We asked 10 of our favorite artists to each choose one track from Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' and describe what makes the song and artist so indelible.
perfectly sums up “Blue”’s appeal in that it’s immediately appealing, it’s got a beautiful, plaintive melody, it’s musically straightforward, she’s still working very much in that folk-y singer-songwriter style — but then you peel back the surface and it has this extraordinary emotional depth.
It’s a song about the daughter Joni gave up for adoption in the mid-‘60s, an incredibly brave subject for anyone to write about, but particularly a woman 50 years ago. The lyrics are astonishing, the mix of beautiful imagery — the icicles and the Northern Lights and the spring crocuses — and brutal honesty about an incredibly sensitive topic.
” on an acoustic guitar. It was obviously written on piano and I’d never really heard it played on guitar before. And it soundedJoni-esque. Psychologically, her style had implanted itself really deep in my subconscious, and it came out in songs like that. She made so many great albums, but “Blue” is her masterpiece and “Little Green” is the most poignant, emotionally heavy thing on it. I know Joni and I love her, but the subject of that song is not something I would ever bring up with her. But then, I don’t need to: Everything you need to know is in the lyrics.I’m a sucker for songs that sound like they’re for a lover but are actually for a friend.
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