Sunday, September 20, 2009

I'll Just Leave You With This . . .

R.I.P. Mary Travers (and Cass Elliot).

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12 comments:

  1. MaclinSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:11 PM

    I had no idea the three of them had ever sung together. Beautiful. One of Dylan's better (and lesser-known) songs, too.

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  2. PentimentoSeptember 21, 2009 at 6:33 AM

    It's funny, "I Shall Be Released" always sounds better to me when someone else (besides Dylan) is singing it

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  3. dreshnySeptember 24, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    I didn't know she died. I loved listening to the album Peter, Paul, and Mommy as a kid in the 70s.

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  4. PentimentoSeptember 24, 2009 at 9:28 PM

    She just died last week, Dreshny. I have fond memories of that album too.

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  5. Brenda from FlatbushSeptember 24, 2009 at 10:46 PM

    What an amazing clip!!! They all look and sound exquisite, and Mary could rock that outfit tomorrow on the streets of New York and still look gorgeous. Those 3 voices I love so, I never knew there was a clip of them singing together!

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  6. PentimentoSeptember 25, 2009 at 6:58 AM

    Mary's dress *is* timelessly fabulous. I actually got a cocktail dress like that at Weber's Closeouts on 47th Street once.

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  7. BettyDuffySeptember 25, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    I love watching Joni Mitchell's face when she sings. Zero pretention. Looks like a little girl who sings as much as she speaks.

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  8. PentimentoSeptember 25, 2009 at 10:30 AM

    Then you HAVE to see this, Betty. It will knock you down. I know Dreshny's seen this one.

    http://www.youtube.com/
    watch?v=-q4foLKDlcE

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  9. BettyDuffySeptember 25, 2009 at 4:00 PM

    Wow. It does not get any better than that. The woman is flawless.

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  10. PentimentoSeptember 25, 2009 at 4:11 PM

    Betty, in my opinion, she is simply one of the great geniuses in the history of western music, no exaggeration.

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  11. BettyDuffySeptember 26, 2009 at 3:35 PM

    I couldn't agree more. Music and lit. Her lyrics are poetry. I never get tired of her. Listening to her right now.

    I didn't care much for the movie "Love Actually" but Emma Thompson's character says that Joni MItchell taught her all she knows of love.

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  12. PentimentoSeptember 26, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    I didn't see the movie, but, though I adore Joni, I shudder at the thought of her being my tutor in love.

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