Joni heading for 90

[Serial_Apologist]

....Thanks Global...that afternoon and Evening are etched on my mind (and next 4 next years of being with that girl)....Any such walk which includes Georgian Bristol,. the Durham Downs , Clifton, and the Suspension Bridge has to be memorable....

Thanks too to John C for flagging up Nov 7. Here's another one for 4pm next Thursday, on Radio 4 - first of a 6-parter:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rypm

[Globaltruth]

Thanks too to John C for flagging up Nov 7. Here's another one for 4pm next Thursday, on Radio 4 - first of a 6-parter:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rypm

Thanks S_A - looking forward to that.

[johncorrigan]

Thanks S_A - looking forward to that.

Me, too.

I love 'Taming the Tiger' - played it loads when it came out. However I didn't know the story behind 'Lead Balloon'. Here it is. Joni really is a cut above the rest.

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/revisiting-joni-mitchells-lead-balloon-a-kiss-off-to-jann-wenner-and-rock-misogyny/

[Globaltruth]

Joni Mitchell is 80 today so your songs please - covers welcomed

[johncorrigan]

Happy 80th, Joni. Thanks for all the wonderful music this last fifty-odd years. You're a star.

https://youtu.be/x5BnE5_lPqE?si=iqhXv8yC32fWhagq

[eighthobstruction]

....Thanks Joni....a soundtrack to a certain time....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZLVYoO6r9g

[johncorrigan]

....Thanks Joni....a soundtrack to a certain time....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZLVYoO6r9g

For me, side one of 'Court and Spark' is just perfection, 8thob!

[Belgrove]

Here’s hoping she has many more. I love this live version of the epic Hejira from Shadows and Light:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD32wRYTQ7g

[johncorrigan]

Here’s hoping she has many more.

Yes indeed, B.

I love this live version of the epic Hejira from Shadows and Light:

Wonderful.
I know I've posted this before, but I love the early version of 'Coyote' that she performs with Dylan and McGuinn on Scorcese's 'Rolling Thunder Revue'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeaO5UZ5OcI

[Serial_Apologist]

Banquet - the first song on For the Roses , my first Joni album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcgWpVdQ4LA

So prescient, linking poverty, escapism, inequality and polluted waters with that American dream we we all drafted into.

[Globaltruth]

Thanks to everyone who took the time to post.

My 2 selections are
The Jungle Line - Joni once again experimenting. Burundi drums too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF2_1Jfgo4I

and for a variety of reasons,
The River

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NH-ctddY9o

I especially like this version by the cast of Glee (yeah, the video is cheesy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axkifLeGGRs

I'm fairly surprised about this.

[johncorrigan]

I started out thinking that the voice isn't there anymore, but Joni drew me in, as always, with this wonderful performance of 'Both Sides Now' at the Grammy Awards last night - you could see she wanted to get up and dance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awyl_RLlNl8

[Globaltruth]

She’s back - streaming on Spotify. Following Neil Young’s lead.
good news for some of us, if we can ignore the pitiful royalties they pay artists and the less than perfect quality… but get your Joni where you can.

[johncorrigan]

That'll bring a couple of playlists back into play, GT. Funnily enough this review of the wonderful 'Court and Spark' from the Guardian in 1974 turned up yesterday.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...'t%20turn%20up.

It's a record that still gets a regular spin in this house.

[johncorrigan]

Joni does Reg!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxqFJLm6Hp4