Bob Murphy wrote: > > Do you have any idea what we "covers fans" do when you finally go to bed at > Jonifests, Muller? We play our beloved "Covers Frisbee" until the sun comes > up. Hundreds and hundreds of luminous discs flying through the night and into > the sun's first light. You'd think it was the friggin' Northern Lights. But > no, it's just all these useless Joni cover discs none of us can bear to play. > We must have had at least a thousand going at Jonifest '02! > > We laugh at you and your Joni baloney covers, Muller! WE LAUGH! > > Hey, everyone! Who wants the new Chumba Wumba cover of "Dancin' Clown?" > > I didn't hear anyone, did you, Muller? Sure, every now and then one of us > will write for one of your foolish covers CDs . . . but not because we > actually want the wretched things -- it's because we feel so sorry for you, > Muller, and want to give you one more pathetic reason to live yet another > soul-killing day.
I never heard Bob Muller's CDs of Joni covers. However I just got Marcel Deste's latest CD on which he covers I Think I Understand and Rainy Night House. I never cared too much for covers but I was I was most impressed with Marcel's because I feel they really ADD something to the original. Joni's early stuff has beautiful melodies but the interpretation is somewhat dated to my ears i.e I don't like the early folk too much, question of taste. This is too bad because I am indeed missing on enjoying those beautiful songs. So Marcel's re-using those songs in a more modern, even psychedelic fashion really made my day. Bob, count me in for a good Joni cover CD. And I'm not asking you to be nice. Laurent
