Mia, I love your interpretation of this song -- I had never thought of it that way! I guess I had always had some interpretation similar to Little Bird's. But, as is the case with so many Joni tunes, more than one interpretation works, even in combination with each other. The innovative guitar playing is also so great -- the hammer-on bar chord followed by the syncopated finger picking is onomatopoeic in a way -- doesn't it seem like the slightly disconnected motion of one's body while in a rocking chair? As in, your own rocking rhythm is slightly out of sync with the actual rocking of the chair? Anyway, that groove she gets reminds me of that. Maybe representational is a better word than onomatopoeic for what I'm trying to say, but hey, at this point I'm just so scared shitless about getting the JC vs NJC thing right, I ain't too worried about it!! :-D
Bob Murphy, I have only one thing to say to you: MORNING HAS BROKEN!! JUST LIKE THE FIRST MORNING!! HIT IT!!! 1-2-3-4!! ;-) Kay "The first job of a citizen is to keep your mouth open." ~ G|nter Grass
