Post number 210 in this thread. Read the last sentence you posted. Obviously I didn't quite understand what you were saying. It's always something.
I posted a "live" version of this song and it's bugged me ever since . it just didn't have the nuance of the org. rec. that I fell in lust with.
I smile and laugh every time this comes up on my shuffle music list. First time I've seen her perform I'm not disappointed, or I wouldn't be posting this
Theres a few really good covers on this one, but this remains my favorite I learned yesterday from a Netflix BIO that this song was written by the the Great Robert Johnson..Who knew!?
Shadows And Light by Joni Mitchell Every picture has its shadows And it has some source of light Blindness blindness and sight The perils of benefactors The blessings of parasites Blindness blindness and sight Threatened by all things Devil of cruelty Drawn to all things Devil of delight Mythical devil of the ever-present laws Governing blindness blindness and sight Suntans in reservation dining rooms Pale miners in their lantern rays Night night and day Hostage smile on presidents Freedom scribbled in the subway It's like night night and day Threatened by all things God of cruelty Drawn to all things God of delight Mythical god of the everlasting laws Governing day day and night Critics of all expression Judges in black and white Saying it's wrong saying it's right Compelled by prescribed standards Or some ideals we fight For wrong wrong and right Threatened by all things Man of cruelty-mark of Cain Drawn to all things Man of delight-born again born again Man of the laws the ever-broken laws Governing wrong wrong and right Governing wrong wrong and right Wrong and right
OK, here's a contribution; one of the most underrated singer/songwriters of his time, mainly because he was a contemporary of Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello, both at the height of their powers. Listen to Graham Parker and the Rumour, and 'Local Girls'. This guy has an uneven body of work, but some fantastic stuff in there, and one of the best bands around. I discovered him when an English friend of mine sent me a tape he made of the Rumour playing with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes in the UK somewhere. I was a big fan of the Jukes, and grew attached to Graham Parker and his band as a result.