From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #558 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 Monday, March 30 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 558 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #556 [Bob Muller ] Handmade Moments - Love Train - YouTube [Sharon Watkins Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #556 Wow, Mike - thanks for that shout out. I know it's heresy to say but there are several covers that I prefer to Joni's originals. Still waiting for some of the Shine songs to get covered to hear what better production values can be brought to them. Might not ever happenB though; DED only has 2-3 to date.Stay tuned - lots more on the way. Bob NP:B Sleater-Kinney, "No Anthems" B From: Mike B To: "joni@smoe.org" Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2015 8:02 PM Subject: RE: onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #556 Hi Jeff You'll find all the liner notes in the Music section of the website. Here's what Joni says aboutB Passion PlayB (When All The Slaves Are Free): "I always liked the Rabbi Jesus' spunk and his rebellious spirit.B My father told me, "Your Jesus is awfully human."B He also said my way of telling the story of Moses and the Burning Bush would be, to some people, blasphemous! B B B This song is basically my telling of the Easter story but it morphs into contemporary ecological and sociological disasters.B It is about crisis in the heart and healing of the heart.B The "I" perspective that I am singing from is that of Zachius, the tax collector.B He was short.B He was jumping up and down in the back row of a large crowd that gathered to witness the arrival of Jesus into the town of Jerusalem.B He had climbed into a sycamore tree to get a better look. " I've been too busy catching up with some of Bob's Covers to listen to any original Joni recently. There's been some great finds, including three that for me better the originals: Ian Shaw's fantastic Harlem in Havana, Cheryl Barnes's Come in From the Cold, and... (I know this is sacrilege!) Polly Gibbons' All I Want. Is it obvious that Joni's swoops and octave jumps owed something to R&B/soul vocal styling?B I'd never made the connection until hearing that cover. I thought I hated Mimi Klein's Be Cool for ditching the swing in the melody, but somehow it'sB grown on me a lot. And Super Optimistic's disco All I Want was just great fun. And finally the various retro covers of Chelsea Morning (especially the English/Welsh? kids' choir) reminded me what a gloriously uplifting song that is. So once again thanks Bob! Spring greetings to all Mike > > Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:45:55 +0000 (UTC) > From: Jeff Clark > Subject: Whats the last Joni song you played? > > Does anyone know if on the Geffen box set she put little > notes down about the songs, like Neil Y did on Decade? I never looked at that > Geffen box. Anyway, whats the last Joni song you played?Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 20:58:52 -0500 From: Sharon Watkins Subject: Handmade Moments - Love Train - YouTube Love, love, love this duo, Handmade Moments, out Fayetteville, AR. If Joni ever "unsquelches" Girls Like Us, Anna would make a great Carole King! Check them out on You Tube if you haven't heard them! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZajyATQM9Qg Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #558 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe