i still don't know how to respond to the discussion list....so, i have no idea who will receive this. :-) i didn't even read the whole list. i just read several people's negative feelings about "talk to me." lyrically, it doesn't rank with her finest work, but musically, it thrills my soul. i make lots and lots of compilation tapes for my less musically obsessed friends, and "talk to me" is always one of the several joni mitchell songs that i include. as a guitar player, i find her guitar work on that song to be utterly amazing. her sense of rhythm is incredible. it's almost dangerous for me to drive when that song is blasting in the car. so, perhaps people could overlook the attempt at humor or the self-deprecating lyrics and just get into the rhythmic experimentation that is so apparent on the song. just a suggestion. :-) NO ONE plays guitar like joni. NO ONE. it's just one of the reasons that joni RULES.
terry
