"...Paul McCartney's knack for catchy melodies... " Someone recently asked if we would hae Joni if we didn't have the Beatles. I've thought about that a lot... and I am sure that we would have had Joni, although surely the Beatles influenced her as they did all of us. Than I notice in reading through Wally B's account of his weekend with Joni, Wally writes of Joni mentioning who influenced her and there it is: among the prominent influences on Joni, as stated by Joni as related by Wally B: "... Paul McCartney's knack for catchy melodies..." In that "Impossible Dreamer" is in part a remembrance of John Lennon, there is another sign that Joni, gifted artist in tune to her times, was touched as we all were by the genius that was the Beatles and has interpreted that through her own inimitable talent, as she has been touched by other influences. Now, I would have never have guessed that McCartney would be cited as an influence by Joni, but there it is... So: catchy melodies? Help Me Both Sides Now Free Man in Paris Carey Raised on Robbery Big Yellow Taxi Woodstock these are some of the catchiest melodies that Joni has done, IMHO. The number of times that some of those of have covered says something about their catchiness... (the Rev Vince)
