My favourite Joni album? It has to be BLUE, I suppose, simply because of its emotional impact when I was a young slip of a thing. It still has the same impact, and that has to say something.: River / Little Green are just so, so painfully beautiful. But then you have the uplifting ones: sometimes, to cheer myself up, I belt out Carey as loud as I can, usually when I'm driving alone. Outside of Blue, I also love to belt out Your turn me on, I'm a radio, and being able to reach those high notes. However, there are just so many favourite albums...I also love her amazing ability to create moods and tell stories. I am back into listening to HOSL again and again, and her portrait in Shades of Scarlett..... is a 3-D experience in itself.. The images just jump out atyou, and you can touch almost touch Scarlett's face. Then there is Joni's sometimes scary knack to mirror your life, feelings, relationships, thoughts. Woman of Heart and Mind comes to mind. Her songs keep coming back to you, and this one did this summer just after I had "thing" with a younger man. She said the whole thing.
I really liked the recent discussion on Down to You, but the exchange between you guys just hit the nail on the head about Joni: she is a poet with such seering insight into the human condition in these modern urban times... we settle for "less than fascination"... just three words sums it all up.. how we can easily sink towards mediocrity when we become needy.. Apart from Joni, what I like about this group is your sense of humour. You are serious, sensitive people, but thank god you lot like a good laugh. keep it up. But what bugs me is how such an exquisite artist such as Joni be so little known? Here in Spain, not many people have even heard of her. It's a crying shame. take care everyone gill (in madrid) P.S. Lori, yeah, Apter is a bit of a weird name. I'm not sure where it comes from, as my Dad never really knew his dad, and our family never bothered todo any research into it.
