From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #293 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org 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, October 15 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 293 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- all fellow jmdler's sings songs of a prarie girl, now [Oddmund Kaarevik <] Ute Lemper cover ["mike pritchard" ] Irish, Joni music, Pierre Bensusan, Prayer Cycle ["Anne Sandstrom" ] RE: Ute Lemper cover [Joseph Palis ] Re:2006 JoniFest [PassScribe@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:33:12 +0200 (CEST) From: Oddmund Kaarevik Subject: all fellow jmdler's sings songs of a prarie girl, now Hello Yesterday - a child came out to wonder- - - - No, that was not the case. Yesterday, on my way to work. As ususal I was in a hurry. I was going to the swimming pool Toyen to take a good swim, before taking the tube and cathing my bus for work. In this hurry, this stress, although it was sunny and all the lovely yellow leaves were brighten up the ground, I lost my discman. . . Probably left it on the tube, and it's gone, faraway, yesterday. . . Well, that was not the main problem. The discman was old and needed replacement soon anyway. The problem is with lay within. . . My newest Joni Mitchell cd. My favourite cd at the moment: "Songs of a prairie girl" So I have the cover, I have the cd-inlet with all those crazy and cheerful pictures of Joni skating away. But I don't have the most important the content, the cd. and I really miss it! Do an of you fellow jmdlers have an extra copy to sell me, or files that can burn to a blank cd. Please contact me offlist: okaarevik@yahoo.no Tthanks a lot! As Patti says: Bon week end to all of you! Love Oddmund ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:24:04 +0200 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: Ute Lemper cover Anyone heard Ute Lemper's version of 'Moon at the Window' on her 'Blood and Feathers' album? Comments? mike in bcn np Ry Cooder - el u.f.o. cayo ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:04:50 -0500 From: "Anne Sandstrom" Subject: Irish, Joni music, Pierre Bensusan, Prayer Cycle The NJC thread about Irish stereotypes (brought on by Bill Moyers, if I recall) has got me thinking. Well, that plus the fact that I saw Riverdance a few weeks ago and have been listening to the music since... I've beenthinking about Joni's music. Other than the Burundi drums, I think her music, although unique, springs from a very North American (folk and jazz) and classical tradition. It would be grand to hear her take on someone like Pierre Bensusan (hi Les) who is influenced by the music of lots of different cultures. I recall reading in the intro to the first song book that she was intrigued by Japanese scales. I suppose some of the melodic structure of her earlier songs is different, but I'm not sure if that was an influence, or whether it was her guitar tunings. (Someone who fuses blues and Japanese influences is Ellen McIlwaine. Listen to "We the People" for a prime example. Japanese scat singing - whew!) And since I'm thinking of this sort of thing, if you want to hear something that's cross-cultural, try "The Prayer Cycle." I have a newfound respect for Alanis Morrisette, who sings in Hungarian on the first piece. Truly haunting. And JT, does a piece later on the CD. Well, enough run on sentences. Back to Riverdance... lots of love, Anne ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:58:33 -0500 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: limewire Having scads of fun with Limewire and have found tunes there that I never thought I would have the pleasure to listen to again. It can make the computer run slowly when it is on but other than that, and an occasional virus, well worth the money. I enjoy seeing which tunes get the most hits during the day, as others share them, and which are saved the most often as well. Currently, I have saved 964 tunes to my collection. Number one in the hit dept., which is a bit of a surprise, is Streisand "Lost Inside of You" and it always seems to do well. I would imagine it is semi-hard to find. The number one upload is a tune by Rick Astley, again the same situation I figure. Joni seems to run in the middle of the pack in both categories. I have four of her albums only on cassette and am trying to get them here so I don't have to buy more cd's. Also, it allows me to not bother with the tunes I don't like; from her, from anyone. The number one saved tune yesterday was the ghastly McCartney tune we wrote about last week, mull of something. EEEk. Apparently, still have a lot of fans. 60's rock also does very well and as for today's music, don't have much of it so can't say but did get a tune from Ryan Adams, as I look to see if anyone these days warrants my attention. He was pretty good. mack ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:38:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Joseph Palis Subject: RE: Ute Lemper cover Mike, First of all, I love Ute Lemper and the supreme artistry she imbies all her performances be it in the recording (I love "City of Strangers" and "Berlin Cabaret Songs"), stage (I listened to a London cast recording of "Chicago" and her Velma Kelly is vibrant with a built-in menace the way Catherine Zeta-Jones' competent-but-not-too-compelling Velma did not possess) and cinema (from "Combat de Fauves" to "Pret-a-Porter"). Second, I thought "Blood and Feathers" is one of the most outstanding releases of 2005. And whether it will get some critics' awards or a Grammy, this recording captured Ute Lemper's gift for deconstructing the love songs that defined our lives, or highlighting the darkness in some of the familiar tunes we have heard. That said, I thought the inclusion of "Moon at the Window" in her Moon Medley is an inspired touch and a solid homage to Joni's ability to create a word-scape of mystery and incipient gloom that compares with the best of the "Moon" songs Ute performed. When she segued from Weill's "Moon on Alabama" to Joni's "Moon at the Window", I detected a Joni-esque phrasing in Ute as she sings about what the thieves left behind. She is in her element when she issues a rapid-fire near-falsetto declaration that "people don't know how to love" before introducing us to Harold Arlen's "It's Only A Paper Moon". The Arlen song which bespeaks of love's true intentions using iconic parallels is, I think, a good follow-up to Joni's "Moon at the Window" -- both songs are talking about the ambivalent binaries love brings, but Ute shrouded both songs with a subtle transposition that made both songs a shade darker than the original intentions of the songwriters. Do get "Blood and Feathers" -- tt is a showcase of theatre (and theatricality), versatility and a keener engagement with the texts and how they are made to conform to her theme. Joseph in Chapel Hill np: Meredith D'Ambrosio - "Blame It All On Spring" mike pritchard a icrit : Anyone heard Ute Lemper's version of 'Moon at the Window' on her 'Blood and Feathers' album? Comments? mike in bcn np Ry Cooder - el u.f.o. cayo - --------------------------------- Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger Tilichargez le ici ! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:49:58 EDT From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re:2006 JoniFest (In a message dated 10/14/05 3:05:25 AM, jlamadoo@fuse.net writes: > If there's a summer JoniFest 06 anywhere in North America, I'll most likely > be there. This new job has really changed my finances. > > Jim) > Hey, all... I may not be responding to too many post lately but if there's a JoniFest in the NorthEast, please count me in! Kenny B ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #293 ********************************* ------- 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)