From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2010 #300 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 Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Friday, October 8 2010 Volume 2010 : Number 300 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: my report of Dave and Robin's wonderful concert - with a little Joni-related addition now njc [] Re: Memorial Concert for Robert Kirby (Nick Drake's string arranger) now with some Joni content again [Lieve Rec] John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey [Gerald Notaro ] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [T Peck] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Gerald] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [c Karm] Tragically Hip NJC [Mags ] Re: Tragically Hip NJC [Robert Procyk ] Godawful Songs Deja -vu ["Epley, Keith" ] Re: Godawful Songs Deja -vu [Catherine McKay ] acrid earworms njc [Rob Wh ] RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Susan] RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [c Kar] RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Susa] RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Susa] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Dave ] RE: acrid earworms njc [Susan Tierney McNamara ] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Michae] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [T Peck] Re: Joni's Paintings [Bob Muller ] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Cath] Re: acrid earworms njc [Catherine McKay ] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Bob M] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Cath] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Micha] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Bob M] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [T Peck] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Cather] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Cathe] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Cather] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [Jim ] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc ["Jim L] Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc ["Jim] Re: my report of Dave and Robin's wonderful concert - with a little Joni-related addition now njc ["Mark"] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:25:23 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: my report of Dave and Robin's wonderful concert - with a little Joni-related addition now njc As did I, I heard it on an oddball compilation LP I bought at the time. I was a sucker for a comp, and they would typically get me in trouble as I'd get turned on to 4-5 new artists that I liked, which when you think of it was their purpose, right? I also have to chime in and mention that the aforementioned Martha and her delightful Muffins appeared on the ORIGINAL Joni Tribute CD "Back To The Garden", covering "Shades Of Scarlett Conquering". Bob NP: The Doors, "Unhappy Girl" (having a Doors afternoon) - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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And I did go to the Keith James "Great American Songbook" concert on Monday, you know the one both Jamie and I mentioned as it was scheduled in each of our local Picturehouse cinemas (Greenwich and Clapham, and apparently a whole string of other ones, from Brighton to Edinburgh). He was billed to play numbers by Joni, Neil Young and Leonard Cohen. The show started with the film Joni Mitchell, a Life Story (Woman of Heart and Mind) which I have on DVD myself, but anyway it was nice to see it again. Then he played the numbers very competently, but it was nothing like seeing Robin and Dave, it didn't move me half as much. I think he only did about 4 Joni numbers, in fact he also threw in a few Gordon Lightfoot numbers and I was very moved by his version of If You Could Read My Mind Love. He had brought a number of guitars so I thought: "Aha, this will be for the different tunings of Joni's numbers", but in fact one guitar was only used for one song (he said he only uses the guitar or that song) which he announced as the most perfect song ever written, and it turned out to be Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat. A fine song I agree, but I would not go as far as saying it's the best song ever. Anyway, that's a question of taste. There were only about 20 people, and I thought the majority would turn up on the following day, Tuesday, but I heard from a neighbour that that one was cancelled. Just a quick word about that neighbour: she came to Robin and Dave's concert, and told me afterwards what a great Joni-fan she is. "That's the music I grew up with", she said. She asked me how I knew Robin and Dave, and I told her a bit about the JMDL, and that we sometimes have get-togethers, that we even had one in my house in January 2009. "Oh", she said, "if you ever have another of those gatherings, can I please come too?" I mentioned the upcoming Keith James concerts, and I feel sorry for her that she and her husband went on Tuesday and it was cancelled, so I will ask them around to my house one evening and play the Jonifilm, so we will have our own little Joni-gathering! All the best, Lieve in London ________________________________ From: Catherine McKay To: Lieve Reckers ; Paul Castle ; joni@smoe.org Sent: Thu, 7 October, 2010 17:44:16 Subject: Re: Memorial Concert for Robert Kirby (Nick Drake's string arranger) (njc) You'll have to time-travel, my dear. I didn't even notice the date and, if I had, it would have made no difference because I have absolutely NO idea what day or date it is these days without checking a calendar several times over. Even then, I'm often a week off. Oh well... - ----- Original Message ---- > From: Lieve Reckers > To: Catherine McKay ; Paul Castle >; joni@smoe.org > Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 9:48:14 AM > Subject: Re: Memorial Concert for Robert Kirby (Nick Drake's string >arranger) (njc) > > Hard to imagine how I could go, since the date was last weekend! > Paul, do you > want to double check this? > All the best, > Lieve in London ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:30:40 -0400 From: Gerald Notaro Subject: John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey I always love a Joni mention in a review: If you want to see the gold standard for nightclub performance in New York City in 2010, make tracks for the Cafi Carlyle to see the exceptionally conceived and beautifully executed act that John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey have put together called *The Heart of a Saturday Night*. This always spectacular pair (and real-life couple) provide a robust combination of musical styles that range from high-speed jazz to deeply complicated, lyric-driven theatrical arcs. Funny, always in the moment, and charming as could be with patter that never fails to entertain, they are consummate entertainers. The distinguishing feature of this show is their unparalleled ability to combine songs in exquisitely imaginative ways that reveal new truths. Backed by three top notch musicians, Larry Fuller (piano), Martin Pizzarelli (bass), and Tony Tedesco (drums), the couple open their show with a duet they refer to as their "Bad Medley," because Molaskey sings "I Want to Be Bad" and Pizzarelli cleverly insists "It's Bad for Me." These two lesser-known songs from the Great American Songbook wryly comment on each other with cheeky good humor. By the end of the number, they have the audience enraptured. In a show overcrowded with highlights, their inspired combination of Stephen Sondheim's "You Must Meet My Wife" and Joni Mitchell's "Conversation" is both unexpected and exhilaratingly imaginative. Choosing these songs, let alone, the piercingly perceptive way they are intercut, represent a great leap forward by these compelling artists. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:48:40 -0500 From: T Peckham Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc Catherine: Glad I didn't ruin your sleep--ha ha! And yes, I read a few of the comments @ YouTube and understand how much some of these songs mean to people--I bet we all have a few "trigger" songs that might make others cringe--so if any of this offends anyone on the List, my apologies. I'm glad it wasn't just me (or gmail, or GoogleChrome, or what-the-hell-ever) with the crazy fonts! That Cher show is a classic example of why, in addition to my utter disinterest in gambling and gaming and all forms of taking tacky to its outer limits, I will never, under any circumstances, ever set foot in Las Vegas. :-D I am inspired and compelled, however, to present you all with this: http://youtu.be/YmOUKKnRJgU (accompanied by the caveat that this does not strictly fit the criteria of the title of the thread--the songs aren't the problem so much as the, er, presentation) On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Catherine McKay wrote: > Nice! I was wondering when someone would post some Cher content. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: c Karma > > > > > This is the triple. The trifecta. The unholy trinity. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ETIPZS073Q > > > > > > I need to take a shower. > > CC > - -- "An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing." - ---Louise Bourgeois ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:54:56 -0400 From: Gerald Notaro Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc Oh my. I love Cher but even that clip made me gag. Jerry On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:48 PM, T Peckham wrote: > Catherine: Glad I didn't ruin your sleep--ha ha! And yes, I read a few of > the comments @ YouTube and understand how much some of these songs mean to > people--I bet we all have a few "trigger" songs that might make others > cringe--so if any of this offends anyone on the List, my apologies. > > I'm glad it wasn't just me (or gmail, or GoogleChrome, or > what-the-hell-ever) with the crazy fonts! > > That Cher show is a classic example of why, in addition to my utter > disinterest in gambling and gaming and all forms of taking tacky to its > outer limits, I will never, under any circumstances, ever set foot in Las > Vegas. :-D > > I am inspired and compelled, however, to present you all with this: > > http://youtu.be/YmOUKKnRJgU (accompanied by the caveat that this does > not strictly fit the criteria of the title of the thread--the songs aren't > the problem so much as the, er, presentation) > > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Catherine McKay wrote: > >> Nice! I was wondering when someone would post some Cher content. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> > From: c Karma >> >> > >> > This is the triple. The trifecta. The unholy trinity. >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ETIPZS073Q >> > >> > >> > I need to take a shower. >> > CC >> > > > > -- > "An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing." > ---Louise Bourgeois ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 19:26:14 +0000 From: c Karma Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc These two of a theme, deserve special mention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SPVEhZN5E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ Happy to send this one along, but I guiltily admit that I love the storytelling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefY-wjA7U I'm going straight to hell. CC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 12:34:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Mags Subject: Tragically Hip NJC Rob wrote: Finally, Catherine, and other Canucks - what do you think about the Tragically Hip? Am I the only person in the country to not get it? I mean, yeah, they're ok, but they ain't exactly the Beatles. I can't even say it's an age thing, as they've been around since I was 18 or so. and now my two cents worth: Rob , I love repeat LOVE the Hip. It might be in part because of the fact that they were high school friends from Kingston, Ontario..that they did the garage band after school thing. That they are really great guys...that their songs are wonderful and often tell stories of so called fallen heroes like David Milgaard. Thirty eight years old, never kissed a girl. (current ear worm there). I dont know how else to explain it, my family here in Winnipeg love them too..so there ya go. Theyve seen them in concert and they are fabulous. different strokes, brother. love ya, Mags ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:01:34 -0600 From: Robert Procyk Subject: Re: Tragically Hip NJC I had no idea that was about Milgaard! LOL, you'd think I would, since he's been a Sask. news fixture for decades. I just assumed every Hip song was about dead hockey players! You know, quite frankly, I was always sort of surprised that Joni didn't write a Milgaard song, or at least a song about some uniquely prairie cause. She gives the plight of the Aboriginal people in North Battleford, smashing bottles on Railway Avenue, in PP, and she mentions the rise of Cameco and urainium in the early 80s in Chinese Cafe, but I've always wanted her to do a full-on song about, I dunno, Joanne Wilson (Colin Thatcher's ex-wife, who he murdered) or Milgaard, or the death of the small prairie town, or whatever - she tackles Jackson Browne and the Magdeline Laundries, so why not something from where she's from? Anyway, I digress... Back to the Hip - I've got a few 'Hip cds - Road Apples, Fully Completely, the one with the yellow cover I don't think I've listened to more than once, and.... hmmm.. the one after Fully Completely. I haven't listened to them since the 90s. I have a friend who thinks I am off my rocker for not thinking they are the greatest. Maybe someday - hells bells, I didn't care for FTR very much before the list, and now it's almost my fave, so stranger things have happened! BTW, I have to say one of my fave lines from any song does indeed come from the Hip: "You said you didn't give a f*** about hockey and I never heard anyone say THAT before". Happy Thanksgiving! Rob PS: Mags, you are from Kingston?? You by any chance didn't know any Urie's? I've got a long lost cousin from there who I don't think knows we exist. - ----- Original Message ----- From: Mags Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010 1:34 pm Subject: Tragically Hip NJC > > > > Rob wrote: > > Finally, Catherine, and other Canucks - what do you think about > the Tragically Hip? Am I the only person in the country to not > get it? I mean, yeah, they're ok, but they ain't exactly the > Beatles. I can't even say it's an age thing, as they've been > around since I was 18 or so. > > and now my two cents worth: > > Rob , I love repeat LOVE the Hip. It might be in part because of > the fact that they were high school friends from Kingston, > Ontario..that they did the garage band after school thing. That > they are really great guys...that their songs are wonderful and > often tell stories of so called fallen heroes like David Milgaard. > Thirty eight years old, never kissed a girl. (current ear worm > there). > > I dont know how else to explain it, my family here in Winnipeg > love them too..so there ya go. Theyve seen them in concert and > they are fabulous. > > different strokes, brother. > > love ya, > > Mags ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:22:54 -0500 From: "Epley, Keith" Subject: Godawful Songs Deja -vu The oddest thing occured just last evening. I remebered back to a childhood trauma, one where I came home from school and there was a note on the fridge from my mother saying she couldn't stay married any longer. I saw it first, I think. Maybe I was 12-13, thereabouts. Suffice it to say I was scared of suicide, but I wanted to die. I can remember listening to that Goldsboro song mentioned as godawful, "Honey," and it set the tear floods rolling. Just last evening that song came into my head and here I see it on the JMDL! I still like the song, but I knooooow the greatest song ever is Hejira. (I have been having a "Marcy" experience of late, waiting for "the one" to come to his senses: "red is angry, green is jealous." Canada knows how to pump out the great songwriters (I was listening to Buffy Sainte-Marie not twenty minutes ago), but I do think that Anne Murray is the absolute worst! Evenso, I do like "Snowbird," another song that was popular during my folks' divorce. Don't get me started on Tammy Wynette who, like Joni, "never told a lie,"LOL ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:58:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Godawful Songs Deja -vu What a terrible experience for a young kid. Talk about life-changing experiences. It gave me a chill reading that. There's a French word, "bouleversi" which kind of means overwhelmed, but also sort of "bowled over," and that's the word that sprang into my mind on reading your post. I am going to hug my kids when I get home! And isn't it weird how things you haven't heard for a long time sometimes spring up here, there and everywhere, for no reason, because they're not linked in any way. Too bad it had to be a song that brings back a terrible memory. Sending you virtual hugs. - ----- Original Message ---- > From: "Epley, Keith" > To: "joni@smoe.org" > Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 3:22:54 PM > Subject: Godawful Songs Deja -vu > > The oddest thing occured just last evening. I remebered back to a childhood > trauma, one where I came home from school and there was a note on the fridge > from my mother saying she couldn't stay married any longer. I saw it first, I > think. Maybe I was 12-13, thereabouts. Suffice it to say I was scared of > suicide, but I wanted to die. I can remember listening to that Goldsboro song > mentioned as godawful, "Honey," and it set the tear floods rolling. Just last > evening that song came into my head and here I see it on the JMDL! I still > like the song, but I knooooow the greatest song ever is Hejira. (I have been > having a "Marcy" experience of late, waiting for "the one" to come to his > senses: "red is angry, green is jealous." Canada knows how to pump out the > great songwriters (I was listening to Buffy Sainte-Marie not twenty minutes > ago), but I do think that Anne Murray is the absolute worst! Evenso, I do like > "Snowbird," another song that was popular during my folks' divorce. Don't get > me started on Tammy Wynette who, like Joni, "never told a lie,"LOL ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:56:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Rob Wh Subject: acrid earworms njc Thanks to all for the recent thread the mere reading of which has implanted these songs (and more :-) in my ear, brain, nasal cavities and for all I know pancreas. So ... I just HAD to share (with love, of course) with you all! The second and third are really more about the performance than the song - and they serve as a reminder that Joni ain't the only heavy smokin' pop superstar! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMDKDAfnNFs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94-_w9ARX0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY Cheers, Roberto ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:03:33 -0400 From: Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc You guys better stop it or me and Chuck E are going to start sending you bad Swedish disco videos!!!! Be warned!! This stuff will have you begging for mercy!! - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of c Karma Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:26 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc These two of a theme, deserve special mention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SPVEhZN5E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ Happy to send this one along, but I guiltily admit that I love the storytelling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefY-wjA7U I'm going straight to hell. CC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 21:10:45 +0000 From: c Karma Subject: RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc Bring it. > From: sem8@cornell.edu > To: ckarma@hotmail.com; joni@smoe.org > Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:03:33 -0400 > Subject: RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc > > You guys better stop it or me and Chuck E are going to start sending you bad Swedish disco videos!!!! Be warned!! This stuff will have you begging for mercy!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of c Karma > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:26 PM > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc > > These two of a theme, deserve special mention: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SPVEhZN5E > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ > > Happy to send this one along, but I guiltily admit that I love the > storytelling: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefY-wjA7U > > I'm going straight to hell. > CC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:12:14 -0400 From: Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc This one is my favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Burpv0ZM9gw - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Susan Tierney McNamara Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 5:04 PM To: c Karma; joni@smoe.org Subject: RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc You guys better stop it or me and Chuck E are going to start sending you bad Swedish disco videos!!!! Be warned!! This stuff will have you begging for mercy!! - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of c Karma Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:26 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc These two of a theme, deserve special mention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SPVEhZN5E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ Happy to send this one along, but I guiltily admit that I love the storytelling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefY-wjA7U I'm going straight to hell. CC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:14:10 -0400 From: Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc And then this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPnGPIMUnus - -----Original Message----- From: Susan Tierney McNamara Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 5:12 PM To: Susan Tierney McNamara; c Karma; joni@smoe.org Subject: RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc This one is my favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Burpv0ZM9gw - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Susan Tierney McNamara Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 5:04 PM To: c Karma; joni@smoe.org Subject: RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc You guys better stop it or me and Chuck E are going to start sending you bad Swedish disco videos!!!! Be warned!! This stuff will have you begging for mercy!! - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of c Karma Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:26 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc These two of a theme, deserve special mention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SPVEhZN5E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ Happy to send this one along, but I guiltily admit that I love the storytelling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefY-wjA7U I'm going straight to hell. CC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:10:23 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc There are good Swedish disco videos? On Oct 7, 2010, at 2:03 PM, Susan Tierney McNamara wrote: > You guys better stop it or me and Chuck E are going to start sending you bad Swedish disco videos!!!! Be warned!! This stuff will have you begging for mercy!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of c Karma > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:26 PM > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc > > These two of a theme, deserve special mention: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SPVEhZN5E > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ > > Happy to send this one along, but I guiltily admit that I love the > storytelling: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefY-wjA7U > > I'm going straight to hell. > CC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:19:27 -0400 From: Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: RE: acrid earworms njc Shatner doing Rocket Man is my all time favorite. He's the Shat man!!! :-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Rob Wh Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 4:56 PM To: Joni Discussion Subject: acrid earworms njc Thanks to all for the recent thread the mere reading of which has implanted these songs (and more :-) in my ear, brain, nasal cavities and for all I know pancreas. So ... I just HAD to share (with love, of course) with you all! The second and third are really more about the performance than the song - and they serve as a reminder that Joni ain't the only heavy smokin' pop superstar! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMDKDAfnNFs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94-_w9ARX0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY Cheers, Roberto ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:25:54 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc When you people start dissing Helen Ready I am out of here. I can't wait for her box set to come out. Oh and thanks alot since this morning when I looked at some of ya'lls videos I happened to click on Sweet Pea and now I can't get it out of my head. So hear ya geaux! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0trONutUGmI Paz NP-Chief-Patty Griffin Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Oct 7, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Susan Tierney McNamara wrote: You guys better stop it or me and Chuck E are going to start sending you bad Swedish disco videos!!!! Be warned!! This stuff will have you begging for mercy!! - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of c Karma Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:26 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc These two of a theme, deserve special mention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SPVEhZN5E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ Happy to send this one along, but I guiltily admit that I love the storytelling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefY-wjA7U I'm going straight to hell. CC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:27:57 -0500 From: T Peckham Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc [I tried to send this msg. a couple hrs. ago, but my gmail account has been telling me I've timed out of my session (?!?) and making me log out and in again. Anyone else having this problem?] Kudos! How could I have forgotten the "Billy" songs?!? On the other hand, don't you go a'sayin' *nuthin'* bad 'bout my Jeannie C.!! I've had these warming up in the bullpen: http://youtu.be/FwOzyVjswlM http://youtu.be/SGqH74xudEk I just remember my friends and I thinking there was something really creepy about this guy . . . ;-) Terra On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:26 PM, c Karma wrote: > These two of a theme, deserve special mention: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SPVEhZN5E > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ > > Happy to send this one along, but I guiltily admit that I love the > storytelling: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefY-wjA7U > > I'm going straight to hell. > CC > - -- "An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing." - ---Louise Bourgeois ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:28:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Joni's Paintings Check on ebay, Mary - from time to time a lithograph or even an original piece pops up for auction. Bob NP: My Morning Jacket, "Touch Me I'm Going To Scream" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:35:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc Amen, brother Karma. I WANT to see that stuff. - ----- Original Message ---- > From: c Karma > To: sem8@cornell.edu; joni@smoe.org > Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 5:10:45 PM > Subject: RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc > > Bring it. > > > From: sem8@cornell.edu > > To: ckarma@hotmail.com; joni@smoe.org > > Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:03:33 -0400 > > Subject: RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc > > > > You guys better stop it or me and Chuck E are going to start sending you bad > Swedish disco videos!!!! Be warned!! This stuff will have you begging for > mercy!! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:36:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: acrid earworms njc The Telly Savalas one is priceless. Likewise the Shatner. Please tell me they didn't do this for serious and they MEANT it to be funny. - ----- Original Message ---- > From: Rob Wh > To: Joni Discussion > Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 4:56:05 PM > Subject: acrid earworms njc > > Thanks to all for the recent thread the mere reading of which has implanted > these songs (and more :-) in my ear, brain, nasal cavities and for all I know > pancreas. > > So ... I just HAD to share (with love, of course) with you all! The second and > > third are really more about the performance than the song - and they serve as >a > > reminder that Joni ain't the only heavy smokin' pop superstar! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMDKDAfnNFs > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94-_w9ARX0 > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY > > Cheers, > Roberto ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:35:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc I always liked Harper Valley PTA OK, but that "Billy Don't Be A Hero" IS one of the all-time nasties. Bob - ----- Original Message ---- From: c Karma To: joni@smoe.org Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 3:26:14 PM Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc These two of a theme, deserve special mention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SPVEhZN5E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ Happy to send this one along, but I guiltily admit that I love the storytelling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefY-wjA7U I'm going straight to hell. CC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:37:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc Brilliant! OK, I'd better stop responding to everything. - ----- Original Message ---- > From: Susan Tierney McNamara > To: Susan Tierney McNamara ; c Karma ; >"joni@smoe.org" > Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 5:12:14 PM > Subject: RE: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc > > This one is my favorite: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Burpv0ZM9gw ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:42:58 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc Oh God. Dizzy! You people are killing me. Its not safe to read the list anymore Paz (Getting ready for a set of Gershwin stuff tonight at the Ogden) NP-Air Mail Special-Ella Fitzgerald Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Oct 7, 2010, at 5:41 PM, Bob Muller wrote: Tommy Roe can do no wrong. Sweet Pea is probably his best, but Hooray For Hazel and Dizzy are right up there too. Bob NP: Coldplay, "The Scientist" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:41:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc Tommy Roe can do no wrong. Sweet Pea is probably his best, but Hooray For Hazel and Dizzy are right up there too. Bob NP: Coldplay, "The Scientist" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:47:40 -0500 From: T Peckham Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc Well, that's just vicious. Now I got that AND "Dizzy" going thru my head--AAGGHH! :-D On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Michael Paz wrote: > When you people start dissing Helen Ready I am out of here. I can't wait > for > her box set to come out. Oh and thanks alot since this morning when I > looked > at some of ya'lls videos I happened to click on Sweet Pea and now I can't > get > it out of my head. > > So hear ya geaux! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0trONutUGmI > > > Paz > NP-Chief-Patty Griffin > > > Michael Paz > michael@thepazgroup.com > > Tour Manager > Preservation Hall Jazz Band > http://www.preservationhall.com > > > > > On Oct 7, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Susan Tierney McNamara wrote: > > You guys better stop it or me and Chuck E are going to start sending you > bad > Swedish disco videos!!!! Be warned!! This stuff will have you begging for > mercy!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of c > Karma > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:26 PM > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc > > These two of a theme, deserve special mention: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8SPVEhZN5E > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ > > Happy to send this one along, but I guiltily admit that I love the > storytelling: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefY-wjA7U > > I'm going straight to hell. > CC > - -- "An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing." - ---Louise Bourgeois ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:50:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc OMG! I love Ruby! It's just too much! Did you know that Brandon Flowers of the Killers did a cover of that? before they were famous - my daughter has downloaded anything she could get from them. > >From: T Peckham >To: c Karma >Cc: joni@smoe.org; "Bob.Muller@Fluor.com" ; Catherine >McKay ; Gerald Notaro ; Lieve >Reckers >Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 6:27:57 PM >Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc > > >[I tried to send this msg. a couple hrs. ago, but my gmail account has been >telling me I've timed out of my session (?!?) and making me log out and in >again. Anyone else having this problem?] > > > >Kudos! How could I have forgotten the "Billy" songs?!? > > >On the other hand, don't you go a'sayin' nuthin' bad 'bout my Jeannie C.!! > > >I've had these warming up in the bullpen: > > >http://youtu.be/FwOzyVjswlM >http://youtu.be/SGqH74xudEk > > >I just remember my friends and I thinking there was something really creepy >about this guy . . . ;-) > > >Terra > > >> >>-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:53:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc C Karma sent us this. Seems to me Smurf loved this song (recognizing that "love" can mean different things to different people.) Where is Jody Johnson? He would tell her she was wearing her dresses way too high. > > Happy to send this one along, but I guiltily admit that I love the > > storytelling: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOefY-wjA7U > > > > I'm going straight to hell. > > CC > > > > > > -- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:57:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc How about Sheila? Cheeks are rosy, she looks a little nosy (?) Nice rhyme work on that one. I do like the drums though. This song used to annoy the sh*t out of me. There were so many Sheilas (or Shelaghs and other variations thereon) at my school when I was a kid! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Ll2frWOB4 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 18:01:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc I was inflicted with this pain during my freshman year in College (1974) and I don't think I've ever fully recovered from either of them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr645Ti4ju8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0 And then there's the Honorable Mention bad songs not previously mentioned Love Grows (1970) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr6H1a7YUac Little Arrows (1968) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvXDxobNteA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:47:35 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc "Dizzy" by Tommy Roe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8BmIf1A3jsThat's so awful I have to listen to it again. "Yesterday Once More" by the Carpentershttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwxsWIYJI2ASorry, but the Carpenters are way overrated, in my opinion. That one's so awful I can't listen to it all the way through. Once is too much. Queen: "Bohemian Rhapsody" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe9PSliDG4M It's like a car wretch. Pun intended. Gary Glitter - "Rock'n Roll Part 2" It's awful but I like it, especially when The Ohio State Marching Band is playing it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xd44PWZGzg "I Started A Joke" by the Bee Geeshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRNTQvXSsfAAs a matter of fact, anything at all by the Bee Gees. "Last Dance" by Donna Summerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG07rYStCjwDo you remember how awful that every song had the same hi-hat riff on it? For about 7 years? Disco killed radio. Full stop. "Mac Arthur Park" as sung by Richard Harrishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHS8hj4TdT8 C.W. McCall - "Convoy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWO_AIh8drk Amazingly, a song about citizen band radios where the songwriter talks to himself, doing all of the speaking parts. They couldn't even get a second voice? Kate Bush "Running Up That Hill"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuLlwUaEyr0Just checking to see if anyone read this far. I don't understand it but I love this song. I think the title is Freudian though. Jim L'Hommedieu Lama ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:00:53 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Re: Nasty, smarmy, godawful, badass, completely yucky songs - njc Catherine said, >And my, what a tiny font you have!> THAT'S WHY I SHOUT. I'M COMPENSATING. LAMA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 20:56:14 -0700 From: "Mark" Subject: Re: my report of Dave and Robin's wonderful concert - with a little Joni-related addition now njc OMG. Dusty Springfield videos on YouTube. I'm going to be occupied for awhile. I had to at least hear the first line or so of the other 'Stay Awhile' just assure myself nobody was dissing Dusty here. But was the audio out of synch with the video or was Dusty a lousy lip-syncher in those days? Not knocking her. I love her. Just curious. Mark in Seattle - -------------------------------------------------- From: "Gerald Notaro" Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:10 AM To: "Robert Procyk" Cc: Subject: Re: my report of Dave and Robin's wonderful concert - with a little Joni-related addition now njc > And please don't anyone confuse that awful song with Dusty Springfield's > FABULOUS hit Stay Awhile. Hey Anita or Lulu. Do you remember this one? > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRRLrDnx5OY&feature=related > > Jerry > > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Robert Procyk wrote: > >> Oh Catherine, it's this damned digest. I am behind the times. As well, I >> only read about 6 posts before I started writing this, so forgive me if >> some of it is repeated elsewhere in this thread. Anyway, like you, I was >> sure that Terry and Susan Jacks were The Bells, and thought "Stay Awhile" >> was their song, but alas, when I just wikipedia'ed it, I guess it's >> another couple. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2010 #300 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------