Velvet Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Does anyone know the deal with this? Was she there, and if so why wasn't she shown onscreen or even mentioned? If she wasn't there why not? That was her voice singing Both Sides Now, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 We heard Joni Mitchell during Friday night's sparkling opening ceremonies, crooning Both Sides Now. But where was the Canadian folk songstress?Absent, it turned out. "She just wasn't available for us," said Vancouver Organizing Committee official Suzanne Reedes, who insisted she didn't know why.But Mitchell, 66, had cast doubt on her attendance in an interview with the The Vancouver Sun last month. "I'm trying to get well enough to make that," she told the newspaper, detailing a debilitating illness."What I have is accumulated from … a lot of diseases in my life — polio, chicken pox, scarlet fever, dengue fever, three kind of measles," Mitchell said. "All these things are viral and they stay in your system so my body is like Afghanistan. It's full of syndromes. It all pools into a disease called morgellons, for which there is no cure. It's a complex infection. I can't afford to get a flu on top of it or anything. I'm pretty fragile, and it's pretty uncomfortable." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted February 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 I'm sure 50 years of chain-smoking has nothing to do with her health... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 I'm surprised you didn't blame the NDP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 yes, 50 years of waffles can't be good for ya, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Anyone know what her health issues are? I'm sure 50 years of chain-smoking has nothing to do with her health...Well I won't argue about the smoking, Joni also has issues with stage fright and/or big public appearances, which was the reason why she didn't tour or do many shows for quite a long time.I recall when we flew to Vancouver in 1998 to see Dylan, Van and Joni at GM place and the big news was that Joni was even going be touring that year. When Van hit the stage (Joni>Van>Bob), he even made comment about her courage and encouraged the crowd to give her a big hand before starting his set. I was happy to catch her in Vancouver, and opening for Bob later that year in Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Anyone know what her health issues are? besides the issues she talks about in the quote above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 I missed the morgellons part, obviously. My apology's AD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Anyone know what her health issues are? Hypochondria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 I missed the morgellons part, obviously. My apology's AD.no worries, I was just wondering if there other things thatthe article didn't mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 She has morgellons? That's a pretty fucked up mystery illness. Little fibres grow out of the skin and no one has been able to identify what they are or the specific cause.Some believe this is alien in origin, or even bio-warfare testing by the US government.ouchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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