Posted on 09/02/2014 11:06:09 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Other than the self-hating misanthropy of Big Yellow Taxi (They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Yes, and over the last 150 years, they also put up electric lights, air conditioning, the polio vaccine, and err, the musical instruments, concert halls, record players, radio and TV networks, and the commercial aviation that made your career possible), Ive enjoyed a number of Joni Mitchells songs, and her adventurous musical spirit. But this article in todays London Daily Mail paints a picture of a very tormented 70-year old soul:
Reflecting on her childhood, Mitchell reveals she was terribly affected by Bambi, particularly the scene where the deers mother was trapped in the fire. It was an unlikely spark for her artistry. The traumatic scene made her obsessively draw pictures of fire and deer running, in an attempt to exorcise it from her mind.
I think maybe thats the beginning of my contempt for my species and what it does. How ignorant it is of sharing this planet with other creatures. Its lack of native intelligence, common sense, or spirituality addressed to the earth
, she told the author.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
No, always thought she was a poor singer.
ROTFLMAO! That’s a riot!
Whatever her faults, I give her credit for choosing adoption rather than abortion for her child.
The whole movie is like that.
She’s so vain she probably thinks this post is about her.
A Carly Simon reference in a Joni Mitchell thread?
Hillary named her daughter based on that song.
I always thought Joni was torturing the rest of us.
Country legend Johnny Cash, on the other hand, was not tormented by that scene. Instead, it inspired the lyrics for one of his biggest hits: "I fell into a burning ring of fire....."
(Okay, I made that up!)
Court and Spark is one of my favorites. It’s a great “I just got dumped” album.
Ditto that! Her paintings are even worse.
-- I just don't have it in me to snipe at this woman who has brought so much beauty into the world, even if it seems deserved. --
She had and has much more influence in the music world than in the political world, and she really was and is a musical and lyrical artist. IIRC, she is also impatient with "dependency," ala people choosing to live on the dole. She's no slouch.
And the problem is that people are often at their worst...
Here is Mary's contribution to the Bambi lovers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeJ2VV9KmVo
Gotcha.
There is a pretty big gulf between ‘can’t carry a tune in a bucket’ and you not liking her voice.
She has no significant pitch issues on any recording I’ve heard or when I saw her in concert back in the day.
It’s the dope.
I think maybe thats the beginning of my contempt for my species and what it does. How ignorant it is of sharing this planet with other creatures. Its lack of native intelligence, common sense, or spirituality addressed to the earth
, she told the author.
Like a lot of people I think Joni forgot this Author and His solutions
God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 1:27God created man in his own image. In Gods image he created him; male and female he created them. 1:28God blessed them. God said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
"...I have been accused of living in a dream world...."
Hey, it works if you work it!
It was 1965. Abortion was not legal. Sure, you could get one, but it wasn’t easy or cheap.
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