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I love-love-love that you love Joni. And I love your eclectic music taste. It’s refreshing. You should check out Brandi Carlile if you dig Joni. Brandi has helped Joni return to performing after a brain aneurysm nearly killed her. They surprised everyone at the Newport Folk Festival with her first live performance since the aneurysm and then played the Grammys together for Joni’s first time ever. Brandi an insane writer and an even better vocalist. Really, you can’t go wrong with any of Brandi’s music. She crosses a lot of genres, but is mostly Americana. She has worked with everyone: Elton John, Pink, Sound Garden, Sam Smith, Tanya Tucker, Miley Cyrus, Hozier, Dolly Parton, Kelly Clarkson, Allison Russel, Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys, and of course Joni Mitchell, but here are a couple Joni covers. Here is Brandi Cover Jonis’s “A Case of You” (Which is my all time favorite Joni song and I thought no one would ever be able to cover): ruclips.net/video/W-8eusALPRk/видео.htmlsi=gTTInenwrFeRCMK7 This is Brandi covering Joni’s “Woodstock” another one of my favorites. ruclips.net/video/suqMmnl_x_M/видео.htmlsi=20jSklmPWK2rHw5V
"Just before our love got lost, you said ‘I am as constant as the Northern Star.’ And I answered ‘Constantly in the darkness, where’s that at? If you want me I’ll be in the bar'." What an incredible person, singer, lyricist and musician. An absolute Canadian treasure! And many, many thanks to Brandi Carlisle for getting Joni back on stage!
The reason she has so many alternate tunings is that she polio as a child in Saskatchewan, Canada and she couldn't manipulate her hands to play a lot of standard tuning. Then, she just experimented and came up with the most incredible sounds.
@@MarcosElMalo2I'm 100% with you on Jaco, while the pedant in me is bound to point out that that version of Amelia is just Joni solo! You then get the segue into Pat Metheny's exquisite guitar solo, which then segues into the magnificent Hejira, when Jaco and the rest of that superb band join in...
Led Zeppelin wrote Going to California about Joni. Everyone was in love with her. ❤ She wrote A case of You about singer/songwriter, Leonard Cohen. You might know his song, Hallelujah. ❤❤❤❤
I never knew that about Going to California, and Joni is my favorite artist! Thank you for that. I really enjoy the song Going to California. You probably know that Sandy Denny also sang with Zeppelin on that song. I am going to listen to it again right now!
@@annwaddell7321No, Sandy Denny sang with Zeppelin on "The Battle of Evermore." But both this song and "Going to California " are on that amazing fourth album.
My favorites are probably 'Songs to aging children come', (courtesy of Alice's Restaurant), and 'Song to a seagull'. But River is close! It covers so many emotional peaks.
I was lost, and then I was found. I remember all those times so long ago, Joni Mitchelll, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, and so many, so many great artists.
That's an Appalachian mountain dulcimer she's playing - a traditional instrument related to a zither. So much good music from Joni. I'd recommend reacting to her entire "Hejira" album from start to finish. It's a flawless gem. One of the great female voices in folk-rock - I'd rate her equal top with Emmylou Harris and Sandy Denny.
My 25 yo Daughter, she so loves this most beautiful of songs , me , I love the the Original ,of "Both Sides , Now" , it's such a beautiful song , Joni we luv you
When I was a teenager, a friend’s Mom gave me her old Joni albums. I instantly became a huge fan. In 1983, I was fortunate enough to see her perform. The wonderful thing about Joni is that, as a teenager, I could appreciate the lyrics and as I matured I could understand the lyrics. That’s the mark of a great songwriter. As the listener ages and goes through life experiences their understanding and appreciation of the songs change along with them.
Joni Mitchell does truly have a voice of an angel! This song was about fellow Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen who wrote amongst many others Hallelujah. Cheers
No matter when I hear Joni's songs, no matter how many times before, I get teary eyed. go figure that this is still the case in my 76th time round the years.
Polo, you are a wonderful person, I love that you can appreciate great music, even if it’s not recognized in todays world, because these days people don’t appreciate beauty in music, the beauty that was our planet, before greed began destroying it and the beauty of living in peace. Please keep sharing the beauty you have inside your soul. ✌️
Yes, after listening to Joni's music, hundreds of times, I still get chills. Her music is a great part of the "Soundtrack of My Life." It is deep, cheerful, whimsical and above all, beautiful! I am very happy to say that I own copies of everything she has created. Joni is truly amazing! A Case Of You by Joni Mitchell Just before our love got lost you said "I am as constant as a northern star" And I said, "Constantly in the darkness Where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar" On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh, Canada With your face sketched on it twice Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And I would still be on my feet Oh, I would still be on my feet Oh, I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints I'm frightened by the devil And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid I remember that time you told me You said, "Love is touching souls" Surely you touched mine 'Cause part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling Still I'd be on my feet I would still be on my feet I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your life She knew your devils and your deeds And she said, "Go to him, stay with him if you can But be prepared to bleed" Oh, but you are in my blood You're my holy wine You're so bitter Bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling Still I'd be on my feet I would still be on my feet
I've never seen this live version. Thanks for the reaction. Have loved her for decades....This whole album, Blue, is rock solid. California is a very nice tune.
"I am a lonely painter, I live in a box of paints" Joni's lyrics are sheer poetry & her music & voice flow perfectly together to make her songs so memorable. This track & the album "Blue" are my all time top loves. Joni has been with me for over 50 years & for that I am grateful & honoured. For more Joni try "Hissing of Summer lawns" & "In France they kiss on Main Street"
I hope you can do "River" one of these days... it's probably considered more of a Christmas song and you might want to wait until Winter... just want to plant the seed now LOL Chills... ❤
I got into Joni when I heard the song "Hejira" playing during the interlude between artists, just before the Steve Hillage Band played, in 1976. It completely mesmerised me and I bought the "Hejira" album soon afterwards. The next album was "Blue", from which album this song is taken. Now THERE is an album to get into. It's worth trying out the studio version of this!
Jazz cats love her. Check out her relationship with Charlie Mingus. Much like Miles Davis didn't much care for Caucasians but he loved working with her. Look at the trail of men left in her wake. Golden in every real and metaphorical way.
I can't profess to know much about Joni Mitchell's wealth of music, but there is one song of hers that I am fascinated by, and I think Polo would enjoy as well - "Coyote" from The Last Waltz. I've watched it a dozen times or more, and I am mesmerized every time I see it.
At 68yo she was and still is my favorite. What a loss. I cry when I hear this song and voice. The beauty of her voice touches my soul. Dulcimer is the instrument. She always thought of herself as a painter not a singer. Her talent is unsurpassed to me.
She wrote this song about her lover at the time,Mr.Leonard Cohen ,who wrote the song ,”Alleluia “.They were both very young.Joni had a child that she gave up for adoption because she was trying to get her career going.A very artistic woman and very complicated too.I am sure she has a few laments but no regrets.Not saying Cohen was the father,I don’t know who the father was with her child.
Joni Mitchell's music and lyrics truly penetrate the soul. But, she's not for everyone or for every time and place. Her compositions and presentation are highly introspective and beg deep personal reflection. I'm 67 and she's been a staple in my album rotation since my teens. Blue and Hissing of Summer Lawns are my personal favorites. Love her!
Joni Mitchell is an icon. This song appeals to my ear more when sung by James Wolpert, he was on The Voice ten years ago, give it a listen it's on YT. It's my own taste but I never would have heard it if Ms. Mitchell didn't write it. 🤙😎
I know you will want more Joni. Anything from Hissing of Summer Lawns. Don Juan's Restless Daughter, Heijira...anything with Jaco Pastorious and Pat Metheny.
Jaco Pastorious and Pat Metheny were artists that understood Joni Mitchell's music so well, and really enhanced it. I didn't think it was possible until I heard them together. you are so right!
I saw Joni live in 1974. Her voice, live is incredible! I still listen to her all the time and you are listening to my very favorite song of hers. There will never be anyone that comes close to Joni’s talent.❤️ Give “Miles of Aisles” a listen. She is a lyrical genius.
Her lyrics and voice has touched my soul ever since i saw her performance singing Big Yellow Taxi on the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival documentary many years ago. This song gives me goosebumps❤
I'm glad you said what you said because you were right to say it. Joni is real as hell, too much of what passes for art today ain't half the quality she brought to anything ever
She felt she had to give up her daughter for adoption when she was about eighteen. Her career was just starting. I think that’s where a lot of her melancholy came from. I’m glad she reconnected with her child at some point. I think that was her only offspring. I’ve loved her music since I was 17. I’m now 74.
I love everything about Joni. Her lyrics, the chosen instrument for each song, but most of all are her perfectly unpredictable molodies. It's a treasure. Bring it all together with her emotion... She was brilliant at her craft. And I'm sure it would have been cool af to hang out with her. A very welcomed gift to this world.
You need to listen to the original hit when she hit ALL of her incredibly high notes. Her range was absolutely incredible. She was my favorite female artist throughout the late 60's and all of the 70's and beyond. Her duets with James Taylor and CSNY are the most melodic and beautiful songs ever! She fills my ❤️
As others have said, the whole album Blue is essential listening, pretty much a Northern Star for the singer-songwriters of the 1970s. There's an amazing clip of her singing the title song, solo at the piano. The sound quality, but her intensity is just off the charts - it brings tears to my eyes.
It’s musicians like Joni that make your heart weep. It’s amazing how one person can touch your soul. Not many artist like this. And absolutely none right now. Artists don’t say anything meaningful. And most have no raw talent besides a studio of fancy buttons
I am now 76 years old and a musician. In the course of my life I loved countless songs and albums. The album “ Blue” however stands alone as the most innovative and poetical album of all time. Nothing comes close to this album it is beyond perfection it almost bleeds emotion. Imagine an alien who could speak English landed here on earth yet this alien was somehow ignorant of the concept of “Love” . I would say to this alien “ Go listen to the Joni Mitchell Blue album, then you will understand.”
Joni Michell, Karen Carpenter, Kate Bush, Hannah Reid (London Grammar) and Simone Simmons (Epica) ladies across genres whose voices simply uplift my spirit to another level.
As already stated this song is about Joni's love affair with the late Leonard Cohen. Both Canadians and two of the greatest song writers of our time. Can you imagine the kinetic energy created by that coupling! A Case of You, was witten about Leonard and he wrote Traveling Lady about Joni. He also had a short affair with Janis Joplin. He wrote Chelsea Hotel for her.
Such a great poet and such a fantastic, subtle voice residing in one person is hard to believe. You are so true about her being real. She is a unique musical talent providing much to savor.
This is one of my wife's absolute favorite songs. She'd only heard the Diana Krall cover until I played Joni's album Blue for her. I *think* the instrument is called a zither. To get a real perspective on the depth, breadth, and evolution of Joni as an artist... listen to the original studio version of her song Both Sides Now from the album Clouds - which she wrote in 1967 at age 23. It shows an incredible amount of wisdom about the follies and contradictions involved in love and assessing one's life - far more than one could possibly expect to grasp at such a young age. After absorbing that., listen to her 2021 version from the album entitled Both Sides Now. At age 78, A lifetime of smoking had taken away her angelic high vocal range, but she now sings with a husky contralto voice that is just as rich with feeling. More to the point - the emotion evident in the new version makes it clear that she has now really lived the experiences that she originally wrote about 54 years earlier. I cried when I heard it for the first time.
Joni is playing a mountain dulcimer. I fully agree Polo should listen to her 2021 version of _Both Sides Now_ next to her earlier version, for the reasons you stated. And after that, he should just listen to everything she's done. There's no getting around it, she's a musical genius.
I also had a high school crush on Joni- back when I was in high school from '68-'71, and it never went away. She is a gift from the heavens, that's the only way to describe the depth of her talent and artistry. Joni is so much more than the "Blue" album, and I literally love all of it.
You might like to hear a beautiful cover of this song by James Wolpert, on the Voice. Then try Joni Mitchell’s River for another incredible one of hers, the one with Blue, River up in the top left of the album cover.
You HAVE to listen to her later version of this. She re-recorded it when she was older and it is GORGEOUS. Her voice had deepened and matured and the arrangement is stunning. Please check it out.
This is your first taste from her Blue album. Every Joni fan has their favorite album from her varied career, but Blue marked a turning point in the history of music. Please listen to the studio versions of these magnificent songs first. Recommend you start with River, the title track and Little Green (look up what the last is about right before listening to it.) The entire album is essential, though, and tells a through-story if you can feel it. They don't come better than Joni.
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I love-love-love that you love Joni. And I love your eclectic music taste. It’s refreshing. You should check out Brandi Carlile if you dig Joni. Brandi has helped Joni return to performing after a brain aneurysm nearly killed her. They surprised everyone at the Newport Folk Festival with her first live performance since the aneurysm and then played the Grammys together for Joni’s first time ever. Brandi an insane writer and an even better vocalist. Really, you can’t go wrong with any of Brandi’s music. She crosses a lot of genres, but is mostly Americana. She has worked with everyone: Elton John, Pink, Sound Garden, Sam Smith, Tanya Tucker, Miley Cyrus, Hozier, Dolly Parton, Kelly Clarkson, Allison Russel, Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys, and of course Joni Mitchell, but here are a couple Joni covers.
Here is Brandi Cover Jonis’s “A Case of You” (Which is my all time favorite Joni song and I thought no one would ever be able to cover):
ruclips.net/video/W-8eusALPRk/видео.htmlsi=gTTInenwrFeRCMK7
This is Brandi covering Joni’s “Woodstock” another one of my favorites.
ruclips.net/video/suqMmnl_x_M/видео.htmlsi=20jSklmPWK2rHw5V
Miles of isles Album Joni❤
Fine artist, poet, musician, vocalist. Another Canadian gift to the world.
She is beauty. Full stop.
Every song on "Blue" is perfect....the definitive version of Case of You. (Go Browns!)
Still my favorite of her albums.
I could not agree more. "Blue" is a great album. Also, "I could drink a case of you" is one of my all-time favorite song lines.
Court and Spark is life changing. Joni Mitchell is an artist, period. 🤗
My favorite!
"Just before our love got lost, you said ‘I am as constant as the Northern Star.’ And I answered ‘Constantly in the darkness, where’s that at? If you want me I’ll be in the bar'." What an incredible person, singer, lyricist and musician. An absolute Canadian treasure! And many, many thanks to Brandi Carlisle for getting Joni back on stage!
This song is about Leonard Cohen (who wrote the song "Hallelujah," among many others).
The best line ever!!!
The instrument that Joni is playing is called a "mountain dulcimer". She plays many instruments, some with different tunings. She is vastly talented.
or Appalachian dulcimer, or lap dulcimer.
The reason she has so many alternate tunings is that she polio as a child in Saskatchewan, Canada and she couldn't manipulate her hands to play a lot of standard tuning. Then, she just experimented and came up with the most incredible sounds.
@@lexdunn4160I heard her say in an interview that she kept retuning until it fit her mood inside
Prince was a huge Joni Mitchell fan and did covers of “A Case Of You” in concert sometimes. There are several of them on RUclips.
🎼Joni was born in Alberta Canada on Nov 7, 1943 and is now 80 years old. She has/had a powerfully beautiful voice.❤
There cannot be enough SAID about this WOMAN!! SO MANY GREAT TUNES!! One of my favs is RIVER.... She is a TREASURE!! ENJOY!! :)
"River" is the song that made me a Joni Mitchell fan.
@@buckdeppen9388 Another vote here for "River" I hope Polo listens to it, except he might seriously start watching for that asteroid...
So GOOD, RIGHT??!!
I love that whole Blue album.
I love that song.
You’re not ‘just an old guy talking’ Polo, you just know what’s transcendent and what ain’t. Love you.
Pure angelic soul. If you don't tear up, you have no soul. She's an angel..
her work is incredible all the way around, but this song, this song... leaves me speechless every time. it's perfection.
Joni is simply the greatest ~
The live version of her song, "Amelia" from her Shadows and Lights tour is mind blowing....
Well, Jaco Pastorius. What else is there to say?
@@MarcosElMalo2I'm 100% with you on Jaco, while the pedant in me is bound to point out that that version of Amelia is just Joni solo! You then get the segue into Pat Metheny's exquisite guitar solo, which then segues into the magnificent Hejira, when Jaco and the rest of that superb band join in...
Led Zeppelin wrote Going to California about Joni. Everyone was in love with her. ❤
She wrote A case of You about singer/songwriter, Leonard Cohen. You might know his song, Hallelujah. ❤❤❤❤
I never knew that about Going to California, and Joni is my favorite artist! Thank you for that. I really enjoy the song Going to California. You probably know that Sandy Denny also sang with Zeppelin on that song. I am going to listen to it again right now!
@@annwaddell7321No, Sandy Denny sang with Zeppelin on "The Battle of Evermore." But both this song and "Going to California " are on that amazing fourth album.
Oh yes! That is right. Thanks for the correction. Either way, they sounded great together. @@DanalynTuthill-yl4hd
My favorites are probably 'Songs to aging children come', (courtesy of Alice's Restaurant), and 'Song to a seagull'. But River is close! It covers so many emotional peaks.
She used to live with Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills & Nash in a house in Laurel Canyon. Graham wrote the song “Our House” about their time together.
If you are liking Joni's music, there's a better than 5% chance you would like her album titled *Blue* (1971). Every. Single. Song. 👍😎
THIS!!!!
@@dianer.9203 👍😁
Joni is an amazing poet and story teller. She paints pictures with her music.
All heart and soul and honesty. Vulnerability. Never a dry eye, over the years, listening to Joni.
Yes, a beautiful and angelic soul.
She's genius lyricist.
I was lost, and then I was found. I remember all those times so long ago, Joni Mitchelll, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, and so many, so many great artists.
Brenda Lee.
This performance -- of this masterpiece song -- is transcendent. It almost leaves you in awe of what humans are capable of.
That's an Appalachian mountain dulcimer she's playing - a traditional instrument related to a zither. So much good music from Joni. I'd recommend reacting to her entire "Hejira" album from start to finish. It's a flawless gem. One of the great female voices in folk-rock - I'd rate her equal top with Emmylou Harris and Sandy Denny.
My 25 yo Daughter, she so loves this most beautiful of songs , me , I love the the Original ,of "Both Sides , Now" , it's such a beautiful song , Joni we luv you
Joni is one of the best singer/songwriters of her era. Her album "Blue" is superb, every song is a gem.
When I was a teenager, a friend’s Mom gave me her old Joni albums. I instantly became a huge fan. In 1983, I was fortunate enough to see her perform.
The wonderful thing about Joni is that, as a teenager, I could appreciate the lyrics and as I matured I could understand the lyrics. That’s the mark of a great songwriter. As the listener ages and goes through life experiences their understanding and appreciation of the songs change along with them.
My favorite artist of all time. No one like her. She also paints if you're into that type of art.
Angelic voice indeed. Almost 'a capella' all the way. Genuine artist.
Joni kept growing as her career progressed, from folk to rock to jazz. I hope you enjoy your journey with her and her music.
Joni Mitchell does truly have a voice of an angel! This song was about fellow Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen who wrote amongst many others Hallelujah.
Cheers
Prepare yourself for a deep deep rabbit hole my friend. There's a whole world of Joni Mitchell's music out there. All of it worth your time.
No matter when I hear Joni's songs, no matter how many times before, I get teary eyed. go figure that this is still the case in my 76th time round the years.
Polo, you are a wonderful person, I love that you can appreciate great music, even if it’s not recognized in todays world, because these days people don’t appreciate beauty in music, the beauty that was our planet, before greed began destroying it and the beauty of living in peace. Please keep sharing the beauty you have inside your soul. ✌️
Yes, after listening to Joni's music, hundreds of times, I still get chills. Her music is a great part of the "Soundtrack of My Life." It is deep, cheerful, whimsical and above all, beautiful!
I am very happy to say that I own copies of everything she has created. Joni is truly amazing!
A Case Of You
by Joni Mitchell
Just before our love got lost you said
"I am as constant as a northern star"
And I said, "Constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar"
On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh, Canada
With your face sketched on it twice
Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh, I would still be on my feet
Oh, I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid
I remember that time you told me
You said, "Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine
'Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time
Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet
I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours
She knew your life
She knew your devils and your deeds
And she said, "Go to him, stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed"
Oh, but you are in my blood
You're my holy wine
You're so bitter
Bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet
I feel the same way! Amazing.
I've never seen this live version. Thanks for the reaction. Have loved her for decades....This whole album, Blue, is rock solid. California is a very nice tune.
California is one of my favorites too
Court and Spark album is her best
Joni has always been my northern star. She is a poet without equal.
"I am a lonely painter, I live in a box of paints" Joni's lyrics are sheer poetry & her music & voice flow perfectly together to make her songs so memorable. This track & the album "Blue" are my all time top loves. Joni has been with me for over 50 years & for that I am grateful & honoured. For more Joni try "Hissing of Summer lawns" & "In France they kiss on Main Street"
One of my favourite Joni Mitchell songs.
I hope you can do "River" one of these days... it's probably considered more of a Christmas song and you might want to wait until Winter... just want to plant the seed now LOL Chills... ❤
It’s a timeless song.
BLUE is an amazing album!
Check out her Newport Jazz Festival appearance, recently, a comeback after her stroke.
She also performed Clouds at this year’s Grammys!
I got into Joni when I heard the song "Hejira" playing during the interlude between artists, just before the Steve Hillage Band played, in 1976.
It completely mesmerised me and I bought the "Hejira" album soon afterwards.
The next album was "Blue", from which album this song is taken. Now THERE is an album to get into. It's worth trying out the studio version of this!
I found her through my grandfather showing me The Last Waltz and her performance of Coyote with the Band.
Next, listen to Joni perform Both Sides Now. Then ask yourself how any 21 year old could paint such a life weathered masterpiece.
Does forget Jackson Browne these days. Loved that time musically
this masterpiece is being sung live.... LIVE
Jazz cats love her. Check out her relationship with Charlie Mingus. Much like Miles Davis didn't much care for Caucasians but he loved working with her. Look at the trail of men left in her wake. Golden in every real and metaphorical way.
She is amazing!
Joni is in a class, all her own. Her songwriting, musicianship and.... that voice. Goosebump inducing! Love her, she's a national treasure ❤
Wow, her voice is so beautiful!
I can't profess to know much about Joni Mitchell's wealth of music, but there is one song of hers that I am fascinated by, and I think Polo would enjoy as well - "Coyote" from The Last Waltz. I've watched it a dozen times or more, and I am mesmerized every time I see it.
The studio version is on Hejira - one of the all-time great folk-rock albums.
She's playing a mountain dulcimer. Treat yourself to that whole LP sometime. It is something very special. Thanks for sharing this one. 🙂
Joni has said'
"I sing my sorrows and I paint my joys".
At 68yo she was and still is my favorite. What a loss. I cry when I hear this song and voice. The beauty of her voice touches my soul. Dulcimer is the instrument. She always thought of herself as a painter not a singer. Her talent is unsurpassed to me.
So glad you can appreciate her tali. Go ahead and cry. We did care and I think she did too.
She wrote this song about her lover at the time,Mr.Leonard Cohen ,who wrote the song ,”Alleluia “.They were both very young.Joni had a child that she gave up for adoption because she was trying to get her career going.A very artistic woman and very complicated too.I am sure she has a few laments but no regrets.Not saying Cohen was the father,I don’t know who the father was with her child.
Joni Mitchell's music and lyrics truly penetrate the soul. But, she's not for everyone or for every time and place. Her compositions and presentation are highly introspective and beg deep personal reflection. I'm 67 and she's been a staple in my album rotation since my teens. Blue and Hissing of Summer Lawns are my personal favorites. Love her!
Joni Mitchell is an icon. This song appeals to my ear more when sung by James Wolpert, he was on The Voice ten years ago, give it a listen it's on YT. It's my own taste but I never would have heard it if Ms. Mitchell didn't write it. 🤙😎
I know you will want more Joni. Anything from Hissing of Summer Lawns. Don Juan's Restless Daughter, Heijira...anything with Jaco Pastorious and Pat Metheny.
Jaco Pastorious and Pat Metheny were artists that understood Joni Mitchell's music so well, and really enhanced it. I didn't think it was possible until I heard them together. you are so right!
Joni is transcendent. The mire you listen the more you realize what a consummate musician she is.
I saw Joni live in 1974. Her voice, live is incredible! I still listen to her all the time and you are listening to my very favorite song of hers. There will never be anyone that comes close to Joni’s talent.❤️ Give “Miles of Aisles” a listen. She is a lyrical genius.
Joni is great. ❤❤❤
Her lyrics and voice has touched my soul ever since i saw her performance singing Big Yellow Taxi on the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival documentary many years ago. This song gives me goosebumps❤
She is wonderful.
I love that you are loving Joni. Watch too many people of the 70s didn't appreciate exactly how you accurately described her.
Agreed Polo that was an AMAZING performance ❤
“Part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to time” Amazing!
Driving across New Mexico late at night 30 years ago listening to Joni.
I'm glad you said what you said because you were right to say it. Joni is real as hell, too much of what passes for art today ain't half the quality she brought to anything ever
A voice that sounds like it has only ever breathed pure oxygen
Amazing Joni
She felt she had to give up her daughter for adoption when she was about eighteen. Her career was just starting. I think that’s where a lot of her melancholy came from. I’m glad she reconnected with her child at some point. I think that was her only offspring. I’ve loved her music since I was 17. I’m now 74.
I love everything about Joni. Her lyrics, the chosen instrument for each song, but most of all are her perfectly unpredictable molodies. It's a treasure. Bring it all together with her emotion... She was brilliant at her craft.
And I'm sure it would have been cool af to hang out with her.
A very welcomed gift to this world.
I saw Joni the first time in the early 1970’s. You will have goose bumps forever. ❤
Wow, you are so fortunate to have seen her. I wish that I had, but am grateful for all of her music.
This kind of song and this one in particular shows how much the voice is absolutely an instrument.
Joni is the greatest and so are you my man.
You need to listen to the original hit when she hit ALL of her incredibly high notes. Her range was absolutely incredible. She was my favorite female artist throughout the late 60's and all of the 70's and beyond. Her duets with James Taylor and CSNY are the most melodic and beautiful songs ever! She fills my ❤️
I saw Jackson Browne and Joni together in the late 70s. What a night.
As others have said, the whole album Blue is essential listening, pretty much a Northern Star for the singer-songwriters of the 1970s. There's an amazing clip of her singing the title song, solo at the piano. The sound quality, but her intensity is just off the charts - it brings tears to my eyes.
It’s musicians like Joni that make your heart weep. It’s amazing how one person can touch your soul. Not many artist like this. And absolutely none right now. Artists don’t say anything meaningful. And most have no raw talent besides a studio of fancy buttons
This is a beautiful song. One of my favorites.
I am now 76 years old and a musician. In the course of my life I loved countless songs and albums. The album “ Blue” however stands alone as the most innovative and poetical album of all time. Nothing comes close to this album it is beyond perfection it almost bleeds emotion.
Imagine an alien who could speak English landed here on earth yet this alien was somehow ignorant of the concept of “Love” . I would say to this alien “ Go listen to the Joni Mitchell Blue album, then you will understand.”
Joni Michell, Karen Carpenter, Kate Bush, Hannah Reid (London Grammar) and Simone Simmons (Epica) ladies across genres whose voices simply uplift my spirit to another level.
As already stated this song is about Joni's love affair with the late Leonard Cohen. Both Canadians and two of the greatest song writers of our time. Can you imagine the kinetic energy created by that coupling! A Case of You, was witten about Leonard and he wrote Traveling Lady about Joni. He also had a short affair with Janis Joplin. He wrote Chelsea Hotel for her.
This song really goes deep into my heart❤❤
She is an absolute genius!
Such a great poet and such a fantastic, subtle voice residing in one person is hard to believe. You are so true about her being real. She is a unique musical talent providing much to savor.
An incredible writer, composer, singer, with such a soulful voice. ❤ I had this album, all angelic!
So eclictic, Joni is just a legend.
Joni Mitchell is a musical genius.
So yeah. Pretty fly.
A true Canadiana legend she was appreciated by a lot stars back then, and very influential she’s truly amazing
This is one of my all time favorite songs. So beautiful, so simple, and it makes me feel something every time.
This is one of my wife's absolute favorite songs. She'd only heard the Diana Krall cover until I played Joni's album Blue for her. I *think* the instrument is called a zither. To get a real perspective on the depth, breadth, and evolution of Joni as an artist... listen to the original studio version of her song Both Sides Now from the album Clouds - which she wrote in 1967 at age 23. It shows an incredible amount of wisdom about the follies and contradictions involved in love and assessing one's life - far more than one could possibly expect to grasp at such a young age. After absorbing that., listen to her 2021 version from the album entitled Both Sides Now. At age 78, A lifetime of smoking had taken away her angelic high vocal range, but she now sings with a husky contralto voice that is just as rich with feeling. More to the point - the emotion evident in the new version makes it clear that she has now really lived the experiences that she originally wrote about 54 years earlier. I cried when I heard it for the first time.
Joni is playing a mountain dulcimer.
I fully agree Polo should listen to her 2021 version of _Both Sides Now_ next to her earlier version, for the reasons you stated. And after that, he should just listen to everything she's done. There's no getting around it, she's a musical genius.
I also had a high school crush on Joni- back when I was in high school from '68-'71, and it never went away. She is a gift from the heavens, that's the only way to describe the depth of her talent and artistry. Joni is so much more than the "Blue" album, and I literally love all of it.
Plant and Page were absolutely gobsmacked by her. Going to California is about her.
You might like to hear a beautiful cover of this song by James Wolpert, on the Voice. Then try Joni Mitchell’s River for another incredible one of hers, the one with Blue, River up in the top left of the album cover.
I saw Joni live at Pine Knob (outside Detroit) back in the 80s. Most amazing performance I've ever seen.
You HAVE to listen to her later version of this. She re-recorded it when she was older and it is GORGEOUS. Her voice had deepened and matured and the arrangement is stunning. Please check it out.
I agree with your commentary, Polo.
The re mastered studio version has 1.1million views~
L O V E this song and Joni Mitchell
One of my favourites. 😊
This is your first taste from her Blue album. Every Joni fan has their favorite album from her varied career, but Blue marked a turning point in the history of music. Please listen to the studio versions of these magnificent songs first. Recommend you start with River, the title track and Little Green (look up what the last is about right before listening to it.) The entire album is essential, though, and tells a through-story if you can feel it.
They don't come better than Joni.