Joni Mitchell: Classic or Dud

A couple of memos I just recently got:
Graham Nash w Joni Mitchell: "Our House" demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYjRzQc_ch4

Joni w Neil & Stray Gators: "You Turn Me On (I'm a Radio)" demo:
http://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#sent/KtbxLthNPsswdGjwZhDhqMMTPvwXWqzhHL?projector=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE9arLNixB4

The "Hissing..." alternates and demos are beeeeyoooooootifulll

Joni came out for the encore of the Brandi Carlile & Friends show at the Hollywood Bowl tonight, seated on her royal throne flanked by Brandi and Annie Lennox (the other friends included Wendy & Lisa, Allison Russell, and the two singers from the band Lucius). They played “Shine” (which Brandi said was her favorite JM song), “Ladies of the Canyon” and “The Circle Game” with the whole crowd singing along to the chorus, the music ringing out through the night air, just a stone’s throw from Laurel Canyon. Absolutely magical.

I was there too - it was terrific.

Happy birthday, ma'am.

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

Goodness. Some of the very early opinions on this site are unbelievable.

Happy birthday Joni

ffs, you're not kidding, Duke. I had actually forgot how bad it could be back then.

we paved livejournal and put up a fap zing lot

This message board as a whole is the best reminder I have of what the internet was like in the early 00s. Basically just a bunch of what we’d now call hot takes (mostly attention seeking it seems) and name calling and a lot of people who felt freely open to criticize each other from behind a keyboard when I know if they ever ran into each other in real life not a word would be said.

Er, not “as a whole” implying that it’s the same now, but nowhere else do I consistently come across posts from 20 years ago that serve as a reminder of the above.

“ felt freely open to criticize each other from behind a keyboard when I know if they ever ran into each other in real life not a word would be said”

this is a good thing tho!!!!!!

Why is it a good thing? If you wouldn't say something to someone's face, you shouldn't say it to them online.

insert that won't do emoticon here

xp political speech, /trenchant blah blah never mind me

I guess I just meant “saying stuff” not “saying stuff TO ppl”, please disregard I don’t mean anything

Classic

The legendary Joni Mitchell will perform her first Los Angeles headlining show in over 24 years at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, October 19 – joined by the Joni Jam. Pre-sales start tomorrow at 10 a.m. with password JJAM24. Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, February 2 at 10 a.m.

I saw her a few months back at Hollywood Bowl with Brandi Carlile (where the "Joni Jam" portion was not explicitly advertised the way this one is).

They only did, I think, three of Joni's songs. Joni herself was not in great shape. She was very much buoyed by all the women surrounding her (Brandi, Annie Lennox, Allison Russell, a few others). Annie Lennox especially. Nevertheless the pure joyousness of the atmosphere was incredible, and I'd imagine a full set would be wonderful.

Just noticed that both Joni and Neil are back on Spotify.

Yep. After Neil Young saw that Joe Rogan and his misinformation podcast was now available from multiple outlets and he didn’t want to boycott them all, he decided to go back on Spotify. Then Joni did the same.

'joni back on streaming' status update:

"sex kills" back in regular rotation, as the natural of things should be.

ps-
hi alfred. you defend "sex kills" for your reasons stated above (all of which are good) , but also because we all know it's some of her best work. ♡i heart complainy joni♡

What's bad from this era are a lot of finger-pointing songs about societal ills and the media. She'd written songs like this throughout her career, but at this point they became scolding and self-righteous.

total banger.

I don't mind scolding and self-righteousness when the groove is food.

And good food.

Is justice

Just.. ice?

Are notifications

Not if I cat ions?

I dislike "Sex Kills", me, but it does seem to me to be a rejoinder to/echo of Prince's "Sign O The Times", throwing some mutual respect back at the guy, which I like