Cyndi Lauper: Carey
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First of all... a *major* heads-up to Bob Muller, who has painstakingly compiled and cataloged Joni Undercover, "3251 covers of 155 of Joni's songs done by 2518 different artists!" - the site is a comprehensive and invaluable clearinghouse for the various musical homages to Joni, in many different languages, some famous and most not so much...
This version of Carey came from An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell, which aired on TNT Sunday, April 16, 2000 - I have Bob to thank for the audio of the priceless program, as it was never formally released...
Cyndi transforms the song from the joyful, rock-and-rolling dulcimer strum Joni originally offered into a slow, stripped-down seduction, reintroducing us to the beauty of the Grecian isle as well as the mischievousness of Carey, the mean old Daddy who she likes fine...
One common misconception is that the lyrics are "beneath the mantle of the moon" when it's actually "beneath the Matala moon" - synchronistically, the following appeared on the JMDL (Joni Mitchell Discussion List) today (thanks to PaulC!), which reinforced my desire to post this cover:
~ a video of Joni Mitchell's Matala, Crete... which features Joni's original...
~ Paul wrote: "here's an interesting companion site with comments by Joni herself from interviews and live song introductions - and a few interesting reminiscences from people who were actually living with and, in some cases, jamming with her in the Matala caves back then."