About 50 years ago a group of friends and I went to Phil's Pancake and Steak House at the Glenmore Shopping Centre on McLeod Trail in Calgary on a Friday night. There was a shy young girl (a student at Mount Royal College) by the name of Joan Anderson who was the entertainer for the night. She mesmerized us all - a half century later and she still has that effect on me.
Joni is a free spirit who is somewhat scary, she has no barriers no set place that she calls home, not physically but in her music and her art, she represents an ideal of fearless honesty, she seeks the real truth of what an individual is, this takes real courage, that’s my impression, a real warrior, an iron fist in a velvet glove. The iron fist for hypocrisy, the velvet glove for who and what she loves.
The songs: 3:42 Sex Kills (from "Turbulent Indigo", 1994) 7:34 Moon At The Window (from "Wild Things Run Fast", 1982) 21:03 The Magdalene Laundries (from "Turbulent Indigo", 1994) 36:56 Hejira (from "Hejira", 1976) 45:25 Cherokee Louise (from "Night Ride Home", 1991) 53:38 Night Ride Home (from "Night Ride Home", 1991) 56:52 Crazy Cries Of Love (would appear on "Taming The Tiger", 1998) 1:06:11 Just Like This Train (from "Court And Spark", 1974) 1:11:28 Face Lift (would appear on "Taming The Tiger", 1998)
Wow, The best ever. What a show. I remember going into tower records on Kensington High Street the day Turbulent Indigo when I was at college. It was the first album she had released since I had gotten into her. I had already bought most her albums and locked myself in my room and lapped them up. She will always be the best.
Such a beautiful view into the soul, spirit and music of one of the most talented women to ever grace our planet. Thanks, for all the songs, and so much more, Joni..... Ramcey in Nashville
What a profound delight to find and watch this about a woman who's music and poetry helped me thru much troubled times in my 20's. To see how she grew in depth and richness is a treasure on many levels to me...
From JoniMitchell.com the official word is that Joni suffered an aneurysm. She is speaking, and well, resting comfortably at home & getting better each day. A full recovery is expected. Leave your well wishes for Joni at WeLoveYouJoni.com
No wonder David Crosby felt she is the best poet of the century. Her chords simply drive the poetry into the open where we can share. Wonderful recording.
More or less a brilliant poetry slam with music to accompany it. This isn't music as we normally see it, it's free-form, no constant rhythm or signature. Amazing. She's giving a lot here, so much of herself, I've never seen anything like it.
i love her voice then and now..her soul is written all over her songs and you can feel the honest feelings in them, a real artist who tells the truth as they see it..not what other people want to hear.
No artist I like better. Not after all these years and thousands of albums in my collection. Joni is nr. 1. I listen to her very often. The latest Love has many faces is a great sounding 4 cd set everybody should own. Really fantastic songs and a remaster that bettered the previous cd releases.
Watch the opening number twice. The first time enjoy the lyric, the second time watch the dancing right hand of Joni as she makes her guitar ring. Another worthwhile side trip would be the article on Chum City building (wikipedia) to read about how the facility was designed for innovative TV production. Keeping in mind that this video is twenty years old the place where she recorded the show is amazing for its time.
when I first heard the music some 40+years ago was mind blowing. now listening to her being interviewed is she for real,thank you Lord what a blessing.amen!
what a treat, joni what a wonderous soul, such sweet melodies, truths ringing out so true. women owe her a lot, our strong songs that swept the face of a changed America. Women are stronger than ever, supporting other women, growing, being made whole. Sisters unite, sisters we are strong and liberated. thanks joni
I was there, running the email (1994!) for the event, It was cool to see the celebrities that were in the audience. The host liked to have sake to steady herself during the show, and you can see that during the show.
Brilliant! If Joni had been a man, she would have got more recognitition- She is so much better, musically and Definately lyrically and intellectually- than both Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. She looks better than them as well!
I was in high school when this album finally came out. I had been tracking Joni's songs through other performer's albums, e.g., Ian and Sylvia, Tom Rush, Buffy Sainte Marie. She had a profound impact on me, the way I write, and the way I listen. I've been playing Marcie for most 50 years, and never have grown tired of it.
when I first heard the music some 40+years ago was mind blowing. now listening to her being interviewed is she for real,thank you Lord what a blessing.amen!
I remember being young sitting in the back seat of parents cars hearing "Help Me". I met at 22 and later married the person that later introduced me again and more in depth to her music. We have been together over 34 yrs still grooving to Joni's music. Blessed? yeah! May Joni be well and thank you for your music and art.
I've been a fan of Joni for years now, but I never knew she was so funny! "I think I'm autistic." Really the best singer/songwriter there ever was, and someone who I wish I could sit down and just talk to.
Not true that "joni can't sing anymore". Her voice matured, got less girl like, more smokey. I find it more interesting. Lends itself better for jazz stylings. Of course, I love her early music, but all the changes, over the years, have been good. She is a true Artist.
Please don't romanticize the effects of her life long chain smoking. She has suffered with her addiction. Without the smoking, her voice would have matured anyhow, but what you hear in this video is a 50 year old with throat problems. By 60, she sounded diseased.
I'm really baffled by this show. I couldn't imagine that Joni could sing so well in 1994. Her voice was singing much more in the trebles in the late 60s and early 70s. Thank you very much for this posting.
this was during the days when muchmusic played a wide variety of music... unfortunately, this kind of quality can't be found on muchmusic these days...
Wonderful rendition of Hijera... White flags of winter chimmeys wave truce to the moon in the mirror of a modern bank from the window of my hotel room, Great show.
I don't want to lose the place of these songs by Joni Mitchell. Right here on RUclips. This is a magical location. No where or anything was ever the same. Joni Mitchell. Tonight. Witness
Rare to see this high quality of tv entertainment anymore. A remarkable, and aptly titled "Intimate and Interactive" show. I was thrilled my question from Speaker's Corner was used... next best thing since it was impossible to be part of the audience. Love this genius woman whose music has been with me all my life.
Joni is such an amazingly prolific singer, songwriter, and artist. She has gotten alot of awards and ackowledgment-rightly so obviously-throughout her career; now I am hoping she pulls through and gets better soon. [Smokers please heed the reality and quit]!
when I first heard the music some 40+years ago was mind blowing. now listening to her being interviewed is she for real,thank you Lord what a blessing.amen!!
when I first heard the music some 40+years ago was mind blowing. now listening to her being interviewed is she for real,thank you Lord what a blessing.amen!!
when I first heard the music some 40+years ago was mind blowing. now listening to her being interviewed is she for real,thank you Lord what a blessing.amen!!
54:51 The looks on these guys faces tell you everything you need to know about Joni's ability to cast a spell over her audience...Complete adoration...wonderment...and joy:) Thanks Joni!
dear JONI what ever you do do,nt think NEGITIVE you are the best singer i have ever heard and I JUST WANT TO THANK-YOU BECAUSE IAM A SINGER TOO AND I SING YOUR SONGS NOT PROFECIELY BUT MY DOCTOR THANKS YOU alsobecause ilove singing your songs you are CUREING MY ILLNESS EPILEPSIEY SO BLESS YOU THANKYOU just think positive and get better lots oflove from joanne bakerzis my doctor says she loves you too also that my voice is just as good nearly as your voice because i can get as high as you.
65,854 is a lot of views I guess but - this is priceless stuff. The world just forgets I guess. I've never been one of those people who say, "Oh things were better in my day". But let's be objective, the 40's were great for the standards, the 60's for rock, 80's for funk and R&B. But Joni is and always will be a treasure. But so many people now don't even know who she is. This actually is the fault of capitalism. Ironically the only means by which I would have ever heard her is the same profit machine that keeps the assembly line moving until the great is pushed out of the way. ANYWAY, great great stuff and as I said priceless insight to get into her head where the genius is revealed.
I almost wish they hadn't mentioned Jaco before Joni played Hejira...As moving as his playing is in that song...it's now moving in a different way...because he's gone...Love you Jaco:)
I love that moment when she remembers Jaco Pastorius, though I'm curious what she was going to say but didn't when she cut her sentence short to start playing Hejira.
God how I wish I had seen you live Joni , you have a song for every mood. you have been a big influence in my trials&tribulations, God keep you well xx
18:10 "If you would like to get intimate and interactive with Joni Mitchell...the toll free number to call is..." - Announcer ...I had to chuckle at that 'intimate' part...Who wrote that 'copy'?:)
Wait, I have sitting on the kitchen table. Joni Mitchell Complete So Far... I brought it on line from a store that sells sheet music. I have 4 copies because of a gaffe. Oh well.
joni, the lack of you leaves our hearts bereft. your thoughts resonate with chords that give meaning to the phrase ,'music is love'...we love whatever it is you are / we are
About 50 years ago a group of friends and I went to Phil's Pancake and Steak House at the Glenmore Shopping Centre on McLeod Trail in Calgary on a Friday night. There was a shy young girl (a student at Mount Royal College) by the name of Joan Anderson who was the entertainer for the night. She mesmerized us all - a half century later and she still has that effect on me.
Joni is a free spirit who is somewhat scary, she has no barriers no set place that she calls home, not physically but in her music and her art, she represents an ideal of fearless honesty, she seeks the real truth of what an individual is, this takes real courage, that’s my impression, a real warrior, an iron fist in a velvet glove. The iron fist for hypocrisy, the velvet glove for who and what she loves.
Such videos are the real treasure of youtube! Saving and sharing these small sparks of brilliance in a mediocre world.
THIS is wonderful. What a delicious piece of history. I LOVE how friendly, polite, funny, and well, CANADIAN everyone is.
The songs:
3:42 Sex Kills (from "Turbulent Indigo", 1994)
7:34 Moon At The Window (from "Wild Things Run Fast", 1982)
21:03 The Magdalene Laundries (from "Turbulent Indigo", 1994)
36:56 Hejira (from "Hejira", 1976)
45:25 Cherokee Louise (from "Night Ride Home", 1991)
53:38 Night Ride Home (from "Night Ride Home", 1991)
56:52 Crazy Cries Of Love (would appear on "Taming The Tiger", 1998)
1:06:11 Just Like This Train (from "Court And Spark", 1974)
1:11:28 Face Lift (would appear on "Taming The Tiger", 1998)
who needs the studio stuff when she's perfect just with her guitar. peerless, really...
Aiko Shimada So true. What a performance of Magdalene Laundries!
The way Joni can do what she does vocally while at the same time doing what she does on guitar still boggles my mind to this day!!!:)
Wow, The best ever. What a show. I remember going into tower records on Kensington High Street the day Turbulent Indigo when I was at college. It was the first album she had released since I had gotten into her. I had already bought most her albums and locked myself in my room and lapped them up. She will always be the best.
Such a beautiful view into the soul, spirit and music of one of the most talented women to ever grace our planet. Thanks, for all the songs, and so much more, Joni..... Ramcey in Nashville
What a profound delight to find and watch this about a woman who's music and poetry helped me thru much troubled times in my 20's. To see how she grew in depth and richness is a treasure on many levels to me...
At 42:16, brilliant & by -chance incorporation of the siren of an emergency vehicle effortlessly into Hejira..
Love her playing style!!! Her songs to me are like a great painting that every time you look at it ,you see something else that amazes.
You have brought light to an old man on a dark day with this post. I love youtube, and I love you for posting this. Thank you.
From JoniMitchell.com the official word is that Joni suffered an aneurysm. She is speaking, and well, resting comfortably at home & getting better each day. A full recovery is expected. Leave your well wishes for Joni at WeLoveYouJoni.com
Siquomb1 So glad to hear that Joni is expected to make a full recovery!...She is and will always be one of my faves and a huge influence:)
+Siquomb1 Thank you so much for letting us know!!
Who? Who? could give this a thumb down??? This artist is a treasure. Genius! Love u Joni! Love u Canadians.
No wonder David Crosby felt she is the best poet of the century. Her chords simply drive the poetry into the open where we can share. Wonderful recording.
***** David Crosby discovered her singing in a nightclub in Florida in the 60's. I first saw her on The Dick Cavet Show in 1969.
More or less a brilliant poetry slam with music to accompany it. This isn't music as we normally see it, it's free-form, no constant rhythm or signature. Amazing. She's giving a lot here, so much of herself, I've never seen anything like it.
i love her voice then and now..her soul is written all over her songs and you can feel the honest feelings in them, a real artist who tells the truth as they see it..not what other people want to hear.
No artist I like better. Not after all these years and thousands of albums in my collection. Joni is nr. 1. I listen to her very often. The latest Love has many faces is a great sounding 4 cd set everybody should own. Really fantastic songs and a remaster that bettered the previous cd releases.
I'm sitting here next to my fax machine ready for the interaction!
Watch the opening number twice. The first time enjoy the lyric, the second time watch the dancing right hand of Joni as she makes her guitar ring. Another worthwhile side trip would be the article on Chum City building (wikipedia) to read about how the facility was designed for innovative TV production. Keeping in mind that this video is twenty years old the place where she recorded the show is amazing for its time.
Finally Hejira performed live! I found one!
WOW! Never have heard her speak so much. What a joy. I hung on every note and word.
"Just Like This Train"... Amazingly gorgeous!
I actually love her voice here! a bit lower and the sound of her guitar is really great. I love her open chords
+rhea mangles -Me too. The album "Blue" was hard to listen to but I love "Blue Motel" how she layered her voice (the Joni (s). Wonderful
when I first heard the music some 40+years ago was mind blowing. now listening to her being interviewed is she for real,thank you Lord what a blessing.amen!
Sometimes dream do come true. Check out this at 1:04. After 20 years later...having her speak to me still thrills me. x
Just perfect for a quiet Sunday morning-thank you so much for this..
Muchmusic was doing the internet TV thing even before the internet O_O
A true original. Most people set out by copying someone. I don't believe Joni did that she truly did invent herself from scratch.
what a treat, joni what a wonderous soul, such sweet melodies, truths ringing out so true. women owe her a lot, our strong songs that swept the face of a changed America. Women are stronger than ever, supporting other women, growing, being made whole. Sisters unite, sisters we are strong and liberated. thanks joni
Genius woman..hard hitting truth in her lyrics. Admired her for so long. Incredible chords.
I was there, running the email (1994!) for the event, It was cool to see the celebrities that were in the audience. The host liked to have sake to steady herself during the show, and you can see that during the show.
If I had a chance to say anything in this show I'd say, 'Thanks for remembering Miles. Just great! Thanks for posting.
Brilliant! If Joni had been a man, she would have got more recognitition- She is so much better, musically and Definately lyrically and intellectually- than both Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. She looks better than them as well!
In its quiet way, one of the best things she ever did - lovely.
I was in high school when this album finally came out. I had been tracking Joni's songs through other performer's albums, e.g., Ian and Sylvia, Tom Rush, Buffy Sainte Marie. She had a profound impact on me, the way I write, and the way I listen. I've been playing Marcie for most 50 years, and never have grown tired of it.
when I first heard the music some 40+years ago was mind blowing. now listening to her being interviewed is she for real,thank you Lord what a blessing.amen!
I remember being young sitting in the back seat of parents cars hearing "Help Me". I met at 22 and later married the person that later introduced me again and more in depth to her music. We have been together over 34 yrs still grooving to Joni's music. Blessed? yeah! May Joni be well and thank you for your music and art.
Been a big fan of Joni since I first heard her music . 1968 .
I've been a fan of Joni for years now, but I never knew she was so funny! "I think I'm autistic." Really the best singer/songwriter there ever was, and someone who I wish I could sit down and just talk to.
Not true that "joni can't sing anymore". Her voice matured, got less girl like, more smokey. I find it more interesting. Lends itself better for jazz stylings. Of course, I love her early music, but all the changes, over the years, have been good. She is a true Artist.
Please don't romanticize the effects of her life long chain smoking. She has suffered with her addiction. Without the smoking, her voice would have matured anyhow, but what you hear in this video is a 50 year old with throat problems. By 60, she sounded diseased.
I'm really baffled by this show. I couldn't imagine that Joni could sing so well in 1994. Her voice was singing much more in the trebles in the late 60s and early 70s. Thank you very much for this posting.
This is amazing. Thank you.
this was during the days when muchmusic played a wide variety of music... unfortunately, this kind of quality can't be found on muchmusic these days...
Wonderful rendition of Hijera...
White flags of winter chimmeys
wave truce to the moon
in the mirror of a modern bank
from the window of my hotel room,
Great show.
I don't want to lose the place of these songs by Joni Mitchell. Right here on RUclips. This is a magical location. No where or anything was ever the same. Joni Mitchell. Tonight. Witness
Oh, I would sooo have loved to have been at this event! What a great, intimate happening! Sheer genius!
Joni is a great song writer and singer the best in the world....
Rare to see this high quality of tv entertainment anymore. A remarkable, and aptly titled "Intimate and Interactive" show. I was thrilled my question from Speaker's Corner was used... next best thing since it was impossible to be part of the audience. Love this genius woman whose music has been with me all my life.
Joni is such an amazingly prolific singer, songwriter, and artist. She has gotten alot of awards and ackowledgment-rightly so obviously-throughout her career; now I am hoping she pulls through and gets better soon. [Smokers please heed the reality and quit]!
They set up an email system? Not bad, MuchMusic 1994
WOW! Never have heard her speak so much. What a joy.
Thank you soooo much!!! French Joni fan since 1978
Since 1980 when I saw her concert in TV, I have been hooked..Brilliant music :D
I wish I had lived during those simpler times, instead of the turmoil we have now and her music brings it all together. What an artist.
Authentic Woman...that I hope to crash into, soul to soul, in the Great Whatever Comes Next. Kindred.
37 minutes into the show and you've got ALOT of emails????? Over 20!!!!! Are you kidding????
it was 1994. email barely existed.
Joni has it,and it,s powerful and sweet at the same time,provoking you and pushing you think and feel.
Breathtaking. Oh what I would do to be there Joni
ahhh Jane Siberry in attendance I see..
Artists like Joni come around rarely. Why? This was a "facelift"; spread it! Thanks
One of a kind!!!she documented it all!
...My daughter shares the same Birthday!
Truly a great performance by a great music icon !
soooooo good. BEST REFLECTION OF MY LADY, JONI, whomI have dubbed "The Daughter of Music"
G O T T A L O V E I T !
Fascinated by Her.
when I first heard the music some 40+years ago was mind blowing. now listening to her being interviewed is she for real,thank you Lord what a blessing.amen!!
when I first heard the music some 40+years ago was mind blowing. now listening to her being interviewed is she for real,thank you Lord what a blessing.amen!!
Natural And Simple...Music Speaks For Itself !...
when I first heard the music some 40+years ago was mind blowing. now listening to her being interviewed is she for real,thank you Lord what a blessing.amen!!
Thanks, love how she can put words of truth to such sadness with such finesse.
54:51 The looks on these guys faces tell you everything you need to know about Joni's ability to cast a spell over her audience...Complete adoration...wonderment...and joy:) Thanks Joni!
My inspiration. I'm humbled by her conviction.
Wow, what a super treat! Thanks for sharing, my friend.
Was that Jane Siberry in the audience after 'Sex Kills'?
dear JONI what ever you do do,nt think NEGITIVE you are the best singer i have ever heard and I JUST WANT TO THANK-YOU BECAUSE IAM A SINGER TOO AND I SING YOUR SONGS NOT PROFECIELY BUT MY DOCTOR THANKS YOU alsobecause ilove singing your songs you are CUREING MY ILLNESS EPILEPSIEY SO BLESS YOU THANKYOU just think positive and get better lots oflove from joanne bakerzis my doctor says she loves you too also that my voice is just as good nearly as your voice because i can get as high as you.
I called that number on the screen and a woman kept answering, each time I called, saying, "Joni isn't here!". Gee.
65,854 is a lot of views I guess but - this is priceless stuff. The world just forgets I guess. I've never been one of those people who say, "Oh things were better in my day". But let's be objective, the 40's were great for the standards, the 60's for rock, 80's for funk and R&B. But Joni is and always will be a treasure. But so many people now don't even know who she is. This actually is the fault of capitalism. Ironically the only means by which I would have ever heard her is the same profit machine that keeps the assembly line moving until the great is pushed out of the way. ANYWAY, great great stuff and as I said priceless insight to get into her head where the genius is revealed.
I almost wish they hadn't mentioned Jaco before Joni played Hejira...As moving as his playing is in that song...it's now moving in a different way...because he's gone...Love you Jaco:)
13 people with some kind of malady... Hmmmm....
Joni Mitchell and a guitar. The way it should be.
She's amazing!!
Is there a DVD of this event? thanks.
Wonderful :)
Is this available on DVD anywhere?
What a treat! Thanks so much for sharing:)
I love that moment when she remembers Jaco Pastorius, though I'm curious what she was going to say but didn't when she cut her sentence short to start playing Hejira.
God how I wish I had seen you live Joni , you have a song for every mood. you have been a big influence in my trials&tribulations, God keep you well xx
18:10 "If you would like to get intimate and interactive with Joni Mitchell...the toll free number to call is..." - Announcer ...I had to chuckle at that 'intimate' part...Who wrote that 'copy'?:)
Joni's music saved me. Such a remarkable woman. Thanks for posting this.
this is amazing--the picture quality is bad but who cares? People are so excited.
Amazing talent; amazing woman.
She has a hardback music book out with the alternative tunings, lyrics...everything!
what book ??
Wait, I have sitting on the kitchen table.
Joni Mitchell Complete So Far... I brought it on line from a store that sells sheet music. I have 4 copies because of a gaffe. Oh well.
foofigters
Anyone knows what's the music starting in 00:09? Such a beauty. Those chords...Sounds like Joni, never heard though.
+Carlos Klein That is Cherokee Louise
The song name is Cherokee Louise from Night Ride Home álbum
joni, the lack of you leaves our hearts bereft. your thoughts resonate with chords that give meaning to the phrase ,'music is love'...we love whatever it is you are / we are
The Magdalene Laundries - there was also a film on the same subject, 'The Magdalen Sisters' where Geraldine McEwan played one of the nuns.
Very cool! Thanks for posting.
well put Peter, I agree,.... played guitar and piano most my life, near 60 now and still amazed.
Love Ya' Joni
Had I been in that audience that night, I would have dominated the questions put to Joni. I have so many questions for Joni!
So talented!!!
Still relevant!