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 : )
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.
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.
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!! 😊
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.
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.
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.
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!
...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 :)
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!
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Man i am so happy that you're loving Joni Mitchell like this. I know you had earphones under your palms, but watching your reaction reminded me of the scene in "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" where they came upon the Sirens singing. So beautiful it hurt! I about fell out -
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 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!
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.
once you've experienced Joni you'll never be the same. I was lost the first time I saw her concert and have been hers ever since. Thank you Jamal. You're a treasure. And your taste in music is fantastic!!
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!
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!
Jamel, I love watching your reactions to Joni Mitchell! I am a 67 year old white woman die-hard Joni fan...been listening to her since I was 16 and fell in love with her (as you have too) from the first few notes. It is so much fun to see you appreciate her and discover her talent, her amazing voice and songwriting and all around artistry. Thank you for loving her and bringing to a new audience. BTW, I think the instrument on A Case of You, is the dulcimer. Thanks for letting me enjoy her all over again through new eyes and your full-of-wonder expressions.
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.
I heard/read (?) That she had written this about Leonard Cohen, and that the line "I met a woman - she had a mouth like yours " was about LC's mother who told her: "be prepared to bleed" Heavy, huh? Thanks, Mom.
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.
Gotta tell you, brother... this is the 3rd time I'm watching your Joni reactions, and your reactions are very endearing because you speak so much truth, very plainly and openly. That's rare. When you say things like, "... You're spoilin' us, Joni, you're spoilin' us!", I connected and laughed so much at that... because I've been listening to her for just about 50 years, and music lovers like me - from my group or generation - FEEL Joni Mitchell through our turntables & speakers, shaping our taste and giving future singer/songwriters a bar to shoot for. She really did spoil us! And with that statement alone, you plainly show that you're thinking of the music as a gift from the artists your reacting to, and that's such a wonderful and rewarding place to live. I also like how you effectively walk the line in deciding when to pause the music, while listening to it for the first time... that can be tough. You tried to pause... but Joni's long note made you back off, as you marveled at how solid and lovely it was. I mean... we get to see you be blown away by the same stuff that blew us away when we first experienced her and this incredible song. Thanks for sharing and keep going, my friend... I'm with you on this ride, because you provide a lot of great moments. Peace.
I grew up in Lloydminster Canada, a small city uniqely on the Alberta Saskatchewan provincial border. For a time in her youth Joni lived in a small Saskatchewan town Called Maidstone. Literally 30 miles from where I lived. I never paid much attention to her music when I grew up in the 80's but lately I have been discovering her music and lyrics. Omg the voice and the lyrics. What a treasure from the prairies of western Canada. Enjoy world. Talent like this is truly unique and generational. I appreciate your genuine reactions to her understated talent.
You are correct brother, there are no sufficient words to describe Joni. She sings my soul and her fearless artistry has made my journey richer and smoother every mile of the way. My older bro turned me on to Joni in 1974 and after hearing the first note she sang I never tuned out.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
My friend turned me on to Joni's Blue album in the 1970's. I was scepticle, as I was a rock & roll guy, but when I listened, I fell in love with her! Listened to this album for years and never grew tired of it! Now, 50 years on, I am still listening to it and still in love!!!!!
One of the most beautiful songs ever written and sung. Her voice is so ethereal, at 5:45 that note...oh boy. I grew up with Joni being played a lot, just beautiful. Awesome review Jamal!
@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
Joni is one of my all time favorites. She is playing a Dulcimer on this song, not a guitar but James Taylor is playing guitar on this recording. Joni had a hard time with love throughout her life, never finding a way to fit it into her life and schedule. She does mention it in this song as well. Joni once said "I write music for my sorrow and I paint for my joy." Her paintings are beautiful just like her music. Her musicianship is different from other artists and not only complex, but also atypical. Her lyrics are always so powerful as well. Incredible artist all the way around.
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.
2 things I have to tell you, J: 1st: I love you because you have a way of quickly understanding things about an artist that took many of us years to really ‘get’! You have tremendous insight. 2nd: Joni is a artistic savant - painting, guitar, dulcimer, piano and maybe the most emotive voice ever (Cat Stevens is like that for me, too)... she is a goddess who helps us feel by feeling her music every time she sang. Thanks my brother for helping me feel her in new ways!
@@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".
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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 : )
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.
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.
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.
She has the voice of an angel.
She and Jeff Buckley are in that ethereal realm.
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!!
"love is touching souls...surely you've touched mine, because part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to time...."
JONI MITCHELL'S music is a baptism that leads you to the higher power found in the deepest parts of the human heart.
When music is a spiritual experience, it's doing what we made it for. ❤
I love how you have been getting into Joni Mitchell. Court and Spark is another good track.
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" :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Joni. Prince loved her. I love her. Incredible musician, songwriter, painter, vocalist and artist. Genius.
I don’t weep often, but Joni’s music has that effect on me. So beautiful. She’s the GOAT.
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.
She sings so beautifully, & clear! Angel status!
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
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!
The Circle Game by Joni! You will love the lyrics.
Gotta do Sugar Mountain before he does Circle Game, though. They're a set.
It's like Christmas listening to Joni. Sad and so beautiful at the same time.
It never gets old watching you react to a piece of music when you're really feeling it.....
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.
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.
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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 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!!!!
I can never hear it without tears. Beauty in music defined!
Yep me too. It sort of broke me in half.
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.
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.
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.
Love-love-love your reactions. You get Joni 100%!!!
"She's spoiling us." Damn straight.
Brother, I never grow tired of watching music speak to your soul. Stay strong, stay safe, and keep up the great work.
"Woman of heart and mind" will leave you speechless. Joni speaks to the heart and soul of every person.
Agree
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.
You are absolutely correct sir - she paints amazing pictures with her music.
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.
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!! ❤️❤️❤️
Yes the voice and yes the lyrics…but that song writing..the chord changes, the harmonies, the musical composition, absolutely gorgeous
One of the greatest songs ever written.
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.
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.
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!
I can't stop listening to her songs since you started reacting to her. What a legend. Thanks Jamel. 🎶👏
Man i am so happy that you're loving Joni Mitchell like this. I know you had earphones under your palms, but watching your reaction reminded me of the scene in "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" where they came upon the Sirens singing. So beautiful it hurt! I about fell out -
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 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!
Imagine growing up with her music as a teen girl in the 60s-70s. She was our role model of woman-can-do-anything!
Love how ypu mentioned how she's a "painter"... right before she sang that in her second verse after the first chorus. 🤣 Perfect timing! 🎨
Another Canadian Icon!! She gives you goosebumps and she does make you cry. The combinations of notes and the words, an angel.
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...
once you've experienced Joni you'll never be the same. I was lost the first time I saw her concert and have been hers ever since. Thank you Jamal. You're a treasure. And your taste in music is fantastic!!
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!
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!
Excellent song! Joni Mitchell has such a beautiful voice! Glad your reacting to her music. This was also in the movie Practical Magic. 🙌👍
Jamel, I love watching your reactions to Joni Mitchell! I am a 67 year old white woman die-hard Joni fan...been listening to her since I was 16 and fell in love with her (as you have too) from the first few notes. It is so much fun to see you appreciate her and discover her talent, her amazing voice and songwriting and all around artistry. Thank you for loving her and bringing to a new audience. BTW, I think the instrument on A Case of You, is the dulcimer. Thanks for letting me enjoy her all over again through new eyes and your full-of-wonder expressions.
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!
Thank you soooo much for playing this one!! My all time favorite. No other storyteller like her.
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.....
I heard/read (?) That she had written this about Leonard Cohen, and that the line "I met a woman - she had a mouth like yours " was about LC's mother who told her: "be prepared to bleed" Heavy, huh? Thanks, Mom.
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.
Gotta tell you, brother... this is the 3rd time I'm watching your Joni reactions, and your reactions are very endearing because you speak so much truth, very plainly and openly. That's rare.
When you say things like, "... You're spoilin' us, Joni, you're spoilin' us!", I connected and laughed so much at that... because I've been listening to her for just about 50 years, and music lovers like me - from my group or generation - FEEL Joni Mitchell through our turntables & speakers, shaping our taste and giving future singer/songwriters a bar to shoot for. She really did spoil us!
And with that statement alone, you plainly show that you're thinking of the music as a gift from the artists your reacting to, and that's such a wonderful and rewarding place to live.
I also like how you effectively walk the line in deciding when to pause the music, while listening to it for the first time... that can be tough.
You tried to pause... but Joni's long note made you back off, as you marveled at how solid and lovely it was.
I mean... we get to see you be blown away by the same stuff that blew us away when we first experienced her and this incredible song.
Thanks for sharing and keep going, my friend... I'm with you on this ride, because you provide a lot of great moments. Peace.
Every single song on "Blue" album is brilliant. Makes me sad and happy.
I grew up in Lloydminster Canada, a small city uniqely on the Alberta Saskatchewan provincial border. For a time in her youth Joni lived in a small Saskatchewan town Called Maidstone. Literally 30 miles from where I lived. I never paid much attention to her music when I grew up in the 80's but lately I have been discovering her music and lyrics. Omg the voice and the lyrics. What a treasure from the prairies of western Canada. Enjoy world. Talent like this is truly unique and generational. I appreciate your genuine reactions to her understated talent.
Such a special voice. 🧡 Joan’s voice will blow you away too.
Joni makes me so happy & yet I cry from her voice & words...such a brilliant artist !
Thank you I love you and you have made everyone happy
You are correct brother, there are no sufficient words to describe Joni. She sings my soul and her fearless artistry has made my journey richer and smoother every mile of the way. My older bro turned me on to Joni in 1974 and after hearing the first note she sang I never tuned out.
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 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.
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.
It boils down to this. Joni is the best songwriter and one of the best singers of my life, and I've been here 70 years and 11 months today
So happy you reacted to this track. This is one of my favorite songs of hers.
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.
I love how her mature voice has added depth to her songs, which were already ocean deep!
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.
Joni was the Queen of storytelling folk and folk rock!👍🏻❤️☮️✌🏻
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...
Pure artistic genius. Joni has been an accompaniment to my life. Blessed.
PLEASE "Chelsea Morning" live by Joni 1969
My friend turned me on to Joni's Blue album in the 1970's. I was scepticle, as I was a rock & roll guy, but when I listened, I fell in love with her! Listened to this album for years and never grew tired of it! Now, 50 years on, I am still listening to it and still in love!!!!!
Glad you discovered "Blue," Jamel. It's my fave album by her. Another outstanding track on it is "Carey."
Some classic but obscure Joni:
"Moon at the Window" or "Man to Man"
both from Wild Things Run Fast 💖
She’s playing a dulcimer. This came out when I hitchhiked to Canada; really takes me back.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written and sung.
Her voice is so ethereal, at 5:45 that note...oh boy. I grew up with Joni being played a lot, just beautiful.
Awesome review Jamal!
Joni's guitar has special tuning and that is part of what makes her music unique.
She is a goddess, Lyrics and vocals are untouchable. Just brilliant
Love your openness and sensitivity. My favorite reactor!
Absolutely Karen!! 💙
@@karaminalee hiya tootsie!😘
@@TheDivayenta hi love!! 😘
My all time favourite Joni Mitchell song. So soulful and amazing tone to her voice.
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
This song gives me chills every time. I loved seeing it grip you the same way.
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
Joni is one of my all time favorites. She is playing a Dulcimer on this song, not a guitar but James Taylor is playing guitar on this recording. Joni had a hard time with love throughout her life, never finding a way to fit it into her life and schedule. She does mention it in this song as well. Joni once said "I write music for my sorrow and I paint for my joy." Her paintings are beautiful just like her music. Her musicianship is different from other artists and not only complex, but also atypical. Her lyrics are always so powerful as well. Incredible artist all the way around.
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.
2 things I have to tell you, J:
1st: I love you because you have a way of quickly understanding things about an artist that took many of us years to really ‘get’!
You have tremendous insight.
2nd: Joni is a artistic savant - painting, guitar, dulcimer, piano and maybe the most emotive voice ever (Cat Stevens is like that for me, too)... she is a goddess who helps us feel by feeling her music every time she sang.
Thanks my brother for helping me feel her in new ways!
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".
Joni is number one!! the ultimate artist, poetic, painterly and unafraid.