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** And to complete the trifecta, there's the version from her surprise [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aqGjaFDTxQ 2022 Newport Folk Festival appearance]], her first full show in over 20 years and still recovering from her 2015 aneurysm. Even the ''band members'' are openly sobbing by the end of the song.
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** Which practically narrates that [[RealityEnsues reality ensued]] and whatever childish wishes he had [[GrowingUpSucks were simply abandoned and forgotten as he grew older]]. Only to be saved by the {{hope spot}} that 'there'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty'. Ask Music/NeilYoung: it's about him.
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** Which practically narrates that [[RealityEnsues reality ensued]] SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome follows and whatever childish wishes he had [[GrowingUpSucks were simply abandoned and forgotten as he grew older]]. Only to be saved by the {{hope spot}} that 'there'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty'. Ask Music/NeilYoung: it's about him.
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* [[spoiler: [[RapeasDrama "Cherokee Louise".]]]]
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* [[spoiler: [[RapeasDrama "Cherokee Louise".]]]]Louise", about a childhood friend who was [[RapeAsDrama sexually abused.]]
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* The verse in "Song for Sharon" about the woman from Joni's hometown who was DrivenToSuicide. To drive the point home, Joni's background vocalizations sound like crying.
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This Canadian singer/songwriter has a few very emotional songs.
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** It's even more hard-hitting when you contrast the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrEqIpi6sg more poppy, folky version]] from the 1970s to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKQSlH-LLTQ noughties version]] made famous in ''Film/LoveActually''. The aching and more sensual maturity in Mitchell's vocals, coupled with the superb orchestral arrangement, adds a poignancy to the latter that wasn't present in the former. The original is wistful; the more modern version is heartbreaking.
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** It's even more hard-hitting when you contrast the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrEqIpi6sg more poppy, folky version]] from the 1970s seventies to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKQSlH-LLTQ noughties version]] made famous in ''Film/LoveActually''. The aching and more sensual maturity in Mitchell's vocals, coupled with the superb orchestral arrangement, adds a poignancy to the latter that wasn't present in the former. The original is wistful; the more modern version is heartbreaking.
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** Which practically narrates that [[RealityEnsues reality ensued]] and whatever childish wishes he had [[GrowingUpSucks were simply abandoned and forgotten as he grew older]]. Only to be saved by the {{hope spot}} that 'there'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty'.
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** Which practically narrates that [[RealityEnsues reality ensued]] and whatever childish wishes he had [[GrowingUpSucks were simply abandoned and forgotten as he grew older]]. Only to be saved by the {{hope spot}} that 'there'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty'. Ask Music/NeilYoung: it's about him.
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* "Rape as Drama" [[spoiler: "Cherokee Louise".]]
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* "Rape as Drama" [[spoiler: [[RapeasDrama "Cherokee Louise".]]]]]]
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* "Little Green" from ''Music/BlueJoniMitchellAlbum'') is about the child Joni had and gave up for adoption. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments They were reunited later on]], but something about Joni's voice and the fact that she obviously thought she'd never see the child again is just heart-wrenching.
* And "River", holy crap. Strangely enough, a lot of artists cover it on Christmas albums.
* And "River", holy crap. Strangely enough, a lot of artists cover it on Christmas albums.
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* "Little Green" from (from ''Music/BlueJoniMitchellAlbum'') is about the child Joni had and gave up for adoption. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments They were reunited later on]], but something about Joni's voice and the fact that she obviously thought she'd never see the child again is just heart-wrenching.
* ** And "River", holy crap. Strangely enough, a lot of artists cover it on Christmas albums.
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* "Little Green" from ''Music/BlueJoniMitchellAlbum'') is about the child Joni had and gave up for adoption. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments They were reunited later on]], but something about Joni's voice and the fact that she obviously thought she'd never see the child again is just heart-wrenching.
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* "The Circle Game" somewhat really hits it when she gets to the lines, "So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty/Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true", which practically narrates that [[RealityEnsues reality ensued]] and whatever childish wishes he had [[GrowingUpSucks were simply abandoned and forgotten as he grew older]]. Only to be saved by the {{hope spot}} that 'there'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty'.
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Though his dreams have lost some grandeur comingtrue", which true
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-->So the years spin by and now the boy is
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming
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* "The Circle Game" somewhat really hits it when she gets to the lines, "So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty/Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true", which practically narrates that [[RealityEnsues reality ensued]] and whatever childish wishes he had [[GrowingUpSucks were simply abandoned and forgotten as he grew older]]. Only to be saved by the {{hope spot}} that 'there'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty'.
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** It's even more hard-hitting when you contrast the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrEqIpi6sg more poppy, folky version]] from the 1970s to the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKQSlH-LLTQ noughties version]] made famous in Film/LoveActually. The aching and more sensual maturity in Mitchell's vocals, coupled with the superb orchestral arrangement, adds a poignancy to the latter that wasn't present in the former. The original is wistful; the more modern version is heartbreaking.
* "Little Green" is about the child Joni had and gave up for adoption. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming They were reunited later on]], but something about Joni's voice and the fact that she obviously thought she'd never see the child again is just heart-wrenching.
* "Little Green" is about the child Joni had and gave up for adoption. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming They were reunited later on]], but something about Joni's voice and the fact that she obviously thought she'd never see the child again is just heart-wrenching.
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** It's even more hard-hitting when you contrast the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrEqIpi6sg more poppy, folky version]] from the 1970s to the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKQSlH-LLTQ noughties version]] made famous in Film/LoveActually.''Film/LoveActually''. The aching and more sensual maturity in Mitchell's vocals, coupled with the superb orchestral arrangement, adds a poignancy to the latter that wasn't present in the former. The original is wistful; the more modern version is heartbreaking.
* "Little Green" is about the child Joni had and gave up for adoption.[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments They were reunited later on]], but something about Joni's voice and the fact that she obviously thought she'd never see the child again is just heart-wrenching.
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** It's even more hard-hitting when you contrast the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrEqIpi6sg more poppy, folky version]] from the 1970s to the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKQSlH-LLTQ noughties version]] made famous in Film/LoveActually. The aching and more sensual maturity in Mitchell's vocals, coupled with the superb orchestral arrangement, adds a poignancy to the latter that wasn't present in the former. The original is wistful; the more modern version is heartbreaking.
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* "Little Green" is about the child Joni had and gave up for adoption. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming They were reunited later on, on]], but something about Joni's voice and the fact that she obviously thought she'd never see the child again is just heart-wrenching.
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* "Rape as Drama" [[spoiler: "Cherokee Louis".]]
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** In fact, she wrote it while crying after watching reports of the festival on TV!
** In fact, she wrote it while crying after watching reports of the festival on TV!
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*For this Troper, Joni's version of "Woodstock" counts.
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* "The Magdalene Laundries" is based on the real-life indignities suffered by inmates of the Magdalene Asylums in Ireland.
* "Big Yellow Taxi" (also covered by Music/CountingCrows and Amy Grant).
* "Both Sides Now" is another one.
* "Little Green" is about the child Joni had and gave up for adoption. They were reunited later on, but something about Joni's voice and the fact that she obviously thought she'd never see the child again is just heart-wrenching.
-->I've looked at love from both sides now\\
From give and take, and still somehow\\
It's love's illusions that I recall.\\
I really don't know love at all.
* And "River", holy crap. Strangely enough, a lot of artists cover it on Christmas albums.
* Also: "The Circle Game", "Down To You", "The Last Time I Saw Richard", and "The Silky Veils of Ardour".
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* "The Magdalene Laundries" is based on the real-life indignities suffered by inmates of the Magdalene Asylums in Ireland.
* "Big Yellow Taxi" (also covered by Music/CountingCrows and Amy Grant).
* "Both Sides Now" is another one.
* "Little Green" is about the child Joni had and gave up for adoption. They were reunited later on, but something about Joni's voice and the fact that she obviously thought she'd never see the child again is just heart-wrenching.
-->I've looked at love from both sides now\\
From give and take, and still somehow\\
It's love's illusions that I recall.\\
I really don't know love at all.
* And "River", holy crap. Strangely enough, a lot of artists cover it on Christmas albums.
* Also: "The Circle Game", "Down To You", "The Last Time I Saw Richard", and "The Silky Veils of Ardour".
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