hi folks,
I'd like to have to hear some commentary on MINGUS......which seems to me to
be her most eccentric and maybe least understood album. Now I, being a newly
found Joni fanatic, was slightly apphrensive when plunking down my $12 due to
the varying opinions on the album by both critics and fans.........BUT, I
really like the album......It fits nicely with the Hissing, Daughter set
(which is my fav Joni period)........And I find it relatively accessible,
which I thought would be quite the opposite. And the funniest thing is, is
that the two Joni originals, (The Wolf that Lives in Lindsey, God Must Be a
Boogie Man) are IMHO, the best songs on the album. They are definitely Joni
must own songs.......
I really think the album is a high achievement for Joni.........so i disagree
with critics who feel her creative peak was reached with HEJIRA. I think
Joni's creative streak hits its peak with the MINGUS/SHADOWS AND LIGHT
period. And it's funny that people found her post COURT AND SPARK work to be
increasingly less melodic, when I think DJRD and MINGUS are quite
melodic.....now, HEJIRA and SUMMER LAWNS are harder to jump right into,
that's for sure.
So.....what's the concensus on MINGUS? Thumbs up, or thumbs down?
PHIL
