From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #312 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 Wednesday, October 3 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 312 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Shiny Love Songs [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #311 [Dave Blackburn ] Re: Shiny Love Songs [Mark-Leon Thorne ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:47:36 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Shiny Love Songs Aleda, this is a question that was niggling at me but, I wasn't able to put my finger on it. Shine is a fine, fine album. As I've stated before, Joni has never done a bad album in my opinion and I learn something about life from each one. She is a voice of a generation and she has important things to say. I believe though, the thing that really brought Joni to our hearts is her personal exploration of the human condition and made people stop and think about themselves. She still makes people think but, now she wants us to think about our responsibility to each other and the planet we call home. It's valid and it's worthwhile. What I miss though, from her past three albums is that personal stuff. Maybe lessons in love but also her self analysis. Getting old doesn't mean there is nothing or little left to learn. You're fooling yourself if you think so. I've always said that the answer to life is a question. When you run out of questions, you run out of life and of course, when you run out of life, you run out of questions. Joni doesn't seem to be asking questions anymore. Naiveti can be beautiful just as simplicity can be. It's OK to be angry and to motivate people into action to improve our circumstances but it's most effective when it is tempered with some personal lessons too and not just feeling responsible for the planet. It's like someone once said about a good comedy; "people need to take a breath between laughs, otherwise, none of it gets in". My 2 cents. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:39:45 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #311 My personal fave: Manfred Mann/Springsteen "Swept up like a douche, a Motorola in the night" On Oct 2, 2007, at 8:05 PM, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: > My favorite all time mondegreens are Creedence Clearwater's "There's a > bathroom on the right" and Elton John's "Hold me closer, Tony > Danza." I'm > sure these are apocryphal, but they amuse me nevertheless. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:56:10 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Shiny Love Songs < That doesn't make much sense to me. I've NEVER bought an album based on what topic a songwriter was singing about and I doubt that people do that...pick up a CD, try and figure out the subject matter, and then decide whether or not to buy it. If any of you do engage in that kind of behavior I'd like to hear it. Besides, TTT's sales were not very impressive I'm sure, and she included lots of "Middle-age love songs" on it; Love Puts On A New Face, Crazy Cries, Stay In Touch, Man From Mars, and (sort of) Face Lift. I will be interested to see how the sales go for Shine, it seems to be getting much better exposure and reviews than TTT did. Bob NP: Tom Waits, "Bride of Rain Dog"> Actually, I do that, Bob. I can't say it's the case with every single CD I own but, generally, I am lyrically oriented and back in the days of going to CD stores, I ALWAYS listen before I decide to buy. Especially in the case of some like Joni (of course, I buy her CDs regardless because I have to have them all) whose known for her word art as well as music. Unless it's a dance beat, my main criteria for buying music is the lyrics. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #312 ********************************* ------- 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)