From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #744 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 Saturday, May 19 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 744 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- AUTO: Donald R. Barthel/111527/EKC is out of the office. (returning 05/22/2012) [donald.barthel@k] Re: Kilauren's morning Morgantown [Marion Leffler ] Re: Albums everyone loves NJC & RIP Donna Summer ["Randy Remote" ] Twisted origins [Betsy Blue ] Re: Albums everyone loves [Michael Flaherty ] RE: Charles Brown, njc ["Richard Flynn" ] Re: Albums everyone loves, njc ["Mark" ] Kilauren's morning Morgantown [Rob And Tracy ] RE: Kilauren Sings Morgan Town [Susan Tierney McNamara ] Charles Brown, njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] RE: Albums everyone loves update [Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: Re: Kilauren's morning Morgantown I feel something similar, Rob. I get mixed feelings too watching this. Maybe that's because Kilauren has mixed feelings about this song herself and is in fact succeeding in expressing them in this way? We don't know (or do we?) if Joni actually wrote Morgan Morgantown with her daughter in mind but if she did and Kilauren knows that she might have taken the song and mirrored it back, saying: this is how I felt the morning after you left me here in Morgan Morgantown, "with all the mornings still to live". I think the performance has some "morning after" feeling about it. Then again, I really haven't the faintest what Kilauren might think and feel. I am not too impressed with her singing, though, sorry. Marion in Sweden 2012/5/18 Rob And Tracy > Ok, I gotta say I both agree and disagree with Laura regarding Kilauren's > "Morning Morgantown". You know, i cant quite figure it out. One one hand, > it can be viewed as a sort of an inebriated shit show (forgive the > language) during one of her "I'm pissed off at Joni" moments. However, on > the other hand, there's something sort of cool about it, and she's sort of > got this Courtney Love sound to her voice (and all y'all know my soft spot > for CL). But, I DO admit that, like Laura, I love Nazareth's "This Flight > Tonight." Love it. Prefer it to the original, actually. > Ohhh, again I talk too open and free... > > Rob > > Sent from my iPad ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 17:48:54 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Albums everyone loves NJC & RIP Donna Summer Dark Side of The Moon Santana's 1st LP Alice's Restaurant CSN (1st) Also leaving Earth: bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T/Stax fame RR > Tumbleweed!!!! > Also Charles Brown checked out yesterday. > Paz (on the way to Hang Out Fest in Gulf Shores Alabama and then on to > Montreal to see the lovely and talented Rachel Avery) > Michael Paz > michael@thepazgroup.com > Tour Manager > Preservation Hall Jazz Band > http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 05:44:38 -0700 (PDT) From: LC Stanley Subject: Re: Kilauren's morning Morgantown Hi Rob, Cool. She's being herself in the Morgan Town video. Here's another video. Look for her in the zebra pattern dress. She's doing the Joni thing at the end, smoking. http://www.myspace.com/kilauren/videos She looks a lot like her mama in my eye. Have a look see: http://www.myspace.com/kilauren/photos/1025291#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A12629362%7D And, she's got some of the same personality traits too, and voice as others have mentioned. Some of her friends call her "Killer." She'd be way cool playing Joni. I think she's a riot!!! Tequilla! Love, Laura ________________________________ From: Rob And Tracy To: joni@smoe.org Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:13 AM Subject: Kilauren's morning Morgantown Ok, I gotta say I both agree and disagree with Laura regarding Kilauren's "Morning Morgantown". You know, i cant quite figure it out. One one hand, it can be viewed as a sort of an inebriated shit show (forgive the language) during one of her "I'm pissed off at Joni" moments. However, on the other hand, there's something sort of cool about it, and she's sort of got this Courtney Love sound to her voice (and all y'all know my soft spot for CL). But, I DO admit that, like Laura, I love Nazareth's "This Flight Tonight." Love it. Prefer it to the original, actually. Ohhh, again I talk too open and free... Rob Sent from my iPad ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 10:28:31 -0700 From: Betsy Blue Subject: Twisted origins Apparently Annie Ross's Twisted was performed live by The New Journeymen (The Mamas and the Papas). I wonder what it sounded like. Joni had lived near Cass Elliot and been part of the same scene. So, is that where she got the idea to record Twisted? Bette's version was released just prior, but it's completely different, less melodic than Annie's. And I honestly don't see Joni paying much attention to performers like Bette. There is no doubt in my mind that Joni transformed the song herself, but maybe she was influenced by Cass. Who knows something? Betsy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 20:03:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Flaherty Subject: Re: Albums everyone loves She has a good 5 or 6 albums I love more personally, but I agree that C&S is Joni's most wide appealing album. I love Abbey Road, Revolver, Rubber Soul, AND The White Album. I like Rickie's first album, but like Pirates more. Michael F. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 09:56:54 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Charles Brown, njc As I said earlier, y'all are thinking about a different Charles Brown. This one, who died in 1999: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brown_%28musician%29 The recently deceased one is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Brown > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jim > L'Hommedieu > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:42 PM > To: JMDL > Subject: Charles Brown, njc > > Charles Brown did my favorite version of "Merry Christmas Baby" in a > duet with Bonnie Raitt. See here: > *http://tinyurl.com/cfe73q9 > > *Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 05:42:03 -0700 From: "Mark" Subject: Re: Albums everyone loves, njc Tapestry Rumors Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Heart Like a Wheel Nick of Time (or Luck of the Draw, maybe?) Pearl Frampton Comes Alive No Secrets - -----Original Message----- From: Jim L'Hommedieu Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:03 PM To: JMDL Subject: Re: Albums everyone loves, njc I guess this is a list of the most obvious crowd-pleasers of the last 50 years, so I'll throw in "Pet Sounds" "Take Five" "Trinity Session" "Kind of Blue" "Blood On The Tracks" "Rumours" "Born To Run" "Sweet Baby James" "Who's Next" "Innervisions" "Fragile" I guess I have to include the soundtrack of "Saturday Night Fever" although I totally boycotted that one! "Boston" pushed a lot of digits. Maybe the soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou" Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 23:13:20 -0600 From: Rob And Tracy Subject: Kilauren's morning Morgantown Ok, I gotta say I both agree and disagree with Laura regarding Kilauren's "Morning Morgantown". You know, i cant quite figure it out. One one hand, it can be viewed as a sort of an inebriated shit show (forgive the language) during one of her "I'm pissed off at Joni" moments. However, on the other hand, there's something sort of cool about it, and she's sort of got this Courtney Love sound to her voice (and all y'all know my soft spot for CL). But, I DO admit that, like Laura, I love Nazareth's "This Flight Tonight." Love it. Prefer it to the original, actually. Ohhh, again I talk too open and free... Rob Sent from my iPad ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 21:02:03 +0000 From: Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: RE: Kilauren Sings Morgan Town Talk about bringing the song to life ... I always felt that Joni was singing this song to a child, even before I knew about Kilauren. This is one of my favorite Joni songs. Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of LC Stanley Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 4:43 PM To: Betsy Blue Cc: est86mlm@ameritech.net; joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Kilauren Sings Morgan Town I love the way Kilauren rocks Morgan Town. She really brings the song to life. I feel the same way about Nazareth's rendition of This Flight Tonight. Love, Laura S. On May 17, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Betsy Blue wrote: > I admit, I've seen this before. At least it was already one of my least favorite songs. > Betsy > > On May 17, 2012, at 6:29 AM, est86mlm@ameritech.net wrote: > >> >> Sadly, Kilauren's singing sounds nothing like Joni. At least not in >> this video of Morning Morgantown....not to my ears anyway. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6KKYGvwkH8 >> >> As far as the Girls Like Us movie just the fact that Joni's life is going to be portrayed at all, and by anyone, is exciting to me. >> Hopefully, those that find her story fascinating will do their own >> research and search out her albums/songs. >> >> Laura ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 22:41:40 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Charles Brown, njc Charles Brown did my favorite version of "Merry Christmas Baby" in a duet with Bonnie Raitt. See here: *http://tinyurl.com/cfe73q9 *Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 17:43:44 +0000 From: Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: RE: Albums everyone loves update SO! Of course! And Learning to Crawl is brilliant too! Thanks Betsy! Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Betsy Blue Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:25 PM Cc: joni@smoe.org Subject: Albums everyone loves update Blue is getting plenty of mentions. And I'm not debating its awesomeness...but I still don't think it is that widely enjoyed. People are just mentioning it because they LOVE it so much. After reviewing my collection, MATW gets my Elton John vote. I would toss Peter Gabriel's So and The Pretenders' Learning to Crawl in the ring, too. Betsy ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #744 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send tojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------