Icons, but also iconoclasts, who shared a maverick spirit.īoth perfectionists, both multi-tasking musical wizards…Both self-contained producing their own records, very hands-on with their business affairs. It seems unlikely, incongruous at first glance, perhaps.īut think about it for maybe ten seconds and you realize, no, it’s not all that surprising. On her own terms independent, unapologetic.īut it is Prince’s admiration for Joni Mitchell that intrigues us the most. Women who have carved out commercially successful and critically acclaimed careers in music - like Chaka Khan, Annie Lennox, and Bonnie Raitt - admire not just the body of her work, but how it was done. Tom Morello, guitarist for Rage Against The Machine, and Maynard Keenan, the guy who fronts and writes the lyrics for Tool, are big, if somewhat unlikely, fans. Jimmy Page says he still cries when he listens to “Blue,” or “Court and Spark.” Robert Plant would breathe out her name at the end of a verse when Led Zeppelin played “Going to California.” Contemporaries like Jimi Hendrix, who wrote in his journal about her “heaven words.” That legion includes lots of fellow artists, celebrities, music industry big shots, a couple of US Presidents…Īn interesting bunch to be sure. There are some cool video links sprinkled throughout, and check the end notes for more. This is a short, and hopefully interesting, look at that relationship. I remember being surprised to learn that His Royal Badness, Prince Rogers Nelson was a big Joni Mitchell fan. Rock N Roll Archaeology chapters take months to research, write, and produce, so we’re putting out these Shorts every few weeks - podcast audiences are notoriously impatient. Some new content! This is the first RNRA Short.
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