Thank you Joni for a very relevant tune: No Apologies by Joni Mitchell

[zulchzulu]

I was going through some CDs and picked out the wonderful gem of an album by the angelic Joni Mitchell called "Taming The Tiger" and a song called "No Apologies" made me cry like a little school girl, if only because it was so relevant to these times.

No Apologies

The general offered
No apologies
He said "The soldiers erred in judgement
They should have hired a hooker"
No apologies
to the outraged Japanese
No "Sorry little girl"
The pigs just took her
Tireskids and teethmarks
What happened to this place?
Lawyers and loan sharks
Are laying America to waste

Freddie said that "Juan thinks, I think
He's the devil"
What a lofty title
For such a petty little tyrant
Bigger beasts abound
And they kick this world around
At this crazy speed
With violence and greed
Tireskids and teethmarks
What happened to this place?
Lawyers and loan sharks
Are laying America to waste

So what makes a man a man
In these tough times
As druglords buy up the banks
And warlords radiate the oceans
Ecosystems fail
Snakes and snails and puppy tails
Are wagging in the womb
Beneath the trampled moon
Tireskids and teethmarks
What happened to this place?
Lawyers and loan sharks
Are laying America to waste

The general offered
No apologies

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001A815TG/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk5

[KT2000]

1. Can't believe this was 1998

It fits today but then again Joni was always ahead of the times.
Her voice may be angeleic but her last interview was not so angelic - she said what she really thinks of Dylan, Grace Slick and others. It was a kick to read.

[The Damned]

2. Is she dead???

Fuck, I didn't hear anything!

[KT2000]

3. No - no - she is OK

I should have said her most recent interview. It was in the LA Times a couple weeks ago.

[KT2000]

4. Link to interview:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-jonimitchell-20100422,0,5684541.story?page=1

[saltpoint]

5. Joni Mitchell.

An awful lot of talent in one human being.

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