Ol’ hippie here saying Shawn, please don’t feel bad about your comments on the previous reaction to this song because a lot of our music was about sex drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. But there were a lot of songs portraying peace, love and understanding too, all of which was capsulated into the hippie era that produced some of the greatest music ever! I’ll buy you a cup of coffee and give you suggestions fur more Joni songs. She was phenomenal!
This version really shines a light on Joni’s vocal prowess and range. Stunning. And, I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out how extraordinary it is that Joni watched clips of Woodstock on TV, and within mere hours, she penned an anthem for an iconic event, and for a generation saying farewell to the sixties and peering into the uncertainty of a new decade. To have the artistic vision and skill plus the talent to perform it, illustrates that Joni is legend.
Joni has ten Grammy Awards and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Music critics have called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever" and stated, "Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century". That high praise for a fantastic individual who thinks of herself as a poet/painter (which she is). Great commentary and video, Shawn. Thanks for the music and commentary. She's and Icon.
loved her since the 60's! time for a deep dive, man. for a little more mid-career, watch her live version of Amelia in 1979 singing about Amelia Earhart... you'll get a good sense of her unique guitar playing.
CSNY's version always gets me pumped - her's brings me to tears. Crazy times in NY - I remember watching it on TV too - and all the craziness of the parkway leading to Yasgur's farm. Helicoptering people in and out - definitely a memorable weekend.
Joni is a true poet and artist. She always uses her voice as an instrument to paint her story. Beautiful performance from an artist whose songbook deserves in depth study. Blessings.
It's amazing that she wrote this song and was never at Woodstock but with the lyrics and cadence of the song you would think she was there. She was invited to play at Woodstock, however, she already had made a commitment to appear on the Dick Cavett TVshow. Talk about honorable.
Joni’s version is more a somber version and more the end of an era of peace love and understanding rather than the upbeat beginning of something happening version!❤☮️
Love her and her music, not a fan of the Grammy Awards but she will be performing tomorrow night, Sunday and I think she may also be nominated for an award, I think she’s 80!
Joni's first four studio albums were purely acoustic, guitar, piano and Appalachian dulcimer. This version of Woodstock appeared on her 3rd album, Ladies of the Canyon. In 1974, her 6th studio album, Miles of Aisles, was her first live 2 record set. For that tour, she enlisted and employed the electric rock and jazz of Tom Scott and the LA Express as her backing band. Joni recreates Woodstock in the vein of CSN&Y's version, proving Joni could rock her own song. She then recreated Woodstock on her 2nd live album, Shadows and Light. The touring band was primarily members from 70s jazz group, LA's own Weather Report. Joni chose playing the electric guitar instead of her original acoustic piano. That performance is sublime....
David Crosby was asked who was the most talented musician he knew and without hesitating, said Joni Mitchell. You have yet to hear some of her best stuff!
Melanie, who recently died, took up for Joni, at Woodstock (not literally) and she also wrote a song called "Lay Down" about Woodstock. Melanie also has a mesmerizing voice.
I was in the army during Woodstock get out shortly after but don't let anybody tell you how to feel or don't feel bad expressing your opinions because the people who make you feel bad are not worth listening to and by the way you're doing a good job I enjoy your reactions
Growing up during this time, I feel like drugs were an effort to bring some good feelings of peace, love, and flowers. Because it was such a wartime, political, terrifying, human rights battle by young people, it was all intertwined. Crazy time of growth through its musical artists. As we can see now, it didn't take much to tear down a church (nation of love) that took so long and so much turmoil to build. That's why the songs are still so loved and so relevant. THANKS SHAWN AND TO WHO REQUESTED IT. LOVE JONI.
Hey all.. Sorry to double dip! But, Shawn... That was probably one of my favorite reactions I've watched! I love your genuine appreciation of so so many styles and important topics and talents! I just love you ❣️ Thanks. HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY EVERYONE 😊
Joni's awesome, both as a writer and as a performer. IMHO, I still think Matthew's Southern Comfort does the best version of this iconic song. Please give it a listen!
After watching that it's kind of easy to see why seemingly every gifted and upcoming young male folk/rock musician at the time was in love with Joni Mitchell.
The incomparable Joni Mitchell. Do more. Great reaction. The bombers into butterflies lyric is about the peace movements hopes to end the war and about the cloud of war hanging o er everyone’s heads and the love and freedom of woodstock lifting people out of that war mindset and so maybe it’s drugs but only as a small part of the intent of the lyric imho
Joni is so amazing. Another amazing artist you should check out is Melanie who just passed recently. She was an amazing talent also. She wrote a song about Woodstock too called Lay down candles in the Rain. She performed at Woodstock. There is another great song from her called Bobos Party among so many more.
Joni Mitchell is a great Canadian-American singer songwriter. She covers a lot of genres of music including folk, pop, rock, classical & jazz. She has had so many hits especially in the 60's-80's such as "Chelsea Morning", "Help Me", "Big Yellow Taxi", "The Circle Game", "Both Sides Now", "Raised On Robbery", "Free Man In Paris" etc.
I would love you to listen to 25-year-old Joni's original recording of "Both Sides, Now," included on her 1969 album "Clouds," and then her revisiting of the song in 2000, at 57 (from the album "Both Sides Now"). There's no better illustration of changing perspectives over time.
Finally, there is a GREAT two record set of Joni live titled Miles Of Aisles, in which she performs most of her early hits with a kickass band. It is a relatively more relaxed, upbeat performance than most of her early career. Check it out.
Shawn, please ignore the haters. I know that's easier said than done, but what you're doing here is very much appreciated by the vast majority of viewers, and we don't expect you to have perfect foreknowledge of everything you watch! Keep up the great work and know that we enjoy sharing your voyage of discovery and have your back.
Glad you did this exact version - she is on another planet, both versions are amazing but her singing is other worldly. If she did make it to the concert I wonder if we would have gotten two great songs out of it. The traffic was no joke however - I cringe on Joe Cocker reactions only because his back up singers were stuck in traffic and although Joe is amazing the band singing those parts wasn't. Joni singing California live on the Dulcimer I believe. More greatness!
Yea man, I'm glad you're getting to know Joni's work. Joni's just a great singer/ songwriter. Joni wrote a song about Amelia Earhart called Amelia with Pat Metheny on guitar and Joco Pastorius on bass, two world class musicians. Joni's playing electric guitar and killing it, live in 1979. It's really worth checking it out, peace brother.
The English band Matthews Southern Comfort also had a hit with this song in 1970-'71 (#1 UK, #23 USA) by way of a memorably smooth, silky soft rock sound. Worth a listen. ruclips.net/video/qIHfuihoz70/видео.html
All that and no auto-tuner. If you reacted to every song Joni Mitchell ever sang, i'd be liking them all. She did a live version of her song, Amelia from her Shadows and Light tour which featured musicians Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, Jaco Pastorius, et al. I think you'd enjoy it - i'd love to catch your reaction.
Joni missed Woodstock to do the Dick Cavett Show. Ironically, CSNY and Jefferson Airplane did make it out of Woodstock and came on the show with Joni to brag about how awesome the festival was. If she had gone, there would probably not have been the Woodstock song.
Joni had an appearance on the Dick Cavett Show(the Jimmy Kimmel of the day), and therefore was unable to get up to Woodstock. The promoters had to rent helicopters to get the acts to the festival after the first day. My older sister's friends tried to get there on Saturday, but they shut down the NYS Thruway .
I knew so many guys who fell in love with Joni because of her voice,. They became such fans that all they could do was talk about her and compare every other woman to Joni plus she is so beautiful in a wholesome way, who wouldn't think she was what it was all about? Her ability to write such unique music and such profound lyrics really set her apart from other artists. She is an outstanding talent and there is something about her voice that really does touch the soul and make the heart beat just a little faster. There is not one Joni song that I don't love and driving on an open road just singing out along with her is such a mood elevator. Thank you for a great reaction.
Shawn, I'm an old man who graduated from school in the mid-60s. From the late 50s to the early 60s, most people had a build-in wall around themselves and their emotions. Everyone had three faces. The face you showed to the world. The face you showed to close friends and your family. The third face, you never show anyone. It is the most accurate reflection of who you are. That's your true face. Sometimes during the drug-experiencing generation, you let down the walls, and your views and thoughts of what you wanted to believe or happen were often put in the music that was being made - showing your true face without worrying about what people thought. Peace, love, and understanding - we're all the same people, all humans.
This is still one of the most amazing performances I have ever seen. Voice piano melody lyrics. Perfect. Neil Young was not happy with the released csny version. He has said the first take was the one they should have used. He said Still’s vocals on it were amazing but they kept retaking it. But nobody could improve on Joni
As a boomer I can tell you that Woodstock, (and I was in San Francisco in 1968), and it was definitely all about LSD! Don't let anyone tell you any differently! My 2 cents. Love Joni! Any time, any place, any day! Incredible poet and storyteller, (songwriter), amazing musician and impeccable vocals!
PERSONALLY , SHAWN....I COULDN'T SEE HOW ANYONE COULD BE " HATING ON YOU BRO " ... SHAME ON THEM...I have a few " reaction people I count on 😊great job 🎉❤
British folk / country rock group Matthew's Southern Comfort turned this to a big hit in The UK and European Continent back then. They did alter the melody a bit since singer Ian Matthew's voice did not suit to the high parts. Also the arrangement is different to CSN & Y version, being more dreamy. Please react to that ! :)
I think a more complicated view of the bombers-butterflies transformation is in order. She says she DREAMS it, which suggests both the kind of surreal thing that can happen in a dream, but it is the kind of hallucination that could happen on, say, LSD. It need not be only one thing and nothing else. She is capable, as are we all, of holding two or more concepts together at one time. Don't let the single-minded haters get to your! This whole live performance is great, by the way.
This performance shows why Joni was beloved and showcases her amazing voice. Sorry that some comments were not tactful and understanding of those who weren’t alive at the time. You showed just the opposite.
WHYYYYYY??? YOU DID THIS A COUPLE WEEKS BACK SHAWN, WHY IS IT SHOWING 42 MIN. AGO? :) MUST BE AN ALGORITHM THING, THAT'S INSANE! :) ANYWAY, HAVE A GR8 WEEKEND SHAWN!
To attribute the music of the 60’s and early 70’s to simply drugs demonstrates a childlike simplicity. The music was influenced by a young generation that felt trapped by the oppressive culture of the preceding generation. Self expression was frowned upon. Living your life by their standards was the norm. The music reflected a generation yearning for change. Some of the music was about supporting racial justice, some was antiwar, and some was about personal experimentation. For many personal experimentation involved drugs. These were turbulent times. Each young person found their own way of dealing with chaotic transition to a more open society. The music simply mirrored the times from the perspective of the young.
I know it's hard to believe in this cynical age we live in, but the progressive boomers of my generation really did think that we had a chance to change the world for the better with love and brotherhood. There was a lot of drug use, and many kids suffered from drug abuse, but that is only part of the 60s/70s, and is overly blamed for song lyrics. Not all poetic license is drug related.
Love it. It might have been a little bit about drugs 😁 One of my favorite Joni songs is Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire, supposedly about James Taylor's heroin addiction.
She didn't go to Woodstock because she was scheduled to appear on the Dick Cavett Show the following day. Cavett has posted some clips from that show on his RUclips channel, but someone else posted that entire Cavett show from the day after Woodstock: ruclips.net/video/Rzq8LZKdilQ/видео.html Cavett is an amazing interviewer and had many of the (now) legendary musicians of the day on his show, including John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Carly Simon, Paul Simon, Miles Davis, etc.
I love Joni's original, but as for covers, I much prefer Matthews Southern Comfort's. I don't think they charted with anything else but in my mind, they captured the tone of the song plus the psychedelic 70's sound best.
Was drug use rampant among the subset of Americans who attended festivals like Woodstock (a small minority then, though many claim to have been there now)? Yes. Were drugs the only thing their music was about? No. And many of them were taking drugs in hopes of reaching a higher consciousness, not just because of pure hedonism, like most drug users today. BTW, I was only 7 years old during Woodstock, so it was before my time, too.
"Bombs turning into butterflies" could be referencing drugs or a desire for peace...interpretations vary, so don't take that criticism to heart. Joni's version is also my favorite. It's so haunting and captures a perspective of what Woodstock signified for that generation.
There are plenty of songs that a lot of people think are about drugs, but aren't. Mr Tambourine man is about music and escapism, not drugs. Mellow Yellow is about a vibrator, not about smoking banana peels. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is about a drawing by John Lennon's son Julian, not about LSD. White Rabbit is about Alice in Wonderland. Heroin by the Velvet is about drugs though 😎
One of the most purely psychedelic songs ever written. The collective attainment of an Edenic bliss and innocence so powerful that the Soviet bombers sent to destroy us in the ultimate act of barbaric nihilism are transformed by hundreds of thousands of people on LSD into prismatic butterflies spewing rainbows everywhere, maaaan!
Joni will be on the Grammy Awards this Sunday! Age 80.
The only reason I'll be watching.
80 is the new 70. 😉
@@hlawrencepowellme too!
Joni Jam 💖
That was just soulful. Supremely beautiful. Like butterflies above our nation.
She wasn’t even there, and yet she completely captured the essence of Woodstock in this song.
Best cover so far of this song is by far the Good Harvest's cover of it 🙂: ruclips.net/video/8x-DoOYJn0M/видео.htmlfeature=shared
Ol’ hippie here saying Shawn, please don’t feel bad about your comments on the previous reaction to this song because a lot of our music was about sex drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. But there were a lot of songs portraying peace, love and understanding too, all of which was capsulated into the hippie era that produced some of the greatest music ever!
I’ll buy you a cup of coffee and give you suggestions fur more Joni songs. She was phenomenal!
Thank you Kathy for putting into words exactly what I was feeling, but didn't know how to explain.
Been curious for some time why I don't hear protest songs anymore.
Good question@@petergarayt9634
This version really shines a light on Joni’s vocal prowess and range. Stunning. And, I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out how extraordinary it is that Joni watched clips of Woodstock on TV, and within mere hours, she penned an anthem for an iconic event, and for a generation saying farewell to the sixties and peering into the uncertainty of a new decade. To have the artistic vision and skill plus the talent to perform it, illustrates that Joni is legend.
Joni is the best. Literally, the best. Epic.
Joni was a special talent. Her voice, her piano, her tunes, but it is her lyrics that get me. She was/is often profound.
Joni has ten Grammy Awards and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Music critics have called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever" and stated, "Joni Mitchell may stand as
the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century". That high praise for a fantastic individual who thinks of herself as a poet/painter (which she is). Great
commentary and video, Shawn. Thanks for the music and commentary. She's and Icon.
The greatest female writer we alive will ever see.That song will still be relevant 100 years from now
Joni IS Golden!
loved her since the 60's! time for a deep dive, man. for a little more mid-career, watch her live version of Amelia in 1979 singing about Amelia Earhart... you'll get a good sense of her unique guitar playing.
That performance is so pure.
CSNY's version always gets me pumped - her's brings me to tears. Crazy times in NY - I remember watching it on TV too - and all the craziness of the parkway leading to Yasgur's farm. Helicoptering people in and out - definitely a memorable weekend.
Joni is a true poet and artist. She always uses her voice as an instrument to paint her story. Beautiful performance from an artist whose songbook deserves in depth study. Blessings.
Another song about Woodstock is “Candles In The Rain” by Melanie Safka who did perform there. She actually passed away this last week.
It's amazing that she wrote this song and was never at Woodstock but with the lyrics and cadence of the song you would think she was there. She was invited to play at Woodstock, however, she already had made a commitment to appear on the Dick Cavett TVshow. Talk about honorable.
Mind-blown, and appropriately so. Joni is the BEST.
Joni’s version is more a somber version and more the end of an era of peace love and understanding rather than the upbeat beginning of something happening version!❤☮️
Love her and her music, not a fan of the Grammy Awards but she will be performing tomorrow night, Sunday and I think she may also be nominated for an award, I think she’s 80!
Love Joni! Though she has won numerous Grammy Awards, tomorrow will her first time performing at the Grammy Awards.
Joni's first four studio albums were purely acoustic, guitar, piano and Appalachian dulcimer. This version of Woodstock appeared on her 3rd album, Ladies of the Canyon. In 1974, her 6th studio album, Miles of Aisles, was her first live 2 record set. For that tour, she enlisted and employed the electric rock and jazz of Tom Scott and the LA Express as her backing band. Joni recreates Woodstock in the vein of CSN&Y's version, proving Joni could rock her own song. She then recreated Woodstock on her 2nd live album, Shadows and Light. The touring band was primarily members from 70s jazz group, LA's own Weather Report. Joni chose playing the electric guitar instead of her original acoustic piano. That performance is sublime....
Matthews Southern Comfort also does a beautiful cover of this song
Their version is my favorite of the three.
Best known version in the UK at the time.
The power of music can change a mind. ❤
David Crosby was asked who was the most talented musician he knew and without hesitating, said Joni Mitchell. You have yet to hear some of her best stuff!
Melanie, who recently died, took up for Joni, at Woodstock (not literally) and she also wrote a song called "Lay Down" about Woodstock. Melanie also has a mesmerizing voice.
I was in the army during Woodstock get out shortly after but don't let anybody tell you how to feel or don't feel bad expressing your opinions because the people who make you feel bad are not worth listening to and by the way you're doing a good job I enjoy your reactions
Those opening piano chords break my heart.
I grew up with her music. Truly one of the best singer-songwriters of all time.
Growing up during this time, I feel like drugs were an effort to bring some good feelings of peace, love, and flowers. Because it was such a wartime, political, terrifying, human rights battle by young people, it was all intertwined. Crazy time of growth through its musical artists. As we can see now, it didn't take much to tear down a church (nation of love) that took so long and so much turmoil to build. That's why the songs are still so loved and so relevant. THANKS SHAWN AND TO WHO REQUESTED IT. LOVE JONI.
Now hit the Matthews Southern Comfort version--which was also a major hit.
Hey all.. Sorry to double dip! But, Shawn... That was probably one of my favorite reactions I've watched! I love your genuine appreciation of so so many styles and important topics and talents! I just love you ❣️ Thanks. HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY EVERYONE 😊
A lot more atmosphere and emotion in her version and she makes you pay attention to the lyrics more.
She is my favorite female singer songwriter ❤️🌷
Joni's awesome, both as a writer and as a performer. IMHO, I still think Matthew's Southern Comfort does the best version of this iconic song. Please give it a listen!
I agree!
Magnificent- She is such a treasure
After watching that it's kind of easy to see why seemingly every gifted and upcoming young male folk/rock musician at the time was in love with Joni Mitchell.
Now you need to do the version by Richard Thompson that he performed at a tribute concert for Joni. It’s chilling.
Joni is gonna perform at the Grammys Sunday!!
Joni was the real deal. SO much great music in her catalogue. Thanks for sharing this one. 🙂
The best reaction by far.
Good reaction, Joni is always great.
The incomparable Joni Mitchell. Do more. Great reaction. The bombers into butterflies lyric is about the peace movements hopes to end the war and about the cloud of war hanging o er everyone’s heads and the love and freedom of woodstock lifting people out of that war mindset and so maybe it’s drugs but only as a small part of the intent of the lyric imho
Joni is so amazing. Another amazing artist you should check out is Melanie who just passed recently. She was an amazing talent also. She wrote a song about Woodstock too called Lay down candles in the Rain. She performed at Woodstock. There is another great song from her called Bobos Party among so many more.
Joni Mitchell is a great Canadian-American singer songwriter. She covers a lot of genres of music including folk, pop, rock, classical & jazz. She has had so many hits especially in the 60's-80's such as "Chelsea Morning", "Help Me", "Big Yellow Taxi", "The Circle Game", "Both Sides Now", "Raised On Robbery", "Free Man In Paris" etc.
I would love you to listen to 25-year-old Joni's original recording of "Both Sides, Now," included on her 1969 album "Clouds," and then her revisiting of the song in 2000, at 57 (from the album "Both Sides Now"). There's no better illustration of changing perspectives over time.
Finally, there is a GREAT two record set of Joni live titled Miles Of Aisles, in which she performs most of her early hits with a kickass band. It is a relatively more relaxed, upbeat performance than most of her early career. Check it out.
Shawn, please ignore the haters. I know that's easier said than done, but what you're doing here is very much appreciated by the vast majority of viewers, and we don't expect you to have perfect foreknowledge of everything you watch! Keep up the great work and know that we enjoy sharing your voyage of discovery and have your back.
Her homage to street musicians is a favorite. "For Free".
Quite the music here love you
Glad you did this exact version - she is on another planet, both versions are amazing but her singing is other worldly. If she did make it to the concert I wonder if we would have gotten two great songs out of it. The traffic was no joke however - I cringe on Joe Cocker reactions only because his back up singers were stuck in traffic and although Joe is amazing the band singing those parts wasn't. Joni singing California live on the Dulcimer I believe. More greatness!
Yea man, I'm glad you're getting to know Joni's work. Joni's just a great singer/ songwriter. Joni wrote a song about Amelia Earhart called Amelia with Pat Metheny on guitar and Joco Pastorius on bass, two world class musicians. Joni's playing electric guitar and killing it, live in 1979. It's really worth checking it out, peace brother.
The English band Matthews Southern Comfort also had a hit with this song in 1970-'71 (#1 UK, #23 USA) by way of a memorably smooth, silky soft rock sound. Worth a listen.
ruclips.net/video/qIHfuihoz70/видео.html
All that and no auto-tuner.
If you reacted to every song Joni Mitchell ever sang, i'd be liking them all. She did a live version of her song, Amelia from her Shadows and Light tour which featured musicians Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, Jaco Pastorius, et al. I think you'd enjoy it - i'd love to catch your reaction.
This communicates the Sixties ideal better than any other song.
IT IS CRAZY HUH??? ❤😊 CRAZYYYYYY GOOD! OUTRAGEOUS!
Joni missed Woodstock to do the Dick Cavett Show. Ironically, CSNY and Jefferson Airplane did make it out of Woodstock and came on the show with Joni to brag about how awesome the festival was. If she had gone, there would probably not have been the Woodstock song.
Joni had an appearance on the Dick Cavett Show(the Jimmy Kimmel of the day), and therefore was unable to get up to Woodstock. The promoters had to rent helicopters to get the acts to the festival after the first day. My older sister's friends tried to get there on Saturday, but they shut down the NYS Thruway .
I knew so many guys who fell in love with Joni because of her voice,. They became such fans that all they could do was talk about her and compare every other woman to Joni plus she is so beautiful in a wholesome way, who wouldn't think she was what it was all about? Her ability to write such unique music and such profound lyrics really set her apart from other artists. She is an outstanding talent and there is something about her voice that really does touch the soul and make the heart beat just a little faster. There is not one Joni song that I don't love and driving on an open road just singing out along with her is such a mood elevator. Thank you for a great reaction.
Glad to hear you speak up for your generation. I'm middle age. I like listening to younger ones. Claudia De La Cruz for president, haha peace
Hey! Take a dive! Love to hear your take. Should never be hate about music! It has such a role in bringing us together!
Shawn, I'm an old man who graduated from school in the mid-60s. From the late 50s to the early 60s, most people had a build-in wall around themselves and their emotions. Everyone
had three faces. The face you showed to the world. The face you showed to close friends and your family. The third face, you never show anyone. It is the most accurate reflection of who
you are. That's your true face. Sometimes during the drug-experiencing generation, you let down the walls, and your views and thoughts of what you wanted to believe or happen were often
put in the music that was being made - showing your true face without worrying about what people thought. Peace, love, and understanding - we're all the same people, all humans.
This is still one of the most amazing performances I have ever seen. Voice piano melody lyrics. Perfect. Neil Young was not happy with the released csny version. He has said the first take was the one they should have used. He said Still’s vocals on it were amazing but they kept retaking it. But nobody could improve on Joni
She wrote this for CSNY, Joni Mitchell went out with Graham Nash
Why are people so rude? You do a great job, Shawn!
Thanks Shawn :) "billion year old carbon" so cool
As a boomer I can tell you that Woodstock, (and I was in San Francisco in 1968), and it was definitely all about LSD! Don't let anyone tell you any differently! My 2 cents. Love Joni! Any time, any place, any day! Incredible poet and storyteller, (songwriter), amazing musician and impeccable vocals!
PERSONALLY , SHAWN....I COULDN'T SEE HOW ANYONE COULD BE " HATING ON YOU BRO " ... SHAME ON THEM...I have a few " reaction people I count on 😊great job 🎉❤
As real as it gets!
Yes, Shawn you and us are together discovering the music that we created in our prime.
VIBES, VIBES, VIBES, CHILLS AND 100% BETTER THAN ANY COVER SHAWN! :) CAUSE IT'S HERS
British folk / country rock group Matthew's Southern Comfort turned this to a big hit in The UK and European Continent back then. They did alter the melody a bit since singer Ian Matthew's voice did not suit to the high parts. Also the arrangement is different to CSN & Y version, being more dreamy.
Please react to that ! :)
I think a more complicated view of the bombers-butterflies transformation is in order. She says she DREAMS it, which suggests both the kind of surreal thing that can happen in a dream, but it is the kind of hallucination that could happen on, say, LSD. It need not be only one thing and nothing else. She is capable, as are we all, of holding two or more concepts together at one time. Don't let the single-minded haters get to your!
This whole live performance is great, by the way.
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Shawn, you are correct , not everything is about drugs in that era. The music then was about about chilling if you were partaking.
I 110% prefer Joni's version over the CS&Y version.
This performance shows why Joni was beloved and showcases her amazing voice. Sorry that some comments were not tactful and understanding of those who weren’t alive at the time. You showed just the opposite.
I’m 62 and born in 61’ the music is about the same stuff your music is about, just with different slang.
WHYYYYYY??? YOU DID THIS A COUPLE WEEKS BACK SHAWN, WHY IS IT SHOWING 42 MIN. AGO? :) MUST BE AN ALGORITHM THING, THAT'S INSANE! :) ANYWAY, HAVE A GR8 WEEKEND SHAWN!
To attribute the music of the 60’s and early 70’s to simply drugs demonstrates a childlike simplicity. The music was influenced by a young generation that felt trapped by the oppressive culture of the preceding generation. Self expression was frowned upon. Living your life by their standards was the norm. The music reflected a generation yearning for change. Some of the music was about supporting racial justice, some was antiwar, and some was about personal experimentation. For many personal experimentation involved drugs. These were turbulent times. Each young person found their own way of dealing with chaotic transition to a more open society. The music simply mirrored the times from the perspective of the young.
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I know it's hard to believe in this cynical age we live in, but the progressive boomers of my generation really did think that we had a chance to change the world for the better with love and brotherhood. There was a lot of drug use, and many kids suffered from drug abuse, but that is only part of the 60s/70s, and is overly blamed for song lyrics. Not all poetic license is drug related.
"Caught in the devil's bargain".. Tell me, who today writes such lyrics as that anymore?
Love it. It might have been a little bit about drugs 😁 One of my favorite Joni songs is Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire, supposedly about James Taylor's heroin addiction.
She didn't go to Woodstock because she was scheduled to appear on the Dick Cavett Show the following day. Cavett has posted some clips from that show on his RUclips channel, but someone else posted that entire Cavett show from the day after Woodstock:
ruclips.net/video/Rzq8LZKdilQ/видео.html
Cavett is an amazing interviewer and had many of the (now) legendary musicians of the day on his show, including John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Carly Simon, Paul Simon, Miles Davis, etc.
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I love Joni's original, but as for covers, I much prefer Matthews Southern Comfort's. I don't think they charted with anything else but in my mind, they captured the tone of the song plus the psychedelic 70's sound best.
Try the BBC live version done in the seventies. Her voice is in much better form.
Was drug use rampant among the subset of Americans who attended festivals like Woodstock (a small minority then, though many claim to have been there now)? Yes. Were drugs the only thing their music was about? No. And many of them were taking drugs in hopes of reaching a higher consciousness, not just because of pure hedonism, like most drug users today. BTW, I was only 7 years old during Woodstock, so it was before my time, too.
YOU SHOULD DO ( CALIFORNIA ) SHAWN, FROM THIS SAME 70 BBC SHOW 😊YOU'LL GET TO SEE HER PLAY HER DULCIMER 👍TAKE CARE SHAWN!
“Not everything is about drugs.” Shawn, a lot of it is though. 😉
"Bombs turning into butterflies" could be referencing drugs or a desire for peace...interpretations vary, so don't take that criticism to heart. Joni's version is also my favorite. It's so haunting and captures a perspective of what Woodstock signified for that generation.
"I dreamed I saw the bombers riding shotgun in the sky and they were turning into butterflies above our nation"......ain't that something?
Iris Dement. "Wasteland of the Free."
Now I know where Bad Company got there theme song.
this music is not about drugs but search for freedom
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There are plenty of songs that a lot of people think are about drugs, but aren't. Mr Tambourine man is about music and escapism, not drugs. Mellow Yellow is about a vibrator, not about smoking banana peels. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is about a drawing by John Lennon's son Julian, not about LSD. White Rabbit is about Alice in Wonderland.
Heroin by the Velvet is about drugs though 😎
One of the most purely psychedelic songs ever written. The collective attainment of an Edenic bliss and innocence so powerful that the Soviet bombers sent to destroy us in the ultimate act of barbaric nihilism are transformed by hundreds of thousands of people on LSD into prismatic butterflies spewing rainbows everywhere, maaaan!
Good I’d glad my smokin some weed does not make me a druggy. I’ve been sober for forty years.
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