A blog where I can recount connections between some music and my life experiences.
Sunday 18 August 2019
A BIT OF JONI MAGIC
The following two clips of Joni Mitchell singing her iconic song 'Woodstock' come from the excellent OPEN CULTURE website.
The two versions sung 31 years apart each have loveliness and show why she has been celebrated as one of the greatest folk/pop performers.
JONI MITCHELL - 'WOODSTOCK' 1969
JONI MITCHELL - 'WOODSTOCK' 1998
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Great performances.
ReplyDeleteSue has asked that I never use the word "excellent" preferring instead "super" as it sounds less derogatory.
ReplyDeletePlease Richard used the word great instead of awesome which Kylie says is not in the dictionary.
How about the word 'incomprehensible'?
ReplyDeleteSupercallafragellisticexpealodocious is OK
ReplyDeleteI say, that sounds a bit precocious.
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