Nope1 although what you quote is true too. she did much more recently. I believe she was doing a gig with Bob Dylan and she was on first and the audience just yakked all the way thru so she got mad. I would have too.
mike pritchard wrote: > Bree said: > >> Bob and everyone, has this guy got his facts mixed up? I can't imagine > Joni lecturing to her fans about paying closer attention to her lyrics. It > doesn't ring true.<< > > Colin replied > > >>it is true. Don't know the concert or when but she did tell her audience off > for not listening.<< > > mike now says > > Perhaps this is what Colin is referring to: > > The transcript is taken from Murray Lerner's film "Message to Love - The Isle > of Wight Music Festival, August 26-30 1970. > > Joni has just finished doing Woodstock. And a stoned, bearded man walks > onstage and tries to make an announcement. (He claims to have been paid by the > promoter to paint the fence invisible) He is hustled off by security and the > crowd boos, probably a reaction against the security but the booing continues > while Joni plays a long, interrupted intro to 'My Old Man' on the piano. Close > up shots reveal the tension in her face and body. She tries to keep the music > going but is unable to and stops playing. She addresses the crowd. > > "Listen a minute, will ya? WILL YA LISTEN A MINUTE! Now listen. A lot of > people who get up and sing . I know it's fun, you know, it's a lot of fun, > it's fun for me, I get my feelings off through my music but listen, you've got > your life wrapped up in it and it's very difficult to come up here and lay > something down when people. it's like, last Sunday I went to a Hopi ceremonial > dance in the desert and there were a lot of people there and there were > tourists and there were tourists who were getting into it like Indians and > Indians who were getting into it like tourists. And I think that you're acting > like tourists, man, give us some respect". (applause). Cut to the rant from > the intruder, cut back to Big Yellow Taxi on guitar. end of story. > > mike in bcn -- bw colin DAK,BRO GC, 950i, 940,860,864,890, 260,Silver 830,860, 580 and 270, Passap 6000, Duo80. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tantra-apso.com
