Not meaning to sound pretentious, but I feel this type of comparison-
Dylan/Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones/Mitchell- are futile. Though it creates
interesting discussion, in my opinion one is not better than the other.
When asked what my favourite movie of all time is, I don't have an answer-
so many good ones! Favourite painter- Picasso, Van Gogh,
Rauschenberg...... I don't know, all brilliant. Favourite
singer/songwriter- Joni, Fred Neil, Laura Nyro...... too many choices of
artistic genius- in all of these categories.
It is such a personal feeling- the moment, the way something "hits"you,
affects one. And it's forever changing- by one's mood, time of day, day of
the week, the weather...
And when queries like this are proposed to such a uniquely gifted,
intelligent, and artistic group of individuals- we'll never agree!! But,
it does make for an interesting read!
Regards all,
Stephen in Vancouver
NP: Chucho Valdes- Live @ the Village Vanguard.
P.S. To Bob M- you were listening the other day to Ron Sexsmith. I know
that you too, are a big Elvis Costello fan. Elvis has mentioned numerous
times in print, that he thinks Ron is one of the best songwriters in the
world! High praise, indeed!
