The most important part of its ten verses was inspired by actress Phyllis Major, who committed suicide in March 1976. and whom she despised. (Her 1994 song about domestic violence, “don’t blame‘ was also written in response to the accusations against Brown.) ‘Song for Sharon’ becomes a multifaceted song of solidarity with diverse women who seek dignity and respect. Its length indicates the infinity of such tasks.
Hejira With autonomy, adventure and joy all as virtues, we have built a new sound that matches the feminist paradigm presented as a woman in the world. In the mid-’70s, the trope of the solo male traveler seeking enlightenment in the winding solitude was defined by a story like this: Walden When on the roadflat SiddharthaFemale travelers were not known. Mitchell’s position “unsettled most people,” she sings at the end of her beautiful, serene album, Refuge of the Roads, about her encounter with Tibetan Buddhist spiritual teacher Chogyam. is talking about But her role brought others to life. In 1959, Simone de Beauvoir second sex“A free woman has just been born,” so was her poem when she arrived. Hejira Evidence of a shape-shifting aesthetic to voice the still-emerging modes of being a woman.
“This is the problem,” said Mitchell rolling stone 1979. They want to crucify you to stay the same. If you change, they will crucify you for changing. But staying the same is boring. And the changes are interesting. So, of the two options, I would prefer to be crucified for change. ”
Time had another idea.For many years the common Mitchell story was blue As the peak of her creation, coat and spark As her commercial pinnacle and everything else is a charming slow fall.Creatively, if not commercially, Mitchell’s entry into jazz – the latter half of what biographer Michelle Mercer calls “her” blue The “period” from 1971 to 1976 resembled Dylan’s move to electric and taking an upward step. She adapted her new language on three albums, Hejira Like Dylan’s Triptych blonde on blonde.
Hejira‘s influence is as limitless as music. Inspired by the Rolling Stones, Hejira It is one of Mitchell’s albums that young Björk most appreciated. in recent years, Daniel Haim, Wise BloodWhen st vincent Anointed it as their favorite. In 2019, pop experimenter Jenny Hval wrote a song about her act of listening to “Amelia.” Hejira It set a precedent for an all-female moving arts hall, including the work of Agnès Varda. Vagabond and Patti Smith M train.
month HejiraIn November 1976, Mitchell performed “Coyote” as part of the band’s Last Waltz. She herself did not tour for the next three years, and she lived “outcast from mainstream audiences”. rolling stone She said it in 1979 when she resurfaced in collaboration with Charles Mingus. So I made my dream come true. She wanted a river to skate on. Hejira became one.
Additional research by Deirdre McCabe Nolan