Because this is where the Southern California "wild hippie" youth congregated in droves, there was always a corresponding presence of hardnosed police officers, who were commonly and colloquially referred to as "the pigs" in those days. So Joni wanted to get back home so bad she'd even kiss the "enemy" so to speak. Many thanks!!! Of course!!!

Ekristheh from Halath "I'll even kiss the Sunset Pig" -- The Sunset Pig may have been a nickname for an extremely unpleasant traffic officer who used to pull you over for the slightest irregularities and say nasty things, especially to women, occasionally getting violent.

I like the Sunshine Pig interpretation where she kisses the pig, because I have always seen Joni as a sly songstress who is witty & i think shes being kinda humours when she says she will …

In other words she'd be so happy to get back to California she'd be willing to kiss a pig. 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.

2006年1月22日 · Sunset Boulevard is a major street in Hollywood, CA; and popular for clubs, nightlife, etc. A "pig" was street slang at the time for a policeman. So, kissing a sunset pig meant kissing a policeman on Sunset Boulevard.

2024年1月15日 · Even the ‘sunset pig’ that Mitchell expresses a willingness to kiss could be seen as an invocation of California’s free-spirit; an allusion to the state’s counter-cultural embrace.

The book is entitled "Kiss the Sunset Pig" by Canadian author Laurie Gough. It is a travel book about Laurie's trip by car from Ontario, Canada to California.

Sitting in a park in Paris, France Reading the news and it sure looks bad They won't give peace a chance That was just a dream some of us had Still a lot of lands to see But I wouldn't wanna stay here It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here Oh, but California California, I'm coming home I'm gonna see the folks I dig I'll even kiss a sunset pig California, I'm coming home I …

Here's my top 5: #1 is California by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album BLUE, a lovely, melancholy but comforting tale about missing the comforts of California in a stupid, disappointing world. She'll be happy to come back and "I'd even kiss a Sunset pig," which I take to be an LAPD officer.

2021年7月24日 · On second single, ‘California,’ Mitchell longs to come back to her adopted home, so much so that she’ll even kiss a “Sunset pig” i.e. a policeman on Sunset Boulevard.