The following article has been published by DIFFUSER as part of their "365 Prince Songs in a Year" series.

It is entitled "Prince Channels Joni Mitchell in ‘A Case of U'"

Here it is:

http://diffuser.fm/prince-a-case-of-u/

As a Canadian living in the USA, I could relate to Joni's songs and really enjoyed her Canadiana references in some of them .She is a painter first and you can see her paintings in a CBC interview on you tube .Again many of them ,to me,show her love for the Canadian landscape.Her songs also seem to paint a broad lanscape

I enjoyed this article... thanks Latin...I was happy to see that perhaps Prince had enjoyed some Joni before he passed

Thank you- Prince's version of 'A Case of U' is beautiful.

Thanks for this Latin!! Love it!! 💖

80tomato said:

As a Canadian living in the USA, I could relate to Joni's songs and really enjoyed her Canadiana references in some of them .She is a painter first and you can see her paintings in a CBC interview on you tube .Again many of them ,to me,show her love for the Canadian landscape.Her songs also seem to paint a broad lanscape

I enjoyed this article... thanks Latin...I was happy to see that perhaps Prince had enjoyed some Joni before he passed

Wow.

Prince didn't just "enjoy" Joni - he revered her. For years. He mentioned her in interviews, he covered her songs - all the way back to the beginning of his career.

And there was the name check in the Dorothy Parker song.

And because of that reference, Joni Mitchell's album Court & Spark is one of my favourites, and I love the wit of Dorothy Parker. Even read a few books about her.
Oh and Clara Bow, but that a different song.

Prince also offered Joni a song to record, I can't recall what song it was. I'm sure others would know.

There was another Joni Mitchell song he had the Revolution learn 4 the Parade tour.

In Under The Cherry Moon Joni's Hejira album is under the black and white window.

iZsaZsa said:

In Under The Cherry Moon Joni's Hejira album is under the black and white window.

good catch ZsaZsa

I had been listening to Joni all Sunday morning.She considers herself a painter first and you can tell that in her music...she paints a story with words ...a lot of times there is no distinguishable chorus as in " Coyote" Her former lover Graham Nash consideres her a musical genius and even said she went to sleep at 10 in the morning and woke at 5 PM and started to create all night long ..sound familiar...and yes I do hear how Prince was influenced by her

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80tomato said:

I love her solfege style of singing. Perfect pitch, and oh so clear voice. Her very visual lyrics too . I don't like everything he likes, but Joni Mitchell is a hit. I discovered her through him .

http://www.jonimitchell.c....cfm?y=197

Joni's Paintings.

monkeytennis said:

http://www.jonimitchell.c....cfm?y=197 Joni's Paintings.

Thanks for the link ...a bit off topic but check out Laura Nyro who influenced and was a contemporary of Joni Mitchell...Patti Labelle was her background singer

Joni's albums are like a soundtrack to a drama(movie) she paints a picture and you go on a ride...

Prince definately took note

Morrissey: You mentioned somewhere that Prince had been introduced to you at the time of the "Hissing of Summer Lawns."

Joni Mitchell: Well, I saw him in an audience at that time. He was in Minneapolis. I believe it was him. Front row to the left. Quite conspicuous because he's got those eyes like a puffin, those Egyptian eyes, those big, exotic eyes.

http://jonimitchell.com/l...cfm?id=678