Just saw the Kennedy Center Honorees (Dec. 2021). Joni is beautiful. Her music is unique and wonderful to hear her hits from the 70's. Sooo gifted. Love the jazz/rock chords and sounds. Merry Christmas to all. 🎄 🇺🇲
Just when you thought Help Me couldn't take you higher, Free Man in Paris plays. Like all of Joni's music it only gets better and better. God bless you, you're such a beautiful woman and soul Joni Mitchell.
1983 I was 21 and just starting my life and how lucky I was to grow up in the 70's when music was at its best. Arguably the best decade of music ever, and will ever be. The 70's, I wish I could go back and experience it all over again. Joni is my muse and direction.
It was without a doubt the greatest and most creative decade of music in history, the Beatles sowed the seeds and all the other fantastically talented musicians across so many genres from disco, Motown, soul, folk, heavy rock, pop and progressive rock took up the mantle, we who grew up in that incredible decade look back wistfully✌️
Wow Joni...I thought and learned a lot about life listening to your songs...she could feel life (The Hissing of Summer Lawns)...she could foretell the future (They took all the trees put 'em in a tree museum, And they charged the people a dollar an' a half just to see 'em, Don't it always seem to go, That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone, They paved paradise, put up a parking lot) Yes, I learned a lot from the woman from Saskatchewan...she's an impish angel, a muse of life...a reveller of beautiful musical contemplation…”…While she’s busy being free…”
Did you know that among her biggest admirers were Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Prince, and Slash? She gave Prince the sage advice to write songs using colors. He definitely used that to great advantage.
Adele, today? In comparison, nah. The rest of the "singers" today, female that is nah again. Or persons I should say. Sorry. I have a list of the overrated that I will keep to myself. Joni was and is a songstress. Sue me. I don't have anything of any value cept my opinion.
Frequently missing today but not ALWAYS missing. As long as people are making music there will always be new, and good, music made. Joni Mitchell may be a once in a lifetime phenomenon, yes, but there were heaps of musical trash audible all around her, suitable for two purposes, to turn down or better, turn off.
I suddenly realised I was sharing a hotel lift with Joni and John Guerin in London around the time of the concert. I could see that she knew I’d recognised her and for one second I struggled with blurting out how much I worshipped her and her music. ... but it seemed ridiculous. And so the moment passed. But my love for her music and particularly Hissing of Summer Lawns has lasted all my life.
Blessings from Taiwan 🇹🇼😇🧧 Congratulations to Joni Mitchell to win a lifetime achievement honor: the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2023💪🤩👍
About 50 years ago a group of friends and I went to Phil's Pancake and Steak House at the Chinook Shopping Centre in Calgary on a Friday night for dinner and drinks. 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 with her songs and her voice. A half a century later and she still has that effect on me.
O my, Joni has been an inspiration, such a part of This journey, I paint with her, I write with her always in mind. She opened my heart Many years ago. And I thank Her spirit for being in tune With mine ...
Age 11, no different. Was at Castle AFB in Merced, California and not a care in the world. 74 was magic. Please Come to Boston, Air that I Breathe, Rick Me Gently, Rock the Boat, Dancing Machine, Sunshine on my Shoulders. Many days my mind spends hours there.
@@psmguy63 THEY would STILL play it in '75-'77---I was 20 & in the AIR FORCE; & asking myself WHY I JOINED!!!------this song STRUCK a NERVE in my PERSONAL life!!!!!!!--------A LOT of RESPONSIBILITY, in the U.S.A.F.;----------I WAS A FREE MAN IN OHIO (on leave)!!!!!!!!!! --I served my TIME; (&then SOME!)--but NO career!!!!
It's got that cool kinda groove to it that will always be timeless. I have an $12k audio system that took me 5 years to complete and this song kicks pretty nice.
Joni Mitchell is one of the 20th Century's greatest musical artistes. She is a mountain peak that has few rivals. Her lyrics, music, and voice are quite unique, and no other woman has come close to her in terms of her talent, quality, and longevity. She has set the standard and few if any will ever equal or surpass it. Well done Joni. You provided the soundtrack to my adult life.
I saw Joni in concert in Lexington,KY. Joni had just released "Miles of Aisles". I stayed in the same hotel as Joni,her band, and her crew. This was during the late 1970s. Joni was fantastic!
+Helen Will How lucky you are Helen :) MILES OF AISLES was the second LP of my collection back in 1974, after discovering this great and fantastic artist, some months before : love at "first sight". Then, came all others works Hejira, Don Juan's.....Mingus - of course - Shadows and Light and so on. 42 years after, Joni is always one of my favorite singer, a shiny and sunny light.
I first heard Joni Mitchell in January, 1975, on a month-long road trip with a guy and a woman. He and I each had a dozen music tapes. She had one, Court and Spark. Every 3rd choice was hers, always Court and Spark. Fantastic trip, incredbile places in the US SW, deserts, mountains, canyons, but too much Joni Mitchell. A month after returning home, at a party at the woman's house, only Joni Mitchell singing. All of those incredible memories came flooding back, and I have loved her music ever since, for the memories, and the music.
Joni Mitchell amazing she is as good as her friends CSNY what a talented woman she was and is accredited to the hall of fame we will never see this again
The grand dame of the singer songwriter genre. She absolutely cut a large, distinct and unique swath through the history of rock. A genuine hall of famer. Her songs always move me.
I was at this concert and although i enjoyed it, frankly, it's greatness went over my head. ( True Wembley back then was an enormous cow shed and didn't suit subtle music ) It was only in later years did i truly appreciate her musical and lyrical ability to make incredible songs. IMHO one of the great artists of the 20th century.
Omg, I need to see this entire concert. How amazing that we can see all this beautiful Joni history saved on film. It really has saved my love for music as I just cannot find the equal these days.
I like Meryl Streep, and when I found out that she was a fan of Joni Mitchell, I started listening to it too!! It's all wonderful songs, but I especially like this song♡♡
in case you wondered....the band.....Colaiuta (dr), L. Klein (bs), Ferrante (keys), Landau (g)...no comment needed I guess....their quality is obvious...how charmingly they changed the famous riff between the verses
"Stoking the star-making machinery behind the popular song" Had most if not all of Joni's LP's way back and hadn't heard this great song again till now in 2017. If you don't tap your foot to this there is something wrong!
This was my favorite song in 1974. All I wanted to do was move to France and sweep cafe floors and wonder what everyone was saying around me. I had one more year of high school to complete because I graduated early. I wish I had moved to France so much. It was this song and something else I couldn’t put my finger on. I love Joni and I am a huge fan. She is the original.
Everyone pivoted to her voice structure, but few understood the incredible guitar alterations of crazy occult tunings she came up with. The whole package was unmatched, even to this day.
Lots of people forget to mention that not only is she a supreme singer/songwriter,artist/painter but she is as cool as f##k with her style as well,she always dresses immaculately and looks so damn cool.
Let's talk about how UNDERRATED she is at rhythm guitar.
And the fact that she plays a George Benson signature model. . . . That's how cool she is !!!! . . . She plays someone else's signature model!!
Joni is so totally unique!A world Icon of Artistic Expression and a Legend of a Lady!!
Nobody comes near her unique talent. She is in a class all her own.
YES FROM ANOTHER PLANET PERIOD.
Yes!
Just saw the Kennedy Center Honorees (Dec. 2021). Joni is beautiful. Her music is unique and wonderful to hear her hits from the 70's. Sooo gifted. Love the jazz/rock chords and sounds. Merry Christmas to all. 🎄 🇺🇲
I would've thought that Neil Young, Kate Bush, Bob Dylan, amongst some others, are in a class of their own.
I agree she is beyond words
So lucky to have seen her in 74 with CSNY she is a major force in music, her music is very relevant still today. Very Special.
My friends and I would sit in a circle and sing loudly all things Joni. Best songwriter ever.
I was there. 23 rows back and 35 years younger
a Golden ticket...cherished memories...awesome
Totally envious
So lucky
Do tell!!
No words to describe this magnificent, beautiful lady! Love you Joni!
Just when you thought Help Me couldn't take you higher, Free Man in Paris plays. Like all of Joni's music it only gets better and better. God bless you, you're such a beautiful woman and soul Joni Mitchell.
I'm with you on that. Those two songs blow me away.
Help Me has always been and I think always will be my very favorite. I don’t know what it is, something just pure magical about it.
1983 I was 21 and just starting my life and how lucky I was to grow up in the 70's when music was at its best. Arguably the best decade of music ever, and will ever be.
The 70's, I wish I could go back and experience it all over again. Joni is my muse and direction.
Wow, what a wonderful story!
It was without a doubt the greatest and most creative decade of music in history, the Beatles sowed the seeds and all the other fantastically talented musicians across so many genres from disco, Motown, soul, folk, heavy rock, pop and progressive rock took up the mantle, we who grew up in that incredible decade look back wistfully✌️
Joni, you'll allways be a very good freind of mine, Love Lama.
Wow Joni...I thought and learned a lot about life listening to your songs...she could feel life (The Hissing of Summer Lawns)...she could foretell the future (They took all the trees put 'em in a tree museum, And they charged the people a dollar an' a half just to see 'em, Don't it always seem to go, That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone, They paved paradise, put up a parking lot) Yes, I learned a lot from the woman from Saskatchewan...she's an impish angel, a muse of life...a reveller of beautiful musical contemplation…”…While she’s busy being free…”
Joni was not only the greatest singer songwriter of the last half of the 20th Century, but a brilliant Guitarist.
Truth!
Did you know that among her biggest admirers were Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Prince, and Slash? She gave Prince the sage advice to write songs using colors. He definitely used that to great advantage.
She ranked 12th in Rolling Stone magazine
Joni has a little something that's frequently missing in today's musicians: talent...
Oh. You are so right!
Adele, today? In comparison, nah. The rest of the "singers" today, female that is nah again. Or persons I should say. Sorry. I have a list of the overrated that I will keep to myself. Joni was and is a songstress. Sue me. I don't have anything of any value cept my opinion.
We got Wet Ass Pussy as acclaimed masterpiece? The hell?
Frequently missing today but not ALWAYS missing. As long as people are making music there will always be new, and good, music made. Joni Mitchell may be a once in a lifetime phenomenon, yes, but there were heaps of musical trash audible all around her, suitable for two purposes, to turn down or better, turn off.
@@Phish1995 bingo.
I suddenly realised I was sharing a hotel lift with Joni and John Guerin in London around the time of the concert. I could see that she knew I’d recognised her and for one second I struggled with blurting out how much I worshipped her and her music. ... but it seemed ridiculous. And so the moment passed. But my love for her music and particularly Hissing of Summer Lawns has lasted all my life.
She'd long split with Guerin by the time of this concert. She was married to Larry Klein, the bass player.
Blessings from Taiwan 🇹🇼😇🧧
Congratulations to Joni Mitchell to win a lifetime achievement honor: the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2023💪🤩👍
Always loved Joni, she must be a vibe to just hang with and chill
Not just a "star" ... she's a galaxy.
About 50 years ago a group of friends and I went to Phil's Pancake and Steak House at the Chinook Shopping Centre in Calgary on a Friday night for dinner and drinks. 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 with her songs and her voice. A half a century later and she still has that effect on me.
She makes me get naked and paint
Wow!
@@oldboehne1153 I'm really glad you said "paint" there. Hahaha.... I'm just joking. I know what you mean.
Fucn iceberg
O my, Joni has been an inspiration, such a part of
This journey, I paint with her,
I write with her always in mind. She opened my heart
Many years ago. And I thank
Her spirit for being in tune
With mine ...
I remember first hearing this song in 1974 at age 14 and still dig it after all these years.
Me too, I was 14 , love her
Age 11, no different. Was at Castle AFB in Merced, California and not a care in the world. 74 was magic. Please Come to Boston, Air that I Breathe, Rick Me Gently, Rock the Boat, Dancing Machine, Sunshine on my Shoulders. Many days my mind spends hours there.
@@psmguy63 THEY would STILL play it in '75-'77---I was 20 & in the AIR FORCE; & asking myself WHY
I JOINED!!!------this song STRUCK a NERVE in my
PERSONAL life!!!!!!!--------A LOT of RESPONSIBILITY, in the U.S.A.F.;----------I WAS A FREE MAN IN OHIO (on leave)!!!!!!!!!!
--I served my TIME; (&then SOME!)--but NO career!!!!
Joseph, I just heard it for the 1st time 10 minutes ago and I'm 56, can't stop playing it over & over, John
It's got that cool kinda groove to it that will always be timeless. I have an $12k audio system that took me 5 years to complete and this song kicks pretty nice.
A wizardess, a true star!
OMG her voice
Thanks God for the good music and voice....🙏😍
Not only is her songwriting, voice, musicianship and presentation superb, look at that awesome sense of tashion style.
Wandering down Champs Elysees listening this song. That was almost a religious experience I´ll never forget. Thank you for that, Joni
Joni Mitchell is one of the 20th Century's greatest musical artistes. She is a mountain peak that has few rivals. Her lyrics, music, and voice are quite unique, and no other woman has come close to her in terms of her talent, quality, and longevity. She has set the standard and few if any will ever equal or surpass it. Well done Joni. You provided the soundtrack to my adult life.
One of the most talented people ever! Joni, you are the greatest!
I made some great love to her music😊
You must have Blisters on the palms of your hands
I still get chills when I hear her music, she is a genius.
And a raving beauty at every age and phase.
They dont make them like joni mitchell anymore !! she,s brilliant
I saw Joni in concert in Lexington,KY. Joni had just released "Miles of Aisles". I stayed in the same hotel as Joni,her band, and her crew. This was during the late 1970s. Joni was fantastic!
+Helen Will How lucky you are Helen :) MILES OF AISLES was the second LP of my collection back in 1974, after discovering this great and fantastic artist, some months before : love at "first sight". Then, came all others works Hejira, Don Juan's.....Mingus - of course - Shadows and Light and so on. 42 years after, Joni is always one of my favorite singer, a shiny and sunny light.
+Max Seep I was very lucky! Wish she were still performing today.
@@taf44tt8io also hissing of summer lawns
I first heard Joni Mitchell in January, 1975, on a month-long road trip with a guy and a woman. He and I each had a dozen music tapes. She had one, Court and Spark. Every 3rd choice was hers, always Court and Spark. Fantastic trip, incredbile places in the US SW, deserts, mountains, canyons, but too much Joni Mitchell. A month after returning home, at a party at the woman's house, only Joni Mitchell singing. All of those incredible memories came flooding back, and I have loved her music ever since, for the memories, and the music.
Great story.
she is one of the greats. her voice is the best in music history.
Was watching a Bio on David Geffen & they played a clip of this song, I'm a 56 yr old music junkie and I've never heard this, ? PHENOMENAL.....Wow
Joni Mitchell amazing she is as good as her friends CSNY what a talented woman she was and is accredited to the hall of fame we will never see this again
The grand dame of the singer songwriter genre. She absolutely cut a large, distinct and unique swath through the history of rock. A genuine hall of famer. Her songs always move me.
hall of "farmer". hahahaha. sorry, just strikes me funny. thanks for the typo.
Ladies and gentleman....Joni Mitchell. One of the best moments of my life I will never forget those words..
Beautiful version she's Cookin' all the way through. What a Voice!
So fabulous! The coolest chick in the music business! Just listen to her voice & watch her move. Thank you Joni!
Listen to her voice & watch her move, absolutely !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A SUPREME being, we are so very lucky to have been touched by her presence! Love you Joni!
At this time her voice had matured but still was beautiful to listen to.
"Still beautiful"? Better, IMO. Fuller, rounder.
I love that trippy glow that old video tapes have now.
The best songwriter and singer ever. What ever she wrote and sang: This lasts forever. The Shakespear of our times.
I am a Woodstock generation guy. Joni captures it all. Fantastic!
How about Hendrix & Grateful Dead
It was pity she got held up in NYC and couldn't make it
Pure Genius.
Thank you, Joni Mitchell.
I love everything she does. I'm 69 years old. I was a free man in Paris once.
I was at this concert and although i enjoyed it, frankly, it's greatness went over my head. ( True Wembley back then was an enormous cow shed and didn't suit subtle music ) It was only in later years did i truly appreciate her musical and lyrical ability to make incredible songs. IMHO one of the great artists of the 20th century.
You're right - Wembley was a terrible music venue
Who are the backing musicians?
You're lucky
Love the 80s guitar jangle and snappy bass sounds in this version. Joni is queen!
Wild things run fast tour. She passed through Belgium as well... best concert of my life... hugs Joni !
Long may you reign Joni (you Goddess).
Joni what talent you have. Love your music.
Can you imagine, she starts her set with THIS piece. I'm mesmerized today by the grace and sheer elegance which counterbalances such an intimate text.
ABSOLUTELY
love I spend my time watching peeps who are legends
Stoking the Star making machinery - that she did! Bravo- 🙌
One of a kind artist.
They don't make them like Joni then or ever.
Joni's music is timeless!
How I relate to her after all my years at 67. She's still a stick of dinomite. I love 'Court and Spark'.
I really loved her move to jazz! She really came alive in this era of her career!
She was in a class all her own. Genius
Omg, I need to see this entire concert. How amazing that we can see all this beautiful Joni history saved on film. It really has saved my love for music as I just cannot find the equal these days.
Joni Mitchell sounds phenomenal in this video
The Queen of Rock n Roll :)
with Freddie mercury ;)
a true artist in ev very sense, love her guitar playing, not many artists today stand up to her, bless you Joni
Still SO gorgeous and sings like a skylark. Joni forever! GO CANADA!
I like Meryl Streep, and when I found out that she was a fan of Joni Mitchell, I started listening to it too!! It's all wonderful songs, but I especially like this song♡♡
Joni can "rock it out" with the best of them!
An amazing musician, leader, vocalist, everything!
The bass player looks like he's having a FULL DRY BODY HEAVE SET TO MUSIC!!! SWEET FANCY MOSES!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣
UNFORGETTABLE. AMAZING PERFORMANCE. GREATEST FEMALE SONGWRITER.
GREATEST xxxxxx SONGWRITER.
Fixed that for you.
Supreme storyteller for a generation!
I was there at this show. 28 rows back and 34 years younger. Oh gosh.
Great Joni ... 😍
Her hair is the same color. Joni never ages. ❤
She always sounds perfect
For some reason this tune started playing in my head today...definitely a cool tune and vibe...
Heard this in a truck stop today of all places, and was reminded of a truly great talent and star. Hope she is well.
Good God, would give me instant chills to hear this song as the opener. 👏 What an unparalleled singer-songwriter.
Bella musica !!
in case you wondered....the band.....Colaiuta (dr), L. Klein (bs), Ferrante (keys), Landau (g)...no comment needed I guess....their quality is obvious...how charmingly they changed the famous riff between the verses
one of my favorite tunes...excellent performance!
"Stoking the star-making machinery behind the popular song"
Had most if not all of Joni's LP's way back and hadn't heard this great song again till now in 2017.
If you don't tap your foot to this there is something wrong!
Thank You Joni! You are probably Canada's greatest every gift to this world! Phenomenal Talent!
Joni the GOAT
GENIUS PERIOD.
Beautiful singer
This was my favorite song in 1974. All I wanted to do was move to France and sweep cafe floors and wonder what everyone was saying around me. I had one more year of high school to complete because I graduated early. I wish I had moved to France so much. It was this song and something else I couldn’t put my finger on. I love Joni and I am a huge fan. She is the original.
Joni's a pro and had already been entertaining fans for a long time at this show so no pressure. I mean it's only freakin' Wembley!!!
Outstanding! It doesn't get much better than this!!!
A classy classic. No recording gimmicks Joni has buckets of talent and sounds the same if not better than the record.
Can't get enough! ❤ Joni!
Great Great Song
A perfect rendition.Thank you Joni 💕🇬🇧
This song taps into the feeling every woman has about longing for the days of adventure from her youth.
great album and excellent execution,Heaven on earth
Definitely something eerie and mesmerising about that song
Everyone pivoted to her voice structure, but few understood the incredible guitar alterations of crazy occult tunings she came up with.
The whole package was unmatched, even to this day.
So perfectly Joni.... xx
I was at this concert and remember that amazing energy of my then and now songwriting music idol and her band. Thanks for posting.
Joan Saw her perform in Brussels some days before. Joan is my long term life inspiration.
Wow, killer live recording of a great, great song.
Lots of people forget to mention that not only is she a supreme singer/songwriter,artist/painter but she is as cool as f##k with her style as well,she always dresses immaculately and looks so damn cool.
Shes not just the best singer poet composer But shes also the most stylish!