From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #406 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://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Wednesday, October 26 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 406 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- River ["Ron St. Marie" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:17:36 -0700 From: "Ron St. Marie" Subject: River Long time lurker, here. I posted on another website just how much I love River and their covers. I think the song is one of Joni's strongest in the sense that it is easy to cover well. So many of Joni's songs have been perfected by Joni and, to my mind, cannot be covered easily. It may be because so many great Joni songs really require a jazz background and an intelligence that is lacking in many. Maybe that's why Cassandra Wilson, Norah Jones, and Natalie Merchant seem to cover Joni so well. With River, you need a sense of hurt and remorse but not a great set of pipes. Robert Downey Jr's version is a proof of this -- I think it's stunning. And lyric change aside, I really like J.T.'s version because he imbues it with so much J.T. that it's like a completely different song. Yep, it's Xmas time in L.A. again! Time to play me some River. Ron ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #406 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------