Fav joni mitchell (pre 1980) (1 Viewer)

[nlgbbbblth]

those orchestral albums she brought out recently are pretty dreadful.

Travelogue has finally clicked with me. On Friday night with a couple of beers.

Been playing a lot of post 1980 Joni lately. Best introduction is through the compilation, The Beginning Of Survival. Most of the material is far less immediate than the 1970s stuff but there's loads going on too. Night Ride Home is a great album.

I wonder what her new record will be like.

 

[snakybus]

joni mitchell schmoni schmitchell

 

[minka]

hissing of summer lawns is awesome - one of those albums i listened to overandoverandoverandover again when i got it first.

 

[bedbugs]

Impossible to pick just one. I could make a stab at a top 5:

1. Hissing
2. Hejira
3. Blue
4. Seagull
5. Ladies

Shit, then I'm leaving out the ones I also love.

 

[superman]

hmm...
ladies of the Canyon has Willy on it.
Blue is, well, Blue.
i read a book on Court and Spark recently that tricked me into believing that that was her best album.
For the Roses has Sometimes on it.

i voted Blue in the end.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I wonder what her new record will be like.

its coming out on Hear Music - that stupid starbucks label

http://www.jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=1666

 

[jane]

its coming out on Hear Music - that stupid starbucks label

http://www.jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=1666

I heard that.

Joni, hast thou forsaken us?

Seriously, for someone who went into hiding partly because of the nasty, exploitive, art-ruining music industry, I'm kind of surprised she'd get into bed with Starbucks, who also fucking published a fucking book by that FUCKING guy who wrote....oh god....Oh, what was it called? Oh yeah, For One More Day, worst shite since fucking Paolo Coehlo's last torrent of loose inspirational stools.

Joni! Joni! Don't do it!

Thing is, though, Joni is still always going to be Joni, and thank god for that.

 

[Pantone247]

she re-recorded Big Yellow Taxi for it too, in a sort of "this song is now more relevant then ever" way... but I didn't realise it was on Starbucks... though I'm stumped as to why Starbucks is any better or worse then any other record label really...

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I heard that.

Joni, hast thou forsaken us?

Seriously, for someone who went into hiding partly because of the nasty, exploitive, art-ruining music industry, I'm kind of surprised she'd get into bed with Starbucks

shes got some gob on her alright

 

[Raudi Raus Schinkel]

you know i love videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q4foLKDlcE&mode=related&search=

best joni mitchell song eva!

 

[jane]

you know i love videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q4foLKDlcE&mode=related&search=

best joni mitchell song eva!

If it were possible for me to pick a favourite, that one'd be well up there.

A Case of You, though? Melts me every time.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

you know i love videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q4foLKDlcE&mode=related&search=

best joni mitchell song eva!

no, thats one of her worst songs ever

 

[jane]

Right after I posted that last thing, I found out I'm reviewing the new album. I'll let yiz know. I'm a-scared, to be honest. I generally avoid anything from 1980 onward, and I'm nervous that it will just be 250 words of sobbing.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Right after I posted that last thing, I found out I'm reviewing the new album. I'll let yiz know. I'm a-scared, to be honest. I generally avoid anything from 1980 onward, and I'm nervous that it will just be 250 words of sobbing.

I've spent the last nine months listening to all post-1980 Joni and it mostly gets the .|..|

will post highlights later.

 

[jane]

I've spent the last nine months listening to all post-1980 Joni and it mostly gets the .|..|

will post highlights later.

Actually, please do because I'd like to find out how to navigate it so I can avoid the dross and go straight for the good stuff.

 

[Raudi Raus Schinkel]

no, thats one of her worst songs ever

Git Facked! Forum Nazi

 

[Raudi Raus Schinkel]

If it were possible for me to pick a favourite, that one'd be well up there.

A Case of You, though? Melts me every time.

Good Girl!

 

[chickenham]

Amelia

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Actually, please do because I'd like to find out how to navigate it so I can avoid the dross and go straight for the good stuff.

here we go. My rating plus favourite tracks from each record.

compilations of this stuff provide a good intro
- The Beginning Of Survival

and to a lesser extent (as they include some pre-1980 stuff too)
- Songs Of A Prairie Girl
- Misses

Wild Things Run Fast (1982)
5/10
- Moon At The Window
- Love
- Chinese Cafe / Unchained Melody

Dog Eat Dog (1985)
6/10
- Dog Eat Dog
- Fiction
- Good Friends
- The Three Great Stimulants
- Impossible Dreamer

Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm (1988)
6/10
- My Secret Place
- The Reoccuring Dream
- The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)
- The Beat Of Black Wings

Night Ride Home (1991)
8/10
- Two Grey Rooms
- Night Ride Home
- Nothing Can Be Done
- Cherokee Louise
- Slouching Towards Bethleham
- Passion Play (When All The Slaves Are Free)
- Come In From The Cold

Turbulent Indigo (1994)
6/10
- The Magdalene Laundries
- Sex Kills
- Borderline
- The Sire Of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song)

Taming The Tiger (1998)
5/10
- Harlem In Havana
- Face Lift
- No Apologies
- Stay In Touch

Both Sides Now (2000)
4/10
- At Last
- Answer Me, My Love
- Both Sides Now (Orchestral Version)

Travelogue (2002)
7/10
- The Dawntreader (Orchestral Version)
- Chinese Cafe / Unchained Melody (Orchestral Version)
- The Circle Game (Orchestral Version)
- Ameila (Orchestral Version)

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Both Sides Now (2000)
4/10
- Answer Me, My Love

this is excellent alright, i also love the orchestral version of A Case Of You although overall i'm not a fan of these orchestral albums at all.