From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #301 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 Monday, October 24 2005 Volume 2005 : Number 301 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: What Is The Album Where Joni's Voice Sounds The Best [Deb Messling ] tidbits sjc ["Bree Mcdonough" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 07:25:04 -0400 From: Deb Messling Subject: Re: What Is The Album Where Joni's Voice Sounds The Best My favorite vocal period is DJRD and S&L. She wasn't using the "helium" voice anymore, but she could still hit high notes and her voice was incredibly flexible. DJRD is one of the Joni albums where I can tune out the lyrics and just enjoy the sounds (not that the lyrics aren't also brilliant). - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- dlmessling@rcn.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 07:02:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: What Is The Album Where Joni's Voice Sounds The Best Box of Paints wrote: ... I mean, you do know that the orchestral version of Both Sides, Now comes from the album... Both Sides, Now? Jamie, notice that unlike the song Both Sides, Now - the album is titled Both Sides Now, without the dot. Strange, hmm?:) Nuri - --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:56:47 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Re: What Is The Album Where Joni's Voice Sounds The Best Nuriel wrote: Just the other day, as we were listening to Down To You, my love said to me that he finds Court and Spark to be the album where Joni "had" her best voice ever, warm, solid and inspiring. As for me, as someone who listens to Joni since childhood, album by album, i still find that Joni's voice on Song To a Seagull is her best ever. I can't really say what it is, it's simply too magical to explain, but there must have been something during the recording of this album that made Joni reach depths, hights and levels of voice that to me still sound unnatural, in a way that Joni on STASG sounds like a prophet, a sirene, a witch and an angel. My man, on the other hand, says that the more "human" Joni's voice has gotten, the better it sounds. So i thought i should ask you all - what do you think - what album presents the best Joni voice? - ------------ O mon Dieu, ma SIQUOMB -- c'est absolument *impossible*!!!! Nuriel, quelle question! You're a mean old daddy to ask this (but I like you). This is going to drive me absolutely crazy all day today......all emotions and abstractions.....and the power of reason and the flowers of deep feeling will serve me, only to deceive me. JMOCD is in total overdrive with all these Joni songs swirling inside and *outside* my head. At least it's a Sunday just at this moment of the world, so I don't have to bring this challenge to the workplace. One must approach this question from both sides, of course. From up and down. Is she better singing soprano in the upstairs choir, or going down down down the dark ladder? Merde, this is like Sophie's Choice! Talk about a head full of quandary! Someone with time on their hands and no child to raise could write a dissertation on this to earn the first Ph.D. at JMU. Love, Patti P., who feels likes that black crow Flying In a blue sky diving down to pick up every shiny Joni song ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 10:59:44 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: What Is The Album Where Joni's Voice Sounds The Best Honestly, I like her voice from "Clouds" through "Taming the Tiger" best. That covers a long, long time, ('69-'98) and that seems right. Nuriel asked, >So i thought i should ask you all - what do you think - what album presents the best Joni voice?> Jim L'Hommedieu, on the first Sunday morning in Dayton, OH. The phone works but not the broadband. np: Simon's remastering of the BBC show, playing through the TV; even the stereo isn't hooked up yet. Gees, getting in touch with the JMDL is more urgent than hooking up the stereo! Times change. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:29:26 -0500 From: "Michael Flaherty" Subject: Re: What Is The Album Where Joni's Voice Sounds The Best On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 06:31:26 +0100 Box of Paints wrote: > Heh heh.. I love this sense of humour... Well, I'm glad at least YOU did. I certainly wasn't trying to offend anyone. Michael Flaherty ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 02:38:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Joseph Palis Subject: RE: NYC for non-NYers and the cabaret convention and some Joni Hi Sherelle, I left NYC on the day it started to have overcast skies and some light rain. I had a great time. I didn't get the chance to see any play/musical due to a combination of high theatre prices (for a grad student like me), non-availability of tickets among other things. My gf and I decided to watch "Light in the Piazza" on its Wednesday matinee show but did not get there in time. But there is a funny thing that happened on our way to the theatre. I saw this grand lady outside of the hall waiting no doubt for her driver to pick her up. I asked her for directions to the hall and she gave a rather detailed instruction on how we could go there. We thanked her and as we sprinted to the nearest door, I added "oh by the way you look like Beverly Sills". She smiled broadly and said, "I am Beverly Sills..." It must have been a funny sight because my gf and I stopped in mid-sprint and simulatenously said: "Oh no! Really???? We're huge fans of yours." Actually my father was a huge fan because he used to tell us kids how he loved Sills (and Tatiana Troyanos). Seeing this great and ageless soprano who at one time used to be America's favorite, was a great treat. She told us how she was flattered at both the recognition and adulation we heaped on her but as her car miraculously appeared from nowhere, she bade us goodbye. So we didn't get to see "Light in the Piazza" but we met le fille du regiment herself. I contacted my sister in the Philippines to relay to our mother that I finally saw her "rival" to my father's affection. ;-) Except for the Cabaret Convention, I didn't get to see any show. But I watched four films: Luis Mandoki's "Innocent Voices", Godard's "Masculin-Feminin" at the Film Forum, Rodrigo Garcia's "Nine Lives" and George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck." Except for Clooney's film which I am positive will come to the Triangle theatres, the three other films may just have a brief NY run and disappear. Overall a great NYC trip and great weather. NC has become chillier too but not as chilly as NYC. Good thing we are quitre far away from Hurricane Wilma's onslaught. I hope Jerry Notaro will be safe and good in FL. Heard about Shirley Horn's demise too. I have almost all of her albums except the pre-1987 LPs she issued. I like her vibrato-less delivery. Much like Weslia Whitfield. As for the recent post about Joni's best voice. I always considered her "Mingus" period as her best period (vocally). The voice is resilient. It retains the flexibility of her earlier vocal outings. She can reach a high note still although there seems to be a wobble in the top notes. And her lower notes in this period plumb some emotions I did not quite hear from her previous albums. Just my two cents. By the way, Sherelle. The people here in Chapel Hill who heard your album said you should record again. And soon. And that you can count on them to support you. Joseph in Chapel Hill np: Sharon McNight - "City of New Orleans" - --- Sherelle Smith a icrit : > Hi Joseph my friend! > > You are probably still there in NYC having a great > time! (I've got to do > that sometime!) but I am so curious as to which play > you picked! Also your > review was fantastic! Thanks for sharing it! I felt > like I was there! > > Love, Sherelle > ___________________________________________________________________________ Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger Tilichargez cette version sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:09:06 -0400 From: MegpatrickM@netscape.net (Meg Beattie Patrick =?ISO-8859-1?B?oCk=?=) Subject: Hi - I'm a New Member Hi, All - Pleased to be a part of your group! I look forward to learning and gaining insight from you on one of my favorite artists of all time. It's incredible that such a group even exists! Please let me know if this is posted correctly and if it has been received. Also, I look forward to joining you at the next JoniFest (if you're the same group that hosts the event) ... and in the meantime, let's all hope Joni decides to perform live again somewhere. Can you imagine?? Sigh... Meg - -- http://www.soundclick.com/bands/1/megpatrick.htm http://www.studio415.com/megp/index.shtml __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 22:34:35 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: RE: NYC for non-NYers and the cabaret convention and some Joni On 10/23/05 8:38 PM, "Joseph Palis" wrote: I hope Jerry Notaro will be safe and good > in FL. > I am. The University is off tomorrow. I went to an American premiere of a great musical (all sung through) called When We Were Singing last night and it was wonderful. I got to meet the author/ composer. She is from Vancouver and the music was brilliant. Reminded me a lot of William Finn and Jason Robert Brown, two of my favorite composers. Much like Weslia > Whitfield. You never fail to amaze me, Joseph. I have all of her cd's and have never even met anyone who knows her work. So sorry you missed A Light In the Piazza. But what a joy to meet Beverly. I worked with her just once when I was a make up artist and designer. One of the most down to earth person I ever worked with in Opera. So glad you had a good time. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:42:15 -0400 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: RE: The Worst Joni Covers Bob..would you expound on that Kathryn Grayson cover of BSN? >Hello Dear Freinds, > >Bob, could you please name some of the worst Joni covers (of your choice) >and tell us a bit about them? > >God bless, > >Nuri > > >--------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:24:29 -0400 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: tidbits sjc Marianne and I saw a delightful movie last evening called ..84 Charing Cross Road. One of those movies you can just sit back and enjoy. Enjoy we did!! The little nexus to the JMDL would be that although most of the characters in this movie never met...but through years ..decades even of correspondence .. they built these beautiful lasting relationships. Marianne and I think someone here recommended it? I'm thinking Jerry (he has such fine taste) but if not ..thanks to you. I heard Joni mentioned on Jeopardy tonight on the Game SHow Network. The answer was: Singer Shawn Colvin said this artist changed her musical path/life (something like that) when she heard this top album Court and Spark of the 1970's. WHo was? Thankfully some guy answered correctly. Nuri's question about Joni's best voice: For me it would be Hejira. I don't know if I'm clouded here because Hejira is my favorite album. Maybe I'm cheating a little? Goodnight...sleep well... Bree ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2005 #301 ********************************* ------- 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)