Yes! Yes! I do this quite a bit with her music.......it is soooo vivid. Night Ride Home....Free Man In Paris, Cotten Avenue,Ladies Of The Canyon, Damn.. I could go on!!
Night Ride Home: >From the big blue moon,silver power lines, the horse with the red taillights on his hide,her man beside her,the band tearing down..... NO PHONES UNTIL FRIDAY:I always picture Joni's cell and her lovers in the glove compartment. Turned OFF,of course. There is a lonely country road that I travel quite frequently in Indiana along the beautiful Ohio river. The road has quite a few S-curves and there are farms scattered about. Every time I'm on this road,and when I go into a particular curve,there is a small barn with horses outside grazing.......NIGHT RIDE HOME starts playing in my head. And WOW, sometimes there is a full moon reflecting on the water and you can even hear the crickets. :-) The downer for me only is that I don't have my sweetie sitting next to me. :-( I know Joan wrote this while in Hawaii. At least the inspiration came from her time there. Gem of a song! Bree Np:Night Ride Home > >I've listened to lots of Joni this year, mostly live stuff. One of the >songs that Joni's continued to perform over the years is "Just Like This >Train", as she says she just enjoys playing that opening riff. > >Anyway, as I listen to this song I take it in almost like "listening" to a >painting. The images are so detailed an vivid in this song, particularly in >this passage: > >"And I found this empty seat >In this crowded waiting room >Everybody waiting >Old man sleeping on his bags >Women with that teased up kind of hair >Kids with the jitters in their legs >And those wide, wide open stares >And the kids got cokes and chocolate bars >There's a thin man smoking a fat cigar" > >I feel like I can really SEE all these people and these scenes. Wonder >which Joni songs conjure up specific images for y'all... > >One of the joys of Joni's music for me, I would say, and the benefit of her >bringing a visual artist's sensibilities to her music. > >Bob > >NP: Bob Dylan, Hurricane Carter Benefit _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
