What she writes is closer to journalism: On Blue, you hear everything she experienced, the highs and the lows. Joni never tries to make herself more perfect in her lyrics. One of the things that I learned from Joni, and that I love about her: If you can tell the story right and keep things moving, you don't need to return to the chorus on time. The singing lines are slow, steep plateaus.
She describes smells and sounds to translate what is happening in her songs, using fewer words to transmit more feeling. I could tell that Joni was a painter by the way she wrote lyrics. I remember a friend in high school playing me "A Case of You," from Blue, and me liking it - a lot. But she influenced people who became stars. The impact she had wasn't big and flashy. But Joni is still quite unknown to a lot of people. Bob Dylan and Keith Richards became famous in such a worldwide way that they became stars and icons. Joni Mitchell is a bigger icon than she is a star. As you read the Immortals, remember: This is what we have to live up to.Ĥ) The Rolling Stones by Steven Van Zandtġ9) The Velvet Underground by Julian Casablancasģ2) Smokey Robinson and the Miracles by Bob Segerĥ2) The Allman Brothers Band by Billy Gibbons But at its best, it is still the sound of forward motion.
Rock & roll is now a music with a rich past. The votes were tabulated according to a weighted point system overseen by the accounting firm Ernst & Young. An expert panel of musicians, industry figures and critics, selected by the editors of ROLLING STONE, was asked to pick, in order of preference, the twenty most significant artists of rock's first fifty years. The Immortals is the essential story of rock & roll, of the men, women and bands at the heart of the revolution, as told by those whose lives they changed and who now change ours. You are there, at the birth of genius and in moments of intense, personal revelation. These vividly told histories and recollections take you deep into blues, rockabilly, soul, funk, punk, heavy metal, reggae, garage rock and rap. These legends and the stars paying homage to them here come from every walk of rock & roll life - singers, songwriters, musicians, record makers - and together they reflect the roots and long branches of a music now entering its second half-century. The Immortals is a tribute to those who created rock & roll, written by their peers and heirs, those who have learned from their innovations, struggles and legacies. It is a fundamental lesson in the history of rock & roll and its continuing power to inspire and transform. The Immortals: The 100 greatest artists of all time
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