yeah shadows and light is a great live album, and I love that dvd. persuasions on the title track *shivers*
― brimstead, Thursday, 11 June 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
love the version of dreamland too
― brimstead, Thursday, 11 June 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
Oh, it was the Shadows and Light show? That's my favourite Joni some/many days.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Thursday, 11 June 2020 19:11 (three years ago) link
and now is the time for me to admit that i just now learned about the existence of that album.
off to discogs!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 12 June 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
I was always under the impression that the modulation sounds on the album were from Roland Jazz Chorus amps. I used to have a 70s one and could get the same chorus/vibrato sounds (though the chorus circuit in the amp is basically the same as the CE-1). Joni actually claimed a few times that the amp was actually designed for her, but I've never found any corroboration for that.
― whitehallunity, Friday, 12 June 2020 02:37 (three years ago) link
The Roland jazz chorus is the most trebly amp I’ve ever played through as a humble guitar player. Not for everyone.
― calstars, Friday, 12 June 2020 03:24 (three years ago) link
Free manhttps://open.spotify.com/track/60eqXSs8J3c4QERz7AqvBH?si=NVaPkBIRQVOHEEe4GVvALw
― calstars, Friday, 12 June 2020 03:27 (three years ago) link
it definitely sounds like the precursor to those Jazz Chorus sounds that were so big in the 80s
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 12 June 2020 03:53 (three years ago) link
Shame they didn’t play Help Me. Would have kicked with this group
― calstars, Friday, 12 June 2020 04:03 (three years ago) link
man, a Phase 90 and a CE-1. the most basic modulation setup for guitar. Leg
― flappy bird, Monday, 15 June 2020 04:43 (three years ago) link
― calstars, Thursday, June 11, 2020 11:24 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Thin as paper
― flappy bird, Monday, 15 June 2020 04:44 (three years ago) link
If you haven't seen this ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxMwGTQ1bzU
― lukas, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link
oh heck the whole thing is available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLKb9Ms68ME
― lukas, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
just looked at the comments and ... apparently a pristine concert performance by a once-in-a-lifetime supergroup is already pretty well known? news to me anyway.
― lukas, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I was aware of that concert on YouTube. But always worth spreading the word
― Duke, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 11:24 (three years ago) link
i was not aware, thanks!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 14:04 (three years ago) link
Terrific review (10!)
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/joni-mitchell-hejira/
― jaymc, Sunday, 4 December 2022 05:23 (one year ago) link
was an 8.0 last time. gonna go read this now
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 4 December 2022 05:44 (one year ago) link
that review is wonderful
― estela, Sunday, 4 December 2022 07:57 (one year ago) link
yeah like hanging out with a super-literate friend who loves the album as much as I do
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 4 December 2022 08:04 (one year ago) link
yes, thanks for sharing
haven't listened to the album since it was taken off spotify
now I'm listening again
it is the best
― corrs unplugged, Sunday, 4 December 2022 09:15 (one year ago) link
that’s funny because I haven’t listened to Spotify since then
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 4 December 2022 12:22 (one year ago) link
touché
― corrs unplugged, Sunday, 4 December 2022 12:59 (one year ago) link
bit of a dickish comment from me tbh
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 4 December 2022 13:14 (one year ago) link
goat album. outstanding review. accurate score.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Sunday, 4 December 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
As someone who benefits greatly from context and narrative, this may be personal, but to me, a great review falls somewhere between reading and listening. Even as you're reading it there are subtle recalibrations of sense memory taking place, different positions from which to view experience opening up; I return to the music altered, the music changed too. Hard to explain. Anyway, that was a great review.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Sunday, 4 December 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
blue motel room perfectly understated, suits hejira like buckets of rain does blood on the tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Raw8Hmlj4c
honey tell 'em you've got... ggggeeeerrrms
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 11:43 (six months ago) link
Thank you; we've got our first cold morning in Savannah and this will be the perfect thing to listen to while driving the kids to school.
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 11:48 (six months ago) link
Coyote's in the coffee shopHe's staring a hole in his scrambled eggsHe picks up my scent on his fingersWhile he's watching the waitresses' legs
awful good
― corrs unplugged, Sunday, 18 February 2024 12:45 (two months ago) link
The lyrics are just next level, the sheer craft of them.
Something I was struck by recently is how perfectly each opening line sets up the song’s story (not in the sense of encapsulating it; more like dropping a pin on a map and then exploring outwards from there) and draws you in:
- “No regrets, Coyote / we just come from such different sets of circumstance”- “I was driving across the burning desert when I spotted six jet planes / Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain”
etc.
You immediately want to know what is coming.
― Tim F, Sunday, 18 February 2024 21:27 (two months ago) link
This is my favourite JM album. Going to listen again right now.
― Duke, Sunday, 18 February 2024 23:18 (two months ago) link