The selection of songs on Travelogue seems to me to be a subtle look at the current political climate, and what that in turn, has done to the post-September-11th individual.
Travelogue is not only a revisitation of some very haunted emotional states for the individual, but also a retrospective of phsysical journeys and pilgrimages - Hejira and Woodstock, to cite two examples. The constant search for paradise is a recurrant theme in Joni's work and she seems to be re-addressing it here. The political overtones are pretty obvious, given the paintings of Osama and Geoge W. Bush. Lines like "While Muslims stick up Washington" take on a whole new meaning, 25 years after they were penned. The song Borderline reveals an awareness of physical borders as well as internal ones - the changing of "pretense" in the song to "defense" is interesting. Getting ourselves back to the garden, it would seem, is paramount in a world so filled with turmoil. A very appropriate selection of songs, given the current political climate. Just some very sketchy, initial thoughts on the political theme. -Andrew Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site
