Fact #61558
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Short story:
When Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue plays two shows in one day at the Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Joni Mitchell turns up to perform.
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Bob Dylan : She just showed up and she got on the bill.
Joni Mitchell : I joined Rolling Thunder as a spectator. I would have been content to follow it for three cities just as an observer, but since I was there I was asked to participate. Then, for mystical reasons of my own, I made a pact that I would stay on the thing until it was over. It was a trial of sorts for me. I went out in a foot-soldier position. I made up songs onstage. I sang in French, badly. I did a lot of things to prevent myself from getting in the way. What was in it for me hadn't anything to do with applause or the performing aspect. It was simply to be allowed to remain an observer and a witness to an incredible spectacle. I preferred to be invisible. I've got my own reasons why.
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Joni Mitchell : I joined Rolling Thunder as a spectator. I would have been content to follow it for three cities just as an observer, but since I was there I was asked to participate. Then, for mystical reasons of my own, I made a pact that I would stay on the thing until it was over. It was a trial of sorts for me. I went out in a foot-soldier position. I made up songs onstage. I sang in French, badly. I did a lot of things to prevent myself from getting in the way. What was in it for me hadn't anything to do with applause or the performing aspect. It was simply to be allowed to remain an observer and a witness to an incredible spectacle. I preferred to be invisible. I've got my own reasons why.
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