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When singer, musician, and broadcast journalist Malka Marom had the opportunity to interview Joni Mitchell in 1973, she was eager to reconnect with the performer that she'd first met late one night in 1966 at a Yorkville coffeehouse. More conversations followed over the next four decades of friendship, and it was only after Joni and Malka completed their last recorded interview, in 2012, that Malka discovered the heart of their discussions: the creative process.
In Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words, Joni and Malka follow this thread through seven decades of life and art, discussing the influence of Joni's childhood, love and loss, playing dives and huge festivals, acclaim and criticism, poverty and affluence, glamorous triumphs and tragic mistakes.
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yngwie rules!
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doesn't comapre to LIFE
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Wow Best Rock Biography Ever
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- Trey
- 11-03-16
Painful and Dull
I've read several hundred biographies and this one was the worst. In as much as I love Joni Mitchell as an artist, writer, vocalist, guitarist and poet, I have to believe that it's the tone of the narrator and the fact that this book was simply complied from several interviews by the same writer many years ago. It was a painfully dull and dry read and after listening to about 70% of it I had to put it down.
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- M. Graham
- 03-28-15
Excellent narrator, fascinating subject
Where does Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Second best to Vol. 1 of the new Beatles biography
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
She does everything right--lovely voice, and she manages to capture Joni's voice and spirit not by trying to imitate her but by somehow giving the right inflections with the right energy. Very unpretentious and engaging performance.
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- Rose
- 04-11-17
Rather Read It
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Not really. Did not care for narrator, and how she announced the speaker each time, except if it was one of Joni's musicians. Also, reading the lyrics was very lame, should've gotten permission to use the actual song bytes.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words?
Noting memorable, did not finish listening as had trouble with the audio skipping on my Samsung Phone.
What didn’t you like about Carrington MacDuffie’s performance?
She was stale.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
Don't think so.
Any additional comments?
In the future all interview books, if it's just 2 speakers, don't need to have their names announced first, I think the reader is hep enough to pick up on who is talking. And again, playing sound bytes rather than reading lyrics would be more entertaining, and not so stale and corny.
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- kara
- 02-25-15
One of the best artist/poet/composer ever done.
A great relevant dialogue between two women friends opening doors to each other in synchronized storytelling, with casual and relaxed tone.
This book is filled with detailed surprises, engaging about songwriting and composing music. Also understanding of an era through personal experiences of what she and the author learned.
Familiar Songs changing context and rhythm in labyrinth of circular time unfolding sequences of Poetry alive like hearing it for the first time...the bio In between flowed like music. Author achieved understanding of the length and depth of a persons insights, who has often been obscured by shallow culture.
There were passages that made me laugh and sigh, what a magnificent range. Discovered a wise & humble owl with translations of poetic perceptions, ideas, flow of images,complexity of feeling, struggling & critiquing involved in creative process, of art making.
More than a biography, a probing dialogue of sources that clarify an era and guide a large body of Original work. Splendid. Worth a second read.
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- M. Fisher
- 01-25-15
Almost as good as an autobiography
I love Joni Mitchell's music and lyrics. These interviews put into book form really dig deep into how the songs came about and what she was thinking.
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- Metaphorical 1
- 09-23-20
Great focus on the creative process
I enjoy music bios but am invariably disappointed in the lack of focus on details of the creative process by the subject of the book - not this time. Author and subjects talk like soul mates in an intimate and personal exploration of the bountiful creativity of Joni Mitchell. It's also nice to see, thanks to her brutal honesty that she is indeed human and lacks many of the "left brain" skills.
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- William
- 03-07-16
Fascinating
I enjoyed this book very much and was fascinated by Ms. Mitchell's creative process.
The lyrics of many songs were read, which worked some of the time. Some of the lyrics work as spoken poetry but others need to be sung.
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- Marty
- 02-10-16
Eavesdropping on genius
You are sitting alone in some cafe your latte long drunk down to sediment, but you stay because of the words drifting over from the table next door. The fragrance of them stirs your soul, unlocks memories, bridges knowing. One of the women is a trusted receiver. Her questions tune you into the psyche of the the other--a magi, a gnostic, one of the great poets of our time--of any time. You can't leave. You have to hear what they're saying. You are eavesdropping on genius. She is vivid, and alive. For a long time after they leave, you will rewind her words.
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- nonesuch
- 12-23-20
Knock out interview.
Gets better and better as Joni grows with her work. And because she remains honest she gets deeper and deeper and the listener learns more and more. Gone listen again. Way more here than you can absorb in one shot.
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- Dann
- 07-15-16
Gotta love Joni, man!
Somewhat disappointed with the story, too much recalling words to her songs and not enough about Mitchell herself. I could have done without the constant interruption of reciting the words to Joni's songs all the way through the book. But because of the retelling of the words to her songs I realize that the songs aren't as clever as I remember them being. But then again, it was the 60s and 70s.
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