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Joni Mitchell - BLUE | Extended Play Lounge, Episode 110 (Patreon)

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2026-03-24 23:45:13
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2026-05-18 00:36:41
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I now fully understand why this album is counted among the absolute great recordings of all time. Joni's songs are almost three-dimensional...especially when you consider the nuanced brilliance of her performance. This is an intimate and subtle listen, yet the music is enveloping. I enjoyed every minute of this episode, and I hope you do as well!

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Joni Mitchell - BLUE | Extended Play Lounge Episode 110

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Barry P

Doug, I really enjoyed this one. Not many artists can convey the emotion she does in such a musically sophisticated way, and I can see you appreciate that. I do think that all the early records she did from her debut in 1967 into the mid-70's are equally great. Blue gets a lot of attention for the reasons you mentioned, and deservedly so, but maybe it's over-emphasized compared to her other albums because it was a touchstone of the singer-songerwriter era and emblematic of the lonely soul confessional style. I can't wait for you to react to these other records, especially Court and Spark, which would be my favorite if I had to choose one.

Jeff Hansen

Loved your take on these songs, most of which were new to me. Nodded off briefly during This Flight Tonight and woke up hearing the guitar doing an acoustic version of the Phish song Prince Caspian. Hmmm....

kjdarch1 .

Doug, thank you for another thoughtful appreciation of a seminal lifetime album. You skated me down a river of memories back to a common best friends basement in 1975, with Joni as the soundtrack, we drank in cases of each other....

Jordan Snook

Loved your thoughts here Doug! As a fan of singer-songwriter music, I’m surprised you haven’t reacted to any Bob Dylan albums yet for an EPL. That would be very interesting. Perhaps Highway 61 Revisited or Blonde on Blonde?

Rodney Griffin

It is a Masterpiece, however it is not My favorite album by this Genius!

me_you

As a side note, Russ Kunkel had a great run around that time. In addition to Blue, he played drums on Tapestry and Sweet Baby James, among others.

Bill Brinkmoeller

Joni had many alternate tunings. One of the things that got her noticed early in her career was that she would tell stories to the audience in between songs as she was re-tuning her guitar. Thanks, Doug. What an album. Thanks Doug's Army for picking it!

Jeff Norman

About the tunings: vocal range is no doubt part of it...but I suspect, too, that rather than merely (say) tuning down a minor third while preserving the intervals of the strings, she retunes so that chord voicings are different under her fingers. Which of course allows her to find new chords and use new voicings that she couldn't get in conventional tuning (or simply downtuning the instrument, or capo'ing it upwards). Also amusing that she more often plays in "guitar" keys on the piano! (D, A, C, I think on this record).

Jeff Norman

Everyone should read Ann Powers' bio of Mitchell, 'Traveling'...

Adie

It was lovely to revisit this album after a very long time. It has always struck me that despite all the artists who followed in the Joni Mitchell mold, she remains unique. Everything about her music and style is completely individual and personal to her, and a perfect expression of herself. Truly an idiosyncratic, uncopiable artist. Perhaps it is because she is so rigorously subjective and personal (especially on this album) that everything seems to be abstract. She seems to articulate fleeting moments and reflections, all close to the surface while signalling deep troubles. So when I listen to her I admire everything about her artistry, and I feel that it's all completely honest, but there's always a distance between us that she never intends to bridge. Maybe that's just me...

Anna Brodkey

This was wonderful! SO happy you finally heard it! Would love you to do an extended play of the album "Court and Spark." You will absolutely love it