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When I purchased Mitchell’s album, Hejeira, back in the day, I was at first disappointed in the lack of percussive efforts by John Guerin and the others who backed Joni live and in studio. But it did not take lone for the album to sink deeper into my hearing. The black and white cover reflects the stark instrumentation and melancholy to such an extent I prefer to listen to it on cold, cloudy, rainy days. Will never appreciate it enough.
Earhart was a mediocre pilot who died because she wouldn’t take measure of her limitations. The only reason she’s remembered as a heroine (instead of a reckless trust fund baby) is that her husband was a rich publicist, who spent the rest of his life lionizing her.
That’s from one of my favorite Joni Mitchell albums; Hejira.
The word Hejira is an old Arabic word that can mean
‘migration or mass movement’. It is said to Joni, Hejira meant ‘the journey within the journey’.
Hejira is a great recording, mainly due to the four blended tracks of Jaco Pastori’s bass lines.
Song for Sharon is an epic. Most thoughtful people can find something to identify with in this ode to change, fate and loss. Just hearing the intro tells you this will be a very special story, the kind she had not wished to speak about...until now.
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Amelia Earhart who was not a great pilot decided to take off on a around the world flight with an alcoholic as her navigator....