From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2009 #144 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 Friday, May 29 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 144 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Archies and Silver Screens - vljc [Mark-Leon Thorne ] RE: Fiddle and the drum now Peter Gabriel [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Neil Young wins "Great Canadian Tune" [Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Archies and Silver Screens - vljc So glad you did, Catherine. I loved Archie and the gang when I was a kid It was one of the few comic books I liked (the other was Casper). Shocking to know he's getting married. Reggie was a bad boy. How could he be "golden"? BTW when does the movie come out? Mark in Sydney On 28/05/2009, at 5:00 PM, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: > Just thought I'd throw that out there as today's silly news ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 07:50:55 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Neil Young wins "Great Canadian Tune" http://tinyurl.com/r5jza5 And Joni wasn't even nominated. :o( Bob NP: Belle & Sebastian, "Sukie In The Graveyard" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:14:02 -0400 From: Susan E McNamara Subject: RE: Fiddle and the drum Hey Mark, Yes, definitely Gabriel is in my top five all time favorites. Is it a coincidence his greatest collection is called HIT? Sound familiar? Guitars on his songs, very Joniesque if you ask me. He has a couple of songs that are timeless... Mercy Street, Red Rain. In Your Eyes gets played out but it's still beautiful. Recently I couldn't stop listening to a song off the HIT collection called Love Town. I love his imagery in that song. I could go on and on. :-) I have not heard the new album, I'll have to check it out. Take care, Sue ___________________ /___________________\ ||-------------------|| || Sue McNamara || || sem8@cornell.edu || ||___________________|| || O etch-a-sketch O || \___________________/ "It's all a dream she has awake." - Joni Mitchell - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 17:32:28 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Fiddle and The Drum On 27/05/2009, at 5:00 PM, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: > Sorry I don't listen to post-Gabriel Genesis How about post-Genesis Gabriel? I was a bit young when he was in Genesis although I am aware of the music. I got into Gabriel shortly before his duet with Joni. I just love how their voices are so intertwined on MSP. I love that they did a video for it too. Very playful. I wish they had done more together. I do think they have similar beliefs and philosophies on life. Joni didn't even reciprocate for Peter (unless I missed it - anyone?). I love Peter's latest album, Big Blue Ball. Joni would have fit into the theme of that album well. Other artists featured are Karl Wallinger, Marta Sebestyen, Natacha Atlas, Tim Finn, Joseph Arthur, Siniad O'Connor, Iaria O Lionaird and Papa Wemba. What a mix. Mark in Sydney NP River - Peter Gabriel featuring Marta Sebestyen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:45:02 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: RE: Fiddle and the drum now Peter Gabriel Count me in as a Peter Gabriel fan, both as a part of Genesis and afterwards. And I even continued as a Genesis fan but then again I am quite the music slut. His "So" album was a godsend in the dark decade that was 80's music - a flawless record. And for my fellow trivia buffs, the video for "Sledgehammer" remains MTV's most-played video. Was not real crazy about his vocal on MSP, I thought the dry chalkiness of his voice didn't provide any contrast to Joni's voice which had pretty much the same qualities, plus I looked at most of CMIARS as an attempt to buddy up with the pop stars du jour to put herself back in the mainstream. In the case of Gabriel, however, they were recording in HIS studio so it made sense to ask him to contribute. CMIARS hasn't gotten any better with time for me, although there are some gems that have been pulled out and polished - the two major remakes of "Tea-Leaf Prophecy" show it to be a much stronger song than what was included on its original release, and "Beat of Black Wings" has always been stunning. Bob NP: Tom Waits, "16 Shells From A 30.6" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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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You can do it with three chords. - --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Neil Young wins "Great Canadian Tune" To: joni@smoe.org Received: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 7:50 AM http://tinyurl.com/r5jza5 And Joni wasn't even nominated. :o( Bob NP: Belle & Sebastian, "Sukie In The Graveyard" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 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Bob NP: AC/DC, "Rock & Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 06:50:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Archies and Silver Screens - vljc I wonder whether Joni meant *that* Reggie? Some girls like the bad boys and I think Joan was one of them. I loved comic books when I was a kid! I can remember spending long summer afternoons with a stack of comic books, outside in a tent made from blankets, eating popsicles and drinking Kool-aid. Archie, Casper, Superman, Batman, Classics Illustrated (my first introduction to classic literature!) - man, those were the days! - --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Mark-Leon Thorne wrote: So glad you did, Catherine. I loved Archie and the gang when I was a kid It was one of the few comic books I liked (the other was Casper). Shocking to know he's getting married. Reggie was a bad boy. How could he be "golden"? BTW when does the movie come out? Mark in Sydney On 28/05/2009, at 5:00 PM, onlyJMDL Digest wrote: > Just thought I'd throw that out there as today's silly news __________________________________________________________________ Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:19:27 -0400 From: Gerald Notaro Subject: Re: Neil Young wins "Great Canadian Tune" On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Catherine McKay wrote: > I think the idea was to choose from a list of songs that were easy to play, > since the plan is to set a world's record, having the greatest number of > guitar players show up to play the song together. As such, "Helpless" is an > easy song to play, so even beginners should be able to handle it. You can > do > it with three chords. True also of The Circle Game, a far superior song. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 07:56:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Neil Young wins "Great Canadian Tune" I agree, on both counts. "Helpless" is incredibly boring - just the same few notes (and sometimes words) being repeated over and over. I understand Neil Young wrote it when he was high, and maybe that explains it. Can you imagine several thousand people singing it in their Neil Young voice? Scary! Nevertheless, Matthew and I plan to show up at Yonge-Dundas Square on June 6 and play along, just for yuks. Here are the rules - you have to demonstrate that you're a "proficient" guitar player. Sheesh. http://www.luminato.com/2009/events/44 I do plan to do the bad Neil Young impression. As if there's a good one! - --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: I understand that, but it's SUCH a BORING song... Just think, had they picked a Joni song maybe they could set a record for "Most Guitars Being Tuned Simultaneously". Bob - ------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 12:39:35 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: Neil Young wins "Great Canadian Tune" I LOVE "Helpless" and Joni duets on it in The Last Waltz. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of > Catherine McKay > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:56 AM > To: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com > Cc: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Neil Young wins "Great Canadian Tune" > > I agree, on both counts. "Helpless" is incredibly boring - just the same > few > notes (and sometimes words) being repeated over and over. I understand > Neil > Young wrote it when he was high, and maybe that explains it. Can you > imagine > several thousand people singing it in their Neil Young voice? Scary! > > Nevertheless, Matthew and I plan to show up at Yonge-Dundas Square on June > 6 > and play along, just for yuks. > > Here are the rules - you have to demonstrate that you're a "proficient" > guitar > player. Sheesh. http://www.luminato.com/2009/events/44 > > I do plan to do the bad Neil Young impression. As if there's a good one! > > --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > > > > > I understand that, but it's SUCH a BORING song... > > Just think, had they picked a Joni song maybe they could set a record for > "Most Guitars Being Tuned Simultaneously". > > Bob > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 21:13:54 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Subject: Re: Archies and Silver Screens - vljc I thought it was white lace she was chasin'. Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck. Since I'm on digest, I'm sure that Catherine or Patti already made the same joke... Jim >From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com >And don't forget that Joni herself went chasing after golden Reggie.> ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2009 #144 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe