Amidst the soft guitar chords and the rich piano stylings of Joni Mitchell's Blue, you will discover the lyrical poems of a seemingly shy woman whose musical musings have influenced more than a few of the last century's songwriters and will surely affect many more to come.
A victim of polio at the age of nine, Mitchell began teaching herself the guitar as therapy towards her recovery. Perhaps it was the lonliness of her malady coupled with the solitude of rehabilitation that caused this musical iconoclast the ability to pour her heart and soul into the words and music that are her legacy.
Only 28 years old when this classic album debuted in 1971, Joni Mitchell shaped the songs of decades to come, holding aloft for acceptance a fresh and honest view of her own desires and emotions in the lyrics of the sometimes brash & always brilliant Blue. All the songs on this album are favorites of mine; each tune has its own unique sound and message, every line -every breath- overflows with honest emotion.
The third cut on the album, Little Green, held special meaning for Mitchell when she wrote it, though its true substance wouldn't surface for her fans until a few short years ago. A song composed for the tiny baby girl she had given up for adoption, Little Green sounds much like a lullaby Joni sings to herself, a soothing melody to allay her own unhappiness and loss. In the first verse, she "speaks" to the adoptive parents and to her own little girl's future:
"Born with the moon in Cancer
Choose her a name she will answer to
Call her green and the winters cannot fade her
Call her green for the children who have made her
Little, green, be a gypsy dancer"
Mitchell and her daughter were happily re-united only a few years ago and I will always wonder if Joni played this sadly sweet song for her long lost little girl.
From the first song, All I Want, to the end cut, The Last Time I Saw Richard, Joni Mitchell never falters in daring the listener to hear every shred of Truth down to the bare bones. Never wasting a word, never holding back her joy or her pain, Joni Mitchell performs every song in a manner that draws the listener down, down into the deep, deep Blue.
Music. Sad, spare, and beautiful, {^Blue} is the quintessential confessional {\singer/songwriter} album. Forthright and poetic, {$Joni Mitchell}'s son...More at DeepDiscount.com
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