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Hardcover: 292 pages
Publisher: ECW Press; First Edition edition (September 9, 2014)
I agree with all the positive comments/perspectives folks have already made, esp. by reviewer Voracious Reader, who reflects my perspective perfectly..
I love reading about exceptional people, how they think, create, personal histories, experiences, views, ect. And have been drawn to Joni's words, thoughts, staggering creativity, raw insight and clarity. So, this book is gold to me. Very very interesting. What an education, what a perfectly imperfect, brilliant, mind blowing human being! I was/am seriously struck & inspired by who she is as a person & artist. Fueled by desire to create. She has made life so much more richer for me/us. This book is a keeper, I know I will read it again, and will refer back to it. Lovely photos & art.
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129 of 134 people found the following review helpful
Many wonderful things have already been said about this book, so I won't be repetitive. The one word that makes me crazy that I see and hear used again and again, even in reviews here, to describe Joni's attitude toward herself and her work, is "arrogant." An artist, a master of many mediums, and of her stature is rarely found in any age, and yet Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen are repeatedly described as "poets"; Joni is never, to my knowledge, put in their class. Her work is always qualified by her gender. This is grossly unfair, and in interviews one can tell how much this irritates her. And it should! She tells of being "short-sheeted" at New York venues by envious male performers such as Dylan...her guitar destroyed prior to a performance because the boys were pissed that she played better than they, and she was only a girl. I laud Joni for taking her praise into her own hands, and for saying she really had no peer...neither Cohen or Dylan had the vocal chops that she did, or painted with words as skillfully as she did, or used such complex harmonies, or made so many gutsy changes in her creative direction. I think many almost-greats copied her and resented her at the same time: she refused to be held down or put in a corner or pigeonhole. How frustrating that must have been! My deal is, those whose work goes beyond praise need to be glorified, regardless of gender. Joni continues to be short-sheeted, and she is irritated and goading into telling the truth, setting the record straight. Those who love her work, all of it, are stunned by her musical and poetical honesty...why would she make dishonest boasts? It seems to me ironic beyond words that she is painted with such a brush, and to think she is arrogant is to totally miss the point of the gender issues involved and her compulsion to right a true wrong, not one she perceives. Can we drop the word "arrogant" from the Joni Mitchell lexicon, once and for all? I think it's about time.
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Having been a fan of Joni's music and art since the late 60's and having collected almost all of her recordings...even those self-indulgent forays into territories she should have steered clear of, I was very disappointed in the type of book this was. It isn't a biography so much as it is an outlet for a little known singer to write about her well known singer acquaintance. A series of three interviews covering Mitchell's beginning, middle and present life is about as boring and self-satisfying as any biography I have ever read. There are some great photos showing off Ms. Mitchell's art work and herself. The lyrics of a number of her songs are included but you can get those off of the album liner notes of any of her records. If one sticks to this boring and slow read they will ultimately come out not knowing much more than they did before. Personal glimpses are touched upon sparingly while page after page may be devoted to a lot of shop-talk that takes place within recording studios. Name-dropping and having a tape recorder seems to be the only tools the author chose to use in an effort to cash in on Joni's name. Without her tape recordings of the 3 sessions The author doesn't reveal anything here that Mitchell's fans probably don't already to go.
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49 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Normally celebrity interviews are brief, awkward affairs held in sterile hotel rooms or agents' offices. After you read a few from the same tour, you realize they are just going through the motions, repeating boilerplate stories and once-fresh-but-now-stale observations for lazy interviewers who don't seem to notice or care they aren't getting the good stuff.
What's different about this book is that 1) the interviewer is a personal friend of Joni's, and 2) the three interviews evolved over a period of almost 40 years. They took place in Joni's living room, several days per session -- I daresay over wine and cigarettes -- the 1st in '73 during the taping of Court & Spark, the 2nd in '79 around the time of Mingus and the final one just two years ago.
By the time they get to 2012, the two of them are flipping through a book of Joni's lyrics and riffing off each other on what things meant, what was cool, what was stolen from others. It helps that the interviewer is a singer and that they met back when Joni was a total unknown. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To be honest, I'm usually reluctant to read interviews with Joni. I have profound respect for her as an artist -- she truly is a genius and is unique in so many ways** -- but I find her arrogance off-putting.
Is she humble in these interviews? Of course not. The difference is that these dialogues actually go somewhere. I found the 2012 conversation particularly rewarding, like an intimate evening with old friends.
Check out this nugget from 1973. It summarizes what I love about her (and inspires me to find software to play nursery rhymes in reverse!Read more ›
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