On 7 Jun 2002 at 17:26, Kate Bennett wrote: > > kakki "I started thinking that this may be less about arrogance > and uppityness and more about maybe a real self-esteem problem and > some kind of inexplicable (to us at least) insecurity on her part. It > makes me feel a little sad for her. I think she is speaking from some > deep hurt that apparently she cannot transcend." >
Am I the only one who is a bit uncomfortable with this type of supposition? First, we don't know Joni Mitchell the person. We know Joni Mitchell the commercial artist. And as a commercial artist and popular figure, she knows how to use her forums whether she's speaking to a reporter, four people or four thousand. Second, maybe I'm wrong about this, but she has largely been categorized as arrogant or uppity by the press and members of the industry - the very people who her comments about the state of popular music rail against. (I wonder how her friends would describe her.) Finally, someone commented about how Joni is like a broken record when it comes to criticizing the recording industry. Look around. She is one of the few brave enough to do it on a consistent basis. I truly believe that Joni's persistent voice is one of the small number that paved the way for any organization like the Recording Artists Coalition (http://www.recordingartistscoalition.com/) to exist. > > > what constantly amazes me is the strength & vision she had back when > she was young, when the music biz was much more of a man's world than > it is now (& it still is)...& how as a very young woman she was able > to carve out her place & manifest her own creative vision...as her > fans we see her success & think oh how wonderful...but the road to > that success i am sure was filled with much pain & > disillusionment...for the music biz attracts the very best & the very > worst of humanity...(perhaps this is why i favor her earlier > recordings...they have more of the flower child innocence...) > The music biz is like any other where people stand to make or lose a lot of money. The biz attracts the very best & the very worst of humanity. Oil, film, software -- any number of things can fill in that blank. Brenda n.p.: Hassan Hakmoun - "This Gift" ------------------------------ Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.
