Fun Music Information -> Joni Mitchell
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
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Joni Mitchell/ CSNYMusic Quotes:
About as modest as Mussolini. (on Joni Mitchell) - David Crosby Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Performer Pseudonyms:
Also known as: Roberta Joan Anderson. Submitted by: oldschool
Strange Offspring Names:
- Kilauren - This was a child Joni gave birth to, I believe, in her late teens before she got into music. Joni gave the girl up for adoption, and wrote the song "Little Green" about her. Sometime in the late 1990s, the two were reunited, and to Joni's surprise, discovered that she had also become a grandmother by Kilauren. Submitted by: Eric Andrews
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio," | Eric Andrews |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Falling " | "Help Me," Joni Mitchell | Kathy |
| "Slow Ride" | "Big Yellow Taxi," Joni Mitchell | Raphael |
| "The First Cut Is The Deepest" | "Help Me," Joni Mitchell | Kathy |
| "Down On My Knees" | "Help Me," Joni Mitchell | Kathy |
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Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Judgement Of The Moo And Stars" originally "Judgement Of The Moon And Stars"
Night court for cows.
Peter
"Woman Of Heat And Mind" originally "Woman Of Heart And Mind"
Peter
"Big Yellow Tax" originally "Big Yellow Taxi"
The government will tax ANYTHING!
Josh
"Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fir" originally "Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire"
Peter
"Old Blue Steel And Sweet Fire" originally "Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire"
Peter
There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Help Men" originally "Help Me"
Peter
"Judgement Of The Moron And Stars" originally "Judgement Of The Moon And Stars"
Peter
"Let The Wind Carry Men" originally "Let The Wind Carry Me"
Peter
"My Gold Man" originally "My Old Man"
"There should be a Gold Man."-Phoebe on Friends
Peter
"The Blast Time I Saw Richard" originally "The Last Time I Saw Richard"
Peter
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Yelp Me" originally "Help Me"
How Joni's dog greets her?
Alina
"Sold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire" originally "Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire"
Timmy O'Toole
"Mold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire" originally "Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire"
Timmy O'Toole
"Hold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire" originally "Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire"
Timmy O'Toole
"A Cake Of You" originally "A Case Of You"
poppy
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Big Yellow Taxi" | "They Paid Sarah's Buys" | Bob Gomez |
| "Big Yellow Taxi" | "Big Yellow Maxi" | Rick Duncan |
| "Both Sides Now" | "A Nationals Disaster" | Stan Hall |
| "Big Yellow Taxi" | "Big Hollow Texan" | Rick duncan |
| "Raised On Robbery" | "Raised On Polkas" | Tokusou Sentai Blessranger |
| "Raised On Robbery" | "Crazed On Lotteries" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio" | "You Have To Hear The Original" | Tokusou Sentai Blessranger |
| "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio" | "You Turned Me On...to Oregano !" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Help Me" | "Help Me, I'm Drunk And Crawling" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Gallery (The)" | "Salary (The)" | Rick Duncan |
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Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Urge For Going | Detrol (bladder control medication) | signawaiver |
| Song For Sharon | The X-Factor | pickle* |
| Urge For Going | Kandoo Toilet Wipes | pickle* |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer Elmo & Patsy | Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell | Grandma Got Run Over by a Big Yellow Taxi | Raphael |
Misheard Lyrics:
"California"
Misheard Lyrics: Stole our limes disease
Original Lyrics: Still a lot of lands to see
| "Carey"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's not talk about fairy tales now
Original Lyrics: Let's not talk about fare-thee-wells now
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"In France They Kiss on Main Street"
Misheard Lyrics: Feeling the breeze in those push-up brassieres
Original Lyrics: Gail and Louise in those push-up brassieres
| "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't very nice, put up a parking lot.
Original Lyrics: They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Shades Of Scarlet Conquering"
Misheard Lyrics: Like Norris Hopewell and Robert Hale
Original Lyrics: Magnolias hopeful in her auburn hair
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Story about this misheard lyric by: joyce I sang this wrong lyric for years. I thought Norris Hope and Robert Hale were little know B-list actors that I had never heard of. Because the line is: "Through stand - in boys and extra players, magnolias hopeful in her auburn hair." |
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Funny Lyrics:
"Cotton Avenue"
The Funny Lyrics: If you gotta place like that to go Well, you gotta go there And if you got no place special Well, you just got no place special
Why They're Funny: Sounds like stating the obvious :)!
Submitted by: Miles
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Nonsensical Lyrics:
"Both Sides Now"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: I've looked at clouds from both sides now
Why They're Nonsensical: How did she accomplish this astonishing feat?-maybe from a hot air balloon? a classic example from the princess of daftness--
Submitted by: micky
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Misrhymed Lyrics:
"Big Yellow Taxi"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: Late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Why They're Misrhymed: Argue all you want, but I'm sorry that slam and man dont rhyme. What was she thinking?
Submitted by: Dana
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Insulting Lyrics:
"johnny get mad"
The Insulting Lyrics: johnny i said,we we're threw,just too see,what you,would do?
Why They're Insulting: she admit's to being,A LIAR!
Submitted by: art
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Dated Lyrics:
"Big Yellow Taxi"
The Dated Lyrics: Took all the trees, and put 'em in a tree museum,
And charged all the people, a dollar and a half just to see 'em. Why They're Dated: $1.50 ("A Dollar and a half") is below the average admission price of most places now. Fittingly, later versions of the songs changed the line to "15 bucks a head"
Submitted by: Ra'akone
| "Big Yellow Taxi"
The Dated Lyrics: Hey farmer farmer
Put away that D.D.T. now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees Please! Why They're Dated: DDT was banned in the United States and most other developed countries in the 1970's and 1980's, with limited use allowed in some tropical and Third World countries to control the spread of mosquito-born diseases, such as malaria. I don't believe we're importing many apples from Mozambique or Ecuador. So, I'm thinking- uh- Dated. Didn't Adam and the boys know this when they covered this song a couple of years ago?
Submitted by: Jeff DiFrancesco
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)"
The Lyrics: She plants her garden in the spring
She does the winter shovelling Tokyo Rose on the radio She says she's leavin' but she don't go ... She plants her garden in the spring They do the winter shovelling THey sit up late and watch the Johnny Carson Show She says, "I'm leaving here" but she don't go. Who They Mention: Tokyo Rose (Japanese Propaganda Radio broadcaster during WWII)
Johnny Carson Submitted by: Tania WYEP
| "Furry Sings the Blues"
The Lyrics: W.C. Handy, I'm rich and I'm fay
And I'm not familiar with what you played Who They Mention: W.C. Handy
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Refuge of the Roads"
The Lyrics: Winn Dixie coldcuts and highway hand me downs
And I wound up fixing dinner Product Brand Name: Winn Dixie coldcuts
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Help Me"
Opening Lines: Help me I think I'm falling In love again
Comments: "Help Me" was Joni Mitchell's most popular song. It was a top 3 hit for her back in 1974.
Submitted by: Peter
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Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"My Secret Place"
The Lyrics: Once I saw a film
In New York City That was shot in Colorado- Girl meets desperado Why: New York City
Colorado Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"johnny get mad"
The Lyrics: johnny i said,we we're threw,just too,see what,you would do?
Why: A Rousing Tune, Yet It's Message,is That This,woman Is,an Overbearing Vixen,who Is Playing,this Guy,for A Patsy!
Submitted by: art E.
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Lyrics Alliteration:
"Big Yellow Taxi"
The Lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Why: The letter P.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
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