my time to confess.
however much i try, i could never choose between blue and hejira. i can do
the top 10 thing with all the others. but to me blue and hejira are two
incarnations of the same soul. i am not making a statement here, i am just
telling you how it is for me. i have never understood why or how come so
many people around the world say that court and spark is their favorite
album. everything i know about life i learned form that entity called
bluehejira. if your life has been different, then i can't explain this to
you. i have been cursed with many disabilities, among which is my lack of
interest in most things joni did after mingus. i sincerely apologize but i
don't like TTT, NRH, TI, BSN, and S&L. i am amused by WTRF and CMIARS. i
dislike joni's voice nowadays. i am bored by joni's chord progressions,
especially after CMIARS.
it happened like this.
i liked mingus at once.
i thought S&L was very shrill but i liked a couple of tracks.
after that, i was doomed. i started LIKING, i stopped believing. i could
always find a couple of tracks that justified having bought the album, but
no more satori.
mind you: i think that i'm very spoiled because joni got me used to
expecting only revelations and wisdom. i still consider any ''bad'' joni
mitchell song better than many ''good'' songs by many other artists.
but between you and me, bluehejira is the cornerstone. the beginning and
end. alpha/omega. anything else is literature. in my opinion, of course.
wallyK
