Hi
This is my first posting, my name's Mike and I live in england.
I'd been reading the posts for a while but thought I'd wait until I had
something m,eaningful to say about travelogue but - guess what - it still
hasn't arrived. I'm grateful to whoever it ws on the list gave a link to
cd-wow as the price of #12.99 seems unbeatable, but I've just had a message
from them that they're out of stock and promising delivery within a few
days. In a perverse way, I'm quite pleased they're out of stock as it might
mean that a lot of peeople are ordering and to me not enough people
appreciate enough about Joni and, like her, I get pretty pissed off with
people talking about her as, for example, "one of the best female
singer-songwriters". I mean, really!!!
So I'm still listening at the moment to my one-disc cd of Shadows and Light
- what a bargain that was and incredibly underrated imho - fantastic
versions of Amelia and Hejira from my favourite Joni album and the Mingus
cuts sounding much warmer and "better" imo than on the original. My forst
Joni album, purchased on its release when I was 17 (gave my age away there)
was For The Roses which I still think is right up with her best, but for me
her most under-rated album is Hissing of Summer Lawns, which absolutely blew
me away when I first heard it and still has the capacity to surprise and
shock and give new meanings almost every time I hear it.
I did start to listen to the Nonesuch files of travelogue on the internet,
but I was disapointed with the quality so gave up after Dawntreader, which
sounded leaden and jaded to be honest so thought I'd wait for the actual cd
wehich I'm sure won't sound so compressed and weedy (at least I hope not) I
gather that most of you weren't very impressed with BSN but I love it - I
can't get past Answer Me and A Case of You without crying, and while A Case
of You is obviously great on Blue as well I actually prefer it in the
context of BSN.
Anyway, I'll let you know what I think of travelogue when (eventually) I get
it. I had been hoping that Song for Sharon would be on it - I love
everything about that song and think it would have fitted the theme and mood
perfectly - but never mind, there's plenty else to enjoy and I'm
particularly looking forward to Sire of Sorrow - my favourite 90's Joni song
at the moment, and I'm interested in hearing the male antagonists mentioned
and how these add to the song.
Best of everything to everyone.
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