I bought DED recently.....something I had been putting off doing. (used at one those Buy-Sell-Trade places) Like the sentiment for my mother:She could do no wrong,I always was able to say this about Joni.. UNTIL DED. DED just leaves me COLD. I miss the warm Joni,I miss the melodic Joni. Lyrically:A little too preachy. While I think "Smokin" is clever;her using a cigarette machine as a percussion instrument......"she do play it well"
Someone posted, I believe recently, that a track on DED was one, if not the most beautiful song she has ever written melodically. Which track are you referring to? I don't enjoy her voice on most of the tracks,something I really thought I would never utter about Joni. Her voice seems forced and too harsh throughout. On The Three Great Stimulants she sounds like K T Oslin (sp)........and this brings back bad memories because an X always played K T . (not Joni's fault) And while I'm at it.....I hate the way she looks on the album!! Although I think this was intentional/designed on her part. Maybe,David,I'll give it another go in four years and see if anything on my part has changed? Bree >i listened to DED for the first time in about 4 years last nite, it sounded >better than i recall - some great melodies & lyrically it seems quite >prophetic in light of recent events. >HAPPY NEW YEAR and remember HAPPINESS IS THE BEST FACELIFT. >peace, david _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
