From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #38 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, February 6 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 038 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Monkees [Barolo82@aol.com] Top 500 list ["David Henderson" ] Slopes of the ["David Henderson" ] Slopes ["David Henderson" ] songfacts.com [Smurf ] Re: Slopes [Em ] Top 50, whew! ["mackoliver" ] Re: Top 500 list ["Mark or Travis" ] Re: Top 50, whew! ["Mark or Travis" ] RE: Top 500 list ["David Henderson" ] Re: Top 500 list ["Mark or Travis" ] Re: songfacts.com [Randy Remote ] Top of my head 50 [Randy Remote ] Re: Monkees [LCStanley7@aol.com] my top fifty [Bill Dollinger ] RE: Top of my head 50-- Warning!!!!Dylan Content (but Joni content, too) ["Richard Flynn" ] RE: Top 500 list ["David Henderson" ] Re: Happy Birthday Wally [revrvl@comcast.net] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 08:28:51 EST From: Barolo82@aol.com Subject: Monkees Ciao Joniphiles, "and of course we also know that Stephen Stills would have been a Monkee in place of Peter Tork except his teeth were too crooked." I have read that Charles Manson had also auditioned for the Monkees (true). Can you see the Saturday Night Live skit that should have been done years ago? The Monkees done as if Stills and Manson were part of the group. I can just see it now. Joni can come over to visit Stills and fall in love with Charlie. :~) dc. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 10:38:25 -0500 From: "David Henderson" Subject: Top 500 list RS' Top 500 - Don't get me wrong; there are a lot of really great songs on this list, but when I finished looking it over, I couldn't help but think this list was composed by 45-year-old straight guys (not that I have anything against 45-year-old straight guys). It could have been a much more interesting and varied list if the selection group had been a little more diverse. Why were so few women on the list? And so few R&B artists? Are there no great dance songs from any period in the last 40 years? Have there really been so few good songs written after 1980? Bob's list is much more varied with artists that I don't think made the RS list - Rickie Lee Jones, Lucinda Williams, XTC, Ani, Mishell . . . of course, I especially like seeing Joni at number one. I know some people hate lists. I love them. I think it's fun to rack my brain to come up with one and fun to see the list someone else creates from their own brain-racking. How about some lists from women, gay men, African-Americans, twentysomethings? David NP Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 08:52:25 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: NJC My Top 50 Back a couple of months ago, Evian challenged me to come up with my Top 50 songs (this was after my comments to RS' Top 500 songs). This was a very difficult exercise and as always very frustrating. I hope Evian appreciates the amount of Guantanamo-like torture this has been. I took lots of time poring through my musical memories and what songs/recordings really had that "oooh" factor for me. Also note that the 'recording' is the key rather than the 'song'...while I include Otis' "Dock Of The Bay" I wouldn't consider Michael Bolton's version, for example. My rules: - - -only (1) song per artist (a torturous rule in itself, since it disqualifies "Down To You") - - -only 50 songs (although I'm dying to add about 10 more) - - -no "ties" to sneak in extra songs I know I've left out lots of stuff that I can't live without and thankfully I don't have to...that being said, for the list-lovers among you, is my Top 50 songs, in no particular order except for my first entry which is my #1: 1. Joni Mitchell - Hejira 2. Yes - Siberian Khatru 3. Stevie Wonder - Golden Lady 4. Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town 5. The OJays - For The Love Of Money 6. Sugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady 7. Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia 8. Otis Redding - (Sittin On) The Dock of The Bay 9. Bruce Springsteen - Kittys Back 10. Bob Dylan - Youre Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go 11. War - All Day Music 12. Rickie Lee Jones - Traces Of The Western Slope 13. John Mayer - No Such Thing 14. The Band - Acadian Driftwood 15. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye 16. Lenny Welch - Since I Fell For You 17. Little Feat - Day Or Night 18. Lucinda Williams - Metal Firecracker 19. The Beatles - Paperback Writer 20. Meshell Ndegeocello - Loyalty 21. Al Green - Lets Stay Together 22. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 23. XTC - Scarecrow People 24. Marshall Tucker Band - 24 Hours At A Time 25. Led Zeppelin - No Quarter 26. Dead Kennedys - Stars And Stripes of Corruption 27. Pink Floyd - Us and Them 28. Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming 29. The Marcels - Blue Moon 30. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Let It Ride 31. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil 32. Bonnie Raitt - I Cant Make You Love Me 33. Tom Waits - Please Call Me Baby 34. Ani Difranco - Pulse 35. Loggins & Messina - Move On 36. The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee 37. Harry Nilsson - Jump Into The Fire 38. Grand Funk Railroad - Closer To Home 39. Neil Young - Cowgirl In The Sand 40. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 41. Traffic - Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys 42. The Who - Wont Get Fooled Again 43. P.M. Dawn - Soncheynne 44. The Replacements - I Will Dare 45. Wall Of Voodoo - Ring Of Fire 46. Pearl Jam - Evenflow 47. Prince -I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man 48. Steely Dan - Bodhisattva 49. The Doors - Riders On The Storm 50. They Might Be Giants - Dont Lets Start Bob NP: REM, "Fireplace" (wait - nothing from REM on my list?....Arrrghh, I despise what you've put me through Satanic Evian - I rebuke you demon spirit!!) Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 10:48:28 -0500 From: "David Henderson" Subject: Slopes of the - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 09:26:45 -0800 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: NJC My Top 50 Bob Muller wrote: > > 12. Rickie Lee Jones - Traces Of The Western Slope > I'd be curious to know what it is you like about this song. It's one I've never been able to warm up to. Mark E. in Seattle - ----------------------------- Is that the one that says, "I'd lie to anybody but there was nobody else around"? I have always loved that line. I don't know why, but it says a lot to me about human nature and it makes me laugh! David ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 10:58:31 -0500 From: "David Henderson" Subject: Slopes Thanks for the lyrics Bob. You answered my question. I think this is a phenomenal album, and my favorite three tunes are We Belong Together, Living It Up, and this one. I haven't owned this in years . . . I'm going to Amazon right after this. I still don't know exactly what she's talking about, but what a fasinating little world of drama she creates! I think I read somewhere that Johnny Johnson is a ghost, maybe an urban legend, and "he" is the inspiration for the song . . . definitely an LA thing. Any LA people know how Johnny Johson is? David NP Law & Order (I'm a complete and total L&O junkie.) - -------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 15:46:16 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: NJC My Top 50, now RLJ's Traces of the Western Slopes Mark or Travis wrote: Sure thing, Mark...in a word - everything. But since that doesn't move you any closer to a sense of my appreciation of it, I'll take a lengthier approach. It's 8 minutes long, which doesn't in and of itself mean anything, but in this case it sets it up as a song to be reckoned with; a Paprika Plains mini-symphony of kinds. Rickie spent a lot of time with Tom Waits, was obviously influenced by Laura Nyro, and this song is like a love-child between the two powerhouse songwriter-composers, the soulful and esoteric qualities of Nyro married with the jazz-bohemia lyrical qualities of Waits. And anybody who doesn't see the value of a good producer just has to listen to this track and listen in wonder at the juxtaposition of the different sounds as they are assembled by Russ Titelman & Lenny Waronker, simply amazing work - like in Joni's mini-symphonies, the silences are just as important (if not more so) than the cacophonies, and the way the song segues and glides between its different sections is seamless. The first "movement" of the opus begins with a soft, subtle piano and then at the 12-second mark there's the James Jam erson-likeMotownishbassriffthatisthesignaturehookofthesongandestablishesabiz arreoff-centersyncopation,soonbeingjoinedbyotherpercussion,horns,andothercol ors,windingtheirwayinandaroundSalBernardi'sandRickie'sbeatpoetry,tradingoffa seriesofimagesthatmaymeanonething,maymeananotherandallowthelistenertogowhere heorshewants. Then around the 2:15 mark, the REAL Nyro-ish part kicks in, almost a whole separate song: I lied to my angel so I could take you downtown I'd lie to anybody there was nobody else around And I know what people say about me But I lied to my angel and now he can't find me Steady and soulful and anchored, much more directly synchopated than the airy intro section, but then it segues again into yet another musical section: I'm sorry I saw him I saw him Laughing I could hear them Laughing Alive I could hear them E. A. Poe And Johnny Johnson If you dial in They're calling from the Western Slope Who's the thin thread of light That keeps you strangled in the scenery That follows my voice - can you see me? Then follow my voice even airier & looser than the start (this song, like so much of Joni's work, doesn't follow any pre-set convention but rather just goes where it wants to, yet within it's free-form looseness is musically incredibly tight) in the pattern of the beginning, then goes through the same cycle of lyric s,andthedistinctionbetweenthetightness&structureofthemusiciansandRickie'ssca t-likevocalisreallynice.Andagainwegetthebasshook...bumbadabadaBOOM,whichbrin gsitbacktowherewewere. At the 7:00 mark, the closing movement begins - a scat-chant that Ricki edoeswhileatrumpetsolos,percussioncomesinandout,andthenallfadesoutandboomit' sdone. Now lyrically, what any of it means is anybody's guess - I never gave it a lot of thought, it just reads like beat poetry and the looseness of the lyrical images fits the meandering musical patterns. I don't know if any of that helps...it's an ambitious piece that hits the targets as far as I'm concerned. Really & truly though I could have picked any number of RLJ songs, but this one to me is just something different, a song so complex in its scope that nobody else would have ever come up with it. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 08:59:09 -0800 (PST) From: Smurf Subject: songfacts.com I just came across a site called songfacts.com that lets you search for a song and read 'facts' about it. Since anyone can submit 'facts' I am sure there are some non-facts here, but I think it's a good resource. There are only two Joni songs there now: the ubiquitous "Big Yellow Taxi" and "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio." Here's what they have to say about "YTMOIAR": Released in October 1972, it became Joni's first hit single, reaching the Top 20 in January 1973. Her previous hit songs were hits for other artists. Graham Nash, David Crosby and Neil Young all took part in the sessions for the song, but only a Graham Nash harmonica part was used on the final release. The lyrics are a metaphor in which the narrator is a car radio and a radio station hoping to please listeners. (thanks, Charles - Charlotte, NC, for all above) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 11:11:22 -0800 (PST) From: Em Subject: Re: Slopes sorry for just jumping in on the middle of a convo and I have no clue what the subject refers to, but "Johnny Johnson" caught my eye. Not sure if it would be the same reference, but Chuck Berry's awesome piano player's name was (is?) Johnnie Johnson - very big part of the sound of that lovely little band. :) Em - --- David Henderson wrote: > Thanks for the lyrics Bob. You answered my question. I think this > is a > phenomenal album, and my favorite three tunes are We Belong Together, > Living > It Up, and this one. I haven't owned this in years . . . I'm going > to > Amazon right after this. > > I still don't know exactly what she's talking about, but what a > fasinating > little world of drama she creates! I think I read somewhere that > Johnny > Johnson is a ghost, maybe an urban legend, and "he" is the > inspiration for > the song . . . definitely an LA thing. Any LA people know how Johnny > Johson > is? > > David > NP Law & Order (I'm a complete and total L&O junkie.) > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 15:46:16 -0800 (PST) > From: Bob Muller > Subject: Re: NJC My Top 50, now RLJ's Traces of the Western Slopes > > Mark or Travis wrote: > I've > never been able to warm up to.> > > Sure thing, Mark...in a word - everything. But since that doesn't > move you > any closer to a sense of my appreciation of it, I'll take a lengthier > approach. > > It's 8 minutes long, which doesn't in and of itself mean anything, > but in > this case it sets it up as a song to be reckoned with; a Paprika > Plains > mini-symphony of kinds. Rickie spent a lot of time with Tom Waits, > was > obviously influenced by Laura Nyro, and this song is like a > love-child > between the two powerhouse songwriter-composers, the soulful and > esoteric > qualities of Nyro married with the jazz-bohemia lyrical qualities of > Waits. > > And anybody who doesn't see the value of a good producer just has to > listen > to this track and listen in wonder at the juxtaposition of the > different > sounds as they are assembled by Russ Titelman & Lenny Waronker, > simply > amazing work - like in Joni's mini-symphonies, the silences are just > as > important (if not more so) than the cacophonies, and the way the song > segues > and glides between its different sections is seamless. > > The first "movement" of the opus begins with a soft, subtle piano and > then > at the 12-second mark there's the James Jam > erson-likeMotownishbassriffthatisthesignaturehookofthesongandestablishesabiz > arreoff-centersyncopation,soonbeingjoinedbyotherpercussion,horns,andothercol > ors,windingtheirwayinandaroundSalBernardi'sandRickie'sbeatpoetry,tradingoffa > seriesofimagesthatmaymeanonething,maymeananotherandallowthelistenertogowhere > heorshewants. > > Then around the 2:15 mark, the REAL Nyro-ish part kicks in, almost a > whole > separate song: > > I lied to my angel so I could take you downtown > I'd lie to anybody there was nobody else around > And I know what people say about me > But I lied to my angel and now he can't find me > > Steady and soulful and anchored, much more directly synchopated than > the > airy intro section, but then it segues again into yet another musical > section: > > I'm sorry > I saw him > I saw him > Laughing > I could hear them > Laughing > Alive > I could hear them > > E. A. Poe > And Johnny Johnson > If you dial in > They're calling from the Western Slope > Who's the thin thread of light > That keeps you strangled in the scenery > That follows my voice - can you see me? > Then follow my voice > > > even airier & looser than the start (this song, like so much of > Joni's work, > doesn't follow any pre-set convention but rather just goes where it > wants > to, yet within it's free-form looseness is musically incredibly > tight) in > the pattern of the beginning, then goes through the same cycle of > lyric > s,andthedistinctionbetweenthetightness&structureofthemusiciansandRickie'ssca > t-likevocalisreallynice.Andagainwegetthebasshook...bumbadabadaBOOM,whichbrin > gsitbacktowherewewere. > > At the 7:00 mark, the closing movement begins - a scat-chant that > Ricki > edoeswhileatrumpetsolos,percussioncomesinandout,andthenallfadesoutandboomit' > sdone. > > Now lyrically, what any of it means is anybody's guess - I never gave > it a > lot of thought, it just reads like beat poetry and the looseness of > the > lyrical images fits the meandering musical patterns. > > I don't know if any of that helps...it's an ambitious piece that hits > the > targets as far as I'm concerned. Really & truly though I could have > picked > any number of RLJ songs, but this one to me is just something > different, a > song so complex in its scope that nobody else would have ever come up > with > it. > > Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:48:28 -0600 From: "mackoliver" Subject: Top 50, whew! Here's mine (a homosexual as if that defines who and what I am, such thoughts irritate me and my sexual proclivities are such a small part of who and what I am). Bob, this was tough, especially the one song rule. Surely I left someone out and the list would change tomorrow. But fun to do nevertheless. 1. Funny that Way- Melissa Manchester 2. Both Sides, Now-Joni Mitchell 3. Dorothy-Judy Collins 4. Jungleland-Bruce Springsteen 5. Baby, Can You Come Out Tonight-Dolly Parton 6. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant-Billy Joel 7. A Woman Left Lonely-Janis Joplin 8. How Much I Feel-Ambrosia 9. Looking For The Right One-Stephen Bishop 10. Company-Rickie Lee Jones 11. I Just Wanna Stop-Gino Vannelli 12. Your Song-Elton John 13. You Oughta Be Home With Me-Barry Manilow 14. I Saw A Man And He Danced With His Wife-Cher 15. How Deep Is Your Love-Bee Gees 16. Faithless Love-Linda Ronstadt 17. Long Time Looking-Helen Reddy 18. The Man That Got Away-Judy Garland 19. Keep A Watch On The Shoreline-Phoebe Snow 20. Nothing Seems To Matter-Bonnie Raitt 21. Stayed Too Long At The Fair-Barbra Streisand 22. Taxi-Harry Chapin 23. Remember Me-Diana Ross 24. Until You Come Back To Me-Aretha Franklin 25. Private Dancer-Tina Turner 26. Superstar-Carpenters 27. Daughter of Light-Carole King 28. Where Does the Lovin Go-David Gates 29. Living For You-Candi Staton 30. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love-Barry White 31. Gulf Coast Highway-Nanci Griffith 32. Haven't Got Time For The Pain-Carly Simon 33. I Could Never Miss You-Lulu 34. You Can Have Me Anytime-Boz Scaggs 35. Holding Out For Love-Daryl Hall 36. Before My Heart Finds Out-Gene Cotton 37. What's Forever For-Michael Murphy 38. California Dreamin'-Mamas and Papas 39. That's The Way of The World-Earth, Wind, and Fire 40. Nither One of Us-Gladys Knight 41. Promise Me-Luther Vandross 42. One Man Band-Ronnie Dyson 43. Photographs and Memories-Jim Croce 44. I Should Be With You-Steve Wariner 45. No. 9 Dream-John Lennon 46. No One In The World-Anita Baker 47. The Rain, the Park, and Other Things-Cowsills 48. Use Me-Bill Withers 49. It's A Sin When You Love Somebody-Joe Cocker 50. Those Eyes-Natalie Cole mack np: missy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:07:04 -0800 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: Top 500 list David Henderson wrote: > > How about some lists from women, gay men, African-Americans, > twentysomethings? > > David > NP Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose Don't you love Van Lear Rose? Being in total agreement with your comments about the Rolling Stone and fitting at least one of the criteria you listed above (and if you know what's good for you you'll amend that list to include gay women, David ;-)) I have decided to attempt what for me is an arduous task. Just deciding on a favorite Joni Mitchell song involves a certain amount of angst and agony for me and would usually stop me from doing this. Lists of Joni favorites is something I avoid. But since this is less about Joni and more of a history and indirectly a personality profile of individual tastes, I have decided to play. In no particular order and apt to change at any moment: My Top 50 songs 1. Joni Mitchell - The Dawntreader (either version - is that cheating?) 2. Carly Simon - You're So Vain 3. Billie Holiday - I Cover the Waterfront 4. The Seekers - Georgy Girl 5. Dusty Springfield - Anyone Who Had a Heart 6. Barbra Streisand - When the Sun Comes Out 7. Judy Garland - Somewhere Over the Rainbow 8. Steeleye Span - The Weaver and the Factory Maid 9. Laura Nyro - Brown Earth 10. Marianne Faithful - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan 11. Sherelle Smith - Edith and the Kingpin 12. Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song 13. k. d. lang - Hallelujah 14. Judy Collins - Albatross 15. Peter Paul & Mary - Leavin' on a Jet Plane 16. Dionne Warwick - Theme from 'The Valley of the Dolls' 17. The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun 18. Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle 19. Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust 20. Emmylou Harris - Hour of Gold 21. Yes - Your Move 22. Jethro Tull - Living in the Past 23. The Fifth Dimension - One Less Bell 24. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit 25. Lambert Hendricks and Ross - Fiesta in Blue 26. Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 27. Mary Hopkin - Those Were the Days 28. Julie Andrews - I Could Have Danced All Night 29. Bette Midler - Your Love is Lifting Me Higher 30. Rickie Lee Jones - Stewart's Coat 31. Cowboy Junkies - Bea's Song (River Song Trilogy Part II) 32. Loretta Lynn - Fist City 33. Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams 34. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man 35. One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley 36. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - Laurie London 37. Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland 38. Carole King - It's Too Late 39. Cass Elliott - Make Your Own Kind of Music 40. Carpenters - Rainy Days and Mondays 41. Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company - Piece of My Heart 42. Blondie - Union City Blue 43. Fleetwood Mac - Sara 44. Annie Lennox - Why 45. The Pretenders - Mystery Acheivement 46. Seal - If I Could 47. Heart - Mistral Wind 48. Linda Ronstadt - Prisoner in Disguise 49. The Moody Blues - Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?) 50. Nat King Cole - Nature Boy There were three of these songs that are among my earliest memories of hearing music on the radio. I actually had to look them up to find out who the original artists were. Apparently my musical memory goes back to about 1958 when I was 4 years old. Can anybody spot which four songs I looked up? The Billie Holiday and Nat King Cole don't figure into this since I didn't discover those til I was was an adult. I started to list 'Silver Spoon' by Grace Slick and 'Hyperdrive' by Jefferson Starship but couldn't decide if that was cheating since I'd already included 'White Rabbit' and all three are Grace's songs. I finally decided I needed more room on my list so I left them out. I did manage to sneak Joni in there twice by including Seal's 'If I Could'! Mark E. in Seatte ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:12:56 -0800 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: Top 50, whew! mackoliver wrote: > 14. I Saw A Man And He Danced With His Wife-Cher There's always somebody that will get left out because I didn't think of them! There should have been at least one song by Cher on my list. Probably 'Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves' or 'The Way of Love'. Or maybe 'Bang Bang'. I recall being mildly obsessed with that one when it came back. Ah, puberty! How bleak was my puberty! Mark E. in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:24:29 -0500 From: "David Henderson" Subject: RE: Top 500 list Wow, we have shockingly similar taste . . . well, maybe not so shocking since we are both on this list. Your list includes so many artists I love and a few of my favorite songs too - Rainy Days and Mondays, The First Time, White Rabbit, Diamonds and Rust, I Cover the Waterfront (Joni would be proud) and Anyone Who Had A Heart (although I love the Dionne Warwick version . . . never heard the Dusty version). See how incredibly different this list is from the RS list? Look how many incredible women singers and songwriters were left off that list of 500. I apologize for leaving off the Lesbians in my first post! You know I love you more than my luggage! Van Lear Rose is super sweet for anyone who likes hardcore country. I don't know how old Loretta Lynn is, but she's up there, and yet she still has that same feisty spirit and strong voice she had 30 years ago. In addition to the fun stuff, there's a beautiful ballad called "I Miss Being Mrs. Tonight" that will touch the heart of anyone who has ever been "divorced." David NP Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose PS I'm fairly new to this list. Do you have a split personality, Mark or Travis? >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Mark or Travis [mailto:mark.travis@gte.net] >>>Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 4:07 PM >>>To: David Henderson; joni@smoe.org >>>Subject: Re: Top 500 list >>> >>> >>>David Henderson wrote: >>>> >>>> How about some lists from women, gay men, African-Americans, >>>> twentysomethings? >>>> >>>> David >>>> NP Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose >>> >>>Don't you love Van Lear Rose? >>> >>>Being in total agreement with your comments about the Rolling >>>Stone and fitting at least one of the >>>criteria you listed above (and if you know what's good for you >>>you'll amend that list to include gay >>>women, David ;-)) I have decided to attempt what for me is an >>>arduous task. Just deciding on a >>>favorite Joni Mitchell song involves a certain amount of angst >>>and agony for me and would usually >>>stop me from doing this. Lists of Joni favorites is something I >>>avoid. But since this is less >>>about Joni and more of a history and indirectly a personality >>>profile of individual tastes, I have >>>decided to play. >>> >>>In no particular order and apt to change at any moment: >>> >>>My Top 50 songs >>> >>>1. Joni Mitchell - The Dawntreader (either version - is that cheating?) >>>2. Carly Simon - You're So Vain >>>3. Billie Holiday - I Cover the Waterfront >>>4. The Seekers - Georgy Girl >>>5. Dusty Springfield - Anyone Who Had a Heart >>>6. Barbra Streisand - When the Sun Comes Out >>>7. Judy Garland - Somewhere Over the Rainbow >>>8. Steeleye Span - The Weaver and the Factory Maid >>>9. Laura Nyro - Brown Earth >>>10. Marianne Faithful - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan >>>11. Sherelle Smith - Edith and the Kingpin >>>12. Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song >>>13. k. d. lang - Hallelujah >>>14. Judy Collins - Albatross >>>15. Peter Paul & Mary - Leavin' on a Jet Plane >>>16. Dionne Warwick - Theme from 'The Valley of the Dolls' >>>17. The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun >>>18. Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle >>>19. Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust >>>20. Emmylou Harris - Hour of Gold >>>21. Yes - Your Move >>>22. Jethro Tull - Living in the Past >>>23. The Fifth Dimension - One Less Bell >>>24. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit >>>25. Lambert Hendricks and Ross - Fiesta in Blue >>>26. Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face >>>27. Mary Hopkin - Those Were the Days >>>28. Julie Andrews - I Could Have Danced All Night >>>29. Bette Midler - Your Love is Lifting Me Higher >>>30. Rickie Lee Jones - Stewart's Coat >>>31. Cowboy Junkies - Bea's Song (River Song Trilogy Part II) >>>32. Loretta Lynn - Fist City >>>33. Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams >>>34. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man >>>35. One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley >>>36. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - Laurie London >>>37. Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland >>>38. Carole King - It's Too Late >>>39. Cass Elliott - Make Your Own Kind of Music >>>40. Carpenters - Rainy Days and Mondays >>>41. Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company - >>>Piece of My Heart >>>42. Blondie - Union City Blue >>>43. Fleetwood Mac - Sara >>>44. Annie Lennox - Why >>>45. The Pretenders - Mystery Acheivement >>>46. Seal - If I Could >>>47. Heart - Mistral Wind >>>48. Linda Ronstadt - Prisoner in Disguise >>>49. The Moody Blues - Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?) >>>50. Nat King Cole - Nature Boy >>> >>>There were three of these songs that are among my earliest >>>memories of hearing music on the radio. >>>I actually had to look them up to find out who the original >>>artists were. Apparently my musical >>>memory goes back to about 1958 when I was 4 years old. Can >>>anybody spot which four songs I looked >>>up? The Billie Holiday and Nat King Cole don't figure into this >>>since I didn't discover those til I >>>was was an adult. >>> >>>I started to list 'Silver Spoon' by Grace Slick and 'Hyperdrive' >>>by Jefferson Starship but couldn't >>>decide if that was cheating since I'd already included 'White >>>Rabbit' and all three are Grace's >>>songs. I finally decided I needed more room on my list so I >>>left them out. I did manage to sneak >>>Joni in there twice by including Seal's 'If I Could'! >>> >>>Mark E. in Seatte ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:04:19 -0800 From: "Mark or Travis" Subject: Re: Top 500 list David Henderson wrote: > Wow, we have shockingly similar taste . . . well, maybe not so > shocking since we are both on this list. Your list includes so many > artists I love and a few of my favorite songs too - Rainy Days and > Mondays, The First Time, White Rabbit, Diamonds and Rust, I Cover the > Waterfront (Joni would be proud) and Anyone Who Had A Heart (although > I love the Dionne Warwick version . . . never heard the Dusty > version). I was a fan of Dionne's from back when I first heard 'Theme from Valley of the Dolls' and the only song I remembered by Dusty Springfield was 'Son of A Preacher Man'. Then a few years ago, again, because of the JMDL, I bought 'Dusty in Memphis' and fell head over heels in love. I think Dusty's 'Anyone Who Had a Heart' is about as close as you can come to a perfect pop ballad. In addition to the fun stuff, there's a beautiful ballad called > "I Miss Being Mrs. Tonight" that will touch the heart of anyone who > has ever been "divorced." That's what I thought too when I first heard that song. Then I found out that Dooley Lynn had passed away. Gives the song even more weight and poignance. Mark E. in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 14:18:32 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Re: songfacts.com Wow. Has anyone heard of this? Can you imagine getting these guys on your track, then not using it? Then again, the song, as released is one of my very favorites. My guess is that she was trying to keep the minimalist vibe of FTR intact. It sure would be great to hear the full deal on the boxset, if it comes out in our lifetime. RR Smurf wrote: > I just came across a site called songfacts.com > Here's what they have to say about > "YTMOIAR": > > Graham Nash, David Crosby and Neil Young all took part > in the sessions for the song, but only a Graham Nash > harmonica part was used on the final release. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 14:37:20 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: Top of my head 50 Some artists, Joni, Lennon, Dylan, Stones, Who, Beatles etc have so many great songs, it's just flipping a coin. Anyway 1 Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks - Moody Richard 2 Danny O'Keefe - Magdalena 3 Joni Mitchell - California 4 Beatles - Revolution 5 Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed 6 Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar 7 Mary Hopkin - Ocean Song 8 John Trudell - Baby Boom Che 9 John Lennon - Remember 10 George Harrison - Your Love Is Forever 11 Police - Dee Doo Doo Doo, Dee Da Da Da 12 Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar 13 Who - Baba O'Reilly 14 Emmylou Harris - Blue Kentucky Girl 15 Fleetwood Mac - Angel (Tusk) 16 Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow (orig) 17 Billie Holiday - Sunny Side of The Street 18 Crosby Stills and Nash - Shadow Captain 19 Yes - Heart of the Sunrise 20 Emerson Lake and Palmer - Trilogy 21 Moody Blues - Legend of a Mind 22 Jimi Hendrix - Angel 23 Shelby Lynne - Telephone 24 Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy 25 Kingsmen - Louie Louie 26 Heart - Love Alive 27 Bangles - Eternal Flame 28 Miles Davis - All Blues 29 Country Joe and The Fish - Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine 30 Buffalo Springfield - Bluebird 31 Led Zeppelin - Rain Song 32 Jerry Garcia - Sugaree 33 X - Burning House of Love 34 Doors - Love Her Madly 35 George Benson - The Gentle Rain 36 Getz/Gilberto/Gilberto - Girl From Ipanema 37 Simon & Garfunkel - Fakin' It 38 Cream - Sunshine of Your Love 39 Sons of Champlin - Before You Right Now 40 Dave Mason - Sad and Deep As You 41 Bob Dylan - Sweetheart Like You 42 Byrds - It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding 43 Derek and The Dominoes - Layla 44 Leon Russell - Song For You 45 Santana - Smooth 46 Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground 47 Neil Young - Don't Cry No Tears 48 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln 49 Traffic - Many a Mile To Freedom 50 Boz Scaggs - Near You ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 18:14:30 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Monkees dc wrote: Joni can come over to visit Stills and fall in love with Charlie. :~) Hi dc, No way man. Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 18:26:47 -0500 From: Bill Dollinger Subject: my top fifty This was fun, though they are not really in order, that would be too difficult. Bill 1. Amelia Joni Mitchell 2. So What Miles Davis 3. Back in the USSR Beatles 4. Over the Rainbow Rufus Wainwright 5. Truckin' Grateful Dead 6. Mac the Knife Ella Fitzgerald 7. White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane 8. Heart of Glass Blondie 9. At Last Etta James 10.You're No Good Linda Ronstadt 11. I'll Be There Jackson Five 12. Hallelujah Leonard Cohen 13. Woodstock Crosby Stills, Nash and Young 14. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright Bob Dylan 15. Guitar Town Steve Earle 16. Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac 17, First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack 18, Moon River Sarah Vaughan 19. Changed the Locks Lucinda Williams 20. Goodbye Emmylou Harris 21. Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival 22. Pink Moon Nick Drake 23. The Heartache Warren Zevon 24, I Wanna Be Sedated Ramones 25. Midnight Train to Georgia Gladys Knight and the Pips 26. I've Got You Under My Skin Diana Krall 27. Someone Saved My Life Tonight Elton John 28. We Got the Beat GoGos 29. Satisfaction Rolling Stones 30. Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 31. California Dreamin Mamas and the Papas 32. Melissa Allman Brothers 33. Boys in the Trees Carly Simon 34. Ghost Riders in the Sky Johnny Cash 35. Solisbury Hill Peter Gabriel 36. Have You Seen Her The Chi LItes 37. Ray of Light Madonna 38. Heartbeat Buddy Holly 39. Needle and the Damage Done Neil Young 40. Melt with You Modern English 41. Stolen Moments Oliver Nelson 42. Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe 43. Chain of Fools Aretha Franklin 44. On the Radio Donna Summer 45. Fever Peggy Lee 46. Surfin USA Beach Boys 47 Them There Eyes Billie Holiday 48. It's Too Late Carole King 49. Georgia on My Mind Ray Charles 50. Mary Patty Griffin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 18:49:04 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Top of my head 50-- Warning!!!!Dylan Content (but Joni content, too) Among Randy's choices: 41 Bob Dylan - Sweetheart Like You This is an amazing song, and Joni must like it, too, since it's on her Starbuck's CD. It's certainly not a nice song, and it's arguably a sexist song--though the persona singing the song alternately lacerates himself for and revels in his own sexual caddishness: "You gotta be an important person to be in here, honey. You got to have done some evil deed. You gotta have your own harem when you come in the door. You gotta play your harp till your lips bleed." I wonder what attracts Joni to this particular Dylan song. Do you think she's going to have explanatory liner notes on the disc? That would be enough to make me buy it. But the nearest Starbucks is 50 miles away. Can you believe it? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 17:25:23 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: RE: Top of my head 50-- Warning!!!!Dylan Content (but Joni content, too) R Flynn writes: > I wonder what attracts Joni to this particular Dylan song. I think this song is, to Joni, a metaphor for the entire music business "cesspool". Witness lines like: In order to deal in this game, got to make the queen disappear, It's done with a flick of the wrist. You know, a woman like you should be at home, That's where you belong. Just how much abuse will you be able to take? Well, there's no way to tell by that first kiss. You know you can make a name for yourself, You can hear them tires squeal, You can be known as the most beautiful woman Who ever crawled across cut glass to make a deal. Snap out of it, baby, people are jealous of you, They smile to your face, but behind your back they hiss. Steal a little and they throw you in jail, Steal a lot and they make you king. - --------- Regardless, one of Dylan's great songs - angrier than "Like a Rolling Stone" if you ask me! Les, Dylan fan. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 20:22:13 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Top of my head 50-- Warning!!!!Dylan Content (but Joni content, too) Don't you think that is an idiosyncratic interpretation of the song, Les? I mean the music business part? Or do you think the attraction for Joni is in the political critique Joni has been mounting of late? I mean Dylan is just plain pissed off on all of "Infidels" (and what a great album that could have been had he included songs like "Blind Willie Mc Tell"). Dylan quotes Samuel Johnson in the song, too: "They say that patriotism is the last refuge To which a scoundrel clings" And then the "steal a little" lines from below. I love the song, too, have even been know to play it in some of my little shows. I also think that one of its attractions like much of Dylan is that it's hard to boil down its direct meaning. Some of Joni's best lyrics are like this, too (and for me I think the lyrical high points are "For the Roses" and "Hejira"). A wild conspiracy theory is that something about Joni inspired Dylan write the song. And then it's back to the music biz interpretation: " In order to deal in the game / You make the Queen disappear / It's done with the flick of a wrist." A put down / homage from the King of singer-songwriters to the Queen. (I know I'm full of shit here--I just love to start rumors--maybe I can make that Snopes page!) Richard - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@jmdl.com [mailto:owner-joni@jmdl.com] On Behalf Of Les Irvin Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 7:25 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: RE: Top of my head 50-- Warning!!!!Dylan Content (but Joni content, too) R Flynn writes: > I wonder what attracts Joni to this particular Dylan song. I think this song is, to Joni, a metaphor for the entire music business "cesspool". Witness lines like: In order to deal in this game, got to make the queen disappear, It's done with a flick of the wrist. You know, a woman like you should be at home, That's where you belong. Just how much abuse will you be able to take? Well, there's no way to tell by that first kiss. You know you can make a name for yourself, You can hear them tires squeal, You can be known as the most beautiful woman Who ever crawled across cut glass to make a deal. Snap out of it, baby, people are jealous of you, They smile to your face, but behind your back they hiss. Steal a little and they throw you in jail, Steal a lot and they make you king. - --------- Regardless, one of Dylan's great songs - angrier than "Like a Rolling Stone" if you ask me! Les, Dylan fan. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 17:18:17 -0800 From: "Jim@JoniMitchell.com" Subject: Happy Birthday Wally February 6. Today's Wally's birthday. He almost got there five years ago, missing his 48th by just three days. Although I for the most part chose to mark the sad February 3 anniversary of his death privately, I was happy to read email messages saying that other people, some of whom had never even met him, remembered my friend and wanted to find a way to celebrate Wally and his work. Considering appropriate ways to mark the occasion, I had a thought: Why not give JoniMitchell.com a makeover? My best case scenario was that Les would be able to work on the site. I observed the moment of Wally's passing as Les and I talked on the phone, starting to make plans for the redesign; I realized that I was sitting in the very spot Wally occupied here on the couch when he left us. This feels right, it feels good. It's going to be a huge project, and I'm delighted Les has the time (we all know he has the expertise). The new JoniMitchell.com won't happen overnight - -- it's a big site, after all -- but we're getting started, and I think the end result will be well worth waiting for. I'm sure Wally's happy about this. And that, of course, is the best facelift. Jim ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 21:57:45 -0500 From: "David Henderson" Subject: RE: Top 500 list So I decided to do my own list. It's much harder than I thought it would be. It's almost painful to limit my favorites artists - like Joni, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Morrissey, Elton John, Janis Ian, Aretha Franklin, Dwight Yokum - to just one song. In no particular order: 1) The Same Situation - Joni Mitchell 2) Everyday Is Like Sunday - Morrissey 3) I'm Going Out Tonight - Mary Chapin-Carpenter 4) A Thousand Miles From Nowhere - Dwight Yokum 5) Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack 6) At Seventeen - Janis Ian 7) Love Lies Bleeding/Funeral For A Friend - Elton John 8) Little Girl Blue - Janis Joplin 9) White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane 10) In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly 11) It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls 12) Money Changes Everything - Cindy Lauper 13) I Will Survive - Gloria Gayner 14) Finally - Cece? 15) Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow 16) The Queen and The Soldier - Suzanne Vega 17) Santeria - Sublime 18) Stolen Car - Beth Orton 19) Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross 20) A Little Priest - "Sweeney Todd" 21) Only The Lonely - Motels 22) That Lady - Isley Brothers 23) Long Shot - Aimee Mann 24) I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James 25) Hotel California - Eagles 26) One Night of Glory - "Rent" 27) My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis 28) Alfie - Dionne Warwick 29) Harbor Lights - Dinah Washington 30) Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters 31) What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye 32) Superfly - Curtis Mayfield 33) No Moon - "Titanic" (Broadway) 34) Louisiana Sunday Afternoon - Diane Schurr 35) The Way of Love - Cher 36) Imagine - John Lennon 37) God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday 38) Have You Ever Seen The Rain - CCR 39) Daydreaming - Aretha Franklin 40) Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Carole King 41) Fire and Rain - James Taylor 42) Angie - Rolling Stones 43) Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan 44) Sleep to Dream - Fiona Apple 45) Unbreak My Heart - Toni Braxton 46) Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 47) A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall - Dylan 48) Tell Me Something Good - Rufus 49) Let's Stay Together - Al Green 50) Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio A few runners-up: Trouble Is A Man by Irene Reid, Real Niggaz Don't Die by NWA, Help Me Make It Though the Night by Sammi Smith, Strange Fruit by Cassandra Wilson, Prologue from "Into the Woods," Kentucky Rain by Elvis, Legend in your own time by Carly Simon, Slim Shady by Emimem, Falling by Alicia Keyes, Out of you-on to me, Ani David NP Phoebe Snow's first album >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Mark or Travis [mailto:mark.travis@gte.net] >>>Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 4:07 PM >>>To: David Henderson; joni@smoe.org >>>Subject: Re: Top 500 list >>> >>> >>>David Henderson wrote: >>>> >>>> How about some lists from women, gay men, African-Americans, >>>> twentysomethings? >>>> >>>> David >>>> NP Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose >>> >>>Don't you love Van Lear Rose? >>> >>>Being in total agreement with your comments about the Rolling >>>Stone and fitting at least one of the >>>criteria you listed above (and if you know what's good for you >>>you'll amend that list to include gay >>>women, David ;-)) I have decided to attempt what for me is an >>>arduous task. Just deciding on a >>>favorite Joni Mitchell song involves a certain amount of angst >>>and agony for me and would usually >>>stop me from doing this. Lists of Joni favorites is something I >>>avoid. But since this is less >>>about Joni and more of a history and indirectly a personality >>>profile of individual tastes, I have >>>decided to play. >>> >>>In no particular order and apt to change at any moment: >>> >>>My Top 50 songs >>> >>>1. Joni Mitchell - The Dawntreader (either version - is that cheating?) >>>2. Carly Simon - You're So Vain >>>3. Billie Holiday - I Cover the Waterfront >>>4. The Seekers - Georgy Girl >>>5. Dusty Springfield - Anyone Who Had a Heart >>>6. Barbra Streisand - When the Sun Comes Out >>>7. Judy Garland - Somewhere Over the Rainbow >>>8. Steeleye Span - The Weaver and the Factory Maid >>>9. Laura Nyro - Brown Earth >>>10. Marianne Faithful - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan >>>11. Sherelle Smith - Edith and the Kingpin >>>12. Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song >>>13. k. d. lang - Hallelujah >>>14. Judy Collins - Albatross >>>15. Peter Paul & Mary - Leavin' on a Jet Plane >>>16. Dionne Warwick - Theme from 'The Valley of the Dolls' >>>17. The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun >>>18. Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle >>>19. Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust >>>20. Emmylou Harris - Hour of Gold >>>21. Yes - Your Move >>>22. Jethro Tull - Living in the Past >>>23. The Fifth Dimension - One Less Bell >>>24. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit >>>25. Lambert Hendricks and Ross - Fiesta in Blue >>>26. Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face >>>27. Mary Hopkin - Those Were the Days >>>28. Julie Andrews - I Could Have Danced All Night >>>29. Bette Midler - Your Love is Lifting Me Higher >>>30. Rickie Lee Jones - Stewart's Coat >>>31. Cowboy Junkies - Bea's Song (River Song Trilogy Part II) >>>32. Loretta Lynn - Fist City >>>33. Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams >>>34. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man >>>35. One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley >>>36. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - Laurie London >>>37. Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland >>>38. Carole King - It's Too Late >>>39. Cass Elliott - Make Your Own Kind of Music >>>40. Carpenters - Rainy Days and Mondays >>>41. Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company - >>>Piece of My Heart >>>42. Blondie - Union City Blue >>>43. Fleetwood Mac - Sara >>>44. Annie Lennox - Why >>>45. The Pretenders - Mystery Acheivement >>>46. Seal - If I Could >>>47. Heart - Mistral Wind >>>48. Linda Ronstadt - Prisoner in Disguise >>>49. The Moody Blues - Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?) >>>50. Nat King Cole - Nature Boy >>> >>>There were three of these songs that are among my earliest >>>memories of hearing music on the radio. >>>I actually had to look them up to find out who the original >>>artists were. Apparently my musical >>>memory goes back to about 1958 when I was 4 years old. Can >>>anybody spot which four songs I looked >>>up? The Billie Holiday and Nat King Cole don't figure into this >>>since I didn't discover those til I >>>was was an adult. >>> >>>I started to list 'Silver Spoon' by Grace Slick and 'Hyperdrive' >>>by Jefferson Starship but couldn't >>>decide if that was cheating since I'd already included 'White >>>Rabbit' and all three are Grace's >>>songs. I finally decided I needed more room on my list so I >>>left them out. I did manage to sneak >>>Joni in there twice by including Seal's 'If I Could'! >>> >>>Mark E. in Seatte ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 03:28:49 +0000 From: revrvl@comcast.net Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Wally I have been thinking about Wally all week. Nothing I can say can add to what was said. Vince > February 6. Today's Wally's birthday. He almost got there five years ago, > missing his 48th by just three days. > > Although I for the most part chose to mark the sad February 3 anniversary of > his death privately, I was happy to read email messages saying that other > people, some of whom had never even met him, remembered my friend and wanted > to find a way to celebrate Wally and his work. > > Considering appropriate ways to mark the occasion, I had a thought: Why not > give JoniMitchell.com a makeover? My best case scenario was that Les would > be able to work on the site. I observed the moment of Wally's passing as Les > and I talked on the phone, starting to make plans for the redesign; I > realized that I was sitting in the very spot Wally occupied here on the > couch when he left us. This feels right, it feels good. > > It's going to be a huge project, and I'm delighted Les has the time (we all > know he has the expertise). The new JoniMitchell.com won't happen overnight > -- it's a big site, after all -- but we're getting started, and I think the > end result will be well worth waiting for. > > I'm sure Wally's happy about this. And that, of course, is the best > facelift. > > Jim ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #38 ******************************** ------- 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)