From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1381 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, October 14 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1381 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Sickness and the artist /Joni songs about illness? [Catherine McKay <] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:45:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Sickness and the artist /Joni songs about illness? Ange, you asked, "And while I'm asking... do you know of any other singer/songwriters who have battled illness while creating musical brilliance during their careers? I want to explore this topic further...and maybe write a song about it." I'm sure most of us know that Neil Young also had polio as a child, in the same epidemic that struck Joni. From my own memory, as a fan of Veronique Sanson, I know that she had meningitis when she was a teenager and (I've just discovered this part), it gave her a sort of amnesia, so that she has very few memories of her childhood. That has to be very strange. On Monday, October 14, 2013 4:14:17 PM, Ange T wrote: Hey Listers, >One of the things that struck me about the CBC interview with Joni was all >her references to sickness. > >I've been thinking lately about the idea of sickness and the artist. There >seems to be many extraordinary artists who were struck down with terrible >illnesses during their lives. Yesterday I was looking through some websites >featuring the work of Frida Kahlo. She often painted herself in a hospital >bed and referenced her crippled state in her work. > >This morning my head has been trying to figure out whether there are any >Joni tunes that make specific reference to her years in and out of >hospitals. Rather than sit down and look over every lyric, I thought I'd >ask the experts! > >And while I'm asking... do you know of any other singer/songwriters who >have battled illness while creating musical brilliance during their >careers? I want to explore this topic further...and maybe write a song >about it. > >Thanks, >Ange in Oz >angetakats.com.au ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1381 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------