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Thread #73622 Message #1280679
Posted By: matai
25-Sep-04 - 09:04 AM
Thread Name: Why is a singer one of your favorites?
Subject: RE: Why is a singer one of your favorites?
I always come back to Joan Baez yet I can't tell you why. Maybe it is because I admire so many things about her and it seems like she has always been there singing her traditional songs, her political songs, her relationship songs with that beautiful voice that has changed over the years but never lost its richness. It never fails to draw me in. (I guess that's why) She is like my alter ego.
She has a song (she wrote) 'Speaking of Dreams' in which there is a line...you are a breath of Spring and I am vintage wine... referring to a relationship between an older woman and a younger man. I couldn't think of a better way to put it. And as for 'Diamonds and Rust' who hasn't experienced it? ...you who are so good with words and at keeping things vague. I need some of that vagueness now...
I like the way she changed the ending too. 'If you're offering me diamonds and rust, I'll take the diamonds.'
Cheers,
matai