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Rolling Stone describe it perfectly. will post songs later:
“Blue” exists in that rarefied space beyond the influential or even the canonical. Though she was just 27 when it came out, Mitchell had already done more than enough living to know how much suffering and sacrifice is required for a woman to rip up the traditional script and pursue freedom on her own terms.
For the past five decades, “Blue” has been passed down like a ceremonial rite, a family heirloom, a holistic balm for the rawest kind of heartbreak. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, The New York Times asked 25 artists and writers — including James Taylor (who played on four songs on the album) and Graham Nash (whose relationship with Mitchell inspired many of the songs) — to speak about its enduring power.
“Blue” exists in that rarefied space beyond the influential or even the canonical. Though she was just 27 when it came out, Mitchell had already done more than enough living to know how much suffering and sacrifice is required for a woman to rip up the traditional script and pursue freedom on her own terms.
For the past five decades, “Blue” has been passed down like a ceremonial rite, a family heirloom, a holistic balm for the rawest kind of heartbreak. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, The New York Times asked 25 artists and writers — including James Taylor (who played on four songs on the album) and Graham Nash (whose relationship with Mitchell inspired many of the songs) — to speak about its enduring power.