jim wrote:
" I prefer to leave it at that-
as another useful tool to facilitate pondering her catalog, her prolific
nature, and her many musical collaborators. (I wouldn't have the list in
my
hands when interviewing her though! It might be a little explosive for
that.)"
hi jim! i liked this; it made sense to me, as did the rest of
your intelligent post.
marcel and i have also been writing each other off-list about
this -- he offered a number of interesting contexts that
one could "read" this list in, such as, as you pointed out,
the way various other music industry "types" might have
influenced joni's music.
fine. interesting. and also: something i hadn't thought of
before.
i'm thinking that maybe my instant, immediate reaction stems
more from a personal nature...i guess i really would object
to someone laying out my own life or work according (only)
to whom i was with at the time. that would make me really
sad.
but it wouldn't be "wrong" -- just icky, and not something
i personally would value.
however, i don't want to dismiss ANY "tool" we might
use to understand joni's music. so...
anyway, i'm still figuring out how i think about this. (i
certainly know how i FEEL about it.)
hope everyone had good weekends!
--emily
