From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #356 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 Sunday, March 10 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 356 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #97 ["Robert Sartorius" ] Re: JoniMitchell.com interview with Buffy Sainte-Marie [Shari Eaton ] Re: Joni Covers, Volume 162 [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: JoniMitchell.com interview with Buffy Sainte-Marie [David Marine Subject: RE: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #97 Alhsmar Sayago asked: "I would like to know how the songs of Joni Mitchell reflective to her life? The songs are: Carey, River, Both Sides Now, Hejira, Big Yellow Taxi, California, A Case of You, Song For Sharon, The Circle Game and Woodstock. I decided to choose her and her songs/compositions to be the subjects of my study for my undergraduate thesis. I would love to hear your insights for these. And if you have some references, I would love to have them." Good Luck Alhsmar. I don't have much time to respond now (personal events intervening over next few weeks), but you have asked the right group of people. There are several biographies written, which have covered many of the great list of songs named above and, in many cases, the settings for such songs and the subject matters. Shadows and Light (Karen O'Brien) Will You Take Me As I Am (Mechell mercer) The Joni Mitchell Companion (4 decades of commentary) (Stacy Luftig) Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now - The Biography (Brian Hinton) - not my favorite Girls Like Us (Sheila Weller) - this is a triple bio of Joni, Carole King, Carly Simon - movie is in the works. There is also a trove of research information in the library at jonimitchell.com. You could start and end there. Joni wrote most of her songs "in her own blood", and there is much autobiographical content in them. Stories abound. Teasers: Carey - there is a real Carey (Radditz). She met him while "vacationing" in the caves of Mattala, Crete. He had red hair. River - well, is it about JT or Graham Nash or both or neither ? Does it matter ? hejira - most of the album was written while she was on a road trip in her car back and forth across the US. Her own hejira. Running away from a failed(ing) relationship. Big Yellow Taxi - there really is a pink hotel in Hawaii that formed part of the inspiration. But, of course, it's about a big yellow taxi, not a pink hotel. California - written and inspired partly in Crete, partly in Paris, partly in Spain. Same long trip as Carey. A Case of You - about/inspired by JT? Leonard Cohen? I met a woman, she had a mouth like yours (a relative, it seems). Joni painted a hauntingly beautiful double self portrait (you can no doubt find views of it at jonimitchell.com) that was the cover to the album Both Sides Now (2000). One frontal, one from behind, of her sitting at a bar, in blue TV screen light, with a map of Canada drawn on a cartoon coaster - but whose face was sketched on it twice? Song For Sharon - reminiscence written to girlhood friend Sharon Bell. One travelled the breadths of extremities, the other stuck to some straighter path. And how did they each end up? An emotional roller coaster of a song, to be sure. The Circle Game - she sent a tape of it to Tom Rush, apologetically. "It isn't quite finished, and it isn't very good." He claims it was one of the best songs he had ever heard. Written as a hopeful reply to friend Neil Young's "Sugar Mountain", which bemoaned the loss of his youth upon turning age 20. Woodstock - she was scheduled to appear at the festival, but stayed in NYC with David Geffen to ensure that she would be able to make a scheduled appearance the Monday after on the Dick Cavett show. By the time her boyfriends CSN&Y arrived home, anxious to pen a song about their experience, she had already written the song. They were amazed at how she had captured the moment without even being there. (If you haven't yet seen the footage of that show, you really must - someone on the list could get you a copy). ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:59:09 -0700 From: Shari Eaton Subject: Re: JoniMitchell.com interview with Buffy Sainte-Marie Hats off to you, Les. Wonderful read and you've laid down a piece of history that wasn't captured before. Must feel rather rewarding. On Mar 6, 2013, at 5:49 PM, "Mark" wrote: > The credit for the meat in this one goes entirely to Les. He was the one that spotted the connection in the music and came up with the questions relevant to that. My contribution was minimal. > > Mark n Seattle > > -----Original Message----- From: Les Irvin > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 8:58 AM > To: Joni List > Subject: JoniMitchell.com interview with Buffy Sainte-Marie > > Newest edition to the ongoing original interview series: > http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2558 > Thanks to Mark Scott for his participation in this. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:14:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Re: Wikipedia on Joni Hmm, I bet it did confuse some casual listeners who were expecting Big Yellow Taxi rehashed all the time. However, it seems like a lot of great musicians weren't as revered in their time. Wasn't Jimi Hendrix overlooked by the masses at first and more popular with fellow musicians, for example? - -Mon From: "jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com" To: JMDL Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 10:00 PM Subject: Wikipedia on Joni Wikipedia says in part, >Mitchell's experimental run of jazz-inspired albums, including 1975's The Hissing of Summer Lawns and 1976'sHejira, confused many people and hurt Mitchell's sales at the time, but they are acclaimed today.> Jim L ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:37:32 -0400 (EDT) From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni Covers, Volume 162 I hate springing forward Bob, but I sure enjoyed listening to volume 162! I always like to do some research on the artists, but found little on this one. If I found anything, it was usually on myspace or CD Baby, which doesn't give you any bio's on their background. Most of them were good covers, except the Sandpipers, who I thought I had heard of before. Their voices were way off key, and I cringed through the entire song. I have to say after a few listens, I really liked the unusual take on BSN by Andrew Sanders. Didn't know it was Indie Rock, and still don't know what Indie Rock is except that my nephew uses that genre to kill me when I play "song pop" with him. I just think of it as punk rock, but Andrew Sanders sure does and excellent job with BSN. It was definitely a favorite of mine. My other favorite would have to be the great classical guitar playing of Roberto Monti playing of "All I Want". Simply beautiful. As always, thanks for everything you do for putting together all these compilations. I look forward to every one of them. You're the best! Jimmy, who still doesn't want to spring forward I n a message dated 3/9/2013 12:45:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, scjoniguy@yahoo.com writes: > Happy weekend everyone! And here in the US it's "spring forward" time, so > we > turn our clocks an hour ahead and lose an hour of weekend...oh, the pain. > But > here's a way to way to soften the blow - take in a full CD's worth of new > Joni > Covers, Volume 162 in the never-ending and always exciting series. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 03:39:06 -0400 From: David Marine Subject: Re: JoniMitchell.com interview with Buffy Sainte-Marie Les and Mark, Thanks so much for this. It was very gracious of Buffy Sainte-Marie to share her insights with the Joni community. I learned a lot, and have a new-found respect for an artist about whom I really didn't know much. That's due in great part, of course, to her generosity of spirit and her intellect, but also to the excellent questions that were asked. Kudos all around. The site continues to be an amazing source of knowledge, inspiration, and joy. Best, David http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2558 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 15:45:26 -0700 (MST) From: TheStaff@JoniMitchell.com Subject: New Library item: When...Ruled The World Title: When...Ruled The World Publication: BBC Online Date: 2002.5.3 http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2561 ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #356 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------