Hello everyone, I was interested to discover that the poet, Kenneth Rexroth, was an early admirer of Joni Mitchell. Browsing the internet, I found an article written by him in 1969 titled Subversive Aspects of Popular Songs, in which he places the idea of popular music as poetry in its historical context. At one point he states how difficult it is to talk about the present (ie. 1969) situation because so much is happening. But he says: On the whole my own taste runs to poet singers who get to the root of the matter, who speak for fundamental changes in the sensibility in human relationships and therefore in language. Dylan at his best, Donovan, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins when she sings her own things . It is a very interesting article and can be found at www.slip.net/~knabb/rexroth/songs.htm I havent posted much of late (nothing really to say, I suppose), but before I return to my comfortable lurkdom Id like to say welcome to the new Aussie jmdler who I see has joined the list. Hi b.w.frank! Cheers, John. __________________________________________________________________ Get your free Australian email account at http://www.start.com.au
