> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 09:56:47 EDT
> Subject: Re: The top 10 Joni songs...
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> In a message dated 5/4/01 8:30:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > And I don't think I'm in the minority, either, than while Joni has
> > continued to put out good music, nothing after Hejira measures up to
> > anything
> >
>
> For me, TI ranks up there with the very best of Joni's (or anyone's for that
> matter) work. The emotional intensity--the sense of desperation--that she
> captures in Sunny Sunday is, IMHO, unmatched in any other song. And the
> poetry of Sire Of Sorrow matches that of Hejira (my favorite song and LP). I
> feel TI is a true masterpiece: it comes from the perspective of an older
> woman than what we hear on the albums from Blue thru Hejira, and while it may
> be "darker" than some like, it captures emotions as strongly as any of Joni's
> works. I have always been drawn to Joni's work because she hits a chord in
> me--I respond to her music and lyrics on a visceral level (I can't always
> explain what she touches off in me, but she always brings up intense
> feelings).
>
> Stephen
You are right. If anyone could pull it off at this point of a career
it would be Joni. I guess aerosmith fans could say the same of them
now. Still, for me song for song, Hejira wins. Joni has more than a
couple masterpieces. Mine are FTR, Court, Hissing, and Hejira.
Outside of Blue, this may be the favorites by many others on the
list. To me, this body of work is nearly unmatched by anyone I can
think of. (Of course their are some in my opinion that come
close...Yes, Genesis, Beatles, Hendrix, Stones, Jefferson Airplane,
CSNY, Tull, and early Steve Miller Band had it's moments .) And when
you think about it, 4 albums is one heck of a body of work. Am I
leaving any out?
Mike
