Anyone who can listen to a Joni Mitchell album without wanting to slash their wrists gets my admiration. She is a whinging hippy with a nasal voice. It's the musical equivalent of someone scraping their nails down a blackboard. By the way I am not a fan of hers in case that did not come across in the above comments.
Music preference is personal and I wouldn't criticise anyone for not liking Joni Mitchell. I'm not a huge fan myself, though an ex-girlfriend that I used to sing with was. Her vocal style is individual and not to everyone's liking. However, to dismiss her as "talentless" is plain stupid. She's written many often covered songs and won a handful of grammy awards. Styles cover folk, pop, jazz, rock and electronica and she's collaborated with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Charlie Mingus, Tom Petty, Peter Gabriel, Billy Idol and Roger Waters. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were both big fans of hers. Rolling Stone magazine had her as the top ranking female guitarist at one point (don't know if that's still true) and one of the most influential musicians ever. And anyone who thinks she was off-key really needs their ears testing. Though I suppose when you've had your ears scorched by years of over-produced crap by singers who couldn't manage without Auto-Tune, it's difficult to recognise someone who can put across a song with a guitar and a natural voice only.
Exactly. Your attempt to take the piss out of me only serves to betray your own ignorance on the matter. Get back to Wham and the Village People.
I think someone needs to post the 3 songs i nthe music thread. I know the counting crows one. i much prefer jodi's version. however.... don't know others.
That was on purpose too. I hate John Mayer too but my wife likes him so I call him John Major to wind her up.
She is frequently off-key. Pay attention to her next time she comes on the radio. Way more so than many of her contemporaries. Before mass editing there was more cases of singers off key. (even Sinatra was off key on occasion on some of his older recorded songs). But... Joni Mitchell is off key on more notes than any other singer I've heard on the radio. I've got better pitch than her and I'm not a musician (or of any special musical talent).
Popularity and talent are two different things. Think of the sign "Keep Calm and Carry On". Is that an artistic masterpiece? No, but it is very popular. Vocally she had very limited range over which she has good control. Compared with most published musicians she does have less talent. Most can stay on key for example.
Not a great singer but Both Sides Now and Big Yellow Taxi alone make her a better songwriter than 95% of ****e out there
