Listening to "Hejira" the other day, I was reminded of how many years have
passed since Joni wrote this glorious masterpiece by the following line from
"Coyote":
"I'll just be getting home with my reel to reel"
Then I thought of some other lines from other albums that seem dated:
"The band sounds like typewriters"
"With Negro affectations"
"They're playin' that scratchy rock and roll" (indicating a turntable, pre-CD
days)
You know there may be more . . . wanna play?
Also, Wally, who often seems so worldly, surprised me by self-confessing to
me the other day that he never understood the line, "I'm sitting on my
groceries!" What a total wackjob! (whackjob?)
--Bob
