From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #175 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, February 1 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 175 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Steely Dan cover? [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Steely Dan cover? [Raffaele Malanga ] RE: Joni Mitchell - The New Music Interview (1994) [Susan Tierney McNamar] Tales of Joni tickets... [Les Irvin ] RE: Joni, Leonard & Rainy Night House [c Karma ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 07:55:56 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Steely Dan cover? Hi Raf, always great to hear from a long-time friend. Supposedly they recorded "Carey" for that record but that's been a rumor, not sure that it REALLY happened despite what this article says. Bob - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:03:02 +0000 From: Raffaele Malanga Subject: Steely Dan cover? I was not aware that the mighty Steely Dan had cut a song for the JM tribute album but wasn't eventually released. This article I found gives some background on it: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug03/articles/steelydan.htm And here's the extract: "According to Scheiner, the first seeds were sown in a recording session in early 2001, aimed at fairly quickly recording a Joni Mitchell song for a Joni Mitchell tribute album. Becker and Fagen had by now assembled the core of musicians that would also appear on EMG, and wanted to see what would happen if they cut the track live in the studio. They hadn't reckoned with Scheiner's next suggestion. "When we got to the studio," Scheiner remembers, "I said to them 'Look, this is not for your record, let's do it on analogue. Let me give you a taste of that again.' They said, 'fine', not expecting much. But when they heard the first playback, they went wild. They had completely forgotten how good analogue sounded. The whole Joni Mitchell track was recorded and mixed [though it was never released], and they were so impressed by the sound. It did sound amazing. When they realised that it was great to work with live playing and analogue again they decided to record the whole of Everything Must Go this way." Has the song ever surfaced? Do we know anything about it? I'm looking at you, Bob Muller ;-) Raf. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 15:13:32 +0000 From: Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: RE: Joni Mitchell - The New Music Interview (1994) Joni: Especially on the piano ... because it's an open instrument. I've hit pockets were guides took my fingers over and I couldn't hit a wrong chord, and where the intellect is asleep basically, but you still have access to its guidance. Emotion is not overwhelming, but you have access to its guidance. Clarity is with you, you have access to its guidance, and you can hear the spontaneity has a beautiful quality, and sensation is with you, you know, your touch is lovely and the tempo is just right. [laughs] Interviewer: And ego is has taken a back seat. Joni: It isn't there, you are on the center, the concept I is absent. A genius describing genius. :-) Thanks for sharing that Shari!! Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Shari Eaton Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:44 PM To: Subject: Joni Mitchell - The New Music Interview (1994) Newly uploaded Joni interview: http://youtu.be/9oqUYMkOp4M Sent from my Pimped-out Flying Carpet ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:46:09 -0700 From: Les Irvin Subject: Tales of Joni tickets... .... have been spoken for! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:54:56 +0000 From: c Karma Subject: RE: Joni, Leonard & Rainy Night House Thanks, Simon! The thot plickens! CC > From: simon@icu.com > Subject: Joni, Leonard & Rainy Night House > Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:13:07 -0500 > CC: ckarma@hotmail.com > To: joni@smoe.org > > > c Karma posted > > > > I liked this article. Did we have so clear a road map to tie Leonard Cohen to "Rainy Night House" earlier? > > Lyrically, it all made sense but I was unaware of the actual visit to Leonard's family home. > > I think I'll do some research on those "golden factories" too. > > > > CC > > - - - - - > > > This question is apparently inspired by a book review included in the JM.com library. > > "Leonard Cohens tale of redemption" @ > > > Leonard took Joni to Montreal. They stayed in his childhood home on Belmont Avenue. > > In her song Rainy Night House she described the "holy man" sitting up all night, > > watching her as she slept on his mother's bed. > > - - - - - > > > Here's a little more information from a message I sent to the JMDL awhile back. > > > Date: Mon. Feb. 23, 1998 > > RE: "Rainy Night House" > > FROM: "Various Positions: A Life Of Leonard Cohen" > > Following his father's death, Cohen won a significant dispute with his mother over custody of Nathan's pistol, > a military souvenir. Cohen had been fascinated by his father's military exploits and at one time Nathan had > spoken of sending Cohen to a military college, an idea Cohen eagerly accepted. THE FAVORITE GAME describes > the dispute over the gun, presented as an important talisman: a "huge .38 in a thick leather case ... Lethal, > angular, precise, it smoldered in the dark drawer with dangerous potential. The metal was always cold. > > Cohen has always been fascinated by weapons, reflected in his novel BEAUTIFUL LOSERS. > "I loved the magic of guns," the character F. declares. For several years Cohen himself kept a gun. > In her lyric to "Rainy Night House," Joni Mitchell describes how she and Cohen took a taxi to his mother's > house in Westmount during her absence: "she went to Florida and left you with your father's gun alone." > > > RAINY NIGHT HOUSE > > It was a rainy night > We took a taxi to your mother's home > She went to Florida and left you > With your father's gun, alone > Upon her small white bed > I fell into a dream > You sat up all the night and watched me > To see, who in the world I might be. > > I am from the Sunday school > I sing soprano in the upstairs choir > You are a holy man > On the F.M. radio > I sat up all the night and watched thee > To see, who in the world you might be. > > You called me beautiful > You called your mother-she was very tanned > So you packed your tent and went > To live out in the Arizona sand > You are a refugee > From a wealthy family > You gave up all the golden factories > To see, who in the world you might be. > > > > andmoreagain, > - - - - - - - - - > simonM > > http://jonimitchell.com/chronology/complete.cfm ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #175 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. 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