Love the part where he goes, "'My favorite song,' she said, and it was Joni singin 'Help me, I think I'm falling'" — and he breaks into the melody, just like Joni does with the Frankie Valli song on the radio in "This Flight Tonight"
My all time favorite Prince song: a weird, warped little blip of a thing from his Sign O’ the Times LP that bites from Joni Mitchell, spins a tale of instant attraction + the dangers thereof and tells you basically all you need to know about the dude on what would have been his 66th born day. 🎂 💜
I wrote a tribute to him just after he passed for Magnet: https://magnetmagazine.com/2016/04/21/r-i-p-prince-1958-2016/
Her Grammy performance isn’t online but this one from the Newport Folk Festival is. I think the age in her voice really adds to the meaning of the song
"In a flamboyant gesture the Blond Actress lifted both hands to her hair, took hold of the luxuriant platinum-blond wig and detached it from her own hair... tore it free, and tossed it to the wind. '"Mon-chan"—loves you! And you! And you!'"
