We were watching a video of Rickie Lee Jones in concert circa summer 2000 at
the Montreal Jazz Festival and my friend asked how old she was. So I looked
it up on the Net. Anyhoo, other info included her "tone" as;
Laid-Back/Mellow, Quirky, Intimate, Druggy, Soothing.
Interesting I thought. Quirky and druggy, I love that. Off the wall and
wacky. Mmm. As always out of curiosity I looked up Joni. Turns out her
"tone" was described in AMG All Music Guide as;
Reflective, Plaintive, Passionate, Bittersweet, Refined/Mannered,
Intimate, Literate.
Mannered? (in a specific and exaggerated way). A short fill-out
questionnaire followed to help better represent in future (paraphrase).
Adjectives describing Joni's music. Old Roget's Thesaurus indeed. In the
end, after a stream of describing words I whittled Joni down to
"comforting". My musical comfort blanket. I'll post another adjective
tomorrow and the next day and the next.
WtS
Whiney
Depressing
Screechy
Heavy
Serious
Arty farty
Hippy
Trippy
Melancholic
Sad ...
... but enough of me and Britney
