how erratic she could be<\/a>, which, although intense at times, ultimately ended up enhancing her career and the way she approached her own writing. <\/p>\nTheir brief romance was authentic yet explosive, and a moment that Crosby later compared to \u201cfalling into a cement mixer\u201d. Their affair wouldn\u2019t last, but they never stopped respecting each other, even after Mitchell effectively ended their relationship through song, savagely calling attention to all of her grievances before they\u2019d even officially broken up.<\/p>\n
As with most major songwriters, however, disagreements and fallouts are inevitable, especially those who cross paths creatively before falling into a more intimate or romantic relationship. Mitchell and Crosby might have remained close after their liaisons, but when it came to others in the counterculture circle, their opinions sometimes differed. One divisive figure among them was the psychedelic force of the movement herself, Grace Slick. <\/p>\n
Crosby\u2019s admiration for the \u2018White Rabbit\u2019 singer runs deeper than the music, especially after he had a hand in helping her get sober, while also regarding her as one of the crucial \u201cqueens of rock\u201d who had a \u201cpower\u201d and \u201cintensity\u201d that could outshine other rock powerhouses like Stevie Nicks. \u201cSlick reigned with Janis Joplin as queens of rock at that time,\u201c Crosby told Jefferson Airplane biographer Jeff Tamarkin for Got a Revolution!. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe force of both her voice and her personality made her a ceiling-shattering feminist counterculture icon and an inspirational model for many to follow,\u201d he added. \u201cWhen [Jefferson Airplane] got Grace in the band, that was just beyond belief. She was stunning\u2026 She had a power and intensity onstage that Stevie Nicks should only ever dream she could get.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mitchell, on the other hand, couldn\u2019t disagree more. In fact, Mitchell has expressed her disdain for her fellow counterculture icon more than once, including one particularly scathing remark about how both Slick and Janis Joplin\u2019s careers were based on \u201csleeping with their whole bands and falling down drunk\u201d. In 2009, Mitchell also told Mojo, \u201c[Slick] was very competitive with me, very insecure. She was the \u2018Queen of Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll\u2019 [one year], and then Rolling Stone made me the \u2018Queen of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll\u2019, and she hated me after that.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear why Mitchell turned her back on her female rock peers, though it\u2019s obvious that it was sparked by a more bitter-fuelled, personal point of view. Slick, on the other hand, hasn\u2019t responded to Mitchell\u2019s grievances all that much, except for subtle acknowledgements and criticisms about her songwriting, including her song \u2018Woodstock\u2019, saying that Mitchell painted it out to be more poetic and romantic than it actually was. <\/p>\n
Major figures across the 1960s-1970s singer-songwriter boom were always going to clash in one way or another, whether creatively, personally, or for other reasons, like sociopolitical views or recollections of major festival events. However, the differences in Mitchell and Crosby\u2019s opinions seem to be a matter of personal position and subjectivity, with Crosby falling into the more common category of viewing Slick as an ultimate rock legend.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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