Greetings I have just discovered this site and its discussion area. Have read the posts for the past couple days and now am seeing how the posting thing works. (Will be curious to see if my message appears in the list of posts I get tomorrow.) (Question: How do you guys quote previous messages in your own? Cut and paste?) I have been a JM fan since Ladies of the Canyon, though I tuned out after Mingus, then got distracted and missed her work of the 80s, and only returned to listening with Turbulent Indigo. That return sent me back into the older material. In looking at the poll results for albums and songs, I was sorta surprised where Don Juan ended up on the list -- and how low Paprika Plains was postioned. Which leads me to my question: Were the unsung lyrics to Paprika Plains that were printed with the album ever intended to be sung? And, if so, were they ever performed in concert? Unfortunately, I have never seen JM in performance. Has she ever performed Paprika Plains? Though at the time of its release I didn't care much for PP, I now think it brilliant and beautiful and very moving. In fact, I wish JM had followed the 'symphonic' muse evidenced in PP a little further. I was sort of hoping the orchestral arrangements on Both Sides Now would continue the sweeping originality of PP, but I was disappointed. Any answers to my PP questions would be greatly appreciated. Bruce (And what does that 'np' mean that people use to list a song at the end of ther posts?)
