Ciao joniphiles,
"Willie also asked me why I think so many people who like Joni also
seem to
dig Yes. Anyone care to speculate?"
My speculation - they love great music.
I came late to Yes, about 3 years or so ago ( I'm 47!) but really love
their music, especially Close to the Edge. I highly recommend the video from
their "Yes - Live at the House of Blues" CD. "Yessongs" or "Classic Yes" is
a good place to start with Yes if you don't know them.
I recently bought the "Song to a Seagull" CD due to all the yacking
about it on the list - boy is it good! Some of the guitar playing on Nathan
La Freneer reminds me of "The Priest" from LOTC. I had the album many moons
ago but never replaced it with a CD til now.
An old girlfriend was very jealous of Joni many years ago - accused me
of wanting to, well, you know, with Joni! Funny thing is, blondes do not do
much for me :-) I have been a joniphile since fall 1975. I too "fell away"
for a while after HOSL, like many did - but I came back strong in 1980 after
hearing "The Refuge of the Roads" on the FM radio one night in Hawaii - I
was stationed there with the Navy. It blew me away.
Ciao, dave.
