From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #379 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 Wednesday, March 7 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 379 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Springsteen, njc ["rflynn@frontiernet.net"] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 23:30:58 -0500 From: "rflynn@frontiernet.net" Subject: Re: Springsteen, njc I love Bruce. Only saw him live twice --1975 Born to Run tour and the Magic tour 2008. He's made some bad albums, but so has Joni. Not that I'm really comparing them. Richard Flynn Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless - -----Original message----- From: Jim L'Hommedieu To: Bob Muller , JMDL Sent: Thu, Mar 8, 2012 03:53:08 GMT+00:00 Subject: Springsteen, njc Bob Muller said in part, >Like Joni, he had his moments when what he did coincided with the zeitgeist and he had amazing success (Born To Run, Born In The USA> And don't forget the improbable success of "Hungry Heart". I'm surprised that more JMDLers don't appreciate Springsteen. He's in the top tier (for me). I don't think it's fair to ridicule him because he's successful yet he sings about working class people. It's populist politics. Most songwriters can't step out of their own shoes yet he's done it ever since, gees, I guess it was the "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album. I think that being able to write and sing in someone else'es voice is a gift, not a liability. (Joni can do it. Dylan can do it. Steely Dan can do it. Jenny Goodspeed can do it. Who else? I think not many. That puts Jenny in good company!) As good as the Springsteen albums are, the live shows take it to another level. The live anthology 1975-1985 captures *dozens of the great moments. It is packed with alt arrangements too. I'm going to see the current tour next month in Cleveland; I can't wait. Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #379 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send tojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------