From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #250 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, September 2 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 250 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Joni Covers, Volume 80 - September Songs [Bob Muller ] Joni at Starbucks ["Lindsay Moon" ] A Little Joni Riddle For You [Nuriel Tobias ] Re: A Little Joni Riddle For You [merk54@aol.com] Re: A Little Joni Riddle For You [Nuriel Tobias ] Yet another August 30th birthday, or. . .HAPPY BIRTHDAY JMDL!!!! [] Re: This Is More Mysterious Than Your Nothces [Michael Flaherty ] Re: Joni's Albums - Concept Albums? [Em ] re: This Is More Mysterious Than Your Nothces ["mia _" ] Re: Sarah McLachlan's "River" ["Gerald A. Notaro" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 03:24:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Joni Covers, Volume 80 - September Songs And the days dwindle down, to a precious few...well, hopefully we've got lots of days left, but 2006 is starting to dwindle, and we begin the final quarter with yet another solid collection of Joni covers from around the world and spanning the genres & decades. And no helpers this time around, so if you don't like 'em, there's no one to blame but me. Then again, I don't record 'em, I just collect 'em. Anyway, with no further ado, let's kick the tires (or as we say in SC, "tars") and take this baby for a spin...go get it here: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=CBA488BE3FD2C246&rcpt=scjoniguy@yahoo.com 1. Sian Phillips - Both Sides Now: Sung in the grande chanteuse style - assuming it's the same Sian, she is from Wales and is known more for her stage and film work than for her singing, which is understandable upon hearing this. Not my cup of tea but Joni would probably like it. 2. Mike Vasas - 'Til There Was You/A Case Of You: Marianne...this one's for YOU, baby! A wonderful medley, Mike's fragile voice is a tad reminiscent of Peter Gabriel, and he sings this melancholy combo to a sparse piano accompaniment, drawing inspiration from Diana Krall's cover. And clocking in at almost 8 minutes, he takes his sweet time wringing all the emotion out of both compositions. 3. Richard Flynn - The Circle Game: Yep, it's one of our own...the distinguished southern gentleman performed this at a Savannah folk club, and they released it on a CD as one of their standout tracks. Some fine picking and some really nice slide work. 4. Don MacGregor - Both Sides Now: Flutist Don MacGregor gives us a pretty instrumental version of the franchise, and includes some nice solo flourishes. I bought the CD from an Australian seller, not sure if that's where Don is from but that's my guess. 5. Katy Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi: From North Carolina, Katy gives the Joni standard a little blues-folk treatment - when you consider that she was just sweet sixteen when this was cut it's all the more admirable as she sings with a high degree of comfort and confidence. 6. Mike Beck - Carey: Cowboy Mike from Montana has graced us previously with his version of BSN, now he plucks and sings another Joni tune. Nice stuff. 7. Sally Walker - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat: Sally blends Joni's lyrics with the alternate lyrics by Rahsaan Roland Kirk. An OK version...the band is solid with some nice sax, Sally's vocal is adequate - she struggles with the high notes and doesn't step outside her comfort zone very often. You certainly can't say that about... 8. Agnes Heginger & Georg Breinschmid: Black Crow - - A vocal/double bass duo from Vienna - you've not heard Black Crow done like this before. Agnes sings in a very free-flowing and open style, scatting, wailing and whatever else the human vox is capable of. 9. Lisa Alibrandi - Night Ride Home: 10. Lisa Alibrandi - Big Yellow Taxi: Hailing from Upstate NY, Lisa's got a smooth guitar and vocal style - reminds me of Phoebe Snow and Dar Williams a little as she sings something old and something (relatively) new from Joni's catalogue. Two thumbs up from me! 11. Sarah's Swing Set - Twisted: Fun vibes-led jazz combo from Indiana. 12. Soundtations - Woodstock: Yet another "try and sound like the original" version, imitating the Matthews Southern Comfort recording. Yawn. 13. Malene Mortensen - All I Want: This is a relatively new one, and it's a sweet blend of light jazzy pop and soul. 14. Bob Moline - Both Sides Now: An oldie, from the year I said goodbye to High School (1975). A little bit of a cross between Neil Diamond and Bobby Goldsboro, a guy with guitar troubadour style. 15. Gwendolyn Joy - Help Me: A JOY to behold! Gwendolyn is a UK soul singer, and this one is chin-deep in soul. Gwen's vocal is right on, with equal portions jazz and soul, and a solid backing band gives her the vehicle to allow her to ride in style. A real winner! 16. Ela Ruiz - Todo Lo Que Quiero 17. Ela Ruiz - All I Want: More Joni covers from South America - Ela recorded this one in both her native Spanish (she definitely lets it rip in her native tongue)as well as English. Both are poppy, latin-tinged treatments - me gusta! 18. Cher - Big Yellow Taxi: From an episode of The Sonny and Cher show, Cher sings over the Ken Wilson animation (that originally featured Joni's recording). A rare gem from TV land - hope you Cher fans dig this one. 19. Ellipsis - I Don't Know Where I Stand: From 2005, Ellipsis is a jazz combo from Philly that takes on songs by Joni, Radiohead, Hendrix, The Fugees and many more. This great jazz interpretation closes out Volume 80 in true style - - hope we hear more from them. And thus we close the door on another entry in the never-ending project - thanks for listening & reading, if you did. Feedback always welcome. And if you have a dial-up or don't want to mess with the download, let me know offlist and we'll work something else out. Bob NP: Laura Love, "Mahbootay" (going out to my FL sistah who turned me on to this record) Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:35:28 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Kalo mina! Kalo mina, Joniamigos! That's what a person on a Grecian isle would say at the beginning of a new month: literally, it means "good month"....as in "have a good month." The Matala pics Kakki's been talking about (would you please send them to me, Kakki? Merci en avance! Simon, too.) have me thinking about Greece (and Joni, comme toujours). One of our French professors just got back from there (he goes every year). I asked him how to spell "kalo mina" and he asked if I were writing to a Greek person. I laughed (and toasted to nothing) and said: "No, my Joni people." Roger (who does not blink an eye, knowing me so well) asked: "Do they like Greece?" Me: "Well, Joni spent time on a Grecian isle." Roger: "Ah! Really? Which one?" Me: "Ummm, I'm not sure. But she was in Matala!" Roger: "Ah, an old hippie hangout! That's on Crete." LOL...it's all Greek to me. Or rather, it's all *Joni* to me! Kalo mina! Love, Patti P. P.S. More Greek and Joni stuff.....here's an email I sent to our director of study abroad yesterday, and his reply: - -----Original Message----- From: Patti Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:23 PM To: R Subject: personal -- Joni & Greece Hi R: I know you love "Carey" (it's *such* a "study abroad" kind of song) so I thought you'd enjoy reading more about the Mermaid Cafe and Matala. http://jonimitchell.com/glossary/entry.cfm?id=27 It's long, so wait until you have some free time. Peace, Patti ____________ Maybe we should tell Ilias to take the Greece study abroad students there and have a sing 'a long, or dedication! R ___________ Me again: Ha! Yeah! The more voices on it, the better! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:32:32 -0700 From: "Lindsay Moon" Subject: Joni at Starbucks Was in a Starbucks last night and at the counter they have a new CD called 1971 (the year Starbucks was founded) with music popular that year such as . our Joan, Stevie Wonder, etc. (See link below). I was peeved that the sticker was put over the Joni song on each copy (I see from the site it's "All I Want"). So not only was this good news, but when I came out of the restroom, there was "Blue" on their CD display. Things are looking up AND I had a nice cup of coffee and got to read a book for an hour while my daughter was at a soccer practice. (Okay, one bad note, girl on cell phone talking loudly and endlessly about stupid things.) I'll take what I can get. Lindsay http://www.hearmusic.com/#PRODUCT209 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 10:32:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: A Little Joni Riddle For You There's only one Joni lyric that starts and ends with the same word. What's that lyric?:) Nuri Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:42:08 -0400 From: merk54@aol.com Subject: Re: A Little Joni Riddle For You Dog eat dog! Jack - -----Original Message----- From: nurielt@yahoo.com To: joni@smoe.org Sent: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 12:32 PM Subject: A Little Joni Riddle For You There's only one Joni lyric that starts and ends with the same word. What's that lyric?:) Nuri Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail. ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 10:45:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Re: A Little Joni Riddle For You That's right, Jack - Bravo!:) Nuri merk54@aol.com wrote: Dog eat dog! 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What's that lyric?:) Nuri Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail. - --------------------------------- Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. - --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 13:39:41 -0500 From: Subject: Yet another August 30th birthday, or. . .HAPPY BIRTHDAY JMDL!!!! OK--I've been experiencing computer woes and work deadlines, and I'm on digest, so please forgive me if this has been discussed to death already. But, unless I'm mistaken: isn't there another August 30 birthday we need to be celebrating? Didn't the JMDL itself turn a robust 10 years old two days ago? And I might be off by a day or two, but not by much. So: Happiest of birthdays, JMDL! Thanks so much, Les Irvin, for your commitment, your comprehensiveness of focus, and your spirit. To all of you: thanks for the memories, the laughter, the occasional tears, the Joni sightings! Heartfelt thanks to those who are no longer with us in body, but who contributed so very much to our community. And thanks most of all to Joni Mitchell for giving us a body of work so challenging, so meaningful, so evocative, and so enjoyable that we're all still sitting around talking about it, 10 years after we started. Take care, everyone. And, in the words of Jamie Zoob, "much Joni!" Mary P., Madison, WI ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 11:43:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: This Is More Mysterious Than Your Nothces Help! This is driving me insane! A neighbor's kid was visiting us. He's 8 yo, and when he's got nothing to do, he likes to check out our CD's, drum our piano and eat our sweets. So the kid was listening to lots of albums the other day and one of them was DED. He doesn't understand English, but he's got the ears of a demon. Nothing escapes him. So then came "Smokin". The kid liked it a lot and asked me about "the strange sounds" in the song. I told him it was a cigarette machine and that "the woman" is inserting coins into it but the machine tells her that it's empty and that there are no packs. The kid said it didn't make sense because the number of coins insereted into it when the song begins is SMALLER than the number of coins coming out of it by the end of the song. And the kid was right! All you need to do is listen to the sound of coins in the begining and in the end to know that the damn kid was right! Now you tell me - if the machine claims that it's empty (try another) - then how come it gives back MORE coins than insterted? What the hell is going on there? Nuri Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 11:58:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Joni's Albums - Concept Albums? Friends, i have a question regarding a topic that seems to be hip these days. What is a concept album? Do you think that Joni's albums are concept albums? Nuri Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 14:50:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Flaherty Subject: Re: This Is More Mysterious Than Your Nothces Nuriel Tobias wrote: >Now you tell me - if the machine claims that it's empty (try another) - then >how come it gives back MORE coins than insterted? What the hell is going >on there? Tell him that she put in quarters, but some of the change came back in dimes and nickles. Michael Flaherty - --------------------------------- Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 14:55:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Joni's Albums - Concept Albums? > What is a concept album? Do you think that > Joni's albums are concept albums? Nuri, I looked it up at Wikipedia and it gave a pretty good definition: **In popular music, a concept album is an album which is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical" They are most often pre-planned (conceived) and with all songs contributing to a single overall theme or unified story, this plan or story being the concept.** for more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album Now, the bigger question...are any of Joni's albums concept albums? Travelogue would be, the "concept" being Joni's revisiting her catalogue and re-arranging selections for orchestra. Both Sides Now is her performing a cycle of love/torch songs that tells a story - definitely a concept album. Mingus is a concept album, with the exception of "Lindsey" which doesn't really fit the Mitchell-Mingus theme. Hissing of Summer Lawns could be debated as a concept album, given what she wrote about it being 'conceived as a whole' and all that, but I don't think the songs fit together that way, though many are certainly related to one another. Same goes for STAS, even with its "City" and "Seaside" segments. Bob NP: Plastik, "A Case Of You" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:57:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: Joni's Albums - Concept Albums? I see her, (and many others) as working in series, as do many visual artists. The works sort of go together in theme, materials, etc. They can be worked on one at a time or several can be worked on at once, but they are all done and then that's it. What one is not able to pull off in one piece of the series, one may be able to accomplish brilliantly in others. Each is an individual unto itself, and yet they all sort of match. I don't know about in music, but in, say, painting, in art school they really encourage working in series. Like only rarely can one work in a certain direction solidly NAIL one's thrust. I can't speak to all her albums....but of the Joni albums I know well...STAS thru Mingus...it def. smacks of working in series to me. My .02. Em - --- Bob Muller wrote: > > What is a concept album? Do you think that > > Joni's albums are concept albums? > > Nuri, I looked it up at Wikipedia and it gave a > pretty good definition: > > **In popular music, a concept album is an album > which is "unified by a theme, which can be > instrumental, compositional, narrative, or > lyrical" They are most often pre-planned > (conceived) and with all songs contributing to a > single overall theme or unified story, this plan > or story being the concept.** > > for more: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album > > Now, the bigger question...are any of Joni's > albums concept albums? > > Travelogue would be, the "concept" being Joni's > revisiting her catalogue and re-arranging > selections for orchestra. > > Both Sides Now is her performing a cycle of > love/torch songs that tells a story - definitely > a concept album. > > Mingus is a concept album, with the exception of > "Lindsey" which doesn't really fit the > Mitchell-Mingus theme. > > Hissing of Summer Lawns could be debated as a > concept album, given what she wrote about it > being 'conceived as a whole' and all that, but I > don't think the songs fit together that way, > though many are certainly related to one another. > Same goes for STAS, even with its "City" and > "Seaside" segments. > > Bob > > NP: Plastik, "A Case Of You" > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:45:20 -0500 From: "mia _" Subject: re: This Is More Mysterious Than Your Nothces << The kid said it didn't make sense because the number of coins insereted into it when the song begins is SMALLER than the number of coins coming out of it by the end of the song. And the kid was right! All you need to do is listen to the sound of coins in the begining and in the end to know that the damn kid was right! Now you tell me - if the machine claims that it's empty (try another) - then how come it gives back MORE coins than insterted? What the hell is going on there?>> LOL, Nuri! It may be that Joni is using the same type of vending machine that we have at my work. Sometimes when I put my .75 cents in, I'll get two bags of Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies instead of one. At other times, I'll get none. Anyway, your neighbor sounds like a really smart kid! Mia ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 17:02:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Sarah McLachlan's "River" It comes out October 17 - but you can hear it right now (and it IS very lovely): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulr7MPyhPaY Bob NP: Sarah, "River" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 20:28:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: Sarah McLachlan's "River" Now here is a singer who gets Joni's unique timing! Gorgeous. Jerry Bob Muller wrote: > It comes out October 17 - but you can hear it > right now (and it IS very lovely): > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulr7MPyhPaY > > Bob > > NP: Sarah, "River" > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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