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Jane's searching, searching...like all of us. Finding the joy in the journey. That's my take. I love being part of her journey. I feel lucky.
Jane and Joseph Campbell are my (spiritual)inspirations!
peace,
Yvette
<<I think that's all quite true, her lyrics reflect a changing outlook during the 90's, in the direction of - more spiritual, and less fragmented. There was a crisis, I think it was partly about too much enjoyment of alcohol(?).
And then there's 'Shushan' which was so overtly a religious, as well as a musical statement, that some people (including myself) resisted going there, whatever her intentions were.
But I don't think she really 'took a turn into New Age', and that bit about 'spiritually inclined and deeply earnest' just seems like code for 'seriously uncool; stay away!' This is way too glib - partly true, but I think she has kept her sense of humor and whimsy, and intelligence, through all the changes.
Jane's a little off the big media radar these days, so perhaps it's a bit much to expect a little balance/perspective from some harried music journalist, on a minor assignment at the NYTimes. (But I do expect it)
Steve
B Merrill <[email protected]> wrote:
Even if this is too glib, something like this did happen, right? Jane
changed. Our Dear Jane did pass through a life crisis, and as she came
through, her songs shifted from being more complicated, hermetic,
distressed, to being simpler, happier, and more religious, right?
And I take it that the crucial song here is Maria's "would you go > Mary
had..." where she lays down this hoped-for transit-- in the most explicit
manner! Explicit to the point of being didactic.
Explicit especially in relation to the hermetic "white tent, the raft"
where her distress is obvious, but her detailing of that distress is...
hard to follow. As we just noted.
I've never seen her perform, alas, so I wonder how her stage presence has
changed over the years. I would guess that as she changed and her songs
changed her relation to her audience became more direct & communal & happy.
Is PLAIN JANE the NYTimes' heading? Or hers? If the former it's inaccurate
& offensive. Being "spiritually inclined and deeply earnest" is not at all
being "plain."
Bruce
>PLAIN JANE
>The songwriter Jane Siberry was an indie-pop secret in the late 80's who
>won a devoted following as she reinvented the sort of mysterious,
>allusive music Kate Bush pioneered. Ms. Siberry alienated some of her
>fans in the 90's, when she took a slight turn into New Age. Tonight the
>spiritually inclined and deeply earnest Ms. Siberry plays the second of
>three intimate nights at Joe's Pub.
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