The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #25160   Message #476729
Posted By: Peter T.
05-Jun-01 - 09:52 AM
Thread Name: Thank God for Joan Baez!
Subject: RE: Thank God for Joan Baez!
Of all the songs she introduced me to, hers was the first version of "In The Pines" I ever heard, and I can still remember being seriously frightened by it. I can't recall if I have ever been frightened by any other song.

I completely agree about "Diamonds and Rust" -- what an amazing song, really a triumph by someone who is not much of a songwriter. She singlehandedly retilts the whole relationship through which she took a lot of grief (and was probably a pain herself too). It just pours out. A novel in four verses: her Tangled Up in Blue (er, Bob). I would give a lot to find out what Bob Dylan thinks of the song.

yours, Peter T.