Lori wrote: > Joni is in beautiful voice on TTT, that's for sure. imho, anyway. The music is splendid. I like Lead >Balloon for that reason. (Has anyone noticed how many of us who like Lead Balloon also like DED >a lot? Kakki may be an exception ... J ) The VG-8 wasn't the best choice for the album, imo, but >Joni's guitar playing is still a pleasure, and the horns are great!!
While it doesn't grab my heart like most of her music, I think DED is her best 80s album overall. I love Lead Balloon because I still think it's a really funny parody musically of the top 40 heavy metal genre and one has to admit that it sticks out like a sore thumb on TTT, which makes it interesting to me! Kind of tosses you for an unexpected loop. I'm thinking back about a lot of the reviews of TT when it first came out - recall that they were surprisingly pretty positive. TTT did not knock me out in its totality but I felt there was a whole lot of brillance in it and wonder how I'll feel about it years from now. Kakki NP: Buffalo Springfield - Flying on the Ground is Wrong
