Cool  - a set of Canadians!

The "sambista" Joni Mitchell. Those drums are from an autentic brazilian Escola de Samba. Tag: Brazil in Paradise.  

Joni has made me forget a lot of things that were so painful I never thought I'd be able to forget them. She's made me realize a lot of things I didn't know I knew. She, like Jackson Browne and Neil Young, has pulled me through some tough times, and has given me music to which I can rejoice.

Joni is ageless and timeless, and her music resonates, whether negatively or positively. Me?  I just love her. If Bill would play the entire "Court And Spark" CD, I would die happy.

 Odyzzeuz wrote: 

 

Hilarious!

Percussion is good. 

Gawd I hate Joni Mitchell!!

She writes lyrics like Garrison Keilor features in his Writer's Almanac.

"Ode to the Garden Hose"

"A poem written while cutting potatoes for supper"

"To my Cousin Betty the day she said 'Baba' the 1st time"

Ugh.

 sharkey wrote: 
Wow, a creative person behaving like a moody child? Shocking! Srsly, her dish (on Bob, Grace, Janis, and Madonna) is in poor taste, but doesn't IMHO diminish her music. "Trust the art, not the artist," wot.

Picked this album up in the early 8o's as a cut-out: not sure if you remember cut-out albums or not...  I did not dig it then but yes, like previoulsy mentioned, the music has grown on me over time and there are a few nice tracks on this album...

Bitter old tart.

Mitchell: Dylan's a ‘fake'

‘Bob is a deception,' musician tells L.A. Times

Read more: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36741933/ns/entertainment-music/#ixzz0mJhrzdGS

"This is Joni Mitchell reacting to the sad reality that her time is long past and no one really cares about her. Attacking people like Dylan affords her a little bit of sunshine in an otherwise drab existence but this sunshine will quickly fade to black. Bitter, huh?"

funny how she disses Bob Dylan and other artists while she is a huge and somewhat lame appropriator of genres and styles herself, kinda like Paul Simon, though Simon would never make the comments she has.

 lmic wrote: 
Agree completely. This "middle-period" (see below) Joni is her best, IMO. "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" which preceded this, is still my fave (and "Hejira" ain't too shabby either).

1974 January         COURT AND SPARK
1974 November     MILES OF AISLES
1975 November     THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS
1976 November     HEJIRA
1977 December     DON JUAN’S RECKLESS DAUGHTER
1979 June              MINGUS
1980 September    SHADOWS AND LIGHT

This weekend I was talking with a friend about the discord that artists like Dylan and Leonard Cohen seem to inspire among RP listeners. He likened their music to bitter chocolate - an acquired taste. I think that's a perfect analogy for this album.

 SanFranGayMan wrote: 
I appreciate that about her as well.  She is undoubtedly a great writer and a bold experimenter.  My problem with her is she cannot carry a tune in a basket.  A really BIG basket!

With some artists that doesn't bother me...but Joni's voice is painfully out of tune to my ears.

If it's Joni, I love it

can't believe this doesn't crack 5.  my favorite joni album by far. and chaka back there...

 Shesdifferent wrote: 
Ditto.

THIS is the beauty of Joni—she is not in it for the next Big Song, but rather her musical expansion. As with all music, we are more on board with some songs than others. Who knows how one will feel about this in 10 years? I know I've changed, expanded. I still have my favs from her nascent period, a son of that era, but I appreciate risk, expansion, even failure. Otherwise, what IS the point?

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Interesting observance, I'm a fan of Joni, but not a fan of this one or this album

Seems like the only Joni songs I can tolerate are the ones Joni's fans don't really care for.

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I'm a long time Joni fan and seeing her in concert years ago was great BUT this has got to be my least favorite song of hers. I know she was trying to reinvent herself during this period but WTF?

I agree with Stewed...I am a huge Joni fan from way, way back, and while I'll not crazy about this song, I admire her attempt to break out of the pattern and form she set up for herself. Artists have to risk to grow.

 Stewed_Mulligan wrote: 

What the...?

This is more that prozac.
Whats up with the transparent silk kimono with pictures of nude women and hovering mickey mouse skulls?

 EssexTex wrote: 
Hahahaha. No truer words, LOL!

The more I hear this the more I hate it. What a waste.

OOOK yeah got it. Now I remember why i don't like Joni Mitchell.

Please check out the Roger McGuinn version of this song from 'Cardiff Rose' album of 1976.
 

We really don't want to hear this 'marginal' version from Joni again.

'Jolly Roger' is a cool, interesting song also on this album.

I can dig it...still a true Joni fan through and through.