I'm late in responding but wanted to say I liked "Bachelor Numero 2's"
comments here. I also like how Don Rowe has juxtaposed the 80s Joni to the
music of that time. Once, while trying to explain to a friend how different
and "weird" DJRD sounded in the times when it was released, I compared it to
the other music I and listened to (on 8-track) in my car during long
commutes back then. (Some of these titles may elicit a snort or two, but
I've previously come clean re: music slutdom. To get the full effect one
must listen to these every day for several months and then
slip DJRD into the mix ;-)
Pablo Cruise - A Place in the Sun
Average White Band - Person to Person
Cheryl Lynn ("Got to be real")
Stephen Bishop - Save it for a Rainy Day
CSN - ("Sailboat" album)
Elton John - Honky Chateau
Joni - HOSL
With the exception of HOSL, the poor misunderstood DJRD is something from
another universe in this particular musical galaxy.
Kakki
NP: Pablo Cruise - Whatcha Gonna Do
Bachelor Numero2 wrote:
> Anyone can say what they want about Joni's "weird" or experimental works
of
> the seventies.....BUT one thing critics never applaud is the strength of
her
> vision..........Her output (at least up until the "Wild Things"/"Dog Eat
Dog"
> period) is all Joni.........there are no disco sounds to be found on her
late
> seventies albums............Had she followed the crowd, DJRD would have
heavy
> synths and funk bass and "Dreamland" would be "Discoland" instead. I can
> listen to the majority of "Hejira", "DJRD", and "Mingus" and not be able
to
> tell that those were 70's albums........This is largely due to the fact
that
> she was working with Jazz musicians, who use real instruments and don't
rely
> on dazzling/state-of-the art production. Her 70's output (for the most
part)
> can truly be considered "timeless"...........something that many of her
> seventies counterparts cannot say.
