<<I don't know much about chords and such, but dear God, I love this song and the feeling it evokes. >>
I'm with you, Julius, and that feeling flows throughout the whole record. "Clouds" is such a gorgeous record in its stark beauty like the music Gillian Welch makes these days. Many of the songs on Clouds are among my favorite all-time Joni tunes; Midway, I Think I Understand, Chelsea, Tin Angel...well, no sense naming them ALL! ;~) When I go to the beach each summer, there are always two CD's I take outside on the deck and play in their entirety, and just allow them to wash over me. Clouds is one (usually in the morning watching the sun come up over the sound) and Hejira (usually in the evening watching the sun retire). Speaking of IDKWIS, just got a sweet cover of it by a Singapore singer named Tanya Chua. It features an electric bassist who plays in Jaco-style, and she sounds pure-voiced like Joni as well, so it answers the musical question 'what would Joni & Jaco have sounded like in 1968?';~) Bob NP: John Mayer, "My Stupid Mouth"
