From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2012 #80 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Website:http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe:mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Wednesday, March 21 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 080 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 [Susan Tierney McNamara ] Re: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 [Happy The Man ] Re: Leonard Cohen and Joni -Heck of a Guys Blog [Happy The Man ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:28:01 +0000 From: Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 Thanks Craig. I'm excitedly waiting for the recordings from the Ithaca Joni Mitchell Tribute in February ... Jody Kessler gave a really moving performance of "Magdalene Laundries." One of Joni's best songs IMHO!! :) (amazing tuning ... BF#BEAE ... tuned to the sound of the British Columbia coastline ...) Sue From: Happy The Man [mailto:cactustreemotel@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:18 AM To: Susan Tierney McNamara Cc: Gary Hanick; joni@smoe.org; joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 Bold Susan Bold :) But I have to agree it's one of my favorites top to bottom. Peace, Craig NP: Soap&Skin - Voyage Voyage On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Susan Tierney McNamara > wrote: I am a true devotee of Turbulent Indigo because I really feel that this album shows Joni as a master songwriter and guitarist. I might even go out on a limb and say that I rank her works as 1) TI 2)Hejira 3) Blue ... although the top 3 could change on any given day, even crowd in a couple of front runners like Court & Spark and Clouds ... All opinions are valid in my opinion! Sue - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Gary Hanick Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 5:52 PM To: joni@smoe.org; joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 Hi Kevin -- I agree, but what about "Hejira"? That has to rank up there, too. "HOSL" is also brilliant. "Sweet Bird" may be the only song on "HOSL" that has the emotional depth you are talking about. But, still....... "Hejira" has it all. I'd go along with THIS being the last GREAT Joni album, although a lot of the ones that follow were more than good, especially "Turbulent Indigo". - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni-digest@smoe.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:33 PM To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 JMDL Digest Wednesday, March 14 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 411 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: - -------- Re: My two-cents worth on Joni's song periods [Kevin Foehr > Subject: Re: My two-cents worth on Joni's song periods Greetings, New subscriber; might as well jump in on this thread. Can't help but wonder how many times over the years this topic has been discussed. And how many times Joni's music will be discussed in the next, say, 100 years... both are big #s I would think. To me there is only one period that matters: The Blue period. And I'll throw FTR in toor. For me it all ended with C&S, the last great album. "The Big Three" I call them. I fell in love with Blue and Joni simultaneously in 1971. Any woman who could write and sing with such passion and sensitivity and intelligence was the woman for me. I spent the next 25 years or so looking for a Joni of my own. It took me that long to realize there are no other Jonies. Blue is my fave album of all time, and Joni is my fave lyricist of all time. I'll give Dylan a silver and Natalie Merchant and Morrissey bronzes. Michael Stipe gets an honorable mention. But I'm not a music history student, so I'm sure I'm ignorant of some others I would rate highly too. (Any recommendations?) I like her pre-Blue albums a lot, at least many of the songs. But nothing comes close to the power Blue has over me. I still tear up hearing such songs as A Case of You, The Last ... Richard, and even a relatively happy song like California. It's not the sadness; its just the tenderness and the beauty and the specialness of the songs and performances. And that is after 40 years of listening to them! (Although I must admit, I didn't listen constantly; there were periods, perhaps even years when I drifted away from her music, and most other music too. But Blue is never forgotten and I always inevitably return to it. BTW, imo, River is the greatest song ever. It has grown on me over the decades to now occupy my top spot. Comments? Complaints? Hit me with your best shot. I can handle it, maybe... Kevin - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #411 ***************************** - ------- To post messages to the list, send tojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body =unsubscribe - ------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:18:21 -0500 From: Happy The Man Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 Bold Susan Bold :) But I have to agree it's one of my favorites top to bottom. Peace, Craig NP: Soap&Skin - Voyage Voyage On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Susan Tierney McNamara wrote: > I am a true devotee of Turbulent Indigo because I really feel that this > album shows Joni as a master songwriter and guitarist. I might even go out > on a limb and say that I rank her works as 1) TI 2)Hejira 3) Blue ... > although the top 3 could change on any given day, even crowd in a couple of > front runners like Court & Spark and Clouds ... > > All opinions are valid in my opinion! Sue > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Gary > Hanick > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 5:52 PM > To: joni@smoe.org; joni-digest@smoe.org > Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 > > Hi Kevin -- > > I agree, but what about "Hejira"? That has to rank up there, too. > "HOSL" is also brilliant. "Sweet Bird" may be the only song on "HOSL" > that has the emotional depth you are talking about. But, still....... > "Hejira" has it all. I'd go along with THIS being the last GREAT Joni > album, although a lot of the ones that follow were more than good, > especially "Turbulent Indigo". > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni-digest@smoe.org] > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:33 PM > To: joni-digest@smoe.org > Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #411 > > > JMDL Digest Wednesday, March 14 2012 Volume 2012 : Number > 411 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: My two-cents worth on Joni's song periods [Kevin Foehr > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:29:42 -0700 (PDT) > From: Kevin Foehr > Subject: Re: My two-cents worth on Joni's song periods > > Greetings, > > New subscriber; might as well jump in on this thread. Can't help > but wonder how many times over the years this topic has been discussed. > And > how many times Joni's music will be discussed in the next, say, 100 > years... > both are big #s I would think. > > To me there is only one period that matters: > The Blue period. And I'll throw FTR in toor. For me it all ended with > C&S, > the last great album. "The Big Three" I call them. > > I fell in love with Blue > and Joni simultaneously in 1971. Any woman who could write and sing > with such > passion and sensitivity and intelligence was the woman for me. I spent > the > next 25 years or so looking for a Joni of my own. It took me that long > to > realize there are no other Jonies. > > Blue is my fave album of all time, and > Joni is my fave lyricist of all time. I'll give Dylan a silver and > Natalie > Merchant and Morrissey bronzes. Michael Stipe gets an honorable > mention. But > I'm not a music history student, so I'm sure I'm ignorant of some others > I > would rate highly too. (Any recommendations?) > > I like her pre-Blue albums a > lot, at least many of the songs. But nothing comes close to the power > Blue > has over me. I still tear up hearing such songs as A Case of You, The > Last > ... Richard, and even a relatively happy song like California. It's not > the > sadness; its just the tenderness and the beauty and the specialness of > the > songs and performances. And that is after 40 years of listening to them! > > (Although I must admit, I didn't listen constantly; there were periods, > perhaps even years when I drifted away from her music, and most other > music > too. But Blue is never forgotten and I always inevitably return to it. > > BTW, > imo, River is the greatest song ever. It has grown on me over the > decades to > now occupy my top spot. > > Comments? Complaints? Hit me with your best shot. > I can handle it, maybe... > > Kevin > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2012 #411 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, send tojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:58:04 -0500 From: Happy The Man Subject: Re: Leonard Cohen and Joni -Heck of a Guys Blog Thank's Simon, I loved this down in the addendum: I only recently found this brief excerpt from As a New Generation Discovers Leonard Cohens Dark Humour Kris Kirk Ruffles the Great Mans Back Pages by Kris Kirk (Poetry Commotion, June 18, 1988), and its just too good not to include here, however belatedly. For reference, Cohen is 53 at the time of the interview. [Interviewer] Another lover was the goddess Joni Mitchell. [Cohen] Im still very friendly with Joni  I had dinner with her before the tour, and I have the same admiration for her as you do. But I think it was Noel Harrison who came up to me in the LA Troubadour and said *How dyou like living with Beethoven?* Thats a new one on me so I guess Noel was a fan. Peace, Craig NP: Fenster - Fantasy II ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:46:31 -0300 From: Mariana Intagliata Subject: Re: Ani + Hejira timing It was the only record I could listen to when my father died. It kept me grounded, it soothed me. "We all come and go unknown. Each so deep and superficial, between the forceps and the stone." Mariana 2012/3/20 > > As for "when is the right time to listen to Hejira?", I would add that > it's also very cathartic after a relationship dissolves, the title track > in particular: > > "In our possessive coupling, > so much could not be expressed > so now I am returning to myself > these things that you and I suppressed" > > and > > "How can I keep that point of view, when I'm always bound and tied to > someone" Sometimes I sing "when I'm bound and gagged BY someone". > > These are great lines of affirmation that have given me strength on more > than one occasion. Anytime I'm in a meditative mood, I'm prepared for it. > > The only other time it's really good is if you're trying to clear out > unwanted party guests. > > Bob > > NP: Kaki King, "Close Your Eyes & You'll Burst Into Flames" ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2012 #80 ******************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe