Joni Mitchell says it all went down-hill for her in the 80s
From Q Magazine in 1988
“I started the 80s by going to a party - at Stephen Bishop’s - with the theme “Be nice to the 80s and the 80s will be nice to you”. Everyone realized at the brink of it that it was going to be a hideous era. I had this car, my beloved ‘69 Bluebird and I was on my way, driving past Tower Records on Sunset, it was that royal blue time of night, just before it goes black. I stopped and ran into the store because I just had to listen to a Jimmy Cliff record, The Bongo Man Has Come. But when I came out there was the empty slot where my car had been. Never saw it again. I loved that Bluebird.”
by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 4, 2020 2:21 AM
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“Anyway, that’s how the 80s were ushered in for me and it was all down- hill from there. The government ripped me off - I was one of just 12 people in the entire country who were forced to pay a new tax on a record at the point you hand it over to the record company. Twelve people! What kind of justice is there in this thing? I’m still fighting it. Then my housekeeper decided to sue me for $5 million.”
by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 3, 2020 8:07 PM
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That was when she recorded that ill-advised duet with Helen Lawson.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 3, 2020 8:09 PM
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I bet the bitch left her keys in the ignition when she ran into Tower Records. Stupid bitch got what she deserved.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 3, 2020 8:09 PM
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Jesus, she is so bitter. Let it go Joni--the 80s happened.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 3, 2020 8:14 PM
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OP is quoting a magazine article from 32 years ago, so there's that for context
by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 3, 2020 8:18 PM
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Like most of us, she simply forgot where she parked the car.
Easier for her to take a big yellow taxi to a car lot and get another one.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 3, 2020 8:18 PM
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The car probably reeked of cigarette smoke.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 3, 2020 8:44 PM
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This thread still makes me laugh to the point of tears.
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