From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #441 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 Tuesday, March 20 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 441 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: Sue's list [Susan Tierney McNamara ] Sue's list [Dave Blackburn ] Re: JMDL Digest V2012 #416 [Happy The Man ] Re: Leonard Cohen and Joni -Heck of a Guys Blog [Happy The Man ] Spring Ahead with Retro Covers #63 [Bob Muller ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:42:34 +0000 From: Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: RE: Sue's list Well I've always loved it, but yes, the clarity has definitely brought it to the forefront on my playlist lately!! Thanks DAVE!! Plus I'm hoping to do more tutorial videos of Clouds very soon, to go with Both Sides Now. 1 down, 9 to go (I'm almost done with Chelsea Morning!) :-) - -----Original Message----- From: Dave Blackburn [mailto:beatntrack@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:38 AM To: Happy The Man Cc: Susan Tierney McNamara; LIST Subject: Sue's list Sue, Is Clouds recently promoted to a front runner now that you can actually hear it? :-) On Mar 20, 2012, at 7:18 AM, Happy The Man wrote: >> I am a true devotee of Turbulent Indigo because I really feel that >> this album shows Joni as a master songwriter and guitarist. I might >> even go out on a limb and say that I rank her works as 1) TI 2)Hejira 3) Blue ... >> although the top 3 could change on any given day, even crowd in a >> couple of front runners like Court & Spark and Clouds ... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:37:47 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Sue's list Sue, Is Clouds recently promoted to a front runner now that you can actually hear it? :-) On Mar 20, 2012, at 7:18 AM, Happy The Man wrote: >> I am a true devotee of Turbulent Indigo because I really feel that this >> album shows Joni as a master songwriter and guitarist. I might even go out >> on a limb and say that I rank her works as 1) TI 2)Hejira 3) Blue ... >> although the top 3 could change on any given day, even crowd in a couple of >> front runners like Court & Spark and Clouds ... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:30:02 -0500 From: Happy The Man Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2012 #416 Kevin, Well there you went and mentioned Ani DiFranco it won't be long to you hear from the Joni Mitchell Cover Genius "Bob Muller" he along with many of us are Ani fan's. You might also like her label mate Anais Mitchell who just released a new album and had a great folk opera album called "Hadestown" a couple of years back. Also, check out "Laura Marling" a early 20 something UK folkie whose lyrics are clever and way beyond her years. Also when listening to a Joni album you haven't heard before you might consider the atmosphere you listen to it in. "Hejira" needs to be listened to when you need to get the hell out of town or are experiencing wanderlust. This album will push you over the edge and having you pack a cooler and drive until you've lost all knowledge of space and time. Peace, Craig NP: Lee Fields & The Expressions - Faithful Man On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Kevin Foehr wrote: > Thanks for all the replies and warm welcomes. Based on the feedback, I > will > need to give Hejira another listen; it has been decades since I heard it. > The > jazz put me off then, but perhaps I have matured enough to appreciate it > now. > > Thanks to Laura for the Laura Nyro recommendation. Anything recommended by > a friend of Joni's must certainly be seriously considered! :) > > I forgot to > mention another fave lyricist of mine -- honorable mention to Ani Difranco, > her early work anyway. (It seems most great musicians go through a similar > rise and fall -- early promising work in formative years, then peak > creativity > / greatness (usually albums 3 - 5, something like that), then gradual > decline > as the creativity well seems to run a little dry. Beatles and Stones, may > be > exceptions, but they are more collaborative efforts rather than the work > of a > single creative person, imho. Actually, now that I think about it, > McCartney > may be a true exception to this; he is a great song/music writer, but not a > great lyricist in my book. > > Words / meaning are where its at for me: > > "Strike every chord that you feel; > that broken trees and elephant ivories > conceal." > > It just doens't get any more beautiful than that. > > I wish > the best for all Joni lovers! Kevin > > > > > ________________________________ > From: JMDL Digest > To: joni-digest@smoe.org > Sent: > Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:16 AM > Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #416 > > > JMDL > Digest Thursday, March 15 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 416 > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: My two-cents > worth on Joni's song periods [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: > Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:11:24 -0400 > From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com > Subject: Re: My > two-cents worth on Joni's song periods > > Hi Kevin, welcome to the JMDL and > thanks for the post. > > You're certainly in the majority of folks as Blue seems > to be ONE Joni > album that bubbles to the top as her best work. Curiously > though, in this > forum I would dare say that that is the case. Speaking for > myself, I was a > latecomer to Blue - didn't hear it until the late 80's. C & S > got my > attention but it was Hejira that really established Joni as one of my > major favorites. > > Bob > > NP: Loggins & Messina, "Fever Dream" > - > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The information > transmitted is intended only for the person > or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain > proprietary, business-confidential and/or > privileged material. > If you are not the intended recipient of this message > you are > hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, > distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon > this message > is prohibited. 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For reference, Cohen is 53 at the time of the interview. [Interviewer] Another lover was the goddess Joni Mitchell. [Cohen] Im still very friendly with Joni  I had dinner with her before the tour, and I have the same admiration for her as you do. But I think it was Noel Harrison who came up to me in the LA Troubadour and said *How dyou like living with Beethoven?* Thats a new one on me so I guess Noel was a fan. Peace, Craig NP: Fenster - Fantasy II ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:18:21 -0500 From: Happy The Man Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 Bold Susan Bold :) But I have to agree it's one of my favorites top to bottom. Peace, Craig NP: Soap&Skin - Voyage Voyage On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Susan Tierney McNamara wrote: > I am a true devotee of Turbulent Indigo because I really feel that this > album shows Joni as a master songwriter and guitarist. I might even go out > on a limb and say that I rank her works as 1) TI 2)Hejira 3) Blue ... > although the top 3 could change on any given day, even crowd in a couple of > front runners like Court & Spark and Clouds ... > > All opinions are valid in my opinion! Sue > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Gary > Hanick > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 5:52 PM > To: joni@smoe.org; joni-digest@smoe.org > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:29:42 -0700 (PDT) > From: 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 > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:03:04 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Spring Ahead with Retro Covers #63 Before I dive into doing my taxes (trying to procrastinate actually), I thought I'd post some good retro covers for your weekend pleasure. Sadly, we lose an hour of weekend depending on where you live so you'll have one less hour to enjoy these, oh well. This time around you'll see some names you'll recognize. The link: http://tinyurl.com/8xcwq5v It'll be good for 2 weeks. 1. Richie Havens - Woodstock 2. The Harvard-Radcliffe Callbacks - The Circle Game 3. Susan Egan - Both Sides Now 4. k.d. Lang - A Case Of You 5. k.d. Lang - - Jericho 6. Bob Applegate - Big Yellow Taxi 7. Randy Cannon - Both Sides Now 8. Ted Kent and Canadian Spaghetti - You're So Square, Baby I Don't Care 9. Janice McHenry - The Circle Game 10. Restless Wind - Cactus Tree 11. Restless Wind - Both Sides Now 12. Restless Wind - Conversation 13. Restless Wind - Morning Morgantown 14. Chief Noda - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 15. Aoife Ni Fhearraigh - Both Sides Now 16. Tom Baxter - A Case Of You 17. Marti Pellow - River 18. Lukas Sunny Solace - Woodstock 19. Steve Lonsdale - Both Sides Now Bob NP: Girls, "Saying I Love You" ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #441 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send tojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------