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Thread #51019   Message #775592
Posted By: GUEST,Taliesn
02-Sep-02 - 12:09 PM
Thread Name: Improbable songs, unlikely singers
Subject: RE: BS: Improbable songs, unlikely singers
Last year ,on one of the turner Broadcasting channels they put on a "Tribute to Joni mitchel" ,with lady Joni sitting looking on and listening in perched within one of the choice balcony boxes, and I saw Richard Thompson perform "Woodstock" and it was a gem of a rendition with his vocal stylization giving this classic song a sage/bard legitimacy that makes this work continue to refine with age..... so long as the singer knows what they want to put into with it. Ya get wht ya give, I s'pose.

I've seen stray hopes voiced on the net requesting that TBS release this as DVD someday. James Taylor,Dianna Krall, class acts all with Lady Joni having the last word in song as is fitting.