Yes Chris, that makes perfect sense to me. Joni's music seems to cover every type of emotion. Whatever sexuality; we all laugh and cry, and feel!
STEVE "All these highs and lows" From: "Chris Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Monday, Jan 27, 2003, at 21:27 Europe/London, Jim Leonard wrote: > > I'd find it to be interesting "JC" to know why it is that Joni has > > such a large gay following - or, even, a predominantly gay following, > > if one > > is to judge by the demographics of those who post regularly to the > > JMDL. > > I have a theory about this one, which I've discussed with a few > other JMDLers, and we've been broadly in agreement. > > I started listning to Joni with Hejira, DJRD and Hissing, > followed by Court & Spark. At the same time, I'd not long > (as in a few years ago) figured out that I was gay, and was > putting myself through the wringer by managing to fall in > love with a straight friend of mine. Except I didn't know > that's what I was doing, but I was, regardless. > > Anyway, suffice to say, her music immediately appealed to > me because of it's talk of love, and the fact that there > were so many lyrics which resonated so strongly with my > *feelings* at the time (and a few times since then, too). > > Fast forward a few years, and I know much more about who > I am: I've spent an unhealthy amount of time navel-gazing, > analyzing what's going on in my head, analyzing what I want > out of life, analyzing my emotions, and so on. I've come to > the conclusion that Joni appeals to a large amount of GLBT > folk because many of these people have been through the > same process, are going through it, or are aware that they > should, and end up empathising so strongly with her lyrics. > > Anyone with me on this one? :) > > --Chris Marshall > > chrisAThatstand.org (AIM: Chr15Marshall) > > "If you're ever lost, I'll beat the world to finding you" > Stryngs, "Bobblehats and Beer", http://www.stryngs.com/
