April 11th, 2024
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Learning to separate the art from the artist — Joni Mitchell
I’ve been listening to Joni for decades, ever since I picked out a vinyl of Ladies of the Canyon at a garage sale just for the artwork as a kid and subsequently falling in love with the music within. I think she’s got it all as an artist and has never released a bad song. I’m also just a straight up hippie and her songs are in perfect harmony with my whole attitude about, well, everything, and also with my wonder of the natural world.
I just recently started watching her interviews though and is it just me or is her whole thing a bit… too much? She seems artificial and vain and totally obsessed with status.
EDIT: for everyone asking what interview gave me this impression, it was her appearance on Hot Ones.
April 11th, 2024
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Comments:
NeoclassicalKetchup
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DrBlankslate
Yeah, no. I don't know where you get that impression because it's absolutely incorrect.
Joni is one of the most accomplished folk musicians and songwriters ever. She is also the least obsessed-with-status person in music.
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silversprings99
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Lindaspike
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Revolutionary_Low_90
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Coyotito
Neither web search, nor First We Feast channel search turns up a video with Joni Mitchell on "Hot Ones". Could you provide a source link?
According to search results she has done no recent interviews at all, at least none in 2024.
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[deleted]
joni mitchell hasn't appeared on hot ones..
lol
what? is this just a really bad bait post?
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djsoomo
Joni Mitchell is a bona-fide icon, top songwriter and talented visual artist,
a true genius.
I have not seen the interviews but compare her to some arrogant, big headed zero-talent djs/producers that steal real musicians music and pass it off as their own, filling stadiums and making lots of money in the process.
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prairie_buyer
Artists tend to be flaky. Highly successful, famous people (in any field) tend to become odd.
It should be no surprise to anyone that any iconic artist you can think of would be a maladjusted person.
Having said that, I have never heard anyone accuse Joni Mitchell of being vain or status-obsessed.
Her weirdness has always seemed to be standard hippie-celebrity wierdness.
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Darnocpdx
They become successful because they're odd, it's what makes them stand out from a crowd. Doesn't matter who, or what they do. Every person of significance in history is/was not normal.
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8805
"I wish I had more sense of humor, keeping the sadness at bay, throwing the lightness on these things, laughing it all away."
Nope. She's been telling you who she is for decades, and I wouldn't change a thing about her. Her music is a treasure and my life has been enriched by it more than maybe any artist other than Bach or Beethoven.
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LuciusDickusMaximus
Bach is too dry for me, but absolutely on Beethoven. Crazy that he was deaf. I have a friend who lost his ability to taste due to long covid and yet is the best cook I know. It’s the mark of a true artist.