From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1538 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 Friday, November 1 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1538 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Katy becoming Joni [Vince Lavieri ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 20:06:15 -0400 From: Vince Lavieri Subject: Re: Katy becoming Joni Just wow. People who know little to nothing about Katy Perry are doing incredible psychoanalysis of exactly what she meant from an out of context squib from Huffington Post. You all work for the National Enquirer? Vince Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 1, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Clint Norwood wrote: > > Hooray Paul, > > This is succint and accurate to a "T." Katy said it like it was > easy like switching hairstyles or wardrobes and that is consistent with the > half of our population that doesn't think about it a little deeper. That made > her seem dopey despite whatever she sings or does. One does not have to know > who Katy Perry is (I confess I don't know that much other than the campaigning > for elections (always a bad choice for artists even Babe Ruth was more > intelligent than that) to know that anyone who says something flippantly like > that (and doesn't realize how shallow and insufficient that is) isn't the > smartest HUMAN BEING there is. Joni says things that irk people and maybe > doesn't always express herself in the way, I think that she would even > ultimately want. However, I don't remember her expressing her desire to be > like Jayne Mansfield. > > Peace and Happy Friday > -Clint > > > > > > On Friday, November > 1, 2013 12:58 PM, Paul Ivice wrote: > > Gerald wrote: I > believe this gal Katy (of whom I know nothing about -- have > no kids and do not > listen to today's radio) was trashed rather significantly > because she > insinuated she would like to be like Joni. > > > I don't think the problem most of > us had was that Katy Perry said she's > wanted to be Joni Mitchell, but the way > Katy said she would probably become > like Joni as though it were some easy or > natural thing for her to do. > Even if I conceded that pop singers/musicians > like Katy Perry or Taylor Swift > had the chops to write songs with as much > depth as Joni or play their > instruments with such aplomb and creativity, which > I am not prepared to do, > would they have the guts to continue evolving in > their musical choices as they > desire rather than pandering to the appeal of > the masses who buy their CDs by > the millions? > I think not. > So you can defend > the artistry of Katy Perry all you want, but what she said > about Joni was an > insult to Joni and the risks she has taken throughout her > career. > > > Paul > Ivice ;>) ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1538 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------