Glenn and Joni Mitchell

[sodascouts]

Yep - like I said earlier, thank goodness for maturity and forgiveness because, let's face it, together, they are one heck of a team. IMO, virtually unbeatable!

I said this in my Sacramento review, but I too think that together they rise above what they can do individually.


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[glenneaglesfan]

On the basis of this thread I got hold of Court and Spark, which I haven't listened to since 1976. These are the lyrics for Car On A Hill.


I've been sitting up waiting for my sugar to show

I've been listening to the sirens and the radio

He said he'd be over three hours ago

I've been waiting for his car on the hill

He makes friends easy

He's not like me

I watch for judgement anxiously

Now where in the city can that boy be

Waiting for a car

Climbing

Climbing

Climbing the hill



He's a real good talker - I think he's a friend

Fast tires come screaming around the bend

But there's still no buzzer

They roll on...

And - I'm waiting for his car on the hill

It always seems so righteous at the start

When there's so much laughter

When there's so much spark

When there's so much sweetness in the dark

Waiting for a car

Climbing

Climbing

Climbing the hill

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I've been sitting up waiting for my sugar to show

proves conclusively that it's about Glenn, lol!



He makes friends easy

He's not like me

I watch for judgement anxiously

seems to show how insecure about herself she feels in the face of his self assurance.



He's a real good talker - I think he's a friend

Friend as well as lover, perhaps she needn't be so insecure.



When there's so much laughter

When there's so much spark

When there's so much sweetness in the dark

<sigh> 'nuff said.



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This way to happiness...

[sodascouts]

I can totally see that. And how funny that she calls him Sugar too! lol I think that back then, he knew how to charm the ladies - knew the right things to say to make them smile or make them feel loved, the right things to do in the dark to make them "enjoy themselves" - but he never invested in the relationship. A guy like that is the most dangerous kind!


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[glenneaglesfan]

I bet nobody ever regretted it though!


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This way to happiness...

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Thanks for the lyrics, glennfan. They are very "interesting" and are probably a perfect description of Glenn (er, I mean Sugar) back in those days. I can't believe she called him Sugar!!!


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I'm just a hired hand working on the dreams I plan to try. The days go by...

[Freypower]

Same here, but to use one of Vivien Leigh's classic lines from Gone With The Wind, 'Don't call me Sugar'!!!



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There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar
Great expectations, everybody's watching you

[sodascouts]

You know, I'd never heard that phrase outside of Glenn's song before.

I bet he knew how to make girl smile.


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[Freypower]

To resuscitate this topic, I have another Glenn/Joni story. I heard another track from Court & Spark which was the album she did at the time of the affair. In a track called Twisted she's very funny about being in analysis & thinking she was a genius when she was three. At the end of the song a voice says 'chick's gone Flip City'.

Given Joni's image as a very serious songwriter, she really must have lightened up during the time she spent with Glenn.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Soda - I'll bet he still does!

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I'm just a hired hand working on the dreams I plan to try. The days go by...

[AgingHippieChick]

Well, am I the last to know or what??? I was on Youtube tonight, checking out some Glenn tunes, when I ran across the info about "Help Me" being written about Glenn. OMG...I never knew that and I love the Court and Spark album! No doubt Glenn has been a heartbreaker for many decades. It's easy to see how any woman could fall for him!!