Billy wrote: >You're right, Bob. Joni picked "Captain For >Dark Mornings" (from Nyro's NYT'berry) >rather than "Captain St. Lucifer."
Oops! Thanks for the clarification - I love both those "Captains." > The former, along with "Tom Cat >Goodby" (Laura's spelling) and the title > track remain my absolute favorites from that >masterpiece of an album. Wow, in all my years I have never met any other Laura fan who also had Tom Cat as their favorite! It is spectacular. >Searing brilliance from start to finish. > However, I disagree (as a longtime Nyro->ut) that "NYT" & "Xmas" sound like > they could have come from the same record. >they sound nothing alike to me. I've always equated "Xmas" in some ways to Joni's "Hejira" - both are so seamless and represent albums entirely filled with flawless lyrics. >Kakki--I agree that Joni's "For The Roses" is >on a par (and perhaps a bit similar) with >"NYT." As you stated, both are very deep-->and endlessly rewarding. After listening to it again last night I also started thinking that NYT was similar to Joni's DJRD album in the sense that both have moments of soaring off the edge into wild and sometimes cryptic, realms. I think Laura and Joni are absolutely equal in their genius but neither can be compared in style to the other and that is wonderful. Kakki NPIMH: "I lost my eyes in east wind skies, here where I cried, where I've tried, where God and the tendaberry rise, where quakers and revolutionaries join for life, for precious years, join for life, through silver tears, New York tendaberry"
