A great shout-out from the May 9 issue of New York magazine! The article was entitled: "Influences: Joni Mitchell. The folksy songsmith discusses great artists and synchronicity. Just don't call her a poet."

Q: But even when you were somewhat obscure, so many musicians were citing you as an influence or even namechecking you in songs. Of all the musicians and rappers who have cited you as an influence, whose work do you appreciate most?"
A: PRINCE. Prince attended one of my concerts in Minnesota. I remember seeing him sitting in the front row when he was very young. He must have been about 15. He was in an aisle seat and he had unusually big eyes. He watched the whole show with his collar up, looking side to side. You couldn't miss him-- he was a little Prince-ling. [Laughs.] Prince used to write me fan mail with all of the U's and hearts that way that he writes. And the office took it as mail from the lunatic fringe and just tossed it off! [Laughs]

cool

this was already mentioned a while back...think it was front page fodder, too.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

i'm not so sure about that. i think joni has mentioned this before, and that we did put that mention on the front page, but i think this is a new story in which she's repeating herself...same ol' stuff in brand new drag.

the part about the fan letters rings new to me, though. the stuff about the hearts and the Us is cute.

Anxiety said:

I think you are right.

This latest interview is online at:

http://www.newyorkmetro.c...pop/11888/

Joni recounted the occasion of Prince's attendance at her concert in previous interviews - possibly in her Mojo interview from 1994 when she described the song 'Emotional Pump' that he wrote for her, and referred to Prince as a strange little duck ... but I can't lay my hands on the interview at the moment.

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Okay, here's the test:
Will Handclaps admit to being wrong?
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Fleshofmyflesh said:

actually, i'm right.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I knew it!
Prove it, beeyotch. ( I say with the greatest affection )

Fleshofmyflesh said:

i ain't gotta prove shit, search the forum for yourself. and i ain't your 'beeyotch', affection attached or no.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

So the other people on this thread are wrong then?

Do the words "From the May 9, 2005 issue of New York Magazine" mean anything to you?

Fleshofmyflesh said:

yes. i distinctly remember this very topic being posted about a couple months back, because it was somewhat long...it's somewhere in Forum Hell (i.e. a few pages back) now.

http://www.prince.org/msg/7/112027

Universaluv said:

thanx.

Universaluv said:

This proves that Anx was right - not you!!!

Fleshofmyflesh said:

i remembered the whole thing, therefore i'm right.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

No, HE was right.
He correctly pointed out that Joni repeated herself in a more recent article.
It was not the same article, which is what YOU thought.

Fleshofmyflesh said:

it's the exact same thing though, regardless of which article is more recent.

at any rate, i'm bored now. argue amongst yourselves.

ya'll are funny.

Handclaps is right in that the story was mentioned before. Anx is right in that the part about the fan letters is new and it's a more recent interview.


I hate it when mommy and daddy fight.

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"Q: But even when you were somewhat obscure, so many musicians were citing you as an influence or even namechecking you in songs. Of all the musicians and rappers who have cited you as an influence, whose work do you appreciate most?"
A: PRINCE."

Says a lot coming from Joni. Seems like her respect for him is increasing since she has been at the 3121 parties.

For the record:

link to Spin magazine 1988, where Joni mentions the song, 'Emotional Pump' given to her by Prince, and meeting and working with Wendy and Lisa

http://www.jmdl.com/libra...cfm?id=358

link to the Dmitri Ehrlich interview with Joni from Interview Magazine, 1991 in which she recounts the story of seeing Prince attending her concert

http://www.jmdl.com/libra...cfm?id=132

link to a reference to 'Emotional Pump' in the Barney Hoskyns interview in Mojo from 1994:

http://www.jmdl.com/libra...cfm?id=193

link to the 2005 interview in New York Magazine by Ethan Brown, May 9, 2005, where she recounts the Prince concert attendance..

http://www.jmdl.com/libra...fm?id=1296

All featured, with many more, in the extensive Joni Mitchell Discussion List Library:

http://www.jmdl.com/library/

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hey man, i just want everyone to love each other and be groovy. is that so wrong??

now now !! children behave !!! lol

DenimLadyC said:

Wow. Her previous comments about him came off as backhanded praise from her. It's cool to know, tho!