From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2007 #221 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 Thursday, June 7 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 221 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Number 1 in USA (njc) [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: Number 1 in USA (njc) [Jerry Notaro ] NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] First Joni record [Chuck Eisenhardt ] k.d. Loves Joni [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Sweet home [Dave Blackburn ] Re: First Joni Album [LCStanley7@aol.com] Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang [Em ] Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang ["Donna Binkley" ] Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang [Motitan@aol.com] Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang [Em ] njc, Happy Z Day! ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang [Jerry Notaro ] Happy Birthday! [Em ] Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang [Em ] my former post [Em ] Tom Rush ["Richard Flynn" ] The Beatles, then a Conversation w/ Joni ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang [jeannie ] Re: njc, Happy Anniversary to Jimmy and Ed! [waytoblue@comcast.net] Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang [Bob Muller ] Re: SJC (long) tears, and fears and feeling proud.... [Bob Muller ] Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang [jeannie ] njc, TV alert: Ella Fitzgerald ["Patti Parlette" ] RE : njc, TV alert: Ella Fitzgerald [Joseph Palis ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 06:56:12 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Number 1 in USA (njc) Kakki wrote: > Too funny - my mother also used to sing Marezy Doats That is funny Kakki. My mother used to sing Marezy Doats to me too, but the song that still sticks out that she sang to me was "Oh Playmate, Come out and play with me" Talk about some proufound lyrics. LOL Jimmy Oh PLAYMATE, come out and play with me And bring your dollies three. Climb up my apple tree, Look down my rain barrel Slide down my cellar door And we'll be jolly friends forever more. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:44:25 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Number 1 in USA (njc) > Oh PLAYMATE, come out and play with me > And bring your dollies three. > Climb up my apple tree, > Look down my rain barrel > Slide down my cellar door > And we'll be jolly friends forever more. She couldn't come out to play, It was a rainy day, With Tearful eyes, and with surprise, This is what she said to me. Oh, Little Playmate, I cannot play with you. My dolly has the flu, boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo. Ain't got no rain barrel Ain't got no cellar door But we'll be jolly friends forever more. You people drive me nuts :) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 08:03:03 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang The one that my Mom used to sing to me was about the "Three little fishies in the itty-bitty pool....a-boop-boop diddum dattum-wottum - shoo...and they swam, and they swam all over the dam." Bob NP: Ani, "Garden of Simple" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 08:19:52 -0400 From: Chuck Eisenhardt Subject: First Joni record STAS, on a technicality. I was much taken by Joni after hearing the Tom Rush and Judy Collins covers, and I was singing 'Urge' over the course of the summer at a gig on Cape Cod (a fragment of a live broadcast from the club on WCOD concludes some of the TT#4 tape !'s.) So I guess it was that fall that my roomate Tim Ingram came home with STAS. It was my stereo (a Realistic) and our collections were mingled. I remember being disappointed that Both Sides Now and Urge were not included on the record. I bought every vinyl release thru DED and CMIARS and have them still. One treasure I have is the Nautilus half-speed mastered C&S. Over the years this has developed some surface noise and I'm about to digitize it with a de-clicking software. Chuck ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 23:40:59 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: k.d. Loves Joni Just adding some tracks to my copy of k.d. lang's "Hymns From The 49th Parallel". Aside from the two Joni tracks that k.d. covers on the album, A Case of You and Jericho, I've added Help Me from the tribute album and the duet she does with Madeleine Peyroux, River. All stunning covers, particularly, Jericho. Hymns is a tribute to Canadian songwriters but I get the feeling k.d. has special connection to Joni's songs. I was initially a bit disappointed with the recorded version of Help Me after the jaw dropping performance on the 2000 tribute special but it's growing on me. Away from Joni's peeps, she gives it a slightly unique flavour. Not to mention the respect she pays to Neil Young et al. Mark in Sydney NP Hallelujah - k.d. lang ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 07:03:29 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Sweet home Although I have only been there once, in 2000 for the jazz festival, I could easily call Copenhagen home it was so fantastic. I tell everyone, when the topic of escaping this country that's hurtling backward in time comes up (the US) that Denmark is the most civilized place on earth. I for one would love to meet up with you Bene in Kobnhavn for a Joni fest. Your posts about Cambridge were also triggering big memories: my brother and dad both did degrees in Cambridge and I grew up in Oxford...those May days punting on the river Cherwell are some of my favorite moments. And huge congratulations on the PhD! Dave ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:26:55 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: First Joni Album Hi Ya'll, A high school friend gave me her LP's of Court and Spark and Ladies of the Canyon when I went to college in 1977. So I guess I had 2 first Joni Albums. I liked them but wasn't wooed by Joni until the first Joni LP I bought which was Clouds freshman year in college. I heard Coyote on an LP of the Last Waltz at a friend's apartment a few years later and was glued to it but didn't buy the LP nor hear of Hejira. The last Joni album I bought before joining this list was Wild Things Run Fast soon after it came out so I was Joni deficient for years until I found this list by looking for chords in 2003 I think. Because of this list, I've rather rapidly expanded my Joni collection. Early on, Marianne made suggestions about which CD's I should buy next, in what order. I thought her enthusiasm was funny and cute so how could I not take her advice? "Do you have thus and such CD?... you don't!?! you've got to get it!!" I eventually bought the DVD of the Last Waltz to see Joni sing and play Coyote. Kevin, from NJ, introduced me to HOSL's by telling me I should hear "Sweet Bird." Marianne sent me her Second Fret Set CD's at one point and gave me her MOA's CD in 2004. I won or was given more Joni CD's including songs and interviews at the Jonifest at Full Moon that year. Bree sent me a bunch of Joni covers CD's and DVD's or videos of previous jonifests. Bob Muller also sent me a covers CD. Brian Gross sent me some very earlly Joni songs on cassette tapes. At the jonifest this past spring, I won the Grace of My Heart CD where they put Joni in by mistake. Joni on youtube pointed out by listers has been fun also. In the past few years, I bought all the Joni DVD's I know of and CD's like the Geffen set, The Beginning of Survival, Dreamland, and Songs of a Prairie Girl. My latest purchase was A Tribute to Joni Mitchell, yesterday. A big thank YOU to everybody here who has educated me and shared Joni stuff with me! Love, Laura ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 07:34:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang my mom also used to sing "Venus". And my older grandmother (very old lady) used to sing "Over There" and "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean". :) looong time ago... Em - --- Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > > > The one that my Mom used to sing to me was about the "Three little > fishies > in the itty-bitty pool....a-boop-boop diddum dattum-wottum - > shoo...and > they swam, and they swam all over the dam." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:01:28 -0500 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang My mom had a song for every occasion. She used to like to sing "Spanish Eyes" but when she was cooking a dish she called Spanish rice she'd sing 'ooooh Spanish Riiiiice...' guess ya had to be there, ha ha. db >>> Em 6/6/2007 9:34 AM >>> my mom also used to sing "Venus". And my older grandmother (very old lady) used to sing "Over There" and "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean". :) looong time ago... Em - --- Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > > > The one that my Mom used to sing to me was about the "Three little > fishies > in the itty-bitty pool....a-boop-boop diddum dattum-wottum - > shoo...and > they swam, and they swam all over the dam." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:43:35 -0700 From: "WATTS, LESLI" Subject: bravo bene!!! and miscelleny njc a little late but i hope to add to the general euphoria of filing the big D, your birthday and the upcoming move - --back to Copenhagen and the tree out your window. did you make it to the paz train whistle stop? when he came to cerritos we had a fun, fun, fun mini joni-fest. maybe you hooked up with Jaime and the others? to the listers who don't know, bene and i got together when she visited la for her friend's birthday. i didn't make the party but kakki did. the next weekend was earthday and kakki and bene braved the rain to see and listen to the hippie dippie topanga tribe, such good sports! bene, like every lister i have met so far,was smart, funny and and good company-the word sweet comes to mind but i don't want anyone to gag. go figure - kakki and my birthday are one day apart. i share "Vaya con Dios" with her. I remember my whole family singing "how much is that doggie in the window" i believe my part was WOOF, WOOF. and i can see my uncle serenading me with "hey there,you with the stars in your eyes" as my lullaby. good times. thanks for the link cassy...good memories. those stars stayed there for the longest time. i quess that's why i was so enchanted by stas, my first joni album--the dreamy world where i still lived. now the starry eyes, come and go, scorched by a reality i don't want to deny but fight. my best to ya-all ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 12:50:41 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang Hmm....my Mom never sang to me but mostly told me to "leave her alone" and "go away" when I was real young, lol. My Dad on the other hand would sing (in a rather silly, over the top voice) either random Polish songs or Bob Seger. But he wasn't singing to me, just in general or towards my Mom's way. - -Mon ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:56:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang - --- Motitan@aol.com wrote: > Hmm....my Mom never sang to me but mostly told me to "leave her > alone" and > "go away" when I was real young, lol. Oh! that reminds me of another hilarious one my mom used to sing, called "Momma look at BooBoo" by Harry Belafonte! "BooBoo' (in the song) being the ugly dad. Hilarious song...I still like it today.. Em ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:04:40 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Happy Z Day! Some say it's D-Day, but * I * say it's Z - Day! Yes, it is Gary Z's birthday! I came upon this child of God He was walking along the road And he asked me if I liked Laura Nyro And this he told me "I love Laura Nyro as much as Joni." This he told me when we first met, standing on a noisy corner waiting for the walking green, the day after the Joni Tribute at Carnegie Hall as we were on our way to a French Barangrill with Cassy, Donna B & Sherelle and my friend Mary, past the boutiques and the swingin' hot spots. My first-ever lunch with ALL Joni people! Finally, a table laden high with people who speak my language! Big hug to you guys! Gary and I have been (wild things run) fast friends ever since we broke French bread together that day (actually, we broke men....lol.....we all had croque monsieurs while Gary had -- I kid you not -- scrambled eggs! You coyote, you!). So dear Gary, this post's for you. I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, that I put into words, how wonderful life is with you in the world. I send you beams of love light with my ONOCHORD flashlight and visions of ice cream castles in the air and peridots and periwinkles and Pez dispensers galore and a bowl of oranges, too. Oh yeah, and lovely landscapes to discover, too. Anything your heart desires. So here's to you May your dreams come true May old father time Never be unkind And through the years Save your smiles and your tears They're just souvenirs They'll make music in your heart Remember this Each new day is a kiss Sent from up above With an angel's love So here's to you May your skies be blue And your love blessed That's my best to you Love, Patti P. P.S. Uh oh! A song just popped into my head for Gary. For anyone who is grouchy today, pardon the silliness. Spoiler alert or whatever. Just throwing the lightness on these things! Humidity is rising - Barometer's getting low According to all sources, the street's the place to go Cause tonight for the first time Just about half-past ten For the first time in history It's gonna start raining PEZ! It's Raining Pez! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Pez! Amen! It's Raining Pez! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Pez! _________________________________________________________________ Picture this  share your photos and you could win big! http://www.GETREALPhotoContest.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:42:15 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang "Shut yo' mouth - go away - Mama look-a-boo-boo-day..." Hey Em. are you my sister? My parents LOVED the Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall LP and played it a lot. My Mom thought Harry was hot and made no bones about it. Bob NP: The Apples In Stereo, "Beautiful Machine, Pts 3-4" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:50:31 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang > My parents LOVED the Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall LP and played it a > lot. My Mom thought Harry was hot and made no bones about it. So did EVERY housewife of the 50's and 60's. My voice teacher blamed lack of training on the huskiness in his voice. Don't know what caused it but it sure was sexy. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:52:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Happy Birthday! Patti P. says its your birthday! hope its a happy one and that this new year of your life brings you joy and fun, and all that good stuff. I'm still really geeked everytime one of your songs pops up on my iPod. :) take care, Gary! Em ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:50:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang sure, I would be happy to have you for a bro. ;) I am your sister in music for sure. Em ps Harry B. was and remains a mighty handsome human...as is his daughter. Yow! - --- Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > called "Momma look at BooBoo" by Harry Belafonte!> > > "Shut yo' mouth - go away - Mama look-a-boo-boo-day..." > > Hey Em. are you my sister? > > My parents LOVED the Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall LP and played > it a > lot. My Mom thought Harry was hot and made no bones about it. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 11:06:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: my former post I apologize for the no NJC.... I am a forgetful idjit and I am sorry... :( Em Stand, don't you know that you are free?well at least in your mind, if you want to be......Sly Free your mind and the rest will follow....En Vogue ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:44:21 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: Tom Rush There is a photo Tom with Joni Mitchell McCabes - Santa Monica, CA April 28, 2007 at http://www.tomrush.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Stewart.Simon@sunlife.com Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 12:41 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: NJC _ Tom Rush A few people have commented on Tom Rush on the list - this is a terrific high qualtiy video him singing "No Regrets". I am a big fan and have seen him a few times in Boston and he is quite entertaining and personable during his concerts. He has covered at least 3 Joni tunes - Urge for Going, Circle Game and Tin Angel - hope you enjoy.............Stewart http://youtube.com/watch?v=9pxEKfEBOWM&mode=related&search - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, proprietary , confidential and exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and erase this e-mail message immediately. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:26:26 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: The Beatles, then a Conversation w/ Joni This was in my local paper yesterday, and I just found it on-line for y'all. I think it will interest just about everyJonibody so I'll paste the whole thing. After all, it was Paul who introduced JT to Joni's music and of course JT inspired/seeded a few songs from/in Joni and well, you know.....the music world will be as one. It Was 40 Years Ago Today By Daniel J. Levitin Friday, June 1, 2007; Page A15 Washington Post Yes, it's been 40 years exactly since Sgt. Pepper, having labored the previous 20 years teaching his band to play, arranged for its debut in full psychedelic regalia. He leveraged a little help from his friends, notably the vocalist Billy Shears and a riverboat owner named Lucy who had apparently made her fortune in the diamond business. Pepper realized that good music-making requires the expanding of horizons. A recent "trip" inspired him to incorporate tabla and sitar into the music. The band exhorted us to sit back and let the evening go so that they could turn us on, musically, lyrically, and blow our minds for the next several decades. It has been 45 years since Mitch Miller, head of A&R (artists and repertory) at Columbia Records, dismissed the Beatles as "the hula hoops of music." Will Beatles songs still be loved when baby boomers are 64? Will they inspire future generations? Or will their music die with those who became intoxicated by their wit and charisma during the mind-expanding '60s? A hundred years from now, musicologists say, Beatles songs will be so well known that every child will learn them as nursery rhymes, and most people won't know who wrote them. They will have become sufficiently entrenched in popular culture that it will seem as if they've always existed, like "Oh! Susanna," "This Land Is Your Land" and "Frhre Jacques." Great songs seem as though they've always existed, that they weren't written by anyone. Figuring out why some songs and not others stick in our heads, and why we can enjoy certain songs across a lifetime, is the work not just of composers but also of psychologists and neuroscientists. Every culture has its own music, every music its own set of rules. Great songs activate deep-rooted neural networks in our brains that encode the rules and syntax of our culture's music. Through a lifetime of listening, we learn what is essentially a complex calculation of statistical probabilities (instantiated as neural firings) of what chord is likely to follow what chord and how melodies are formed. Skillful composers play with these expectations, alternately meeting and violating them in interesting ways. In my laboratory, we've found that listening to a familiar song that you like activates the same parts of the brain as eating chocolate, having sex or taking opiates. There really is a sex, drugs and rock-and-roll part of the brain: a network of neural structures including the nucleus accumbens and the amygdala. But no one song does this for everyone, and musical taste is both variable and subjective. Today the Beatles catalogue is loved cross-culturally -- the product of a six-year burst of creativity unparalleled in modern music. The Beatles incorporated classical elements into rock so seamlessly that it is easy to forget that string quartets and Bach-like countermelodies and bass lines (not to mention plagal cadences) did not always populate pop. Music changed more between 1963 and 1969 than it has in the 37 years since, with the Beatles among the architects of that change. Paul McCartney may be the closest thing our generation has produced to Franz Schubert -- a master of melody, writing tunes anyone can sing, songs that seem to have been there all along. Most people don't realize that "Ave Maria" and "Serenade" were written by Schubert (or that his "Moment Musical in F" so resembles "Martha My Dear"). McCartney writes with similar universality. His "Yesterday" has been recorded by more musicians than any other song in history. Its stepwise melody is deceptively complex, drawing from outside the diatonic scale so smoothly that anyone can sing it, yet few theorists can agree on exactly what it is that McCartney has done. The timelessness of such melodies was brought home to me by Les Boriades, a Quebec group that has recorded Beatles music on baroque instruments. The instruments give the sense that you're hearing Bach or Vivaldi, and for moments it's possible to forget that you're listening to Beatles songs. We're so used to hearing Beatles songs that for many of us they no longer hold any surprises. But when they're stripped of their '60s production and the personal and social associations we have with them, you can hear the intricate and beautiful interplay of rhythm, harmony and melody. On the bus recently the radio played "And I Love Her," and a Portuguese immigrant about my grandmother's age sang along with her eyes closed. How many people can hum even two bars of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony, or Mozart's 30th? I recently played 60 seconds of these to an audience of 700 - -- including many professional musicians -- but not one person recognized them. Then I played a fraction of the opening "aah" of "Eleanor Rigby" and the single guitar chord that opens "A Hard Day's Night" -- and virtually everyone shouted the names. To a neuroscientist, the longevity of the Beatles can be explained by the fact that their music created subtle and rewarding schematic violations of popular musical forms, causing a symphony of neural firings from the cerebellum to the prefrontal cortex, joined by a chorus of the limbic system and an ostinato from the brainstem. To a musician, each hearing showcases nuances not heard before, details of arrangement and intricacy that reveal themselves across hundreds or thousands of performances and listenings. The act we've known for all these years is still in style, guaranteed to raise a smile, one hopes for generations to come. I have to admit, it's getting better all the time. Daniel J. Levitin, a former record producer, is a professor of psychology and music at McGill University in Montreal and the author of "This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession." **** LOL...obsession? Who's obsessed? Not us. And certainly not moi! After I read this I came out to wonder if this professor knows and/or was involved in bringing Joni to McGill. So I went to McGill's website and found this delight...he actually came for conversation with her! I'm sure this is in our library, but here it is for your convenience: http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/levitin.html/pubspages/joni.html Love, Patti P. _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazines 2007 editors choice for best Web mailaward-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:37:26 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, Happy Anniversary to Jimmy and Ed! Happy 29th anniversary to Jimmy and Ed down in (she went to) Florida! Love, Patti P. NPIMH: ABB Revival People can you feel it? love is everywhere. People can you hear it? love is in the air. _________________________________________________________________ Like puzzles? Play free games & earn great prizes. Play Clink now. http://club.live.com/clink.aspx?icid=clink_hotmailtextlink2 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:44:48 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: RE: njc, Happy Z Day! Oh what a wonderful day then!!!! Happy, Happy birthday dear friend! You are forever in my heart and I am so blessed to know you dear Gary!!!! Love, Sherelle Patti wrote: >Some say it's D-Day, > >but * I * say it's > >Z - Day! > >Yes, it is Gary Z's birthday! > >I came upon this child of God >He was walking along the road >And he asked me if I liked Laura Nyro >And this he told me >"I love Laura Nyro as much as Joni." > >This he told me when we first met, standing on a noisy corner waiting for >the walking green, the day after the Joni Tribute at Carnegie Hall as we >were on our way to a French Barangrill with Cassy, Donna B & Sherelle and >my friend Mary, past the boutiques and the swingin' hot spots. My >first-ever lunch with ALL Joni people! Finally, a table laden high with >people who speak my language! Big hug to you guys! > >Gary and I have been (wild things run) fast friends ever since we broke >French bread together that day (actually, we broke men....lol.....we all >had croque monsieurs while Gary had -- I kid you not -- >scrambled eggs! You coyote, you!). > >So dear Gary, this post's for you. I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't >mind, that I put into words, how wonderful life is with you in the world. >I send you beams of love light with my ONOCHORD flashlight and visions of >ice cream castles in the air and peridots and periwinkles and Pez >dispensers galore and a bowl of oranges, too. Oh yeah, and lovely >landscapes to discover, too. Anything your heart desires. > >So here's to you >May your dreams come true >May old father time >Never be unkind >And through the years >Save your smiles and your tears >They're just souvenirs >They'll make music in your heart >Remember this >Each new day is a kiss >Sent from up above >With an angel's love >So here's to you >May your skies be blue >And your love blessed >That's my best to you > >Love, > >Patti P. > >P.S. Uh oh! A song just popped into my head for Gary. For anyone who is >grouchy today, pardon the silliness. Spoiler alert or whatever. Just >throwing the lightness on these things! > >Humidity is rising - Barometer's getting low > >According to all sources, the street's the place to go > >Cause tonight for the first time > >Just about half-past ten > >For the first time in history > >It's gonna start raining > >PEZ! > >It's Raining Pez! >Hallelujah! - It's Raining Pez! >Amen! >It's Raining Pez! >Hallelujah! - It's Raining Pez! > >_________________________________________________________________ >Picture this  share your photos and you could win big! >http://www.GETREALPhotoContest.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us > _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?ss=Restaurants~Hotels~Amusement%20Park&cp=33.832922~-117.915659&style=r&lvl=13&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=1118863&encType=1&FORM=MGAC01 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 11:47:17 -0700 (PDT) From: jeannie Subject: Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang She'd always sweetly sing to me, "I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair," real good and free when she was putting me to sleep. Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: The one that my Mom used to sing to me was about the "Three little fishies in the itty-bitty pool....a-boop-boop diddum dattum-wottum - shoo...and they swam, and they swam all over the dam." Bob NP: Ani, "Garden of Simple" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. 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(See end of digest june 2) and boy her come of one of my favourites: All I want Bob says: 4. Holly Brook - All I Want: One of my personal favorites on this disc. She plays a mean dulcimer, and she's got a great voice. This track was released in conjunction with her 2006 CD as a download-only but in order to get it I had to download some Sony music program which took half a day. But anyway, I digress - I'm glad I went to all the trouble to get this gem and I'm delighted to share it with all of you now. Oddmund or Kaare says: It make me happy to know there are dedicated people like you around Bob - who makes an effort and then happily share your findings. I'm much obliged....Holly Brook rules ! And to Bene: I'm so proud of you Bene. In a way it was a good thing that you suffered that trauma last fall, so that we got to know you, even though I know that is a typical thing to say, and it doesn't relly make sense to the person who had all the shit, but well, I'm very happy to read your posts on the list. And I'm very proud and happy on behalf of you, that you succeded in finishing your dissertation. I guess you know can say that you (at least) have looked at clouds from both sides,now... As life teaches as all to. Well Great work !!! And thanks for your post about it all ! It touched me so that I had to bike back to my work so that I could post an reply...(no internet, at home, yet.. But it will come...) And Patti--- thanks for the smile :-) Can I walk beside you? I've come here to lose the smog, you know... Life is for learning...! When I first joined the list I was amazed 'cause I found in in such a warm arrangement. I stumbled into it by coincidence, really. Back in 2004 I beliieve I found a link/web adress at the end of "Woman of heart and mind" In fact I'd been calling up the norwegian broadcasting service for six months to ask them to send the documentary again. I really wanted to see it. My brother and his girlfriend had been watching it, and told me about it, I was sooo envious... (Why the hell didn't they call me ...) And at the time I had no idea even what the title of it was, and no that it was available on DVD. Then at Christmas time I was viewing the upcoming tv-programs, and then my eyes suddenly struck "Joni Mitchell: Med haanden paa hjertet" (They change the title quite a bit, it translates something like Joni Mitchell: hand on heart, but I don't know the correct idiom to use here) Oh, it was great ! I was so happy. And I remeber sitting all still and taking it in. I believe I've only watched it once, but some of the pictures were so strong I still remeber them. For example when Joni speaks of "when the demons go away, the angels disappear too" - and that very funny thing she do with her hands. I ,love it. It still makes me smile. I guess I've never viewd an "in order of appearance" list (don't know rhe correct word here either...) more cloesly. And at the end I found links to bot PBS ansd jmdl. So I started to dig for articles. I found the great Cameron Crowe interview from 1979, and from then on I guess I was addicted... I signed up to the mailinglist. I even got the Jonitourettes - and Patti even blame me/gives me honour for her the Joni-tourettes - though I'm sure she takes most of it from her own vivid creativity. But I'm glad if helped you to get out of the closet with that gift of yours, Patti. ;-)) And Joseph in Chapel Hill knows Mari Boine and Thomas Dybdahl, and people rave about Sondre Lerche and Kings of convienience. I find it strange and inspiring that you people at the other side of the world are into norwegian music, music that not all in my generation here in Norway are familiar with - - - - I mentioned the magazine "The Sun" to Joseph, 'cause it's the only thing I associate with Chapel Hill. A great magazine. Not music nor lifestyle, but life, I guess. Like Joni it's broadning my mind and giving new and interesting points of view - editor Sy Safaranski and his staff make people really write from their own hearts, I find that really touching. NP. Penny Wager - Marcie: And only that. I discovered Marcie this fall. Inspired by a thread started by Jerry, I think, about his new colleague "Marcie"... That's something I really like with the list, it gives me new ideas and inspiration and music to listen to, be it Cyndy Lauper, Cassandra Wilson or Kakki King. Music I might have discoverd on my own, but not at this time, or to use one of my favorite sayings for the tima; just in time ! So thanks for that. And Laura: I love Annie Lennox's version too. I think it's a song that can make perople that are not yet dedicated Joni Mitchell fans to convert. I certinly hope they will. 'Cause Joni's music and arts, well, it won't let them down--- Love Oddmund, Norway AND NP (such a good ending to this very loooong mail) 19. Ricky Ross - The Circle Game ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 16:44:32 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Tribute to Joni Mitchell CD In a message dated 6/6/07 2:05:18 PM, dreamin1957jeannie@yahoo.com writes: > I'm heading off for the Joni tribute CD > Hi Jean, I was just listening to it in the car with my family... really loving it! My 12 and 9 year old kids were talking about The Boho Dance; they like Bjork and were noticing differences in the way Joni and Bjork sing it. I can't believe they know the Boho Dance so well in their little minds to be able to make comparisons. My husband said the sounds in Bjork's verson sound like when the train comes around on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Very relaxing... here comes the train now. Gonna take it into siestaville. Love, Laura NP: Boho Dance, Bjork ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:07:56 +0300 From: "Mark L. Levinson" Subject: First Joni Album The first Joni Mitchell album I bought was "Shadows and Light." I told my wife that for my birthday I was going to get myself a double album by Joni Mitchell, and she said, "He was what, one of the Beatles?" She's lived all her life in Israel. There was no Internet back then, so you couldn't just sit down and read whatever song lyrics you wanted. I'd heard a lot of Joni Mitchell songs and I knew the lyrics were very good, so I was delighted to see that "Shadows and Light" came with a sheet of all the words. I sat down to read them all in advance, for better appreciation, and to my great surprise I was thoroughly disappointed. Then I put the record on and realized that the lyrics were just as good as I'd expected but they were inseparable from the music. For instance, there was a reference to the Champs Elysees and on paper it looked both pretentious and banal, as if on the one hand we were supposed to be impressed at the cosmopolitanism but on the other hand Joni could think of no way to encapsulate Paris except in terms that everyone knows already. But on the record the three syllables "Champs Elysees" were rendered as an exaggerated jump up to a high note and back down again, providing an archness that distanced Joni from any pomposity. It was the same here and there with the rest of the lyrics. Without the music, they looked uninspired; with the music, they sounded inspired. - ------------------------------------------------ Mark L. Levinson - nosnivel@netvision.net.il - ------------------------------------------------ Mark discourses to fellow Israeli techwriters in The Why of Style, at http://www.elephant.org.il/ - ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:02:15 +0000 From: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: Re: njc, Happy Anniversary to Jimmy and Ed! > NPIMH: ABB Revival > > People can you feel it? love is everywhere. > People can you hear it? love is in the air. I'll be seeing them in September with the Dave Matthews Band! They're playing a benefit concert at Piedmont Park in Atlanta for the Piedmont Park Conservancy. It will be the first time they've played there in some 30 odd years. Victor in Tampa ps. happy anniversary! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 16:03:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang And that's a different thread...what songs (goofy or otherwise) did we sing to OUR kids? I used to sing The Beatles "Do You Want To Know A Secret" & "Good Night" to my son when I put him down. Great memories, especially when I'd whisper in his ear "I'm in love with you" and he'd whisper it back to me. Bob NP: JJ Cale, "Any Way The Wind Blows" - --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 16:40:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: SJC (long) tears, and fears and feeling proud.... Thanks for the feedback, Oddmund. I put a lot of resources into the Covers Project BUT I do so with pleasure - it is a source of great joy for me. I'm glad you are digging this batch and I hope the other 29 folks who have downloaded it are liking it too. (If you want to get it, the YouSendIt link is still active for another week or so): http://tinyurl.com/2zvpoe Regarding the wonderful Holly Brook recording - this is actually the second time she's released this track. The first time was in 2002 when she and her Mom released a CD as Generations called "Millenial Child". They covered BSN on the same CD. And as is typically the case, if you want to find out more about the artist, their site is linked from the JM.com entry. Bob NP: Dave Matthews Band, "The Best Of What's Around" - --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 19:53:54 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang > And that's a different thread...what songs (goofy or otherwise) did we sing > to OUR kids? "Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?" Just kiddin Bob. We just have our doggies, but when our one dog Maxine was alive, I used to sing Donald Fagen's "Maxine" to her. Jimmy ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:47:38 -0700 (PDT) From: jeannie Subject: Re: Tribute to Joni Mitchell CD - --- jeannie wrote: I, too, simply don't get into covers, much less Joni's, but after reading your post, I'm heading off for the Joni tribute CD. By the way, I did love the way Cyndi Lauper did, 'Carey,' on the Joni Mitchell Tribute Show a few years ago. She sang and danced with the mean ol' daddy really sweet. I'm looking forward to the Annie Lennox version of LOTC you liked so much and that's why I'm gonna go get it. That one album Lennox did of covers a few years ago was outta sight--that's one cover album I truly enjoyed, especially her version of Bob Marley's, 'I don't wanna wait in vain for your love." Thanks! Jean NP: Ry Cooder's, 'Farm Girl.' I love that song so I play it over and over and over. > LCStanley7@aol.com wrote: > Yo, > > We was in Barnes and Noble, and my youngest came > running up to me from > the book section (I was getting coffee in the > in-store Starbuck's part)... > running... screaming... Mom! Joni Mitchell is > playing!!! So, I tried to find a > speaker in the ceiling to get under but don't hear > anything from it. > Inbetween songs... I thought what he heard had gone > away never to be heard by me. He > goes off, I get my coffee (soy latte decaf grande > with 2 pumps of hazelnut) > and then it comes on... the next song on the CD: > > Ladies of the Canyon sung by Annie Lennox, and it > blew me away!!! > > He had heard Blue and recognized it as a Joni song, > my intelligent 9 > year old. How many kids his age would know this and > be excited about it I have > to wonder? I listen; they absorb. > > I don't usually like Joni covers unless I'm at a > jonifest, but this... > > > I didn't know it was the Tribute CD until I asked > the lady at the > Starbuck's counter, and she called the music people > and told me. I sat down to > drink my coffee, but I couldn't stay seated. So, me > and my coffee danced back > to the music area singing Ladies of the Canyon as if > the coffee was laced. By > the time I got back to the CD section, Magdalene > Laundries was on. I asked > to see the CD, and the lady said pointed saying > there is more Emmylou Harris > over there, and I said that's okay, NO, I'm big into > Joni and I want the CD of > Joni songs that's playing... NOW! Give it to me! > Grabbing it out of her > hand the hunk of gold it is. > > The Boho Dance. All of my 3 kids asked, who is > singing that? > > A Case of You... Prince! Way cool! > > Help Me... k.d. lang. Help ME! > > It's all good!! Now I know what ya'll have been > talking about in past > posts. Slow, but catching up to you... > > Love, > Laura > > NP: IF, on the Tribute CD > > > ************************************** > See what's > free at http://www.aol.com. > > > > --------------------------------- > Don't pick lemons. > See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. Dreaming Dreamland, Jeannie jjj . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:56:00 -0700 (PDT) From: jeannie Subject: Re: NJC, Goofy songs our Moms sang I just asked my son, Gibby, what I sang to him when he was a child. He said, "Joni Mitchell. Clouds, Carey, and Circle Game." Now, I hear him humming Circle Game. I remember singing, 'Night Train,' to him by Rickie Lee Jones because it had to do with a mother and her child. jeannie - --- Bob Muller wrote: > Jeannie with > the light brown hair," real good and free when she > was > putting me to sleep.> > > And that's a different thread...what songs (goofy > or otherwise) did we sing to OUR kids? I used to > sing The Beatles "Do You Want To Know A Secret" & > "Good Night" to my son when I put him down. Great > memories, especially when I'd whisper in his ear > "I'm in love with you" and he'd whisper it back to > me. > > Bob > > NP: JJ Cale, "Any Way The Wind Blows" > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers > from someone who knows. > Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:20:24 -0500 From: "mia _" Subject: RE: Number 1 in USA - NJC Mine was "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys. (Holy Schnikes! I hadn't even left the hospital yet!) Mia _________________________________________________________________ Dont miss your chance to WIN $10,000 and other great prizes from Microsoft Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0540003042mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:11:38 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: njc, TV alert: Ella Fitzgerald There is a great tribute to Ella Fitzgerald on PBS's "Great Performances". It was filmed in April in the city of the fallen angels in honor of what would have been her 90th birthday. It's almost over on my local channel....sorry for the late notice. Check your local listings! xo, pp NPOMTV: Liz Wright singing Lullabye of Birdland _________________________________________________________________ Make every IM count. Download Messenger and join the im Initiative now. Its free. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM_June07 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 06:50:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Joseph Palis Subject: RE : njc, TV alert: Ella Fitzgerald Hi Patti, Thanks for the heads-up. Too bad I missed that special. Big Ella fan here too. More than Billie, Sarah, Dinah, Lena, Anita, Sheila, Betty -- there is only the First Lady of Song. But of course that's just me. I do love the ladies I mentioned earlier but Ella remains my fave. Glad to hear that biographers corrected the widely believed year Ella was born. She was born in 1917 so 2007 would have been her 90th. Most biographies (even the one written by Stuart Nicholson) said it was 1918. Sure, just a very trivial nitpicky info that will not stop snakes from molting but as fans, we do get crazy sometimes with factual info. I hope I am not alone in this 'craziness'. > NPOMTV: Liz Wright singing Lullabye of Birdland Now my question is, from what album did Lizz sing Lullabye of Birdland? This woman has one of those voices that has a most beautiful tone. Joseph in CH (celebrating his 10th year at JMDL) - --------------------------------- Ne gardez plus qu'une seule adresse mail ! Copiez vos mails vers Yahoo! Mail ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2007 #221 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------