Clouds bests LOTC, Relayer? Hmmm. Perhaps. I'm way beyond objectivity though. I
love both Clouds and LOTC with passion and religiously give them their due,
respectively. That's just me. Naturally, your mileage will vary. As I'm certain
Nikki would say: "It's all good!" :-)
I was going to reply to Paul that, while DED could be perceived as less inspired than
Joni's other discs, it's still immeasurably better than 90% of last years releases.
Again, imho. I think Her whole body of work is grossly underrated, but the game's
still afoot, isn't it? Martin Luther King once said that unearned suffering is
redemptive. Word? We shall see.
I'm bewildered that MOA and Shadows and Light aren't both heralded with the best live
efforts of all time. Frampton Comes Alive, Rush: All The World's a Stage, Little
Feat: Waiting for Columbus...these classics should be their company. Can I get a
witness?
On LOTC, if I may. I'm endeared to it because in my book it's the most inspired
morning album ever conceived and recorded. How dearly I recall my college days,
waking up in my lover's arms, snuggled in her canopied bed beneath her grandma's
cloud-soft patchwork quilt, with morning sun beams colorfully refracting through
dangling crystal prisms all over us...to our quiet delight. Michele would reach over
and drop the needle on LOTC and "Morning Morgantown" would fill the new day
air...followed by the so-sweet "For Free." Those precious moments became
transcendent. We loved the rain and would spoon on the futons near the crackling fire
absorbed by "Rainy Night House." I could go on and on on LOTC, with love. Somebody
stop me! Thanks for the mention of Canyon Ladies, Re.
-Julius
np: Ladies of the Canyon, in the rain
Relayer211 writes:
<< I think "Clouds" is defiantly Joni's most underrated album.I can't understand why
some people don't like it.Joni's singing is so pretty on it.The songs are deep and
wonderful...overall it's a better album then LOTC imo. >>
