Joni cleansing
...and still somehow,
It's life's illusions I recall...
I'm finally getting to know Joni Mitchell, thanks to LJ friends. As a teenager I hardly listened to popular music, but liked Judy Collins and owned Judith along with Classical records. "Both sides now" has always been a favourite. I didn't realize Mitchell had written it until her new recording released in 2000.
ghostsandrobots introduced me to kd lang's Hymns of the 49th Parallel, with covers of two Mitchell songs. My curiosity was piqued. Then vaysha sent me a mix of new folk. Good stuff. This would have become my genre 20 years ago if other factors hadn't interfered.
Like religion. This week I had Keith Green and Bob Ayala running through my head. It mad me angry. Christian folk and rock fosters self-loathing. But I had the antidote for this ear parasite.
When I visited bruno_bt before Christmas he was playing a familiar voice and guitar. Sure enough, it was Joni Mitchell, her first album released in 1968. When I saw Bruce two weeks ago, he gave me digitally remastered releases of that album and Clouds.
I've been listening while I wash dishes and cook squash soup; letting Joni wash away discord, the blind world of black and white.