> On the issue of "Blue", I'll take the cheap writer's > compromise. Since the song seems to fit any number of > Joni's "d'affairs du coeur", I think it quite possible > -- and likely even -- that the song is, in fact, a > whole greater than the sum of it's parts. And therein > lies it's power ... that Joni's drawn from her most > powerful feelings from a number of affairs, and woven > them together into this timeless fabric. Songs are not necessarily written about one person. Quite often they are made up of a myriad of emotions. And writing a song is not as simple a process as it would seem. I was reading an interview with Joni from this month's issue of Inside Connection and she said quite often a long time may go by before she actually writes about a certain experience, relationship etc...so you can't chronologically match up affairs and songs necessarily. And as a songwriter, when I write a new song, it becomes this dynamic thing that grows and evolves and I may develop different ideas about what inspired the song even though I'm the one who wrote it. There is always that element of songwriting that lends itself to mystery, working in this medium of music and words that seems to transcend itself. Victor NP: John Coltrane -Live at the Village Vanguard
