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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Feb 16, 2010 - 09:47pm PT
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Yep Guido that's what I also heard BITD. And what a fabulous song it is.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Feb 16, 2010 - 09:55pm PT
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I get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown...
She is just amazing...no way she should have written songs with such depth/insight at her age but she did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3EofN3Flag
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C4/1971
Trad climber
Depends on the day...
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Feb 16, 2010 - 10:30pm PT
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Joni,
my first love....
in my dreams.....
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 17, 2010 - 12:11am PT
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Indeed, one would hear many a lass singing and playing A Case of You, or many others, wafting out of that little coffee house behind the Curry kitchen, practicing with open tuning, 12 strings and such. Sweet sounds.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The beckoning silence
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Feb 17, 2010 - 12:41am PT
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She's a fave... still creative and wonderful now as BITD.
Eric
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apogee
climber
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Feb 17, 2010 - 12:44am PT
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Just watched 'California' and 'Coyote'.
These tiny, little words in a very small font cannot do justice to the warmth and adoration and love I have in my soul for the voice and spirit of Joni Mitchell.
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aldude
climber
Monument Manor
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Feb 17, 2010 - 03:45pm PT
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Gifted singer & musician....Dog Eat Dog was my favorite*
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hooblie
climber
from where the anecdotes roam
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Feb 17, 2010 - 04:34pm PT
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edith and the kingpin, the hissing of summer lawns.
i owe to her the empathy i feel for the mix of romantic vulnerablity and alluring prowess so often
on display across the sexual divide, perhaps even my entrainment in dreams that were not mine.
she must have been a force of nature to work with, gauging by the awesome talent she attracted.
where others may show up to lay down the vocals, her work is an expression of feminine authority and right of authorship
that rides in on unflinching grace such that it need not be defended. even when what she did was not for my ear,
some of her experimental reaches, i followed with respect.
i've been replaying "both sides now" from the opening ceremonies in vancouver.
she pulls each phrase like a petal of taffy...with surety.
her deeper register embued with patient gesture,
the fragrance of a mellowed cask hangs in time.
a lifetime echoes in it's hold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9j_j-cUwKc&feature=related#movie_player
and the whimsicly effervesent big yellow taxi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRN6J16qVVM&feature=related
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Feb 17, 2010 - 06:57pm PT
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Didn't she write the anthem of a generation without ATTENDING Woodstock?
Saw her 5 years later with Tom Scott, great show.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2010 - 11:53pm PT
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she missed Woodstock due to scheduling conflict, but wrote this during the event and performed it a month later at Big Sur.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBqodL2OJ1A
I thought I should have named this thread differently. Who, amongst us men DIDN'T have a crush on Joni at a certain age? ha Good to know she has other fans.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Feb 18, 2010 - 07:07am PT
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When still living near Stoney Pt., Russ, Dennis, and I wrote her a 'fan' letter, inviting her to come climbing with us at Stoney Point. I'm not sure we ever figured out where to send it or not. The letter might still survive in a box of letters somewhere...
Only a couple of weeks ago, I sang "Circle Game" around a campfire, having memorized it many years ago...
I love this verse,
Sixteen springs and sixteen summer gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
And they tell him, "Take your time it won't be long now
Til you drag your feet to slow the circles down..."
Remind anyone of someone you know???
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Feb 18, 2010 - 01:30pm PT
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I was impressed when Covington rolled into Yosemite Valley in his white Porsche roadster and his guitar. Covington was on the verge of signing a recording contract(Simon & Garfunkel were his producers)- that's how involved he was in the music business. He mentioned to me once that Joni Mitchell was a friend so it's possible that she was thinking of him with "Michael from Mountains".
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guyman
Trad climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Feb 19, 2010 - 12:44pm PT
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I thought I should have named this thread differently. Who, amongst us men DIDN'T have a crush on Joni at a certain age? ha Good to know she has other fans.
Rocker..... we all did. some will not admit it. I really love her music, she gets deep down into what is important with people and human feelings. To bad she smokes ciggs and ruined her voice.
Not to OT this but somebody up thread pointed out how difficult it is to get on stage with only your voice and a instrument. Here is a video that might just surprise some of you. Warning some folks says she is a man.... I can't figure out why some would say that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3R3KqrJAI4
enjoy
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hossjulia
Social climber
Eastside
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Feb 19, 2010 - 12:53pm PT
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She is an incredible musician, who has perfected her reverse strumming technique? I could never get a handle on that.
Love her, probably my favorite. Thanks for the thread and the links.
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