From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #543 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 Thursday, April 25 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 543 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #525 [Mary Morris ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:39:33 -0700 From: Mary Morris Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #525 Laura, Sometimes her lyrics are funny too, (as in the anaconda line that you quote) ....& I'm paraphrasing..."pissed a snake" & I was in plenty of parking lots on the weekend...out in the country, in my youth & that was exactly what went down ! I just never heard it described that way......that must have been great relief to her if the snake was as large as an anaconda. LOL. GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:40:26 -0700 From: sillyseabird7@yahoo.com Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #525 To: joni2city@hotmail.com; joni@smoe.org I find some of Joni's lyrics are fun, some are punny, some are just bizarre, and some are you name it. How about, "I pissed a tequilla anaconda the full length of the parking lot." I wouldn't call that beautiful poetry, but I would call it a striking lyric. I've learned from this list about differences between lyrics and poetry. Yay education! I don't think Joni's lyrics need to be defended, but it is a free list so it's all welcome. Here's something that I found interesting about Joni and poetry: joni mitchell sat in with the mothers, on november 13th, 1970, at the fillmore east in nyc. "joni mitchell sat in with us last night during the second show and we improvised a thing that was really good. and we ended it with her singing 'duke of earl'. really far out, she came on stage: 'now ok and we're going to improvise this thing...' and we did a few chords for her and she started reciting this poem which began: 'penelope wants to fuck the sea..." and the audience did a double take 'yuuunk!'... a little hush falls over the fillmore... joni mitchell?" -zappa, 1970 (source: miles) The Zappa quote is from here http://www.united-mutations.com/m/joni_mitchell.htm Here is a cool website called, "Fuck Yeah, Joni Mitchell." There's a photo of her with some of her turquoise jewelry on. Enjoy! http://fyeahjonimitchell.tumblr.com Love,Laura From: Mary Morris To: JONIMITCHELL DISCUSSION LIST Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 12:51 PM Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #525 Part of the fun in Joni's lyrics is that they CAN stand up to scrutiny - whatever form it takes,: games, discussion, interpretation or "dissection". Since we all love her music & lyrics, I can't see the harm. I wish she'd written something with turquoise in it, she wears a lot of it & it is a great stone. GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:36:58 -0400 > From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org > To: joni-digest@smoe.org > Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #525 > > > JMDL Digest Thursday, April 25 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 525 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Gems and colors, njc now I suppose ["Jim L'Hommedieu" > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:36:38 -0400 > From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" > Subject: Gems and colors, njc now I suppose > > So many rules... > > > From: BarbaRent7@aol.com > I found when taking an English course in college in 1980 that when they > dissect poetry it makes it less beautiful and detracts from it. Please > don't dissect Joni's beautiful writing because you're bored, ok? > Thanks, Barbara> > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2013 #525 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #543 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------