1. One correspondent notes that Joni's voice on "Song to a Seagull," whose official title is actually "Joni Mitchell," is lower than on "Clouds" and the next several albums, and speculates that the range for the latter was spurred by conscious imitation of Judy Collins and Joan Baez. Don't forget the high notes in "Night in the City": up about an octave on the capitalized syllables: "Night in the CI-ty looks PRET-ty to me ...."
2.
From: "Mark or Travis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I think Judy Collin's rendition of "Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is tops
for
me. Here you have a woman of incredible talents. She is probably one of
the
best interpretive singers in the business. Her voice is stronger than
ever.
When she decided to start composing songs we saw that she was great at
that
Which album is this on? I've only recently started to collect Judy's stuff.too.
I agree that she is a wonderful interpreter. For a long time I just thought
she had a pretty voice and wrote rather precious little songs. I have since
learned that I was wrong on both counts. 'Albatross', 'My Father',
'Granddaddy' - these are great songs. And her choice of material to
interpret has usually shown impeccable taste.
"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is on "Judith," 1975 on Elektra. It now can be ordered from the Merchandise page at www.judycollins.com. The song title is the same as the title of a novel by the late Libertarian science-fiction genius Robert Heinlein, in which he introduces the TANSTAAFL Principle: "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch," which, ultimately, is borne out by the laws of thermodynamics. I think the novel predates the song, and thus, that the title was borrowed for the song, but I don't think the song lyrics relate to the novel.
3. December 2002 PLAYBOY is now out, and includes the ballot for the 2003 Music Poll. Among the names listed as candidates for induction into that poll's Hall of Fame is that of Joni Mitchell.
Tim Spong
Dover, Del., U.S.A.
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