For the Roses: Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell has been a favorite of mine for so long that when I hear the first few notes of any song it’s like coming home.
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June 11, 2013 at 11:02 am
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June 11, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Yes, definitely feels like home, though I have moved away from home (musically speaking) in the last years. It’s more like a pleasant childhood home, revisited once in a while. But then I stumble upon songs like this gorgeous live version of one of my old favorites “I think I understand” and the former fascination is back immediately.
http://ilovejonimitchell.tumblr.com/post/51581657302
June 11, 2013 at 1:01 pm
Birgit,
Joni was one of the cassettes I had in Africa, and I listened to it so many times it had to be rewound with a Bib pen.
Thanks for the great new site. I hadn’t heard Joni’s intro and reason for writing the song before listening.
June 11, 2013 at 12:54 pm
geez. double header. a joni song and a new blog to discover!
thank you kat and birgit!
June 11, 2013 at 1:03 pm
greg,
You are most welcome.
I Think I understand was one of the sounds to which I listened more times than I can remember. My version was on the album Clouds.
June 12, 2013 at 1:52 am
One of my very favorites..a friend from my youth just contacted me via Facebook, about Joni. He remembers I “turned” him on to her music in my “den of iniquity” in my private room in the downstairs of our home. I think I mentioned I did see her once in Carnegie Hall. I don’t even know which is my favorite record, I love them all in different ways.
Waving,
Lori
June 12, 2013 at 8:58 am
Lori,
I’d be hard-pressed to pick a music favorite but the sentimental favorite is Clouds as I listened to it just about every night in Ghana. It always brings to mind the best memories.
June 12, 2013 at 5:45 am
Here’s a link to an interview broadcast yesterday:
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/ID/ID/2390721282/
June 12, 2013 at 8:17 am
Cuidado, thanks for the Joni-link! Just listening, very interesting.
It may be a country restriction that I get only the audio-stream on cbc, but luckily the video is on youtube (3 parts, search “qtv Joni Mitchell”).
June 13, 2013 at 6:33 am
I hope you try the link that I placed below.
June 13, 2013 at 8:29 am
Cuidado, yes I tried -thanks for the link!- and I was surprised that it worked, despite “North American broadcast exclusive” and former negative experiences with blocked McGarrigle content on CBC.
While listening to the Joni interview I sometimes thought that she is living in her own closed world now where she made up her own truth. I don’t know how to describe it, but it reminded me of my mother who seldom left home and made up a world view that was solely based on TV.
June 12, 2013 at 9:03 am
Thanks from me too, Cuidado!
I too only get the audio stream here so I went to youtube! Thanks for that Birigit.
June 12, 2013 at 9:34 am
Here is the entire interview on video!
http://music.cbc.ca/#/concerts/CBC-Music-Exclusives-The-Joni-Mitchell-Interview-2013-06-04
June 12, 2013 at 9:44 am
Thank you!!