From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #465 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, November 27 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 465 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Free Man in Paris - Geffen [Ange T ] Re: Free Man in Paris - Geffen [Dave Blackburn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 05:34:34 +1000 From: Ange T Subject: Free Man in Paris - Geffen Good morning listers, I'm sure that you've already seen 'Inventing David Geffen' but it has only just been broadcast down here in Australia (we are a little behind the rest of the world!) and I wanted to share some thoughts. First of all - I had NO IDEA Joni wrote Free Man in Paris about David! I fee like the last Joni fan on earth to discover this (clearly not enough of a fan!) and it has made me love the song, and Joni, even more. I adore how David Crosby says that Joni captured the truth of the man in that song. But I wished they'd been able top include more soundbites from Joni, talking about her business relationship with Geffen. I'm now left to wonder what she thought of the man? Have any of you read 'The Operator' memoir about Geffen? Is Joni interviewed in that book about her dealings with him? I'm SO annoyed that my library doesn't have that book....would love to read it. I'd also love to find myself a manager like David Geffen! Ange in Oz angetakats.com.au ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:14:58 -0800 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Free Man in Paris - Geffen I'd also love to find myself a manager like David Geffen! > Ange in Oz > angetakats.com.au I think Geffen could be as ruthless a businessman as they come, but maybe thats not a bad thing if hes working FOR you, not AGAINST. I have to say, however, that what Joni was allowed to do artistically with him as the label boss at Asylum speaks really well of his respect for her. He was making huge money from The Eagles, Jackson Browne etc and this allowed him to have a pure art person on the label that didnt generate as many sales. Nowadays that would be freakishly un-bottom line thinking. To put it another way, I believe Jonis finest work was encouraged and allowed to be released without corporate interference because of Geffens respect for her. It soon fell apart, but while their relationship lasted I think it benefitted her greatly. Comments? Dave ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #465 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe