i thought the t.s. eliot idea was directly from mingus, and not from a third party. think i heard that before, and i think that's what sue mingus said as well.
i think sue quoted joni's response as: 'don't think i want to mess with t.s. eliot's words' patrick np - luscious jackson - natural ingredients >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 12:25 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Joni and Mingus > > >In a message dated 4/4/2003 10:15:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> Does anyone else remember this better than I do? The >> two scenarios are somewhat different to me and I'm >> wondering what actually happened. >> > >Jenny, my sense of what happened is that Mingus originally wanted Joni to >adapt this ts eliot stuff to music, and she wasn't up for that, so instead >they decided to take his last melodies and have her lay down some >lyrics to >them. > >Does that make it clearer or muddier? I tried to go to the corresponding >"bio" section on JM.com but the link wasn't working. My guess is that the >website is getting a TON more traffic since Weds. > >Bob > >NP: Foo Fighters, "Tired Of You"
