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It sounded like applause
Did you get a round resounding for you
Way up here
It seems like many dim years ago
Since I heard that face to face
Or seen you face to face
Though tonight I can feel you here
I get these notes
On butterflies and lilac sprays
From girls who just have to tell me
They saw you somewhere
In some office sits a poet
And he trembles as he sings
And he asks some guy
To circulate his soul around
On your mark red ribbon runner
The caressing rev of motors
Finely tuned like fancy women
In thirties evening gowns
Up the charts
Off to the airport
Your name's in the news
Everything's first class
The lights go down
And it's just you up there
Getting them to feel like that
Remember the days when you used to sit
And make up your tunes for love
And pour your simple sorrow
To the soundhole and your knee
And now you're seen
On giant screens
And at parties for the press
And for people who have slices of you
From the company
They toss around your latest golden egg
Speculation well who's to know
If the next one in the nest
Will glitter for them so
I guess I seem ungrateful
With my teeth sunk in the hand
That brings me things
I really can't give up just yet
Now I sit up here the critic
And they introduce some band
But they seem so much confetti
Looking at them on my TV set
Oh the power and the glory
Just when you're getting a taste for worship
They start bringing out the hammers
And the boards
And the nails
I heard it in the wind last night
It sounded like applause
Chilly now
End of summer
No more shiny hot nights
It was just the arbutus rustling
And the bumping of the logs
And the moon swept down black water
Like an empty spotlight
Thought I knew a lot about Joni's history, until I learned only recently that the reason her songs are so bloody hard to play (chord structure) is because of the myriads of open tunings; she contracted polio at age 9, thus, couldn't play the frets as one normally does. I've seen some video since and can actually see how she uses her fingers to play such amazing open chords. Also, that discovery in '97 of the reunion with her daughter that she gave up for adoption in the 60's. I always wondered about that line in "Chinese Cafe", and knew it had to be personal. Anyway, sorry for the blithering. Just amazes me, her history.
Hej, thank you very much for your backgrounds!
Making this goddess more handy to me, but not less a goddess.
Number of Joni Mitchell songs played on RP - 50
Number of Carly Simon songs played on RP - 0
'Eclectic'
Well, Joni reportedly wrote this about and for James Taylor, so there's a Carly Simon connection for you.
What poetry: "And the moon swept down black water, like an empty spotlight". Perfect. And what a master of unusual harmonic structure.
Number of Carly Simon songs played on RP - 0
That's the way I've always heard it should be.
Sorry, couldn't resist. ; )
Joking aside, it would be nice to have a few Carly tunes on the playlist.
(I mean, come on, if there's room for Kesha and Miley Cyrus . . . )
Number of Carly Simon songs played on RP - 0
Are those real stats or just made up? If they're real, could you please share how you got them? I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Thanks!
LE: Never mind, I found it using the web browser on the computer.
Don't forget KD Laing
Robbie Robertson
melodic
harmonic
cryptic
we want more!
Blue would be my Desert Island disc. Court and Spark second.
It’s strange how Canada’s top 3 singer songwriters (Joni, L Cohen, N. Young) all have very distinctive voices.
When Leonard won a Male Vocalist of the Year JUNO Award (in the late 90's?), in his acceptance speech, in his best gravelly voice, he said something like "only in Canada would I win best male vocalist!"
(For those who don't know the JUNO Awards, they are the Canadian equivalent of the US Grammy Awards.)
Number of Joni Mitchell songs played on RP - 50
Number of Carly Simon songs played on RP - 0
'Eclectic'
Seems more likely it would be about James Taylor, or perhaps just an abstract about the trap of stardom. Free Man in Paris was for David Geffen, who wasn't a bf.
See ya!
(Don't go away mad; just go away.)
I remember long ago reading or hearing her call them "chords of inquiry". Regardless of the technical reasons for alternate tunings, they imbue her "sound" with subtle complexity.
Watch about 2m starting near 7:40. In a way, this explains a good deal of the reason why many of us recognize her genius, and many can't stand her work.
Blue would be my Desert Island disc. Court and Spark second.
It’s strange how Canada’s top 3 singer songwriters (Joni, L Cohen, N. Young) all have very distinctive voices.
Don't forget KD Laing
I'm guessing the listeners of the station you tune into will love your insightful and uplifting comments. LOL
Or "Court and Spark".
Blue would be my Desert Island disc. Court and Spark second.
It’s strange how Canada’s top 3 singer songwriters (Joni, L Cohen, N. Young) all have very distinctive voices.
I remember long ago reading or hearing her call them "chords of inquiry". Regardless of the technical reasons for alternate tunings, they imbue her "sound" with subtle complexity. To wit: compare the standard recordings of "Both Sides Now" done by Joni and by Judy Collins. Both are beautiful renditions, both with the same lyrics and melody, but very different emotional results.
Or "Court and Spark".
I recently read the bio of Joni that was released late last year. Being a long time fan, there were only a handful of things I'd never heard before. The most impressive and surprising was that she spent a good deal of time with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and spent a few days in an egoless state. In another way it just made tremendous sense... it was in the Hissing of Summer Lawns > Hejira time period, and so many of her lyrics after that encounter reflect what she'd learned from the Buddhist master.
I'd ditto BBoyes' post, but it's already been done.
Gorgeous!
"And the moon swept down black water like an empty spotlight"
Thanks, Bill.
Thanks BBoyes - my words and experiences uncannily similar. Love this song and the memories it stirs.
Thank you
Did you know that the photograph on this album was taken at Mathews Point on Galiano Island, overlooking Active Pass (Sqthaqa'lh). If you have ever sailed (by ferry or otherwise) between Vancouver and Victoria (on Vancouver Island), you have travelled past this location.
All of these place names, of course, are from the Spanish and English colonial powers that recently settled this traditional Lekwungen and Hul’q’umi’num’ area of the Salish Sea.
Gorgeous!
"And the moon swept down black water like an empty spotlight"
Thanks, Bill.
....... totally agree with the above so for me it's G O D L I K E
Folk Joni.
Love me some Folk Joni or Fusion Joni or Jazz Joni or Pop Joni etc......
All good.
Folk Joni.
Love me some Folk Joni or Fusion Joni or Jazz Joni or Pop Joni etc......
All good.
Yes, it is; VERY good, to be more precise.
She's annoying, Like fingernails on a chalkboard. That's all I have to say...
I disagree but respect your opinion. We all like what we like and dislike what we don't.
Yuppers
Double Yuppers!!
She's annoying, Like fingernails on a chalkboard. That's all I have to say...
Yuppers
That album is about 35-years-old - only about 5 years after this one. She did continue to grow musically, though.
as few women have the writing abilities, voice or the panache that Joni does.
Randomax wrote:
Joni brings out my inner John Belushi, I just want to smash her guitar!!
James Taylor. Several of the songs from this album are. Reference the "pack your suspenders" line in See You Sometime. Blonde In The Bleachers is another one.
I love it that Bill followed this with a Steeleye Span song - another clear, strong voice. Not as good as Joni's, but up there in the top five of my favorites.
No argument here.
"Little Green" on Blue is about her giving her daughter up.
Amen to that, old mate!
Good call!!!
And yet he rates Neko Case a 10. The world sure is a weird place !
This is not blithering, this is interesting info and a thoughtful comment. Cheers!
I never knew this, so thanks for blithering.
Well, and I just recently learned that she and husband Chuck (from whence she draws the Mitchell surname) used to play the coffeehouses in the greater Detroit area back when Terrible Ted was fronting an up-and-coming band named Amboy Dukes and Iggy hadn't yet taken the stage at the Grande Ballroom.
(Playing off of the Canada connection, I think she kinda looks like Neil Young in this blurry, low-res photo).
I don't wish to seem like a silly person that sends out hate mail willy-nilly, but holborne has expressed my feelings exactly.
DITTO!
I never knew this, so thanks for blithering.