<<I feel the song stands alone, but I have always seen a most direct influence between these two songs and I wondered if anyone else see this or has an opinion.>>
LCT is a masterpiece of a song on a masterpiece of a record, Susan...and I think your point is well made, RLJ acknowledges Joni as an influence BUT I would add that Tom Waits (who she hung out with for a time prior to her debut) was probably also a big influence on this song. Tom's songs are full of car imagery as well as stories of people who can't connect. Unfortunately, this may be the closest we'll ever come to a collaboration between my two favorite songwriters! Thanks for printing the lyrics out - sometimes it's amazing to see them all printed out like that. Bob NP: Steve Earle, "Ashes To Ashes" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
