I think I've offered my take on "notches liberation doll" once or twice before, but I'll offer it again.
I've long suspected the song was written by a furious Joni after the infamous publishing by Rolling Stone of the flow chart of her love life. Rumors have surfaced over the years of a feud between Joni and Jan Wenner resulting from this. There was talk of Joni having publicly thrown a drink at Wenner. In my own convoluted brain, the association the song draws for me is this (all pure speculation): "Anima rising", the goddess of war. "Wash my guilt from Eden, wash and balance me": I'm pissed. Why should I bear the brunt of your double standard, because I'm A WOMAN?!?!? Eve's always the temptress. You wouldn't dare pull this shit on Jagger or Page! The room full of glasses is the place where the drink throwing took place. He says, "your notches liberation doll" is Wenner's response to Joni's confrontation as if to say snidely and derisively, "these are your BELT notches, what's the problem if you're so liberated? "And he pins me with that serpent to that Ethiopian wall": allusion again to Genesis and the garden of Eden, Rolling Stone using the concept of original sin to isolate her (creatively and business wise). Joni's saying that sexism is the problem, and she'll have none of it. Anyone else see it this way? CC _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
