From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #109 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 20 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 109 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Woodstock revisionist history [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: the woodstock we attend [Lori Renee Fye ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:08:14 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Woodstock revisionist history I think her music at the time might have been overwhelmed by the enormity of the event,> Which was certainly the case at the similar Isle of Wight Festival. She wasn't able to get the intimacy she wanted and launched into the whole "you're acting like a bunch of tourists" speech. Bob - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:18:47 -0400 From: Lori Renee Fye Subject: Re: the woodstock we attend > It's icing on the cake, but would've been the same > without the song. I think you could argue that Woodstock > did more for Joni than the other way around. I don't know if I agree with that. Sure, Woodstock was one of the first events of its kind, if not *the* first. But these lines in particular absolutely captured the essence of what people were feeling and trying to accomplish back then: We are stardust We are golden And we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden The whole song captures it brilliantly, and immortalized the event for people who've been born in the generations since who will probably never know an era like that. (Not too many people seem to be interested in getting themselves back to any sort of garden these days, let alone understanding the meaning of "We are stardust / Billion year old carbon.") While the song must have made Joni a fair bit of money over the years, a lot of people still don't recognize that she wrote it ... but they for sure know the song, and, because of the existence of the song, they inquire about an event that is, bit by bit, fading from popular culture. Lori, STILL in Ohio ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #109 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe