Hello JMDLers, I re-subbed a couple of weeks ago to see what everyone was saying about T'log It's been difficult to keep up with all the posts! When I last was subbed to the digest there was about a third of the current volume, I think.
I've had my copy since about a week after the release date, but have only managed to hear it once through. It's not that I didn't like it (I'm not sure what I think of it yet - I admit to being a bit taken aback by the further deterioration of Joni's voice), it's just that I have very little listening time available in my life these days. I keep buying albums, so maybe I'll get to check them out when I retire. :) I will say this for T'log - even during only that one listen I could tell that a lot of thought had been given to the sequencing of the songs. That's what stood out to me. It seemed as if every song was "connected," in some way, to the preceding song ... sometimes thematically, sometimes in another way. Billy Joel was phenomenal in the mid-to-late '70s. I haven't cared for his albums since An Innocent Man (and I only liked parts of that), but I agree with Bob M. that Turnstiles, The Stranger and 52nd Street are classics. Turnstiles, especially, was a mindblower. I got to see Billy in a small club in Boston (Pauls' Mall ... anyone remember it?) just about the time Turnstiles was released in 1976 and it was an incredible show. I was sorry to see that Mark in Seattle is going to unsub, at least for a while. His were my favorite posts during my days as a JMDL subscriber. I hope he hurries back to you. Just droppin' in to say hi and to weigh in on the latest. Happy holidays! Boston Jim
