Anne wrote, and so I'll add my comments too:
> LIS - no, I don't think the line "Oh baby, I can't seem to make it with
you
> socially" ruins the song at all. BUT it does need the relative sparseness
of
> the following line "There's this reef around me" to complete the thought
> literally, musically, and rhythmically.
I've always thought this was more about Joni not accepting the group, rather
than the group not accepting her. The line "there's this reef around me"
seems to me to mean that she's got this invisible "shield" around her,
making it impossible for anyone to get close.
> Song for Sharon - I was thinking about the line "I've still got my eyes on
> the land and the
> sky" which I've often puzzled over. I think she's referring to being on
the
> road and precisely the image from the song book for Hejira. (I forget if
> it's on the CD booklet anywhere.) The image shows just land, including
the
> road ahead, and sky. I think she's saying that that's all she sees. And,
no,
> I don't think the song refers to her wanting to have an affair with
Sharon's
> husband. She's just "restless for home and routine."
The line "I've still got my eyes on the land and the sky" always seemed to
me to be a reference to the horizon, and that she's always looking at what's
ahead, rather than where she actually is.
> WTRF - I like WTRF. A lot, actually. It's interesting too because Joni
sings
> actually HAPPY love songs on it! For me, it kind of fills a Joni void
> because there were times before WTRF when I was happy and didn't have a
Joni
> song to listen to for the occasion... Of course, if it were me, I'd just
go
> to the bank, withdraw whatever money necessary, and buy whatever Joni I
> didn't have...
I wish there were still some Joni albums I didn't have. I love hearing a
new album from an artist I love - but it just doesn't happen often enough!
Hell
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