“Blue”, de Joni Mitchell
Aclamado pela crítica mundial como um dos maiores álbuns jamais produzidos na história da humanidade, o disco “Blue”, de 1971, da artista canadense Joni Mitchell, cantora, pintora, poetisa, musicista e compositora, é um dos melhores exemplos daquilo que os anglófonos chamam de “State of the Art”, isto é, a perfeição humanamente possível. A técnica vocal impecável aliada ao seu estilo único e inovador ao violão e às letras profundas e lancinantemente poéticas fazem de “Blue” uma experiência tocante capaz até mesmo de fazer exsudar aos olhos daqueles de senso estético mais refinado.
Canções como All I Want, Little Green, A Case Of You e a música título, Blue, são a confirmação de que realmente, como diria Nietzsche, a Arte, mais especificamente a Música, é o antídoto ao mau-estar que há em viver.
Track List:
Side A
“All I Want” – 3:32
“My Old Man” – 3:33
“Little Green” – 3:25
“Carey” – 3:00
“Blue” – 3:00
Side B
“California” – 3:48
“This Flight Tonight” – 2:50
“River” – 4:00
“A Case of You” – 4:20
“The Last Time I Saw Richard” – 4:13
A Case Of You
by Joni Mitchell
Just before our love got lost you said
“I am as constant as a northern star”
And I said “Constantly in the darkness
Where’s that at?
If you want me I’ll be in the bar”
On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh Canada
With your face sketched on it twice
Oh you’re in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you darling
Still I’d be on my feet
oh I would still be on my feet
Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I’m frightened by the devil
And I’m drawn to those ones that ain’t afraid
I remember that time you told me you said
“Love is touching souls”
Surely you touched mine
‘Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time
Oh, you’re in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet
I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours
She knew your life
She knew your devils and your deeds
And she said
“Go to him, stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed”
Oh but you are in my blood
You’re my holy wine
You’re so bitter, bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you darling
Still I’d be on my feet
I would still be on my feet
© 1970; Joni Mitchell
