Well, Bob, you are a brave one! Good for you!
Confession is good for the soul and all that.
For my part, I find it REFRESHING that someone admits
to not liking Hejira. Most people seem reluctant to
say anything bad about it, and many people almost
worship it.
Not that I dislike it - I don't dislike any of Joni's
stuff, although some of it does take me a while to get
into. But it goes to show you how diverse people's
tastes are and, as far as I'm concerned, that's to
everyone's betterment. (Although I have no idea why -
something about learning something new everyday or
some goofy thing like that.)
I have my favourites (which change from day to day,
month to month, year to year.) I rarely listen to any
of the old stuff anymore. (Depending on your
definition of old stuff.) OF the very early stuff, I
listen most to Blue and Song to a seagull, but I don't
listen to Clouds, and I keep forgetting that Ladies of
the Canyon exists. Clouds doesn't do much for me
anymore, although I loved it at the time; LOTC? I
don't know why I keep forgetting it - it's a lovely
album, but for some reason, when I try to do a Joni
chronology in my head, I just forget this one.
Hejira isn't one I listen to a lot because I think
it's one of those where you probably have to devote
your entire attention to it (or subconscious
attention, maybe?) And I have a short attention span.
Like Willy Loman, this one must be paid attention to!
If I had heard Mingus when it first came out, I wonder
what I would have thought? That's hard to say many
years later, but I was kind of out of Joni-touch at
the time, and only picked up Mingus a year or so ago.
And I love it to pieces! Same with Don Juan which,
again, I only got a short while ago. And Shadows and
Light. These 3 are my Joni favourites right now -
maybe because they're still new to me.
Good for you - don't ever be afraid to state your
opinion!
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>
>
> Well, the Rev Vince didn't say anything about
> absolution, but he promised
> that there would be no penance.......so, here goes.
>
> I quit on what was then Joni's 'newer' stuff in the
> late-70"s when I couldn't
> "get into" Hejira (even after listening to it about
> 50 times). I really
> wanted to like the album. I listened to it in the
> dark; I listened to it
> while riding a stationary bike. Nothing worked. I
> had disliked THOSL, and now
> this one seemed to leave me cold. So I quit - after
> Hejira, of all albums.
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