In a message dated 2/25/2003 8:47:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> My vote would go to "Sweet Sucker Dance" from "Mingus." Dammit - you STOLE my pick! At least I can say that I have gone on record as saying this several times before, so I can't be accused of jumping on the "Boston Jim bandwagon"! ;~) If you haven't heard Joni's vocals on this track, your Joni-homework song of the day (I LOVE that idea Ron!) is "Sweet Sucker Dance". Not just the purity of her voice, but the way she effortlessly jumps from blue note to blue note, the emotion she conveys with every breath... Wow, it blows me away. > > As for "worst vocal" (not including BSN or T'log), Why not include those? It makes it easy. That shrieked "Head Of a Man" on the T'log version of "Slouching" makes me want to slash my wrists. Up until that, there were some crummy SONGS, but Joni's voice was unfailing. Maybe I don't care for the lofty soprano notes in some of the early stuff, but the vocal was still doing its job. Like Mark said (in his wonderful Woodstock post), Joni re-engineered her vocal on Woodstock and virtually reinvented the song. I guess she thought the strained notes in "Slouching" would create tension, but to my ears they're just unbearable. Bob NP: Lenny Kravitz, "Sister"
