A Tribute To Joni Mitchell
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Free Music Review: Mediocre
Hit: 2 Stars
This album is a true let down, and its saved by a few key songs, those by Emmylou Harris, and James Taylor. That being said, as you listen to this album the one thing you'll not be able to get out of your head is, wow, this sucks in comparison to the original, because well Joni Mitchell is not one to be matched. This album should be skipped unless you're a collector.Free Music Review: Very good, with one exception...
Hit: 4 Stars
This CD grew on me...most of the performances I quite liked and I'm sure it won't gather dust. But I absolutely cannot abide what Sufjan Stevens did to "Free Man In Paris". I'm sure the idea was "reinvention", but it sounds as though he were given only the lyrics and ordered to come up with a melody as quickly as possible.Free Music Review: Appreciate Joni in a new way
Hit: 5 Stars
This is my first review on Amazon, ever. I felt the need to review this to get a neglected point across.
Joni Mitchell is a pretty great singer. Her voice has faults, technically; the greatness of her vocal sound comes through in her soulfulness, sincerity, character. However, Joni Mitchell is a BRILLIANT songwriter. Her stories, characters, wording, etc. are beyond sublime. This CD is a chance for many admirers of hers to interpret her songwriting. To call it a cover album is disingenuous. These songs are performed the way the "cover" musicians want to perform them - and obviously in their own way.
I agree that the liner notes are disappointing. Great to have all the relevant facts - who's playing on each track, etc. Lyrics are included (but don't we already know them?). Would have been AMAZING to see images of the performers at work on Joni's songs.
If you want an amazing cover version of "Free Man in Paris" or "For the Roses" - try Joni's versions... pretty dang great.
I don't dare say it, but I will... Emmylou Harris' version of "Magdalene Laundries" is the best version of that song I've ever heard, by anyone, Joni included.
If, like me, you appreciate Ms. Mitchell's song-writing prowess, and love to hear new versions, this album is damn good.
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As a disclaimer, I'm 30 and have only been a big Joni Mitchell fan for about 16 years. Because of my youth, I also have a love for some of these 21st century performers and it's great to see them give respect to Joni - as a songwriter - as she deserves.
Free Music Review: Boring
Hit: 2 Stars
Too dark and boring selection to listen to.......
Only two of the songs worth listening to again.......
Free Music Review: Interupting the Sorrow...
Hit: 5 Stars
When I first saw this on Amazon, I considered not buying it because the reviews were so low. I know better, so I bought it anyway and I am so glad! I have to "interupt the sorrow" for all those of you who didn't get it or didn't like this album. Personally, I find it sounds more like Joni than anything I have heard in years, although she does not sing a song. Joni's brillance shows through, and is augmented by those artists who cover them, and particularly those who choose to make these songs their own. If you have a history with Joni's music and painting, you will be thrilled. A Free Man in Paris, is a post-modern interpretation of her original, and will stick in your head with its off-beat melody. The horn section is amazing, and worth the listen, just by itself. Princes interpretation of A Case of You is even better than the one that K.D. Laing did - and I loved her version. The Brad Mehldau's cover of Don't Interupt the Sorrow is reminiscent of Keith Jarrett's piano style and gives a historical context, that adds yet another layer of depth to the track. Bjork blew me away with her magical version of the Boho Dance. Just her vocalization of the term "boho" gives it form and depth. Her accent lends a sense of the international - and suggests that this is the nature of the boho dance; that it is a universal condition of humanity. This "undercover" marketing of Joni is fabulous critique on the music industry that scorns anyone over thirty, not making white bread music. And, like the complex compilation it is, the song For the Roses gives us the other side of the coin - "Just when you get a taste for worship, they start bringing in the boards and the nails..." says it all. This album's arrangement is a tribute to Joni's unique understanding of jazz. Anyone who embraces Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, will find it hard to stop listening. I guess it is possible to "paint a starry, starry night, again, man."