I even proudly say that I even loved disco and still do. the critics be damned.
mack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dolphie Bush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "joni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 9:17 PM Subject: Re: 40s vs. 60s > As the younger brother of a sister of the 60's and 13 myself when it ended I > have to say that it is indescribable and you all know what I mean but I must > also say that the 70's was a decade of a hell of a lot of great music, I > don't care what the critics say. It was essentially my decade, as far as it > goes, and I loved the 70's. > > Mack > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kakki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Stephen Epstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 8:49 PM > Subject: Re: 40s vs. 60s > > > > >Also, due to Joni's age, the artists that perhaps made >the biggest > > impression on her WERE the Parkers, Birds, >Mingus et al... > > > > Aha, of course! I hadn't quite thought of it that way, but that *would* > be > > her personal frame of reference. > > > > >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. > > > > Yes, and being a true artist she would not have desired to either compete > > with, be influenced by, or meld with her musical contemporaries at the > time. > > (although it has long been argued that she got into a lot of the alternate > > tunings originally from Crosby). So in a way she was maybe detached from > > them and maybe also looking just a bit with a critical eye at them. She > WAS > > light years ahead of many of them and that, in itself, puts her in a > unique > > position. > > > > Kakki
