In a message dated 1/20/2003 8:09:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Ray's Dad's Cadillac - a ROCK song? Not to these ears. Dancing Clown is just > a dreadful song, period. You couldn't dress it up in anything and get away > with it, unless it was some type of burial garment. Lead Balloon is only > slightly better. I would firstly point to Raised On Robbery as Joni showing > that she can rock in the classic 12-bar style. Wild Things Run Fast (not > just the title track but many on the record) would be submitted as further > proof, not to mention her 1983 tour which re-framed several of her earlier > songs in a stronger more rocking vein. Of course given her vocal strength > (or lack thereof) at present I would submit that her rocking days are > behind her, and I don't mean that in any sort of derogatory way. > Geez....I've always liked the much-criticized Dancing Clown (it's no Help Me or Amelia, but whatever...). Perhaps I am alone in my affection for the song... Bryan
