> Jenny said, You mean I don't have to be at the kid's table for Thanksgiving?! ; )
That's exactly it. But, if you want my two cents anyway......... In my 46 & 11/12ths year-old brain, she blew the roof off the singer-songwriter genre with "Blue" in 1971. Maybe Carly wrote "Nobody Does It Better" but to me, Joni is the true object of that compliment. The very next year, 1972, "For The Roses" came out. To me, both of these albums are so incredibly rich in beauty, metaphor, and depth, that there's just no way to get all of the "juice" out of them in less than 10 years of living with them. You might be able to "gobble" them up and move on, but when you come back? Oh, my. You're back for good. Then came "Court and Spark"!! Has any solo Beatle had three back-to-back titles as good as these? I think not. McCartney's "Ram", much as I love it, was preceded by "McCartney" and followed by "Wings-Wildlife". John Lennon? Please! That's the bottom line for me. I'm not saying that the Beatles were hacks. Understand, what I'm saying is to expect 3 in a row of this caliber from any solo artist is a super-human feat, unattainable by even the Beatles. Yet, here's this Canuck. This *WOMAN*. Hello? You bet she's ground-breaking! Lama ps, 1971: a dulcimer 1972: a grand piano with an orchestra 1974: a jazz-rock band covering Annie Ross The people rest, your honor. > Jenny said, > >> So - this all has me thinking - when is an artist ground > breaking - when an artist truly comes up with something new > or combines influences in a way that has never been done > before? Specifically - when do you think Joni broke some > ground? And what was her contribution - lyrical...musical. > > For pop/rock music history buffs - or heck for people who > were actually cognizant at the time - how do you see Joni > in the context of popular music? How about in music in > general? Did she truly become an original right of the > bat with STAS - or was that more a logical, albeit > creative outflow of what was happening around and before her? > > I have a zillion other thoughts/questions, but let's leave it at > that....>>>>
