From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #131 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 Sunday, February 5 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 131 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Amber sings Blue [Anita G ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 16:35:57 +0000 From: Anita G Subject: Re: Amber sings Blue Well, it's January 1970, The Royal Festival Hall, London. I am 15 and it's the first time I see Joni. She plays many of the songs that I know and love and plays 'Chelsea Morning' twice for a guy at the front who begs her to play it again. Even Marcie is in the audience! Joni plays some new songs. One with a rock and roll beat called 'They Paved Paradise and Put Up A Parking Lot', which I find very funny, as Joni laughs a lot at the end of it. Joni goes to the piano, which is a big surprise for me because I don't know she can play the piano. None of her albums so far had a piano in them. She starts to play and I catch the words of this new song and feel deeply,deeply shocked. She is singing a song about her new boyfriend: "We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall, Keeping us tied and true." I am shocked and yet I am secretly thrilled. Is it possible to have a boyfriend and NOT get married? Surely not. And then she says something quite unsayable: "The bed's too big....." Yup, she's sleeping in the same bed and they aren't married!!!!!Not only that, she's singing quite brazenly about it. She sounds very happy! There are domestic details ' the frying pan's too wide!' And I wonder if there really are there men who sing in a park, walk in the rain and dance in the dark. It's just SO romantic and beautiful. It's so modern, so new...... and yet it's frightening because I don't know what it might mean to me in my life. I feel stirred up. I am sure you have to be married to share a bed with anyone other than your teddy bear. Joni's my heroine - but I think my Mum would tell me that the boys won't want her if she's slept around without being married. I might think secretly think that Joni's old man is keeping away those lonesome blues, but I think I'll play it safe, keep playing the first album where men are kings and women are princesses and nothing too murky goes on. 'My Old Man' - - a step WAY too far. Anita x On 4 February 2012 06:48, Mags wrote: > A new friend, Amber Epp is planning a show where she and her jazz friends > will > do the entire Blue album..she's doing original arrangements and it should > be > amazing. What I need here is some interpretations and back stories about > all > the songs on Blue. I have told her what I could but I also said that I > would > touch base with my community and find out as much as I can. The gig is in > March..so we have a little bit of time. She is only 25 years old and has > herself a strong following in all things jazz here in Winnipeg... so .. we > can either discuss it "here" or you can send me your stories, impressions > and > what have you to me privately. It all comes down to you ;-) ... oh this > is a > year, this is a wonderful year of hope, promise and lots of love. So bring > it > on. > > Mags ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #131 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send tojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------