From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #280 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 Sunday, October 1 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 280 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JMDL Digest V2006 #359 [Chuck Eisenhardt ] RE: Barangrill [Nuriel Tobias ] RE : "The Songs of Joni Mitchell" in concert: A PLUG [Joseph Palis ] James Taylor sings RIVER on new CD [est86mlm@ameritech.net] Joni mention in The Oregonian [est86mlm@ameritech.net] Re: ...full of SHEEP ;-) [Wtking59@cs.com] Turbulent Indigo, CMIARS and a Q about Corinna [Benedicte Nielsen ] RE: Nerina Pallot and Joni ["Azeem" ] Re: Barangrill [Catherine McKay ] RE: Barangrill ["Richard Flynn" ] RE: Turbulent Indigo, CMIARS and a Q about Corinna ["Richard Flynn" ] Re: sjc - royal drummers of burundi [Victor Johnson Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2006 #359 I remember when, Cities Service rebranded as Citgo, there was a radio jingle that went 'Cities Servce / is Citgo now'. Alas Citgo is now owned offshore, and the famous Kenmore Square neon sign, altho designated and restored, is now advertising an offshore owner, and as a result has generated some misplaced patriotic criticism, and calls for removal.....Never!!!.... Talk of this imagery reminds of Rikki Lee's 'Last Chance Texaco' Great song! Thanks to Paul and Catherine for shedding light. It's all so obvious.....now! Chuck On Friday, September 29, 2006, at 03:00 AM, JMDL Digest wrote: > > JMDL Digest Friday, September 29 2006 Volume 2006 : > Number 359 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: Why does Joni say "5" on "Carey"? [Norma Jean Garza > Re: Barangrill [Paul In MD > ] > Re: njc gulls > [LCStanley7@aol.com] > Clinton's interview RE 9/11 and fallout - NJC ["Cassy" > njc senator obama speech njc ["gene" > ] > > - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:18:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: RE: Barangrill I gotta say, i'm very surprised that no one here hears what's really going on in 'I Had a King'. Hi, Ada Keyngin - huh? ---------------------------------- Hi, Ada Keyngin - huh? Ten? Amen! Ka's Hell... Let Lee Hiss take N - toupee ain't "Eng", The Pasta el Whole Bra. His take - N "The Cur", ten down! He's wept with De Bruemhof, Cont-Ant, Anda Room's Heaven - amp: Tea ring! Heeeee! - Sklind with Da Tirs of Anaktor! "Woof!" Hears Ford Da La - fin! Sssss....TING! Hi, Kent, go back, they're anym, whore! You? No! Mike is! Wow 'n Fyt - adore! You? No! My thoughts! Don, fit! Damn N! Day Nev. urggg, Ken. Day Nev. urggg, Ken. Eye, headache - Eng, Dre sinned - rip, dry, end! Pays Lee, Late, Lee, his take - N too. SAY - in Heim Krey Z. and Blah in D?! Heal, Eve's in an Otherty, mmmm... Lay, Dee's in Ging. Ham? Still blah! Shhhhh! Whilie sings "Damn!" off-wars. and Why? N! Butt-eye in! My, lead hair, and less... Hi, Ken - ever be! Come - that kind? Hi, Ken, go back, they're anym, whore! You? No! Mike is! Wow 'n fyt - adore! You? No! My thoughts! Don, fit! Damn N! Day Nev. urggg, Ken. Day Nev, urggg, Ken. Hi, Ada Keyning - huh? So, L. trusted in Kay Ridge, Whook aired Miof too, his count tree form Aireegetosoon! Be where? Oh...fffff...Da Pa! Where?! Oh...fffff...Moo N's. There? No! 1's tube - lame... Know : they're snow on too! Nameasatray - Tor here! The Key: Ing's Honda rowed, end. Deck wins Inn, Dug. Rove! Tilda Henof De Yee!!!! Rrrrrrr..... Hi, Ken, go back, they're anim, whore! You? No! Mike is! Wow 'n fyt - adore! You? No! My thoughts! Don, fit! Damn N! Day Nev, urggg, Ken. Day Nev. urggg, Ken. Nuri - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2"/min or less. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:49:34 +0200 (CEST) From: Joseph Palis Subject: RE : "The Songs of Joni Mitchell" in concert: A PLUG Dave-- Thanks for the info and link. Robin Adler sounds really good and the musicians sound great! Is Peter Sprague the same guy who worked for Kevyn Lettau and Mike Shapiro in "Braziljazz"? Can't wait to hear more. Joseph in Chapel Hill np: Bruce Cockburn "You Get Bigger as You Go" Dave Blackburn a icrit : Dear listers, I'm enjoying the recent threads on Barangrill (which I love) and the orchestral albums (which I also love). Remember in Woman of Heart and Mind (DVD) where it talks about Joni's love of the crooner/swing era (Bing Crosby in particular)? We should remember that Joni's early years were in the pre-rock era when singing in front of a crack big band or full orchestra was about the ultimate experience for a singer. I find it fitting that Joni would round out her career by indulging that opportunity. It wouldn't have worked at all if she were still the shrill soprano; as an older artist whose voice had leathered it is a perfect match. Vince Mendoza is probably the pre- eminent orchestrator writing in the U.S today (his gorgeous work on Yellowjackets' "Greenhouse", Bjork's "Vespertine" and his own album "Epiphany") and as for Wayne Shorter, Joni has used him more or less continuously on every outing since DJRD so clearly she loves what he brings to the mix. BSN is the only Joni album (to my knowledge) released in 5.1 which is an extra lavish experience. Why long for the small band Joni when she had already done that for decades? Let the artist follow her muse. I for one was glad to see the end of the Larry Klein pop influence that sounds so dated now. But the real reason for this post is to PLUG our Joni birthday tribute show coming up in San Diego Nov 4th three days before Our Lady turns 63.... A smoking 6-piece band (comprising former Tom Scott and Frank Zappa band members) playing 2 1/2 hours of Joni music in a chronology through each period from the folk years, through the rock years, the jazz years and yes Bob, the eighties, on up to Turbulent Indigo, in a quiet "music only" listening space with good acoustics against a backdrop of slides of Joni's art (many thanks to Jamie Zoob for the scans). We have worked for the whole of 2006 preparing this show, refining the set, polishing arrangements, collecting guitars and played it to sold out rooms 7 or 8 times. Basically, this is a Joni night to remember!! If any of you can see your way to San Diego on Sat Nov 4th I can guarantee you a great night. Hear the demo here: http://robinadler.com/music.html Tickets ($15 via PayPal) available at http://robinadler.com/ products.html Press release with specifics: http://www.yousendit.com/download/ 8hcPhd9nYZc%3D Here is a testimonial received by email after the April 1st show: Robin's vocals were dead on. I thought Joni was actually in the room! Dave's guitar playing was superb and Barnaby's keyboard solos were over the top! I'd attend another gathering just to hear Both Sides Now and Woodstock again. Please forgive the self-promotion but if we can't plug to you guys, who? love Dave - --------------------------------- Dicouvrez un nouveau moyen de poser toutes vos questions quelque soit le sujet ! Yahoo! Questions/Riponses pour partager vos connaissances, vos opinions et vos expiriences. Cliquez ici. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:58:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul In MD Subject: Re: Barangrill Chuck Eisenhardt wrote: Thanks to Paul and Catherine for shedding light. Chuck Don't forget Jim! BTW, before this discussion I'd always heard (and read) "you're hoping it's mere folly" instead of "you're hoping it's near Folly". The lyric never really made sense to me so I picked and chose the parts that did and discarded the rest -- part of the reason I formerly considered Barangrill a minor Joni song. I should have realized Joni doesn't "do" minor songs. Paul In MD - -- off to tackle the yard - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2"/min or less. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:06:59 -0700 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: James Taylor sings RIVER on new CD Just got this in my email box. "James Taylor At Christmas" in-store October 10, 2006 includes "premiere of a new recording of Joni Mitchell's composition, "River." Here's the link to the info I received: http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=27167 NEW YORK (Columbia Records) - Combine the most beloved, classic songs of the holiday season with the warm baritone of one of the most recognized voices in popular music, and this Fall will give fans reason to celebrate with "James Taylor At Christmas." The 12-song collection of traditional and contemporary seasonal songs is set for release on Tuesday, October 10th, on Columbia Records. "James Taylor At Christmas," includes Taylor's heart-warming version of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," from the 1944 film "Meet Me In St. Louis," "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," as well as the premiere of a new recording of Joni Mitchell's composition, "River." Special guest performances on the CD feature jazz trumpeter Chris Botti on "Winter Wonderland," legendary harmonica player Toots Thielemans on "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)" and with Natalie Cole on "Baby It's Cold Outside." 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Ends tonight 9/30 http://www.ctclivelikeastar.com Win Amazon $ gift cards from Colgate http://colgate.eprize.net/smiletalk/index.tbapp?page=intro&session_id=du1 o7arf4871uvng&affiliate_id=1h&noflash=flash&email = ************************************************ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:15:50 -0700 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Joni mention in The Oregonian Joni Mitchell got pie, Weird Al got e-mail ========================================== Friday, September 29, 2006 The Oregonian Jim Blashfield knows how to treat a woman right. He once took Joni Mitchell to Quality Pie. Of course, this was in the old days. Back when QP was a culinary landmark in pre-Pearl Portland. Back when MTV was new, and Blashfield was one of the hottest music-video guys around. From his hobbit hole of a studio on Northwest Upshur, Blashfield crafted videos for Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads and Michael Jackson. "It was the heyday," he says, "and I rode the crest of it." Blashfield was one of America's first artist/animators to start "fooling around" with computers. "My friends all thought I had something the matter with me," he says. "Then the rest of the world caught up pretty quick." Now, after a 15-year break from veejaywalking, Blashfield's back. This time, he's working with Weird Al Yankovic, a match made in pancreatic heaven. Tuesday, Weird Al released "Straight Outta Lynnwood," a DualDisc packaged with videos. Blashfield's contribution, "Pancreas," animates a Brian Wilson send-up that's full of organically good vibrations. The budget was so low, Blashfield says, he used old stock images, engaging in what the trade calls "repurposing the footage." Working with Portland producer Marilyn Zornado, he lured Art Institute alums Eric Lyman, Donald Fergus, Joseph Riso and Justin Rice into computer-creating a three-dimensional pancreas, and he was off. In this age of digital production and global e-filing, Blashfield never did get to actually meet Al. "Yes," he concedes, "that's weird." A video release Pancreatic Party is planned for the Lucky Lab in Northwest Portland at 6 tonight. After that, it's back to work. With Portland sculptor Don Merkt, Blashfield is working up a "visual meditation on water," an installation for a water-treatment plant in Seattle. "Sewage plants," Blashfield says, "are the kidneys of our world." Pancreas to kidneys. That's art, baby. Portland-style. Go to: http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/115940314219760.xml&coll=7 Laura ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:49:00 EDT From: Wtking59@cs.com Subject: Re: ...full of SHEEP ;-) Yeah, that's ONE good theory, Jim (...I also liked the one about the caps of breaking waves), but...... ...my own personal take on this clever little line change ("...the sea is full of sheep...")--in the 'Miles of Aisles' version of "Carey"--has always been that Joni was simply making an oh-so-sly insult at the audience by calling us all "sheep." After all, she was finally winding up a long--and rather exhaustive--tour (which is something she's never been crazy about in the first place), and was probably getting a bit tired and cranky. Regardless, ya gotta love her--arrogance and all! ;-) XXXOOO, Billy NP: 'Love On the Rocks' by Julie London. Joni--like me--must be a big Julie fan these days, as her 'Both Sides Now' cover of "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" is soooooooo similar to Julie's. ====================================== In a message dated 9/30/06 jlamadoo@sbcglobal.net writes: > For me, the "key" to what she sings on "Miles Of Aisles" isn't on "Miles Of > Aisles"; it's on the "Blue" CD. > > On the "Blue" CD, Joni said, > >>>>>The wind is in from Africa>>>>> > >>>>>Last night I couldn't sleep>>>>> > > The meaning of the second line is "insomnia". When people listen to the > sound of surf, many get sleepy. When others can't sleep, they imagine they > are counting sheep. > > So, because she's Joni Mitchell, she mixed the audible sensation of > listening to surf with the image of counting sheep. > > She changed > >>>>>last night I couldn't sleep >>>>> > to > >the sea is full of sheep > > > No sheep were injured in the making of this story- they are imaginary sheep. > > Jim L. ------------------------------ Date: 30 Sep 2006 18:32:29 +0100 From: Benedicte Nielsen Subject: Turbulent Indigo, CMIARS and a Q about Corinna Ah! My ears are happy again! I just got CMIARS and Turbulent Indigo. I guess this is the Larry Klein epoch which some of you thought went wrong. Not me, although I need to listen more carefully, I'm back in the fold, all that listening to TLog made me stray a little! Sex kill is not my favourite JM, but this versions is SO MUcH BETTER than on TLog; and the way she sings 'sex kills' really gives that song that special charcter. If I had a bath tub, I'd relax so much more with this one, (undskyld, sorry, Oddmund!)! I was wonderg who that Corinna is that a sad man sings about on A Bird that Whistles? An old Danish jazz legend, Leo Mathiesen, had a song called Corinna Corinna - the same name, and he repeats it twice, and she seems to have run away (well, and come back). What I remember of it is the followoing, I'm not sure if there are any other verses, except for one where he sings kissin' in stead of lovin': Corinne, Corinna, where've you been so long Ain't been no lovin' since you've been gone I don't know if the similarity is accidental. Anyone interested can hear a little bit of the song here: http://musik.tdconline.dk/servlets/2452306090224Dispatch/19/call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&albumid=746395 Bene... off to spend this dreary Saturday night watching An Inconvenient Truth, how funky is that ... (?) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:30:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Mike, Hell, Frau Maunt Einz Mike, Hell, Frau Maunt Einz (The Tragic Love Story Of Hugh And Due) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike, Hell, wake Sue up, weeds wits! Heat aches, Hugh Upst-Rits! Han "The Ray" Ncomb's down... Sigh...Dwak Mark at "slocked up" Tite And, ahem, Brela's "Brighton egg ray bake" ground... Their soil, "Honda-pad" Al, seen tough at a Pet earns That Ron, "duh!" Hoon, the Dr. Einz, Ink hollered "Urggg", Anne G. Mentz, That Mike "Hell, wood change!" weed, ass thick that Hiff houned... Mike, Hell, Frau Maunt Einz, Go where Hugh Wheel got two! No! That high wheel? No, Hugh! Someday...Hi, May - No, Hugh!!! Ver.: E-well. Mike, Hell...Breeng, use two! Ape ark... His Eng-sand eats Durk, Wende Cloudscomb's high... Yell "Ow!", slick Heir Suponswings! Like pop hates Aunt Srings, Han-Ging in "desk high"... Dayle, splash home! Too's uppers in Walp! Ape, Heir Skitchens! Dare, Ma! (There's wood's cold)... But Mike, Hell, will hole Due, Took hip, awake, hold, Tilda Side woke Tzar Dry! Mike, Hell, Frau Maunt Einz, Go where Hugh Wheel got two! No! That high wheel? No, Hugh! Someday...Hi, May - No, Hugh!!! Ver.: E-well. Mike, Hell, Lee Due's up the stairs! He needs Hugh, took air, and Hugh...No, Hugh - Due! Catscomb crying "Too-Da-Kee"!, and dry Hugh will be in a "Ta!", well, or 2... There's Raininn "The ween", Dow! There's Sunning "The pain" thing! That's miles on the wall... Hugh, want to? No! Ol' Butt, his Ma Ownes have cold, So, Hugh? Never, Due! Mike, Hell, Frau Maunt Einz, Go where Hugh Wheel got two! No! That high wheel? No, Hugh! Someday...Hi, May - No, Hugh!!! Ver.: E-well. Nuri - --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:38:43 +0100 From: "Azeem" Subject: RE: Nerina Pallot and Joni Hi Lieve, I saw that little feature too. Nerina has received a lot of good publicity, which is gratifying, as she is certainly talented. And, she is, wait for it, a Kashmir Klub alumna! Yes, I saw her play there many times, and she was a compelling performer. She played a residency there once, when most of her backing band was Sheryl Crow's band; and sure enough, one evening I sat down and there, two people away from me, was La Crow herself. I've got Nerina's first album, Dear Frustrated Superstar. It's good, though could do with some editing. Nearly all the songs go on too long, and I also find it a tad overproduced. What comes through is her voice, which is really lovely, clear but with a slight graininess; and her way with a tune. Azeem in London NP: Sigur Ros - something weird and wonderful in Icelandic - or is it?? - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of ReckersL@ebrd.com Sent: 29 September 2006 14:21 To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Nerina Pallot and Joni I have tried to check what has already been written about Nerina Pallot here before, but I must admit blushingly that I did not manage to get it to work, in spite of everybody writing how wonderful the search facility is. So I'm sure the fault is all mine, and hopefully someone will give me some gentle directions to put it right. So at the risk of repeating some earlier information, I think I have also definitely some new stuff, Joni related. In Monday's publication of Metro, the free paper in London, it was Nerina Pallot's turn to talk about her 6 favourite songs on her i-pod. And alongside numbers by David Bowie and Johnny Cash, she listed Joni's Edith And The Kingpin. She says: "I like this because of that line 'the band sounds like typewriters' - which is one of the best lyrics ever. I maintain that if Joni Mitchell had been born a man she would have been bigger than Bob Dylan. I absolutely believe that - she Sh*ts on him lyrically. She's a better musician, a better singer... everything about her is better. And I love Bob Dylan. But if I have to go to the grave over one of them it would be Joni Mitchell." I noticed the name of Nerina Pallot a few months ago, when my eldest son Thomas (21 yesterday!), who, if I can proudly say so, has a very good ear for music and plays some mean guitar and piano himself, was sitting at the computer and said to me: "Mum, listen to this song here. Don't you think that sounds just like a Joni Mitchell song?" I was not very keen to hear yet another singer being compared to Joni. I'd rather that they just do their own thing, and do it well. But anyway, mum listened. And was amazed. Because this song, Sophia, did not just remind me of Joni's music, it was first of all a really nice song, and secondly I would have sworn that it was a Joni composition! I did not hear all the other songs on the CD, I know some are much more commercial such as "Everybody's Gone To War" which made it into the charts in the UK. I'm glad this singer is not just building a career on making songs that could have been written by Joni Mitchell, but I have admiration for her musical skills. I also remember reading an interview with her before, and she sounded refreshingly "real" and unmanufactured. Just now I looked her up on the AllMusic site, and it says she was born in 1975 in London. Apparently she produced her first CD in 2001, it was pulled from the shops by the record label because they wanted to reissue it together with a new single, but then (and I quote): "an appearance on the British children's television program Live and Kicking proved disastrous when fellow guest Faye Tozer of pop group Steps accidentally pushed Pallot off the show's couch; the mishap aired live and made Pallot the butt of much joking, and Polydor terminated her contract just a few weeks later, never returning Dear Frustrated Superstar to retail. ... Pallot spent the next four years out of sight, finally resurfacing in the spring of 2005 with Fires , issued on her own Idaho label. The LP proved a critical and commercial favorite and was reissued in updated form a year later on the Warner subsidiary 14th Floor Records," Well, I'm glad for the girl! Now if anybody could tell me how to find what has been written about her before, I'd be very grateful! Lieve in London. PS My apologies to everybody who's had a birthday but no birthday greetings from me! ______________________________________________________________ This message may contain privileged information. If you have received this message by mistake, please keep it confidential and return it to the sender. Although we have taken steps to minimise the risk of transmitting software viruses, the EBRD accepts no liability for any loss or damage caused by computer viruses and would advise you to carry out your own virus checks. The contents of this e-mail do not necessarily represent the views of the EBRD. - -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 27/09/2006 - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.10/459 - Release Date: 29/09/2006 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:42:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Barangrill - --- Paul In MD wrote: > Chuck Eisenhardt wrote: > Thanks to Paul and Catherine for shedding light. > Chuck > > Don't forget Jim! > > BTW, before this discussion I'd always heard (and > read) "you're hoping it's mere folly" instead of > "you're hoping it's near Folly". The lyric never > really made sense to me so I picked and chose the > parts that did and discarded the rest -- part of the > reason I formerly considered Barangrill a minor Joni > song. > > I should have realized Joni doesn't "do" minor > songs. > The only gas station name I recognized was Humble and I always heard it that way. I don't know how it's spelled in the lyrics anywhere and, of course, am too lazy to go and check, but those things are often wrong anyway. I remember the name Humble as a gas station name, because of summer vacation trips we would take to the US. I had no idea that Humble had become Exxon. Here in Canada, I think we always called it Esso before they decided to go 2x. I had never heard of Pure, but thought maybe there was a slogan that Humble made pure (not dirty) gas. One reason I remember the name Humble at all is that I thought it was a very strange name for a gas station, as was Mobile. We didn't have those here. when you're a little kid, you notice all the "weird" things. I still have no idea what Folly is. I thought she was merely talking about something foolish, although the wording sounded odd. You're hOPING it's near folly? What is Folly? A place? Still bamboozled in the great white north. We did have gas stations called BP (for British Petroleum, I think.) As kids, there was a joke... - -Where does a bee go to the bathroom? - --The BP station! Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:40:41 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Barangrill See: http://www.gassigns.org/pure.htm http://www.gassigns.org/bigemblm/humble30.jpg - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Catherine McKay Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 4:42 PM To: Paul In MD; joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Barangrill - --- Paul In MD wrote: > Chuck Eisenhardt wrote: > Thanks to Paul and Catherine for shedding light. > Chuck > > Don't forget Jim! > > BTW, before this discussion I'd always heard (and > read) "you're hoping it's mere folly" instead of > "you're hoping it's near Folly". The lyric never > really made sense to me so I picked and chose the > parts that did and discarded the rest -- part of the > reason I formerly considered Barangrill a minor Joni > song. > > I should have realized Joni doesn't "do" minor > songs. > The only gas station name I recognized was Humble and I always heard it that way. I don't know how it's spelled in the lyrics anywhere and, of course, am too lazy to go and check, but those things are often wrong anyway. I remember the name Humble as a gas station name, because of summer vacation trips we would take to the US. I had no idea that Humble had become Exxon. Here in Canada, I think we always called it Esso before they decided to go 2x. I had never heard of Pure, but thought maybe there was a slogan that Humble made pure (not dirty) gas. One reason I remember the name Humble at all is that I thought it was a very strange name for a gas station, as was Mobile. We didn't have those here. when you're a little kid, you notice all the "weird" things. I still have no idea what Folly is. I thought she was merely talking about something foolish, although the wording sounded odd. You're hOPING it's near folly? What is Folly? A place? Still bamboozled in the great white north. We did have gas stations called BP (for British Petroleum, I think.) As kids, there was a joke... - -Where does a bee go to the bathroom? - --The BP station! Catherine Toronto - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:52:42 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Turbulent Indigo, CMIARS and a Q about Corinna "Corrinna, Corrina" is a traditional folk song that Joni adapts. It contains "Got a bird that whistles." Here are the lyrics as Dylan performed them on Frewheelin': http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/corrina.html Here's and interesting article I stumbled across: http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/music/erlmannseries/corrina.htm - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Benedicte Nielsen Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 1:32 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Turbulent Indigo, CMIARS and a Q about Corinna Ah! My ears are happy again! I just got CMIARS and Turbulent Indigo. I guess this is the Larry Klein epoch which some of you thought went wrong. Not me, although I need to listen more carefully, I'm back in the fold, all that listening to TLog made me stray a little! Sex kill is not my favourite JM, but this versions is SO MUcH BETTER than on TLog; and the way she sings 'sex kills' really gives that song that special charcter. If I had a bath tub, I'd relax so much more with this one, (undskyld, sorry, Oddmund!)! I was wonderg who that Corinna is that a sad man sings about on A Bird that Whistles? An old Danish jazz legend, Leo Mathiesen, had a song called Corinna Corinna - the same name, and he repeats it twice, and she seems to have run away (well, and come back). What I remember of it is the followoing, I'm not sure if there are any other verses, except for one where he sings kissin' in stead of lovin': Corinne, Corinna, where've you been so long Ain't been no lovin' since you've been gone I don't know if the similarity is accidental. Anyone interested can hear a little bit of the song here: http://musik.tdconline.dk/servlets/2452306090224Dispatch/19/call?htmltemplat e=./album/viewalbum.htm&albumid=746395 Bene... off to spend this dreary Saturday night watching An Inconvenient Truth, how funky is that ... (?) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:23:12 -0700 (PDT) From: M C Subject: sjc - royal drummers of burundi for those who really like the sound of the burundi drums on 'the jungle line', the royal drummers of burundi are touring. if you google 'royal drummers of burundi' you'll get places and times. - mc - --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:44:36 -0400 From: Victor Johnson Subject: Re: sjc - royal drummers of burundi I'm planning on going to see them. They're coming to the Rialto Theatre later this month in Atlanta and since I'm a GSU student I get half off( and sometimes comps). I might even be hooking up with Jody that weekend who will be in Chattanooga! Victor NP: Braves vs Astros On Sep 30, 2006, at 8:23 PM, M C wrote: > for those who really like the sound of the burundi drums on 'the > jungle line', the royal drummers of burundi are touring. if you > google 'royal drummers of burundi' you'll get places and times. > > - mc > > > --------------------------------- > Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:34:21 -0700 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?LESLI=20A=20WATTS?=" Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A=20=2E=2E=2Efull=20of=20SHEEP=20=20=3B=2D=2 9?= oh i do - but here's another theroy sheets meaning the sails of ships that's my take. lesli >Yeah, that's ONE good theory, Jim (...I also liked the one about the caps of >breaking waves), but...... > my own personal take on this clever little line change ("...the sea is >full of sheep...")--in the 'Miles of Aisles' version of "Carey"--has always been >that Joni was simply making an oh-so-sly insult at the audience by calling us >all "sheep." > > Regardless, ya gotta love her--arrogance and all! ;-) > > >XXXOOO, >Billy > >NP: 'Love On the Rocks' by Julie London. Joni--like me--must be a big Julie >fan these days, as her 'Both Sides Now' cover of "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" is >soooooooo similar to Julie's. > > ====================================== >In a message dated 9/30/06 jlamadoo@sbcglobal.net writes: > >> For me, the "key" to what she sings on "Miles Of Aisles" isn't on "Miles Of >> Aisles"; it's on the "Blue" CD. >> >> On the "Blue" CD, Joni said, >> >>>>>The wind is in from Africa>>>>> >> >>>>>Last night I couldn't sleep>>>>> >> >> The meaning of the second line is "insomnia". When people listen to the >> sound of surf, many get sleepy. When others can't sleep, they imagine they >> are counting sheep. >> >> So, because she's Joni Mitchell, she mixed the audible sensation of >> listening to surf with the image of counting sheep. >> >> She changed >> >>>>>last night I couldn't sleep >>>>> >> to >> >the sea is full of sheep > >> >> No sheep were injured in the making of this story- they are imaginary sheep. >> >> Jim L. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #280 ********************************* ------- 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)