From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #14 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Wednesday, January 12 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 014 The Official Joni Mitchell Homepage is maintained by Wally Breese at http://www.jonimitchell.com and contains the latest news, a detailed bio, original interviews and essays, lyrics, and much more. ------- The JMDL website can be found at http://www.jmdl.com and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JMDL Digest V2000 #17 [Riveragelsinger@aol.com (by way of Les Irvin <] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:44:27 -0700 From: Riveragelsinger@aol.com (by way of Les Irvin ) Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2000 #17 I like your analysis of "In France They Kiss..." I would only add that Mitchell's use of obviously real adolescents, including herself in a more innocent time of life, pushes an agenda at the heart of rock'n'roll, how in some other cultures sexuality is overtly healthier than what we have been taught or not taught..."removed from romance...broken and molded.." Is she just stereotyping French people, who can seem very discreet in public, as well as very warm and affectionate with their loved ones in public and private? Or is it just a banner cry to exemplify sexual, sensual exuberance? I believe she was in early middle age when she wrote this...early thirties?? Is she the girl in bloom or the fading woman? Is she either? What I love and hate is the deliberate obscurity and obliqueness with which she writes characters in her poetry, the things left out, the incomplete characters that my own imagination wants to, but cannot quite fill in. It feels like a night of fun and racing around that I've done both here and in France and a couple of other places. Running around and having fun..."thrilling..." to whatever words can turn us on. I suppose it's part of the reason I flipped open to this song, as a first to take a look at. Anybody have any other comments or insights about lyrics or music? What other work relates to sexuality? She has something on her last CD. And then there's "Come In From the Cold." ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #14 ******************************** Don't forget about these ongoing projects: Glossary project: Send a blank message to for all the details. FAQ Project: Help compile the JMDL FAQ. Do you have mailing list-related questions? -send them to Today in History Project: Know of a date-specific Joni fact? - -send it to ------- Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe onlyjoni-digest" to ------- Siquomb, isn't she?