Unveiling the Untold Stories Behind Joni Mitchell’s Iconic Music in Paul Lisicky’s Riveting New Memoir
Song So Wild and Blue is innovative because of its ability to see Mitchell’s unique and juxtaposing key changes and chord progressions, as well as her unique imagery and diction in some of her biggest hits like “The Circle Game,” “A Case of You,” “Free Man in Paris,” and “Both Sides Now” as a reflection of the Lisicky’s own unique relationship to the written word and his life.
After reading Song So Wild and Blue, it confirms language is the main tool readers, writers, musicians, and listeners have to create uniquely, personal meaning and understanding in the polarity of their lives. Perhaps, Joni Mitchell sung it best in “Both Sides Now,” “It’s life’s illusions that I recall. I really don’t know life at all.” Language takes our illusions and creates concrete meaning; language takes our concrete meanings and makes them illusions.
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