>Can't you just see Joni coming home from "being up all night in the
> >studio", hanging her beret on the coatrack, and shouting "Larry, I'm
> >home!" :~D
That's kind of my point. Was she up all night in the studio? Doesn't sound
much like it! Her life was going well, her relationships were going well,
not the turmoil that inspired Blue or Hejira, and later, in part, NRH, TI,
TTT.
Tori Amos poured her heart out on 'Little Earthquakes' and then had nothing
much to say on 'Under the Pink'. It took the end of her long relationships
with Eric ending to create the wonderful 'Boys for Pele' and her miscarriage
to bring about the very dark 'From the Choirgirl Hotel'. It seems that for
an artist to please their fans (and critics) they have to go through a
personal hell.
Other examples in music are Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' just after his
divorce and Shawn Colvin's 'Few Small Repairs' after hers (and the end of
her alcoholism, I think?). Probably their best works.
I love the image of the beret on the coatrack. If Joni hasn't painted that
yet, I'm sure it's only a matter of time.
Rob
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