>From the Toronto Star interview: Instead her radios are tuned to talk stations offering news flashes and political commentary, which all seem like madness to her. "I wander through my house trying to get a picture of what is happening to the human psyche," she says in a tone that's both perplexed and angry.
That would be enough to send anyone off the deep end. She should come here and talk to
us,
we don't talk about the w-word ( on Joni-only ).
>From my perspective as an outsider (Canadian), She described the situation herself
perfectly well in 1968 with her lament, The Fiddle and the Drum.
And so once again
My dear Johnny my dear friend
And so once again you are
fighting' us all
And when I ask you why
You raise your sticks and cry,
and I fall
Oh, my friend
How did you come
To trade the fiddle for the drum
You say I have turned
Like the enemies you've earned
But I can remember
All the good things you are
And so I ask you please
Can I help you find the peace and
the star
Oh, my friend
What time is this
To trade the handshake for the
fist
And so once again
Oh, America my friend
And so once again
You are fighting us all
And when we ask you why
You raise your sticks and cry and
we fall
Oh, my friend
How did you come
To trade the fiddle for the drum
You say we have turned
Like the enemies you've earned
But we can remember
All the good things you are
And so we ask you please
Can we help you find the peace
and the star
Oh my friend
We have all come
To fear the beating of your drum
Joni Mitchell 1968
If anyone has personal opinions on the w-word please use NJC.
Doug
