wow i love your post jim, i'm certainly not in any danger of letting go of ms. mitchell but your words reminded me of how she makes me feel sometimes. I don't often post to the list but I read them (obsessively!) every day and have loved digesting all the different opinions of T'log which i have to say i have only listened to via a weblink which certainly wasn't ideal - but even so I was not bowled over to rush out and buy it for the simple reason that for me it wasn't the joni who I first encountered and listened to and felt that incredible level of intensity and intimacy which I had never felt before on such a mind-blowing scale. I am sure other people would argue that it certainly is intense but the whole immensity of it and I think, for want of a better phrase, '3rd party involvement' of the orchestral arrangement just ruins for me the reasons why I fell in love with joni's music in the 1st place. ( purely my opinion!!!)
Anyway, I don't think you should ever let her go but I do think there is a time and a place for each song, and she should hold that place for you if you ever need to come back to her - she does have an amazing therapeutic value for me as I read she does for a lot of jmdlers , as well as the only artist who can make me cry, smile, and ponder life, love and everything in the space of one album! take care, and don't give up on her! sarah (ps - Anne - the musical idea really made me smile - can u include Song for Sharon in your playlist?!!!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*
