On 9 Jun 2002 at 12:34, kakki wrote: > Brenda wrote: > > > 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. > > True, and I don't like to judge where she is coming from, but I think > sometimes a general supposition can be made, based on human > experience, when you observe anyone bringing up and repeating the same > issue over and over. If Joni wants to ensure that as many people as > possible know how rotten the music business can be, I think she has > accomplished that. But she seems to go beyond that - she takes it > very personally and it shows with statements like "no one wants to > hear what I have to say anymore."
Two follow-up thoughts on this. How much of Joni's repetition is by design and how much is by selection? Meaning, do we keep hearing this because when she talks, its one of the few things that the press reports? As Catherine noted, she talks a lot. And I'm betting there other things she repeats as much as she does her comments about the business. However, those things may happen to be far less interesting in print. Her comment about no one wanting to hear what she has to say can be a very real response to what she is told by the people who promote and market her records. When they can't get her on the radio or do get her on the radio and the stations get no phones, when you sell 200,000 out of a potential music market of 24 million, it's easy to conclude that "no one" -- meaning the public at large -- wants to hear it. (Especially when you write songs titled "Sex Kills"!) She can't help but take it personally, because the response is to her work specifically when her manager reports back from the VP of radio promotion. But I wouldn't draw the line from that to insecurity or a self esteem issue. I would be very surprised (and disappointed) if she thought any less of her own work because of it. Brenda n.p.: Marvin Gaye - "Distant Lover" ------------------------------ Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.
