On 6/18/01 6:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
> I'm debating my next Joni purchase. ...I'm not sure if I want to buy "WILD
> THINGS RUN FAST" as a next purchase. <snip>
> So LET'S HAVE A POLL ON
> WILD THINGS RUN FAST!!!
WTRF is one of my favourites because it deals exclusively with love. It
centres on the start of her relationship with Klein (before he started to
have a bigger influence on her recording sessions which is why she
eventually broke up with him.) I had to go back and scroll through the
archives to find something I posted in early 2000 to someone who didn't like
WTRF at first listen.
>.....try to see it as a picture
>of a woman entering a new and exhilarating relationship, one that, this
>time, feels like a real "grown-up" love, a "solid love".
>"Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody" is the realization that we all get, that
>time has indeed passed, everything changes, including relationships, which
seem, in Joni's case, to come and go.
>"WTRF" is the start of a new relationship, the skittish wild animal being
>lulled into "eating out of her hand".
>The rest of the album charts the give and take of carving out a relationship
>until the glorious shout of "Yes I do-I love you": "Hey, I am in love and I
>like it, the world is perfect, I love you."
>Then comes "Love", a more thoughtful take on the meaning of love after the
>exuberance of "Underneath the Streetlight": "Yes, I am older now and I
>realize that there are things you have to do to keep love and things I will
>never understand about love but it's worth everything it takes to keep it....."
I think this is Joni's most comprehensive look at the subject of love until
BSN (inferior to WTRF, IMHO) which added the element of the end of the ride.
As I've said before, I relate to music more on a feeling level than a
musically-analytical level and WTRF strikes a deep emotional chord inside
me.
All the best
Ranger Rick
