On 6/19/01 9:01 AM, c Karma wrote
>With "Chinese Cafe", we're all drifting away into retro poignancy
> and she body slams us Roller Derby style with a wall of drums and guitars.
> "WHOA! WAKE UP, SNAP OUT OF IT!" It's an offbeat choice in this regard, to
> my mind. I always tend to program track 2 off because the transition is so
> jarring. In retrospect, I wonder if she did this to allow "Chinese Cafe" to
> act as a prologue
I think that's exactly what Joni had in mind. The retro-poignancy that the
character is experiencing in the Chinese Cafe, possibly at the end of one
relationship, is overcome by the arrival of a potential new love....again.
WHAM--> hormones in overdrive, the thrill of the chase, "maybe this time"
(to quote Sally Bowles).
Ranger Rick
