From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #237 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 Tuesday, November 18 2008 Volume 2008 : Number 237 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- OzFest [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: first Joni? [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Song for a funeral [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Dream JoniCovers, now Left of Center Joni Covers [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Funeral, first and pics all Joni [Russell Bowden ] RE: JMDL Digest V2008 #292 ["Mike Wood" ] RE: Joni a hippie? + Forest Gump [do9eatdo9@yahoo.com] Re: first Joni? ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: Song for a funeral ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Song for a funeral ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: funeral song [Laura Stanley ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:04:29 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: OzFest Hi everyone. There is now a Yahoo group page for Ozfest as well as the JoniFest page on Facebook. The JoniFest Facebook group is for all thing JoniFest. You can discuss past and future JoniFests there and there will be information posted about upcoming JoniFests. An even has been posted for SoCal JoniFest and should appear on your profile page if you are a member. The Yahoo group serves much the same purpose but is specifically about OzFest. I will continue to post information on both for OzFest. There is also a link to the SoCal JoniFest Yahoo group on that page too. It's still too early to start taking bookings for OzFest but the quote stands and I have posted the menu for the event. Look for it in the Files section. I will be posting other files and photos soon. Although it is still too early to take bookings, I would like to create a database of people who are interested in coming so, I can get an idea of numbers. Remember, the number of people coming will determine the individual price for everyone. You can join the OzFest Yahoo group here : http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/OzFest2010 You can also send e-mails to all the members here: OzFest2010@yahoogroups.com Please think seriously about coming to OzFest. You still have 15 months to save and this JoniFest promises to be the JoniFest to beat all JoniFests. Lot of surprises in store. You'll be blown away. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:10:51 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: first Joni? That's easy, James. You mentioned it in your fist post - The World of Joni Mitchell. It's a nice compilation of her first four albums and includes tracks from her greatest album, Blue, I believe. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:28:12 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Song for a funeral Hi Arkay. My condolences to you. That's a tough one to deal with. I wish I had thought of playing a Joni song at my mother's funeral. My mother would have liked something uplifting. In that vein, I was thinking My Best To You from Taming The Tiger might be appropriate. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:45:07 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Dream JoniCovers, now Left of Center Joni Covers Oh yes, Joseph. I absolutely agree. Tracey really needs to record this or any other Joni song she likes but, See You Sometime would just be perfect. I love some of your other choices too. Rickie Lee Jones singing Sunny Sunday. I can really hear that. Barangrill for Tom Waits. That would be so cool. Mark in Sydney NPIMH See You Sometime - Tracey Thorn ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:13:55 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Joni a hippie? Hi Monika, These days people are more accepting of the fact that they were (or still are :~}) hippies. Back then it was word manufactured by the 'straight' media so people who were being labeled as such didn't like the word. 'Freaks', like Joni uses in the song Carey, was the term many hippies used at the time to describe themselves or their friends. Yes, Joni was considered the queen of them all but whether she accepted that title or not probably depends on what era she was being interviewed. It is an interesting concept, whether an artist or art reflects or defines a culture. I'd say Joni's music was both a reflection of & that it also helped define those times. I was at Woodstock & when I heard Joni's song I was amazed at how she nailed it & she wasn't even there. Kate >I don't know why I was thinking about this today, but did you consider Joni to be a hippie? Was she a part of the movement or did she just happen to be there? Which of her songs do you think best reflect the attitudes and beliefs of the counterculture? I remember reading an interview with Joni where she said in one way she wasn't a hippie at all and in another way, she was the Queen of the hippies. I think that suits her well. What do you think about the writer behind the song Woodstock as far as this topic goes? - - -Monika< ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:22:10 -0500 From: Russell Bowden Subject: Funeral, first and pics all Joni Arkay, Deep sympathy for the loss of your Mother...I would suggest (and I'm not exactly sure why) Refuge of the Roads, Sweet Bird or The Sire of Sorrow..kinda out there, I guess, but I wouldn't mind having any of them heard at my last party. James, Like many others here...C&S would be my first choice as it was the one that opened my heart and mind to Joni. Willy, Thanks for the link to the pics....lots of screen savers there.... Love to all, Russ Mischief Managed _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows. connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119463819/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:07:59 -0600 From: Arkay Adkisson Subject: Funeral Song thank you to everyone that has helped me find the best song. we all agree that the BSN version from the BSN album is the best. it will be played at the end of the funeral. my mom would have liked that. thank you all. arkay _________________________________________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:32:41 -0000 From: "Mike Wood" Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2008 #292 Hi My answer to this one, and it is an answer that has worked (once, anyway) is Miles of Aisles. I am not sure it is possible to imagine so many great songs packed onto one cd ..or two LPs. And I think that a lot of the performances seem warmer than the original versions. After that, it will be so much easier to move onto the truly great studio albums (almost) all of them. - ----- - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:19:23 -0600 From: "James O. Phillips" Subject: first Joni? Folks, Have a question that would be appropriate to ask. If you were going to introduce someone to the music of Joni, what cd would you give them as a jumping point. It's a toughie that I've been pondering, and thought would be good question for this list. Best James O. Phillips Urbana IL USA http://www.myspace.com/mrjop1975 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/autoharpsenthusiasts/ http://onevoiceattitude.googlepages.com "I believe I've finally made it home, I believe that with me there is nothing wrong" I Believe I've Finally Made It Home written by Nona Hendryx, recorded by Labelle - ------------------------------ > Court and Spark was my first, at age 15, and it hooked me for life, > so I'd go with that one. > > Kate > > > http://xoetc.antville.org > Who Does She Think She Is? - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:47:00 +0700 From: do9eatdo9@yahoo.com Subject: RE: Joni a hippie? + Forest Gump Monika wrote: I don't know why I was thinking about this today, but did you consider Joni to be a hippie? >>> I don't really understand the term "hippie", but (from her look) during early years, she looked like a hippie. Anyway, wasn't the female character on Forest Gump based on the concept "a hippie"? OK, an "ill" hippie. She reminded me of Janis/Joan/Joni. Attitude of Janis, singing style of Joan (when acted as Bobbie Dylan), and look of Joni. Rian NPIMH : U2 - Hejira. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:34:17 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Re: first Joni? I'd give "Dreamland". It has enough of the hits to partially satisfy. Equally important is the variety, which I hope will confound a newcomer. My goal is to provoke a new listener to buy the back catalog. I also like the cover; it doesn't show The Artist As A Squating Dog. Jim L'Hommedieu From: "James O. Phillips"> Folks, Have a question that would be appropriate to ask. If you were going to introduce someone to the music of Joni, what cd would you give them as a jumping point. It's a toughie that I've been pondering, and thought would be good question for this list.> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:47:17 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Re: Song for a funeral If you're set on an orchestral version of "Both Sides Now", iTunes has the version that appeared on the "DREAMLAND" CD. Jim L'Hommedieu >or if anyone knows where i can locate a copy of joni singing both sides now from the all star tribute that doesnt have the applause on it? that would be great.> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:42:55 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Song for a funeral Arkay, I'm sorry to read that your mother passed into the next world. You said, in part, >Can someone think of a nice song that could work for a funeral?> iTunes has the LADIES OF THE CANYON version of "The Circle Game". There's no applause on it. All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu sample lyric: ======== Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town And they tell him take your time it won't be long now Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return we can only look Behind from where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:19:59 -0800 (PST) From: Laura Stanley Subject: Re: funeral song Arkay wrote: please can someone think of a nice song that could work for a funeral? Hi Arkay, I'm so sorry to hear about your mother. May the angels lead her into paradise. How about Hejira? Love, Laura ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2008 #237 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe