Brian wrote:
> Larry's influence on Joni's 80s/90s work is clear, but I'm not sure it's
safe to say he he had a negative effect on the quality. >It would be hard
to pin this all down anyway. One could hardly compare WTRF and DED
>favorably to the 70's classics. >On the other hand, Klein clearly was
closely involved in TI, and it stands as one of her better works. He was
less involved in >TTT and it is one of her weaker works.
For some surprising comments from Joni on Larry's producer role in her
albums, you should read the Border Crossings article at
http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/0102bc.cfm (Don Larry Klein Rowe should
cover his eyes and ears from this, though ;-) I think Klein is an
incredible musician and great producer on other's albums like Shawn, Julia
Fordham, etc., but the Joni collaboration doesn't work for me. Maybe they
were too close to each other.
I was thinking some more about the Spanish Steps in "Only Joy in Town" - the
song is probably about the Roman Spanish Steps but the lyrics really fit
with the scene in downtown L.A. I found a photo of the L.A. steps at this
link for any interested
http://www.usc.edu/dept/geography/losangeles/lawalk/new/tower.html This
must be an early shot because it's much more pretty around there now and
there are several wonderful sculptures by Robert Graham (Anjelica Huston's)
husband around the area.
Kakki
