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Joni Mitchell Calls Bob Dylan 'A Fake and a Plagiarist'
- Posted on Apr 23rd 2010 10:00AM by Steve Baltin
Talk about a battle royale. In what could turn into one of music's most titanic feuds, Joni Mitchell has come out swinging at Bob Dylan. In an interview with the L.A. Times, the 'Big Yellow Taxi' hitmaker slammed Dylan after the reporter compared the two singer-songwriters. "The folk scene you came out of had fun creating personas. You were born Roberta Joan Anderson, and someone named Bobby Zimmerman became Bob Dylan," the writer said. But Mitchell didn't see the similarities. "Bob is not authentic at all. He's a plagiarist, and his name and voice are fake. Everything about Bob is a deception. We are like night and day, he and I," she said.
Mitchell also said there was a perfectly good reason she changed her name. "As for my name, my parents wanted a boy, so they called me Robert John; when I came out a girl, they just added two letter A's to that," she revealed. "Then I married Chuck Mitchell; I wanted to keep my maiden name -- I had a bit of a following as Joni Anderson -- but he wouldn't let me."
Notoriously outspoken and tough, Mitchell does have praise for one '60s rock legend. "Just before he died, Jimi Hendrix, his drummer [Mitch Mitchell] and I would sit up all night listening to tapes of our shows," she said. "Jimi was the sweetest guy. He made his reputation by setting his guitar on fire, but that eventually became repugnant to him. 'I can't stand to do that anymore,' he said, 'but they've come to expect it. I'd like to just stand still like Miles [Davis].'"
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Dylan's a plagiarist alright.
"Bob Dylan has some explaining to do after his paintings are exposed as copies of classic photos"
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042973/Bob-Dylan-explaining-paintings-exposed-copies-classic-photos.html#ixzz1uVJzV2mG
Dylan's a plagiarist alright.
"Bob Dylan has some explaining to do after his paintings are exposed as copies of classic photos"
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042973/Bob-Dylan-explaining-paintings-exposed-copies-classic-photos.html#ixzz1uVJzV2mG
WHY DO PEOPLE ALWAYS HARP ON DYLAN ABT CHANGING HIS MUSIC FORMATES,WHATS HE SUPPOSED TO DO,SING "BLOWIN IN THE WIND FOR 20 FUCKIN YRS". HE BROUGH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HAPPINES TO MY LIFE AND I HOPE HE WRITES,SINGS & PLAYS ANOTHER 40 YRS. DO U THINK LADY GAGAG OR THAT IDIOT ENEMA WILL BE AROUND IN 40. YRS???
May 13 2011 at 5:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
glenn
It would be really nice if boring ol joni would just shut her big fat gob
November 15 2010 at 12:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
DJ Shelley Mack
Isnt that part of the point of Bob Dylan? He famously never answered journos stupid questions the same way twice, lying about his background etc. He also constantly reinvented himself, turning his back on the folk scene etc.
Sounds to me like she was also annoyed with the lazy journo question, but chose to vent her bitterness at Dylan instead of playing around with the journo.
Pete James
They are both artists, they are both critics, poets and stylists. Bob has continued to evolve, create, borrow,
emulate and remains interesting after all these years.
Joni has gone through changes, survived the 60s,
has done some re-inventing, re-tooling, borrowing and re-creating. She survived and Dylan just continued. It has not been easy to be in the same line of work as the Maestro of change.
tim
Lets face it Joni has always been pissed cuz she not Baez, Black, Bob or a Boy. She made about 4 awesome albums and she's been a crank ever since.
May 18 2010 at 4:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Dale
Joni Mitchell is an under-recognized genius. Her growth as a musician and composer after the Woodstock days is far beyond anything Bobby Zimmerman did over the same period of time. Still, it's kind of like comparing apples and oranges. Nothing that Joni did before Woodstock can compare within the context of the times to what Bob contributed. Both are great artists. Maybe Joni is grouchy because her her musical acheivements aren't as widely acknowleged. She really is a genius. And what a voice! Honestly, I couldn't listen to a whole BD CD in one sitting, but JM CD's are enthralling and I forget my own bounderies when I hear them.
May 11 2010 at 4:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Kim
I love them both as gigantic talents. Dylan has praised Joni Mitchell, making comparisons himself. It seems she was commenting on their "names" not music--you can't believe everything you read in the press, can you?
May 10 2010 at 12:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
jmchopin
Sounds like jealousy. Joni Mitchell's alright but her career died in the late 70's. And yeah she should shut up.
May 02 2010 at 8:00 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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