In a message dated 6/14/02 12:06:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> S'much as I love her, Joni often sings off key and can be, as the > saying goes 'as flat as a pancake'...it doesn't bother me that much > though. The obvious one is in Down to You when she sings 'and your > lonliness'...and it trails off as if she's fallen asleep. But > hey..who's perfect.... > > I wonder about the assumption about the vocal in Down to You. I have always thought the 'flatness' or "off-keyness" of that line is quite deliberate. Not as obviously deliberate as the semi-comical and off-key "I got the blues inside and outside my head" in Blue Motel Room, but deliberate nonetheless. I'm not claiming Joni has (or ever had) perfect pitch of course, but I think she is brave and honest enough as a singer to utter off-key sounds, especially when its add to emotion of the lyric. Bryan
