From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1545 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 1545 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Katy becoming Joni [Victor ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 21:51:44 -0400 From: Victor Subject: Re: Katy becoming Joni What is it with all this negativity being directed from list members to other list members lately? Very disheartening. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 1, 2013, at 8:06 PM, Vince Lavieri wrote: > > 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 #1545 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------