From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #138 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, May 5 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 138 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Those souls who don't "get" Joni [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: House concerts and folk festivals ["Martin Giles" ] SV: Crown and Anchor ["Marion Leffler" ] Re: SV: Crown and Anchor [Mark-Leon Thorne ] SV: SV: Crown and Anchor ["Marion Leffler" ] Re: SV: Crown and Anchor [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: JONI: A Dog or a Goddess? ["AJ" ] If Joni was a dog [LCStanley7@aol.com] Joni mention on "David Letterman" ["J Harney" ] SV: SV: Crown and Anchor ["Marion Leffler" ] SV: If Joni was a dog ["Marion Leffler" ] Re: JONI: A Dog or a Goddess? [Motitan@aol.com] Re: Joni & Carole King [Motitan@aol.com] Re: JONI: A Dog or a Goddess? [Catherine McKay ] Re: Crown and Anchor [Motitan@aol.com] Re: Those souls who don't "get" Joni [Motitan@aol.com] Re: Crown and Anchor [Jerry Notaro ] Re: Those souls who don't "get" Joni [Catherine McKay ] Re: Joni mention on "David Letterman" ["Randy Remote" ] Joni mention on "David Letterman" and the Ellen Show ["Jill Haas" Subject: Re: Those souls who don't "get" Joni Yes Kate. Sounds like a familiar story. Tell me, was it the Australian cousin who became a music critic in his sleep? Don't take him as typical of Aussies please. I do have a hard time turning my fellow Australians onto Joni's music but, it seems it's the same all over anyhow. There are some big fans here. The thing is, it's not Joni in particular, I find many people (especially younger ones) just aren't interested in listening to lyrics. They simply want to be passively entertained and don't want to have to think. This has been my experience. I play them a song by Joni or someone else like Janis Ian and ask them what they think. The typical answer is, "Oh it's lovely" but when I ask them what they thought of the subject matter of the song, they say, "What subject matter?" Oh yeah, I don't know if it's my accent but most people think I'm saying, Johnny Mitchell too. Not just Russians either. Mark in Sydney NP Boy's Gone Crazy - Was (Not Was) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 09:03:30 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: Crown and Anchor Cassie, I have always thought "Crown and Anchor me" meant "marry me" but I didn't know about those stamps inside wedding rings. Now that I know, thanks to you, the lyrics take on a deeper meaning. I think she intended a double meaning, conveying her ambiguous feelings. First the wedding ring, plain to everybody who recognizes the stamps. Then the image of somebody being crowned (queen of your dreams?) and anchored, tied to a spot where she will not be able to drift away anymore. A queen to have and to hold but with no realm of her own to expand. On the dvd WOHAM Joni says that she didn't marry Graham because she thought of her grandmothers who had to give up their musical ambitions. She says that she felt she had an obligation to her grandmothers to go on with the gift she inherited from them. - I have always been a little puzzled about this. I mean, Joni and Graham had lived together for some time and both been creative in their arts during the relationship, so why did she think that would end if they got married? Of course, she was probably brought up with the notion that once a woman gets married she devotes herself to husband and children. Was this notion so strong in her that she couldn't unload it even when she herself experienced differently? Has anybody else wondered about this? Marion, on a sunny Chelsea Morning in Sweden - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr Cassy Skickat: den 4 maj 2007 06:45 Till: JMDL Dmne: Crown and Anchor I was discussing jewelry with a friend today. We were talking about the hallmarks inside rings and on the backs of quality jewelry. Many pieces have a crown and an anchor. I began giving a little thought to the lyric "Crown and Anchor me or let me sail away" and wondered... I guess I'd never really given that little couplet much thought before. I wonder if I missed the meaning for all these years. Now when I think of the hallmarks in gold jewelry and think of a wedding ring with those stamps inside I believe she meant "marry me or let me go". Duh. It just hit me like a ton of bricks, I actually have an antique wedding ring with those marks inside. What do you think? Cassy NP: Bonnie Raiit - Who But a Fool (Thief into Paradise) If Iraq's biggest export was broccoli, would we still be there ? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 08:35:49 +0100 From: "Martin Giles" Subject: Re: House concerts and folk festivals Just a quick apology to the Joni Only List - I forgot the NJC tag on my post a couple of days back. It won't happen again !! :0) Martin. www.myspace.com/stryngs ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 18:14:34 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Crown and Anchor Cassy, some things in Joni's songs are obvious. Some are less so and some people click and others don't. There are always going to be people on this list who either missed a thread or just never put the pieces together. I understood that, "...crown and anchor me or let me sail away" meant the choice of making a romantic commitment and embracing freedom but didn't get the analogy. Thanks for pointing out the jewellery stamp. I did not know that. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 10:27:07 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: Crown and Anchor So Mark, does this mean you think I got it wrong? I find it interesting that you take the phrasing "crown and anchor me or let me sail away" to mean not the one thing or the other but both. You could be right, of course. Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr Mark-Leon Thorne Skickat: den 4 maj 2007 10:15 Till: Cassy Kopia: JMDL Dmne: Re: Crown and Anchor Cassy, some things in Joni's songs are obvious. Some are less so and some people click and others don't. There are always going to be people on this list who either missed a thread or just never put the pieces together. I understood that, "...crown and anchor me or let me sail away" meant the choice of making a romantic commitment and embracing freedom but didn't get the analogy. Thanks for pointing out the jewellery stamp. I did not know that. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 18:56:32 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: SV: Crown and Anchor Marion. I don't think I expressed myself very well. I had just come back from a long walk with my dog up and down glens in the park so, was a bit exhausted. I don't recall reading a posting by you on this subject. Sorry about that. I just found Cassy's discovery of the gold stamp fascinating. I guess I had always got Joni's meaning by the term, anchor and " let me sail away" as, make a commitment to me or just let me go, make a decision which I can relate to. What I was trying to get across to Cassy is that whether or not she think this connection might be obvious to people or not, it's always worth mentioning because there will always be someone who doesn't know the meaning of the lyrics or knew about the stamp on jewellery. Does that make sense? Mark. On 04/05/2007, at 6:27 PM, Marion Leffler wrote: > So Mark, does this mean you think I got it wrong? I find it > interesting that > you take the phrasing "crown and anchor me or let me sail away" to > mean not > the one thing or the other but both. You could be right, of course. > Marion > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr > Mark-Leon > Thorne > Skickat: den 4 maj 2007 10:15 > Till: Cassy > Kopia: JMDL > Dmne: Re: Crown and Anchor > > Cassy, some things in Joni's songs are obvious. Some are less so and > some people click and others don't. There are always going to be people > on this list who either missed a thread or just never put the pieces > together. I understood that, "...crown and anchor me or let me sail > away" meant the choice of making a romantic commitment and embracing > freedom but didn't get the analogy. Thanks for pointing out the > jewellery stamp. I did not know that. > > Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 11:39:06 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: SV: Crown and Anchor Okay, Mark,I misunderstood. I thought you had read my posting since I sent it an hour before yours reached me and that you were including it in your reply to Cassy in some way. Sorry! - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr Mark-Leon Thorne Skickat: den 4 maj 2007 10:57 Till: Marion Leffler Kopia: JMDL Dmne: Re: SV: Crown and Anchor Marion. I don't think I expressed myself very well. I had just come back from a long walk with my dog up and down glens in the park so, was a bit exhausted. I don't recall reading a posting by you on this subject. Sorry about that. I just found Cassy's discovery of the gold stamp fascinating. I guess I had always got Joni's meaning by the term, anchor and " let me sail away" as, make a commitment to me or just let me go, make a decision which I can relate to. What I was trying to get across to Cassy is that whether or not she think this connection might be obvious to people or not, it's always worth mentioning because there will always be someone who doesn't know the meaning of the lyrics or knew about the stamp on jewellery. Does that make sense? Mark. On 04/05/2007, at 6:27 PM, Marion Leffler wrote: > So Mark, does this mean you think I got it wrong? I find it > interesting that > you take the phrasing "crown and anchor me or let me sail away" to > mean not > the one thing or the other but both. You could be right, of course. > Marion > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr > Mark-Leon > Thorne > Skickat: den 4 maj 2007 10:15 > Till: Cassy > Kopia: JMDL > Dmne: Re: Crown and Anchor > > Cassy, some things in Joni's songs are obvious. Some are less so and > some people click and others don't. There are always going to be people > on this list who either missed a thread or just never put the pieces > together. I understood that, "...crown and anchor me or let me sail > away" meant the choice of making a romantic commitment and embracing > freedom but didn't get the analogy. Thanks for pointing out the > jewellery stamp. I did not know that. > > Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 08:00:11 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: SV: Crown and Anchor And yet, coincidentally or ironically, she states on the same album "we don't need no piece of paper from the city hall keeping us tied and true". I think it's that conflict that makes "Blue" such a powerful song, the same conflict that drives "Song For Sharon". I think she'd already seen a lot of the conflict of wanting to further her artistic career and maintain legally-binding interpersonal relationships, both with Chuck and with her own child. Bob NP: Tom Waits, "World Keeps Turning" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. 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I'm having visions of "the priest sat in an airport bar, he was > wearing his father's tie"...scrawled in purple crayon... > wow.. > Em > The sad thing is, I have actually done that, once, at one of those restaurants that have paper tableclothes and provide crayons. I swear. - --AJ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 09:53:59 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: If Joni was a dog I think she'd be a pharoah hound. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 14:59:42 +0000 From: "J Harney" Subject: Joni mention on "David Letterman" On "Letterman" last night a short riff occurred after the Top 10 list, the topic of which was something like "Top 10 Reasons Your Horse Won't Win the Kentucky Derby" included a mention of Joni, which was rather long in coming for such a short bit of comic business. One of the reason was (also) something like "Your horse is spooked by other horses, jockeys and dirt." Letterman seized on the "Jockeys and Dirt" phrase, and in a sort of perverse Proustian moment, he tried to recall the title of song by a female singer. Names like Cher, Linda Ronstadt, Joan Baez ("Diamonds and Rust" came to mind for me), Judy Collins were bandied about, until Barbara Gaines, the producer, screamed "Joni Mitchell!" from the sidelines. Yes, Letterman said with a chuckle, Joni Mitchell. At that point, Paul Shaffer noted that "Jockeys and Dirt" was Joni's follow up to "Court and Spark." Rather amusing and surreal... Jack _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 17:33:44 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: SV: Crown and Anchor Yes, Bob, I'm aware of her earlier experiences. And of course none of us really know what her relationship with the man she needed no piece of paper from the city hall to feel emotionally bound to was like. Maybe she did not trust him enough, after all, not to fear that history would repeat itself. Otherwise there is little explanation why Joni could not imagine a different future at that point in her life. "But you know, life is for learning". Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Skickat: den 4 maj 2007 14:00 Till: Marion Leffler Kopia: 'JMDL'; 'Cassy' Dmne: Re: SV: Crown and Anchor And yet, coincidentally or ironically, she states on the same album "we don't need no piece of paper from the city hall keeping us tied and true". I think it's that conflict that makes "Blue" such a powerful song, the same conflict that drives "Song For Sharon". I think she'd already seen a lot of the conflict of wanting to further her artistic career and maintain legally-binding interpersonal relationships, both with Chuck and with her own child. Bob NP: Tom Waits, "World Keeps Turning" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. 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Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr LCStanley7@aol.com Skickat: den 4 maj 2007 15:54 Till: joni@smoe.org Dmne: If Joni was a dog I think she'd be a pharoah hound. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 11:39:59 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: JONI: A Dog or a Goddess? Monika, whenever you talk about your brother I picture Wayne, the middle brother, in "Wonder Years". Ha....tell him *that* - ------------------------------------------------ Funny you should say that because I have told him that before! Once when he was really getting on my nerves I snapped at him (said some rude things) and ended it off by telling him he was like Wayne. Funny, huh? - -Monika ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 11:45:33 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni & Carole King Monika, I know you sing. I heard you on myspace.com. Have you tried to sing Joni's part in harmony with James Taylor? Darn, I haven't had one person sing it right. I think your Cinnamon Girl singing voice is influenced alot more by Neil Young. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - --------- Hmm, no can't say that I have tried singing that harmony part. In fact so far, the only place where I sing Joni Mitchell aloud is in my room alone (or in the car with it turned up quite loud) and just one song (Free Man In Paris) at karaoke (although I have been working on a couple Joni songs to cover as part of my sets). Joni's tough to sing man. I do cover a few Neil song--Love Is A Rose, Like A Hurricane, and Cortez The Killer. He's quite a bit easier to sing for me. He's not up and down and all around within just a few seconds/lines (he sings more with conviction rather than worrying about range or strethcing out notes). But that's a reason I love Joni's voice though. - -Monika ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 12:14:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: JONI: A Dog or a Goddess? - --- AJ wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Em" > > > > > --- Catherine McKay > wrote:> My brother - my one > > and only brother, the first-born > >> son, that special one - used to mock Joni, > telling me > >> "anyone with a purple crayon could write that." > > > > ha! I'm having visions of "the priest sat in an > airport bar, he was > > wearing his father's tie"...scrawled in purple > crayon... > > wow.. > > Em > > > > The sad thing is, I have actually done that, once, > at one > of those restaurants that have paper tableclothes > and > provide crayons. > > I swear. > > --AJ My brother, as I'm sure you can tell, was trying to be disparaging. As if the fact of writing with a purple crayon suggested the writer were either childish or lacking in intellect. Be it noted that my brother is an engineer. Not to put down an entire profession, but their idea of creativity has to do with solving problems, building bridges and so on. And yet, I can picture one of them, having suddenly come up with the solution to a particular problem, while out dining with their young family, grasping the nearest crayon (given to the young'uns to keep them happy), purple or any other colour, and writing out the diagram or the equation that they've suddenly dreamed up that will solve their problem. As if suddenly getting an inspiration for a bit of music or the words to a poem or a story were somehow less worthy. PAH! Some of us know better. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 12:14:24 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: Crown and Anchor "Crown and Anchor me or let me sail away" - -------------------------------------------------------- Oh I love that line. It may be one of top favorite lines from the entire album! It's such a loaded statement yet so desperately honest. How many people don't feel like that in relationships? Wow man. That's so very interesting about the jewelry. It opens up another door to another interpretation! That's also another reason why I like Joni's music so much. There's so much room for your own perspective. I love that man. I never thought about it as marry me or let me go though it certainly makes sense. I always thought it meant you know----make me first, be in this relationship, really commit, love me no questions asked, almost even worship me in our love, (know what I mean? Don't know if I explained that right but just normal things that women crave in THE ideal relationship but would never say aloud to their significant other), or let me go. But the marriage thing certainly fits as well. It's all one thing and many things at the same time. - -Monika ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 12:37:46 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: Those souls who don't "get" Joni (especially younger ones) just aren't interested in listening to lyrics. They simply want to be passively entertained and don't want to have to think. This has been my experience. I play them a song by Joni or someone else like Janis Ian and ask them what they think. The typical answer is, "Oh it's lovely" but when I ask them what they thought of the subject matter of the song, they say, "What subject matter?" - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You know what? As far as the majority of the "younger ones" go, I think you are right. A good load of people want a good beat to dance to and don't give an ounce of thought into what the song is about. I mean for Christ's sake, "this shit is bananas, b-a-n-a-n-a-s?!?!?!?!" I read a magazine poll in which the readers had voted THAT, lyric of the year! LYRIC OF THE YEAR?!?!?!?!?!?!?! And when I was at broadcasting school I remember talking to a couple of kids about the Beatles. This one guy who was really quite a funny guy (I have nothing against him you know) told me he didn't like the Beatles because he didn't like to have to think about what he listens to. I found that quite funny as the Beatles are pretty straight forward in their lyrics. I do love their lyrics but they're not something you have to think about for hours to understand. I mean, "I want to hold your hand" means just that. Know what I mean? Woo, as far as Joni is concerned, some just don't have the attention span, or don't care to "look" for their music (turn on the radio and bam!), or like you said just don't want to have to think about it. It's kind of sad really because you miss out on so much if you turn your mind off. Sometimes it kind of depresses me to go to bars or clubs or things like that as far as music is concerned. I'll tell you why. I see these people "dancing" and singing along to such songs that go, "this is why I'm hot, I'm hot cause I'm fly, you ain't cause you not." I mean COME ON! And there are people who LIKE these songs! I don't mean to be judgemental or say that one type of music is more superior to the other but how can someone listen to something so empty and thoughtless? And even more so, the thought of a musician or whoever sitting down writing those words on a piece of paper to remember them makes me want to laugh. It just pains me sometimes. Music is something to be valued. Music is something that should be art. Much of the art is gone and a good amount of people couldn't care less. - -Monika, who lives for and only for music ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 12:49:24 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Re: Crown and Anchor "Crown and Anchor me or let me sail away" Pure Joni genius. Full of Shakespearean-level appeal and interpretations. Though I doubt that Joni, who affectionately has referred to herself as a serial monogamist, was referring to marriage, but more to a stable relationship. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 13:20:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Those souls who don't "get" Joni Mark-Leon wrote: > (especially younger ones) just aren't interested in > listening to lyrics. > They simply want to be passively entertained and > don't want to have to think. > This has been my experience. I play them a song by > Joni or someone else like > Janis Ian and ask them what they think. The typical > answer is, "Oh it's lovely" > but when I ask them what they thought of the subject > matter of the song, they > say, "What subject matter?" > - ----------------------------------------------------- - --- Motitan@aol.com wrote: > You know what? As far as the majority of the > "younger ones" go, I think > you are right. A good load of people want a good > beat to dance to and don't > give an ounce of thought into what the song is > about. I don't know if this is the exclusive domain of younger people or even this day and age. I think the majority of people of most generations go for the beat and the danceability. And there are some that go for the sentimental mush (the Celine Dion ballads and that sort of thing.) I think there's always been a lot of bubblegum music around and that appeals to people, because it's easy to learn the melody and the words. Some people just don't like to think much, IMO, because that can be pretty scary. Having said that, maybe it's just because I'm old and cranky, but there seems to be a lot more crap music around than there ever was before. There doesn't seem to be a lot of originality in the words or the music. A lot of modern dance music, hiphop and so on, seems to linger on maybe three notes and that's it, plus a lot of sometimes clever, but often just imitative sampling. Maybe I just don't get it and maybe I've become my mother, but it all sounds the same to me. And so many of the lyrics are not merely simplistic and moronic, but downright crass. When people like Fergie and the Pussycat Dolls are cranking out number one hits, it's pretty darn depressing. There's still some good stuff out there, but you're not going to hear it on mainstream radio or on MTV. Catherine Toronto ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 17:56:55 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Re: JONI: A Dog or a Goddess? Ha ha Monika! Immediately after I read your email here: > >Monika, whenever you talk about your brother I picture Wayne, the middle >brother, in "Wonder Years". Ha....tell him *that* >------------------------------------------------ > Funny you should say that because I have told him that before! Once >when he was really getting on my nerves I snapped at him (said some rude >things) >and ended it off by telling him he was like Wayne. Funny, huh? >-Monika > .........I got one from my son the Joni Jokester. Brothers and sons can be alike. He wrote: Hi Mom: Not sure how I got on this horrible distribution list from amazon, but I thought I would pass it on to you. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Amazon.com" To: Subject: "A Tribute To Joni Mitchell" now available from Amazon.com Date: 4 May 2007 07:41:14 -0700 Dear Amazon.com Customer, We've noticed that customers who have expressed interest in Hits also ordered A Tribute To Joni Mitchell. For this reason, you might like to know that A Tribute To Joni Mitchell is now available. You can order your copy for just $12.97 ($6.01 off the list price) by following the link below. ******** Hmmmm....."customers who have expressed interest in Hits"? Methinks he doth protest too much. Anyway, I got him back with this: *** Ha! I just had a brainstorm. *NOW* I know what to get you guys for a wedding present: the complete collection of Joni Mitchell! ; ) *** This is the son who called me when he arrived in Chicago to tell me that the first song he heard in the rental car sounded like Joni (he put his cellphone up to the speaker so I could identify it -- it was BYT), and I told him that it's a sign that he belongs there, and he shot back: "No, it's a sign that if I move to Chicago I should never listen to *this* radio station." (I know that story is a repeat....I'm not totally twisted -- yet!) Bon weekend, tout le Joni monde! Love, Patti P. in sunny Storrs, where there is spring along the ditches _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 11:01:02 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Joni mention on "David Letterman" Kind of a running gag on Letterman-he's done this bit a few times before-maybe not for a couple of years. From: "J Harney" > On "Letterman" > something like "Top 10 Reasons Your Horse > Won't Win the Kentucky Derby" included a > mention of Joni, which was rather long in coming > for such a short bit of comic business. One > of the reason was (also) something like > "Your horse is spooked by other horses, jockeys > and dirt." Letterman seized on the "Jockeys and Dirt" > phrase, and in a sort of perverse Proustian moment, > he tried to recall the title of song by a female singer. > Names like Cher, Linda Ronstadt, Joan Baez ("Diamonds > and Rust" came to mind for me), Judy Collins were > bandied about, until Barbara Gaines, the producer, > screamed "Joni Mitchell!" from the sidelines. Yes, > Letterman said with a chuckle, Joni Mitchell. At that > point, Paul Shaffer noted that "Jockeys and Dirt" was > Joni's follow up to "Court and Spark." Rather amusing > and surreal... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 19:46:19 +0000 From: "c Karma" Subject: The Mitchell/Taylor boy & girl choir, was Carole King said Donna in response to Monika: Honey, run don't walk, to the store and buy Carol King's Tapestry today! It's a classic IMHO and one of my favorites even after all these years. And the song where James & Joni back her is "Will you still Love Me Tomorrow" still my favorite cut on that album. I think about that every time I listen to Joni ghosting that song in "Chinese Cafe." ("We'd be playing, you give your love so sweetly...one more time") Of course, the difference being that the chronological placement of that song eminating from a jukebox in Saskatoon would likely have been The Shirelles' 1960 version. Such is the breadth of Carole King's career. By the time she broke sales records with "Tapestry" she'd already influenced a generation of musicians from the Brill Building era. I ask again...where is the American Idol show highlighting the music of Carole King that would be the schizzle? CC "Let those rock'n'roll choir boys come and carry us away."-- JM _________________________________________________________________ Watch free concerts with Pink, Rod Stewart, Oasis and more. Visit MSN In Concert today. http://music.msn.com/presents?icid=ncmsnpresentstagline ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 16:13:21 -0500 From: "AJ" Subject: Re: Those souls who don't "get" Joni - ----- Original Message ----- From: > You know what? As far as the majority of the "younger ones" go, I > think > you are right. A good load of people want a good beat to dance to and > don't > give an ounce of thought into what the song is about. I mean for > Christ's > sake, "this shit is bananas, b-a-n-a-n-a-s?!?!?!?!" I read a magazine > poll in > which the readers had voted THAT, lyric of the year! LYRIC OF THE > YEAR?!?!?!?!?!?!?! ________________________________________________________ By no means do I think that should have been Lyric of the Year, but I gotta admit I really like that song, and Gwen Stefani, and have it on my IPod. Please don't kick me off the list! Happy Derby Day Eve [speaking of Bad Songs, IMO there is no more horrible song that that Fogelberg song he wrote about the Derby, "Run for the Roses"] - --AJ, Kentucky Girl ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 16:04:16 -0700 From: "Jill Haas" Subject: Joni mention on "David Letterman" and the Ellen Show Another Joni reference in the world of comedy talk shows-- Ellen Degeneres has been doing her show from a hospital bed (on her set) because she recently injured her back. She frequently reminds her audience that she's on drugs, and it appears that she is somewhat "free associating." At some point in the show (Wednesday?) she pops out with "They paved paradise / and put up a parking lot / Oooo (not shoo) bop bop bop bop." It took me right back to Jonifest. BTY, during Letterman's search for what "jockeys and dirt" reminded him of, I was yelling "Diamonds and Rust." (I shouldn't admit that I talk back to the TV...) My guess is that Dave was thinking that also, but I was pleased that Joni's "Court and Spark" ended up as the answer. Randy the Remoteness wrote: On "Letterman's" "Top 10 Reasons Your Horse Won't Win the Kentucky Derby" included "Your horse is spooked by other horses, jockeys and dirt." Letterman seized on the "Jockeys and Dirt" phrase, and in a sort of perverse Proustian moment, he tried to recall the title of song by a female singer. Names like Cher, Linda Ronstadt, Joan Baez ("Diamonds and Rust" came to mind for me), Judy Collins were bandied about, until Barbara Gaines, the producer, screamed "Joni Mitchell!" from the sidelines. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 20:51:33 EDT From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Monika on MySpace? > From: jeannie > Subject: Re: Joni & Carole King > > You Just Call Out My Name. > > Monika, I know you sing. I heard you on myspace.com. > Have you tried to sing Joni's part in harmony with > James Taylor? > What do I have to do to hear Monika sing on MySpace? I want to hear her do Cinnamon Girl. Kenny B ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #138 ********************************* ------- 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)