I've seen many comments that this song proves he "loved Joni Mitchell." I'm trying to see the correlation. Anyone else hear / read / interpret that through this song? The best connections I can come up with are...
"There was a girl in Paris whom he sent a letter to" - Joni makes multiple references to Paris / France in her songs. "Free Man in Paris," "California," "In France they Kiss on Main Street," etc. Prince has acknowledged writing to Joni in his youth...
"Every day's a yellow day." This is a stretch - Big Yellow Taxi?
I would love to hear some more ideas / thoughts about this...
I've seen many comments that this song proves he "loved Joni Mitchell." I'm trying to see the correlation. Anyone else hear / read / interpret that through this song? The best connections I can come up with are...
"There was a girl in Paris whom he sent a letter to" - Joni makes multiple references to Paris / France in her songs. "Free Man in Paris," "California," "In France they Kiss on Main Street," etc. Prince has acknowledged writing to Joni in his youth...
"Every day's a yellow day." This is a stretch - Big Yellow Taxi?
I would love to hear some more ideas / thoughts about this...