From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #259 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 Monday, February 17 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 259 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Taylor as Joni redux [Gerald Kent ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:08:02 -0500 From: Gerald Kent Subject: Re: Taylor as Joni redux Check this out everyone. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQC8ILxHCs&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvtQC8ILxH Cs Sent from my iPad > On Feb 17, 2014, at 7:48 PM, Michael Sentance wrote: > > First, that report cites no source, no press release and no quote from > studio, director or the Swift camp. Although it is not definitive, IMDB has > no confirmation of it. > > Since this story first broke, I have flip-flopped on whether it is a good > idea. I have listened to Swift's songs and wondered what a Joni Mitchell > would be like in the paparazzi, TMZ, 24-hour-news-cycle, auto-tune world > of today. There are off-putting aspects to the Taylor Swift machine but > some of her songs are... ok. > > But more importantly, I want young people to know Joni Mitchell. I want > people to know her journey, her courage, her evolution as an artist and > musician. When I first listened to Joni, I also listened to Laura > Nyro, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Judy Collins. Other than Judy, do you think > young people know the others? > > Taylor Swift may or may not be good as a young Joni Mitchell. But what she > will do is introduce millions of young listeners to the poetry and music of > Joni Mitchell. I'm for that. > > That being said, I don't believe the report. Joni indicated that she > stopped the movie in her Toronto interview. And, while she is a historical > figure, someone would need to approve the use of her music in the movie. If > Joni was opposed to the film and stopped the use of her music, that would > be a killer. Witness the recent Justin Long movie, "A Case of You", which > couldn't get rights to the song that inspired the title. > > Further, Taylor Swift - after trying to mimic the Joni Mitchell look - has > recently cut her hair. (That probably revealed that I read too much about > Swift.) > > Best wishes to all. > > Michael > > #NL "Croz" ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #259 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------