[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >greetings all ! first, to fred, on latter day joni - shows what you know... >i will say that some of her work is not as realized as others but >uninteresting... c'mon ! ( by the way i am not a musician but i have been >told on more than one occasion that a have a rather lovely singing voice.) >p.s. no offense fred but C'MON !!!!!
No offense taken, Warren, but I'll stand by my opinion. Musically speaking, Joni's note choices are just not as inspired or interesting as they once were, to my ears, and they haven't been for a long time. I feel that her first eight studio albums exhibited a melodic/harmonic gift rarely matched by anyone, ever. Joni began moving toward a less tuneful, more recitative-like rambling melodic line on some songs on Hissing Of Summer Lawns, an approach which fully flowered to its most successful extent on Hejira, an album which is perfectly balanced between her older song-like tuneful style and the newer recitative direction. After that, the really magical, songful, stick-to-your-ears-like-super-glue melodies became fewer. As with so many artists, the muse comes to visit for a while and then leaves. Joni has danced around this subject in interviews more than once, hinting that her own music doesn't drive her as it once did. I think that partly explains her turn to standards (BSN) and the revisitation of her older material (BSN and the new record to come). Yeah, I know ... I'm a heretic. -Fred
