Joni Mitchell evolved from the smooth jazz-pop of Court and Spark to the ra… Read Full Bio ↴Joni Mitchell evolved from the smooth jazz-pop of Court and Spark to the radical Hissing of Summer Lawns, an adventurous work that remains among her most difficult records. After opening with the graceful "In France They Kiss on Main Street," the album veers sharply into "The Jungle Line," an odd, Moog-driven piece backed by the rhythms of the warrior drums of Burundi -- a move into multiculturalism that beat the likes of Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, and Sting to the punch by a decade. While not as prescient, songs like "Edith and the Kingpin" and "Harry's House -- Centerpiece" are no less complex or idiosyncratic, employing minor-key melodies and richly detailed lyrics to arrive at a strange and beautiful fusion of jazz and shimmering avant pop.
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The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell Lyrics
Don't Interrupt the Sorrow Don't interrupt the sorrow Darn right In flames our prophet …
Edith And The Kingpin The big man arrives Disco dancers greet him Plain clothes co…
Harry's House/Centerpiece Heatwaves on the runway As the wheels set down He takes hi…
In France They Kiss on Main Street Downtown My darling dime store thief In the War of Independe…
Shades Of Scarlett Conquering Out of the fire like Catholic saints Comes Scarlett and her…
Shadows And Light Every picture has it's shadows And it has some source of…
Sweet Bird Out on some borderline Some mark of in between I lay down…
The Boho Dance Down in the cellar in the boho zone I went looking…
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns He bought her a diamond for her throat He put her…
The Jungle Line Rousseau walks on trumpet paths Safaris to the heart of all…