California, I'm coming home I always thought it was like someone sayin' "I'd crawl over broken glass on my hands and knees to (insert whatever)". She would have been real homesick to be glad enough to kiss a Sunset pig. I'm your biggest fan It was during that journey when Mitchell penned many of the songs on her Blue album. But he kept my camera to sell I caught a plane to Spain All the news of home you read “She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast.”. [Chorus] Just until my skin turns brown It was also released as the second single from the album, as a follow-up to "Carey." But my heart cried out for you, California He gave me back my smile Credit: MaryAnne Nelson/Getty Images. Will you? California I'm coming home Oh, will you take me as I am California, I'm coming home Joni Mitchell inspires one of Zeppelins biggest hits? While some of Mitchell's most popular songs were written on piano, almost every song she composed on the guitar uses an open, or non-standard, tuning; she has written songs in some 50 tunings, playing what she has called "Joni's weird chords". After a tough breakup with her longtime boyfriend Graham Nash, Mitchell hoofed her way across Europe. I met a redneck on a Grecian isle Oh, it gets so lonely Folk and jazz singer Joni Mitchell performs songs from 'Miles of Aisles' onstage in Los Angeles, California in 1979. When you're walking Her right-hand picking/strumming technique has evolved over the years from an initially intricate picking style, typified by the guitar songs on her firs… — Bob Seger. ginjeanie on 2011-May-30 at 19:07:37 GMT-5: I absolutely adore this song and I'm wondering if anyone can enlighten me to the meaning of what a sunset pig might refer to ? I'm your biggest fan Young people called cops pigs in those days because the cops always broke up their parties and protests on Sunset Blvd. [Chorus] [Bridge] Just gives you the blues All the news of home you read Just gives you the blues But my heart cried out for you, California. Oh will you take me as I am? Blue. I am just a little bit obsessed with Joni Mitchell so.. Joni Mitchell Says She's 'Still Struggling' to Walk 5 Years After Aneurysm: 'Inching My Way Along'. "Going to California"'s simple instrumentation of John Paul Jones on mandolin, Jimmy Page on a Mississippi John Hurt-via-John Fahey fingerpicking acoustic guitar, and Robert Plant on vocals is a nice breather on a record full of heavy moments like "When the Levee Breaks" and "Black Dog." Oh, but California Sitting in a park in Paris France Oh will you take me as I am Going to California is the second track on the album - after The Battle of Evermore -with no contribution whatsoever from John Bonham. Went to a party down a red dirt road Reading Rolling Stone, reading Vogue Oh, California, I'm coming home Robert Plant was a self confessed hippie. California I'm coming home But he kept my camera to sell Oh, the rogue, the red red rogue Just gives you the blues Led Zeppelin's "Going to California" is an homage to Mitchell. woodstock on 2015-Sep-24 at 15:42:07 GMT-5: I think you're right, that when she said "I'll even kiss a Sunset pig", she was talking about a cop on Sunset Blvd which is right down the street from Laural Canyon where she and her hippie friends like Cosby,Stills and Nash,Cass Elliot and all lived. Take me as I am. Reading the news and it sure looks bad Mitchell lived in the musically fertile but earthquake-prone Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles; "California" finds her recalling her adventures on a trip to Europe but looking forward to a return home. Oh the rogue the red red rogue And I might have stayed on with him there I'll even kiss a Sunset pig. Hmmm mmmmm A different version of this song is featured on the second disc of the remastered 2CD deluxe edition of Led Zeppelin IV. Oh it gets so lonely And the bloody changes Then I'm going home to California California I'm coming home Oh will you take me as I am Strung out on another man California I'm coming home Oh it gets so lonely ... Lavington, Victoria (from "Joni Mitchell's Blue: a 40th Anniversary Celebration" - 2012) Lewis, Jessica (- 2013) [Chorus] “California” jumps along in short bursts, the lyrics giving snapshots of Joni’s European itinerary. sixtiessurvivor on 2013-Apr-03 at 13:44:05 GMT-5: When I first heard this at college in California in the 70's, I was pretty sure that Sunset Pig meant a policeman who worked on Sunset Blvd. They won't give peace a chance I suppose that’s why a lot of these [songs] came at Headley Grange. Will you take me as I am? It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here Still a lot of lands to see Album . [more information on recordings by other artists], Blue Tapestry (from "Blue Tapestry" - 2002), Colin Steele Quartet (from "Joni: Jazz Interpretations of the Joni Mitchell Songbook" - 2020), ENiid (from "A Celebration of Joni Mitchell; songs by & for her + stories" - 2015), Hall, Kira (from "Not So Blue: Kira Sings Joni " - 2016), Jordan, Gaby (from "Two For the Road" - 2002), Lavington, Victoria  (from "Joni Mitchell's Blue: a 40th Anniversary Celebration" - 2012), Linka, Rudy (from "Simple Pleasures" - 2002), Napkin Trio (from "Napkin Trio Plays Joni" - 2017), Neuburg, Amy X  (from "UnderCover, Faultline Studios and Kalx Present: Joni Mitchell's Blue" - 2012), Sandbloom, Kevin (from "Sandbloom Still Blue" - 2011), Smith, Sara (from "A Tribute To Joni Mitchell" - 1974), Stubbert, Sandy (from "Kick The Moon" - 1998), Takada, Ren (from "Ballads - anthology of early years" - 2007), The Clancye Milne Octet (from " Rodgers & Hart - Gershwin - Joni Mitchell" - 2017), The Masters School Jazz Band (from "Joni Mitchell Blue" - 2020), The Steve Klink Trio (from "Places To Come From, Places To Go" - 2002), Troper, Mo (from "Digital Single" - 2018). Joni Mitchell’s song, “California,” from her 1970 album, Blue, doesn’t mention Los Angeles. Learn to play guitar by chord / tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Just until my skin turns brown Went to a party down a red dirt road California, I'm coming home Comment using your Facebook profile, or by registering at this site. Joni Mitchell The young ... a lot of people that cover my songs will sing it pretty – it’s going to fall flat. Joni Mitchell – California Lyrics. About California. Mitchell wrote "California" while living in France but longing for the creative climate she had experienced in California. Oh, it gets so lonely Known as "Going to California (Mandolin/Guitar Mix)", it is an instrumental recorded on 29 January 1971, with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio at Headley Grange with engineer Andy Johns. I said a week maybe two Just until my skin turns brown Then I'm going home to California [Chorus] Em Oh but California D Bm California I'm coming home Em I'm going to see the folks I dig G A I'll even kiss a Sunset pig D California I'm coming home [Bridge/Outro] Em G Oh it gets so lonely when you're walking D A And the streets are full of strangers Em G All the news of home you read D More about the … Will you take me as I am? He cooked good omelettes and stews Spent my days with a woman unkind Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine Made up my mind to make a new start Going To California with an aching in my heart Someone told me there's a girl out there With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair Took my chances on a big jet plane Never let them tell you that we're all the same Oh, the sea was red and the sky was grey Wondered how tomorrow could ever … [Chorus] But I wouldn't want to stay here But my heart cried out for you California I met a redneck on a Grecian isle Will you take me as I am? No recreational pursuits at all. Featured In. Strung out on another man check amazon for California mp3 download these lyrics are submitted by IPoG browse other artists under J:J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 Songwriter(s): Sam Tyson Nickell, Aaron Zidenberg, Joni Mitchell, Tom Edward Kelly, John C. Baffa, Mike Konrad Hoolihan Publisher(s): Happ Dog Music, Mudar Fukar Music, Joni Mitchell Publishing Corp., Universal Music - Careers Record Label(s): 1971 Warner Bros I'll even kiss a Sunset pig It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here. More about the war Oh make me feel good rock 'n' roll band California I'm coming home When you're walking While playing the song in concerts during 1971-1977, Plant would sometimes say "Joni" following the line "She plays guitar and cries and sings". “Going To California”—Led Zeppelin’s love-letter to Joni—references her early song, “If I Had a King,” and is a lyrical and stylistic response to “California,” from her 1971 album Blue. California, I'm coming home There were lots of pretty people there And the streets are full of strangers The running time is 3:34, while the original version is 3:32. — Joni Mitchell. California, I'm coming home 60'sSkip on 2011-Jul-21 at 19:48:05 GMT-5: ginjeanie - It's one of my favorites too but I never really thought about the pig. Reading the news and it sure looks bad Joni Mitchell is still recovering from her 2015 aneurysm. Mitchell's songs have been covered by the likes of Bob Dylan, Mandy Moore, Minnie Riperton, Frank Sinatra, the Counting Crows, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Diamond, Tori Amos, the Spin Doctors, Nazareth, the Indigo Girls, and many more. [Verse 3] California I'm coming home For him and many other hippies California and, in particular, San Francisco, was like their version of paradise. You must be registered and log in to add a permanently indexed comment. And the streets are full of strangers 2. Joni Mitchell said Led Zeppelin was 1 of the few rock acts who openly admired her work While “Going to California” from Led Zeppelin IV was a clear homage to Mitchell, Page put his esteem for Mitchell into words during his and Plant’s ’75 interview with Cameron Crowe (“The Durable Led Zeppelin”). Oh California I'm coming home There were lots of pretty people there “California, I'm coming home.”. That was just a dream some of us had I said a week, maybe two [Verse 2] The song was released on the band’s fourth album in 1971.. Both Robert Plant and Jimmy Page had an infatuation with Canadian folk rocker Joni Mitchell, and much of the song is … California I'm coming home It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here Jimmy Page and Robert Plant wrote this song, drawing inspiration from Joni Mitchell, specifically her song "California." Joni Mitchell. I'll even kiss a Sunset pig Then comes the flowing chorus with its hint of tango, its plaintive pedal steel guitar and its homesick refrain. In this song, Mitchell sings of going home to her beloved California. In "Going To California," Plant plays the part of a guy who's looking to leave his no-good woman … All the news of home you read When you're walking They said "How long can you hang around?" Joni Mitchell - California Lyrics. "Going To California" is thought to be inspired by Joni Mitchell whom Robert Plant and Jimmy Page both liked very much. California, I'm coming home. She sings as though she's been on a long journey - and indeed, she has. Reading Rolling Stone reading Vogue He cooked good omelets and stews The music for Going to California originated during the sessions at Headley Grange, in a stroke of inspiration on Jimmy Page’s part. And, of course, I always assumed a "Sunset Pig" referred to Sunset Blvd, nothing to do with the orange orb in the sky; just another way to say a California pig. Indeed, this superb acoustic ballad is performed by strings (two guitars and a mandolin) and voice alone. Joni Mitchell - California . Policemen weren't generally popular, since they were seen as repressive "tools of the establishment". I'm going to see the folks I dig. Oh it gets so lonely Still a lot of lands to see I'm going to see the folks I dig So I bought me a ticket Will you take me as I am? That was just a dream some of us had When you're walking Just gives you the blues The record company made him shorten the song title. Who did the goat dance very well They reference Joni Mitchell in Going to California (we can assume) but in Joni Mitchell's Woodstock she makes a reference to possibly Led Zeppelin "Going on down to Yasgur's farm, gonna join a rock n roll band." It was really good for discipline and getting on with the job. Oh, will you take me as I am? More about the war Oh but California Anyways, I just thought that it was interesting. [Chorus] Oh, but California. Strung out on another man Then I'm going home to California from album: Blue (1971) ... California I'm coming home I'm going to see the folks I dig I'll even kiss a Sunset pig California I'm coming home I met a redneck on a Grecian isle Who did the goat dance very well He gave me back my smile “Going to California” has to be one of Led Zeppelin’s greatest songs. Will you? "California" is a song written by Joni Mitchell that first appeared on her 1971 album Blue. California Chords by Joni Mitchell. The use of alternative tunings allows guitarists to produce accompaniment with more varied and wide-ranging textures. They won't give peace a chance And the streets are full of strangers They said, "How long can you hang around?" For instance, Going to California and Battle Of Evermorecame out.” The four me… Oh, make me feel good rock 'n roll band Then I'm going home to California Who did the goat dance very well The song is a model of subtle production; James Taylor’s twitchy guitar and Russ Kunkel’s superb, barely detectable high-hat and bass-pedal work give it just the right amount of propulsion. So I bought me a ticket I'm going to see the folks I dig [Verse 1] And the bloody changes I got on a plane to Spain Will you? 1. Then I'm going home to California California I'm coming home Oh will you take me as I am Strung out on another man California, I'm coming home Oh it gets so lonely When you're walking And the streets are full of strangers All the news of home you read More about the war And the bloody changes Oh will you take me as I am? And I might have stayed on with him there George Rose/Getty In other words she'd be so happy to get back to California she'd be willing to kiss a pig. 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