From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #44 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 Tuesday, January 30 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 044 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- from the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame site [Brian Gross ] songwriters hall of fame on tv [mags h ] Re: celebrating joni [Norma Jean Garza ] Re: songwriters hall of fame on tv [Norma Jean Garza ] Woohoo (njc) [] Re: LCStanley/loving nothing, njc [LCStanley7@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:17:01 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: from the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame site http://www.cansong.ca/en/inductees/2007.aspx JONI MITCHELL (b. Fort MacLeod, Alberta, 7 November, 1943) MODERN ERA, 1956 to 1981 Raw truth, pointed irony and unsettling beauty are words that describe both the artist and her art. Joni Mitchell  an accomplished singer, painter, poet and photographer -- is one of the most prolific, influential female recording artists of the twentieth century. A brilliant surrealist and gifted poet, Mitchell blends musical complexity with intellectually astute lyrics, creating a sound that is quintessentially her own. Driven by her passionate intensity and unbending free spirit, Joni Mitchell has succeeded in breaking pop boundaries and continually refusing to abide by the rules of the recording industry. From the earliest stages of her versatile career, Mitchell has garnered respect and admiration from both her musical peers and her expansive and expectant fan base. Throughout her artistic journey, she has seamlessly evolved her raw self-expression through folk music to jazz to rock n roll, world music and avant-garde styles. She accomplished this at a time when other artists dared not step out of the confines of pop music in such a bold fashion. Her deeply personal and colorful lyrics and innovative sounds have touched millions of people for over four decades and the creative legacy she has bestowed through her genius is unsurpassed. Born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943 in Fort MacLeod, Alberta, Mitchell experienced her artistic calling from the age of seven when she convinced her parents to give her piano lessons so she could release the melodies she heard in her head. She also discovered her drawing skills early in life and recalls her first creative outbursts, inspired by events such as watching the movie Bambi, which disturbed her so much that she felt compelled to draw out her emotions. Like many children of her era, Mitchell contracted Polio at the age of nine, another incident that she tributes as a starting point of her true identity as an artist. As a teenager, Mitchell was a self-taught ukulele player, which she bought to entertain at parties, not being able to afford a guitar. In 1965, Roberta Joan Anderson enrolled in the Alberta College of Art in Calgary, but soon dismissed her classes as not creative enough for her standards. She sang Judy Collins songs in Calgary pubs and later that same year moved to Toronto with the aspiration of becoming a folk singer. Struggling to get into the music business and sustaining herself through low-paying department store jobs, Mitchell soon decided to marry Chuck Mitchell, whom she had met in Calgary. The pair moved to Detroit where they both performed as folk singers in various clubs. The marriage and partnership of Joan and Chuck Mitchell dissolved within a year and a half and she then moved to New York City to pursue her dreams of becoming a recording artist. A relative unknown, Mitchell quickly cultivated a cult following as a live performer and talented songwriter. This distinction was owed in part to the fact that her songs were being performed and recorded by well-established folk and country artists, such as Tom Rush, George Hamilton IV, Canadian born Buffy Sainte-Marie and Judy Collins, whose cover of Both Sides Now in 1968 became Jonis first hit song. In 1967, David Crosby stumbled upon a Joni Mitchell performance in Florida, and was so awestruck by what he heard and saw that he became one of the steering wheels of Mitchells first recording contract on Reprise Records. Mitchell was scheduled to perform at Woodstock in 1969 but was advised by her manager not to appear in case the well-publicized traffic jams preventing artists from leaving the concert area would jeopardize her scheduled appearance on the Dick Cavett Show the following Monday. Her frustration and regret at not having been able to participate in this life-changing musical event led her to write the song Woodstock, which ironically went on to become an anthem for her generation. The song was a success for Crosby, Stills & Nash later that year. Following on the mild success of her album Ladies of the Canyon, Mitchell took a year off from the recording industry to travel and seek creative inspiration. From that period of spiritual introspection in 1971, came Mitchells intense and magical album Blue, which became an instant classic and critically acclaimed, firmly establishing Mitchell as one of the most important songwriters of her time. Since her early folk roots, Mitchell has ventured her talents in jazz music, experimental and synth-pop, working with greats and pioneers of various music genres, such as Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, Willie Nelson, Peter Gabriel, Thomas Dolby, Weather Report and Chaka Khan. Her poetry set to music has been performed the world over, by such diverse artists as Frank Sinatra, Chet Atkins, Glenn Campbell, Neil Diamond, Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor, Bing Crosby, Willie Nelson, The Byrds, and countless others. Mitchell has been the recipient of many Gold and Platinum albums, two Juno Awards and five Grammy Awards. In 1981, Joni Mitchell was inducted in the Canadian Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with a personal presentation by ex-Prime Minister Pierre-Elliot Trudeau. In October 1988 she was awarded the Premio Tenco during the San Remo Song Festival in Italy, received the Billboard Century Award in 1995, and on May 6, 1996 Joni received the coveted Polar Music Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Joni was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2004, Joni Mitchell was made companion of Order of Canada. Mitchell recently re-released her album Hejira, which is seen by many as one of the moodiest of her albums, in celebration of its 30th anniversary. She is also currently at work on her first new album in nearly a decade. A mature artist of great courage and integrity, Joni Mitchells compelling art forms have entrenched her within the Canadian and international music scene as a sensitive and vital contributor. She lends a painters vision to all of her work and, with a painters ability to be self-adjudicating; she refused to work with a producer, allowing her work to develop naturally and in a most original way. Having only recorded two songs in her career in standard tuning, the bulk of her repertoire comes from a palate of nearly sixty original open tunings. This produced some very fresh chordal movements, which are currently being studied in American music schools today. The strength and uncompromising manner she brings to each of her artistic explorations continues to fascinate and amaze both industry members and music fans alike. *Credits: ASCAP Jonimitchell.com SONG INDUCTEE: BOTH SIDES NOW MODERN ERA, 1956 to 1981 YEAR: 1967 LYRICIST & COMPOSER: JONI MITCHELL (b. Fort Macleod, Alberta, 7 November 1943) Both Sides Now, also known as Clouds, is a classic recorded by countless artists looking to share a piece of Mitchell's songwriting genius. Written in 1967 and inspired by a passage from the book Henderson The Rain King by Saul Bellow, Both Sides Now was an international hit for Judy Collins, who recorded the song in 1968 and won a Grammy Award later the same year for Best Female Folk Performance. With its soul-searching, Zen-like lyricism and gentle melody, Both Sides Now is a meditation on fantasy and reality, each verse being divided into both a naive and an experienced way of looking at clouds, love and life. The song is about childhoods end. Its about shedding the fairytales of Disney and facing the world as a realist. It isnt the voice of hope nor is it the voice of resignation. It is an attempt to find a way of conducting oneself in a world becoming increasingly violent and perverse. Judy Collins has said, "Joni came down from Canada to add the poetic lustre of her songs to our musical lives. Joni's songs are delicate and feminine and stronglike she is. Collins told Mitchell, "You can break my heart anytime you like. Just open your mouth and sing." Cover artists include: Dave Van Ronk, Judy Collins, Tori Amos, Claudine Longet, Pete Seeger, Frank Sinatra, Anne Murray, Neil Diamond, Robert Goulet, Willie Nelson, Paul Young and Clannad, Chet Atkins, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespy, Gabor Szabo, Uncle Seth, and many more. SONG INDUCTEE: WOODSTOCK MODERN ERA, 1956 to 1981 YEAR: 1970 LYRICIST & COMPOSER: JONI MITCHELL (b. Fort Macleod, Alberta, 7 November 1943) Joni Mitchells Woodstock was composed on the weekend of the infamous Woodstock festival in 1969 and became a hit for Mitchells close friends, Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1970. Disappointed because her management refused her permission to enter the Woodstock festival site due to an appearance on the Dick Cavett Show the following Monday, Mitchell resigned herself to watching the festival on television in New York City. Saddened by missing the event of her generation, Joni was inspired to write the song by imagining she was there. Mitchell recalls: "It hurtit was like I was the grounded daughter, but the boys get to go. Most of the song was written on the last night of the [festival], out of frustration of being disallowed to go. Crosby, Stills and Nash heard it later and asked permission to record it." Crosby, Stills & Nash flew back from the festival on Monday night and made a surprise appearance on the Dick Cavett Show, on the night of Mitchells appearance. Her heart sank as the band described Woodstock for the audience. Woodstock soon became referred to as an anthem for a generation and for the late 1960s. It was also noted in Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World's Best Poems where she said it was one of the greatest poems of our generation. Cover artists include: the Matthews Southern Comfort Band, Stevie Wonder, Big Country, Steve Fisk, Barry Miles, Bonnie Raitt, Spin Doctors, Led Zeppelin, Dread Zeppelin, Fairport Convention, John Williams, David Lahm, George Kahn, Richie Havens, and many more. SONG INDUCTEE: BIG YELLOW TAXI MODERN ERA. 1956 to 1981 YEAR: 1975 LYRICIST & COMPOSER: JONI MITCHELL (b. Fort Macleod, Alberta, 7 November 1943) Big Yellow Taxi is Joni Mitchells most recognized song despite having only reached number 24 on the Billboard charts upon its release in 1975 from her album Ladies of the Canyon. Admired for Mitchells unique melody and soothing vocal work, the song currently ranks as number nine on CBC Radios Top 50: The Canadian Version. Big Yellow Taxi was written in 1973 after Mitchell was in Hawaii peering out of her hotel window hoping to glimpse the breathtaking scenery, only to see an enormous parking lot. The song is about taking nature for granted. Although the parking lot in Hawaii was the point of inspiration for the song, it was written for people everywhere surrounded by natural beauty and not aware what a gift it is. Big Yellow Taxi was written as a nursery rhyme, like London Bridges Falling Down and Ring Around the Rosy. This seemingly naive lyric was about great atrocity and Joni hoped that children would sing it in order to wake up adults. This was her greatest hope for this song. Cover artists include: Green Day, Bob Dylan, Amy Grant, Sarah McLachlan, Cher, Percy Faith, James Taylor, Counting Crows, Joe Dassin, Vanessa Carlton, Big Country, Dick Hyman, Chris Thomas King, Sara Hamman, Monty Alexander, and many others. Samples have been used in Janet Jacksons 1997 single Got Till Its Gone. SONG INDUCTEE: HELP ME MODERN ERA, 1956 to 1981 YEAR: 1973 LYRICIST & COMPOSER: JONI MITCHELL (b. Fort Macleod, Alberta, 7 November 1943) Joni Mitchells best selling single to date, Help Me succeeded in reaching number seven on the Billboard charts in 1973 and stayed there for 19 weeks. From her album Court and Spark, the beautiful love ballad reflects Mitchells love of jazz, blended with her unique folk touch. Under pressure from her record company to produce a hit, Joni attempted to play her music with existing session players. Unfortunately, it was in vogue at the time for rhythm sections to have the bass played with dead strings and the drummer would play with a pillow in his kit drum to keep the bottom end in the background. When Joni insisted that she wanted a more full bodied and resonant bottom end, she ran up against nothing but resistance from the musicians, who were insistent on conforming to the current trend. At the same time Stevie Wonder was also craving and achieving a more prominent bottom sound so Joni took her engineer, Henry Louie, over to one of his sessions to show him that it was technically possible. In Help Me, Mitchell sings about ones loss of strength when faced with feelings of love for another. How one feels threatened by love and the weaknesses and insecurities it brings us, rather than surrendering ourselves to feelings of joy and happiness. Cover artists include: k.d. lang, Wynonna Judd, Divine Brown, Michelle Williams, Guvner, Nicole Kramer, John Hart, Mandy Moore and Ginger Mackenzie SONG INDUCTEE: YOU TURN ME ON, IM A RADIO MODERN ERA, 1956 to 1981 YEAR: 1972 LYRICIST & COMPOSER: JONI MITCHELL (b. Fort Macleod, Alberta, 7 November 1943) You Turn Me On, Im a Radio was Joni Mitchells first hit single from her 1972 album For the Roses, reaching the Billboard top 20 in January 1973. The country-inspired song about the struggle to maintain ones innocence and vision in the recording industry was a lighter step away from Mitchells usually introspective lyrics. Featuring seductive lyrics peppered with sexual innuendos and humorous touches, You Turn Me On, Im a Radio was written as a joke for David Geffen who was prodding her to write a hit single Graham Nash took part in sessions for the song, and his harmonica part was used on the final release. The song also features a beautifully orchestrated chorus. Cover artists include: Wynonna Judd, Iris Koch, Little Miss Higgins, Jane Hall, Beth Nielsen Chapman, The Cantrells, Carmina, Steve Goldberger, Gail Davies, and many more. ==================================================================== Sitting here, headphones on, listening to the CBC Radio Two webcast of the unabridged (I hope) induction ceremony from last evening, it is a truly wonderful show. We're 70 minutes in so far and have not gotten to Joni's portion. The broadcast on Radio One earlier today was just a tease for the entire show. I sincerely hope there's a way for jm.com to have this ceremony available for all to hear (and maybe even to see!) Thank you Joni, for the effect you have had on my life. And thank you, jmdlers all, for being part of this community, especially Les Irvin and the late Wally Breese. Brian ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:28:17 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: LCStanley/loving nothing, njc Laura, Why is your theme so phlegmatic? Love, Norman PS Why would I want to hurt you, Laura? Because you want to hurt me, maybe? Listen, instead I'll tell 'ya, ~I Love You~ - --- LCStanley7@aol.com wrote: > Do you really want to ~hurt~ me, Norma? > Do you really want to make me cry > Do you really want to hurt me > Do you really want to make me cry > > > Karma Karma Karma Karma > Karma Chameleon > You come and go > You come and go > > > PS. don't forget the njc > ____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:55:55 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: celebrating joni this is a breathtaking and beautiful way for the cbc to celebrate joni. i'm listening to the end of the show broadcast on the cbc national radio..and it's been one of the most memorable moments . i never tire of hearing the stories again, and again. http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/arts/263/ mags ***** ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ ***** - --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:00:36 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: songwriters hall of fame on tv Kate and all, the cbc will broadcast highlights of the evening on March 5th. mags. Kate Johnson wrote: Wasn't it just last year that Leonard Cohen's induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame was televised nationally? So I assumed this one would be too, and searched madly all over my satellite-tv guide, but no, no! What the hell? I was terribly disappointed, but have my fingers crossed that it will air sometime this week. It's a pipe dream, isn't it -- if there were plans to air it, there would have been advertisements already. I did enjoy the 2-hour documentary instead ... and am here at my desk with CBC radio on, ready to listen to the induction ceremony highlights. On the internet you should be able to find it at http:// www.cbc.ca; it will be on the program Sounds Like Canada, which starts at 10 a.m. CST. Kate of the North http://xoetc.antville.org ***** ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ ***** - --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:26:06 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: celebrating joni Any time I see Joni smile--that certain smile that only Joni has, I get teary-eyed, because even her smile speaks beyond miles and miles of ailes all the way up the bright ladder of love. NJ Maybe I should change my name for the JMDL because I don't want anymore hassles about my birth name. I'll figure something out. I want to focus on the Magical Physician and Joni and me and my music and my books and life from all sides now. - --- mags h wrote: > this is a breathtaking and beautiful way for the cbc > to celebrate joni. i'm listening to the end of the > show broadcast on the cbc national radio..and it's > been one of the most memorable moments . i never > tire of hearing the stories again, and again. > > http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/arts/263/ > > mags > > > ***** > ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ > > ***** > > > --------------------------------- > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail > beta. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! http://mobile.yahoo.com/services?promote=mail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:40:30 -0800 (PST) From: Norma Jean Garza Subject: Re: songwriters hall of fame on tv I feel so left out here in South Texas. Oh, wait, I just realized I got me a cowboy from Crawford around the corner! Who needs Canada when I got me George Bush! Y'all can keep Joni! Just kidding! I'm glad John Mellencamp and Hillary Clinton were here today. Anderson Cooper's here right now. Good thing Lou Dobbs isn't here. He had a supposed town hall meeting here and nobody from the town hall was invited. It was all staged. He even had mock demonstrators which were absolute town hall idiots. They paid some spineless people to act like demonstrators. Dobbs invited one woman to speak and he chose somebody not representative of this town. That's the media for 'ya! Nameless in San Antonio - --- mags h wrote: > Kate and all, > > the cbc will broadcast highlights of the evening > on March 5th. > > mags. > > Kate Johnson wrote: > Wasn't it just last year that Leonard Cohen's > induction into the > Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame was televised > nationally? So I > assumed this one would be too, and searched madly > all over my > satellite-tv guide, but no, no! What the hell? I was > terribly > disappointed, but have my fingers crossed that it > will air sometime > this week. It's a pipe dream, isn't it -- if there > were plans to air > it, there would have been advertisements already. > > I did enjoy the 2-hour documentary instead ... and > am here at my desk > with CBC radio on, ready to listen to the induction > ceremony > highlights. On the internet you should be able to > find it at http:// > www.cbc.ca; it will be on the program Sounds Like > Canada, which > starts at 10 a.m. CST. > > Kate of the North > http://xoetc.antville.org > > > > ***** > ~all the windows of my heart, i open to this day~ > > ***** > > > --------------------------------- > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel > sites to find flight and hotel bargains. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:00:06 -0800 From: Subject: Re: Corks (njc) That is quite ambitious and creative, Jamie! I bet it was stunning and I wonder if it would float in the water! Kakki > When I was doing a course in special effects make-up we had to have a > fashion parade. As I working in an italian restaurant I saved all my > corks and made a strappy dress painted it gold with champagne corks as > the trim. Only the really skinny girl on the course could wear it. > Rather lovely... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:11:05 -0800 From: Subject: Woohoo (njc) Wow, Michael! Congratulations!! I see that some of your friends like Fredy Omar and Theresa Andersson were also honored. Guess you missed the awards party at the Howlin Wolf! Too bad! You are in with some heady company there. Hope you are pacing yourself - I am having these snippets of "on the road again" and "I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari, Techachapi to Tonopah" running through my head thinking about you out there rolling, rolling, rock and rolling. Keep well and see you in a few weeks. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:16:07 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: LCStanley/loving nothing, njc In a message dated 1/29/2007 8:28:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, normajeanne1957@yahoo.com writes: Laura, Why is your theme so phlegmatic? Love, Norman Norman the doorman, you assume I have a theme... ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2007 #44 **************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------