From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2011 #363 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 Monday, December 12 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 363 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- New Library item: AGI Salutes the Grammy Nominated Art Directors [TheStaf] RE: JMDL Digest V2011 #700 [Mary Morris ] Retro Covers, Volume 58 - Wild Things Run Again [Bob Muller ] Simple Sorrow and For The Roses [est86mlm@ameritech.net] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:04:57 -0700 (MST) From: TheStaff@JoniMitchell.com Subject: New Library item: AGI Salutes the Grammy Nominated Art Directors Title: AGI Salutes the Grammy Nominated Art Directors Publication: Billboard Date: 1996.2.24 http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2458 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 12:10:01 -0800 From: Mary Morris Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2011 #700 Paul Ivice writes : "Music from Willy Wonka, the Theme from Goldfinger and songs from his two hit Broadway shows -- The Roar of the Greasepaint (The Smell of the Crowd) and Stop the World (I Want to Get Off) -- all from the late great Anthony Newley, one of the best singers and songwriters of his generation." - ------ I remember Anthony Newley from all those TV variety shows, played over & over on all those Midwestern tv sets. I am thrilled to hear he wrote this, among other wonderful songs. This song has become an earwig, lately - now that I know the lyrics & I sing it often at work, whenever I can find a spare moment & between moments & just anytime I want to feel "light". GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS > Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 21:16:34 -0500 > From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org > To: joni-digest@smoe.org > Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #700 > > > JMDL Digest Monday, December 5 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 700 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: We ain't no LA Express ["johnnybgoode@lineone.net" Did Joni ever see Breakfast at Tiffany's? ["Betsy Blue" Re: A Little Joni at Shelton, CT [Ken ] > Re: Did Joni ever see Breakfast at Tiffany's? ["Mark" Pure Imagination [Paul Ivice ] > Re: Covers - where did I leave off? [FMYFL@aol.com] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 20:25:47 +0000 (GMT) > From: "johnnybgoode@lineone.net" > Subject: Re: We ain't no LA Express > > All, > > Unfortunate comment, but as we know musicians are more bitchy > than an entire school of teenagers. > > I personally prefer the LA Ex to > Weather Report and Max to Jaco anyway, but each to his/her own. > > The > article on Judy Collins was interesting, and the revelation of her > "relationship" with Joan Baez. Was this the inevitable consequence of > dating Bob or Steve? > > John > > >----Original Message---- > >From: owner-joni- > digest@smoe.org > >Date: 05/12/2011 08:00 > >To: > > >Subj: JMDL Digest V2011 #699 > > > >JMDL Digest Monday, December 5 > 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 699 > > > > > > > >========== > > > >TOPICS and > authors in this Digest: > >-------- > > Re: > [Dave Blackburn ] > > Covers - where did I > leave off? [Bob Muller ] > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 07:56:59 -0800 > >From: Dave Blackburn > > >Subject: Re: > > > >"We ain't no f...ing L.A > Express" - Joe Zawinul. > > > >A hint of jazz attitude perhaps? > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:39:27 +0000 > From: "Betsy Blue" > Subject: Did Joni ever see Breakfast at Tiffany's? > > Like Michael Bolton, Joni is a major cinephile. La Dolce Vita, Star Wars, Sunset Blvd, Charlie Chapman and Bergman, Sophia Loren, etc. I think she references films almost as much as she references painters. And she's written songs for films. And, to come full circle, she's been referenced in many films. > Love Actually is a new holiday classic, so every year more people get to hear BSN 2000 for the first time. > > It's also the time of year when Its a Wonderful Life is on TV all the time. I wonder if that's where she got the Love Or Money line about pulling down the moon. > > Betsy > NP Jack Sparrow, The Lonely Island > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:52:36 -0500 (EST) > From: Ken > Subject: Re: A Little Joni at Shelton, CT > > Too bad I already had plans for Sunday; would have been a not-too-far-away > show for me and it looked (and sounded) like it was a good one. > > > Kenny B > > > > Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:30:31 -0500 > From: Rozanne Gates > Subject: A little Joni to make your day > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTm4jXNm2X8 > > Love, > > Rozanne Gates > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 18:15:26 -0800 > From: "Mark" > Subject: Re: Did Joni ever see Breakfast at Tiffany's? > > It's also the time of year when Its a Wonderful Life is on TV all the time. > I wonder if that's where she got the Love Or Money line about pulling down > the moon. > > Betsy > NP Jack Sparrow, The Lonely Island > > > Good catch, Betsy! I hadn't thought of that one but it seems entirely > plausible and possible to me. > > There is an old film version of the Oscar Wilde play 'An Ideal Husband'. An > important plot device in this movie is a piece of jewelry. It is a diamond > snake brooch. But it can be transformed into a bracelet and it is used to > trap the blackmailing Mrs. Cheveley. She winds up with a diamond snake > around her arm that has a secret, hidden clasp that she can't undo and it > brands her as a thief. > > Who knows? I think I read that Joni is a fan of Turner Classic Movies which > is where I caught this one. > > Mark in Seattle > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 05:47:34 -0500 (EST) > From: Paul Ivice > Subject: Pure Imagination > > Mary Morris wrote: Judy Collins new cd is very good. She is in excellent voice > & only one > song is redundant. She does a killer version of "Pure Imagination" which I > had only heard on tv commercials, but fell in love with - I knew it was > better > than a jingle & was delighted to hear her singing it out of my car stereo. > Now I know all about that song, but I had wondered where it came from ( > "Willy > Wonka & The Chocolate Factory " ) > > Music from Willy Wonka, the Theme from Goldfinger and songs from his two hit > Broadway shows -- The Roar of the Greasepaint (The Smell of the Crowd) and > Stop the World (I Want to Get Off) -- all from the late great Anthony Newley, > one of the best singers and songwriters of his generation. > > Paul Ivice ;>) > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:58:16 -0500 (EST) > From: FMYFL@aol.com > Subject: Re: Covers - where did I leave off? > > Catherine's right! The last one was #134 - Marching On > > Welcome back Bob! > > Jimmy > > In a message dated 12/2/2011 10:16:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, > scjoniguy@yahoo.com writes: > > > Hey, thanks Catherine - I was just going to email you offlist since I > > figured > > you'd be the first to chime in. > > > > Will get #135 ready for this weekend. > > > > Bob > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2011 #700 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:58:17 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Retro Covers, Volume 58 - Wild Things Run Again True to my word, here's the Weekend Joni covers volume. This one's a retro, and it kicks off with a bunch of sweet WTRF covers by Italian artists Fabio Ranza & Elisabetta Zamberlan. Diana Krall's tasty "Black Crow", an interesting instrumental take on SfS, and many other fun tidbits as well. Download it: http://tinyurl.com/7q9mrz3 Tracklist: 1. Fabio Ranza & Elisabetta Zamberlan - - Chinese Cafe 2. Fabio Ranza & Elisabetta Zamberlan - Ladies' Man 3. Fabio Ranza & Elisabetta Zamberlan - Moon At The Window 4. Fabio Ranza & Elisabetta Zamberlan - Solid Love 5. Fabio Ranza & Elisabetta Zamberlan - Be Cool 6.Fabio Ranza & Elisabetta Zamberlan - You Dream Flat Tires 7. Fabio Ranza & Elisabetta Zamberlan - Man To Man 8. Fabio Ranza & Elisabetta Zamberlan - Love 9. Ken Moule & The Full Score Orchestra - Both Sides Now 10. Meja - The Circle Game 11. Zachary Scot Johnson - A Case Of You 12. Newdelphia Sax Quartet - Song For Sharon 13. Lonnie Donegan - Both Sides Now 14. Diana Krall - Black Crow 15. Dawson - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 16. The Whims - Raised On Robbery 17. Roger Saint-Denis & Dan Gibson - Both Sides Now 18. Frank Haunschild & Norbert Gottschalk - The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines 19. Goshima Yoshiko - Big Yellow Taxi Next Weekend - Joni Covers #136! Bob NP: Cordes Sensibles, "La Safranee" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:32:01 -0500 (EST) From: Paul Ivice Subject: Simple sorrow In some office sits a poet And he trembles as he sings And he asks some guy To circulate his soul around On your mark red ribbon runner The caressing rev of motors Finely tuned like fancy women In thirties evening gowns Up the charts Off to the airport- Your name's in the news Everything's first class- The lights go down- And it's just you up there Getting them to feel like that Remember the days when you used to sit And make up your tunes for love And pour your simple sorrow To the soundhole and your knee And now you're seen On giant screens And at parties for the press And for people who have slices of you I believe Joni is writing in "For the Roses" about Jackson Browne, who performed in groups like the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, but lacked the confidence in his voice to be a solo performer, so others like Tom Rush recorded his songs while Jackson took singing lessons. Anyone have another opinion? Paul Ivice ;>) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:13:18 -0600 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Simple Sorrow and For The Roses Paul, Sheila Weller, in her book GIRLS LIKE US claims the song is about James Taylor. Page 334 - Joni Mitchell - For The Roses "Joni bought acerage in British Columbia, north of Vancouver, and helped build a stone house in the woods, overlooking Half Moon Bay. It was here that she would write the songs for her next album, /For The Roses/. Five of the songs were about James Taylor. /For The Roses/, takes musing account of his celebrity: she remembers how it was at the beginning; he'd slump in that way he had that, Kootch had said, made /every/ woman fall in love with him." http://www.girlslikeusthemusic.com/chapter-eleven/ Here's what I'm thinking: At the time when Joni & James were together he was still a relatively new singer....just coming into fame in the US. His first album was released in London. My thoughts about the lyrics "On your mark red ribbon runner caressing rev of motors" and "now your seen on giant screens" was the time they spent together on the movie-set of the only movie James appeared in "Two Lane Blacktop" (been doing alot of research on that lately). James was heavily into drugs during that time and often irritable, from what I read, Joni felt he was quite critical of her and was very hurt. She was on the movie set for quite awhile, and camped out in the hotel where most of the actors and workers were. There was singing by the pool and in the hotel rooms (the good times). She eventually left him there and the song "This Flight Tonight" was written about her leaving the movie set and James to sort things out. Laura Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:32:01 -0500 (EST) From: Paul Ivice Subject: Simple sorrow In some office sits a poet And he trembles as he sings And he asks some guy To circulate his soul around On your mark red ribbon runner The caressing rev of motors Finely tuned like fancy women In thirties evening gowns Up the charts Off to the airport- Your name's in the news Everything's first class- The lights go down- And it's just you up there Getting them to feel like that Remember the days when you used to sit And make up your tunes for love And pour your simple sorrow To the soundhole and your knee And now you're seen On giant screens And at parties for the press And for people who have slices of you I believe Joni is writing in "For the Roses" about Jackson Browne, who performed in groups like the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, but lacked the confidence in his voice to be a solo performer, so others like Tom Rush recorded his songs while Jackson took singing lessons. Anyone have another opinion? Paul Ivice ;>) ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2011 #363 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe