<<"Remember those lines from Joni Mitchell's 1970s song, *Blue Motel Room*: ''You and me, we're like America and Russia, we're always keeping score, we're always balancing the power, and that can get to be a cold, cold war'?>>
Really, that's sort of an obscure reference, isn't it? The writer MUST be a fan. Joni's never performed it live, just did that one version on Hejira. When I talked to Joni in Atlanta, we talked about this song, and she said it had a dated lyric. I told her that lots of standards had dated lyrics, that's partially what makes them standards! I forget, is it one that she's re-cutting for the next project? Bob
