Ron wrote:
> i really find it impossible to believe that in all the talk about "best"
> albums, no one has mentioned shadows & light
>
> am i in a minority of 1 on this??
No! One of my favourites too, but I thought it might be a bit over the top
to list all 20-odd albums as my favourite! Honestly, the line between 1st,
2nd, 3rd, etc. is so thin, that it's near invisible, and on any given day,
mainly depends on the mood I'm in when I pick one!
> tho i must add that i dont really think that any album can be categorised
as
> *best*, but it can be categorised as "as favourite and most relevant to
me"
Absolutely - which was kind of my point in my last post, although I didn't
say it (OK, so I'm stupid)!
> and as for those who favour the older works, perhaps i could very loosely
> quote a song sung by joan baez (i know the lyric, and the tune, but have
no
> clue as to what song/album - go figure!!)
>
> "theres a comfort in the teaching of the old familiar songs...."
> (and a sorrow in repeating all the old familiar wrongs)
Janis Ian - Light a Light. Great song from her album "Between The Lines".
She (like Joni, but not quite "up there") has written some great lyrics over
the years.
> and on the subject of s&l and lyrics HELP!!
>
> is it
>
> the perils of (having/being) benefactors
> the blessings of (having/being) parasites
>
> or is it a case of joni putting in a dual meaning so the listener can take
> whichever is relevant to them, while only she knows which is relevant to
her
> personally??
Who knows? Like Joni says, "Who cares what it means to me, what does it
mean to YOU." But I think you summed it up in that last sentence!
Hell
NP: The cat, trying to "hide" under my chair, which doesn't really work,
since his backside is half-way out. I think he's working on the theory that
if he can't see me, I can't see him. I wish he'd act his age - in cat-years
he's about 95 - it's very tiring!
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