I don't know what the current fare of pop is elsewhere, but here in
Indonesia ........... aaaaaaaaaargh we get a selection of what's happening
videolly in the West. I hope it's the worst of a bad bunch. Maybe I'm
getting older (of course I am, isn't everyone?). Today I watched with
particular disbelief the eMTVness of the music. Even Madonna's Music left me
in dismay of how shallow/forgettable it all was. Sorry, I missed the self
parody/piss-take as was explained to me. But then Madonna speaks highly of
my career. Joni ain't no video queen either. The bland regurgitations of old
songs i.e. Five doing We Will Rock You floored me. Maybe I need another
holiday, to relax, let things slide/be. I picked up my guitar as an antidote
and determined to play a difficult Joni song I'd never played before. Otis
and Marlena was reduced to E F# B and C#7. It's possible and sounded jolly
acceptable too. I had no idea it could be so simple and in standard tuning.
I started thinking of pop-py accompaniments etc. A cover version. I played
it until the little green taxi arrived. I don't know if it would be a good
thing to "popize" Joni, but a cover here and there wouldn't go wrong, or
would it? Are any of Joni's songs better than We Will Rock You? Current
flavours doing what, I think might be a tall order to the imagination. A
handful of artists doing a handful of Joni songs. Who doing What? There
ain't a lot there alas.
Willy the Shake
N about to P - Otis & Marlena - come for fun and sun
PS - What does "while muslims stick up Washington" mean? I like to have a
fair idea of what I'm singing about.
