Well, well! Told us, huh? Good job!
I especially enjoyed your discussion of certain lyrics. When I think of
the lyrics on WTRF, I remember the simple ones:
"Nobody's harder on me than me
How could they be
and nobody's harder on you than you."
Gives me a "duh" feeling. And all the "Yes I do -- I love you"s are
boring. Joni's been more inventive than that.
You're right, though, that there are some gems also and seeing them
written out, and separate from the music, makes that clear.
It seems like a "happy" cd because the tunes are so bouncy, except for
the first and last ones, even when the lyrics express more complicated
emotions. To my ears, the sounds on this cd override the words, which
isn't usually the case with Joni's music.
Debra Shea
NPIMH: Solid Love, while I picture four, and now five, of our most
distinguished JMDL men wearing slipping shiny halter tops and funny hats
while quacking and shaking their tail feathers, and now there are some
tomatoes in the picture too. I'm not sayin' where...
Mark or Travis wrote:
> Lyrically WTRF doesn't have that intense, exhaustive introspection
> that Hejira has but so what? Joni ain't never gonna make another
> record like Hejira, so get over it o-KAY??!
>
> But seriously, there are some great lines on WTRF. Some very clever
> and witty, some very deep and some straight to the point.
>
> Winter beat the pines about
> He heard the heater cutting in & out
> While she dreamed away
> ...
> People don't know how to love
> They taste it and toss it
> Turn it off and on
> Like a bathtub faucet
> ...
> Love has always made me feel so uneasy
> I couldn't relax and just be me
> More like some strange disease
> Than this solid love
> .....
> Don't whine
> Kiss off that flaky valentine
> You're nobody's fool
> ...
> Anyway that's what I think and that is what I said!
>
> Mark in Seattle
