Ian Tyson came out of British Columbia with the ambition to be a rodeo rider. Here we briefly review their career and individual fortunes. We discussed the career of Ian and Sylvia Tyson in our blog post on Four Strong Winds. We will review the original version by Ian & Sylvia, and a cover of that song by Judy Collins. How sad.Hello there! In this week’s blog we consider Someday Soon, one of my favorite folk songs from the 60s. At her age -like in her seventies- there is no fessing up to her flawed decisions, and her loveless behavior to people she should have genuinely cared about, only excuses, excuses and no sign of personal growth. I used to like a few of her songs, but that is tainted for me now. Of course, she never assumes responsibility for anything, her alcoholism is "genetic" as if she never had a choice, but she had choices, and made a lot of bad ones. A horrible mother, sacrificing a relationship with her son to all her "lovers", "causes" and actions and distractions that take front seat, and shipping that poor kid off to boarding school at 13. She is a professional cheater, unable to have real feelings towards the people in her life that mattered. I just think she should not be on such a high horse taking absolutely no responsibility for her behavior of trampling over the hearts and feelings of people in her life, starting with her husband. She sometimes uses this breathy, fairytale voice.
What didn’t you like about Judy Collins’s performance? Has Sweet Judy Blue Eyes turned you off from other books in this genre? What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? Sweet Judy Blue Eyes invites the listener into the parties that peppered Laurel Canyon and into the recording studio so we see how cuts evolved take after take, while it sets an array of amazing musical talent against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent decades of twentieth-century America.īeautifully written, richly textured, and sharply insightful, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes is an unforgettable chronicle of the folk renaissance in America. In it, she talks about her alcoholism, her lasting love affair with Stephen Stills, her friendships with Joan Baez, Richard and Mimi Fariña, David Crosby, and Leonard Cohen and, above all, the music that helped define a decade and a generation’s sound track. Sweet Judy Blue Eyes is the deeply personal, honest, and revealing memoir of folk legend and relentlessly creative spirit Judy Collins.
A vivid, highly evocative memoir of one of the reigning icons of folk music, highlighting the decade of the ’60s, when hits like “Both Sides Now” catapulted her to international fame.
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