From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2010 #285 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, October 14 2010 Volume 2010 : Number 285 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Eagles in the sky crawl and fly [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Eagles in the sky crawl and fly [Anita G ] RE: Eagles in the sky crawl and fly [Susan Tierney McNamara ] Re: Joni on VHS give away [Dan Olson ] Re: Joni on VHS give away [M C ] Re: Eagles in the sky crawl and fly ["Mark" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:56:45 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Eagles in the sky crawl and fly The song or the album? She wrote the song alongside Coyote and performed them as a medley on her '76 tour. I'd find it hard to argue the DJRD ALBUM against Hejira, HOSL, C&S or Blue. Blue is certainly different lyrically in that it's less cryptic and more direct but brilliantly raw. The trinity of HOSL/Hejira/DJRD is so rich with imagery and philosophy. C&S may be more straightforward and commercial, but "Down To You" is just so amazingly brilliant lyrically (not to mention the compositional quality). I would not find it hard to argue Joni's words of this period over anyone else's. Bob NP: Pearl Jam, "Gone" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Anita x ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:21:40 -0400 From: Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: RE: Eagles in the sky crawl and fly Let's just do it. Here are the lyrics. Noble as a nickel chief striking up an old juke box ... Discuss!!! Don Juan's Reckless Daughter by Joni Mitchell I'm Don Juan's reckless daughter I came out two days on your tail Those two bald-headed days in November Before the first snowflakes sail Out on the vast and subtle plains of mystery A split tongue spirit talks Noble as a nickel chief Striking up an old juke box And he says: "Snakes along the railroad tracks" He says, "Eagles in jet trails" He says, "Coils around feathers and talons on scales Gravel under the belly plates" He says, "Wind in the Wings" He says, "Big bird dragging its tail in the dust Snake kite flying on a string" I come from open prairie Given some wisdom and a lot of jive Last night the ghosts of my old ideas Reran on channel five And it howled so spooky for its eagle soul I nearly broke down and cried But the split tongue spirit laughed at me He says, "Your serpent cannot be denied" Our serpents love the whisky bars They love the romance of the crime But didn't I see a neon sign Fester on your hotel blind And a country road come off the wall And swoop down at the crowd at the bar And put me at the top of your danger list Just for being so much like you are You're a coward against the altitude You're a coward against the flesh Coward caught between yes and no Reckless this time on the line for yes, yes, yes! Reckless brazen in the play Of your changing traffic lights Coward slinking down the hall To another restless night As we center behind the eight ball As we rock between the sheets As we siphon the colored language Off the farms and the streets Here in Good-Old-God-Save-America the home of the brave and the free We are all hopelessly oppressed cowards Of some duality Of restless multiplicity (Oh say can you see) Restless for streets and honky tonks Restless for home and routine Restless for country safety and her Restless for the likes of reckless me Restless sweeps like fire and rain Over virgin wilderness It prowls like hookers and thieves Through bolt locked tenements Behind my bolt locked door The eagle and the serpent are at war in me The serpent fighting for blind desire The eagle for clarity What strange prizes these battles bring These hectic joys these weary blues Puffed up and strutting when I think I win Down and shaken when I think I lose There are rivets up here in this eagle There are box cars down there on your snake And we are twins of spirit No matter which route home we take Or what we forsake We're going to come up to the eyes of clarity And we'll go down to the beads of guile There is danger and education In living out such a reckless life style I touched you on the central plains It was plane to train my twin It was just plane shadow to train shadow But to me it was skin to skin The spirit talks in spectrums He talks to mother earth to father sky Self indulgence to self denial Man to woman Scales to feathers You and I Eagles in the sky You and I Snakes in the grass You and I Crawl and fly You and I - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Anita G Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:43 AM To: Dave Blackburn Cc: William Waddell; Joni Mitchell Subject: Re: Eagles in the sky crawl and fly On 13 October 2010 00:02, Dave Blackburn wrote: > I know. Someone should make a website or a discussion list or something. > > What a great idea. Do you think anyone would be interested,Dave? Anita x ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:29:33 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Eagles in the sky crawl and fly must of have been a smoking affair! (Pun intended) Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On Oct 13, 2010, at 9:21 AM, Susan Tierney McNamara wrote: Let's just do it. Here are the lyrics. Noble as a nickel chief striking up an old juke box ... Discuss!!! Don Juan's Reckless Daughter by Joni Mitchell I'm Don Juan's reckless daughter I came out two days on your tail Those two bald-headed days in November Before the first snowflakes sail Out on the vast and subtle plains of mystery A split tongue spirit talks Noble as a nickel chief Striking up an old juke box And he says: "Snakes along the railroad tracks" He says, "Eagles in jet trails" He says, "Coils around feathers and talons on scales Gravel under the belly plates" He says, "Wind in the Wings" He says, "Big bird dragging its tail in the dust Snake kite flying on a string" I come from open prairie Given some wisdom and a lot of jive Last night the ghosts of my old ideas Reran on channel five And it howled so spooky for its eagle soul I nearly broke down and cried But the split tongue spirit laughed at me He says, "Your serpent cannot be denied" Our serpents love the whisky bars They love the romance of the crime But didn't I see a neon sign Fester on your hotel blind And a country road come off the wall And swoop down at the crowd at the bar And put me at the top of your danger list Just for being so much like you are You're a coward against the altitude You're a coward against the flesh Coward caught between yes and no Reckless this time on the line for yes, yes, yes! Reckless brazen in the play Of your changing traffic lights Coward slinking down the hall To another restless night As we center behind the eight ball As we rock between the sheets As we siphon the colored language Off the farms and the streets Here in Good-Old-God-Save-America the home of the brave and the free We are all hopelessly oppressed cowards Of some duality Of restless multiplicity (Oh say can you see) Restless for streets and honky tonks Restless for home and routine Restless for country safety and her Restless for the likes of reckless me Restless sweeps like fire and rain Over virgin wilderness It prowls like hookers and thieves Through bolt locked tenements Behind my bolt locked door The eagle and the serpent are at war in me The serpent fighting for blind desire The eagle for clarity What strange prizes these battles bring These hectic joys these weary blues Puffed up and strutting when I think I win Down and shaken when I think I lose There are rivets up here in this eagle There are box cars down there on your snake And we are twins of spirit No matter which route home we take Or what we forsake We're going to come up to the eyes of clarity And we'll go down to the beads of guile There is danger and education In living out such a reckless life style I touched you on the central plains It was plane to train my twin It was just plane shadow to train shadow But to me it was skin to skin The spirit talks in spectrums He talks to mother earth to father sky Self indulgence to self denial Man to woman Scales to feathers You and I Eagles in the sky You and I Snakes in the grass You and I Crawl and fly You and I - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Anita G Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:43 AM To: Dave Blackburn Cc: William Waddell; Joni Mitchell Subject: Re: Eagles in the sky crawl and fly On 13 October 2010 00:02, Dave Blackburn wrote: > I know. Someone should make a website or a discussion list or something. > > What a great idea. Do you think anyone would be interested,Dave? Anita x ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:37:46 +0000 From: William Waddell Subject: RE: Eagles in the sky crawl and fly Oh man! Where to start. OK, the first line - I'm Don Juan's reckless daughter. Says so-o-o much in so few words. Opens up such a Pandora's too. Wx > Let's just do it...Noble as a nickel chief striking up an old juke box ... Discuss!!! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:06:37 -0700 (PDT) From: M C Subject: Joni on VHS give away Hello Joni folks, I'm cleaning out and I have some VHS tapes to give away: Joni Mitchell - Come In From The Cold - includes 8 songs from the albums Night Ride Home and Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm Message To Love - The Isle Of Wight Festival - includes Joni singing Big Yellow Taxi and Woodstock Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense - no Joni, still great music Because of mailing cost I can only ship to the US. On Nov. 1 these go into the Goodwill bin. mc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:20:28 -0500 From: Dan Olson Subject: Re: Joni on VHS give away I would love the VHS tapes, and gladly pay the shipping. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:06 PM, M C wrote: > Hello Joni folks, > > I'm cleaning out and I have some VHS tapes to give away: > > Joni Mitchell - Come In From The Cold - includes 8 songs from the albums > Night > Ride Home and Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm > > Message To Love - The Isle Of Wight Festival - includes Joni singing Big > Yellow Taxi and Woodstock > > Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense - no Joni, still great music > > Because of mailing cost I can only ship to the US. On Nov. 1 these go into > the > Goodwill bin. > > mc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:11:52 -0700 (PDT) From: M C Subject: Re: Joni on VHS give away The 3 VHS tapes are all spoken for. mc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:30:48 -0700 From: "Mark" Subject: Re: Eagles in the sky crawl and fly "A little yin-yang here for ya, folks." Mark in Seattle (thought you were gonna have to wade through a thesis, didn't ya'll?" - -------------------------------------------------- From: "Susan Tierney McNamara" Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 7:21 AM To: "Anita G" ; "Dave Blackburn" Cc: "William Waddell" ; "Joni Mitchell" Subject: RE: Eagles in the sky crawl and fly > Let's just do it. Here are the lyrics. Noble as a nickel chief striking > up an old juke box ... Discuss!!! > > Don Juan's Reckless Daughter > by Joni Mitchell ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2010 #285 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe