Joni Mitchell

[Joanne98]

Run time: 02:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMEPk6fvpg   Posted on YouTube: June 29, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: August 17, 2007 By DU Member: Joanne98 Views on DU: 1015

 

[EFerrari]

1. I adore Joni. She was right then and she's right now.

:toast:

[Enrique]

2. I love her facial expressions in this video

at that point toward the end where she drops her voice, especially.

(unfortunately I think it's going to be moved out of this forum)

[EFerrari]

3. Really? That's about the most political number I can think of

from that era.

Without Joni, the Dixie Chicks would have been impossible.

[Enrique]

4. I'm fine with that

:-)

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. They wouldn't dare.

And how's about this for sociological analysis:

(from Dog Eat Dog)

Land of snap decisions,
Land of short attention spans,
Where nothing is ever savored long enough
To really understand.

[LuckyLib]

6. Loved her in my college days. Listen to the 2000 recording of

"Both Sides Now" -- it's simply stunning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqQlfFuQFXo

[monmouth]

7. Thank you so much for posting that stunning audio. Just....wow.

[Ellipsis]

8. One Week Last Summer...

"I stepped outside of my little house and stood barefoot on a rock. The pacific ocean rolled towards me. Across the bay, a family of seals sprawled on the kelp uncovered by the low tide. A blue heron honked overhead. All around the house the wild roses were blooming. The air smelled sweet and salty and loud with crows and bees. My house was clean. I had food in the fridge for a week. I sat outside 'til the sun went down.

That night the piano beckoned for the first time in ten years. My fingers found these patterns which express what words could not. This song poured out while a brown bear rummaged through my garbage cans.

The song has seven verses constructed for the days of that happy week. On Thursday the bear arrives".


Joni's new CD "SHINE" is set to be released Sept.25 2007,

“The Fiddle and the Drum,” a ballet based on Mitchell's music, debuted with the Alberta Ballet in Calgary earlier in the year with Mitchell serving as co-creator and artistic director.


...heres some new lyrics for ya,



This Place - Joni Mitchell


Sparkle on the ocean
Eagle at the top of a tree
Those crazy crows always making a commotion
This land is home to me.

I was talking to my neighbor
He said, "When I get to heaven, if it is not like this,
I'll just hop a cloud and I'm coming right back down here
Back to this heavenly bliss."

You see those lovely hills
They won't be there for long
They're gonna tear 'em down
And sell them to California
Here come the toxic spills
Miners poking all around
When this place looks like a moonscape
Don't say I didn't warn ya...

Money, money, money...
Money makes the trees come down
It makes mountains into molehills
Big money kicks the wide wide world around.

Black bear in the orchard
At night he's in my garbage cans
He's getting so bold but no one wants to shoot him
He's got a right to roam this land.

I feel like Geronimo
I used to be as trusting as Cochise
But the white eyes lies
He's out of whack with nature
And look how far his weapons reach!

Spirit of the water
Give us all the courage and the grace
To make genius of this tragedy unfolding
The genius to save this place


Happy Friday!

[Beaverhausen]

9. Great news!

thanks! :hi:

[ArtemisProductions]

10. Great Song

Really love Joni