Clouds
Clouds is a stark stunner, a great leap forward for Joni Mitchell. Vocals h… Read Full Bio ↴Clouds is a stark stunner, a great leap forward for Joni Mitchell. Vocals here are more forthright and assured than on her debut and exhibit a remarkable level of subtle expressiveness. Guitar alone is used in accompaniment, and the variety of playing approaches and sounds gotten here is most impressive. "The Fiddle and the Drum," a protest song that imaginatively compares the Vietnam-era warmongering U.S. government to a bitter friend, dispenses with instrumental accompaniment altogether. The sketches presented of lovers by turns depressive ("Tin Angel"), roguish ("That Song About the Midway"), and faithless ("The Gallery") are vividly memorable. Forthright lyrics about the unsureness of new love ("I Don't Know Where I Stand"), misuse of the occult ("Roses Blue"), and mental illness ("I Think I Understand") are very striking. Mitchell's classic singer/songwriter standards "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now" respectively receive energetically vibrant and warmly thoughtful performances. Imaginatively unusual and subtle harmonies abound here, never more so in her body of work than on the remarkable "Songs to Aging Children Come," which sets floridly impressionistic lyrics to a lovely tune that is supported by perhaps the most remarkably sophisticated chord sequence in all of pop music. Mitchell's riveting self-portrait on the album's cover is a further asset. This essential release is a must-listen.
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Clouds
Joni Mitchell Lyrics


Both Sides Now Rows and floes of angel hair And ice cream castles in…
Chelsea Morning Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first…
I Don't Know Where I Stand Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there Sunny d…
I Think I Understand Daylight falls upon the path, the forest falls behind Today,…
Roses Blue I think of tears, I think of rain on shingles I…
Songs To Aging Children Come Through the windless wells of wonder By the throbbing light …
That Song About The Midway I met you on a midway at a fair last…
The Fiddle And the Drum And so once again My dear Johnny, my dear friend And so…
The Gallery When I first saw your gallery I liked the ones of…
Tin Angel Varnished weeds in window jars Tarnished beads on tapestries…


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