cruise by And they watch us from the corner of their eye But there ain't no doubt girl, down here We ain't gonna take what they're handing out When I'm out in the street I walk the way I wanna walk When I'm out in the street I talk the way I wanna talk Baby, out in the street I don't feel sad or blue Baby, out in the street I'll be waiting for you When the whistle blows Girl, I'm down the street I'm home, I'm out of my work clothes When I'm out in the street I walk the way I wanna walk When I'm out in the street I talk the way I wanna talk When I'm out in the street Pretty girls, they're all passing by When I'm out in the street From the corner, we give them the eye Baby, out in the street I just feel all right Meet me out in the street, little girl, tonight Meet me out in the street Meet me out in the street ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:55:54 +0000 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: Brecker and joni Some of you have been talking about recordings of Michael Brecker with Joni. Which ones are they? Is he on any of her studio albums? Searching the site I think I found out he might be on Shadows and Light...? If, then that would be my next Joni purchase. The album poll is fun! Has anyone looked at it and found that it corresponds to their taste? Because apart from Hejira up as number one, I find that my preferences couldn't be more different from what the list has. Bene ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:06:32 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Brecker and joni thats means you love DED, TTT and CMIARS best? :) Em - --- missblux@googlemail.com wrote: > The album poll is fun! Has anyone looked at it and found that it > corresponds to their taste? Because apart from Hejira up as number > one, I find that my preferences couldn't be more different from what > the list has. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:11:19 EST From: AsharaProducLLC@aol.com Subject: Jonifest 2007 Hi Everyone! The time is getting closer and closer to JONIFEST!!!!!!!!!! Some quick items: 1) I have just finished updating the database with all the money received so far, including donations and release forms checked off. Please take the time to check the database and make sure whatever you've sent to me has been credited to you. 2) While you are there, please enter all your information, filling out as much as you can at this time. 3) If you are planning on attending the Pre-Fest (Thursday) please make sure you have checked the box for that, and all appropriate extra meals you would like. 4) All money, release forms, donation pledges and donations to Les is due on Friday, February 16th. It would be WONDERFUL if I didn't have to chase after money after that date!! :-) 5) Please send all items for the raffle to me at: Ashara Stansfield 40 Parsonage Lane Topsfield, MA 01983 USA Even if you are not coming to Jonifest, all donations for the raffle are welcome!! (You can also just bring them to Fest if you are attending.) 6) If you are not attending and would like to donate to either the scholarship fund, or to Les for the website, please send money to the same address. Checks payable to Ashara Productions, LLC (Please note on the check what the money is for.) 7) If you are on fence, and have not registered for Jonifest yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???????? There aren't a lot of rooms left, so SIGN UP NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! See you soon! Hugs, Ashara ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:45:17 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Brecker and joni Shadows & Light is the one with Brecker, Bene - and it is a MAJOR one. Bob _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:47:15 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: NJC all street songs now Marshall Tucker Band (from SC). 10 lashes with the wet noodle for not knowing that, Jim. Honor system. Bob _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:43:03 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Jonifest 2007 njc Thanks for the reminder, Ashara - I need to get all my stuff completed on time & I will, so don't worry. It's time to start getting excited! I'm currently working on putting together raffle items and will get them to you. Meanwhile, I'm shopping around for someone who will be driving to Jonifest - instead of flying to Albany & getting a rental car I'd rather fly to an airport close to someone who is already planning on driving there. If that sounds like you, contact me offlist. Bob NP: Colts vs. Pats (sorry about your Saints Mikey) _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:59:03 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: FW: Message from Website Please copy Fiona an any responses. - ------------ Please can you explain the term 'Goat Dance' as used in 'California' on the Blue album? Thank you so much! Name: fiona taylor email: fht@onetel.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:03:05 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Re: Clouds/That Song About The Midway, ramblin' on Norma Jean wrote, in part: "I wonder how many grew up with Joni, since childhood?" "So, you see, how can I separate with something that's in my blood?" In your blood like what? You didn't complete the Joni sentence, sweetie! Yes, since I was fourteen, I've Joni over me. Every step of the way. I don't want to bore the old-timers here with all the details encore une fois, but it began in 1968 with STAS. I was chairperson of the sophomore class dance and named it "Night in the City" (not to be denied...it's my party and I'll do Joni if I want to!) and wrote two high school essays on Joni. The first was from a list of suggested topics from my sophomore English teacher ("We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to the get ourselves back to the garden") (sophomore jive) and the second was "The Impressionism of Joni Mitchell" from senior English/creative writing class. I wish I could find those now. I wonder how deep or superficial they were. Yes, Joni is in my blood like holy wine, too, and I'm ready for a transfusion in this new year. Does anyone know when it's coming? I've a mighty mighty thirst. Help me, Joni, get through the breakdown of this century. Love & peace, Patti P., so tired of and troubled by the war and the bloody non-changes _________________________________________________________________ Valentines Day -- Shop for gifts that spell L-O-V-E at MSN Shopping http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8323,ptnrid=37,ptnrdata=24095&tcode=wlmtagline ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:31:29 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Goat dance From a website regarding Romanian culture : http://cimec.cilea.it/ o?< With the Romanians, the goat was believed to be the animal that could show if the weather was to be fine or foul. Most certainly at first the "capra" dance (the kiling, the mourning, the burial, the resurection) was a solemn ceremony, a part of the cult. As part of the agrarian festivities the dance has become a ritual designed to bring fertility in the coming year, an increase in the number of animals in the shepherdsb flocks, bumper crops - invoked and evoked by the grains flung by the host over the procession of the bcapra". The "capra" dance, generalized all over the country by the end of the 19th century and considered a pagan dance, a lot of members of the clergy refused to receive the procession in their houses, considering it bforbidden by the Christian religion". (Gr.Tocilescu) Nowadays the dance is only a pretext for one of the traditional artistic events, an opportunity for displaying beautiful ornaments, carpets, towels, and so on, all in bright colours, at times rather loud, to cheer up the householders and to express best wishes on the occasion of the New Year. In the villages and townships of MaramureB: - two distint types of this dance are performed: the "capra" dance - based only on a musical accompaniament (at Ieud, only one piper; at Botiza, four or six pipers) the "capra" dance included in a complex folk show. The same as in the other dances with masks performed during the winter holidays, in the "capra" dance, besides the classical masks, the goat, the shepherd, the gipsy, the woodman masks of bdevils" and of bgreybeards" were introduced, where yells, lusty cheers, funny gestures, intensified the cheerful, humorous aspect, at times lending it a nuance of grotesque. o?< ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:49:04 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: goat dance further clarification Capra dance( also known as the goat dance) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:24:57 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Colts and Bears(njc) Thrilled to see the Colts beat the Patriots....biggest comeback in a conference championship ever (from 18 points down.) Was pulling for the Saints too but they came up a little short. Still an impressive season! I'll be rooting for the Colts and Manning in the superbowl in a couple of weeks. Victor NP: postgame ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:41:46 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Flaherty Subject: Re: Geaux SAINTS NJC >Off to Pete's Bar and Grill downtown LA to watch the New Orleans Saints play the NFC championship and go marching in to the Superbowl. Go Saints! Everybody pull for us please! Well, Michael, living in Chicago there was no way I was was going to do that. :) A Midwest Super Bowl: I like it! Michael Flaherty _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:53:38 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Flaherty Subject: Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter From: Azeem Ali Khan >The Silky Veils of Ardor is one of Joni's most underrated songs; I've often been puzzled that it isn't more lauded, and is usually absent from discussion of highlights from DJRD. I absolutely love that performance, but it's not really a "Joni" song, as it's heavily based on an Irish folk ballad. So much has already been said on DJRD that I won't add much except to say it's probably my third favorite Joni album (after H and HoSL). "Paprika Plains" is gorgeous--musically and lyrically. "Otis and Marllena", "Dreamland" the title track ... creative music, insightful lyrics, with some incredible musicians. As for the term "jazz", I would agree that Joni hasn't made a true "jazz" album, except perhaps "Mingus", but I think everything from HoSL through S&L has a "jazz influence", and I tend to use that term rather than just "jazz" in itself. Perhaps that was influenced by the company she was keeping, but I suspect it was more a case that the company she was keeping was chosen to fit with her direction in songwriting. I'm hoping that's true for her current music. Michael Flaherty _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:18:56 -0500 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter > As for the term "jazz", I > would agree that Joni hasn't made a true "jazz" album, except perhaps > "Mingus", but I think everything from HoSL through S&L has a "jazz > influence", > and I tend to use that term rather than just "jazz" in itself. > Agreed. At least in my own use of the term "jazz" I did not mean to imply that Joni was releasing jazz albums but as you said, albums with a jazz influence and I still believe that if you are into and appreciate jazz that you will appreciate these albums more. Victor ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2007 #27 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------