So, this Christmas I fell in love with a 40 year old song. A classic that I'd never heard before. I came across 'River' by Joni Mitchell after hearing the song on Cee Lo Green's Christmas album- Magic Moment. In fact it was hearing the 60 second iTunes sample, which made me part with my £6.99 and buy the album. The song is about heartbreak and longing. It revels in the sadder side of Christmas where missing loved ones and remembering the year's regrets is the order of the season. 'River' is just so gorgeously melancholic that even if you're not lonely at Christmas- it kind of makes you want to be- just for that moment. It's a song to listen to alone, to empathise or sympathise or just to get lost in a moment with. The song has been covered by loads of artists and Joni Mitchell's original version from her 1971 album 'Blue' is of course wonderful but Cee Lo's version is the one I discovered and fell in love with. Which version do you prefer?
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