From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #733 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 Monday, May 14 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 733 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: RE: a case of you [daligay@googlemail.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 21:03:30 +0000 From: daligay@googlemail.com Subject: Re: RE: a case of you Absolutely ! That's it. There is a thin line sometimes between loving someone and being a doormat ! I doubt that Joni is one of those people who "love too much" although at times I have as an onlooker thought "get out of that, darling." I suppose that's very easy from the outside. Of course I've been there too. That's why she's so loved by us all. She sings what we all experience and feel. Sorry for being so "me" in my observations , so brash about such a lovely song and thanks for throwing some more light on it for me. .. She's got good feet Ms Mitchell...and yes those chords well they are a whole other world. Thankyou, Susan. On May 14, 2012 5:01pm, Susan Tierney McNamara wrote: > When we talk about A Case of You in this manner, it also reminds me of > Don't Interrupt The Sorrow ... I think there is a thin line > between "doormat" and the attitude that a woman can take everything > that's being thrown at her and "still stay on my feet." The reason why I > love these songs so much is they transmitted to me my own "feet of clay" > when I think I can love a person who really doesn't have my best > interests in mind (be prepared to bleed!). I felt a camaraderie with Joni > in feeling like a storm trooper in complicated relationships with > complicated people (including myself!) I don't think we can ever talk > about these songs in black and white. Joni's genius was conveying these > heartbreaking emotions not only through her lyrics but her achingly > beautiful chord structures (and ACOY with only four strings!) . > Brilliant!!! > Take care, Sue > email: sem8@cornell.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jamie > Zubairi > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 12:52 PM > To: Michael Flaherty > Cc: ingrid lochrenberg; joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: a case of you > Joni says that this song is a response to all the "doormat songs" that > are written for women to sing - songs about waiting their man to come > home. Joni thought she'd write a song where the woman could "drink him > under the table" and be his equal and still come up top. > Jamie Zubairi > Actor, Artist, VoiceOver, > On 13 May 2012, at 16:32, Michael Flaherty mflaher3@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Well, from what I understand it wasn't written for "A" man, but for 3: > Leonard Cohen (verse 1), Graham Nash (verse 2), and James Taylor (verse > 3). > > > > Even if those identifications are wrong, I think it's very safe to say > that the "you" is male. > > > > Michael F. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: ingrid lochrenberg jspbeach@telkomsa.net> > > To: joni@smoe.org > > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:01 AM > > Subject: a case of you > > > > i do NOT believe that the song (a case of you) was written for a > man....I think that intuitively, nobody believes it...am i wrong? ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #733 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send tojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------