 For The Roses (1972) [ larger cover art ] |
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Papa's faith is people
Mama she believes in cleaning
Papa's faith is in people
Mama she's always cleaning
Papa brought home the sugar
Mama taught me the deeper meaning
She don't like my kick pleat skirt
She don't like my eyelids painted green
She don't like me staying up late
In my high-heeled shoes
Living for that Rock'n'Roll dancing scene
Papa says "Leave the girl alone, Mother
She's looking like a Movie Queen"
Mama thinks she spoilt me
Papa knows somehow he set me free
Mama thinks she spoilt me rotten
She blames herself
But papa he blesses me
It's a rough road to travel
Mama let go now
It's always called for me
Sometimes I get that feeling
And I want to settle
And raise a child up with somebody
I get that strong longing
And I want to settle
And raise a child up with somebody
But it passes like the summer
I'm a wild seed again
Let the wind carry me
| wrangler (swamps of jersey) | Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 13:55 wow meinthecorner, you must be fun at parties sing it, joni!  meinthecorner wrote: Sasha2001 wrote: Joni Mitchell has taught me more about the feminine condition then 25 years of Oprah ever could. Not that I watched Oprah voluntarily. I was usually forced to watch it by women I didn't understand. As an editor I wish people would pay closer attention to how they use language, not just yourself, but, yourself in this instance: your use of "then" is incorrect. "Then" refers to a point in time. Your opening statement is comparative, and should use the term,"than", instead. I see this mistake being made far too often these days.I don't understand how anyone could be "forced" to watch Oprah for 25 years. Truly cruel and unusual punishment! |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Mar 24, 2013 - 02:25 unclehud wrote: She's magnificent. No equal in this mortal life. Yes... true. |
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 16:51 She's magnificent. No equal in this mortal life. |
| Kokoloco53 (Southeastern Arizona) | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 14:49 Joni's one of my all time top 10 artists. Didn't realiza how talented she was with a paint brush until 10 years ago, her website shows some of it, but I had been looking at it on the covers, insides and backs of all her LP's I'd bought over the past 40 years. Sadness and joy, sweet and sour, those feelings and flavors have helped me enjoy this life and given me a proper dose of introspection that hopefully has kept my soul both humble and joyful. |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 14:46 Getting close to the season for "River". |
| DanO-1 (Sandia Park, New Mexico) | Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 07:49 meinthecorner wrote: Sasha2001 wrote: Joni Mitchell has taught me more about the feminine condition then 25 years of Oprah ever could. Not that I watched Oprah voluntarily. I was usually forced to watch it by women I didn't understand.
Well alrighty then |
| funkyalfonso (Vancouver Island) | Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 20:28 meinthecorner wrote: Sasha2001 wrote: Joni Mitchell has taught me more about the feminine condition then 25 years of Oprah ever could. Not that I watched Oprah voluntarily. I was usually forced to watch it by women I didn't understand.
Point1: Possible typo ( they do happen ) from Sasha2001. As a reader I do find "editors" somewhat pedantic. And....not just yourself, but, yourself in this instance... commas are incorrect and and the sentence is badly structured. Pip-pip. |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: Jul 15, 2012 - 19:05 Sasha2001 wrote: Joni Mitchell has taught me more about the feminine condition then 25 years of Oprah ever could. Not that I watched Oprah voluntarily. I was usually forced to watch it by women I didn't understand. fwiw..what i've learned of the female condition over the last 25 yrs.....ummmm....nothing...not one damn thing. i tried once. it was the most agonizing 2 1/2 minutes of my life plus they're not from our planet (it's true)...they're from the planet Menstruos although there are some from its' habitable twin moons... pre-menstros and emote-os. now then, there are some from the separate galaxy Saphos...but thats a horse of a completely different feather |
| RobN (In the flatlands of East Anglia) | Posted: Jun 04, 2012 - 15:06 Brilliant song writing skills. I never tire of the early JM output. |
| arserocket (S.O.B in an S.U.V) | Posted: May 13, 2012 - 09:04 meinthecorner wrote: Sasha2001 wrote: Joni Mitchell has taught me more about the feminine condition then 25 years of Oprah ever could. Not that I watched Oprah voluntarily. I was usually forced to watch it by women I didn't understand.
wow - by the way, did you enjoy the song? |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: May 03, 2012 - 21:09 Biiiig image of the cover http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/ElliotGKnapp/Album%2520Art/fortheroses.jpg |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 16:13 Meinthecorner: Your point is well taken. Good grammar is a dying art and stalwarts like yourself do us all a service by pointing out our lapses. What I should have written was... "I was forced to watch Oprah by my wicked Stepuncle, then I listened to lots of Joni Mitchell in college, and then came to the realization that Canadian, guitar-playing chanteuses know more about the human condition than daytime television talk-show hosts." Better? |
| meinthecorner (Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries) | Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 00:38 Sasha2001 wrote: Joni Mitchell has taught me more about the feminine condition then 25 years of Oprah ever could. Not that I watched Oprah voluntarily. I was usually forced to watch it by women I didn't understand.
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| colt4x5 (scrambling.) | Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 11:52 A brilliant song from her best album. |
| nate917 (2,815 miles from home) | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 06:47 fatcatjb wrote: jt1 keep trying, no matter how small the dose. Joni is amazing, but she is under the Advanced column. Court and Spark is great and accessible album to check out. She is an acquired taste, and it took me some time to, as you say, 'get' her. Sometimes the most challenging stuff is what we end up loving the most. That is why we find ourselves at Radio Paradise. Oooh, I feel almost like I'm visiting a club for which I'll never have the pedigree. Thank you, Master Listener, for inspiring me to continue to reach for the elusive "challenging stuff," that I might one day be an advanced listener like you. The Philistine column will just have to do for now. BIOYA. |
| onerb | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 06:40 Thanks, just made my morning... |
| fatcatjb (Sunny Sacramento) | Posted: Jan 29, 2012 - 19:39 jt1 wrote: I just can't 'get' Joni Mitchell...which is probably my loss, judging by some of these comments. ...I suppose I'll just have to keep trying, but ideally in very small doses. jt1 keep trying, no matter how small the dose. Joni is amazing, but she is under the Advanced column. Court and Spark is great and accessible album to check out. She is an acquired taste, and it took me some time to, as you say, 'get' her. Sometimes the most challenging stuff is what we end up loving the most. That is why we find ourselves at Radio Paradise. |
| jt1 | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 01:13 I just can't 'get' Joni Mitchell...which is probably my loss, judging by some of these comments. ...I suppose I'll just have to keep trying, but ideally in very small doses. |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 16:30 over rated and egotistic...can't deal |
| hoatson | Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 01:45 Lovely and timeless for me ! Thank you Joni xx |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 17:01 meh... |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Aug 24, 2011 - 15:57 beautiful her voice and the instruments - is it a clarinet a saxophone or a claraphone ?? can't be sure oh my gosh |
| Sasha2001 (Where the last of the union men run free) | Posted: Jun 22, 2011 - 18:00 Joni Mitchell has taught me more about the feminine condition then 25 years of Oprah ever could. Not that I watched Oprah voluntarily. I was usually forced to watch it by women I didn't understand. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Feb 16, 2011 - 14:53 lmic wrote: I believe this might be considered Jazz phrasing. Jazz isn't random. Or at least (IMO) good jazz isn't. It only seems like it when you're not very used to syncopation. |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Feb 16, 2011 - 14:49 Was halfway into shutting down the PC, but had to log back in to say: "This woman's music ... is more wonderful that words can convey." |
| LowPhreak (United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.) | Posted: Dec 15, 2010 - 22:43 Exactly. How is Joni "random"? |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Dec 15, 2010 - 22:39 Love Joni. How could you not? |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Oct 13, 2010 - 12:22 TimeWaster wrote: I have trouble "following" some of her music...it seems so random. I don't get it....this is one of her LEAST random songs....easy to follow, obvious what it's about and as usual paints a wonderful, poetic picture! |
| Jeff09 (Gainesville, Florida) | Posted: Oct 13, 2010 - 12:21 I love essentially everything Joni Mitchell has ever recorded. She's such a beautiful, heartfelt, strong, tender, jazzy poet. This album is iconic... |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Oct 13, 2010 - 12:19 TimeWaster wrote: I have trouble "following" some of her music...it seems so random. I believe this might be considered Jazz phrasing. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Aug 10, 2010 - 17:23 Let The Wind Carry Me I remember the "She don't like my kick pleat skirt" line from high school, and wondered what a kick-pleat skirt was... And then I learned, and bought four of them. Joni will always be the woman I wanna be when I grow up.
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| TimeWaster (The lower of the two Dakotas) | Posted: May 07, 2010 - 06:35 I have trouble "following" some of her music...it seems so random. |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Apr 05, 2010 - 13:56 eastcoast wrote: I'm lost on this one...where is she going with this song? Anyway love the variety onRP, just not some of the material...but hey you take the good with the bad... I'm lost at the confusion....sometimes it's just about what it says....family, mom/dad, all that...and about settling down...or NOT in her case. |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Apr 05, 2010 - 13:54 Great Song! I almost forgot about this one...  |
| SanFranGayMan (San Francisco) | Posted: Mar 04, 2010 - 22:47 Randomax wrote: OMG, please read the lyrics....and composition alone makes this a 9!!! Thank you...as with most of her lyrics... |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 10:56 OMG, please read the lyrics....and composition alone makes this a 9!!! |
| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 15:39 eastcoast wrote: I'm lost on this one...where is she going with this song? i feel that way on all her songs. i guess i just don't get it. |
| gatorade (Ocean Park, WA) | Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 15:37 I can never get enough Joni, and For the Roses has always been one of my favorite albums of hers. Thanks for playing it! |
| osbyec | Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 15:34 Oh, yes. Joni is exactly what I needed right now and I didn't even realize it until the song started. The magic of Bill and RP. |
| ktnsb (Kinsey's Colgate) | Posted: May 07, 2007 - 21:35 eastcoast wrote: I'm lost on this one...where is she going with this song?
I would call it a vignette, or character study. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: May 07, 2007 - 21:30 How effortlessly you guys blended this into this last sad and melancholy set-You guys are the best 
Joni Mitchell - Let The Wind Carry Me Loggins & Messina - Sailin' The Wind The Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor Lyle Lovett - If I Had a Boat Neil Finn - Last To Know Tom Petty - Square One |
| Pyro | Posted: May 07, 2007 - 21:29 healyf52 wrote: This is a wonderful album. I'd almost forgotten how much I enjoy it, more than 30 years later. The young gals with their pianos and angst still can't approach the genius of Joni..
 
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| xspring1 (Washington, DC) | Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 07:23 I had almost forgotten how good she was. |
| stevo_b (Rock Ridge!) | Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 07:20 eastcoast wrote: I'm lost on this one...where is she going with this song?
Anyway love the variety onRP, just not some of the material...but hey you take the good with the bad... Where is she going... Not a clue. |
| janieo (Richmond, Virginia) | Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 07:20 I could drink a case of her and I would still be on my feet. Y'all need to play more Joni. Goddess. High Priestess. |
| eastcoast | Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 07:19 I'm lost on this one...where is she going with this song? Anyway love the variety onRP, just not some of the material...but hey you take the good with the bad... |
| healyf52 (Lower Manhattan) | Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 07:19 This is a wonderful album. I'd almost forgotten how much I enjoy it, more than 30 years later. The young gals with their pianos and angst still can't approach the genius of Joni.. |
| algrif (Slightly west of Zero) | Posted: Mar 06, 2007 - 01:17 Just the thought that FM never plays tracks like this is making me scared of the future!! |
| Marshall (les bois) | Posted: Mar 06, 2007 - 01:17 This whole album is timeless, one of my all time favorites. I liked "Blue" so much I bought this album as soon as it came out, and was not disappointed. |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: Feb 19, 2007 - 21:40  |
