TOMORROW is my B-day 11/14 please play ABBY Road , second side as far as the songs run together- you will like it- Thanks and keep playing and enjoying ALL music
Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell.. Music through the Canadian soul. I'd love to see you turned on by The Tragically Hip. Try Wheat Kings and go from there. You will not be sorry : )
Seeing you this affected by Joni makes me literally tear up. She has been very, very important to us for over 40 years... at the top of the list of not only female artists, but all artists. You said it, she’s special - she’s incomparable.
Although I’m speaking publicly it really comes down to personal choice, Joni enthuses me like no other, her vocal range is electrifying, her thoughts profound, and her musicianship versatile and fluid, for ‘me’ she is the ultimate ☺️🙏🏻❤️
@Jack Bauer all relevant observations ☺️but you’re right, it’s a different perspective you are coming from perhaps, I appreciate subtlety that is so gentle when a person has more than enough passion and complexity to shout from the rooftops, but they don’t..understated talent without huge ego, I find it so admirable 🙏🏻
@Scott Asay KC's voice and performances are super fine but didn't write her own songs. Joni pioneered a new way of tuning a guitar to get the emotion needed for her music to match the lyrics she wrote! She is expert at playing at least 4 different instruments. Its a whole different category, really.
Love, love, love that you appreciate Joni! I'm a 73 yr old "hippie Chick" and have listened to Joni Mitchell for as long as I can remember. After all these years, I hear something new every time I hear her. She has no equal.
There’s a few more but great start!! ❤️👊🏼✌🏼 Paul Anka, not my cup of Red Rose but one of The all time top selling songwriters, Burton Cummings, Gord Downie, Dallas Green... I love American music but My Canada punches well above our weight. Peace my friend. We love giving the world great art and artists. Quietly. Sorry 😉🤷🏻♂️✌🏼❤️👊🏼🇨🇦🇺🇸
@@heatherbegs yes of course! (Jamel even mentioned GL too.) Sarah McLachlin, Tegan and Sara, I like Joel Plaskett, think he writes amazing songs, so many!!! Sloan!! 😊
Apparently those cold Canadian prairies are fertile soil for storytellers. Joni, Gordon, and of course Neil come to mind, among others. They're fearless, fearless enough to hand you their hearts with a smile! She's painting that dulcimer again!
I tend to be into harder rock, metal, etc. but Joni is something else. If all she ever did was write, she would still be one of the greatest lyricists ever. But then you throw in incredibly innovative guitar playing and tunings, and the voice of an angel. Oh and she’s a killer pianist, dulcimer player... What can’t she do at an elite level? It doesn’t get much better than Joni.
Scott Asay If it’s just on straight vocals, I give an edge to Karen Carpenter. Karen a great drummer also, and Joni plays multiple instruments extremely well so that’s kind of a wash I guess. But where Joni gets the edge for me most is that she wrote all of her own songs, is considered one of the best lyricists of all time, and was always pushing the envelope of creating new styles and sounds in future albums. Also, the fact that she was so innovative of an instrumentalist. She invented new tunings for guitars, etc.
Scott Asay I personally don’t judge an artist by hits. How many high charting hits did Jimi Hendrix have? I’m 39. Certainly haven’t listened to every song, but I know the Carpenters were cutting songs often written by others, and they were trying to write pop hits. Joni Mitchell never had radio hits as a goal. She often made music knowing it would not appeal to the charts. Joni wrote and produced essentially 100% of her own material, and Karen’s hits mostly were written by Bacharach or other writers. Having said all the, again I do think Karen Carpenter is one of the very best vocalists that ever lived.
@Scott Asay 'Gotta throw my 2 cents in here: Hits, schmidts. Who cares? Hits, basically, are the lowest common denominator. They're the songs that are sufficiently dummied down as to be easy listening for the easily confused. They're Kenny G, not John Coltrane. The most requested songs are usually the chaff; if you want the real gold, the real artistry, skip the hits and listen to what the DJs never play.
Brandi Carlile said in her opinion the three greatest songs ever written are: I Will Always Love You- Dolly Parton Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen A Case of You- Joni Mitchell Brandi's cover of this song is fantastic.
...and half of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, too! Jamel's reacted to some great Canadians recently. Time to get some Laughing Lenny Cohen on his radar :)
My little Canadian heart is just swelling with pride 🇨🇦 You're absolutely right, Mel, if you've known love, real love, then Joni just speaks to that part of your heart. Her words and her voice put into music those incredible emotions.
@@kevinmcinerney1959 She’s commented on the fact. I think it makes it even more powerful. She knew her son and loved Joni enough to tell her the truth.
@@bar5radass Thank you. One's favorite song or book or film changes over time. But for some time this has been my favorite song. "You are in my blood like holy wine".
Find “Mingus” her collaboration with Jazz Bassist Charles Mingus. He sought her out to put words to some of his most famous works. All in the last years of his life. You will be blown away . Love your reaction!
From the album "Blue", rated the 3rd greatest album of all time according to Rolling Stone's 2020 list of 500 greatest albums of all time! And well deserved!
At last! This is why we've been saying react to this song. You may ...may...just be ready for cold "blue steel and sweet fire" . If you want lyrics that hit hard....but for different reasons. Joni is the best.
This takes me back to the seventies when We would turn off the lights, light a few candles, open a bottle of wine and listen to Joni. Those were very good days. Btw, that was a mountain dulcimer that Joni was playing. So good!!!!
If you know love, this song does hit you differently - you're absolutely right. If you know love that's gone wrong or gotten lost, you know how it stays with you. Joni's honesty and the intelligence of her lyrics - that's what makes the song real, makes it valuable. I'm so happy you chose this one, Jamel.
Well on the original list,she was about 30 or 31 (which was the highest position for a woman on that chart),the new list does look like it's trying to be inclusive seeing how they removed their all time favorite beatles out of number 1 and put what's going on.Joni does deserve it but still.
There are people I would consider putting in the same pasture. But she's just plain outstanding on all counts: she writes, composes, arranges, she has a superb natural voice, and she performs at such a high level of excellence it just leaves you gutted.
This is one of my favorite Joni Mitchell songs. The "Blue" album is a masterpiece. Check out "Carey" , "River", "Little Green", My Old Man", "Blue", and "The last time I saw Richard". ALL are on this same album. Of course she has many more albums loaded with great stuff.
I was at the Atlanti Pop Festival and the crowd was loud while she was singing she began to cry and ran off the stage. I had every record she made and liked her insistence on being so honest. She had pollo and that didn’t stop her. Her price for love was you had to except her terms,always independent. I first heard her on a Philly FM station that Brow University broadcast. I love her.⚡️❤️⚡️
Please listen to All I Want. In fact, just do her entire Blue album. I don’t usually agree with Rolling Stone, but I have no problem with them listing Blue as the #3 greatest album of all time.
I’m so glad this song affected you like this. I think it’s one of the most beautiful songs ever written/performed. No matter how many times I hear it, I feel it in my bones. Joni Mitchell is a LEGEND.
She’s in a league of her own. When I heard this album for the first time in 1970! I was blown away. Never heard anything like it. All by herself making masterpieces.
I know I'm late, but I just love your understanding of how absolutely otherworldly her talent is, for songwriting, for singing, for her musicianship. She is a goddess, an alien of some kind, and any musician recognizes that instantly.
You seem to like those Canadian storytellers. I know you have reacted to Neil Young before, but if you like stories, I recommend, "Helpless"... up here in the cold cold North, in January, what else do we have to do but ski, skate, and sip cocoa by the fire writing stories... .or if it's summer and we're at a cottage where the beauty of the forest and the water just hits you, you get inspired and write stories. We're a story nation. Also... kd lang does a beautiful cover of "A Case of You" and of "Helpless" too... she also does "Hallelujah" and she has some original work you might like. kd lang is a voice that just paralyzes you on the spot... oh my, but she's a treasure. "Constant Craving" is a must listen.
Apart from being possibly the best singer of all time, a genius songwriter & an influential multi instrumentalist, Joni has some of the funniest lines & observations lying within her lyrics. So good.
I just discovered your site and love it! You are really taking a chance by listening to Joni and fully embracing her! Watch out, you won't be able to stop! Thanks for your honesty and your great comments!
After watching you watch Joni, I've had her songs stuck in my head the last few days. Hadn't really paid her much attention since my youth, but wow, what an incredible voice! Thanks for the memories!
So glad you played Joni. Not only the voice, the lyrics, but she is the best guitar player/song writer that literally ever was. She pioneered unique guitar tuning styles to get the emotion from the music she wanted. And she taught herself how to do it! Completely an original. I believe she may be from another planet from a superior species. Why this diva deity agreed to come down to earth and grace us mere mortals, I'll never know. Well...guess she needed the heartbreak to churn out the magical music.
My brother I'm so glad you landed in Joniland. Now others can get to enjoy a part of life that I have enjoyed for many years. I'm an old guy and Joni can still make me tear up.It's just pure perfect sound everyone must get to hear. I was way into rock and roll and then one day I heard Morning Morgantown and it stopped me in my tracks .Thank you for sharing the place I stumbled in on 50 years ago. I hope her health holds up and she has a happy ending to her song.
@Samuel Yulish Joni wrote a few songs about Nash. To this day Graham still talks lovingly about her, can tell he still is. He asked he marry her, she left on a trip, sent him a telegraph saying it was over. The biggest song she wrote about Nash was River. One heck of a song it is!! A Case of You was writte about Joni's relationship with Leonard Cohen. The Lady in the song that says "Go to him....Be prepared to bleed" was Cohen's Mother. She quite liked Joni, thought she had Incredible talent, even more than her son. Cheers
I'm a 52 year old Canadian woman and this is the first time I've heard this song beginning to end. I feel you my friend. Damn, she DID make me cry. Love the new background btw, looks great!
This is some of the BEST of Joni. If there is such a thing---all of her songs are amazing. SO glad you've gotten into her music! She was and always will be, my favorite!
Joni didn't hide, her songs were very personal. No matter how tough the subject matter, she left it all out there. Giving us a piece of her soul in every recording. Check the song Little Green, listen closely. A young songle Joni got pregnant and after a few weeks of trying to raise her daughter on her own, gave her up in hopes she''d get her back. Which didn't happen for over 30 plus years.
There is a tribute to Joni and Cindi Lauper sings Carrey. It took my breath away! Joni...what an amazing artist, gifted song writer and exquisite voice.
Your reactions to Joni Mitchell are giving me life. Love the authentic reactions and attention to the lyrical supremacy that Miss Mitchell brings to the table. Love from Nepal to you!
That's not a guitar, actually, Jamel. It's a dulcimer. I recommend watching her In Concert on BBC, from 1970. You'll get to see her musicianship on full display. Also, for something completely different, check out her jazz song, The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines, featuring the legendary Jaco Pastorius on bass. Great review, as always!
Joni was the reason I started playing dulcimer. It was incredibly difficult to figure out her tuning for this song. "Carey" on the same album was easier and so much fun to play.
Joni Mitchell wrote two songs about her affairs with Shepard during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour of 1975. On Coyote she recounts Shepard's seduction of Mitchell at a period while he was both married and having an extramarital affair with the tour manager Christine O’Dell with the lines “He’s got a woman at home, another woman down the hall, but he seems to want me anyway.” [40]
I saw an interview with Joni where she discussed her new addiction to cocaine during the 1976 tour, hence the double entendre "You just picked up a hitcher , A prisoner of the white lines on the freeway". Joni's a national treasure.
Joni's version of Coyote where she plays it in Gordon Lightfoot's kitchen for Gord, Bob Dylan and some others is the best. They were all amazed as are we. The video is here on UA-cam and it's magic.
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TOMORROW is my B-day 11/14 please play ABBY Road , second side as far as the songs run together- you will like it- Thanks and keep playing and enjoying ALL music
There you go again, preachin' to the choir! We've known all along how great Joni is. She is singing about Graham Nash (of CSN and sometimes Y).
Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell.. Music through the Canadian soul. I'd love to see you turned on by The Tragically Hip. Try Wheat Kings and go from there. You will not be sorry : )
Seeing you this affected by Joni makes me literally tear up. She has been very, very important to us for over 40 years... at the top of the list of not only female artists, but all artists. You said it, she’s special - she’s incomparable.
50 plus years here!
Same here
So enjoyed another Joni from you, she’s second to none isn’t she? On every level, incredible vocals, lyrical poetry, and amazing musicianship xx 🙏🏻❤️
Although I’m speaking publicly it really comes down to personal choice, Joni enthuses me like no other, her vocal range is electrifying, her thoughts profound, and her musicianship versatile and fluid, for ‘me’ she is the ultimate ☺️🙏🏻❤️
@Jack Bauer I love Tori Amos, but she’s heavily influenced by Joni & Kate Bush so for me, I see the crown still firmly placed 😁
@Jack Bauer all relevant observations ☺️but you’re right, it’s a different perspective you are coming from perhaps, I appreciate subtlety that is so gentle when a person has more than enough passion and complexity to shout from the rooftops, but they don’t..understated talent without huge ego, I find it so admirable 🙏🏻
Incomparable!
@Scott Asay KC's voice and performances are super fine but didn't write her own songs.
Joni pioneered a new way of tuning a guitar to get the emotion needed for her music to match the lyrics she wrote!
She is expert at playing at least 4 different instruments. Its a whole different category, really.
Love, love, love that you appreciate Joni! I'm a 73 yr old "hippie Chick" and have listened to Joni Mitchell for as long as I can remember. After all these years, I hear something new every time I hear her. She has no equal.
Yes the voice and yes the lyrics…but that song writing..the chord changes, the harmonies, the musical composition, absolutely gorgeous
James Taylor plays guitar along with Joni playing Dulcimer
Wow really? In this song? How marvelous!!
@@simt1973 I'd have to look but I believe he plays on two other songs on the album also.
Yeah his fingerstyle tone is unmistakable. The arrangement is great too.
Some of his best work.
Joni is the vocal equivalent of a dulcimer
Brother J...man, it’s so beautiful how you’ve discovered Joni. You just got taken to church. A case of you is sacred ground. Peace.
I love how her mature voice has added depth to her songs, which were already ocean deep!
She has the voice of an angel.
She and Jeff Buckley are in that ethereal realm.
"love is touching souls...surely you've touched mine, because part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to time...."
I stand by what I've said for years: Canada has given us three lyrical geniuses: Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Neil Young.
There’s a few more but great start!! ❤️👊🏼✌🏼 Paul Anka, not my cup of Red Rose but one of
The all time top selling songwriters, Burton Cummings, Gord Downie, Dallas Green... I love American music but My Canada punches well above our weight. Peace my friend. We love giving the world great art and artists. Quietly. Sorry 😉🤷🏻♂️✌🏼❤️👊🏼🇨🇦🇺🇸
And Gordon Lightfoot!
@@heatherbegs yes of course! (Jamel even mentioned GL too.) Sarah McLachlin, Tegan and Sara, I like Joel Plaskett, think he writes amazing songs, so many!!! Sloan!! 😊
@@citythink Love him or hate him, David Foster has left his mark on the music world as well.
Don't forget Randy Bachmann and Gordon Lightfoot, also very successful Canadian songwriters. And Rush of course. Those Canadians are something!!
Apparently those cold Canadian prairies are fertile soil for storytellers. Joni, Gordon, and of course Neil come to mind, among others. They're fearless, fearless enough to hand you their hearts with a smile! She's painting that dulcimer again!
I tend to be into harder rock, metal, etc. but Joni is something else. If all she ever did was write, she would still be one of the greatest lyricists ever. But then you throw in incredibly innovative guitar playing and tunings, and the voice of an angel. Oh and she’s a killer pianist, dulcimer player... What can’t she do at an elite level? It doesn’t get much better than Joni.
What a gift from Heaven Joni Mitchell is!
Yes...She is next level....a living treasure...
Scott Asay If it’s just on straight vocals, I give an edge to Karen Carpenter. Karen a great drummer also, and Joni plays multiple instruments extremely well so that’s kind of a wash I guess. But where Joni gets the edge for me most is that she wrote all of her own songs, is considered one of the best lyricists of all time, and was always pushing the envelope of creating new styles and sounds in future albums. Also, the fact that she was so innovative of an instrumentalist. She invented new tunings for guitars, etc.
Scott Asay I personally don’t judge an artist by hits. How many high charting hits did Jimi Hendrix have? I’m 39. Certainly haven’t listened to every song, but I know the Carpenters were cutting songs often written by others, and they were trying to write pop hits. Joni Mitchell never had radio hits as a goal. She often made music knowing it would not appeal to the charts. Joni wrote and produced essentially 100% of her own material, and Karen’s hits mostly were written by Bacharach or other writers. Having said all the, again I do think Karen Carpenter is one of the very best vocalists that ever lived.
@Scott Asay
'Gotta throw my 2 cents in here:
Hits, schmidts. Who cares?
Hits, basically, are the lowest common denominator. They're the songs that are sufficiently dummied down as to be easy listening for the easily confused.
They're Kenny G, not John Coltrane. The most requested songs are usually the chaff; if you want the real gold, the real artistry, skip the hits and listen to what the DJs never play.
Prince and Diana Krall each covered this beautifully in tributes to Joni.
Diana Krall’s version is quite different but really great as well.
Morgan James does a beautiful cover of this as well
Got to see Krall perform this live in concert. So fantastic.
so did k. d. lang - worth checking out
So did Nancy Wilson (Heart) on the Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop album. She did a really nice version.
Brandi Carlile said in her opinion the three greatest songs ever written are:
I Will Always Love You- Dolly Parton
Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen
A Case of You- Joni Mitchell
Brandi's cover of this song is fantastic.
Joni Mitchell is one of those "this changes everything" kinda artists. She does the impossible in a way that not only looks possible but easy.
The Circle Game by Joni! You will love the lyrics.
Gotta do Sugar Mountain before he does Circle Game, though. They're a set.
"She's spoiling us." Damn straight.
Joni and Gordon both from Canada!
i wish he would try some more Canadian content from Michael pagliaro some sing some dance ua-cam.com/video/C83hAPd9USk/v-deo.html
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@@danohstoolbox Pag! 👍👍👍
...and half of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, too! Jamel's reacted to some great Canadians recently. Time to get some Laughing Lenny Cohen on his radar :)
@@jamesdignanmusic2765 ....Laughing Lenny Cohen......Ha ha......funny
My little Canadian heart is just swelling with pride 🇨🇦
You're absolutely right, Mel, if you've known love, real love, then Joni just speaks to that part of your heart. Her words and her voice put into music those incredible emotions.
The woman in the song who warns her about loving the man, is the mans mother.
Interesting. I always guessed it was a sister.
@@kevinmcinerney1959 She’s commented on the fact. I think it makes it even more powerful. She knew her son and loved Joni enough to tell her the truth.
@@bar5radass Thank you. One's favorite song or book or film changes over time. But for some time this has been my favorite song.
"You are in my blood like holy wine".
I love how you have been getting into Joni Mitchell. Court and Spark is another good track.
Find “Mingus” her collaboration with Jazz Bassist Charles Mingus. He sought her out to put words to some of his most famous works. All in the last years of his life. You will be blown away . Love your reaction!
Her lyrics for Mingus's "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" are utterly sublime, as is her vocal performance on that one.
Love her tribute to Mingus.
Love how ypu mentioned how she's a "painter"... right before she sang that in her second verse after the first chorus. 🤣 Perfect timing! 🎨
From the album "Blue", rated the 3rd greatest album of all time according to Rolling Stone's 2020 list of 500 greatest albums of all time! And well deserved!
Joni. Prince loved her. I love her. Incredible musician, songwriter, painter, vocalist and artist. Genius.
At last! This is why we've been saying react to this song. You may ...may...just be ready for cold "blue steel and sweet fire" . If you want lyrics that hit hard....but for different reasons. Joni is the best.
She sings so beautifully, & clear! Angel status!
My all time favorite Joni Mitchell song!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
It never gets old watching you react to a piece of music when you're really feeling it.....
It's like Christmas listening to Joni. Sad and so beautiful at the same time.
I don’t weep often, but Joni’s music has that effect on me. So beautiful. She’s the GOAT.
PLEASE "Chelsea Morning" live by Joni 1969
This takes me back to the seventies when We would turn off the lights, light a few candles, open a bottle of wine and listen to Joni. Those were very good days. Btw, that was a mountain dulcimer that Joni was playing. So good!!!!
If you know love, this song does hit you differently - you're absolutely right. If you know love that's gone wrong or gotten lost, you know how it stays with you. Joni's honesty and the intelligence of her lyrics - that's what makes the song real, makes it valuable. I'm so happy you chose this one, Jamel.
I can never hear it without tears. Beauty in music defined!
Yep me too. It sort of broke me in half.
One of the greatest songs ever written.
This my all time favorite of hers. The music, her voice, the poetry in her words... there are no words for how amazing it all is.
Thats why BLUE is ranked #3 on ROLLING STONES list of the top 500 albums of all time. Just saying.
Also because she is a woman and they are trying to be more inclusive. The list is shit. Love joni though. She is my number 1.
@@dylanvieira9152 You don't think she should be Number 3?
Well on the original list,she was about 30 or 31 (which was the highest position for a woman on that chart),the new list does look like it's trying to be inclusive seeing how they removed their all time favorite beatles out of number 1 and put what's going on.Joni does deserve it but still.
The new list has 36 albums from the 2010's,not to be trusted
Their first list was bad and their updated list is no better. Rate your own music and ignore rolling stones magazine.
"Woman of heart and mind" will leave you speechless. Joni speaks to the heart and soul of every person.
Agree
I told you that she’s the greatest female artist in music history ... was I right ?
I would give up my soul to hear an Aurora Aksnes cover of this song.
No doubt about it!
Only Female ? I give her more credit.
Rickie Lee Jones
There are people I would consider putting in the same pasture. But she's just plain outstanding on all counts: she writes, composes, arranges, she has a superb natural voice, and she performs at such a high level of excellence it just leaves you gutted.
Wow that woman can SING. Goosebumps! I love these videos because they help me discover new music. Keep 'em coming!
@ted ritola Yes, new to me. Well aware of the "vintage" :)
This is one of my favorite Joni Mitchell songs. The "Blue" album is a masterpiece. Check out "Carey" , "River", "Little Green", My Old Man", "Blue", and "The last time I saw Richard". ALL are on this same album. Of course she has many more albums loaded with great stuff.
I was at the Atlanti Pop Festival and the crowd was loud while she was singing she began to cry and ran off the stage. I had every record she made and liked her insistence on being so honest. She had pollo and that didn’t stop her. Her price for love was you had to except her terms,always independent. I first heard her on a Philly FM station that Brow University broadcast. I love her.⚡️❤️⚡️
That's not a guitar. It's a dulcimer.
Yes Joni is playing the dulcimer, but at the drop (oh Canada at 1:52), a guitar does come in (left side) and that's Mr. James Taylor!
@@bearballin -- It's hard to imagine a studio big enough to house all that talent.
thx nerd
@@alexraymond5572 Thanks. You seem so nice.
@@alexraymond5572 damn. who hurt you?
Every single song on "Blue" album is brilliant. Makes me sad and happy.
It is so amazing to see your reaction to Joni. She blew me away in 1969 when I first heard her beautiful voice. You make me remember - Thank you.
Joni was the Queen of storytelling folk and folk rock!👍🏻❤️☮️✌🏻
I dearly wish that Joni gets to see this reaction, let her know how she still reaches out and touches us across decades. Love this.
Please listen to All I Want. In fact, just do her entire Blue album. I don’t usually agree with Rolling Stone, but I have no problem with them listing Blue as the #3 greatest album of all time.
This is rumored to be a song about Joni's affair with Leonard Cohen. It is so beautiful and haunting and it rips me apart every time I hear it.
She supposedly said it was
Yes and the woman who had the same mouth was his mother.
I heard that too.....thanks for the confirmation for me
@@heidithatswho.2481 She knew his life. She knew his devils and his demons...
Another Joni song you must listen to "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio"
LOVE that song!
Her vocal acrobatics on “Coyote” are unmatched. The live version for The Last Waltz is amazing.
Brother, I never grow tired of watching music speak to your soul. Stay strong, stay safe, and keep up the great work.
Let out an audible gasp when this popped up on my subscription page!! 😂 So happy you’re checking out Joni, makes my heart so happy!! ❤️❤️❤️
BLUE..... . . . simply one of the best albums of all time.
I’m so glad this song affected you like this. I think it’s one of the most beautiful songs ever written/performed. No matter how many times I hear it, I feel it in my bones. Joni Mitchell is a LEGEND.
Joni's guitar has special tuning and that is part of what makes her music unique.
She’s in a league of her own. When I heard this album for the first time in 1970! I was blown away. Never heard anything like it. All by herself making masterpieces.
I know I'm late, but I just love your understanding of how absolutely otherworldly her talent is, for songwriting, for singing, for her musicianship. She is a goddess, an alien of some kind, and any musician recognizes that instantly.
You are absolutely correct sir - she paints amazing pictures with her music.
You seem to like those Canadian storytellers. I know you have reacted to Neil Young before, but if you like stories, I recommend, "Helpless"... up here in the cold cold North, in January, what else do we have to do but ski, skate, and sip cocoa by the fire writing stories... .or if it's summer and we're at a cottage where the beauty of the forest and the water just hits you, you get inspired and write stories. We're a story nation. Also... kd lang does a beautiful cover of "A Case of You" and of "Helpless" too... she also does "Hallelujah" and she has some original work you might like. kd lang is a voice that just paralyzes you on the spot... oh my, but she's a treasure. "Constant Craving" is a must listen.
Apart from being possibly the best singer of all time, a genius songwriter & an influential multi instrumentalist, Joni has some of the funniest lines & observations lying within her lyrics.
So good.
I just discovered your site and love it! You are really taking a chance by listening to Joni and fully embracing her! Watch out, you won't be able to stop! Thanks for your honesty and your great comments!
It's called an original talent ! .......one of the best !
I can't stop listening to her songs since you started reacting to her. What a legend. Thanks Jamel. 🎶👏
can we do RAISED on ROBBERY from joni mitchell please brother
YES! 👍👍👍👍
The lyrics are so clever ... "I'm a pretty good cook, I'm sittin' on my groceries / Come up to my kitchen, I'll show you my best recipes" 😄
The live version from "Shadows and Light!!!"
A truly fun song!
Yes it’s a favorite
Thank you soooo much for playing this one!! My all time favorite. No other storyteller like her.
Joni is number one!! the ultimate artist, poetic, painterly and unafraid.
This was one of Prince's favourite songs, and he does a great cover.
His version should be the only cover of it allowed.
He probably heard it from me singing it in the hallways of our high school :)
@@melissarobinson2762 Belinda Carlisle 's very is fantastic as well.
Diana Krall sings it best.
Wow, I did not know that, WAY cool
After watching you watch Joni, I've had her songs stuck in my head the last few days. Hadn't really paid her much attention since my youth, but wow, what an incredible voice! Thanks for the memories!
Baller for taking on Joni. She is crazy good
So glad you played Joni. Not only the voice, the lyrics, but she is the best guitar player/song writer that literally ever was. She pioneered unique guitar tuning styles to get the emotion from the music she wanted. And she taught herself how to do it! Completely an original. I believe she may be from another planet from a superior species. Why this diva deity agreed to come down to earth and grace us mere mortals, I'll never know. Well...guess she needed the heartbreak to churn out the magical music.
Highly recommend listening to he played real good for free.
My brother I'm so glad you landed in Joniland. Now others can get to enjoy a part of life that I have enjoyed for many years. I'm an old guy and Joni can still make me tear up.It's just pure perfect sound everyone must get to hear. I was way into rock and roll and then one day I heard Morning Morgantown and it stopped me in my tracks .Thank you for sharing the place I stumbled in on 50 years ago. I hope her health holds up and she has a happy ending to her song.
"Joniland" like that...
Thank you so much for loving the GODDESS of my generation!
Love-love-love your reactions. You get Joni 100%!!!
Jackson Browne “Late for the Sky”
I will recommend "That Girl Can Sing" by Jackson Browne.
She’s playing a dulcimer. This came out when I hitchhiked to Canada; really takes me back.
I could listen to sister Joni sing all day. Thanks Jamel for loving her.
HAPPIEST OF 2024 AND MUCH MUCH MORE JAMEL💯, BLESSINGS MY FRIEND!!! 😊
That's a dulcimer. She's incredible. WILLY is a song of hers about Graham Nash, her boyfriend at the time. It has incredible images.
@Samuel Yulish Joni wrote a few songs about Nash. To this day Graham still talks lovingly about her, can tell he still is. He asked he marry her, she left on a trip, sent him a telegraph saying it was over. The biggest song she wrote about Nash was River. One heck of a song it is!! A Case of You was writte about Joni's relationship with Leonard Cohen. The Lady in the song that says "Go to him....Be prepared to bleed" was Cohen's Mother. She quite liked Joni, thought she had Incredible talent, even more than her son. Cheers
JUST LIKE THIS TRAIN is another great song🎵
I'm a 52 year old Canadian woman and this is the first time I've heard this song beginning to end. I feel you my friend. Damn, she DID make me cry. Love the new background btw, looks great!
This is some of the BEST of Joni. If there is such a thing---all of her songs are amazing. SO glad you've gotten into her music! She was and always will be, my favorite!
Joni didn't hide, her songs were very personal. No matter how tough the subject matter, she left it all out there. Giving us a piece of her soul in every recording. Check the song Little Green, listen closely. A young songle Joni got pregnant and after a few weeks of trying to raise her daughter on her own, gave her up in hopes she''d get her back. Which didn't happen for over 30 plus years.
Glad you discovered "Blue," Jamel. It's my fave album by her. Another outstanding track on it is "Carey."
She is a goddess, Lyrics and vocals are untouchable. Just brilliant
Her music is so deeply spiritual
Excellent song! Joni Mitchell has such a beautiful voice! Glad your reacting to her music. This was also in the movie Practical Magic. 🙌👍
The winds are in from Africa -- "Carey." One of her best, poppy tunes. Chelsea Morning as well.
There is a tribute to Joni and Cindi Lauper sings Carrey. It took my breath away!
Joni...what an amazing artist, gifted song writer and exquisite voice.
Yes, Carey!
Yes to Carey and Chelsea morning!
Chelsea Morning - I can't think of another song like it. It has a magic like no other song.
Chelsea Clinton is named from this song I believe.
JONI MITCHELL'S music is a baptism that leads you to the higher power found in the deepest parts of the human heart.
Your reactions to Joni Mitchell are giving me life. Love the authentic reactions and attention to the lyrical supremacy that Miss Mitchell brings to the table. Love from Nepal to you!
This.....is.....it. Just a masterpiece, love Joni, LOVE this whole album. You should try some Ricki Lee Jones Jamal.
I remember this song from the movie Practical Magic, and Nicole Kidman sang along with the song in one of the scenes. Love this song!
So bittersweet and lovely.... Thanks!
Wow! Her voice! Amazing!
That's not a guitar, actually, Jamel. It's a dulcimer. I recommend watching her In Concert on BBC, from 1970. You'll get to see her musicianship on full display. Also, for something completely different, check out her jazz song, The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines, featuring the legendary Jaco Pastorius on bass. Great review, as always!
She did that Shadows And Light tour with Pat Metheny on guitar and Jaco on bass, I believe. Please correct me if I'm wrong
@@jonnuanez2843 Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/8_sh9gs-oHo/v-deo.html
Yes, Appalachian dulcimer in the right channel, but also guitar in the left channel.
Joni was the reason I started playing dulcimer. It was incredibly difficult to figure out her tuning for this song. "Carey" on the same album was easier and so much fun to play.
@@jonnuanez2843 - "Shadows and Light" - Amazing and beautiful. A masterpiece.....
Could be about Graham Nash or Leonard Cohen. “ Coyote” which is my favorite is about Sam Shepard
Definitely Graham Nash.
Joni Mitchell wrote two songs about her affairs with Shepard during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour of 1975. On Coyote she recounts Shepard's seduction of Mitchell at a period while he was both married and having an extramarital affair with the tour manager Christine O’Dell with the lines “He’s got a woman at home, another woman down the hall, but he seems to want me anyway.” [40]
I saw an interview with Joni where she discussed her new addiction to cocaine during the 1976 tour, hence the double entendre "You just picked up a hitcher
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A prisoner of the white lines on the freeway". Joni's a national treasure.
Joni's version of Coyote where she plays it in Gordon Lightfoot's kitchen for Gord, Bob Dylan and some others is the best. They were all amazed as are we. The video is here on UA-cam and it's magic.
@@MrCrkeenan yikes, what a jerk.
"If you want me I'll be in the Bar" . One of the Coldest lines I ever heard in a song.