Cloudbuster said:

"It fell from midnight skies
It drummed on the galvanized
In the washroom women tracked the rain
Up to the make-up mirror
Liquid soap and grass
And Jungle Gardenia crash
On Pine-Sol and beer
It's stifling in here
I've got to get some air <<----- This line.
I'm going outside to get some air"

The reason it's missing is totally beyond me and after hearing the song for years and years it sounds like a big gaping hole on the new version. I think it ruins the structure of the lyrics, too, as there is a pattern of repetition at the end of every verse that is now ruined.

jtfolden said:

that is strange indeed. now i do wanna hear it.

Haven't heard it all, but here's my opinion:


1971 Blue
1972 For The Roses
1974 Court & Spark
1974(?) Miles of Aisles
1975 The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
1976 Hejira
1977 Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
1979 Mingus
1991 Night Ride Home

This is going to be controversial,but I think A Case of You is overrated,the lyrics are great,but the melody doesn't do it for me,I usually skip it.
I prefer Blue,River,My Old Man and The Last Time I Saw Richard.

gypsyfire said:

"The Last Time I Saw Richard" is probably my fav Joni song!

It's simply wonderful

IstenSzek said:

only a cocoon before i get my gorgeous wings and fly away

leave it to cloudy to be on point with Joni... nice ratings... but id have to give Mingus 4 out 5 u gave it 3

dawntreader said:

that song always makes me go all

IstenSzek said:

me too. i always wanted to sing it in the theatre. but it is so strange to sing:

the last time i saw Richard was Detroit in 68

i wasn't even born then.

My advice, go for these three albums:
- Blue: intimate singer-songwriter / folk music with personal lyrics and a very spare sound: A Case of You is one of the classics of 20th century music, but personally i really dig her vocal phrasing on Little Green (on par with some of Miles Davis trumpet blasts, and, yes, Princes guitar solo's)
- Court and Spark: mixing pop and folk with light-jazz and orchestral arrangements, a very 'rich' record. Sophisticated, but not bland.
- The Hissing of summer lawns: mixing old sounds (Edith and the Kingpin is one of her best folky ballads) with new ones (incorpating african drums and synths into her sound): Maybe not an easy-listening record at first, but a record that slowly reveals its depths and joys.

dawntreader said:

hmm, but it could easily be changed into "98"

HamsterHuey said:

I really wanted to take my advice. Honestly. Cuz I respect your opinion. But the curiosity killed the cat. I couldn't take the wait anymore and couldn't find her earliest stuff very readily. And I guess in the long run, it won't matter cuz I know I really like Hounds of Love already. Even if it's the only Kate Bush album I ever like, at least I'm in on what all the hype is about and can fairly join in on the discussion now.

GangstaFam said:

same here. Hounds of Love is the only Kate Album I own yet. I guess
from what everyone is saying, it's like buying your first Prince cd
and going straight for "Sign O The Times".

still, that doesn't mean that, for instance "Parade" is any less
brilliant.

the one thing I never understood about Hounds of Love though, is if
it's meant as kind of two EP's on one album or if it's just meant as
one entire album.

I ask, because of the "Ninth Wave" portion. It still feels like part
of the album but it's also very much an entity on it's own acord.

GangstaFam said:

That should read, "I really wanted to take YOUR advice." I need to go back to bed.

Riverpoet31 said:

But everyone NEEDS to hear HEJIRA!!!!

gypsyfire said:

TheRealFiness said:

Don't start, ass.