From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2009 #170 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 Thursday, June 25 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 170 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: what Joni lyrics? [Rian Afriadi ] Re: what Joni lyrics? [Em ] FW: what Joni lyrics? [Susan E McNamara ] Joni Mention on Regina Spektor's New Album Rollingstone Review [Rian Afri] Re: Joni Mention on Regina Spektor's New Album Rollingstone Review [Bob.M] Two Grey Rooms? [waytoblue@comcast.net] Re: Two Grey Rooms? [Catherine McKay ] Re: what Joni lyrics? ["Randy Remote" ] Re: Two Grey Rooms? [Michael Paz ] Liner notes by [your name here] ["Les Irvin" ] Re: Two Grey Rooms? [kjhsf@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:57:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Rian Afriadi Subject: Re: what Joni lyrics? It's Sunny Sunday. Specially because I just watched A Streetcar Named Desire. Finally I found out what Joni meant with Blance Dubois. Rian NP. Benjamin Biolay - Bien Avant ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:12:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: what Joni lyrics? funny you mention this: just this morning while getting ready for work, the line "who let the greedy in, who left the needy out?" kept running through my head.... odd... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:39:31 -0400 From: Susan E McNamara Subject: FW: what Joni lyrics? I was listening to Dog Eat Dog the other day and this lyric from Good Friends exactly fit my mood: No hearts of gold No nerves of steel No blame for what we can and cannot feel great thread, thanks, Sue ___________________ /___________________\ ||-------------------|| || Sue McNamara || || sem8@cornell.edu || ||___________________|| || O etch-a-sketch O || \___________________/ "It's all a dream she has awake." - Joni Mitchell - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:23:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Laura Stanley Subject: what Joni lyrics? What Joni lyrics are on your mind or have particularly touched you recently? Mine: Seabird, I have seen you fly above the pilingsI am smiling at your circles in the airI will come and sit by you while he lies sleepingFold your fleet wingsI have brought some dreams to shareA dream that you love someoneA dream that the wars are doneA dream that you tell no one but the grey seaThey'll say that you're crazyAnd a dream of a babyLike a promise to be freeChildren laughing out to seaAll his seadreams come to me - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:00:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Rian Afriadi Subject: Joni Mention on Regina Spektor's New Album Rollingstone Review The review is about her new album : Far. There's a tiny Joni-mention. Regina Spektor writes the kind of crazy- quilt confessionals we used to hear a lot from 1990s alt-rockers but don't get enough of these days. The Russian-born Lower East Side piano punk has the European yelp of BjC6rk, the loopiness of Fiona Apple, the too-much-information torridness of Tori Amos and the slanted critical eye of Liz Phair. But none of those girls ever interrupted a song about long-term commitment to uncork a flurry of dolphin noises, as Spektor does on "Folding Chair," one of the stranger b and catchier b moments on her excellent third major-label record. The 29-year-old singer-songwriter's 2004 disc, Soviet Kitsch, flaunted her exotic Old World accent on stark, ranting torch songs that followed a boozy logic. 2006's Begin to Hope had fuller production and great one-liners about being a doomed New York romantic, like a Joni Mitchell for the post-Strokes era. Produced by Jeff Lynne, Garret "Jacknife" Lee, Mike Elizondo and David Kahne, Far matches Kitsch's rococo flow with the follow-up's pop smarts. On the jaunty, hip-hop-tinged "Dance Anthem of the 80's," she wanders lonely streets with her slip hanging out, "like a drunk, but not." "Laughing With" begins as a meditation on God's wicked sense of humor and ends collapsing in an existential freakout over a soft beat and weeping cello. Spektor is a woman who doesn't need much excuse to have an emotional Chernobyl (in one song, it's finding a wallet with a Blockbuster card in it). But she's also the rare screwball who gets more universal as she gets weirder. "like a Joni Mitchell for the post-Strokes era." I don't get it. Rian NP. Coldplay - 42 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:22:51 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Joni Mention on Regina Spektor's New Album Rollingstone Review <"like a Joni Mitchell for the post-Strokes era." I don't get it.> Nor do I, it sounds pretty pretentious. I loved the Strokes as much as anyone but they were basically a flash in the pan so it's silly to talk about "the post-Strokes era" when there wasn't one. It'd be like saying there was a "Starlight Vocal Band Era". Bob NP: Cassandra Wilson, "Love Is Blindness" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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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It's a cool gig and people genuinely appreciate real music instead of the lame autopilot that the piano is on when no one is playing it. B Oh, I also play lots of Tom Waits...On the Nickel, Innocent When You Dream, San Diego Serenade, Invitation to the Blues, Ol '55, etc... best, Victor in hotlanta (back from the cool breezes at Sarasota's siesta key!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:31:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Two Grey Rooms? One day I'll fly to Atlanta, just to sit in the airport bar and hear you play. Cool music that you play and how many airports have live music? I have a friend who plays piano in a bar. I don't think he has ever studied. He's one of those people who can listen to something and then play it. Make me sick! But would he be able to write it? No... but then, if he used one of those programs where you connect a keyboard to the computer, and then it writes out the notes... Where is Roberto when you need him? He could do it. Oh, but then, so can you, but you need it quickly. - --- On Wed, 6/24/09, waytoblue@comcast.net wrote: From: waytoblue@comcast.net Subject: Two Grey Rooms? To: joni@smoe.org Received: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 1:08 PM Anybody have the chords to "Two Grey Rooms" they could send me via pdf? B I could sit and figure out but don't have the time right now. B I've been playing piano at the Atlanta airport international concourse and I'm looking to do more Joni songs. B I pretty much have free reign to play whatever so I kind of mix it up between jazz standards, pop music, and whatever I feel like playing. B So far I've done songs like "For Free", "River", "Court and Spark", "Case of You"...I think that's all I've tried so far. B I've even played songs like Pink Floyd "Hey You" and "Comfortably Numb" in a kind of free jazz style. It's a cool gig and people genuinely appreciate real music instead of the lame autopilot that the piano is on when no one is playing it. B Oh, I also play lots of Tom Waits...On the Nickel, Innocent When You Dream, San Diego Serenade, Invitation to the Blues, Ol '55, etc... best, Victor in hotlanta (back from the cool breezes at Sarasota's siesta key!) __________________________________________________________________ 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: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:31:15 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: what Joni lyrics? That song was running through my head, too, but different lines; Sometimes change comes at ya Like a broadside accident There is chaos to the order Random things you can't prevent RR From: "Susan E McNamara" >I was listening to Dog Eat Dog the other day and this lyric from Good >Friends exactly fit my mood: > > No hearts of gold > No nerves of steel > No blame for what we can > and cannot feel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:33:16 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Two Grey Rooms? Hi Victor This is a chord cheat chart I use. Hope this helps. On Jun 24, 2009, at 12:08 PM, waytoblue@comcast.net wrote: Anybody have the chords to "Two Grey Rooms" they could send me via pdf? B I could sit and figure out but don't have the time right now. B I've been playing piano at the Atlanta airport international concourse and I'm looking to do more Joni songs. B I pretty much have free reign to play whatever so I kind of mix it up between jazz standards, pop music, and whatever I feel like playing. B So far I've done songs like "For Free", "River", "Court and Spark", "Case of You"...I think that's all I've tried so far. B I've even played songs like Pink Floyd "Hey You" and "Comfortably Numb" in a kind of free jazz style. It's a cool gig and people genuinely appreciate real music instead of the lame autopilot that the piano is on when no one is playing it. B Oh, I also play lots of Tom Waits...On the Nickel, Innocent When You Dream, San Diego Serenade, Invitation to the Blues, Ol '55, etc... best, Victor in hotlanta (back from the cool breezes at Sarasota's siesta key!) Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:16:12 -0600 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: Liner notes by [your name here] Note from Joni's management: "Joni is putting out a boxed set, summary, of all of her music and instead of traditional liner notes she would like to invite the community to send in a statement of why they enjoy the music. It can be one sentence or a short paragraph and the best will be chosen for the liner notes for the project. It can be a personal experience with the music or why in general you like it. "An example of which might be... "Joni, you make race-less, gender-less music." "Girl, you make me see pictures in my head." "Joni feels it might be more interesting to hear from the people who truly like the music rather than from a critic or PR person. " To submit your liner notes, go here: http://jonimitchell.com/linernotes.cfm Submissions go directly to Joni's management and are not filtered through the website. This will not be announced on JoniMitchell.com until sometime on Thursday - allowing JMDL member's submissions to roll in first. More news on the boxed set as it is known. Thanks, Les ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:28:46 -0400 From: kjhsf@aol.com Subject: Re: Two Grey Rooms? If I were walking through the Airport, and I heard someone playing Court and Spark LIVE at the piano, I would be dumbstruck!!!!? Makes me consider connecting through Atlanta on my next trip just for the chance of hearing that!? GOOD FOR YOU!? BTW, I have sheet music for Two Grey Rooms.? I will be glad to copy and mail them to you if you want to send your address off-list!?? I don't know how to make pdfs. Ken (in Columbus, Ohio, and quite content here after many years in San Francisco {where I was also quite content}...imagine!!!?? Proof you can find contentedness in whatever package you choose.? I guess it all comes down to YOU.) - -----Original Message----- From: waytoblue@comcast.net To: joni@smoe.org Sent: Wed, Jun 24, 2009 1:08 pm Subject: Two Grey Rooms? Anybody have the chords to "Two Grey Rooms" they could send me via pdf? B I could sit and figure out but don't have the time right now. B I've been playing piano at the Atlanta airport international concourse and I'm looking to do more Joni songs. B I pretty much have free reign to play whatever so I kind of mix it up between jazz standards, pop music, and whatever I feel like playing. B So far I've done songs like "For Free", "River", "Court and Spark", "Case of You"...I think that's all I've tried so far. B I've even played songs like Pink Floyd "Hey You" and "Comfortably Numb" in a kind of free jazz style. It's a cool gig and people genuinely appreciate real music instead of the lame autopilot that the piano is on when no one is playing it. B Oh, I also play lots of Tom Waits...On the Nickel, Innocent When You Dream, San Diego Serenade, Invitation to the Blues, Ol '55, etc... best, Victor in hotlanta (back from the cool breezes at Sarasota's siesta key!) ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2009 #170 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe