The thread about "Songs that evoke emotions" has moved
me to finally write about this - to try to put into
words what I feel about Joni's songs.
I've played guitar for a long time, and have learned and
tried to sing a fair number of songs over the years
including many of Joni's. There are certain songs that
are so beautiful and so moving that I can hardly sing
them all the way through without bursting into tears
(Dylan's Every Grain Of Sand is one of them), or that
make me cry every time I hear them (Mary
Chapin-Carpenter's 10,000 Miles), but there has never
been one Joni song that moved me like that. I love
Joni's songs!!! I think they are very beautiful
lyrically and melodically (she is among my favorite
musicians), but I find her songs very cerebral. It's
like the emotions are transformed into beautiful
multicolored jewels and the metaphorical beauty is
moving, but I don't cry in response to it, even though
many of the songs are very melancholy.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?
Marian
Vienna
