I'm embarrassed. I was looking up Winter Songs at iTunes in order to contribute to this thread about the Solstice over at Making Light. I noticed Joni Mitchell's "River" among the collection that came up as an iTune Essential. I didn't remember the song at all, and wondered why it was included.
I was promptly corrected with a posting of the opening stanza:
It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
Singing songs of joy and peace
Ok, I was wrong. But then I learned that the song was on Mitchell's album Blue, which I own and have since its initial pressing back in 1971.
Can you say "mortified?" I thought so.
Here's Ms. Mitchell performing the song.
It's one of the best songs ever.
Posted by: Scott at December 21, 2007 09:21 PMSame album, too.
Posted by: Linkmeister at December 22, 2007 11:21 AM