Joni Mitchell, Wild things run fast

Posted by: garyi on 23 July 2002

Am I odd?

I am told that her reference album is the blue one, which I have.

I also have: Wild things run fast, Mingus, Night ride home, hissing of summer lawns, court & Spark and miles of isles.

My preference is Night ride home, Court & spark and Wild things, the other rarely get played.

I find the blue album a bit, well vocally, in a Witney kind of way.

Posted on: 29 July 2002 by fred simon

quote:
Originally posted by Mike Hanson:
Although I enjoyed the reinterpretations of her earlier works on _Both Sides Now_, I'm a little concerned if her new album consists only of covers. Joni Mitchell has shown an astounding run of originality throughout her career, and I would hate to learn that she's run out of new ideas.

BTW, where did you learn about this?

-=> Mike Hanson <=-

I know this sounds harsh, but I think her song bag went empty quite awhile ago, so, for me at least, I welcome this revisionism of her earlier brilliant work, which, given her maturity and Vince Mendoza's wonderful orchestration/arrangements, is a kind of new idea in and of itself.

You can read about the upcoming album here:

http://jonimitchell.com/Home.html#Anders36

here:

http://jonimitchell.com/Home.html#Anders124

and here:

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,214129~4~0~,00.html