it was tardy, rushed but heartfelt! am going to spend rest of the day youtubing her, not many mp3s on my phone atm
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 1 October 2012 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
so....Shadows and Light or Mile of Aisles????
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 October 2012 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
Sund4r, after reviewing all the ballots I'm not sure that I received yours. I have two ballots (including my own) w/ Clouds on it. Do you want to resend it and I'll make sure your tracks ballot is included?
― Mordy, Monday, 1 October 2012 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
(Alternatively if you resend it, and I realize I already had yours, I apologize for the oversight.)
Can I just check that you got mine?
― clemenza, Monday, 1 October 2012 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
I got yours.
― Mordy, Monday, 1 October 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
I just resent it to jonimitchellpoll AT gmail DOT com. Could you please confirm that you received it? If it wasn't counted, it would push Hejira to #2.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 1 October 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
I sent it from a Yahoo address.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 1 October 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
I just received it. I double checked and this is the first time I've received it. I'm sorry I wasn't able to include it in the albums poll, but I'll make sure it's counted in the tracks poll.
― Mordy, Monday, 1 October 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
:(
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 1 October 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
It's OK, shenanigans means I can assume dozens of Hissing votes got lost down the back of the sofa :)
― Jeff W, Monday, 1 October 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
I've been busy = voter fail. how many ballots have you got so far Mordy?
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 1 October 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
C&S is so good. I relistened last night.
― championing the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 October 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
Surprisingly close for #1, wow.
― skip, Monday, 1 October 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
is it too late for me to get a tracks ballot in
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 1 October 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
i should have switched C&S for Blue in my #1 spot...i can't decide which one i like more most days though
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 1 October 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
go for it shakey
― Mordy, Monday, 1 October 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
nm, i see that i got it already. it'll be counted.
Ladies of the Canyon was my no.1 for that moody sequence in the middle. I'm surprised it was just me.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 1 October 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, so y'all really dig that fusion-y stuff, eh? I didn't do an albums list because I only really like the first 4, but now I wish I did.
― Kent Burt, Monday, 1 October 2012 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
my ballot was super-conservative, with zero entries post-1976
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 1 October 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, October 1, 2012 9:47 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, October 1, 2012 1:05 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ah, those conflicting emotions almost kept me from voting in this poll, don't know much from after Wild Things Run Fast much less obscurities, side projects, or boots, but in the end just couldn't not vote, so my ballot is going to skew the results towards the earlier stuff I already knew. Forgot all about the albums poll, but I'm fine with how they were ranked here.
I'm surprised "A Case Of You" is on the Misses collection rather than Hits - I'd always thought that was one of her better-known songs, and maybe the best known from Blue.
― Lee626, Monday, 1 October 2012 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks to its appearance on xmas comps "River" has that honor imo.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 October 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
I forgot to vote for "River".
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:16 (eleven years ago) link
Oops, me too.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:01 (eleven years ago) link
TRACK COUNTDOWN
http://i49.tinypic.com/s4rn2q.jpg26½ x 22½ x 2½ in - Oil on linen - 1995
29 Ballots, 105 Tracks Nominated
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
Tracks will also be cross-posted to this Spotify playlist for listening convenience:http://open.spotify.com/user/mordys/playlist/79HgvbsptKvCXt6uKHSBl2
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
50. Jericho (Don Juan's Reckless Daughter): 95 points, 4 votes
Just like Jericho I said"Let these walls come tumbling down"
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 12:55 (eleven years ago) link
49. Conversation (Ladies of the Canyon): 101 points, 5 votes
He comes for conversationI comfort him sometimesComfort and consultationHe knows that's what he'll find
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 12:57 (eleven years ago) link
I do love that painting, I might do one of myself one day
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 12:58 (eleven years ago) link
48. I Don't Know Where I Stand (Clouds): 105 points, 4 votes, 1 1st place vote
Picked up a pencil and wrote "I love you" in my finest handWanted to send it, but I don't know where I stand
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 12:59 (eleven years ago) link
47. This Flight Tonight (Blue): 108 points, 6 votes
Starlight, star brightYou got the lovin' that I like all rightTurn this crazy bird aroundI shouldn't have got on this flight tonight
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:02 (eleven years ago) link
(I made a little mistake. This Flight Tonight is tied for 45th w/ the two next tracks that I'm posting.)
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
45-- TIE. Urge for Going (Hits): 108 points, 4 votes
See the geese in chevron flight Flapping and racing on before the snowThey got the urge for goingAnd they got the wings so they can go
45-- TIE. For the Roses (For the Roses): 108 points, 5 votes
Remember the days when you used to sit And make up your tunes for love And pour your simple sorrow To the soundhole and your knee
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
43-- TIE. The Circle Game (Ladies of the Canyon): 110 points, 4 votes
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town And they tell him take your time it won't be long nowTill you drag your feet to slow the circles down
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:09 (eleven years ago) link
43-- TIE. Blonde in the Bleachers (For the Roses): 110 points, 4 votes, 1 1st place vote
So sweet and wild It's youthIt's too good to waste
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
42. Let the Wind Carry Me (For the Roses): 113 points, 5 votes
Mama thinks she spoilt mePapa knows somehow he set me freeMama thinks she spoilt me rottenShe blames herselfBut papa he blesses me
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't vote for it but I'm happy "Conversation" placed - though I sorta feel it should be "comfort and consolation".
"Let The Wind Carry Me" is amazing, that and "This Flight Tonight" were on my ballot.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
41. Trouble Child (Court and Spark): 114 points, 6 votes
Up in a sterilized room Where they let you be lazy
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:19 (eleven years ago) link
40. Down to You (Court and Spark): 116 points, 5 votes
Clutching the night to you like a fig leafYou hurryTo the blacknessAnd the blanketsTo lay down an impressionAnd your loneliness
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:21 (eleven years ago) link
39. Shades of Scarlet Conquering (The Hissing of Summer Lawns): 119 points, 4 votes, 1 1st place vote
Out in the wind in crinolinesChasing the ghosts of Gable and FlynnThrough stand-in boys and extra playersMagnolias hopeful in her auburn hair
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
38. My Old Man (Blue): 127 points, 7 votes
But when he's goneMe and them lonesome blues collideThe bed's too bigThe frying pan's too wide
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
37. The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey (Mingus): 128 points, 4 votes
His grandpa loved an empireHis sister loved a thiefAnd Lindsey loved the ways of darknessBeyond belief
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
You're going very fast Mordy!
― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
36. Rainy Night House (Ladies of the Canyon): 128 points, 6 votes
You are a holy manOn the F.M. radioI sat up all the night and watched theeTo see who in the world you might be
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:27 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry! That's the last one for today. I mentioned earlier in the thread that the rest of the list would be more staggered, but today (and yesterday) I'm short on time. Anyway, feel free to discuss. And if anyone checks out the Spotify list, please let me know that all the tracks listed so far are there. I'm a little worried that they aren't (since I have hard copies of all the tracks on my computer, so I'm not sure if it automatically synchs them to the Spotify library and what).
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
Rainy Night House has to be higher than that!
I love the "in the morning there are lovers in the street, they look so high, you brush against a stranger and you both apologise" bit in Down To You.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
The provisional schedule for the rest of the week: 35-21 tomorrow, 20-11 Thursday, 10-1 on Friday.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
Don't apologise, I just hope we do justice by talking about the choices enough.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
After about two weeks of obsessing over everything she did from 1975-79 I'm a little stunned at how little of it actually made it into this poll. Part or me thinks there are different kinds of Joni fans -- pre-jazz and post. Judging by some or the comments here, that doesn't mean you exclusively like one or the other but that often only one makes you an obsessive.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
And as a total latecomer to the party on this stuff, what I guess surprises me is that with the reappraisal of that era that's taken place since (ie, PFM calling Hissing her "most timeless" record) I kind of figured that bifurcation would have been left in the 70s.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
"Paprika Plains" finally started sounding lovely and strange instead of diaphanous and strange last week. Talk about a sleeper.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:19 (eleven years ago) link
just wanted to say, I don't know Joni's music well enough that I didn't participate in this poll at all, but listening to the Spotify results playlist is making my day, thanks for the crash course you guys
― Algerian Horsebeater (some dude), Monday, 20 January 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
I may be an unusual JM fan in that I listen to her almost entirely for the sound of her music.― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 5:38 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, October 3, 2012 5:38 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
count me in, though reading Mordy's choice excerpts make it clear I'm missing out
it's not as if I don't pay attention to the lyrics at all, I just mostly notice fragments, certain phrases and motifs...
anyway, great poll, Joni's the best!
― niels, Saturday, 11 November 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
We didn't talk enough in this poll.
― Tim F, Saturday, 11 November 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link
how did i miss it? just listening to that bbc concert with james taylor from 1970 where john peel speaks the introduction. there are already quite a lot songs which later were published on blue on it (carey, california, river, my old man, a case of you) and her soprano is really perfect here. not as high-pitch as on the first album but still very girlish and innocent sounding. and all that great in between song banter. where she explains that the circle game was her uplifting answer to that kind of sad song from that unkown young canadian folk singer whose name she doesn't mention. the song was sugar mountain.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 11 November 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
there's some discussion upthread about the meaning of being able to drink a case of somebody and still be on your feet, and while it is similar in structure to "I eat x like you for breakfast", I don't see how it could mean anything but I can't get enough of you
― niels, Sunday, 12 November 2017 10:14 (six years ago) link
She seems to be putting the guy down in the first verse, though.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 12 November 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
It could just as easily mean "you don't do anything for me (anymore)".
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 12 November 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
"Hejira" was my favourite song in the world at 14, I printed out all the lyrics and stuck them on my bedroom wall.
― Tim F, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:42 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I am now 14 year old Tim F
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 12 November 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
xp well she's certainly teasing the guy, answering his metaphysical boast with an acerbic and then a prosaic remark, but anyway since the next thing she remembers is drawing his face on a map of Canada it's reasonable to suggest there's also a level of vulnerability, even love (though it's ofc slightly undercut by the drawing being on the back of a cartoon coaster lit by a tv screen)
what makes the central metaphor unlikely as a putdown imo area) the singer's fetichization of the lover - even if she does not explicitly desire drinking a case of the lover, the repeated focus on the act suggests infatuationb) the beautiful preceding lines:
Oh you are in my blood like holy wineYou taste so bitterAnd so sweet
If you wanted to criticize wine for being weak or harmless, this is not how you would describe it.
― niels, Sunday, 12 November 2017 21:49 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_dY2cy0E2I
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
That's phantastic dreamy stuff. It reminds me of another song, something from "wild things run fast"?
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link