David Crosby: "I think it’s arguably the best singer-songwriter album that ever got made. I’m a singer-songwriter, and I was her old man for a year, which was daunting. But I’m deeply into her music. I watched her write it, I’ve written with her, I love her to this day, I think she’s the best of us. But that record, some of those songs, I just don’t know how you could beat ’em. “River”? Holy [expletive]. I remember the first time I heard it, I felt like quitting the business and becoming a gardener.
The music is where she’s just vastly superior to Bob [Dylan]. I think Bob’s as good a poet as she is, maybe. They’re both brilliant poets, but she’s 10 times the musician and singer that he was."
Biographical details - James Taylor claims Blue as being written after their split, and This Flight Tonight as being about the night she flew back to LA instead of flying to Martha's Vineyard with him to see his new house.
Graham Nash confirms My Old Man is about him, and maybe River too. And says of seeing these songs being written: "It was a fascinating process to see, I must confess. It’s as if she tore her skin off and just released all her nerves into music."
Funny from Graham Nash: "I didn’t enjoy Carey. It’s not fun to have your old lady off on some Greek island with another man. But I did get the kitchen floor done."
Also some fascinating insights from other musicians into musical and lyrical techniques that Joni employs on the album.
Interesting persepective from Justin Vivian Bond - that so much of the album is about money. I hadn't thought of that, but I guess I see it as being about the death of hippie dream, and the two are closely related.
The music is where she’s just vastly superior to Bob [Dylan]. I think Bob’s as good a poet as she is, maybe. They’re both brilliant poets, but she’s 10 times the musician and singer that he was."
Biographical details - James Taylor claims Blue as being written after their split, and This Flight Tonight as being about the night she flew back to LA instead of flying to Martha's Vineyard with him to see his new house.
Graham Nash confirms My Old Man is about him, and maybe River too. And says of seeing these songs being written: "It was a fascinating process to see, I must confess. It’s as if she tore her skin off and just released all her nerves into music."
Funny from Graham Nash: "I didn’t enjoy Carey. It’s not fun to have your old lady off on some Greek island with another man. But I did get the kitchen floor done."
Also some fascinating insights from other musicians into musical and lyrical techniques that Joni employs on the album.
Interesting persepective from Justin Vivian Bond - that so much of the album is about money. I hadn't thought of that, but I guess I see it as being about the death of hippie dream, and the two are closely related.
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