From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #59 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 Saturday, February 26 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 059 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- on Joni's unpopularity [Oddmund Kaarevik ] Re: on Joni's unpopularity [Bob Muller ] Re: on Joni's unpopularity/Hornby [Smurf ] Starbucks, Joni, and coffee, but no cat poop [Brian Gross ] Remastered "Paprika Plains" ["c Karma" ] Re: Remastered "Paprika Plains" [Jamie Zubairi ] Re: Joni's unpopularity ["Ruth Davis" ] Re: Remastered "Paprika Plains" [Lori Fye ] Gimme a song [Garret ] Re: Joni's unpopularity ["McMillan Brad" ] Re: Gimme a song [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Gimme a song ["McMillan Brad" ] Re: Gimme a song [Lori Fye ] Re: Gimme a song [Garret ] Re: Gimme a song [djp ] Re: Gimme a song [Garret ] Re: Gimme a song [Lori Fye ] Re: Gimme a song [djp ] Re: Gimme a song [Garret ] Re: Gimme a song ["Donna Binkley" ] Re: Gimme a song [Bob Muller ] Re: Joni's unpopularity [Bob Muller ] Re: Gimme a song [FMYFL@aol.com] Re: Gimme a song [Deb Messling ] Joni's discography ["Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Joni's "Artist's Coice CD" ["Richard Flynn" ] Re: Gimme a song [kate@katebennett.com] Re: Gimme a song [Smurf ] deja Blue Joni plays piano [mags h ] Re: Gimme a song ["mackoliver" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:41:28 +0100 (CET) From: Oddmund Kaarevik Subject: on Joni's unpopularity I have to tell you a story. The story on how I discovered Joni. Well my first Joni experience was with the Chifietans "Tears of a stone," Joni has the best version of Magdelen Laundries I have heard 'till day. I was visiting my brother in S.F. Feeling depresses and closeted, Jonis voice set me free Back in Norway, two things happende simultanously. I borrowed "Blue" from my friend, and started to read Nick Hornby's "About a boy." Hornby has cruel passages where he hangs out Joni, and especially us, the fans'. Well instead of getting embaressed, it inspired me. I wanted to find out more about Joni. And about this phrase Hornby regardes as especially ridicolous: "Well somethings lost, and somethings gained in living everyday," from Both sides now. So I bought Joni Mitchells "Hits." My frst Joni cd. After that I always wanted to send Nick Hornby a thank you card. "Thanks for givning me Joni." It's so ironic, that his anti-joni propaganda, made me a whole-hearted Joni Mitchell fan. Joni lives within me. I think I quote her almost every day. Sometimes I fell that being a fan of Joni, comes close to a kind of madness. But what a heck, it's worth it. Have a brilliant day! Love Oddmund ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 03:51:40 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: on Joni's unpopularity Hey Oddmund, thanks for the introduction and the story. It is amazing how Joni is intertwined throughout music, arts and popular culture. Not always in obtrusive ways, but rather in subtle ways - I would never use the word "unpopular" in describing Joni. I was just telling Mrs. Scjoniguy last night, after a particularly good week of discovering Joni covers "just when you think you've snagged them all, you go fishing and there's a whole new flock...". And my mission is to hear every flocking one - and hey, a new edition of "Joni Covers" is right around the corner! But I digress...Oddmund, thanks again for writing and keep those posts coming. Bob NP: Elvis Costello, "When Green Eyes Turn Blue" Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 04:35:13 -0800 (PST) From: Smurf Subject: Re: on Joni's unpopularity/Hornby - --- Oddmund Kaarevik wrote: > After that I always wanted to send Nick Hornby a > thank you card. "Thanks for givning me Joni." It's > so ironic, that his anti-joni propaganda, made me a > whole-hearted Joni Mitchell fan. > Hey, Oddmund -- welcome! And don't let old Nick Hornby fool you; he's a huge-ass Joni fan. I maintain the Joni in Fiction section of the JMDL.com website, and Hornby has three books there that mention Joni ("About a Boy," High Fidelity," and "Speaking with the Angel"). You can check it all out at << http://www.jmdl.com/fiction/ >>. I think he made the main character in "About a Boy" a Joni hater because the character is immature and has issues with women. But the fact is, Nick Hornby is the only writer in Joni in Fiction whose work gets three separate mentions. - --Smurf __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:20:26 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: Starbucks, Joni, and coffee, but no cat poop In today's newspaper in Woonsocket MA (apparantly pronounced as if the 2nd and 3rd "o"s are silent): http://www.woonsocketcall.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14033672&BRD=1712&PAG=461&dept_id=24361&rfi=6 New brew out for local bean lovers RUSS OLIVO, Staff Writer 02/25/2005 WOONSOCKET -- The aroma of freshly brewed coffee and the silken strains of an old Joni Mitchell recording mingle in the air as Dan Andrade, sitting in a sofa-like chair, nibbles on a slice of banana loaf and leafs through a magazine. The soothing atmosphere of Starbucks Coffee was familiar to Andrade, a Verizon Communications manager from Smithfield who frequents the chain. But the view from the front window wasnt what he expected. Located across the street from a bowling alley and next door to Mattress Giant, the 10th Starbucks shop in Rhode Island recently opened at 1507 Diamond Hill Road. Andrade is used to seeing Starbucks stores situated amid the trendy retail shops near Brown University in Providence and the Garden City Shopping Center in Cranston -- not the biggest retail strip in blue-collar Woonsocket. But who knows, Andrade said while visiting the shop for the first time: "It could be a good sign." City officials think so. In a recent article in The Boston Globe, Mayor Susan D. Menard pointed to the new Starbucks as evidence that the onetime textile capital is drawing new life in the expanding economic orbit of Greater Boston. "Were perfectly located," she said, "And were changing the image of the city." Andrade may be walking proof of the mayors assertion. The 45-year-old communications executive commutes to a job in Braintree, Mass., every day. Perfect probably isnt a word hed use to describe the Starbucks location, but its good enough to get Andrade thinking about a morning detour to grab a cup of his favorite brew en route to the Interstate 295 onramp. Workers at the store didnt want to be quoted by name, but they say business has been more robust than expected since the unadvertised opening about two weeks ago. A more ceremonious grand opening is scheduled for March 9. The store has a seating capacity of about 20 people, and is one of only two locations in Rhode Island with a drive-through. Customers who subscribe to T-Mobile services can plug their laptop computers into the wall and log onto the Internet while sipping a cappuccino grande. "Its real coffee," says Suzanne Pouliot, an advertising sales representative and city councilwoman who hooted with joy when she heard Starbucks was coming to town. "It tastes like coffee." Starbucks is often ribbed about its comparatively high prices. The truth is you can buy a 12-ounce cup of basic coffee, in bold or mild blends, for $1.50 plus tax. Or you can pay $4.30 for a 20-ounce white chocolate mocha -- the most expensive beverage available. Starbucks also offers an assortment of other products, including fresh-baked pastries, bulk coffee, CDs of the folk and jazz music heard in its stores and espresso makers for the home. Inspired by the coffee bars of Milan, Italy, Starbucks was founded in Seattle in 1971. It is now one of the fastest-growing and most profitable restaurant companies in the United States. Howard Schultz, the founder and chairman, took the company public in 1992 with 125 stores, mostly on the West Coast. Today there are more than 9,000 Starbucks stores worldwide with gross revenues of $5.3 billion, according to the company. Corporate culture watchers give Starbucks high marks for how it treats its employees, known as "partners." Fortune 500 magazine, for the seventh year in a row, recently included Starbucks on its list of the top 100 employers in the country. Starbucks ranked 11th overall. )The Call 2005 Happy Friday everyone! Brian in south jersey, glad to see that the decaffination method applied to Indonesian coffee was not mentioned in the story ;-) ===== Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got till it's gone --Roberta Joan Anderson, who never lies Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:28:08 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Joni's unpopularity She still is heavy, though beautiful. Still does not drive. A friend of mine, Nadine Smith is the head of Florida Equality and lobbies for GLBT rights here in Florida (not too successfully with a Bush for Guv.) Her partner drives Melanie around as they are neighbors and friends. Her new stuff is very good. Old Bitch Warrior is a very good cd, as is her Live at Borders. Her live show are always wonderful. I saw her open for Art Garfunkul a few years back and I heard he was very pissed that the audience wouldn't let her get off the stage. Jerry > > WoW I did not know that! Do you have all of her stuff? Is it good. Does she > still have her baby fat? I loved her a long time ago. I need to look her up > on the old internet. > > > Paz > > NP-Free Man IN Paris > > BTW I was talking about you to a friend on the way back from Baton Rouge > this afternoon. My friend Rachel's brother lives in West Palm and I told her > I thought you live there. > >>> Maybe Joni is cranking these things out, but what about Melanie? >> >> Them's fighting words, Steve. Melanie is a hard working performer and >> writer. She puts out a cd a year of new material and tours the U.S. And >> Europe constantly. >> >> and the >>> Mamas and the Papas? >> >> Well, half of them are dead! >> >> Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:04:28 +0000 From: "c Karma" Subject: Remastered "Paprika Plains" Jaime wrote: "this must be what she was talking about when she mentioned 'next release' during the Honorary Doctorate Round Table Discussion. She was talking about re-mastering Paprika Plains for 'the next release' to retune the piano to fit the strings. " I'm probably late to have heard this. As many of you know, I have a very fond affection for "Paprika Plains." I have always loved just that bit of character in this piece. The seemingly out of tune piano/strings create a dreamlike quality "I'm floating into my dreams..." and the detuning provides a realization of the essential ingredient to any autobiography: TIME. Such random metaphysics are divine inspiration and should be prized whether its genius was intentional or not. Please, Joni. Don't touch that mix. It's more perfect than IF perfect. CC ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:16:15 +0000 (GMT) From: Jamie Zubairi Subject: Re: Remastered "Paprika Plains" I don't know CC, I know what you mean but I think it might fly even further as a piece once the piano has been retuned. I've always felt this track goes into uncomfortable territory but I didn't know why - possibly because of the out of tune with each other aspect of it. I love it though... I always thought it was because of the text behind it (unsung). Hey, it might not even be on the 'next release' Much Joni Jamie Zoob --- c Karma wrote: > Jaime wrote: > > "this must be what she was talking about when she > mentioned 'next release' during the Honorary > Doctorate > Round Table Discussion. She was talking about > re-mastering Paprika Plains for 'the next release' > to > retune the piano to fit the strings. " > > I'm probably late to have heard this. As many of > you know, I have a very > fond affection for "Paprika Plains." I have always > loved just that bit of > character in this piece. The seemingly out of tune > piano/strings create a > dreamlike quality "I'm floating into my dreams..." > and the detuning > provides a realization of the essential ingredient > to any autobiography: > TIME. Such random metaphysics are divine > inspiration and should be prized > whether its genius was intentional or not. Please, > Joni. Don't touch that > mix. It's more perfect than IF perfect. > > CC > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:11:26 GMT From: "Ruth Davis" Subject: Re: Joni's unpopularity >>> Bob Muller 2/23/2005 6:17:29 PM >>> I'm no authority, but doing some simple searches at Amazon, CD Universe etc. shows everything still out there EXCEPT for DED, of course DED in its entirety is on the Geffen box. ********************************************************************** DED is available on Amazon, starting at a low, low price of $2.99, plus shipping! What I find interesting are the reviews - I think there were over a dozen for DED. People gave it either one star or four stars. Some said, in effect, don't waste your money on this DOG, or else they carried on about how they loved it. Like its mother, you either love or hate DED. Ruth ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:40:36 -0500 From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: Remastered "Paprika Plains" > I've always felt this track goes into uncomfortable territory but I didn't know why - > possibly because of the out of tune with each other aspect of it. I would be willing to bet a paycheck that Joni intended for it to be uncomfortable. That's the *one* thing I miss about Joni not recording new stuff -- the uncomfortable feeling I used to get upon first listen. Lori ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:31:18 +0000 From: Garret Subject: Gimme a song I have been struggling to come up with a compilation cd to send to a friend. I want to put one joni track on it. I have spent nearly two months trying to decide which one. It is hard. I was thinking Carey, Cold Blue Steel, Rainy night House, harry's house, dry cleaner or turbulent indigo. Throw me a line people, i'm not decisive enough to do this on my own (i have included thigns like Nin aSimone, Janis Joplin, Death Cab for cutie, gillian Welchj, television, susana baca but can't pick a joni track). he likes things that are a little downbeat to be honest, sombre, doom-laden music appeals to him. we all know that joni specialises in those "portraits of disapppintment" not sure if she is doom-laden. so what one song would you give to a music fan that doesn't know the music of joni mitchell? eh? GARRET np - Rufus Wainwright, Cigarettes and chocolate milk (even the rufus bashers have to like this one. don't they?) - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:40:36 -0500 From: "McMillan Brad" Subject: Re: Joni's unpopularity You talkin' Joni piano songs? I love River, For Free and Richard. What's wrong with those? - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" To: "JMDL" Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 12:31 AM Subject: Re: Joni's unpopularity > NO MORE PIANO SONGS! THANK GOD WE'VE BEEN DELIVERED FROM THOSE! > > Helplessly hoping, > Lama > np: Dr. John's "Gumbo" at 1/4 volume after midnight on a "school night" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:42:48 -0500 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Gimme a song > np - Rufus Wainwright, Cigarettes and chocolate milk (even the rufus bashers > have to like this one. don't they?) You tell 'em, Garret. ONLY Rufus could have written that one. Jerry, a Rufus fan from the git go. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:48:08 -0500 From: "McMillan Brad" Subject: Re: Gimme a song For Free Help Me A Case of You Those are just a few of my faves. ACOY is one of those end of the affair songs, Help Me is a beginning song, and For Free is just pretty. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garret" To: Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 1:31 PM Subject: Gimme a song > I have been struggling to come up with a compilation cd to send to a friend. I > want to put one joni track on it. I have spent nearly two months trying to > decide which one. It is hard. > I was thinking Carey, Cold Blue Steel, Rainy night House, harry's house, dry > cleaner or turbulent indigo. > > Throw me a line people, i'm not decisive enough to do this on my own (i have > included thigns like Nin aSimone, Janis Joplin, Death Cab for cutie, gillian > Welchj, television, susana baca but can't pick a joni track). > he likes things that are a little downbeat to be honest, sombre, doom-laden > music appeals to him. > we all know that joni specialises in those "portraits of disapppintment" not > sure if she is doom-laden. so what one song would you give to a music fan that > doesn't know the music of joni mitchell? eh? > GARRET > > np - Rufus Wainwright, Cigarettes and chocolate milk (even the rufus bashers > have to like this one. don't they?) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:57:07 -0500 From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: Gimme a song My suggestion: Amelia. Lori ~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:15:03 +0000 From: Garret Subject: Re: Gimme a song Quoting McMillan Brad : > For Free > Help Me > A Case of You > > Those are just a few of my faves. ACOY is one of those end of the affair > songs, Help Me is a beginning song, and For Free is just pretty. > For Free and ACOY are definitely up there on my list. I'm playing through some of Joni's albums now. I'm determined to decide before the weekend is up. Listening to teh track Blue right now, it's been quite some time since i gave this song any attention. Maybe River is the one to go with? Maybe i'll just have to buy him one of the many Joni compilations that are out.... it would be much easier than picking just one track. GARRET NP- Joni, Blue - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:00:52 -0600 From: djp Subject: Re: Gimme a song At 12:31 PM 2/25/2005, Garret wrote: > >he likes things that are a little downbeat to be honest, sombre, doom-laden >music appeals to him. Sire of Sorrow. mmmm. How doom laden can you get? And (dare I say it?) accessible. Sweet harmonies, intricate counterpoint, not bombastic (unlike some of the other doom laden stuff). >np - Rufus Wainwright, Cigarettes and chocolate milk (even the rufus bashers >have to like this one. don't they?) Nope. It was my first introduction to Rufus, and it turned me off forever. Can't stand the guy. djp - resurfacing on this list after - oh, 8 years? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:22:04 +0000 From: Garret Subject: Re: Gimme a song From what i know he has never really heard any Joni at all. I think he would be a fan if he gave her music a change. He really is a music fan (one of the reasons we hit it off), he even likes Leonard Cohen and Patti Smith!! And for some reason i just can#t bring myself to use BYT, Woodstock, or Circle Game on this disc. GARRET NP- Joni, For Free (MOA) Quoting Em : > CBSASF or RNH get my vote. Does your friend actually know any other > Joni? > :) > Em > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:19:32 -0500 From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: Gimme a song Garret ... you wrote, of your friend: > he likes things that are a little downbeat to be honest, sombre, doom-laden > music appeals to him. Once again I say: AMELIA. Not only does it come very close to "checking the boxes" of what appeals to your friend, it is consistently voted the #1 song by the JMDL. Amelia by Joni Mitchell I was driving across the burning desert When I spotted six jet planes Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain It was the hexagram of the heavens it was the strings of my guitar Amelia it was just a false alarm The drone of flying engines Is a song so wild and blue It scrambles time and seasons if it gets thru to you Then your life becomes a travelogue Of picture post card charms Amelia it was just a false alarm People will tell you where they've gone They'll tell you where to go But till you get there yourself you never really know Where some have found their paradise Other's just come to harm Oh, Amelia it was just a false alarm I wish that he was here tonight It's so hard to obey His sad request of me to kindly stay away So this is how I hide the hurt As the road leads cursed and charmed I tell Amelia it was just a false alarm A ghost of aviation She was swallowed by the sky Or by the sea like me she had a dream to fly Like Icarus ascending On beautiful foolish arms Amelia it was just a false alarm Maybe I've never really loved I guess that is the truth I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitude And looking down on everything I crashed into his arms Amelia it was just a false alarm I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel To shower off the dust And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust I dreamed of 747s Over geometric farms Dreams Amelia - dreams and false alarms Copyright ) 1976; Crazy Crow Music ~ Lori, whose 2nd choice would be Hejira ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:38:28 -0600 From: djp Subject: Re: Gimme a song At 02:19 PM 2/25/2005, Lori Fye wrote: >Once again I say: AMELIA. OK I take back "Sire of Sorrow" and go with Amelia. River's up there too, but I think Amelia's way more mature and complex. I'm sticking to my Rufus opinions though. Giving him more attention than he's due: I saw him on tv, singing "somewhere over the rainbow" at Lance Loud's memorial ceremony. When it was over, my boyfriend put Patti Labelle's "somewhere over the rainbow" on the CD, putting Rufus ever more firmly in his place. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:06:26 +0000 From: Garret Subject: Re: Gimme a song Hi Lori, I didn't have amelia on my list at all. I went and listened to it. (This is fun i'm listening to tracks i've not really listened to for a long time. In fact, i just realised it is a hell of long time since i played hejira album all through). I was thinking of Hejira but Amelia may be a good choice for him. this really is more difficult than it seems. i wanna be able to find one joni song that will appeal to him, that will represent joni's best abilities, and maybe stimulate him into picking up an album or 24. Instead of getting easier these suggestions are complicating it for me:-) but it is fun. i think all list members should root out a Joni song or album they've not heard recently and spend some time with it. GARRET NP- Joni, Black Crow Quoting Lori Fye : > Garret ... you wrote, of your friend: > > > he likes things that are a little downbeat to be honest, sombre, > doom-laden > > music appeals to him. > > Once again I say: AMELIA. > > Not only does it come very close to "checking the boxes" of what > appeals to your friend, it is consistently voted the #1 song by the > JMDL. > > Amelia > by Joni Mitchell > > I was driving across the burning desert > When I spotted six jet planes > Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain > It was the hexagram of the heavens > it was the strings of my guitar > Amelia it was just a false alarm > > The drone of flying engines > Is a song so wild and blue > It scrambles time and seasons if it gets thru to you > Then your life becomes a travelogue > Of picture post card charms > Amelia it was just a false alarm > > People will tell you where they've gone > They'll tell you where to go > But till you get there yourself you never really know > Where some have found their paradise > Other's just come to harm > Oh, Amelia it was just a false alarm > > I wish that he was here tonight > It's so hard to obey > His sad request of me to kindly stay away > So this is how I hide the hurt > As the road leads cursed and charmed > I tell Amelia it was just a false alarm > > A ghost of aviation > She was swallowed by the sky > Or by the sea like me she had a dream to fly > Like Icarus ascending > On beautiful foolish arms > Amelia it was just a false alarm > > Maybe I've never really loved > I guess that is the truth > I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitude > And looking down on everything > I crashed into his arms > Amelia it was just a false alarm > > I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel > To shower off the dust > And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust > I dreamed of 747s > Over geometric farms > Dreams Amelia - dreams and false alarms > > Copyright ) 1976; Crazy Crow Music > > ~ > > Lori, > whose 2nd choice would be Hejira > > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:15:00 -0600 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: Gimme a song Hi Garrett, One of my faves has always been the live version of Cold Blue Steel on Miles of Aisles. If you are having this much trouble deciding, why not make him another cd of all your favorite Joni?? db >>> Garret 2/25/2005 2:06:26 PM >>> Hi Lori, I didn't have amelia on my list at all. I went and listened to it. (This is fun i'm listening to tracks i've not really listened to for a long time. In fact, i just realised it is a hell of long time since i played hejira album all through). I was thinking of Hejira but Amelia may be a good choice for him. this really is more difficult than it seems. i wanna be able to find one joni song that will appeal to him, that will represent joni's best abilities, and maybe stimulate him into picking up an album or 24. Instead of getting easier these suggestions are complicating it for me:-) but it is fun. i think all list members should root out a Joni song or album they've not heard recently and spend some time with it. GARRET NP- Joni, Black Crow Quoting Lori Fye : > Garret ... you wrote, of your friend: > > > he likes things that are a little downbeat to be honest, sombre, > doom-laden > > music appeals to him. > > Once again I say: AMELIA. > > Not only does it come very close to "checking the boxes" of what > appeals to your friend, it is consistently voted the #1 song by the > JMDL. > > Amelia > by Joni Mitchell > > I was driving across the burning desert > When I spotted six jet planes > Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain > It was the hexagram of the heavens > it was the strings of my guitar > Amelia it was just a false alarm > > The drone of flying engines > Is a song so wild and blue > It scrambles time and seasons if it gets thru to you > Then your life becomes a travelogue > Of picture post card charms > Amelia it was just a false alarm > > People will tell you where they've gone > They'll tell you where to go > But till you get there yourself you never really know > Where some have found their paradise > Other's just come to harm > Oh, Amelia it was just a false alarm > > I wish that he was here tonight > It's so hard to obey > His sad request of me to kindly stay away > So this is how I hide the hurt > As the road leads cursed and charmed > I tell Amelia it was just a false alarm > > A ghost of aviation > She was swallowed by the sky > Or by the sea like me she had a dream to fly > Like Icarus ascending > On beautiful foolish arms > Amelia it was just a false alarm > > Maybe I've never really loved > I guess that is the truth > I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitude > And looking down on everything > I crashed into his arms > Amelia it was just a false alarm > > I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel > To shower off the dust > And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust > I dreamed of 747s > Over geometric farms > Dreams Amelia - dreams and false alarms > > Copyright ) 1976; Crazy Crow Music > > ~ > > Lori, > whose 2nd choice would be Hejira > > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. This message has been scanned by the E250. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:19:45 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Gimme a song Given what you've said, Garret, I think that Cold Blue Steel is a good choice. Very dark and haunting chord sequence, and lyrically the whole "down the dark dark ladder" thing is spot on too. Or you could go with "A Strange Boy" or Furry...oops, shouldn't say that, it'll just muddy the waters all the more... Bob NP: Dusty Springfield, "Have A Good Life Baby" Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:23:49 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Joni's unpopularity Ruth Davis wrote: Yes, but those are all people selling used or cutout copies through Amazon's portal, and not from Amazon's shelves per se - my point was that it's the only Joni CD that you can't buy new from Amazon and other sites directly. Looking forward to meeting you in DC Ruth! Bob NP: Madeiros & Sagmeister, "Both Sides Now" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:06:03 EST From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Gimme a song Garret, I'd definitely go with "Two Grey Rooms". I've turned many of people on to Joni with that song! Happy Friday everyone! Jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:00:16 -0500 From: Deb Messling Subject: Re: Gimme a song I would go for Amelia. It's somber enough, but it also has a beautiful melody and an intelligent, truly poetic lyric. At 03:00 PM 2/25/2005, you wrote: >>he likes things that are a little downbeat to be honest, sombre, doom-laden >>music appeals to him. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- messling@enter.net - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:44:46 -0500 From: "Lama, Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Joni's discography I guess you're looking to do some research. The index of the official site is: http://www.jonimitchell.com/jonihome.html#Index Scroll to "THE MUSIC" and you'll see "Discography". That text list includes the 2002 2-disc "TRAVELOGUE" set. I like the album art / song list that Les has on the JMDL better though: http://www.jmdl.com/lyrics/ That one is up-to-the minute, including "Dreamland". All the best, Lama Brad said, >I have been trying to reassemble my Joni catalogue on CD (y'know the one I have stored on vinyl. I have been able to find the albums that were released after I sorta got away from her for awhile, but a couple of the early albums and a couple in the middle of her career seem kind of elusive. Does anyone know if any of Joni's albums are out of circulation?> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:10:21 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: Joni's "Artist's Coice CD" On my first listen (I had to do a 100-mile roundtrip to Savannah & back today) I found the Joni Artist's Choice CD a pretty compelling experience (though I must say, I fail to see what's so special about that New Radicals' song). And to answer the perennial question, "How black is Joni Mitchell?" (OK, Greg Tate's question, really) I'd say pretty damn black for a white "prairie girl." Anyway, I was wondering what people's impressions are of this disc. I won't wax academic right now-I'm just intrigued and interested in the insights of this knowledgeable group. Richard ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:18:34 -0800 (PST) From: kate@katebennett.com Subject: Re: Gimme a song i'd choose rainy night house or blue ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:20:40 -0800 (PST) From: Smurf Subject: Re: Gimme a song Kate wrote: > i'd choose rainy night house or blue > Hey, Garret. I'd choose a later-voiced Joni song: "Silky Veils of Ardor," or as we call it in Boston, "Silky Veils of Ahdah." I think it's Joni's best "folk song" ever. Jody introduced me to that song and to "Don Juan" last year at about this time, shortly before we pulled off the road with her husband's credit card and into a Howard Johnson Motel in Jersey, but I digress ... Many people who say they don't like Joni cite her "shrill" voice which, in my opinion, makes lots of people dislike her earlier stuff. XO, - --Smurf __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:02:08 -0800 (PST) From: mags h Subject: deja Blue Joni plays piano A reminder, Lamadieu, that some of we/wee/oui jmdlers did hear Joni play piano, and not so very long ago. It was a dark and stormy night....oooops wrong story...it was a gorgeous evening in October a few years ago. (2001??) The city, Toronto the beautiful ;-) The venue, a new theatre on the grounds of the Exhibition, along the Lakeshore, n'est-ce pas? Anyway....it was the Hommage for Joni; an exquisite celebration of her life. Toward the end of the evening, Joni asked us if we wanted her to play the piano..can you imagine !!!!!! And play she did....Joni played piano for a very long while, gorgeous improvisational playing . We were all in tears. I can still hear her say before hand that her piano chops were rusty. For moi, .the highlight of the evening. Mr. Kratzman, that wonderful Australian teacher we've been talking about was there too, as a surprise. They obviously adore one another, still. I think Jimmy was sitting right in front of her as she played..isnt that right Jimmy? Or was that Pearl, and Jimmy had a seat of honour right behind Kilauren, and Janine Sherman was behind Joni....mmmm delicious evening. Im sure it was Steven Polifka's voice that Joni heard shout play the PIANO. an aside, I'm participating in a singing workshop this weekend, and we are going to learn a Graham Nash song which I'm sure we will perform in the concert Sunday afternoon . ;-) Mags npimh: Rebecca Jenkins gorgeous rendering of Blue Yahoo! 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