"Jerry Notaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have often posted about The Fiddle and the Drum, especially when it got >listed as a least favorite by list members. I always loved this song in >the Vietnam era. It was brave both lyrically and musically. Who else would >have recorded an accapella song like it, but our Joan. The "My dear Johnny, >my dear Friend," is especially poignant in today's world when those who are >protesting are accused of being unpatriotic. It is a trick that Tricky >Dick was most fond of.
I am not one of the list members who voted it least favorite ... it's one of my most favorite, and it's a brilliant song, apt then and even more apt now. Someone here suggested that it should become an anthem, and I agree in spirit except that it's a terribly difficult melody and it would get botched. It's one of the prime examples of Joni's use of back and forth minor/major tonality shifts, which say everything the lyrics say, and more. -Fred
