From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2012 #152 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 Thursday, May 24 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 152 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: People's Parties / Same Situation [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] RE: JMDL Digest V2012 #765 [Mary Morris ] Re: People's Parties / Same Situation [Dave Blackburn Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2012 #765 Thank you clearing up a question I had, which is "How do we know this is Daisy?" I have seen the link many times & this is the only time it is addressed. I had to see it a couple times before I "got" it. Of course it clearly looks like Joni's grand kid. I think it is also sweet that that little known fact is omitted on the original utube, so we can all just enjoy the expressive tyke. I think Daisy looks more like Joni than Kilauren does. Just my opinion. GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel roadais, where the barb wire meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS > Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 03:00:04 -0400 > From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org > To: joni-digest@smoe.org > Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #765 > > > JMDL Digest Wednesday, May 23 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 765 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: Kilauren's morning Morgantown [Susan Tierney McNamara > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 02:13:33 +0000 > From: Susan Tierney McNamara > Subject: Re: Kilauren's morning Morgantown > > Yes your right Dan ... I guess my overprotective mother side came out! Its > also cute.she wants to be fashion conscious like her model mom! > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone > > Dan Olson wrote: > She's adorable, and she is not identified in any way as Joni's > grand-daughter, and no one has commented suggesting they are aware; the > only comments (1 week and 1 month old) couldn't be more innocent ("I love > that ring!"). It's like much of what's (probably) on you-tube: without > identifying key-words, nobody would ever find it. Us jmdl-ers are the only > ones who know who it is (I hope). > > On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Susan Tierney McNamara > wrote: > > > She's precious and looks just like Joni, but it makes me sad that all > > these old people are now going to watch her videos just because she's > > Joni's granddaughter. Sigh... > > > > > > > > Susan McNamara > > email: sem8@cornell.edu > > ________________________________________ > > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [owner-joni@smoe.org] on behalf of Rose M Joy [ > > rosemjoy@aol.com] > > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:56 AM > > To: est86mlm@ameritech.net > > Cc: joni@smoe.org; sillyseabird7@yahoo.com > > Subject: Re: Kilauren's morning Morgantown > > > > Is that Joni's grand daughter ? She's adorable ! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On May 19, 2012, at 9:55 AM, est86mlm@ameritech.net wrote: > > > > > Now when I see Kilauren she looks totally like her dad to me, altho > > > I do agree with you that Joni and Kilauren have a similar sounding > > > speaking voice. > > > > > > On the other hand, altho I do see Kilauren in her daughter, Daisy, > > > to me Joni's grandaughter is a sure-fire Joni look-a-like. Much more > > > so > > > than Kilauren& Joni. > > > > > > Check out her smile at the end of the video - 3:12....WOW.....Joni! > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYjDFrcwPCE > > > > > > She sure could be used in the movie as a young Joni. > > > > > > Laura > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 05:44:38 -0700 (PDT) > > > From: LC Stanley > > > Subject: Re: Kilauren's morning Morgantown > > > > > > She > > > looks a lot like her mama in my eye. Have a look see: > > > > > > http://www.myspace.com/kilauren/photos/1025291#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A12629362%7D > > > And, she's got some of the same personality traits too, and voice as > > > others > > > have mentioned. > > > > > > Some of her friends call her "Killer." She'd be way cool > > > playing Joni. I think she's a riot!!! Tequilla! > > > > > > > > > Love, > > > Laura > > > ________________ > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2012 #765 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, send tojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 11:23:04 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: People's Parties / Same Situation Nice thread Bob. I might point out the the Mutts concert we did on DVD was very careful to keep People's Parties and The Same Situation flowing together, as well as Trouble Child and Twisted. Since we were doing the album to celebrate the album itself it seemed important to retain the segued songs as they were. On May 23, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > I was listening to a cover of these 2 songs last night, and as I was > really listening (as in with headphones and no other distractions) I had a > couple of thoughts about the songs and thought - what better place to > share my thoughts about Joni songs? > > We've been talking about C&S as being Joni's most commercially accessible > album (not sure if anyone used that word but I think it's probably true), > and while the songs and production and arrangements are all one big ball > of ear candy, it's always appropriate to remember how strong the record is > lyrically. I've talked about Down To You before, and to me it is the > crowning achievement of the album, but this pairing of songs is also > worthy of high praise. > > Of course, Joni pretty much 'joins' the songs on C&S, I almost think they > are meant to be performed together as bookends but oddly until the cover I > was listening to last night (both songs are joined together and performed > as a 6-minute piece), no one has done that. Lots of covers of PP (20), a > few of SS (5, a scandalously low number), but never before recorded as > Joni did them as companion pieces on C&S. Obviously both songs are strong > enough on their own (an understament - they are incredibly brilliant) but > sung together reinforces their strength I think. > > What made the cover I heard last night so interesting to me was that the > singer was right on pitch but had none of Joni's vocal power, so you get > these very emotional and vulnerable lyrics sung in a somewhat vulnerable > way. Joni's vocal is very confident and strong, emotional and beautiful, > but I have to say that hearing the recording last night I felt a > vulnerability that I hadn't felt on Joni's own recording. > > Obviously, I'm not intending to diss Joni's work on C&S in any way - this > record is an incredible masterpiece and deserving of all the success it > continues to receive. What also amazes me about the record is that nearly > 40 years after its release, it doesn't sound the least bit dated. It > always sounds as fresh to my ears now as it did then. And it still pulls > up these intense feelings. > > I have a bunch more thoughts on both songs but before I write a novella > I'll just put this out there and see what y'all think. > > Bob > > NP: Joni, "Night Of The Iguana" > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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: Wed, 23 May 2012 19:25:52 -0700 From: Robin Adler Subject: Re: People's Parties / Same Situation Hi Bob, I've tried so many times to sit down and write to the list about performing the albums of Blue and Court and Spark. Anita had posed some questions shortly after the release of our DVD about my experience and I was in the midst of a major post-partum funk following the concert asking myself "is that all there is?" I just could not complete the post. It was one of the most profound and humbling musical experiences of my career. I knew these albums were great but having experienced them on a physical and emotional level I was totally blown away by their brilliance. Nothing about Joni's music is easy if you want to do them justice. Nothing is more interesting, beautiful, challenging, stimulating etc. than her songs. I could be happy the rest of my musical life just performing her songs - they effect me so much. Unfortunately it is also probably why I will never write songs of my own. How could I? We chose, for this concert, to stay as close to the original arrangements as possible so that the audience members could relive, if you will, how they felt when they first heard these songs. For us as a band that was exciting. To emulate Car on a Hill, Down to You and Trouble Child was a great accomplishment. Our drummer Danny Campbell bought special drum heads to get the John Guerin sound. Our multi talented Dave Curtis played those incredible harmonic guitar parts on Trouble Child to simulate the waves breaking at Malibu. He also played most of the orchestrated parts in Down to You. Dave Blackburn (my hubby) borrowed a 12 string guitar for People's Parties to add to the quiver of other guitars he used. For my part I was laser-focused, for about 3 months solid, on memorizing, practicing and trying to get inside each tune. I watched my diet and did yoga every day, and oh, did I mention practice? I wonder how much Joni had to prepare for those sessions, but then again she wasn't 59 years old when she made those records. It takes a bit more prep the older you get. On the night of the concert I was ready, and from the start of All I Want to the last line of Twisted it was like a magic carpet ride. The time and practice paid off. My voice came through for me and hit those notes meant only for the young. I floated in the clouds for about a week following the concert- then looking down on everything I crashed into the ground. The continents in my mind shifted, and without exaggeration I have to say that I've changed. I can't tell you honestly if it's for the better; all I can say is that I haven't returned to how I was. Everything seemed so perfectly aligned when I was preparing for the concert, and now it's not. So, Bob this post isn't specifically about PP and SS. I love them both and was happy I was able to make the tricky segue between those two songs (three 5/4 bars and one 4/4 - oh that Joni!) All I can say is that I just can relate to them. How about you? Love, Robin P.S. As we speak I am preparing for a concert in June. The Mutts will be performing most of Hissing and Hejira and "I'm diggin' it like an old soul record". I'm bracing for another tectonic shift. On May 23, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > Thanks for mentioning that, Dave - I have neglected to post those songs in > my database (note to self) and should have acknowledged that The Mutts did > exactly that. I don't think anyone out there respects her catalog the way > that ya'll do. > > I'd love to hear Robin's thoughts on performing these songs. (hint, hint) > > Bob > > NP: Fleet Foxes, "Lorelai" > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. > ------------------------------------------------------------ thanks, Robin - ------------------------------------------------- New CD available now! "Safaris to the Heart: The Songs of Joni Mitchell" by Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet. To listen or learn more: http://www.reverbnation.com/robinadlermuttsoftheplanet To purchase: http://www.robinadler.com/products.html ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2012 #152 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe