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  • Re: Song obsessions

    if there is any song one should obsess about anything by mitchell it would be two. 'people's parties' & 'same situation'. they flow into one beautiful song. after this album, 'court & spark' she fell off rather quickly. here she peaked.
    Posted to The Spectator by mcgladd on December 17, 2007

  • A Beautiful Tribute to Joni Mitchell

    ...and well deserved; far too often writers seem to fix on Joni's looks, rather than her staggering talent as a one of the premier singer/songwriters of a generation. Why is it so hard to accept that she's grown from that shimmering golden sylph-like ethereal presence into a mature older woman? She's aged but she's also lived, and during a time ...
    Posted to The Spectator by topazz on December 16, 2007

  • Amelia and false hopes

    First topic -- I've always obsessed on songs, but I have come to believe that is counterproductive to the enjoyment of music. The Replacements put it most amusingly (on their FIRST album): ''I hate music. It's got too many notes.'' The minute you think that the act of listening is bound up with the selection and repetition of a few great songs ...
    Posted to The Spectator by BPrioleau on December 16, 2007

  • Amelia & Song Obsessions

    Amelia has been one of my latest song obsessions, although I have been obsessed with all of JMs work for close to 40 years. I become obsessed with Amelia (and Hejira the album) every few years. I actually just posted on my facebook page a youtube video of JM singing Amelia live from about 1986. It is an amazing performance and has brought tears ...
    Posted to The Spectator by fraubau on December 16, 2007

  • Re: hejira

    yeah, make that +2 for ''song for sharon'' while Blue is a very beautifl and personal album, I find all of Hejira to be a little more mature musically, and even lyrically. And it defenitely benefits unknowably from having Jaco Pastorius fleshing out Joni's guitar playing. In a lot of ways, I find Hejira is to Blue as Veedon Fleece is to Astral ...
    Posted to The Spectator by kontikka on December 16, 2007

  • coils around feathers and talons on scales

    Amelia's great, but to me Joni's ultimate travel song will always be Don Juan's Reckless Daughter with its beautiful imagery of snakes and eagles and that white-hot moment when the shadow of the airplane she flies away in crosses the shadow of the train bearing her lover away and her awareness of him is immediate and visceral: ''to me it was skin ...
    Posted to The Spectator by sage marlowe on December 16, 2007

  • Amelia

    Thanks for these thoughts. The song is still fresh for me, after a solid 30 years. One of the best i ever heard. Once in a forthnight is my minimum to listen to the whole album. Of course for those not familiar with this music, a short mention could be made of the famous J.Pastorius, playing a very unique bass guitar for JM. In fact he carries ...
    Posted to The Spectator by wilhelmfromhamburg on December 15, 2007

  • Literature about Music

    Rosenbaum writes of ''Amelia'': ''The song could serve as the soundtrack for the novel, or the novel as recommended reading post-'Amelia.' (Indeed, what about a series of essays that pairs great novels with a playlist of kindred songs?)'' I'm happy to announce that something very much like this is currently in the works. Time's Arrow Press ...
    Posted to The Spectator by allenmichie on December 14, 2007

  • joni mitchell songs

    Mr. Rosenbaum, I think you accomplished your goal of doing justice to the inimitable Joni song, ''Amelia.'' As I an ardent admirer of her music, I very much appreciated your article. I have absolutely binged on this song in the past, and am sure to again in the future. I would just add that not only are the lyrics brilliant, as you've highlighted, ...
    Posted to The Spectator by hannah24c on December 14, 2007

  • ۝ Link To Hear Joni Mitchell ۝

    Click HERE & scroll to almost the bottom of the page to hear Joni Mitchell sing If . . . You'll have a choice to LISTEN on QUICKTIME or WINDOWS. Enjoy!
    Posted to Poems by Galatea on September 28, 2007
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