Wow, bummer. I hope she gets well quickly.
IMO her best stuff was with Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny.
She’s brilliant. Hope she recovers.
I didn’t think the 3 songs mentioned were her biggest. I had her greatest hits album.
Joni Mitchell is, in my opinion, a true artist. She does it all -- writes the lyrics and music, plays instruments and sings. I hope she will be OK.
“Court and Spark” album was her pinnacle. ^Great^ music paired with very good lyrics. I could listen to it all day; I’m headed to YOUTUBE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAsXMlkwXgs
sorry about the advert but her dulcimer play is likely her legacy!
One of the most creative artists of the rock and roll era, although she was on the folk end of the spectrum.
If music hadn’t existed before her, Joni Mitchell would have invented it all by herself.
Wow. She’s 71 years old. Time marches on.
Some of her *best* songs were "Woodstock"..."Urge For Goin'"..."Circle Game"..."Both Sides Now"....
Poet and artist. A great talent. Best wishes.
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Good grief....she is 71 years old.
Joni Mitchell – Twisted Lyrics
My analyst told me
That I was right out of my head
The way he described it
He said I’d be better dead than live
I didn’t listen to his jive
I knew all along
That he was all wrong
And I knew that he thought
I was crazy but I’m not
Oh no
My analyst told me
That I was right out of my head
He said I’d need treatment
But I’m not that easily led
He said I was the type
That was most inclined
When out of his sight
To be out of my mind
And he thought I was nuts
No more ifs or ands or buts
They say as a child
I appeared a little bit wild
With all my crazy ideas
But I knew what was happening
I knew I was a genius...
What’s so strange when you know
That you’re a wizard at three
I knew that this was meant to be
Now I heard little children
Were supposed to sleep tight
That’s why I got into the vodka one night
My parents got frantic
Didn’t know what to do
But I saw some crazy scenes
Before I came to
Now do you think I was crazy
I may have been only three
But I was swinging
They all laugh at angry young men
They all laugh at Edison
And also at Einstein
So why should I feel sorry
If they just couldn’t understand
The idiomatic logic
That went on in my head
I had a brain
It was insane
Oh they used to laugh at me
When I refused to ride
On all those double decker buses
All because there was no driver on the top
My analyst told me
That I was right out of my head
But I said dear doctor
I think that it’s you instead
Because I have got a thing
That’s unique and new
To prove it I’ll have
The last laugh on you
‘Cause instead of one head
I got two
And you know two heads are better than one.
She was brilliant but at some point, she began to believe her own hype. That’s when I quit listening.
Court and Spark was my joint back in the mid-80’s when the Walkman came out.
Tremendous talent and creativity....I too wish for her recovery.