From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #897 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 18 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 897 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JMDL Digest V2011 #890 ["johnnybgoode@lineone.net" Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2011 #890 Simon, Beautifully put and difficult to disagree with. I forgot the live albums. I saw Joni with LA Express with CSNY Wembley 1974, Hence the desire to hear more MoAisles type material. John >----Original Message---- >From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org >Date: 18/01/2012 20:21 >To: >Subj: JMDL Digest V2011 #890 > >JMDL Digest Wednesday, January 18 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 890 > > > >========== > >TOPICS and authors in this Digest: >-------- > My Joni Progression [Stewart.Simon@sunlife. com] > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:06:22 -0500 >From: Stewart.Simon@sunlife. com >Subject: My Joni Progression > >I really am enjoying this thread......here is mine...... > >1974 - First Album - Court & Spark - Met my first real love at 17 and Help >Me was the theme song and my introduction to Joni I recall going home for >weeks and listening to that album over and over - especially "The Same >Situation " which would stay in my head daily for several months. > >1974 - Second Album - - Ladies of the Canyon - After I heard Court and Spark >- - I knew I had to hear more from this artist so I purchased Ladies of the >Canyon for no other reason than it was appealing to me aesthetically and it >contained Woodstock which I already knew from CSNY. While I never warmed up >to this album as I have many others, Conversation, Willy, Rainy Night House >and The Arrangement were all special songs for me from this release. >Morning Morgantown, The Priest, and Blue Boy are 3 songs that still remain >distant to me to this day. While I love The Circle Game, I think Tom Rush's >version is the better of all of the covers I have heard including the >Original. > >1974 - Third Album - Song to A Seagull - I think Joni's most underrated >album of all of her material. I had a King, Marcie and the Dawntreader are >3 of my favorite songs she has composed throughout her career (Top 10) and >I had a King may be my #1 favorite composition . > >1974 - Miles of Aisles - Fourth Album - Purchased this after I saw the tour >in Boston. The LA Express Rocks on this Album. I loved this tour and I >thought her music fit so well with that band. I am sorry she moved on so >quickly as I would have loved to see her make another studio album with >these same musicians. > >1975 - Fifth Album - Blue - No need to elaborate here. There is nothing on >this album I don't adore. In my opinion, its the best compilation of music >on 1 album ever released. Its Joni's finest hour and her masterpiece. > >1975 - Sixth Album - For The Roses - To me - Her Second best album. Lesson >in Survival is such a great song and one of those songs that I would listen >to over and over when I was depressed or down in the dumps. Barangrill, >Woman of Heart and Mind and Blonde in the Bleachers are astonishingly >beautiful both musically and lyrically. The only song I never appreciated >(and still don't) from this release is the title song. > >1975 - Seventh Album Hissing - Bought this when it was released. A very >good album but so so so different from her previous material. Edith, >Harry's House and Scarlett are easily my 3 favorites here. To this day - I >still skip over the Jungle Line. > >1976 - Eighth Album - Hejira - I feel the same way most others do about >this release - astonishingly beautiful - sophisticated and such a good >piece of music to listen to when your high. Sharon, Hejira and Furry stand >above everything else but the whole album is just so excellent > >1976 - Ninth Album - Clouds - I sort of equate this with LOTC as far as >overall quality There are some beautiful songs on this album including I >Don't Know Where I Stand and Song About the Midway as the 2 highlights for >me. Overall this album depresses me - the songs are dark and the melodies >hauntingly depressing. Chelsea Morniing is the only upbeat song and it >feels like it doesn't fit on this release. > >I also own DJRD, Shadows, Mingus and WTRF and purchased them shortly after >they were released. While I occasionally listen to certain cuts from these >releases, I have to admit that I fell off the Joni train after Hejira. > > > > >- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >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. 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