Hi y'all! Thanks Les, for posting the current RS article on the website and Brian(?, I've got a bad memory and just resubbed to the list so it's harder for me to look-up who sent it in :), for posting the Reuters release he sent in last night. Anyway, if you have a disire to read more Joni content and some of the reactions to last night's Reuters article, the message boards there are jumping. Here's the link and one example. The pro/con have been pretty evenly split from what I've read there so far.
Peace, Penny http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=768&e=3&cid=769&u=/nm/20021014/music_nm/leisure_mitchell_dc Re: I always thought she was overrated by: PapiBear (35/M/United States of America) 10/15/02 04:18 am Msg: 38 of 237 2 recommendations >>it takes a quite a bit of time (and work) to figure her work out. most people don't have the patience or brain capacity... << You left out "the desire". Most people would prefer to enjoy music, even complex, thoughtful music, rather than take a long time and work to "figure it out". Most folks don't consider music to be a math problem or a philosophical dissertation. They just want to hear a good tune and tap their toes, or be moved by the emotions of a song. Not sent into therapy about it. Now don't get me wrong; I can enjoy deep, rich, thoughtful music that lasts for generations, but I think to arbitrarily dismiss every songwriter besides herself and Bob Dylan is, well, myopic and selfish. And frankly, I'm not really interested in either hearing the music of or providing financial support to an artist so enamored with herself that she sees fit to be dismissive of people who admire her work. I won't deny her musical talent; that's a given. But as a person, I don't think I'd want to sit next to her on a bus or share a lunch with her. If she can't be grateful for the attention and adulation and respect she DOES have from millions, well, then she's more blind than Stevie Wonder. By the way, she didn't seem to throw a tizzy when Janet Jackson sampled her music in a dance song a couple years ago. If I'm not mistaken, Janet Jackson is one of those people who've assisted MTV and the rest of the music industry become a "pornographic cesspool". I believe Janet's brother is well known for his crotch-grabbing, in fact. Gee, funny how money tends to turn people into incredible hypocrites, huh? Posted as a reply to: Msg 18 by wsidechris Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com
