From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #878 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 Monday, January 16 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 878 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Hejira & Blue [Ken ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:50:11 -0500 (EST) From: Ken Subject: Re: Hejira & Blue I was going to respond with a similar reply but you beat me to it, Lori The two albums are from two different time periods (even though they're only five years apart), Blue riding on the coat tails of the "Woodstock Sixties." Blue was also much easier for more people to grasp on a personal and emotional level, especially in 1971. Hejira is much more sophisticated and complex; I think it goes right over some people's heads (assuming they would even listen to it to begin with). The only reason it's so popular with Joniphiles is that there has been a progression of Joni's music and growth that only they/we understand and appreciate. Kenny B From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell performs "Hejira," June 15, 1986 > Perhaps, if "Hejira" had been released before > "Blue", it would have gotten the recognition it deserved. Not to be argumentative, but I have to disagree on this. The average person in 1971 (top single that year: Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World") could barely comprehend "Blue," let alone the sophistication of "Hejira." Not that the average person's musical taste has changed, mind you ... I doubt most people could comprehend "Hejira" now. Not meaning to be a music snob, just sayin'. Lori Tioga, ND - -----Original Message----- From: onlyJMDL Digest To: onlyjoni-digest Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 5:57 am Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2011 #398 onlyJMDL Digest Monday, January 16 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 398 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: - -------- RE: JMDL Digest V2011 #847 ["Gary Hanick" ] Re: JMDL Digest V2011 #847 [gerard mclaughlin ] Re: Joni Mitchell performs "Hejira," June 15, 1986 [Lori Fye Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2011 #847 I definitely agree with all the posts about "Hejira" -- the album and the song. I think of all of Joni's works, including "Blue", "Hejira" is the most universally relatable. It's timeless. The images she paints each of us has experienced in some deep way that she has managed to capture and express. Perhaps, if "Hejira" had been released before "Blue", it would have gotten the recognition it deserved. I guess the critics and the buying public would not accept the fact that one artist could create two masterpieces of equal value and content. To the general public, Joni's most "famous" songs happened before "Blue". To her real fans, the albums from "Blue" to "Hejira" were the artistic cornerstones of a career that we'll continue to follow with anticipation and delight till the end. - - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni-digest@smoe.org] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 12:00 AM To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #847 JMDL Digest Monday, January 16 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 847 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: - - -------- Re: Joni Mitchell performs "Hejira," June 15, 1986 [gerard mclaughlin Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell performs "Hejira," June 15, 1986 Thanks for that, T Peckham !... it warms the cockles of my heart ! On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 2:42 AM, T Peckham wrote: > This is the kind of post that keeps me comin' back and checking in. Thanks, > Gerard! > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:51 PM, gerard mclaughlin > wrote: > > > I have never found Hejira depressing but then as a child Ingmar Bergman > > cheered me up so who am I to say. Just reading your post there , Susan > > lifted me out of some gloom that's been lurking. That song is medicine to > > me. Always has been.I remembber standing outside a bank at a bus stop > late > > one night here in Glasgow. It was snowing. I was bereft.Suddenly I saw > the > > moon reflected in the banks mirrorred windows. Accross the road an old > > hotel. There was a light on in a room up on the roof under the big > moon.I,m > > seeing all this in the actual mirrors of a modern bank ! In that instant > I > > was lifted out of my loneliness. I imagined Joni standing at that window > > behind the curtain looking down at me. I could see white flags of winter > > chimneys waving truce against the moon > > > > .Joni has sometimes referred to herself as a witness and on that > occasion I > > felt her witnessing me, one of her fans thousands of miles away. The > memory > > has never left me. Lots of us say she has been the soundtrack to our > lives. > > That night it was all a bit more than a soundtrack for me. She is part of > > the journey as far as I'm concerned and I fall in and out with her like a > > lover or a friend but she's there.Ah there is medicine in her work. I;m > > glad your friend got it. Many of mine just don;t get her and don,t even > > want to try. Sometimes it,s lonely loving Joni but it is worth it ! Sorry > > to go on but your post brought it all back to life. Oh I love Hejira. > > > > > > > > > -- > "An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing." > ---Louise Bourgeois - - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #847 ***************************** - - ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe - - ------- - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:42:22 +0000 From: gerard mclaughlin Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2011 #847 Here here ! I'll raise my glass to that ...and my hat and three cheers as well. On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Gary Hanick wrote: > I definitely agree with all the posts about "Hejira" -- the album and > the song. I think of all of Joni's works, including "Blue", "Hejira" is > the most universally relatable. It's timeless. The images she paints > each of us has experienced in some deep way that she has managed to > capture and express. Perhaps, if "Hejira" had been released before > "Blue", it would have gotten the recognition it deserved. I guess the > critics and the buying public would not accept the fact that one artist > could create two masterpieces of equal value and content. To the general > public, Joni's most "famous" songs happened before "Blue". To her real > fans, the albums from "Blue" to "Hejira" were the artistic cornerstones > of a career that we'll continue to follow with anticipation and delight > till the end. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni-digest@smoe.org] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 12:00 AM > To: joni-digest@smoe.org > Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #847 > > > JMDL Digest Monday, January 16 2012 Volume 2011 : Number > 847 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: Joni Mitchell performs "Hejira," June 15, 1986 [gerard mclaughlin > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:17:35 +0000 > From: gerard mclaughlin > Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell performs "Hejira," June 15, 1986 > > Thanks for that, T Peckham !... it warms the cockles of my heart ! > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 2:42 AM, T Peckham > wrote: > > > This is the kind of post that keeps me comin' back and checking in. > Thanks, > > Gerard! > > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:51 PM, gerard mclaughlin > > wrote: > > > > > I have never found Hejira depressing but then as a child Ingmar > Bergman > > > cheered me up so who am I to say. Just reading your post there , > Susan > > > lifted me out of some gloom that's been lurking. That song is > medicine to > > > me. Always has been.I remembber standing outside a bank at a bus > stop > > late > > > one night here in Glasgow. It was snowing. I was bereft.Suddenly I > saw > > the > > > moon reflected in the banks mirrorred windows. Accross the road an > old > > > hotel. There was a light on in a room up on the roof under the big > > moon.I,m > > > seeing all this in the actual mirrors of a modern bank ! In that > instant > > I > > > was lifted out of my loneliness. I imagined Joni standing at that > window > > > behind the curtain looking down at me. I could see white flags of > winter > > > chimneys waving truce against the moon > > > > > > .Joni has sometimes referred to herself as a witness and on that > > occasion I > > > felt her witnessing me, one of her fans thousands of miles away. The > > memory > > > has never left me. Lots of us say she has been the soundtrack to our > > lives. > > > That night it was all a bit more than a soundtrack for me. She is > part of > > > the journey as far as I'm concerned and I fall in and out with her > like a > > > lover or a friend but she's there.Ah there is medicine in her work. > I;m > > > glad your friend got it. Many of mine just don;t get her and don,t > even > > > want to try. Sometimes it,s lonely loving Joni but it is worth it ! > Sorry > > > to go on but your post brought it all back to life. Oh I love > Hejira. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "An artist can show things that other people are terrified of > expressing." > > ---Louise Bourgeois > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2011 #847 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:55:18 -0600 From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell performs "Hejira," June 15, 1986 > Perhaps, if "Hejira" had been released before > "Blue", it would have gotten the recognition it deserved. Not to be argumentative, but I have to disagree on this. The average person in 1971 (top single that year: Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World") could barely comprehend "Blue," let alone the sophistication of "Hejira." Not that the average person's musical taste has changed, mind you ... I doubt most people could comprehend "Hejira" now. Not meaning to be a music snob, just sayin'. Lori Tioga, ND - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:46:58 -0700 (MST) From: TheStaff@JoniMitchell.com Subject: New Library item: 40th Anniversary of the Summer of Love Title: 40th Anniversary of the Summer of Love Publication: POSTCITY.COM Date: 2009.07.0 http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2463 - ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2011 #398 ********************************* - ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #878 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------