From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #140 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, August 16 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 140 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- movie songs [JEFF HANKINS ] Re: movie songs ["Bob Muller" ] Re: sjc, I've been traveling sooooo long... ["Randy Remote" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:28:12 +0100 (BST) From: JEFF HANKINS Subject: movie songs Didn't Joni write 'Harry's House' for a film too? The Carrie Snodgress film 'Diary of a Mad Housewife' or whatever it was called (but not used)? It is a very 'filmic' song. I didn't know she'd written Sweet Bird for 'Shampoo'!! I always thought it was a response-song (like a couple of the songs on'Shine') to 'Sweet Bird of Youth'. Similarly I kind of imagined that 'Midnight Cowboy' was a response-song (after seeing the movie) - would she have had sufficient notoriety back then to have written it 'for' the film? Of course, 'Songs to ageing Children' WAS used for Alice's Restaurant, though not the voice that would have made it come alive! Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:46:35 -0400 From: "Bob Muller" Subject: Re: movie songs At the time she was hanging out with James Leo Herlihy, the writer of the novel. This was back in the Laurel Canyon days. When the book was touted as a film project, she composed her song for it but in the end they went with Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talking", sung by Nilsson who had also written a song for the film which wasn't used - "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City". Good trivia from my favorite movie of all time. Bob NP: Al Green, "Love & Happiness" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:14:12 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: sjc, I've been traveling sooooo long... From: "Patti Parlette" >(I was in some hotel room, and yes it had a view....and it was a *pink* >hotel to boot! With a boutique, and a swinging hot spot. I kid you not! Patti, this time you've gone too far!...Ha, really, glad you had a wonderful trip, hope you're not down to a roll of dimes.... Re: The Beatles Love:::I gotta see it but glad someone from the jmdl was there to represent- Re: CSN on Colbert- pretty good interview but the song.... I don't know which was scarier, that they let Colbert sing with them on Teach Your Children, or that he sang as good as they did...not a shining moment. Colbert: Do you want to take back all the terrible things you said about Nixon? CSN: No way! Funny, the radio today announced David's birthday, and proceeded to play (Nash's) Lady of the Island (which is probably about Joni now that I think about it). Happy birthday to the Croz!!! And thanks for bringing Joni into our lives! And thanks for all the music!!! RR RR ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:18:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Monika Bogdanowicz Subject: Joni's music and more...(long) I had previously asked a question about honesty in music and in particular the honesty in Joni's music. I had been meaning to write this email for a while but have had very little time to myself. I'm almost always working (2 jobs currently) and when I am off, I am almost always doing something. Not to mention I'll be in Vancouver, Canada this Tuesday and won't return until the following Tuesday, the 26th. I will have no access to a computer but very much free time to absorb the culture and enjoy myself. That is one of the reasons why I decided to just stay home tonight after getting home from work--just have a nice, relaxing night all to myself. Sweet solitude. Anyhow, I think one of the most beautiful aspects of Joni's music is the integrity in it. Just recently we read how a song can be so valuable to someone's life. Even in the songs that Joni writes about a "character" or a song that simply expresses a point of view, you know a little (or a big) part of her went into it. Even if she has said in interviews I wrote that or this song purely as an exercise and don't believe in it (has she ever even said such a thing? I'm just saying) you know something of her went into it. I never believe the writers who after writing something say that there was no personal input or outlook put into it. Yes there was! You wrote it! It came from your mind....if not your heart. It is a part of you. Anyway, I can't cite a song that I find dishonest by Joni. Now of course I could be partly biased but even such a song like You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio which was indeed written with the intention of being a hit had some sort of personal input into it. It was kind of a joke pointed at Geffen who wanted Joni to write songs more suitable for "radio" exposure. Kind of clever, no? I think Joni's most soul baring song is Little Green. I'm sure that was very hard for her to perform. You know what? I retract. Perhaps it had the opposite effect on her as her music has on us. We all relate to her music and are comforted by it. I would say Joni's most honest (and beautiful) song is River. I absolutely positively love that song. Although I would say that if I wanted to dance to a Joni song, I'd probably pick DJRD as well though I wouldn't tape myself doing so. It does have a solid groove though. - -Monika ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #140 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe