Joni Mitchell-The Beat Of Black Wings

i think she loves crows....i dont know.....but yeah this is my favorite song off this album...enjoy the greatest artist of all time

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[loveisfree4all]

Love this version! Heard Janet Jackson's version last night for the first time and I think she took the song to another level.

[Flowerbombalicious]

Love it. Strange how I prefer her voice now that it's deeper. I realize it's due to her age and cigarettes, but it's so soulful and rich.

[jrmrinaz]

I never thought it had anything to do with crows--- I have always thought it was about a young man's struggle with post traumatic syndrome-- coming back from the war --- the beat of black wings is the sound of the helicopters so loud in his ears,,,,,,,"I cant even hear the F*cking music ,,,,, they train you to hunt they train you to kill,,, keep the drinks coming girl til I cant feel a thing,,,, this is a vet dealing with post war life--also tea leaf prophecy is classic--Joni is a genius

[jmillzz2]

@loveisfree4all Janet's version is almost a carbon copy of this one. I gotta disagree with you. Basically if you like Janet's voice more than Joni's you'll favor her version, but the music arrangement is nearly identical.

[AleekahTV]

I agree Flowerbombalicious. For whatever reason, I tend to favor matured voices and I like Joni's sound more in her later work. I don't know what it is. I guess I like the deep resonance.

[SupernalOne]

Joni has seemed to identify with crows -- she said so overtly in "black crow" from the hejira album, & where the cover art showed her as a crow-like (or sybil-like) figure with black garments streaming behind - though crows congregate in flocks (or "murders", the old term), unlike Joni, who has always preferred to travel alone -

[jeminijemini]

joni said so herself that out of all of the remakes she has heard, janets was her favorites......so i dont get all the hate towards janet......

[47barolo]

A great album and totally underappreciated. This cut and Number One are my favorites, but it's all good.

[HatManAtLarge]

@loveisfree4all It was probably a lower level.

[madsketcher]

@MrZELIG9 LOL. Pop star devotees say funny things. This Madonna fanatic who I went road-tripping with one time basically said the same thing about Madonna's cover of American Pie while we were listening to it. Just how it is in the pop realm. I like Janet, btw. Rhythm Nation has some amazing work on it! But... yeah. Haha!

[chefykeystone]

we're not listening to Joni doing Janet Jackson songs...

[Dadsgirl240]

I agree with loveisfree4all. Janet took this song to another level... With her angelic sounding voice, it made this song sound more inspirational and just overall better. Joni didn't do bad though of course. I mean, she did create this song. props for her :)