Sad, spare, and beautiful, Blue is the quintessential confessional singer/songwriter album. Forthright and poetic, Joni Mitchell's songs are raw nerves, tales of love and loss (two words with relative meaning here) etched with stunning complexity; even tracks like "All I Want," "My Old Man," and "Carey" -- the brightest, most hopeful moments on the record -- are darkened by bittersweet moments of sorrow and loneliness. At the same time that songs like "Little Green" (about a child given up for adoption) and the title cut (a hymn to salvation supposedly penned for James Taylor) raise the stakes of confessional folk-pop to new levels of honesty and openness, Mitchell's music moves beyond the constraints of acoustic folk into more intricate and diverse territory, setting the stage for the experimentation of her later work. Unrivaled in its intensity and insight, Blue remains a watershed.
I have in my hand right now a letter from my great-grandfather, Nathaniel Moon, to his son (my grandfather, Oscar), dated Sept 22, 1945. I thought it was interesting that he writes, "No news here to write --- everybody has the blues."It's a perpetual human condition, isn't it? And that's okay, as long as we get happy somewhere in between our blues. My great-grandfather went on to write about...
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...I've been running around this crazy-ass town all day, just got in and now, I'm alone with my thoughts...time for some Joni...this was what Tracy Chapman was tapping into on her first album....
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Feeling a little blue today. There's something in my past that the turning of the season, this springtime uplift, sun and pollen in the trees, never lets me forget. I spent much of the day listening to Patrick Wolf's "The Wind in the Wires" (thanks, Dale, for the EMCD), and now I'm craving Joni Mitchell, most of which is at home and on vinyl. Maybe "Song to a Seagull," maybe "Blue." Until then:
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with new kiddie in the house "dave's world" was robbed from me and turned into a kiddie room. good thing i spent the last 2.5 months converting my gigantic garage into the new and greatly improved "dave's world."now my world seriously kicks ass. it's about 3 times the size. just got my vinyl rig in working order after 2.5 months! damn. my soul was dying. so, i had the backlog of vinyl i wa...
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I'm so hard to handleI'm selfish and I'm sadNow I've gone and lost the best babyThat I ever hadOh I wish I had a riverI could skate away onI wish I had a river so longI would teach my feet to flyOh I wish I had a riverI made my baby say goodbye
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Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' album of 1972 is one of the best examples of the emerging singer/songwriter genre of the time. Joni's vocals are strong, yet effortless. The musicianship is faultless and the songwriting is unsurpassed. Every song contains a gem within it, a reflection of something personal that most of us could never put into words, Joni Mitchell is blessed with not only the ability to c...
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Joni Mitchell is my dream woman. And I don't mean Joni the person, I mean Joni the narrator, Joni the young woman who ventures around the world in search of beauty; the woman who hangs out in sandy bars on Mediteranean islands and makes love with all manner of poets and wanderers. Ever since I first heard "Blue" I cannot get this woman out my head. She's coy, intelligent, hip, sincere, sexy...
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It's coming on ChristmasThey're cutting down treesThey're putting up reindeerAnd singing songs of joy and peaceOh I wish I had a riverI could skate away onBut it don't snow hereIt stays pretty greenI'm going to make a lot of moneyThen I'm going to quit this crazy sceneI wish I had a riverI could skate away onI wish I had a river so longI would teach my feet to flyOh I wish I had a riverI could ...
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My mind is jumping around with all the different things I want to write about in this post, but I guess I should just start with the song, "A Case of You," and with my strong emotional response to it. It makes me cry, and in a strange and sudden way, each time I hear it --- whether I am feeling particularly emotional or not. There is something in Mitchell's tone, in her evocation of memory, i...
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Feeling a little blue today. There's something in my past that the turning of the season, this springtime uplift, sun and pollen in the trees, never lets me forget. I spent much of the day listening to Patrick Wolf's "The Wind in the Wires" (thanks, Dale, for the EMCD), and now I'm craving Joni Mitchell, most of which is at home and on vinyl. Maybe "Song to a Seagull," maybe "Blue." Until then:
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This is my favorite song. It felt like the right song to play before bed. Or if you are just waking, brewing a strong cuppa, it'll work too.Good news too all in the MOS...Cheers.
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...I've been running around this crazy-ass town all day, just got in and now, I'm alone with my thoughts...time for some Joni...this was what Tracy Chapman was tapping into on her first album....
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with new kiddie in the house "dave's world" was robbed from me and turned into a kiddie room. good thing i spent the last 2.5 months converting my gigantic garage into the new and greatly improved "dave's world."now my world seriously kicks ass. it's about 3 times the size. just got my vinyl rig in working order after 2.5 months! damn. my soul was dying. so, i had the backlog of vinyl i wa...
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It's our song.....It always has been.....(it's blue, not bloo)
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parents used to make me go to temple this time of year. i prefer to pray at the alter of joni.this is my morning religious service:
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It's coming on ChristmasThey're cutting down treesThey're putting up reindeerAnd singing songs of joy and peaceOh I wish I had a riverI could skate away onBut it don't snow hereIt stays pretty greenI'm going to make a lot of moneyThen I'm going to quit this crazy sceneI wish I had a riverI could skate away onI wish I had a river so longI would teach my feet to flyOh I wish I had a riverI could ...
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A trip to the dentist is always a killer for me. and it was just a cleaning, nothing more. but the scraping in my head i endure when they brutally go after the plaque i left from my poor flossing habits........well, that is my own private hell. what got me through was the lovely music of one of the very greats: Joni mitchell and her 1971 album, Blue. it is exhilarating and sobering and honest a...
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Pancakes just wouldn't be the same without it!And then Joni of course. Must not forget about Joni. When Blair wrote about moving to California the thought of shutting down, locking up and heading off wonderland came to mind. A fresh start smells better than spring. Joni's California seems like a relevant choice.
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I have in my hand right now a letter from my great-grandfather, Nathaniel Moon, to his son (my grandfather, Oscar), dated Sept 22, 1945. I thought it was interesting that he writes, "No news here to write --- everybody has the blues."It's a perpetual human condition, isn't it? And that's okay, as long as we get happy somewhere in between our blues. My great-grandfather went on to write about...
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My mind is jumping around with all the different things I want to write about in this post, but I guess I should just start with the song, "A Case of You," and with my strong emotional response to it. It makes me cry, and in a strange and sudden way, each time I hear it --- whether I am feeling particularly emotional or not. There is something in Mitchell's tone, in her evocation of memory, i...
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Date of Birth: 7 November 1943I heard it was her birthday this morning on NPR. And thanks to my best girlfriend out on the West Coast in San Fran who made me a rockin' b-day mix, I've got a fab Joni Mitchell song to post for you all. Thanks Rae!Cheers.
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I've recently been in touch with my oldest friend, whom I met in the summer of '71 at a bungalow colony in Rockland County. When we've reminisced over the years about that summer, the music that's been the reference point has been Tapestry. That was the background music. There was a girl we were friendly with who played it over and over, and we'd sit outside her bungalow during those warm eveni...
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“Its coming on Christmas, they’re cutting down trees, they’re putting up reindeer, and singing songs of joy and peace. Oh, I wish I had a river to skate away on…”One of the saddest but one of my favorites. So sings Joni Mitchell on quite possibly one of the saddest holiday tunes ever recorded to tape. A cornerstone track off her 1971 LP, Blue, “River,” complete with it’s faux “
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| 10 The Last Time I Saw Richard |
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