could fill, not feel. exhausted. Just worked 12. Sorry. Mack
> empty hole inside of me that night that nothing else could feel. Guess that > says something for that album. I feel the way Owen does, about NRH, about > Turbulent Indigo. Have yet to enjoy it and pretty close to giving up > trying. Hejira, I read frequently, is a masterpiece. I have yet to get > that but still trying to find it. Of course, C and S and For the Roses > cannot be beat as far as I am concerned and Blue is excellent. Read earlier > today someone saying the new member had some good times coming with albums > they had not heard before. Me too and looking so forward to it. As far as > the worst Joni album, so far, for me. I would say Chalk Mark in a > Rainstorm. I hate it and I think it is basically because I can hardly hear > Joni, much less know what she is saying. Hate the music on it. > Owen? Joni, embarrassing. Joni on a bad day is better than average and > nothing I have heard her do would I deem embarrassing. > A middle aged album? What does that mean? I like middle age. A nice > place to be. > > Mannequin- a silly movie but I enjoyed it. Pure fluff. > > The Breakfast Club- I had a troubled friend who thought it was the greatest > movie ever. Average but did have its high points. > > Mack > > > > > > I agree that Dog Eat Dog is a class act - there are some great angry > lyrics > > in there, and the production works to unify the album as far as Im > concerned > > (maybe I like the 80s sound cos Im an 80s kid tho - it always reminds me > of > > films of my youth like 'Mannequin' and 'The Breakfast Club'!) The tunes > are > > also far more engaging than those on 'Night Ride Home', for example. In > > fact, I'm gonna risk a lynching by suggesting that for me, there's a toss > up > > between NRH and TTT for Joni's worst album. NRH is pretty much (dare I say > > this) a middle aged album - she sounds half asleep on most of it, the > > rhythms are plodding, melodies unadventurous and the chord sequences > > cliched. Don't get me wrong, I like Come in From the Cold, Slouching > Towards > > Bethlehem and I LOVE Two Grey Rooms, but the rest are either dull or > > embarassing (stand up Ray's Dad's Cadillac). Similar situation with TTT, > > although at least when I heard the first two tunes I thought it was gonna > be > > a really good album. Why did Joni just settle back into those boring VG-8 > > guitar numbers when she had some great production going on on Harlem in > > Havana and Man from Mars? And theyre all in the same key! I mean, compare > > TTT with the musical energy and innovation of CAS - thats music that takes > > your breath away (when the strings kick in on Same Situation - wowser!). > > Same story with DJRD - exhilarating! Where did that spirit go on TTT? > > Especially after the brooding, dark and intelligent works on Turbulent > > Indigo showed that Joni was still a master (and a half). Now thankfully > > she's pioneering again - Coyote by an orchestra - now who can say what > > THAT's gonna sound like! Just my two cents worth. I'm off down the bunker > in > > anticipation of an angry NRH loving mob! > > > > Owen (who is doing a compilation of later Joni songs for his mum, who says > > she "went weird" after Hejira-tsk!)
