But Gordon help me here ... How do You really feel about this version of Amelia! LOL!
Seriously I appreciate hearing a very unbiased non patronizing opinion. As a lover of jazz -especially jazz divas, while I enjoy Joni's renditions - I haven't really thought of her as a major song stylist in that area - she hasn't blown me away! AND I Absolutley believe who you work & that chemistry is paramount. This seems elementry but I think often artists get comfortable with eachother and mistake that for chemistry. I do hope Joni works on style developement and regaining some strength & power. I happen to know that both Cyndi Lauper and Phoebe Snow use a voice coach, and the same one as a matter of fact, or did, ... Wonder if Joni has considered this, if she is not to busy "wrestling with her ego!" Peace, Susan --- Gordon Mackie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tell Amelia, it was just a false alarm. > > Go on, kill me, but as a lover of Joni and of classical and operatic > (and jazz and folk etc etc) music, I was not 'blown away' by the > orchestration on Amelia which I heard today. It wasn't Mantovanni but > it wasn't Adams or Glass either. What am I saying? I dunno. Is is > great art? Is Mendozza a master...I doubt it so far...do I wanna be > wrong...u betcha! Please make the other tracks spine tinglingly good. > > I'm praying for some insight on the other tracks. I want the > musicians to add something meaningful ....am I an old moan...almost > certainly... but as Joni calls herself a painter and not an artist, > IMHO Mendozza is a musical furnisher not a great orchestrator. (could > I do any better I ask myself...lol) . Time to go home and let the > bile out somewhere else..Sorry folks..I hope if she does more of this > kinda thing, she teams up with someone else > > Gordon U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2
