Like or Dislike: Doing the Best That I Can

[sparky]

Originally Posted by wheart

I adore Joni Mitchell as well. It is very sad to listen to her voice now and the way it was. SUCH a difference. I think Joni is incredibly talented and writes amazing songs so I'll always love her, as you said, in every era.

I don't really like Joni's early voice very much. There are some songs that I think are beautiful with it, but I prefer it from Hejira onward. In fact, I love the voice best on Night Ride Home and Turbulent Indigo. She was using it with such shading and mastery one those two, even though the range was diminished. I don't know of another singer that has used their voice so much as if it were an instrument they were playing. Especially on Night Ride Home, her voice seems like one more piece of the orchestration, and changes from song to song. I love that record.