Joni Mitchell: Classic or Dud

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32592528

excerpt:
A judge has put a friend of singer Joni Mitchell in charge of her medical decisions, after the musician entered intensive care last month.

Lawyer Alan Watenmaker told a hearing on Monday that Mitchell, 71, may leave hospital soon but is unable to confer with doctors about her medical care.

Leslie Morris, Mitchell's friend for more than 40 years, was appointed guardian by judge David S Cunningham.

It is still not clear what the singer-songwriter is being treated for.

approaching perfection

Sorry...Kind of similar to the info from late April.

"unable to confer w/ doctors"

i wonder... does this mean she can't speak? or isn't conscious?

whatever it is... jeez. poor joni.

Yeah the only common scenario that seems consistent with all the stories is a massive stroke leaving her no reliable means of communicating. Hope that's not the case though :-(

aneurysm :(

=(

Wait, RIP, or just the latest bad news?

the aneurysm was the reason she went into the hospital -- seems like they're actually positive reports, all things considered?
http://www.showbiz411.com/2015/05/29/update-joni-mitchell-moved-to-rehab-improving-after-brain-aneurysm

"she didn't have a stroke," unlike the headline on this very article; also see:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6582905/joni-mitchell-brain-aneurysm-sources?utm_source=twitter
But we'll just have to see (hope this doesn't turn into a Harper Lee/Ornette Coleman/BB King fracas)

Not that those are all the same-type fracas, of course, but re conflicting sources/caregivers etc

'very serious' condition and being moved to rehab.

xpost what happened to ornette coleman??

ornette just recently sued somebody for releasing recordings of him without his permission, i'm pretty sure he is fine health wise,

thank god!

yeah, i remember when that album came out with no fanfare it seemed odd. would make sense that they had released it w/o the full cooperation of ornette who seems to exert impressive quality control.

btw having read about this subsequently

it's denardo, acting as ornette's "legal guardian," who is suing. i don't know if that means that ornette is infirm or something, or just that in is old age he's decided to empower denardo with the authority to act on his behalf.

aneurisms are a bitch.

The Croz weighs in:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/26/david-crosby-joni-mitchell_n_7673682.html

I have been thinking about the song 'Amelia' a lot recently.

It's such a beautiful, weary dream.

Interesting that croz would rate her higher than dylan

Hoping for the best for her

just another false alarm

Joni Mitchell Suffered Aneurysm, but Can Speak, Conservator Says

ASSOCIATED PRESS

By ANDREW R. CHOW
JUNE 28, 2015
For the past few weeks, various reports have been swirling about Joni Mitchell’s medical condition, with the singer David Crosby saying on Friday that she was unable to speak after suffering an aneurysm. In her first statement since April, Ms. Mitchell’s conservator, Leslie Morris, responded in a statement on Sunday, saying that Ms. Mitchell had an aneurysm but that she was speaking and recovering well.

“Joni is speaking, and she’s speaking well,” read a statement posted at jonimitchell.com. “She is not walking yet, but she will be in the near future as she is undergoing daily therapies. A full recovery is expected.”

Ms. Mitchell was hospitalized on March 31 and is now recovering at home.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/artsbeat/2015/06/28/joni-mitchell-suffered-aneurysm-but-can-speak-conservator-says/?referrer=

"She just isn't speaking to Mr. Crosby."

"The Cros is here, Joni. What should I do?"

"Oh God. Him again. Tell him I can't speak or something."

"OK."

lol

drove past a morgantown this morning and thought of joni

glad to hear that she is on the mend!

I love that he says, "She used to be my old lady" -- this was literally a term that ceased being used in 1970 but Croz continues to deploy.

glad to hear that she is on the mend!

Yeah, so stop bumping this thread so I don't think she's dead!

Get better, JM.

http://i.imgur.com/4aZ3mbZ.gif

Attorney visits her at home, says "remarkable progress...expected to make full recovery":
http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/07/joni-mitchell-medical-condition-improving-aneurysm-conservatorship/

I love that he says, "She used to be my old lady" -- this was literally a term that ceased being used in 1970 but Croz continues to deploy.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, June 29, 2015 10:08 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

perhaps a reference to "my old man"

xp "The Commodore is fine"

Bought Mingus yesterday on vinyl and it's great cover is supplemented by a nice book/gatefold type packaging with liner notes and more paintings. It's lovely.

Thread bump reminded me that she's going to die this year

thanks for that comment, really adding value there

Thirty of my favorites.

no paprika plains, no credibility.

i am exaggerating, i know, great list.

when I play "Paprika Plains" it's pleasant. I may have to keep trying.

on Facebook Tim F mused that my Summer Lawns picks bore the biggest similarities w/C&S, which wasn't my intention.

my no. 1 would be "the boho dance" but what do i know

i love blue and it was the first joni record i heard but yea court and spark is what did it for me too. this resonated w/ me:

A vinyl copy of Court and Spark borrowed from the A/V library did it: ten perfect songs that like their creator couldn’t make up their minds about being narratives, autobiography, journal entries, or reasons to flaunt exquisite woodwind arrangements.

the opening minute of the song 'hissing of summer lawns' makes my jaw drop every time. the sort of cool funk of the opening bars and the flute-like sound of her voice over the first few lines

the song that really first really sold me on her though, that doesn't seem to get that much attention, is People's Patties. Something about those harmonies. So bold and stark.

yes, people's parties is an all-timer, brilliant chord changes and the most perfectly recorded acoustic guitar i have ever heard

Prince obv studied the outro "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

People's Patties

haha just noticed that

Dan Chiasson is a poetry critic for the New Yorker, but/and here his often astute, deftly detailed clarity evokes the musical experience, incl. why artists and listeners bother, so much better than many full-time music writers can manage:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/09/joni-mitchells-openhearted-heroism (title and sub a bit much, but may not have been his choice).

Some great reading, I didn't know that "A Case of You" was about Leonard Cohen. Has anyone read that new biography "Reckless Daughter" by David Yaffe already?