I'm a life long fan of Joni. I broke up with my fiancee over his inability to appreciate her. He has apologized 45 years later. Not only that, he became friends with her through Joni's friend Harry Dean Stanton. He and Harry had a band and would play in small clubs around LA. He spent time at her house more than once. She even sat in with their band one night. I'm glad he finally "got" her. I'm a bit jealous, but happy for him. I own one of the signed and numbered lithographs of the cover of Turbulent Indigo. It's the first piece of art you see upon entering my home. I wonder if he told her about me? I'm also a Scorpio and I naturally feel so many of the things that she does. It's a burden at times when I can look at someone and know what they're really thinking. I've been told people can tell. If I could have one hundredth of her talent that would be enough for me. My late husband did. The first time he came over to give me a guitar lesson, I told him I love Joni. He proceeded to retune his guitar and played Cold Blue Steel perfectly. We were together for 28 years. Sadly he died this past June. Joni has helped me get through this difficult time.
Love your insightful presentation. i remember discussing Little Green with friends and was shocked that people did not see that it was about a child she bore and gave up for adoption. I imagine there might be more of us fans that could hear what she was saying. She paints with words, yes. Can we hear the painting? When Chinese Cafe came out, I called one of my close friends who debated the meaning of Little Green with me. He admitted that yes, it was not just a metaphor. Thanks for posting.
It's the music, stupid! "..... if you listen to (my) music and you see me ..... you're not getting anything out of it. (But) if you listen to that music and you see yourself, it'll probably make you cry, and you'll learn something about yourself, and now you're getting something out of it." From a Joni Mitchell interview, 2003. About covers who and what Joni Mitchell is all about in just 3 sentences.
Finished the book last month. Discovered quite a few things previously unknown. And I enjoyed the writing style. She's be a tough person to live with that's for sure. But since that wasn't/isn't happening, I can just relax and enjoy her artistry. For me, her period following Blue has always been a favorite - Court & Spark, Hissing, and Hejira. I also believe that Mitchell and Kate Bush have been two of the most influential singer/songwriter/producer artists since the 1960s.
How amazing she is being taught about. She takes her place in literary and musical history. In a world drowning in pop music culture...very few we can count as artists....and of the few even fewer can be counted as on such a profound or prolific level. Joni is a 'lesson in survival' for the ages. Her music was never about hits or the average listener. Yet, she ends up a legend.
This is why we need music...this world is shattered. Thank you for such an insightful presentation. I am a life long Joni fan and don’t know what I will do when she moves on! She is genius, painter first, and then painting with her wo songs 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
my family surname is also Amberson and all of my relatives are of English or Scotch-Irish descent. Over past generations, some of them, specifically the ones in the U.S., had changed their names from Amberson to Anderson, Amerson and even Ambrose, although many have retained Amberson, especially those still living in Scotland and in Canada. my father's late aunt was a genealogist and kept impeccable records.
@@JossWainwright Although it's stated in this video that Taylor played in standard tuning you can ask Rick Beateo. He has an incredible channel on UA-cam. He loves Joni and has interviewed her as well as done analysis on many of her songs. You can PM him he may respond. Even if he doesn't it's a great channel.
He’s too gossipy,in my opinion. I particularly took issue with his description of Joni’s daughter. If she listens to this, it won’t be good for Joni and her. He takes too much license for knowing so much about the family.
Very insightful and honest take on Joni's personality. Love her as and artist/musician but you can see how her ambition to be great and original and timeless (which she realized) affects the way she deals with the people around her. The Judy Collins story is tough and I feel bad for her. True originals have very high demands for themselves and others, I guess.
Incredible Joni! An extremely talented & unique woman of "heart & mind". A Toronto fan at 16 in '66. Regularly listen to Joni's emotional lyrics & melodies which continue to make a difference and add to my life. Thank you, David, for your well-titled book Reckless Daughter and informative presentation.
Half way through the book...with deep sophisticated insight now you see he can play and he can sing and he can fall in love with Jon ! A must-read book: Reckless Daughter by David Yaffe!
I became a Joni Mitchell Follower in 1969 as A Senior in High School ...... I bought all her Vinyl albums And have them still .... My Freshman year at Adelphi University was totally Transcendental due to Joni Laura Nero , Crosby Stills Nash ( And Young ) Dylan , Elton John Cat Steven's , The Incredible String Band , Jefferson Airplane , Procal Harum ( sp ) James Taylor Carol King ... and the song ; White Rabbit ... I majored in the Performing Arts ( Dance & Theater ) 1969 until 1970 at Adelphi University 1972 & 1973 at The Juilliard School In the Dance Department Unforgettable Moments in Music And Dance and Theater Went on to Dance in a Dance Theater Company in Paris France Called " Le Groupe de Recherche Theatrale de L'Opera de Paris " Just watched an INTERVIEW with Joni Mitchell ... Astounding What a great mind ... soul ... & A painter who lives in a box of paints
What a load of BS. I do not know where he gets his information but it does not jive with any interview or documentary (especially watch 'Joni Mitchell A Life Story: Woman of Heart and Mind') I have ever seen. I had to stop watching when he start the BS about her alternate tunings and wearing mini shirts (I have never seen a picture of Joni in a mini skirt). First to be correct, she plays a dulcimer on the song you "All I Want" (and several other songs on the album). Here tunings did not come from her having polio, according to interviews I have seen from her! They were her search for her own voice on guitar to match the emotions of the song. Some of her fingering/chords in her alternate tunings are more difficult than any chord in standard tuning.If the polio effected her guitar why is she such an amazing pianist? Blue was after her Romance With Graham Nash and break up. On top of all of this presentation is disjointed as if he has no idea what he wants to say or do.
Actually Joni was very interested in glamour. She always wore false eyelashes in her early days. In the documentary Woman Of Heart And Mind there's a shot of her performing at The Purple Onion in N.Y. City. She's wearing a mini skirt. It's not as short as skirts became but it definitely qualified as one at the time. You'll also notice she always wore jewelry. She even sang about her silver in Cary. As She aged she piled necklaces on. Joni always was a natural beauty but she still played around with her look.
In addition I just received my copy of his book. There are 2 photos of Joni wearing mini skirts. The one of her with Lenard Cohen is a micro mini. It's not much longer than a shirt. The other isn't as short but it's definitely a mini skirt.
There is not one scandinavian spelling of surnames: -son is swedish and -sen is danish/norwegian. When the immigrants came to Ellis Island, names where often put down as whatever the official thought they heard, and since swedes were in majority, -sen was often changed to -son. That aside, Joni’s paternal grandparents were most definitely Andersen and came from Norway. Not Amberson.
I think she did care if people liked her, like most , when she was young, but as maturity and wisdom comes, it is rapidly , unessesary to care, at all 😊
Joni is up there with the best of them artistically. She's probably the most original in purely musical terms, but she has nothing to gain by having a giant chip on her shoulder. Relax Joni, I understand and I love you.
It was fortuitous that she encouraged the music side of her artist personality because that is where her genius is, not the painting. But I think the painting is part of her artist equation. It is a synergy. I remember seeing her at the Berkeley Community Center where she had two guitars on stage besides the one she was playing. On occasion she'd retune her guitar or trade it for one tuned differently. Crosby, Stills and Nash came onstage at the end and sang "Circle Game. A few years later She came onstage in Sacramento in her Court and Spark period and was a completely different persona! We were shocked! But she still sang some earlier songs and they were very powerful. A marvelously altered Both Sides Now. Before she sang it she said, "now I'd like to sing Judy's hit"...
Joni peaked like most geniuses in her early twenties all the rest I put up with because she was that good she would be an unknown with the music after her peak. The smoking killed her voice in her twenties.
Wrong. She evolved and her voice deepened. I doubt she has peeked yet. As an artist you are or at least should be always changing and pushing artistic/ musical boundaries. It’s called growth, sorry some couldn’t or wouldn’t grow with her. ‘We didn’t live in the time of Beethoven, Shakespeare or Rembrandt, but we are living in the time of Joni Mitchell’. Genius on a COMPLETELY different level is what you’re looking at, pure and simple. No one ‘puts up with’ Joni, you either get it or you don’t. Society’s love affair with mediocrity is what she’s never played into and blessed be she hasn’t.
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She has been my musical drug since I was 15. Never have I found another artist who’s affected me like Joni. Thank you for this.
I'm a life long fan of Joni. I broke up with my fiancee over his inability to appreciate her. He has apologized 45 years later. Not only that, he became friends with her through Joni's friend Harry Dean Stanton. He and Harry had a band and would play in small clubs around LA. He spent time at her house more than once. She even sat in with their band one night. I'm glad he finally "got" her. I'm a bit jealous, but happy for him. I own one of the signed and numbered lithographs of the cover of Turbulent Indigo. It's the first piece of art you see upon entering my home. I wonder if he told her about me? I'm also a Scorpio and I naturally feel so many of the things that she does. It's a burden at times when I can look at someone and know what they're really thinking. I've been told people can tell. If I could have one hundredth of her talent that would be enough for me. My late husband did. The first time he came over to give me a guitar lesson, I told him I love Joni. He proceeded to retune his guitar and played Cold Blue Steel perfectly. We were together for 28 years. Sadly he died this past June. Joni has helped me get through this difficult time.
What made your ex fiancee unable to appreciate Joni?
Love your insightful presentation. i remember discussing Little Green with friends and was shocked that people did not see that it was about a child she bore and gave up for adoption. I imagine there might be more of us fans that could hear what she was saying. She paints with words, yes. Can we hear the painting? When Chinese Cafe came out, I called one of my close friends who debated the meaning of Little Green with me. He admitted that yes, it was not just a metaphor. Thanks for posting.
It's the music, stupid! "..... if you listen to (my) music and you see me ..... you're not getting anything out of it. (But) if you listen to that music and you see yourself, it'll probably make you cry, and you'll learn something about yourself, and now you're getting something out of it." From a Joni Mitchell interview, 2003. About covers who and what Joni Mitchell is all about in just 3 sentences.
Finished the book last month. Discovered quite a few things previously unknown. And I enjoyed the writing style. She's be a tough person to live with that's for sure. But since that wasn't/isn't happening, I can just relax and enjoy her artistry. For me, her period following Blue has always been a favorite - Court & Spark, Hissing, and Hejira. I also believe that Mitchell and Kate Bush have been two of the most influential singer/songwriter/producer artists since the 1960s.
I quite agree with you on this about our Joni. She's an inspiration and a gift from God!
How amazing she is being taught about. She takes her place in literary and musical history. In a world drowning in pop music culture...very few we can count as artists....and of the few even fewer can be counted as on such a profound or prolific level. Joni is a 'lesson in survival' for the ages. Her music was never about hits or the average listener. Yet, she ends up a legend.
This is why we need music...this world is shattered. Thank you for such an insightful presentation. I am a life long Joni fan and don’t know what I will do when she moves on! She is genius, painter first, and then painting with her wo songs 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Just so you know, Leah Kunkel was Mama Cass's sister -- not merely a friend
Very annoying commentary. 😒
Duh? Too much talking over Joni’s art
my family surname is also Amberson and all of my relatives are of English or Scotch-Irish descent. Over past generations, some of them, specifically the ones in the U.S., had changed their names from Amberson to Anderson, Amerson and even Ambrose, although many have retained Amberson, especially those still living in Scotland and in Canada. my father's late aunt was a genealogist and kept impeccable records.
A small musical point, I don’t think Joni is playing guitar on ‘All I want’, it sounds like a dulcimer. It does have open tuning too though.
BLUE album credits:
James Taylor: Guitar on "California," "All I Want," "A Case of You"
@@JossWainwright
Yes, that is James on guitar. Album credits confirm this.
Correct.
It is a dulcimer.
@@JossWainwright Although it's stated in this video that Taylor played in standard tuning you can ask Rick Beateo. He has an incredible channel on UA-cam. He loves Joni and has interviewed her as well as done analysis on many of her songs. You can PM him he may respond. Even if he doesn't it's a great channel.
He’s too gossipy,in my opinion. I particularly took issue with his description of Joni’s daughter. If she listens to this, it won’t be good for Joni and her. He takes too much license for knowing so much about the family.
Very insightful and honest take on Joni's personality. Love her as and artist/musician but you can see how her ambition to be great and original and timeless (which she realized) affects the way she deals with the people around her. The Judy Collins story is tough and I feel bad for her. True originals have very high demands for themselves and others, I guess.
So true Ana
Incredible Joni! An extremely talented & unique woman of "heart & mind". A Toronto fan at 16 in '66. Regularly listen to Joni's emotional lyrics & melodies which continue to make a difference and add to my life. Thank you, David, for your well-titled book Reckless Daughter and informative presentation.
I have a teenage crush on Joni Mitchell as well. Not the only one I guess!
I have a teenage crush on her, too, but I’m 64 years old!
@@trackie1957
She's been my one and only lady crush since I was 16......and I'm an AARP member now. 😏
Half way through the book...with deep sophisticated insight now you see he can play and he can sing and he can fall in love with Jon ! A must-read book: Reckless Daughter by David Yaffe!
I became a Joni Mitchell
Follower in 1969 as A Senior in High School ......
I bought all her Vinyl albums
And have them still ....
My Freshman year at
Adelphi University was totally
Transcendental due to Joni
Laura Nero , Crosby Stills Nash
( And Young ) Dylan , Elton John
Cat Steven's , The Incredible String
Band , Jefferson Airplane ,
Procal Harum ( sp ) James Taylor
Carol King ... and the song ;
White Rabbit ... I majored in the
Performing Arts ( Dance & Theater )
1969 until 1970 at Adelphi University
1972 & 1973 at The Juilliard School
In the Dance Department
Unforgettable Moments in Music
And Dance and Theater
Went on to Dance in a Dance Theater Company in Paris France
Called " Le Groupe de Recherche
Theatrale de L'Opera de Paris "
Just watched an INTERVIEW with
Joni Mitchell ... Astounding
What a great mind ... soul ... &
A painter who lives in a box of paints
That tidbit about Charles Mingus noticing the strings on Paprika Plains is so interesting!
Watch The Joni Mitchell Interview with Charlie Mars ... Inspiring
Listen to Joni's music instead of watching this.
Good advice. He is just awful. Very annoying.
What a load of BS. I do not know where he gets his information but it does not jive with any interview or documentary (especially watch 'Joni Mitchell A Life Story: Woman of Heart and Mind') I have ever seen. I had to stop watching when he start the BS about her alternate tunings and wearing mini shirts (I have never seen a picture of Joni in a mini skirt). First to be correct, she plays a dulcimer on the song you "All I Want" (and several other songs on the album). Here tunings did not come from her having polio, according to interviews I have seen from her! They were her search for her own voice on guitar to match the emotions of the song. Some of her fingering/chords in her alternate tunings are more difficult than any chord in standard tuning.If the polio effected her guitar why is she such an amazing pianist? Blue was after her Romance With Graham Nash and break up. On top of all of this presentation is disjointed as if he has no idea what he wants to say or do.
Rick Bogan
Thank you!
ua-cam.com/video/pTVjCWekS1Q/v-deo.html
Actually Joni was very interested in glamour. She always wore false eyelashes in her early days. In the documentary Woman Of Heart And Mind there's a shot of her performing at The Purple Onion in N.Y. City. She's wearing a mini skirt. It's not as short as skirts became but it definitely qualified as one at the time. You'll also notice she always wore jewelry. She even sang about her silver in Cary. As She aged she piled necklaces on. Joni always was a natural beauty but she still played around with her look.
In addition I just received my copy of his book. There are 2 photos of Joni wearing mini skirts. The one of her with Lenard Cohen is a micro mini. It's not much longer than a shirt. The other isn't as short but it's definitely a mini skirt.
Oh Beautiful and complex Joni.... a giant a genius.
Joni Mitchell is kind of like a female Ernest Hemingway. Incredible talent but a "challenging" person to deal with.
There is not one scandinavian spelling of surnames: -son is swedish and -sen is danish/norwegian. When the immigrants came to Ellis Island, names where often put down as whatever the official thought they heard, and since swedes were in majority, -sen was often changed to -son.
That aside, Joni’s paternal grandparents were most definitely Andersen and came from Norway. Not Amberson.
Bravo David Yaffe! I've an aversion to academics but you're definitely the exception.
The life and work of this spectacular artist well deserved to be portrayed in a film.
As long as Taylor Swift doesn't play her!
I think she did care if people liked her, like most , when she was young, but as maturity and wisdom comes, it is rapidly , unessesary to care, at all 😊
he's bothered by her smoking but he has smoker's teeth.
Where were you going with that story in the opening because I don’t know where you were going.
she was playing dulcimer on that song
Some great insights into Joni here. Thanks David
Enormous David thank you so much I am deeply touched it took a genius like youDavid to be the correct receiver
Love the Russ Kunkel story.
Joni is up there with the best of them artistically. She's probably the most original in purely musical terms, but she has nothing to gain by having a giant chip on her shoulder. Relax Joni, I understand and I love you.
It was fortuitous that she encouraged the music side of her artist personality because that is where her genius is, not the painting. But I think the painting is part of her artist equation. It is a synergy. I remember seeing her at the Berkeley Community Center where she had two guitars on stage besides the one she was playing. On occasion she'd retune her guitar or trade it for one tuned differently. Crosby, Stills and Nash came onstage at the end and sang "Circle Game. A few years later She came onstage in Sacramento in her Court and Spark period and was a completely different persona! We were shocked! But she still sang some earlier songs and they were very powerful. A marvelously altered Both Sides Now. Before she sang it she said, "now I'd like to sing Judy's hit"...
"Now I'd like to sing Judy's hit"
Haha - Joni's sarcastic stand-up 😏 (nice share, David)
When you see her with her Parker Fly guitar setup, this was used as she could change the tunings electronically, and just use the one instrument
Joni peaked like most geniuses in her early twenties all the rest I put up with because she was that good she would be an unknown with the music after her peak. The smoking killed her voice in her twenties.
Wrong. She evolved and her voice deepened. I doubt she has peeked yet. As an artist you are or at least should be always changing and pushing artistic/ musical boundaries. It’s called growth, sorry some couldn’t or wouldn’t grow with her. ‘We didn’t live in the time of Beethoven, Shakespeare or Rembrandt, but we are living in the time of Joni Mitchell’. Genius on a COMPLETELY different level is what you’re looking at, pure and simple. No one ‘puts up with’ Joni, you either get it or you don’t. Society’s love affair with mediocrity is what she’s never played into and blessed be she hasn’t.
@@bigmamared1 I couldn't agree more.