My take of when Joni said "There's lots about the 60's that is not remembered" refers to the whole drug thing- and then the conversation went the way of Bird, Fred Neil, Tim Hardin... all in her mind, tremendously creative souls, but lost, blowing their creativity, except Bird, to the ravages of drugs. Also, due to Joni's age, the artists that perhaps made the biggest impression on her WERE the Parkers, Birds, Mingus et al... One must remember that as talented and unique as Joni was when she first started out, the Jimi's Bob's and the rest of the group were her contemporaries, and in my opinion, and perhaps hers as well, she was light years ahead of many of them.
Best, Stephen in Vancouver NP: new Bjork Yeah Fred, I can't quite figure it out, either, except that maybe she was TOO close to a lot of the making of it as it was happening. She did bring up how so many with promise threw it away because of drugs and said that too many thought they could handle drugs and still be creative but only Charlie Parker could do that. She also did mention Dylan in passing. I can only guess there is something more personal going on here with her. She has mentioned in interviews the past few years how rotten she was treated in those days and how hard it was for her to make it. She was a pioneer in many ways, paving the road for those who followed her. While I would not disagree with anything she said about the 30s/40s, I can't take her too seriously on this one!! Kakki > I'm glad you spoke up, Kakki. Joni is dead wrong on this one (30s/40s > music=art, 60s=not). Including her own music, that of The Beatles, Jimi > Hendrix, CSNY, James Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Laura > Nyro, Brian Wilson, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and many, many more > was an artistic achievement equal to any music before. Is it a kind of > self-loathing snobbism on her part that makes her claim otherwise?
