From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #412 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 14 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 412 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 ["Gary Hanick" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:52:10 -0700 From: "Gary Hanick" Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 Hi Kevin -- I agree, but what about "Hejira"? That has to rank up there, too. "HOSL" is also brilliant. "Sweet Bird" may be the only song on "HOSL" that has the emotional depth you are talking about. But, still....... "Hejira" has it all. I'd go along with THIS being the last GREAT Joni album, although a lot of the ones that follow were more than good, especially "Turbulent Indigo". - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni-digest@smoe.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:33 PM To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 JMDL Digest Wednesday, March 14 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 411 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: - -------- Re: My two-cents worth on Joni's song periods [Kevin Foehr Subject: Re: My two-cents worth on Joni's song periods Greetings, New subscriber; might as well jump in on this thread. Can't help but wonder how many times over the years this topic has been discussed. And how many times Joni's music will be discussed in the next, say, 100 years... both are big #s I would think. To me there is only one period that matters: The Blue period. And I'll throw FTR in toor. For me it all ended with C&S, the last great album. "The Big Three" I call them. I fell in love with Blue and Joni simultaneously in 1971. Any woman who could write and sing with such passion and sensitivity and intelligence was the woman for me. I spent the next 25 years or so looking for a Joni of my own. It took me that long to realize there are no other Jonies. Blue is my fave album of all time, and Joni is my fave lyricist of all time. I'll give Dylan a silver and Natalie Merchant and Morrissey bronzes. Michael Stipe gets an honorable mention. But I'm not a music history student, so I'm sure I'm ignorant of some others I would rate highly too. (Any recommendations?) I like her pre-Blue albums a lot, at least many of the songs. But nothing comes close to the power Blue has over me. I still tear up hearing such songs as A Case of You, The Last ... Richard, and even a relatively happy song like California. It's not the sadness; its just the tenderness and the beauty and the specialness of the songs and performances. And that is after 40 years of listening to them! (Although I must admit, I didn't listen constantly; there were periods, perhaps even years when I drifted away from her music, and most other music too. But Blue is never forgotten and I always inevitably return to it. BTW, imo, River is the greatest song ever. It has grown on me over the decades to now occupy my top spot. Comments? Complaints? Hit me with your best shot. I can handle it, maybe... Kevin - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #411 ***************************** - ------- To post messages to the list, send tojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe - ------- ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #412 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send tojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------