This isn't exactly how it went. Wally told a better story about it on
his website, but basically an old friend of Joni's from the days in
the caves wanted to borrow Joni's microphone after one of her songs
to talk about Desolation Row (?). Joni couldn't let him, but I guess
the conversation between the two picked on the microphone and the
audience heard he was talking about Desolation Row.
At 1:45 AM +0100 10/28/00, Steve wrote:
> Here's a transcript of Joni's rant.
>
>During constant heckling, no doubt from males awaiting their electric rock
>heroes, a solo acoustic Joni snapped, and with a voice trembling with
>emotion shouted into the microphone
> " Will you listen a minute......Now listen......A lot of people
>who get up here and sing....
>I know it's fun, you know, it's a lot of fun, it's fun for me. I get my
>feelings off through my music
>(more heckling in the background).....but listen, it's like, last Sunday I
>went to a Hopi ceremonial
>dance in the desert and there were a lot of people there and there were
>tourists....and there were tourists who were acting like indians and there
>were indians who were getting into it like tourists.....
>and....and....I think you're acting like tourists man........GIVE US SOME
>RESPECT" Joni then played a fevered Big Yellow Taxi ,that, given the
>reception at the end won over quite a few tourists.
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