Hey Jack I remember this moment well and actually have it on VHS from the original broadcast. While I loved seeing her in there it was tragic the way the placed here at the end of a very long day and in between two rock acts. People were pitching stuff (tennis shoes and bottles etc.) at her and it was really quite sad. I remember sobbing about it during and after thinking "how the feck could people treat our queen in this manner?". I am going to have to pull this tape out again and watch it. Thanks for the reminder.
Paz on 12/21/02 11:22 AM, jacka1z at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, I've been enjoying the continual pros and cons for Travelogue and > Joni's life's works. Very good points by all. The same thing is going on > at YesTalk.org. When artists stick around this long and have devoted fans > who love to speak their minds, it's wonderful. Sure occasionally people > react to their own projections of what the other says, that's because we > live in our own dreamtime. > > Anyway, I'm switching gears because rarely do I get to speak about my > favorite Joni moment, and that was the concert for Amnesty International > about 12 years ago. It was put on for 3 days by MTV, but the last evening > was switched to network primetime. At 7 or 8 whenever it started, Bryan > Adams came on and rocked the house, I guess. I really didn't understand why > he was there at all, I figured someone paid for that time slot. So he > "rocked" then they cut away to commercial. When they came back the crowd > was in a pop frenzy, chanting "We're number one, we're number one". Joni > comes out and starts a solo slow acoustic version of The Three Great > Stimulants. Through at least the first half of the song, people were > screaming and just partying, loud and proud. But by the end of the song the > majority had finally remembered what the concert for Amnesty International > was about, that people were being tortured and dying everyday by brutal > tyrants, some of which (not all) were supported by western civilization "Oh > these times, oh these brutal times". Then she brought an impromptu > four-piece band, Larry Klein, Manu Katche (who plays with Peter Gabriel) and > Dolette McDonald (who backed up vocals for Sting) and they played Number One > which grooved, further redefining the concert from chanting "We're number > one" to "honey, did you win or lose?". Then Larry and Joni finished with > Hejira, "Then I looked at myself here, chicken-scratching for my > immortality." That's when I became an absolute fanatic of Joni's > expression. > > Jack
