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The New York Times said in 1973, "Each of Mitchell's songs on For the Roses is a gem glistening with her elegant way with language, her pointed splashes of irony and her perfect shaping of images. Never does Mitchell voice a thought or feeling commonly. She's a songwriter and singer of genius who can't help but make us feel we are not alone."
An animated music video of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" was produced by John Wilson of Fine Arts Films as an animated short for the Sonny and Cher television show in the mid-1970s. The only commercial release of this full-length music video was in the Video Gems home video release on VHS titled John Wilson's Mini Musicals , also released ...
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell CC (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter.As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her personal lyrics and unconventional compositions which grew to incorporate elements of pop, jazz, and other genres. [1]
Even on a day when much of America was hoping to see the sun go out, there’s still an ongoing need to hear someone sing “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.” That, among many other things, is ...
My Old Man, a 1979 American television film based on a story by Ernest Hemingway (see below) My Old Man (2004 film), a Canadian short shown at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival; My Old Man, a 1970s British sitcom starring Clive Dunn "My Old Man", the pilot episode of My Old Man, part of the Seven of One anthology series
Like The Reprise Albums (1968–1971), The Asylum Albums (1972–1975) features original artwork by Mitchell, a picturesque scene painted in the Canadian wilderness that inspired For the Roses. The box set also features an essay written by Mitchell's friend, peer, and archival mentor Neil Young.
Rolling Stone included the song on an unranked list of Mitchell's essential 50 songs in 2021. In an article accompanying the list, critic Douglas Wolk noted that it possesses "long, tricky, rattling verses that chronicle a romance with a womanizing man whose life is very different from the narrator's" and that it had been a "highlight" of her live repertoire for several years before she ...
Mitchell's yearlong return to performing live was bookended by the release of her surprise Newport set as a live album, titled Joni Mitchell at Newport, on July 28, 2023. [15] One month after, on August 17, 2023, it was announced that Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972–1975) was scheduled to be released on October 6 ...