Smurph wrote:
"Have you ever grown to love any of Joni's work many
years after it was released? Am I going to be put in the JMDL slow class for
admitting this? "
and then Lucy wrote:
<<<WELCOME TO THE CATCHING UP CLUB...
I am catching up after a 16 year gap... I had to go out and buy my vinyl Joni's on CD
when my ex and I split as he
took the record deck and HIfi system. But Joni had just about been banned in
our house anyway so I had rarely had a chance to listen to her in the 16 years
I was with my ex>>>
<<<finally bought my
house and was free to buy and listen to what I wanted. I stood in my kichen and
realised for the first time in years that I was
happy. Joni's music playing loudly in my house and no one to turn it off, and
no one to criticise the buying of flowers.....>>>
well here I am to join in with your club Smurph and Lucy...a great big me too, me too.
my journey a la joni began in 1974 while i was working as a volunteer at a distress
centre .
on the table beside me was a small radio which carried the most wonderful fm station
our little town had to offer. talk about an oasis! I was mesmerized when I heard those
opening chords . my heart nearly burst wide open when I heard my loneliness, my life
reflected back to me in Court and Spark, oh sweet relief.
>From there, I took a step backward to Blue and then Ladies, then Clouds. After that,
>Joni's beautiful voice was banish-ed from the king's domain within which i resided
>for far too long.
once i took my life altering hejira from the west toward lighter days, my heart
rejoiced as I was once again introduced to more Joni than I ever dreamed possible.
Ive only learned about her later works from for the roses, to hejira, to don juan's
reckless daughter and night ride home as well as mingus , and dog eat dog because of
this list. while at times it embarrasses me to admit this, because i am a such a life
long fan of joni...suffice to say, and i am proud of it...educating mags is still in
process. my blissful ignorance is exemplified by my not understanding the lyrics from
that hissing song were meant to be a retrospective.. thanks bob muller for the heads
up on that one!
and speaking of Bob and riveting Joni moments...i will never forget the day at Joni
Fest a few years ago when Bob Muller sang Amelia. Tears all round the room. It was
like hearing the voice of an angel. You could have heard a pin drop.
I see that the album Hejira and the gifts within have resonated deeply within many of
us. I know for me, it has become one among my favourite of Joan's work. I also love
Turbulent Indigo...when I heard that for the first time, I thought, yea, there she is.
She's back. My ears didnt get Mingus at the time, and now, thanks to this list Im
encouraged to hear things in a new way.
at last....i share my life, love and space, internal and external with my honeyboi
who loves joni as much as i do. he knows her lyrics ... nearly all of them (which to
this day amazes and delights me) , he sings joni songs with me at the drop of a hat,
he uses joni lyrics in his every day speech as a way of making a point.
and yes, Lucy, he even likes flowers ;-)
Mags
np: xpn
You open my heart, you do.
Yes you do.
- JM
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