I get it!!!!!! Slowly but surely, all the loose threads of Joni's lyrics get resolved care of this discussion list. By george, we'll know Joni's music better than she does. (I guarantee we remember more particulars of the old stuff... she's so 'in the now.') The intro to Talk to Me has always been a favorite of mine. The opening line is not weird or disconnected from the body of the song. By telling the pee story, Joni is giving a clear and frank example of just HOW loose her tongue is. She's admiting she talks so much, even personal embarassments are fair game: the line is a confession of a dyed in the wool blabber mouth. --Thanks Bob for 'splitting' tequila from anaconda. I think you're spot on with that reference. She's not talking about peeing some fancy drink, just painting the image of a night of too much tequilla that ended up ribboned across a parking lot. Did she actually do this? Maybe. It may have been a near miss that was dramatized for the sake of the song. Not that it matters. It's the driving rhythm of the song that counts. Of course, she admits there's a price to pay for such a loose and honest tongue... Personally, I am as diametrically opposed to Joni as you can get. I haven't the slightest gift for gab in my body, anywhere... but like her, I'll confess to anything. (Thankfully, I haven't much to confess to.) John.
