----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick and Susan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 2:55 AM Subject: Re: 1st French point of view about Tlog
> Laurent a ecrit: > > Hi all, > > Here it is, the first article about Travelogue in France. A very very good > > article from Nick Kent in "Libiration". I hope you all can read french ;-) > > http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=68811# > > Here's my attempt at a translation: > > Travelogue > > Joni Mitchell just turned 59 and has chosen this moment to officially > announce the she will not record again. She explains that she can no longer > support the dishonesty and greed of the record companies and the music > industry in general, and prefers to concentrate on her other gift, painting. > > However you interpret it, this declaration is a very bad omen for the future > of popular music in which, over the last thirty-five years, Mitchell has > shown herself to be a vital link, the equivalent of Dylan and Cohen as a > lyricist, and an inspired goldsmith of sublime melodies. > > Travelogue (a 2 CD collection of 22 of her favorite compositions rearranged > and rerecorded with a full symphony orchestra) comes across as her swan > song: a disc of thrilling beauty, an impeccable tour de force and a > demonstration of the timelessness of Mitchell and her songs. Drawn from > every period of her career, these songs, interpreted in a marvelous voice > haloed by wisdom and maturity, include too many highlights to name only one. > > Drop everything and buy this CD at once, in the hopes that it will make her > change her mind. > > > Rick (who only had to use Larousse 3 times to translate this and is pretty > proud of himself.)
