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TRAVEL BLOG12.19.07
Love Letter to a Joni Mitchell Road SongIn Slate, Ron Rosenbaum celebrates binge-listening to Joni Mitchell’s “Amelia,” from her “Hejira” album. “It’s not just a love song: It’s a road song, it’s a motel song, it’s a Southwestern desert song, it’s a disappearance and death song,” he writes. It’s a lovely piece. I go through Joni Mitchell “Blue” jags from time to time—the song and the album of the same name—so I can relate. Lately, on runs in my neighborhood, I’ve been binge-listening to “Hard Sun” from Eddie Vedder’s “Into the Wild” soundtrack. I expect that to pass soon. Here’s a great YouTube video of Mitchell playing “Amelia” circa 1983:
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COMMENTSLove Amelia and Coyote. But my favorite Joni road songs are “California” and “Night Ride Home.” The latter, I listen to over and over again, like a mental patient.
“I love the man beside me
Not Joni’s best lyric, by any stretch, but its got that something. By on 12.19.07 at 10:26 AM
Good call, TambourineMan. “Night Ride Home” is a great song. It has that some ethereal sound as “Amelia,” I think. By the way, did you see this passage from the Rosenbaum story: “Bob Dylan once told me that he’d written ‘Tangled up in Blue,’ the opening song of the much-celebrated Blood on the Tracks, after spending a weekend immersed in JM’s Blue (although I think he may have been talking about the whole album, not just the song).” Ever heard that before? By on 12.19.07 at 10:44 AM
Hard Sun was on when I read this post. Freaky. By Kelsey on 12.19.07 at 11:25 AM
how about ‘refuge of the roads’? can’t say it clearer than that… “westbound and rolling taking refuge in the roads”. By tricia on 12.19.07 at 09:45 PM
Jim, I have heard the bit about Blue inspiring Tangled Up In Blue. If I remember correctly, Rosenbaum alleges Bob said something to that effect during a 70s interview, for Playboy, I believe. Still working on my masters in Dylanology. Back to Joni. Yes, Tricia. “Refuge of the Roads,” absolutely. By on 12.19.07 at 10:53 PM
Spooky, Kelsey. From what I hear, TambourineMan, you’re well on your way to a Dylanology doctorate, no? By on 12.20.07 at 10:09 AM
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