From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1730 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 Tuesday, December 3 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1730 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: paprika plains ["Mark" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 18:52:58 -0800 From: "Mark" Subject: Re: paprika plains Omg, I don't remember hearing about this! Oh I wish I would have been there to witness that! Ever since hearing Sherelle's a cappella rendition of 'Edith and the Kingpin' on 'A Tape of You', I have been in love with that woman's voice. I have never met her but in all of my email and Facebook communication with her it has always been obvious that she is just as beautiful a human being as that voice. What a revelation to her Sherelle snapping her fingers in time and giving forth with that soulful, pitch perfect performance on the JMDL's first recording of self-made covers, meant as a gift of honor and love to Joni. 'Paprika Plains' played on UNI's university radio station sometime before the release of DJRD. My friend Melanie and I listened to it in her apartment and were enthralled by it. Joni seemed to have blended her own vision into a classical, orchestral setting in a way no one else in the pop arena had succeeded in doing. Knowing something now of how it was all pieced together makes it even more fascinating. And I agree with Bob. That jam at the end drives the whole thing home in a very satisfying way with Jaco's expansive notes blooming at the end creating a vast and beautiful musical horizon. Mark in Seattle - -----Original Message----- From: Susan E. McNamara Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 8:14 AM To: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com ; Marianne Rizzo Cc: joni list Subject: RE: paprika plains I will never forget Coyote Rick and Brad's living room, Chris playing piano and Sherelle singing Paprika Plains. Another great reason to Jonifest!! :-) Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 9:45 AM To: Marianne Rizzo Cc: joni list Subject: Re: paprika plains Paprika Plains - always a good topic. I refer to it as "Joni symphony #3", with Judgement & Down To You being #'s 1 & 2 respectively. The first time I heard it was when my local AOR station in Raleigh played it as a feature album so I was listening in my bed with headphones. A nice way to listen to DJRD I'd add. Of course I was totally sucked in with the Overture/Cotton Avenue and when PP came on it was blowing my mind! It went on for 16+ minutes, an entire album side. Had no idea what the song was about but really enjoyed the sonics - the combination of Joni's piano and Jaco's bass - ecstasy. It was WAAAAAY later when I noticed the "unsung" lyrics inside the record jacket. Wonder if they were ever intended to be sung or if they were in fact sung, recorded and then discarded. The dream sequence, if you will. Most of the song plays like a dream, in fact. And the payoff is the musical jam at the very end. I'm not always in the mood for it - it requires some intense participation on the listener's part - but when I am it's a mesmerizing thing. Bob NP: Bob Dylan, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1730 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------