From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #835 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, January 11 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 835 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: Joni Mitchell performs "Hejira," June 15, 1986 [Susan Tierney McNamar] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:34:54 +0000 From: Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: RE: Joni Mitchell performs "Hejira," June 15, 1986 Speaking of Hejira, I was hanging out with a close friend of mine last night and I mentioned Hejira, and he asked "why do you like that song?" ok, I only had one way of responding to that question ... I recited it as a poem (my friend loves poetry, so I thought he would like that better than singing it) ... as I went through some of the more difficult passages he asked me "what does that mean" quite frequently ... especially at these sections ... A defector from the petty wars that shell shock love away ... There's comfort in melancholy, when there's no need to explain ... it's just as natural as the weather in this moody sky today ... I'm porous with travel fever, but I'm so glad to be on my own, but still the slightest touch of a stranger can start a trembling in my bones ... I know no one can show me everything ... we all come and go unknown ... each so deep and superficial between the forceps and the stone ... (this passage started a 15 minute conversation about the nature of anonymous encounters ...) And reciting this passage just brought back how amazingly deep this song is ... ... we're only particles of change I know, I know, orbiting around the sun, but how can I have that point of view, when I'm always bound and tied to someone ... white flags of winter chimneys, waving truce against the moon, in the mirror of a modern bank, from the window of my hotel room ... What amazed me about this section is she is so detached she is not even looking at the scene directly, but through the reflection of a man-made barrier ... which just drives home the intense loneliness of the landscape she is describing ... My friend then said, "whoa, that's really depressing!" ha ha!! Love, Sue - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Michael Paz Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:39 AM To: joni@smoe.org List Subject: Fwd: Joni Mitchell performs "Hejira," June 15, 1986 Got this in my in box this am. Enjoy! Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com Begin forwarded message: From: Wolfgang's Vault Subject: Joni Mitchell performs "Hejira," June 15, 1986 Date: January 11, 2012 6:13:50 AM EST To: Reply-To: Wolfgang's Vault Trouble viewing this email? Click here Joni Mitchell "Hejira" Giants Stadium on June 15, 1986 Though certainly not unplugged, the sparse instrumentation and evocative lyrics of "Hejira" convey an intimacy that overcomes even the size of this enormous venue. Watch Video ; unsubscribe Copyright ) 2011 Wolfgang's Vault (149 Bluxome St., San Francisco, CA) ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #835 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------