The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #21664   Message #239651
Posted By: Pixie
07-Jun-00 - 08:40 PM
Thread Name: Joan Baez- educated recent opinion?
Subject: RE: Joan Baez- educated recent opinion?
We've seen her a couple of times; once in Vancouver, and then a couple of years later in Halifax.....I have to say, she does a good concert! I'n not a purist, so I don't really object to changes in lyrics and tunes (generally...except Madonna's pathetic rendition of "American Pie"), so that's not a beef I have about JB. It's on account of listening to her records that I became familiar with a lot of "traditional" ballads", which encouraged further exploration. Both my husband and I enjoy her concerts, and her humor/wit....some of it is self-deprecating (I didn't say "defecating"). Hey its like art....I'm no coin-aisewer, but I know what I like!

Pixie