For me it has always been FTR. FTR came at a turning point in my life ... a point when I grew in independence. My marriage was failing, my mother always disagreed with everything I did at the time so songs like Lessons in Survival, Let the Wind Carry Me and Woman of Heart and Mind came at a huge turning point for me. I felt like Joni wrote them for me and I know many people on the jmdl feel the same way about many of her songs ... that they came at a time most needed. For me, that is how Joni became the most important songwriter and singer.
Early on, my musical taste was heavily influenced by my older brother who is a musician (who plays the keyboards and the trombone). Chicago Transit Authority was a must along with Hendrix's Electric Ladyland and Led Zeppelin's first LP. Whenever I hear these my mind gets transported right back to the days when I first heard them. For some reason, they still give me chills when I listen to them. Heather -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of mike pritchard Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:37 AM To: list Subject: epiphanies anyone? And talking of joni, I'd like to know about people's epiphanies, or otherwise with her music. I don't know how she sort of crept into my musical life but it certainly wasn't with a bang. I clearly remember hearing 'Space Oddity' and 'In the Court of the Crimson King' for the first time and thinking 'wow', and even more so with Chicago's 'Introduction', the day I fell in love with the sound of a trombone. In Britain in those days the only time we heard trombones was in the brass bands or the Dixieland jazz bands. Neither sounded good to me but when I heard 'Introduction' I couldn't believe how beautiful the sound was, nor in fact the mixture of rock instrumentation and a horn section. I suppose this was the moment I started to listen to jazz in a serious way. Getting back to Joni it seemed that she was always there. I had heard some stuff from the first few albums and saw her at the Isle of Wight and she was already a firm favourite at that time but I don't know when or how she became the most important songwriter and singer in my life. Some people here on the list have said that hearing 'Blue' opened the doors, but what about the others. Epiphanies anyone?
