From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #157 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Sunday, June 6 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 157 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Covers #53 - contest winners [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] joni demo stuff/Dreamland [Em ] McGuinn's D-land chords..sheeshhh [Em ] A.C.T. Youth's Ladies of The Canyon: The Music of Joni Mitchell [Richard ] Re: McGuinn's D-land chords..sheeshhh [Catherine McKay ] Today's Library Links: June 6 [ljirvin@jmdl.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 11:25:28 EDT From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Covers #53 - contest winners Happy weekend to all, and thanks to all of you who submitted an entry in my contest for Covers #53. I got 14 entries, more than the 5 I needed but still a little lame - c'mon you guys, let's have a little pep! Anyway, congrats to these 5 lucky lucky guy and gals, who I drew at random from all the entries. Confirm your addresses to me and the frisbees will fly on Monday! Bob Murphy Catherine McKay Kerry (not the one in WI) Cindy Vickery Helen Adcock I was very impressed with everyone's responses, and only a few of you admitted to cheating a little. For those who are curious as to the answers, here they are. I meant to say that you couldn't use the same song twice but forgot to say that - oh well. Amsterdam - Carey: Maybe I'll go to Amsterdam Las Vegas - This Flight Tonight: I saw a falling star burn up Above the Las Vegas sands Detroit - The Last Time I Saw Richard: was Detroit in '68 Los Angeles - Court & Spark: But I couldn't let go of L.A. City of the fallen angels (a little tricky I admit since she doesn't sing "Los Angeles per se) Brooklyn - The Jungle Line: They go steaming up to Brooklyn Bridge Steaming, steaming, steaming up the jungle line Baljennie - Coyote: On the road to Baljennie near my old home town Memphis - Furry Sings The Blues: Down and out in Memphis Tennessee Old Furry sings the blues Maidstone - Song For Sharon: When we were kids in Maidstone, Sharon I went to every wedding in that little town Savannah - Blue Motel Room: Here in Savannah it's pouring rain Miami - Otis & Marlena: Miami sky It's red as meat Raleigh - Dreamland: Walter Raleigh and Chris Columbus Come marching out of the waves (also a bit tricky as she wasn't mentioning the city but rather the guy but since the city was named for the guy once again I implore you not to get all technical on my ass) New York City - Also in Dreamland, but I was really looking for My Secret Place: I was born and raised In New York City (bonus points for anyone who mentioned The Midnight Cowboy Song which was, um, nobody.) Manhattan - most folks said Song For Sharon, which of course is right: They'll walk the girders of the Manhattan skyline If I had mentioned my rule then the only correct answer would have been A Chair In The Sky: But now Manhattan holds me To a chair in the sky Des Moines - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines: Duh! Even Laurent got this one! Buffalo - The Three Great Stimulants: Great forests fell like buffalo, Everything got sicker (again, a bit of a curve ball from moi!) Tokyo - Tea Leaf Prophecy: Tokyo Rose on the radio (also a mention of Hiroshima) Hollywood - This one could have been: Solid Love The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey The Windfall (Everything For Nothing) The Reoccurring Dream Havana - Harlem in Havana: (again, a no-brainer) London - The London Bridge Song (most of you got this one which had me beaming with pride. Those who didn't are totally forgiven as she never released it) Nome - Poor Sad Baby: And when I've been from Egypt To the snows of Nome (Damn!! Some of you got this one - I'm amazed! And I thought I was obsessed...) Thanks again to all for your entries - this was a lot of fun! Bob NP: Bill Lancton, "End Of A Love Affair" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 12:35:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: joni demo stuff/Dreamland am listening to the "Seeding" cd..(thanks to the lovely person who set me up!) which has what I guess are all demo's on it. I like most of the stuff alot, the sparer arrangments, rawer recordings etc. Except not Harry's House..love the studio version more, for musical ear candy reasons. Not sure why - it just sounds so GOOD on my stereo. (where other stuff...umm, lets just say, "doesn't" lol) Not sure about this demo of Dreamland! lol, am loving the "kazoo" or Joni-trumpeting-though-her-fist thing.. pretty cool! So some of you may know that I am rather fond of the rollicking sugar frosted flake version of "Dreamland" by Roger Mcguinn... does anybody happen to know if thats done by him and band NOT in an open tuning? Just wondering if anyone knew... thx! Hope everyone is enjoying their day. Jing/Em ===== .............. "I'm a wheel I'm a wheel, I can roll I can feel, and you can't stop me turning. I'm the sun I'm the sun I can move I can run, but you'll never stop me burning." ...rainbow ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 12:56:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: McGuinn's D-land chords..sheeshhh damn! I found it but I think it would be alot easier with an open/alternate tuning..this hurts my left hand just looking at it. :( Em Roger McGuinn Dreamland written by Joni Mitchell C# B C# B C# B C# B C# F# E G#m F# It's a long long way to Canada it's a long way from snow chains G#m F# C# B C# B C# B C# Donkey vendors slicing coconut no parkas to their name F# E G#m F# Black babies covered in baking flour the cook's got a carnival song G#m F# C# B C# Lay down someplace shady with dreamland coming on C# E G#m F# C# B C# B C# B C# Dream on dreamland dreamland dreamland dream F# E G#m F# Walter Raleigh Chris Columbus come a marchin out of the waves G#m F# And they claim the beach and concessions in the name of the sun tan C# B C# B C# B C# slaves F# E G#m F# I wrapped their flag around me like an Errol Flynn sarong G#m F# C# B C# And I laid down thinking national with dreamland coming on C# E G#m F# C# B C# B C# B C# Dream on dreamland dreamland dreamland dream F# E G#m F# Goodtime Mary and the lady soldiers all dressed up to follow the drums Mary in a feather hulahoop misfortune G#m F# C# B C# B C# B C# With a rose on her big game gun F# E G#m F# All saints and sinners shinning heed those trumpets all night long G#m F# C# B C# Propped up on the samba beat with dreamland coming on C# E G#m F# C# B C# B C# B C# Dream on dreamland dreamland dreamland dream F# E G#m F# Tar baby and the great white wonder talking over a glass of rum G#m F# C# B C# B C# Burnin on the inside with a knowledge of things to come F# E G#m F# There's gambling on the terrace midnight rambling on the lawn G#m F# C# B C# As they lean towards temptation with dreamland coming on C# E G#m F# C# B C# B C# B C# Dream on dreamland dreamland dreamland dream F# E G#m F# In a plane flying back to winter with shoe full of tropic sand There comes a lady draped in a foreign flag G#m F# C# B C# B C# B C# On the arms of her Marlboro man F# E G#m F# The hawks howls in New York City six foot drifts on Myrtle's lawn G#m F# C# B C# As they push the recliner buttons down with dreamland coming on C# E G#m F# C# B C# B C# B C# Dreamland dreamland dreamland dream ===== .............. "I'm a wheel I'm a wheel, I can roll I can feel, and you can't stop me turning. I'm the sun I'm the sun I can move I can run, but you'll never stop me burning." ...rainbow ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:26:24 -0700 From: Richard Goldman Subject: A.C.T. Youth's Ladies of The Canyon: The Music of Joni Mitchell I guess I should write a blow by blow review, of each song and each performer or staging. But I'm not going to. And maybe it will get better during the run ... OK, so now I've warned you. I went to the 'world premiere' last night, which was the 1st of 2 'previews', tonight is the 'opening night'. The small 140 'stadium style' theater is very cozy and comfy in the very groovy upper Yerba Buena Gardens behind the Carousel in Zeum, at Moscone Center. I walked in just after the cast and crew had finished their buffet, served by a few of the moms, and of course the moms offered me leftovers, of which I partook of the salad, and sat with one or the cast's grandmothers, and chatted. This grandmother's son-in-law (dad of the cast member) I met later, and is a producer for Sunday Morning on CBS, and has done pieces on Joan Baez, as well as Mimi Fariqa and Bread & Roses about 8 years ago. Another friend was in attendance, a mom of a schoolmate of a castmember, and so we reconnected, which was sweet. So all in all...I would say, cute, high-school level performances, ridiculously bad musical arrangements, great sets, costumes and lighting. 24 songs, done in ensemble and solo, with a pianist and an electronic keyboardist accompanist. The pianist is the musical arranger, and the weakest point of the show. Her transcriptions of Joni's material leave a lot to be desired. Perhaps this was done to suit the girls voices, although several of the young cast have beautiful instruments and can almost reach Joni's notes, and almost hold on to them. Unfortunately mostly, their voices are not strong enough to pull off most of the songs well. They are mic'd, but the mic's are not very loud, which I think would have helped, and maybe they will amp them up a bit. The pianos were too loud in comparison, and again, the arrangements were less than acceptable, a few made me cringe. What would Joni think, I kept asking myself.... I was surrounded by parents and friends, in a 1/4 full theater, and so... there was enthusiasm and pride, all around me, and I curbed my criticisms, and kept them to myself. What I will say very positively, is that I've never seen or heard Joni's songs performed as 'theater' pieces, which these all are, so that each song is sung without an instrument in hand (except for 2 in which the singer plays guitar also). The young cast emotes, and gestures, and there is even a little dance/choreography, that conveys meaning to the numbers. The 1st half was weaker than the 2nd half, and the end of the 2nd half was quite effective. The ensemble appears in the beginning and is a coherent 'community' of young women throughout, inter-relating and reacting to each other's singing/thoughts/words in a very sweet way. A lot of the plaintive and hope/love themes are acted out with hands and facial gestures, and yet ... these girls aren't even 18 yet, and it is hard to imagine them actually relating to 'when I think of your kisses, my mind seesaws', and even less so for 'I could drink a case of you', and even far less for 'he loved me so naughty made me weak in the knees'. Ok, so I'm being ageist, but these girls were not believable, just cute. The Morning Morgantown opener was like the opening scene from "Oliver", all cutesy 'townswoman' greeting each other, great concept and very cute, just not strong vocally and ...those chords the pianist kept hitting ... were wrong, just plain wrong! So I was disappointed, and elated at the same time. The Fiddle and The Drum was especially timely and evocative, gave us all chills, and then The Circle Game, sung in the round, and sitting there with 3 generations of family all around me, all crying silently (and some not so silently) was an emotional high point. Cactus Tree was especially poignant. I don't mean to be cruel or mean, and if any parents are reading this (or cast or crew) please take the musical critique to heart, those arrangements are questionable at best. The concept is great, and the voices could be mic'd louder and a bit stronger. Maybe it was 'first night nerves'. No one forgot or flubbed any lines and it came off as well rehearsed and smooth. The girls' instruments are very 'high school musical theatre-ish', to my ear. Ladies of The Canyon The Music of Joni Mitchell (2004) Musical Numbers: PORTRAITS Morning Morgantown ensemble Ladies of The Canyon ensemble Marcie ensemble Michael from Mountains soloist LOVE (introduced by the group speaking all Joni's lines with the word 'love' in them from many many songs) Help Me soloist Chelsea Morning soloist Love(after Corinthians) ensemble and SPOKEN I Don't Know Where I Stand soloist My Old Man soloist A Case of You solist I Had a King soloist He Comes for Conversation soloist Big Yellow Taxi ensemble intermission Dreams The Sire of Sorrow soloist with ensemble in "masks" All I Want soloist Free Man In Paris soloist River soloist Amelia soloist (very effective ... and from here on out, it got better.....) Cactus Tree soloist Woodstock ensemble REFLECTION Songs to Aging Children soloist The Fiddle and The Drum soloist (perhaps the best number, this girl was awesome) Both Sides Now soloist (very poignant) The Circle Game ensemble (extremely poignant) Suffice it to say, that I had to get in my car and immediately afterwards, put on some Joni, to reassure myself that I wasn't crazy and just to hear her voice and songs and music done ....., perfectly. ~Richard ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 21:12:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: McGuinn's D-land chords..sheeshhh --- Em wrote: > damn! I found it but I think it would be alot easier > with an > open/alternate tuning..this hurts my left hand just > looking at it. > :( > Em > > > Roger McGuinn Dreamland written by > Joni Mitchell > > C# B C# B C# B C# B C# > > F# E G#m > F# > It's a long long way to Canada it's a long way from > snow chains > G#m F# > C# B C# B C# B C# > Donkey vendors slicing coconut no parkas to their > name > F# E G#m > F# > Black babies covered in baking flour the cook's got > a carnival song > G#m F# C# B > C# > Lay down someplace shady with dreamland coming on > C# E G#m F# C# B C# B > C# B C# > Dream on dreamland dreamland dreamland dream Why don't you transpose it down and use a capo? You may not get the full sound that you would get with all those barre chords, but you would save your fingers some grief: Suggestion # 1 (capo on II) For: Use: C# B B A F# E E D G#m F#m Suggestion # 2 (capo on IV) For: Use: C# A B G F# D E C G#m Em ===== Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We all live so close to that line, and so far from satisfaction ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 18:17:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: McGuinn's D-land chords..sheeshhh thx Catherine, will try suggestion #2 tomorrow...but somehow I think the essence of that R.M. version "relies" on powerchords, and I guess "it ain't me babe". But it'll be fun to try just for laughs! i hear it with vibes in the background...lol :D Em - --- Catherine McKay wrote: > Why don't you transpose it down and use a capo? You > may not get the full sound that you would get with all > those barre chords, but you would save your fingers > some grief: > > Suggestion # 1 (capo on II) > For: Use: > C# B > B A > F# E > E D > G#m F#m > > Suggestion # 2 (capo on IV) > For: Use: > C# A > B G > F# D > E C > G#m Em > > > > > ===== > Catherine > Toronto > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > We all live so close to that line, and so far from satisfaction > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ===== .............. "I'm a wheel I'm a wheel, I can roll I can feel, and you can't stop me turning. I'm the sun I'm the sun I can move I can run, but you'll never stop me burning." ...rainbow ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 02:05:11 -0400 From: ljirvin@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Library Links: June 6 On June 6 the following article was published: 1974: "Top 20: The Times, They Are A-Middlin'" - Rolling Stone (Review - Album, with photographs) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=298 ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #157 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she? (http://www.siquomb.com/siquomb.cfm)