we are in synch! I drove around town listening to this yesterday and it's such a great record- "Paprika Plains"! amazing!
(not to dwell in the past but this was a big bjork fave that she was listening to a lot while finalizing "vespertine" and it shows, I think)
― the tune was space, Saturday, 8 November 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
Could totally see that re: bjork
― marcos, Saturday, 8 November 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
yeah i've always been surprised at how overlooked Reckless Daughter is to this day, even amongst Hejira stans
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
I love Jaco's bass. Anyone who says otherwise should not be trusted on anything.
― Tim F, Wednesday, December 26, 2012 8:22 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes!
― marcos, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:26 (nine years ago) link
Jaco's alright if you like bass farts
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
I fucking hate Jaco, will never mature out of that opinion. He's where I draw the line.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:35 (nine years ago) link
my wife told me she couldn't handle hissing of the summer lawns this weekend and i was like :^0
― tylerw, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
hurting i guess you do not like hejira or don juan's reckless daughter then
― marcos, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
and i think you makes just a lil fucked up tbqf
― marcos, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
I love "Dreamland" so goddamn much that I almost never play anything else off that record
― sleeve, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
and i think *that you makes *you just a lil fucked up tbqf
sorry about typos i need to make this message clear
― marcos, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
Hurting otm
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
I'm not a Jaco fan either, but I love Hejira.
Couldn't make it through Mingus, though.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
mingus is not as good on first listen but i could see myself developing some kind of affection for it
― marcos, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
and yes dreamland is WONDERFUL xp
― marcos, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
Hejira is pretty much the only place I can tolerate Jaco, and barely. Actually there are one or two Weather Report tunes I like him on, but overall nope. BYOW BYOW BYOOOOWWWW
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
hey, do that again. i liked that.
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 17:36 (nine years ago) link
yea!
― marcos, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Posted this on the Ron Sexsmith thread -- interesting to see later Joni covered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUDUCcOPFE0
― the man with the black wigs (Eazy), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
yeah a little jaco goes a long way but joni deploys him beautifully. i'd also recommend his work on the pat metheny-led album "bright size life." aside from those, yes, i can see how his technique can grate.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link
I just generally hate the sound of fretless bass. the tone of it. there are a few dudes who get a pass on it because they employ it so strangely (Colin Moulding etc.) but it's a small bunch
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link
amateurist otm re: bright size life. Such a good album!
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 23:28 (nine years ago) link
it was recommended to me on ILM, maybe even on this very thread.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 23:37 (nine years ago) link
Some fairly wide-ranging Mitchell show tapes incl. Larry Klein having no prob w Jaco-associated songs, while not trying to imitate him (also no difficulty with songs from other eras). Metheny Group could be good, though I like him better with Haden etc. on 80/81 and Rejoicing, also w Ornette on Song X (also good w Gary Burton)
― dow, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 23:38 (nine years ago) link
I really liked Jaco's s/t solo debut. Really haven't latched on to anything else by him though, including the Mitchell work.
― how's life, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, that solo album is pretty funky. Sam + Dave and Herbie Hancock cameos help.
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 00:00 (nine years ago) link
Bright Size Life is great and captures a lot of the same vibe as Hejira
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 15:09 (nine years ago) link
Joni on Car(e)y:http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-muse-behind-joni-mitchells-carey-1415721658
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
wonderful image too
http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/AR-AH807_JONI_12S_20141111102702.jpg
― marcos, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
and an interview with Cary himself!http://online.wsj.com/articles/when-joni-mitchell-met-cary-raditz-her-mean-old-daddy-1415721367?tesla=y
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
great article! xxp
― sleeve, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
yea both of those were really great
― marcos, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
https://crete.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/joni-michell-in-matala-crete/
― how's life, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
Mark Deming reviews new, def artist's-choice box set (think some audio excerpts too but haven't had time to check): http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-has-many-faces-a-quartet-a-ballet-waiting-to-be-danced-joni-mitchell/28316633?ean=81227957858
― dow, Sunday, 30 November 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
Cover is also self-portrait, I think I read:
http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/81227957858_p0_v1_s600.JPG
― dow, Sunday, 30 November 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
Figured bump would be forhttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/joni-mitchell-will-not-allow-taylor-swift-to-play-her/
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
I said to the producer, 'All you've got is a girl with high cheekbones'....RAWR!
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
Who should play Joni would be an interesting game to play
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
She doesn't conform to the standards required to be met by anyone you've heard of.
― Banned on the Run (benbbag), Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
Jenny Lewis is probably too old
― Banned on the Run (benbbag), Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
A Joni biopic has so much potential for bathos, maybe it just shouldn't ever happen
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
Maybe if it were just the Cary/Carey experience? I wanna go to that island. Keira Knightley could do it (the island thing didn't involve much campfire chirping, seems like; could just use soundtrack of the original J)
― dow, Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
K wouldn't be too old for that-era J
― dow, Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
You know, like the one about the Beatles as Hamburg house band, or when John and Brian Epstein took a vacation together.
― dow, Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
I thought the bump would be for that awful open letter by Dave Bidini (non-Canadians and anyone under the age of 25 go "who?") that's basically "why don't you smile, lady? ps why do u h8 John Lennon"
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
hey what can you folks tell me about post-70s joni?
― marcos, Monday, 8 December 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
what should i a seek out? listening to wild things run fast right now and i can dig it tbh
― marcos, Monday, 8 December 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
If you like Wild Things from the get-go, you may be well served just working through it all, you'll probably find a fair amount of interest in every record.
― MaresNest, Monday, 8 December 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
Night Ride Home (from 1991) is best though.
― Tim F, Monday, 8 December 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
Re box set & all sides now, cool li'l interview this morning. Think there's more tomorrow:
http://www.npr.org/2014/12/08/369276288/after-decades-of-success-shes-still-just-a-painter-who-writes-songs
― dow, Monday, 8 December 2014 22:57 (nine years ago) link