<<Where DED fails for me is when Joni strikes out at issues but doesn't push her lyrical twists, her play with vocabulary and her irony of word selection. I like my Joni verbose, witty, hawk-like in her observations, and so much of DED is whittled down to phrases that seem too short IMHO.>>
She has said that she had a real challenge putting words to Klein's music on the songs they cowrote, because his musical phrases are so short. So she was working out of her usual mode which gives those songs the unnatural feel that they have. As for Snakes & Ladders, it would have worked better with just Joni's vocal as opposed to the duet with Henley. Just my opinion...this was one of Don Rowe's faves, wish he was still around to stick up for it. Bob NP: Cowboy Junkies, "Ooh Las Vegas" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
