Do I have a least favorite Joni nong. No. Not really. Because everything an
artist does comes from some segment of their awareness, their mind, and their
abilities. When I went to Paris and went to the Musee D'Orsay and saw an
entire room of impressionist paintings by Van Gogh I didnt like any of them.
On the other hand it was still interesting. In other words there were so many
aspects and facets to them that there was still alot to get into. I may think
Jungle Line is a really bad song to listen to which I do, its boring, its way
too long, it is basically something she took a risk doing and in my opinion
it just doesnt work but others on the list love it. Entire threads have been
devoted to its merits.
I love the song No Apologies. The pedal steel track is worth the price of
admission. The subject seemingly being the treatment of the Japanese in their
WW2 internment camps although with the reference to the "hookers" the
reference may be to the use of comfort women BY the Japanese so maybe Joni
was mixing things together here. Anyway the melody is haunting and I like it.
It frequently makes others (including Michael Paz's whose musical taste is
impeccable) least favorite list.
Someone placed Cold Blue Steel on their list its in my Top 5 of ALL songs.
Some songs Joni has done are great songs but have such a stupid line in them
I dont like them such as the one wher she hopes the other woman gets germs. I
thought such lyrics were totally beneath her but she gets slack from me for
the same reason I dont hold agasinst van Gogh the fact that he cut his own
ear off. In a nutshell the body of an artists life has warts and scales and
big zits. But its them. Evereyone gets to make a bad song out of their 20
albums. Who knows maybe they were purposely trying to do it because of some
dispute with the record company. As I have always known, "Dont worry about
the No's, just focus on the Yes's. No's all have the same value (zero) its
the Yes's that can buy you a new life."
