Cool thread. Unaccustomed as I am to posting, I'll keep my remarks here brief.
Joni has selective memory. When she says "No one wants to hear what I have to say anymore," it could be she's referring lines like 'Because Elvis gave 'em cars You think I'm cheap' in 'The Windfall'. Like others, I found this song kinda boring but hey, no one can write "Ludwig's Tune" every time out, not even the sainted (but not by me) John Lennon. Remember 'Mingus'? Joni remembers that the jazz press panned it. What I remember is that Leonard Feather not only 'got it', but he praised it to the freakin' skies in "downbeat"! My theory is that she's not interested in 'setting herself on fire for [us] anymore." (Springsteen on the "Greetings From Asburry Park" album I think.) That's okay. Jesus, I'm not complaining that she's been stingy with opening up for her public! But it does mean that we're in a new phase, Phase IV, and the old rules emphatically DON'T apply. Maybe she's written enough. She's written plenty. The lady gave at the office. Next. Lamadoo LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
