From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #145 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 12 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 145 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- [none] ["c Karma" ] Re: Thoughts on DJRD (long) [Motitan@aol.com] Smoke and more smoke [notaro@stpt.usf.edu] Re: Thoughts on DJRD (long) ["Randy Remote" ] joni coverage [Randy Johnson ] Man from Mars ["Michel BYRNE" ] RE: Man from Mars ["patrick leader" ] Re: Joni's Friend Stephen [PassScribe@aol.com] 2 Joni mentions from Ann & Nancy ["Randy Remote" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:25:57 +0000 From: "c Karma" Subject: [none] AJ wrote: I also have a big weakness for Burt Bachrach. What can I say. The heart has its reasons that reason knows not of. A MUST HAVE, then is his collaboration with Elvis Costello, "Painted From Memory." I could listen to "My Thief" from that record for a week straight. I think I have, actually. CC _________________________________________________________________ Make every IM count. Download Messenger and join the im Initiative now. Its free. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM_MAY07 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 11:40:43 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: Thoughts on DJRD (long) Well I'm glad to have this list to talk about these albums with. It's such a relief because when I tell my family, "oh I got a new Joni Mitchell album" they just roll their eyes and ignore me. When I tell my friends (sans my friend Nickey which some of you know from Jonifest) the same thing, they just say "cool." This list is so refreshing. Anyway, I'm so glad I own DJRD. It's funny because I have the "urge" (not for going) but the urge for listening to it. Let me explain. When I buy a new album usually I spend a couple days listening heavily to it. Then depending on my mood or whatever reason I'll either put it down until I get an inclination to listen to it again in coming time or certain songs or I'll have the "urge" for listening to it. Meaning everytime I listen to music (I grab a variety of music as I never listen to the same albums over and over when listening to music) I'll HAVE to grab the album. I'll have this "craving" to listen to it. Even when I'll be sitting doing something else, I won't be thinking, "oh I better go listen to that" but I'll have the urge to listen to it. I suppose it is like a craving for a drug. You're not satisfied until you get what you want which is what happens. I'll grab the album to satisfy my craving and I'll be ok for a little bit of time...until it starts up again. Eventually this initial feeling goes away and then it's just your normal "I want to listen to this or that" feeling. I remember I had this feeling with "For The Roses" quite heavily. So I have the "urge" for DJRD. Does this sound crazy or does it make sense? Anybody know the feeling? - -Monika, not crazy but perhaps a bit out there ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 14:26:38 -0400 (EDT) From: notaro@stpt.usf.edu Subject: Smoke and more smoke The smoke is so thick here in St. Petersburg I can hardly see the boats on the water from my office. We've just been informed it is so bad they fear the smoke alarms are going to go off so we have to shut off the sprinklers in case they do. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 13:13:38 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Thoughts on DJRD (long) From: > So I have the "urge" for DJRD. Does this sound crazy or does it make > sense? Anybody know the feeling? Yes indeedy...I listened to DJRD daily for, like 2 weeks on a $15 Radio Shack cassette recorder...not played, listened. Had to. Blue was like that. Fleetwood Mac's Tusk was like that. >Hi, this is a message" from the bottle" and also, a message of ABSOLUTE >(ly) Love >Joni Mitchell I am in love with,since my tender youth (Do you >hear me JONI ????? >She's a White Magic Woman........with Black & White faboulous >musician >.......playing guitars and piano like she >breathes.....naturally.......DON'T YOU >THINK SO ?? ?????? Joni has >a so sweet discret smile but so much sincere on >many many compositions >"Live".......What else could we say, to try to GET A >PRIVATE CONCERT just >for us, fans thirsty of Her, in the whole >Globe........WOODSTOCK won't be >enough, for sure !!!!!!!!! >"Christian" (FRANCE) She's a Magic White Woman, too- A private concert....hmmm....if we could get 500 people to kick in $200 each that would be $100,000. She might do it! But where to have it? (May I suggest Northern California?)......Anyway, nice to hear from you, Christian,and nice to know Joni has some sort of presence in France. How did you discover her? RR ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:29:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Randy Johnson Subject: joni coverage i have been scouring all the local San Francisco alternative papers for any mention of the tribute album and the only weekly that has even written about it is the local lesbian/gay paper the B.A.R. which also includes a lovely photo of joni at a window in mailbu in 1970. This particular paper has always brought up to the date info. on joni in its arts column. also, don't know if anyone has mentioned joni's duet with joan baez which appears on two of baez' 70's albums. there are no lyrics, just vocalizing. as for favorite artists, another canadian singer/songwriter who has always impressed me is Ferron. any other Ferron fanatics out there? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 01:03:06 +0000 From: "Michel BYRNE" Subject: Man from Mars Like others here, I was pretty bowled over by the 'alternate' version of MFM. For the first time ever it struck me as a great song - and even that 'boohoo' made sense, as the singer being self-deprecating, trying to make light of her pain which you realise with every line goes deeper and deeper. The vocal is much more expressive than in TT (the variations in the first line of each verse for example), and the accompaniment much lighter, which (for me) just suddenly brought the lyrics out. Do we know who produced it? Is that J playing the piano? The backing vocals dont sound like her... Strange how we all react differently. I know this will sound like sacrilege to many, but i never quite got what was so great about A Case of You - I always found the Blue vocals irritating - until I heard the orchestral remake on BSN - and BANG! the vocal just floored me, and the richness of the lyrics just seemed to grow and grow. Also totally love the remake of Last Time i Saw Richard. Thanks for the interesting review of DJRD. The title track is still in my top 5 - top 3 even? - Joni songs- absolutely stunning lyrics, for imagery and for rhythm. _________________________________________________________________ Play your part in making history - Email Britain! http://www.emailbritain.co.uk/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 22:15:28 -0400 From: "patrick leader" Subject: RE: Man from Mars hey michel - post more! i want to hear more about what you like and don't like in mitchell's work. give me sacrilege! i have the cd for 'grace of my heart' there a credit that reads THE MUSICIANS ON THE SOUNDTRACK AND THE FILM ARE:, but it just lists about 45 names, with no specific song or instrument credits. the notes mention that chuck berghofer provided bass on one song. larry klein produced the song, and most of the songs on the album. it's an interesting album, as most of the songs are written and performed to sound like period songs. there's a beach boys-esque song, an everly brothers-esque song, et cetera. has anyone ever thought of 'man from mars' as a period song, especially in this arrangement, with the girl group back-up vocals? ***** just gave this version of the song another listen, and my answer's 'naaahhh'. joni just provided the song she needed to in 1996. patrick np - absence makes the heart grow fonder, from the 'grace of my heart' soundtrack. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Michel BYRNE Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 9:03 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Man from Mars Like others here, I was pretty bowled over by the 'alternate' version of MFM. For the first time ever it struck me as a great song - and even that 'boohoo' made sense, as the singer being self-deprecating, trying to make light of her pain which you realise with every line goes deeper and deeper. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 23:09:16 EDT From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni's Friend Stephen Hi, all, i just got back from the Stephen Stills concert (you remember him... one of Joni's old friends) at Westbury Music Fair (Ooops, sorry! It's North Fork Theater at Westbury now) which ended a half-hour ago. Rather than tie up the JMDL with non-Joni stuff, please email me if you'd like to hear how the concert was (Monika, you're already on the list of people to send to and, YES, he did a Manassas song) and, as soon as I can write it up, I'll send it out to you all. Kenny B ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 21:34:12 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: 2 Joni mentions from Ann & Nancy Directv is running a new Heart concert this weekend- they are doing the whole Dreamboat Annie album- check it out if you can-it's pretty smokin'- anyway, at the beginning the sisters are seated for an interview, and they say that when they started, it was either disco or singer-songwriter types "like Carly Simon or Joni Mitchell", no rocker women, so they had to be the pioneers (what about Janis Joplin?). Later, when they talk about the artists they were listening to around the DA time they mention Joni again. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #145 ********************************* ------- 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)