From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #128 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 Monday, May 2 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 128 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Speaking of Tori.... ["Paul Castle" ] Re: from just-ice to just re-released joni music ["mike pritchard" ] Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm Covers 64! [Bob ] Re: Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm Covers 64! [Catherine McKay ] Re: "Dated" terms in Joni's songs [Melissa Gibbs ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 07:59:52 +0100 From: "Paul Castle" Subject: Re: Speaking of Tori.... From an interview with Tori Amos in Feb 05 edition of UK magazine 'Word' > What's the best lyric you've ever heard?" > There's so many but I've always adored "I could drink a case of you, > darling / And I'd still be on my feet" by Joni Mitchell (A Case Of You > on the album Blue). Why? It's obvious! We all drink our men! I've > gotten drunk off my men loads of times and if you can make that > happen in a song, fantastic! It's both mediums working at once - > visual and sonic. And you can taste it too. This is a transcendental > lyric. It transforms itself. PaulC ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 12:44:12 +0200 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Re: from just-ice to just re-released joni music >>talking about "up against the wall motherfucker" - rhino handmade has a david peel & the lower east side cd consisting of "have a marijuana", and "and the rest is history" plus two unreleased tracks.<< and then there's the opposite situation, for example on 'The Road to Venezuela', a Stackridge song (anyone remember them?) one hears 'as I walked along the shore' but when one consults the gatefold sleeve for lyrics one reads, 'whilst conversing with a whore'. Hardly 'feck', but these guys were English after all. mike in bcn np - Jeff Buckley - Grace (this gets better all the time) npimh - God Speed the Plough by Stackridge ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 09:04:51 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni on shelf Garrett wrote: DVD section. I was so impressed with this that i bought Refuge of the Roads. It was a little disappointing. Hi Garrett, As coincidence would have it, I bought this DVD too a few days ago... when I went to Best Buy to get "Songs of a Prairie Girl" which they didn't have and said they weren't going to stock. I have been enjoying Refuge of the Roads. I especially love Sweet Bird and Woodstock on this DVD. I also like the tour photo gallery that is included. Think I'll watch it now. Nice way to start the day. Smile! Love, Laura PS. Speaking of watching things... I've been watching fish. My hubby and I bought a 55 gallon fish tank and set it up yesterday. We are making a pond outside and are raising fish to populate the pond. I love to watch fish... so relaxing! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 09:52:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni on shelf now GHOTI - --- LCStanley7@aol.com wrote: > PS. Speaking of watching things... I've been > watching fish. My hubby and I > bought a 55 gallon fish tank and set it up > yesterday. We are making a pond > outside and are raising fish to populate the pond. > I love to watch fish... > so relaxing! Yes, fish are very cool to watch. My sister has a koi pond in her back yard. The koi hibernate over the winter. Once, they had to chase off a blue heron that spotted easy pickings as it was flying by, and decided to help itself to a fish dinner. Now they have some sort of net thing over the top to keep the herons out. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 06:56:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm Covers 64! Howdy gang - well, it's a beautiful first of May and here I sit with another most excellent compilation of Joni covers for y'all...before I begin, lemme give a shout out to the folks who helped bring this one to ya: Garret Anita Gabrielle Covers #64 runs 77 minutes long and contains 20 bonafide hits, some rarities, some boquets and some brickbats...here we go: 1. The Cantrells - You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio: Direct from Nashville, with banjo, dobro, and all the rest of the country trimmings - appropriate for this track which seems to get the C&W treatment quite often. Cool by me - gives the country fans something GOOD to listen to. 2. Susan Tedeschi - River: Bostonian singer/songwriter, Susan is categorized as a blues singer although she covers all genres, and quite well too I might add. This very fine version of River comes from one of her electric live shows. 3. Nyle Frank - Both Sides Now: We've heard from Nyle before, his Morning Morgantown & Circle Game have graced previous volumes - this one's from his latest release and is another lovely solo piano recording, very well paced. 4. Denise Jordan Finley - Michael From Mountains: From an independent release, Denise has a pretty pretty soprano and easily winds her way through Joni's lovely melody with piano and cello behind her which builds and adds on additional instrumention through this original arrangement. 5. The Pomaswank - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat: Nice loose lounge jazz version, strong players and expressive singing. Hey, hear it for yourself: http://www.ethanhein.com/bands.html#pomaswank 6. Rich And Nona - The Circle Game: Interesting because they start with the BSN riff and then launch into TCG as a duet with a chorus of voices behind them which is pretty effective. Not a bad version, but I don't think it ever made them rich, except of course for Rich who already was. 7. Senior Girls Chorus of Camp Blue Star - Both Sides Now: More campers...Camp Blue Star is actually only about an hour north of me in Hendersonville, NC...this group of young girls singing acapella has some nice voices in there but they're cursed by the one or two "Barney Fifes" in there who sing loud, proud, and awful. 8. Sharon Eusebe - River: Not too bad, this singer has been compared to Nina Simone and sings River in a lower alto range. 9. Anita Gabrielle - Woodstock: Anita's certainly done us proud! Our fellow JMDL'er, playing one of Joni's own guitars, turns in an electrifying take on the landmark song...this is a truly inspired and original version, with a revised verse added by Anita and also including a bit of Moby's "We Are All Made Of Stars". Bravo Anita...a beautiful recording from a beautiful spirit. 10. Rose Mary Rees - Chelsea Morning: Clear the dance floor! This is from a 12" dance record from the UK, this is one take, she does another version which we'll hear later on. She basically sings the melody over the synthesized rhythm machinery. 11. Mt. Hood Community College Vocal Jazz Ensemble - Both Sides Now: Another acapella version, these kids are a bit older (and a lot better) than the Blue Star campers...this is basically the Singers Unlimited arrangement which is to say that it's pretty cool and swings. 12. Pearls Before Swine - For Free: Tom Rapp's band Pearls Before Swine happened on the scene between 1965-71 and just recently released a rarities boxset, including this Joni cover which was an unreleased demo. Interesting trivia: Tom also wrote a song called "Wizard of Is", I almost flipped when I saw that on the tracklisting thinking it was another Joni cover! 13. Anne-Marie O'Farrell - Song To A Seagull: Really pretty Celtic harp, and used appropriately here to convey the soaring seagull, expressive and visual. I wish Anne-Marie's vocal matched her harp playing; not bad I suppose but not up to speed with her awesome harp. 14. Real Time - Carey: This UK quartet released this great and spirited version of Carey about a year ago. Great vocals, harmonies, and instrumentation too. 15. Tull Glazener & Jim Sperry - Both Sides Now: An instrumental dulcimer/guitar duet, these guys say that BSN was composed on dulcimer which is news to me (when did Joni take up the dulcimer?). Anyway, in spite of this information they turn in a very nice acoustic take on the franchise. 16. Volker Niehusmann & Christiane Weber - Michael From Mountains 17. Volker Niehusmann & Christiane Weber - Marcie 18. Volker Niehusmann & Christiane Weber - Cactus Tree: Here's a beautiful trio by a duo...from Germany, these two recorded a Joni tribute CD called "Another Blue", and it is really lovely. Volker plays guitar, Chritiane supplies the voce. Wow, really nice. More to come from this talented twosome, we'll start with 3 from STAS. 19. Oak Park/River Forest Junior High School Chorus - Both Sides Now: Well, let's see...we've had Seniors, College kids, it's only fair we throw a Junior High School Chorus in the mix as well...sorry Jerry, I couldn't find the recording by the old-timers at Shady Pines. But back to this recording from early seventies Chicago area. All in all, not too shabby - the Choral director knew enough to tell the Barney Fifes in the group to just move their mouths, but even then the harmony parts sort of run amuck toward the end - one can just see the poor director waving his/her baton excitedly trying to slow them down. 20. Robert Bobby - River: A nasally countrified version, Robert can't *quite* navigate the melodic stretch that this song requires, but gives it the ol' college try just the same which is fine by me - hey, they can't ALL sing like Dianne Reeves... And that brings us to the end of another in the never-ending series of our Joni Covers...thanks again to the folks who helped me gather the goodies, thanks to those of you out there whose interest keeps me searching, and thanks to those of you who read all the way to here. And stay tuned - I was glad to see the response I got last month for my #63 giveaway so I'll do it again with #64...after all, when you have something good, you don't want to keep it to yourself...hide it under a bushel...NO...I'm gonna let it shine! Bob NP: Led Zeppelin, "Communication Breakdown" Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 13:39:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm Covers 64! --- Bob Muller wrote: > Howdy gang - well, it's a beautiful first of May and > here I sit with another most excellent compilation > of Joni covers for y'all...before I begin, lemme > give a shout out to the folks who helped bring this > one to ya: > > Garret > Anita Gabrielle > > Covers #64 runs 77 minutes long and contains 20 > bonafide hits, some rarities, some boquets and some > brickbats...here we go: > [...] > 5. The Pomaswank - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat: Nice loose > lounge jazz version, strong players and expressive > singing. Hey, hear it for yourself: > http://www.ethanhein.com/bands.html#pomaswank Verrry interresting. Didya notice they also do "Comes love"? (swingy!) And didya also notice, further down on this website, a mention of a group called "Petting Zoo" and the guy (Ethan Hein, i presume) says: "My girlfriend Anna fronts this jazz and arty pop group, which also includes ace upright bassist Chris Luard. We perform songs by Thelonious Monk, Joni Mitchell, Bjvrk, the Grateful Dead, Daniel Cole, Tim Eriksen, Talking Heads, and other diverse sources." Unfortunately, there are no mp3s of that, and that's all he wrote! Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 17:44:48 -0400 From: kjhsf@aol.com Subject: Re: Speaking of Tori.... Thanks for the link, Bob! Her cover of River on that site is quite nice, too. Unfotunately, IMHO, her new record is another snoozefest. - -----Original Message----- From: Bob Muller To: JMDL Sent: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:05:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Speaking of Tori.... As has been reported in this space, Tori has performed The Cirdle Game on her latest tour - here's her version (very nice btw) from her concert on 4/15: http://www.hereinmyhead.com/sounds/index.html It's about 7th or 8th down the list, just click on the song title to hear it, or right click and choose "save target as" to download and save it. The quality is very good, good enough to include on the latest Covers volume I'm working on (#73). My hats off to the Tori fans who are very much on top of things! Bob NP: Death Cab For Cutie, "Styrofoam Plates" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 15:12:20 -0700 From: "gene mock" Subject: the last waltz i can't answer your question about the dvd other that the fact it might have been made for another region on our island earth. but you mention the "last waltz". i'm almost 60 and i watch it for the first time a couple of weeks ago. where have i been---------what a great movie!! because of the movie i bought the 4 cd box set that contains stories about "the band" and "the last waltz." there's a nice joni story in the booklet about the making of "TLW." goes like this, "the one i remember most was joni mitchell, says john simon, an early friend and musical associate of "the band" who produced "music from the big pink, coproduced "the band", and served as musical director for "the last waltz". the chords she played on the guitar were not standard. the guys would look at her left hand and go "what?" i remember this one quote from her: i said "what's that chord?" and she said, "i don't know the name of it. i tune my guitar this way, to make myself stupid'--in other word, to not fall into predetemined patterns, patterns she was used to. i had to figure out what the chords were, then figure out some way for the guys to play something that meshed with her." anyway, great movie and soundtrack. also in the 4cd set they have joni doing a falsetto backup for neil young on "helpless", herself doing coyote, shadows and light, and furry sings the blues. also like to welcome back kakki, i miss your p.o.v. and insight . congratulations julius---------dream come true!!! i probably would have wet my pants. take care all, gene - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bree Mcdonough" To: ; Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 10:13 AM Subject: RE: DVD question NJC > I don't think technology has quite been perfected when it comes to DVD > players. Here is something..simple things you might try doing. (they have > worked for me at times) Unplug your dvd then reinsert the Last Waltz or > put in a DVD that you know works and then immediately take that one out and > try the Last Waltz again. > > I wish you luck!! > > Bree > > >anybody ever buy a DVD and when you push play is says "error - playback > >feature may not be available on this disc"??? > >And this is on a commercial DVD, not a "burned" one or anything..its > >the Last Waltz - playing it the first time - and I am so disapointed. > >NEver had that happen before. Any clue for me? > >thx > >Em ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 09:52:54 +1000 From: Melissa Gibbs Subject: Re: "Dated" terms in Joni's songs How about "reel to reel" in Coyote. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #128 ********************************* ------- 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)