So there I was, driving along I-10 and listening to NRH like it was the first time I'd ever heard it. To let you understand, recently, Leslie (in London) and I have been e-swapping song ideas for the fest, well chords really, and NRH turns out to be pretty straight-forward in standard tuning. Anyhoo, chez nous (my sis's place), I had been strumming and strumming and my sister says, my that's a great song. Says I, Joni. Well turns out she can't get the song out of her head despite never having heard the original. For me, if you play (perform) a song long enough in your own way it kinda becomes a I-did-it-my-way song. Not having heard NRH in a long while my version, from memory, just became NRH if you will (I wish). To the chase, I got the car today and on the spur of the mo went and bought NRH & DJRD as a surprise; she's only heard the Hissing Demos version of Dreamland. I put the NRH CD on and man it just sent tingles up my car seat. I was close on running red lights through lack of concentration. I'm all for not listening to Joni that often coz when I rediscover her, whale-oil-beef-hooked by how good she is all over again. I'm picking sis up in a few hours and can't wait to play NRH in all the enclosed audio splendour that cars allow. Continuing to play the NRH album I was reminded of how, with such ease, Joni uses "big" words; edifying, incendiary, perjured. Not your run-o-the-mill be bop a lula poetry. The list hasn't had a Top 10 anything for a while. Top ten "big"/favourite words that Joni uses and is she being pretentious by using them, or IMO just the wonder that she is? Once in a while Willy will write ... Willy the Shake _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
