talk to me" is always one of the several joni mitchell songs that i include. as a guitar player, i find her guitar work on that song to be utterly amazing. her sense of rhythm is incredible. it's almost dangerous for me to drive when that song is blasting in the car. so, perhaps people could overlook the attempt at humor or the self-deprecating lyrics and just get into the rhythmic experimentation that is so apparent on the song. just a suggestion. :-) NO ONE plays guitar like joni. NO ONE. it's just one of the reasons that joni RULES
welcome terry. you read my mind when the subject is joni's genius guitar work on 'talk to me'. i can't recall a better example of what bob dylan was quoted as having said regarding joni's work (o'brien's bio.) "joni's got a strange sense of rhythm that's all her own". joni's unique rhythm, it's ability to be so unpredictable is certainly one of the signatures on her work, and the quality i most admire. together with her writing, she is unmatched. period. i particularly like the lyrics in TTM. i always thought her observation meant that she was really woo-wooed by a guy who was especially quiet.....not at all the talker she is. and that she did so much of the talking............shut me up.......and YOU talk to ME. so she made fun of herself for the imbalance there. imho. one last point. thanks to the listas for reminding me of '''the fiddle and the drum". how fitting and proper today. i hadn't thought of that song for a while because i tend to prefer joni's later stuff. Peace. janet
