Joni: The Creative Odyssey of Joni Mitchell (37 page)

“Suzanne” (song), 145

Tabu
(film), 75

Taming the Tiger
(album), 72, 119, 213
cover art, 164

Taylor, James, 212, 246
and Mitchell, 102, 114, 122, 206

“Tea Leaf Prophecy, The” (song), 17

Tending the Fire
(Levine), 36, 134

“That Song About the Midway” (song), 145, 185

themes.
See also
imagery;
song writing
Bohemian, 230
disillusionment, 117, 197, 215
escape, 175–76, 191, 209
freedom, 198, 204, 208
home, 247–48, 265
identity building, 205
inability to love, 203, 208
nihilist, 177
romantic love, 11, 194, 202–3, 213
self-isolation, 132, 181, 208
sexual abuse, 57
social critique, 246–47, 248

“This Flight Tonight” (song), 113

“This Place” (song), 247

“Three Great Stimulants, The” (song), 174–76

Thus Spoke Zarathustra:
A Book for Everyone and
No One
(Nietzsche)
about, xvi, 8, 164–66, 171–74
on dance, 250, 254
on eternal recurrence, 176
“Intoxicated Song,” 34
“Introduction,” 33
and Job's story, 187
Mitchell motto from, 168, 169
“Of Poets,” 187–88
“Of Reading and Writing,” 168, 169, 232
“Of the Afterworldsmen,” 165
“Of the Chairs of Virtue,” 166, 179
“Of the Despisers of the Body,” 8
“Of the Old and New Law Tables,” 191
“Of the Priests,” 185
“Of War and Warriors,” 177–78
“On the Blissful Islands,” 48, 140, 254
“On the Flies in the Market Place,” 118
“Prologue,” xiii, 171, 184, 254
“Retired from Service,” 164
and river metaphor, 190–92
on the state, 178
“The Child With the Mirror,” 172–73
“The Convalescent,” 176
“The Sorcerer,” 187

“Tik Tok” (song), 119

Time
(magazine), 124

Times They Are a-Changin', The
(album), 153

“Tin Angel” (song), 68, 73, 142

TMZ (television), 123

Today Show, The
, 233

Tork, Peter, 74

Toronto, 38, 39, 57, 74
Mariposa Folk Festival (1964), 56
Penny Farthing, the, 59
Riverboat coffee house, 240
Yorkville, 56, 86–87, 153

Toronto Star
, 7, 16, 122

Trans
(album), 108

Triumph of the Will
(Riefenstahl), 166

“Trouble Child” (song), 179

Trudeau, Pierre, 95

Trungpa, Chögyam, 159

Turbulent Indigo
(album), 138, 204, 214
success of, xvii, 164, 218–21

Twilight of the Idols
(Nietzsche), 27

“Twisted” (song), 4, 243

ukulele, 50, 67

“Universal Soldier” (song), 56

Uren, John, 52

“Urge for Going” (song), 68

Valentine, Penny, 114, 118, 127, 129, 132, 189, 198, 251

Vancouver, Stanley Cup riot, 100–101

Vancouver Sun
, 175

Van Gogh, Vincent, 117, 126
as inspiration, 145, 219–20, 224

Vanguard Records, 106

Vanity Fair
, 124, 162, 166, 174, 239

Van Ronk, Dave, 141

Vaughan, Sarah, 240

Vega, Suzanne, 178

visual art.
See
album covers; painting

vocal style
Canadian accent, 242
changing, 238–41
of Dylan, 23
folksinger, 236–37, 240
new sound, 246–49
and performance art, 242, 245
throat lesion, 245

Vogue
, 219

W
(magazine), 109

Wadleigh, Mike, 99

Washington Post
, 51, 54

Watts, Michael, 3, 63

Weill, Kurt, 59

Weller, Sheila, 19, 76, 83, 142, 169, 196, 200, 201, 204, 206, 208, 209

Wenders, Wim, 250

Wenner, Jann, 119, 121, 124

West, Kanye, 233

Western Report
, 65

“What Are Poets For?” (Heidegger), xvi

White, Jana Lynne, 43, 110

White, Timothy, 15, 81, 115, 116, 118, 133

Wild, David, 66, 139, 209

Wilde, Oscar, 41

Wildflowers
(album), 142

Wild Things Run Fast
(album), 184, 205, 210, 214, 244

Will You Take Me As I Am
(Mercer), 52

Winehouse, Amy, 111, 232

Winnicott, D.W., 48, 49

Winnipeg, 39

WNEW, 241

women
gender alienation of, 18–19
and identity, 1–7, 18–22
impostor syndrome, 23–26
and Judeo-Christian dogma, 183–84
and love relationships, 198, 205
media coverage of, 118, 121–25
Mitchell on, 18–19, 85–86
in music industry, 93–94, 123–24
role models, 83
sexuality of, 50, 82–83, 123
stereotyping of, 18, 24–25, 49–50, 85–86
talent undervalued, x, 93–94, 226
unwed mother stigma, 58–59, 65, 182

Wonder, Stevie, 235

Woodstock
(film), 90, 99

“Woodstock” (song)
cover versions, 98
garden metaphor, 90, 98, 99, 101, 151
legacy, 97, 99
lyrics, 43, 90, 92, 99, 100
Wikipedia entry, 93
writing of, 93–94

Woodstock Festival
event, 89–93, 98–99, 100, 101
and Mitchell, 90–91, 94, 96–97
mythology of, 88–89, 101–3
post-event interview, 94–96

Words and Music of Joni Mitchell, The
(Bennighof), 71

world beat, 28, 148, 166, 241, 244

Yeats, W.B., 141, 179–80, 271n63

Yogi Joe, 128

“You Dream Flat Tires” (song), 244

Young, Neil
background, 38–40
and CSNY, 40, 79, 94
and Geffen, 108
Last Waltz, The
(film), 160
and Nash, 201
relationship with Mitchell, 39–40, 43, 208
and Roberts, 40, 79, 108
spaceman imagery, 42
at Woodstock, 91, 94

“You're My Thrill” (song), 215, 240

youth
counterculture, 75
role models, 83
violence today, 100–101

Woodstock generation, 98, 102–3

“You've Changed” (song), 215

Zappa, Frank, xvii, 11

Zarathustra
.
See
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
(Nietzsche)

Zimmer, Dave, 96

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