Debra wrote: > Since the song follows her "pack your suspenders" song about James > Taylor, could Electricity refer to the James Taylor, Joni, Carly Simon > triangle?
The first time I put on the album back in November 1972 and heard Electricity, I thought she was talking about Carly. The publicity about the triangle was fresh in my mind and Carly seemed to be exactly who Joni was talking to. In retrospect, Joni had a point. JT was a handful back then, and in a way I think Joni was saying "just you wait, Carly, he will be a handful for you, too." (Sorry to offend any for "gossiping" but from a female perspective, this is how I see it.) Besides the message, the music and the lyrics are among Joni's most astounding. This is my second favorite Joni song, next to Judgment of the Moon and Stars. I don't think I've ever heard music that more perfectly expresses the cycle of starbursting love and high passion, the emotional roller coaster down and the stark pang of loss. I'm convinced there is something magical in the water up in B.C. where Joni wrote the songs of FTR. They are so uniquely beautiful and apart from anything she wrote before and after. Kakki
