Learning from a legend. Reaction and Review of Joni Mitchell performing "California" LIVE

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  • @RandallMorris222
    @RandallMorris222 2 місяці тому +30

    For some reason this relatively happy song brought me to tears. Joni Mitchell does it for me every time.

  • @dalemcmillan7231
    @dalemcmillan7231 2 місяці тому +8

    The brilliant Joni Mitchell. A National Treasure here in Canada 🇨🇦❤

  • @darrellhickey1990
    @darrellhickey1990 2 місяці тому +15

    -As I grow older my appreciation of Joni increases exponentially.

  • @sharoninglima1217
    @sharoninglima1217 Місяць тому +3

    Joni is a musical icon. Singer, songwriter, musician …from Canada 🇨🇦

    • @The-Contractor
      @The-Contractor 9 годин тому

      Who reached legendary status in the USA.

  • @joegannon1311
    @joegannon1311 Місяць тому +3

    There is really no other way to describe Joni Mitchel musically other than genius. She is a genius. It's a tragedy that she can never perform like this again because of her health, but the genius of her music is a legacy that will live on long after she and all the rest of us have passed on.

  • @grandwazoodebris1015
    @grandwazoodebris1015 2 місяці тому +5

    You're the best reactor. Joni is a giant, an angel, so talented at writing and performing. Thanks. I echo the guy below, Joni always brings me to tears.

  • @The-Contractor
    @The-Contractor 9 годин тому

    As a musician, composer, performer, Joni has no weakness. This best of her generation and that's some serious competition.

  • @ollywright
    @ollywright 2 місяці тому +3

    She expresses so much character and subtle storytelling through her singing. And so much humanity. One of the best ever.

  • @kevinlakeman5043
    @kevinlakeman5043 2 місяці тому +3

    It's an artist in her most expressive environment, sharing her inner thoughts and experiences with us. Her comfort, ease and joy make the performance that much more affecting. Wonderful reaction.

  • @SaintMartins
    @SaintMartins 2 місяці тому +8

    I met Joni once when i was 10. My mother is friends with Folk singer Judy Collins & my mother & i went to her home for lunch. Joni happen be there that day. I sat next to her at the kitchen table. I have fond memories of Joni leaning next to me & caressing with my hair for almost an hour while the ladies were chatting.

    • @timytidy60
      @timytidy60 2 місяці тому

      what do you mean ?

    • @Truth-io5lz
      @Truth-io5lz 4 дні тому

      Slightly creepy, I don’t care who’s caressing my daughters hair for an hour I’d put a stop to it. Stop touching my kid

  • @alexs.8401
    @alexs.8401 2 місяці тому +6

    I watched the documentary about Laurel Canyon, and an interview with Stephen Stills. He said that when they met and started experimenting, her instrument tunings were unorthodox, and 'all over the place'.
    It turns out, her tunings were inspired to replicate the sounds of nature, and birdsongs that she heard, giving her songs a familiar beauty that everyone recognized, - but nobody could quite place - explaining how her music was mysterious, and drew the listener in.

  • @bernadettemcvicker3832
    @bernadettemcvicker3832 2 місяці тому +12

    This live performance of Joni's was a delight as was your analysis. Pure joy.

  • @martharunstheworld
    @martharunstheworld 2 місяці тому +7

    Mitchell brings such genius to her music. She tells a story through warmth, humor, and reality and of course, her beautiful voice!

  • @poodlegirl55
    @poodlegirl55 2 місяці тому +4

    I am so lucky I grew up with such great music in the late 60's and early 70's. Such awesome folk music but also great rock and metal. I married the guitar player in a rock band I used to see and it is our 50th anniversary in October.

  • @gsbealer
    @gsbealer 2 місяці тому +2

    I’m 73. Joni was as she is in this video when I had the pleasure of listening to her. None of my buddies were Joni fans, which indicates how tenuous my taste in friends was then. 😄
    Loved her voice. Loved her casual folksy songs.
    She and Crosby, Stills & Nash were great buds, and I loved them too. Laurel Canyon, above Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, was a draw for many of the musicians of the day. She and CS&N lived up there.
    She had so many great songs but I had a thing for ‘Ladies of the Canyon’. ‘California’, ‘Carey’, ‘Free Man in Paris’, ‘Chelsea Morning’, ‘Woodstock’……. Too many. ‘Morning Morgan Town’ paints a lovely picture too.

    • @kevinlakeman5043
      @kevinlakeman5043 2 місяці тому +1

      I'm right there with you. As much as I liked/loved so many of the acts my friends liked (in our 20's esp.), they didn't listen to nearly as many female acts as I did. Some of them opened their minds to a few over the year, but still not like myself. Mitchell, Patti Smith, Franklin, Parton, Wynette, Rickie Lee Jones, Gillian Welch, Nina Simone, Holiday, Hynde, PJ, Beth Gibbons. So many brilliant ladies out there.

  • @claimguy
    @claimguy 2 місяці тому +3

    Joni's music doesn't speak to my soul like it does to so many, but you don't have to have that kind of visceral love of a singer/songwriter to know that they embody pure and absolute genius. Nobody was ever like Joni before Joni, or after Joni nor will anyone ever be like Joni

    • @sukie584
      @sukie584 2 місяці тому

      Same. And agreed

  • @maryohara6192
    @maryohara6192 2 місяці тому +16

    I love this Joni Mitchell is awesome! Robert Plant wrote a love song/letter for Joni Mitchell. The song is 'Going to California' its acoustic and beautiful, if you don't do a reaction to it, listen to it for your own pleasure. I really enjoy your reactions.

    • @valfletcher9285
      @valfletcher9285 2 місяці тому +2

      Robert Plant was in love with her.

    • @qthelost
      @qthelost 2 місяці тому +3

      I was recently listening "Going to California" on Zeppelin's live album How the West Was Won and he mentions her name after one of lines. "To find a queen without a king,
      they say she plays guitar and cries and sings ...Joni."

    • @fanofthefade
      @fanofthefade Місяць тому +1

      @@qthelost In one live version I've listened to Robert says "Joni" almost under his breath, after singing, "Someone told me there's a girl out there With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair". Sounds like Robert changed it up now and then.

    • @qthelost
      @qthelost Місяць тому

      @@fanofthefade Yeah, on the 1975 Earls Court performance of the song, he doesn't say her name, but he pauses for a few seconds and says, "oh, she sings."

  • @lancedeschenes4046
    @lancedeschenes4046 2 місяці тому +1

    I loved this - thank you! If you think of reacting to Joni later in her career, I suggest her 2000 live performance of Both Sides Now - the most beautiful singing imaginable.

  • @marklane58
    @marklane58 2 місяці тому +3

    Instant recognition. No one else sounds like her. Unique is very apt.

  • @michaeltonge1971
    @michaeltonge1971 Місяць тому

    The poetry is brilliant, the singing is brilliant, but the playing is perfect. She's the greatest artist of my time.

  • @jeremiahrose4681
    @jeremiahrose4681 2 місяці тому +2

    What an amazing talent.

  • @daveman15
    @daveman15 2 місяці тому +4

    What can you say? The union of genius and talent.

  • @capstan50g
    @capstan50g 2 місяці тому +1

    What a musical genius. The talent and hard work flows through every note and beautifully whimsical phrase. My favorite is A Case Of You. It gives me chills every time I hear it. Great reaction, Bethany!

  • @newtonjeremy1615
    @newtonjeremy1615 2 місяці тому +3

    A truly great edition of the Vocalyst. Thank you!

  • @analogueandy8x10
    @analogueandy8x10 2 місяці тому +6

    A Canadian legend, who grew up in my home town of Saskatoon.

    • @lukeoverthere1364
      @lukeoverthere1364 2 місяці тому +1

      I went to Canada once travelled from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver island got lost in Moosejaw but made it home to the UK in one piece.

    • @analogueandy8x10
      @analogueandy8x10 2 місяці тому

      @@lukeoverthere1364 I've spent a lot of time down in Moosejaw. Did you tour the underground tunnels? To smuggle out booze for Al Capone. By the way, my dad's from Invergordon, up in Scotland. Been there many times. Cheers!

  • @rhphotocdn
    @rhphotocdn 2 місяці тому +2

    A CDN Gem... Thank you for covering Joni! Always loved her song "Big Yellow Taxi"

  • @paulinestraker8656
    @paulinestraker8656 2 місяці тому +1

    I remember hearing a case of you on the radio when I was 14. Went straight out and bought the album Blue and so started my life long love of the genius that is Joni Mitchell.
    She is such a gift to humanity.
    I'd love to see your reaction to Laura Nyro one of Joni's early influences and for me so underrated.

  • @gregjetnikoff7124
    @gregjetnikoff7124 2 місяці тому +1

    One of the greatest "feels" singers ever. Straight into your heart!!!

  • @darinhusk366
    @darinhusk366 2 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful song! For some reason, she reminds me of Alison Krause. Both have such soft yet strong voices. Very high and clear. Lovely combination! Thanks and cheers!

  • @jamesbatcho
    @jamesbatcho 2 місяці тому +1

    Joni is very much a product of her time. She's borrowing from beat poetry in her phrasing, which feels like a stream of ideas, delivering almost spoken lines at times, singing past the bar, etc, etc. Especially in a song about California. I grew up in the state, with her music always around. This song instantly transports me to that place in that time.

  • @mannygee005
    @mannygee005 2 місяці тому +1

    love this one. And she plays that instrument amazingly, it's exactly the song! Oh you can pause as much as you want, I look forward to it 😊

  • @dvanthof5964
    @dvanthof5964 2 місяці тому +1

    One of the best artists ever. Thank you Joni

  • @bendancar
    @bendancar 2 місяці тому +4

    Thank you! I've been waiting a long time for you to get to Joni! Great job. I am certain I am not alone in hoping that you get around to her performance of "Woodstock" from this same concert, where she is at the piano and flexes her voice in ways that are simply incredible. Keep up the great work!

  • @allengray5748
    @allengray5748 2 місяці тому +1

    VERY, VERY NICE!! Joni Mitchell is in my Top 5 favorite female singers. The audio is amazing as well! Perfect Monday Morning now! Thanks Bethany!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎

  • @Asherlynn252
    @Asherlynn252 2 місяці тому +1

    This my ultimate fav performance by Joni! Her voice is magical

    • @LabChile
      @LabChile 27 днів тому

      Totally. Joni herself recognizes it. At one point of the concert she says "I'm really in the mood to sing!" She was particularly inspired that day, even though she had a cold. Many songs of that concert are their best renditions ever! Specially "The Gallery" and "Cactus Tree" I'd say

  • @Veaseify
    @Veaseify 2 місяці тому +2

    When I was younger in my ignorance I had no time for Joni Mitchell or any of the other Singer/Songwriters from that era. As you mature you understand the craft and art that goes into songs ike California and the anazing voice that sings it. We live and learn' as they say.

  • @Wigglythegreat2
    @Wigglythegreat2 Місяць тому +1

    She's captivating

  • @valfletcher9285
    @valfletcher9285 2 місяці тому +1

    The lyrics make me think of a California my mom left Louisiana to find and found it circa 1962 ....

  • @rk41gator
    @rk41gator 2 місяці тому +1

    It should come as no surprise that you are well-versed in Joni. With her voice and talent, how could you not? Such a lovely early recording. Grace is a wonderful descriptor for Joni Mitchell.

  • @AnissAlhassi
    @AnissAlhassi 2 місяці тому +5

    This is amazing song

  • @chrisjohnston3512
    @chrisjohnston3512 Місяць тому

    Loved her music as a child, and am appreciating it again these days just how genius it is. Also have to love her sense of humour!

  • @malibustacy3606
    @malibustacy3606 2 місяці тому +2

    Nicely crafted.

  • @squidkid2
    @squidkid2 17 днів тому

    She's one of those singers who knows how to use her voice as an instrument. And the greats can also make the difficult seem effortless.

  • @Newfie-zc7ug
    @Newfie-zc7ug 2 місяці тому +1

    Oh Canada......................we are so lucky to have her..and so is the WORLD..she should be on our flag ,along with Neil .....LOl

  • @chadbennett7873
    @chadbennett7873 2 місяці тому +3

    If there was a songwriter Mount Rushmore, Joni is an absolute lock for it. This song is from "Blue" and every song on that album would chart in the top 100 songwriter's list. She is pure genius, and sadly, I don't think enough people today have any idea how blessed we have been to live in her time. She is recognized by the musically educated, and sadly her health doesn't allow her enough exposure today to receive the proper accolades, but one can sure learn a lot about music by studying Joni. And to think she and Bob Dylan were of the same generation ... oh, the mind is blown. Over the years, my personal favorite has become "Morning Morgantown", but "For Free" and "Little Green" are in contention.

    • @devonseamoor
      @devonseamoor 2 місяці тому

      Joni suffered from a relative rare, and strange health problem. Morghellons disease.

  • @alchothestranger370
    @alchothestranger370 2 місяці тому +1

    Please do more joni michell. there are so many good songs.

  • @VoltaDoMar
    @VoltaDoMar 2 місяці тому

    this nearly made me cry.. I love Joni

  • @franksullivan1873
    @franksullivan1873 2 місяці тому

    There are singers that have a unique voice,not just good but so interesting in style ,that your ears take in every note and every line.Joni is that soul and I was lucky to catch her performing in the 1970s at Meriwether Post Pavilion.She was wonderful and very entertaining in her banter with her many fans.She is also a great artist as a painter too.A charming woman indeed.

  • @allengray5748
    @allengray5748 2 місяці тому +1

    Part II 😁 Prioritize her intention! I like it! Never heard anyone more descriptive than you! Awesome! ☮️

  • @richardlovell4713
    @richardlovell4713 2 місяці тому +1

    The best singer/songwriter of our generation - a poetess and painter who also created pictures with her songs. Her vocal range is amazing when young, but I find it fascinating how some talented singers adapt to the changes in their voices as they age. Joni is one, Robert Plant another and John Martyn also comes to mind because there are videos of him comparatively young and during his career until the time he was growling from a wheelchair shortly before he died.

  • @phillipharrison7283
    @phillipharrison7283 2 місяці тому +2

    This is the song Robert Plant responded to for 'Going to California' on Led Zeppelin IV.

    • @fanofthefade
      @fanofthefade Місяць тому

      Yes, in one live version I've listened to Robert says "Joni" almost under his breath, after singing, "Someone told me there's a girl out there With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair".

  • @larrygoes
    @larrygoes 2 місяці тому

    Love this reaction, the merging of your authenticity and Joni's authenticity is so satisfying! Joni was a bit before my interest in music, but as a guitarist, her unique influence is huge. Keep up this lovely work! And at the risk of sounding a creep, kudos to your hair stylist!

  • @gregjetnikoff7124
    @gregjetnikoff7124 2 місяці тому +1

    Her greatest performance of any of her songs is her doing Both Sides. Amongst so many truely great songs...

  • @manuelcervantes1073
    @manuelcervantes1073 2 місяці тому

    Jose jose el triste, definition of effortless beauty

  • @HildHilden-rx6po
    @HildHilden-rx6po 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for great reaction 👍😊
    I would really really like to see your reaction of "Like a tattoo" by Sade, live in San Diego. One of the best songs I've ever heard

  • @captainkangaroo4301
    @captainkangaroo4301 2 місяці тому +1

    Joni is a copy of no one. I’ve loved her music for well over 50 years.

  • @RicardoMartinezLara4T
    @RicardoMartinezLara4T 2 місяці тому +1

    Just by random bumped into this…sorry have not read any of the comments, but I hope someone mentions that “California” is Graham Nash. Many of her references were thinly veiled friends and lovers. Joni’s songwriting, playing, and singing talents are of course pure genius.

  • @monarchmonachus3138
    @monarchmonachus3138 2 місяці тому

    A singular artist.

  • @robertmoritz7954
    @robertmoritz7954 2 місяці тому

    My Joni .......... danke. LG

  • @shawnfromportland
    @shawnfromportland 2 місяці тому +1

    one of my top fav joni traxx

  • @JasondenHollander-qj5hp
    @JasondenHollander-qj5hp 2 місяці тому +6

    Holy spitballs!!! Had never heard this before. I knew she was good but this is unbelievably awesome!!! So raw, so powerful and so much spunk.

  • @JoeCruz-hs2yt
    @JoeCruz-hs2yt Місяць тому

    she's a genius !

  • @adamgreener3887
    @adamgreener3887 2 місяці тому

    Only Joni. Just so individual in everything she does, from her de-tuned chords, to visceral lyrics & shape shifting vocals! Never matched. Check out live version of ‘Woodstock’ possibly from same concert in early 79’s think it was BBC. Quite stunning. 😍

  • @suchisthismystery2814
    @suchisthismystery2814 2 місяці тому

    And to think Joni had a cold during this concert. She said she was losing her voice and still she sings like that! ❤

  • @giovanimendes1550
    @giovanimendes1550 2 місяці тому

    Joni

  • @devonseamoor
    @devonseamoor 2 місяці тому

    Joni was one of a kind, to me, and I imagine how true she was to her art, as well as to her outlook on life, being true to herself with grace.
    She had to be present among hardcore bandmembers, who were drugged and drunk, at the Woodstock Festival for example. With her perceptive nature, that must've been hard work.

    • @fanofthefade
      @fanofthefade Місяць тому

      She chose not to attend Woodstock, due to other commitments and worried about getting out of there afterward.

  • @jnbufkin
    @jnbufkin 2 місяці тому

    An angel sings..

  • @ThisTrainIsLost
    @ThisTrainIsLost 29 днів тому

    Can you imagine a Joni Mitchell/Geddy Lee duet? I'd be happy to listen to it, if nothing else I'm sure that it would be interesting.

  • @Prone2Thrill
    @Prone2Thrill 2 місяці тому

    My two favorite female singers are Joni and Janis - completely opposite but both legendary and unique

  • @ToddMorgan-el5iy
    @ToddMorgan-el5iy Місяць тому

    Peter Green (singer, original Fleetwood Mac lineup) can be seen in the audience at the start.

  • @keithpattison6763
    @keithpattison6763 2 місяці тому

    You don't see many people playing a Dulcima these days. I made two of them from kits, about 45 years ago, onefor my wife and one for my mother in law. My wife played hers until it wouldn't fit on her lap anymore (our daughter in the way) and I salvaged the other one when MIL's house was cleaned out. Both need new strings and haven't been touched for years.

    • @bscjake
      @bscjake 2 місяці тому

      My inlaws have a few and my brother in law plays them sometimes when we get together. pretty cool seeing his guitar skills translate but with a different kinda sound.

  • @randomtruths3400
    @randomtruths3400 2 місяці тому

    Talking about being there, if you had continued the video you would have seen who's in the audience at the end - the legendary Peter Green. That always said more about Joni's talent than album sales, the fact that the industry's best musicians all respected and admired her so much.

  • @ArtSailing
    @ArtSailing 2 місяці тому

    It is soooo happy song... that, it is like she tells a some light smile joke.
    But she actually play that joke - put it in melody.

  • @cameronrycroft4635
    @cameronrycroft4635 2 місяці тому

    Finally girl,,lol,,some roots Joni M❤❤

  • @stevedevore875
    @stevedevore875 2 місяці тому

    Awesome. For 80’s, Check out Love of a Lifetime by Firehouse. Great mixed voice vocalist

  • @morbiouslenoir
    @morbiouslenoir 2 місяці тому

    I wanna go back to California so bad.

  • @chinaski2020
    @chinaski2020 2 місяці тому

    It’s such a beautiful song and a beautiful version. I love the contrast between her voice and the slightly janky and out-of-tune dulcimer (which she plays wonderfully).
    I see people have recommended Led Zeppelin’s Going To California. I’d recommend Joanna Newsom’s In California.

  • @cortecz
    @cortecz Місяць тому

    I would have loved to hear her collab with Simon & Garfunkel.

  • @benr3483
    @benr3483 2 місяці тому

    Always enjoy your videos.. would really like to see you do one Firehouse. CJ Snare was a wonderful singer. There is a very good live recording of Home Is Where the Heart Is from Japan. And many more from there. Again.. great videos!

  • @jude999
    @jude999 2 місяці тому

    Canada gave us the two greatest--Joni and Neil.

  • @johnc7764
    @johnc7764 2 місяці тому

    so amazing, and earlier in the show she told the audience that she had a cold.

  • @coyote4237
    @coyote4237 2 місяці тому

    Love to see you do a comparison of her "This Flight Tonight" and Nazareth's cover of it. So differentin style, but both great songs and vocal performances.

  • @bradfordsawyer8886
    @bradfordsawyer8886 2 місяці тому

    Please do one on blue October! Justin is such an amazing singer and writer would also love to see you do seether what an incredible gritty voice Shaun has ! Love the vids and channel

  • @qthelost
    @qthelost 2 місяці тому

    The first time I heard this I had to look up the meaning of "sunset pig." I should have known, because I had read about the clashes in the 60's between the young people and the police on Sunset Blvd. I just didn't make the connection.

  • @charlesmontgomery7002
    @charlesmontgomery7002 2 місяці тому

    The female trio "I'm With Her" (Sarah Jarosz, Aofie O'Donavan and Sara Watkins), cover Carrie Get out Your Cane, and all are exceptionally good in their own right, but they seemed to struggle with covering Joni

  • @randythemitoman
    @randythemitoman 2 місяці тому

    Check you out with your new background Bethany. You look brighter.

  • @ericzeichert511
    @ericzeichert511 2 місяці тому

    I got out when you said get out, but not because of your commentary, but because this song was not my cup of mead, I can sort of get into Paved Paradise which is a classic. I have never heard this before, and the melody for me is all over the place. While that does provide an accurate picture of bipolar Callifornia, it doesn't make it playlist material for me

  • @shawnngatai4745
    @shawnngatai4745 2 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @ThisIsMyYouTubeName12
    @ThisIsMyYouTubeName12 2 місяці тому

    I would LOVE if you could analyze the voice of Tyler Joseph (lead singer from twenty one pilots) especially the song Vignette!

  • @extinct-0
    @extinct-0 2 місяці тому

    I loved your reactions 😍 your smile is just like.....can't explain please react to Indian artists. 1year ago you've reacted to one of Indian singer please react again..

  • @jameskirt1571
    @jameskirt1571 2 місяці тому

    Please do The Mars Volta Eriatarka or roulette dares (the haunt of) the live version is amazing btw thanks for the great videos

  • @clementbaudeau4111
    @clementbaudeau4111 2 місяці тому

    You absolutly need to listen the one take vocal of zelli from palefaceswiss its amazing ❤

  • @maivezonk
    @maivezonk 25 днів тому

    Wish you'd do the song Blue

  • @SasaNinkovic
    @SasaNinkovic 2 місяці тому +1

    ❤🎉❤🎉

  • @Burevestnik9M730
    @Burevestnik9M730 2 місяці тому

    Uriah Heep July Morning 1972?

  • @mikeulman7146
    @mikeulman7146 2 місяці тому

    I'm loving your channel. Pleas3 do Edgar Winter Tobacco Road

  • @davidgardnerdrumming
    @davidgardnerdrumming 2 місяці тому

    I would recommend listening to Me and My Dog by Boygenius. 😊

  • @andresarnedo4538
    @andresarnedo4538 2 місяці тому

    I deeply recommend reacting to Serú Girán - La Grasa de Las Capitales. Kisses. You're the best.

  • @ThisTrainIsLost
    @ThisTrainIsLost Місяць тому

    Ok, so who DIDN'T get the "sunset pig" line?
    I guess it's an age thing, another way of saying "I suppose you had to be there..."

  • @fredkrissman6527
    @fredkrissman6527 2 місяці тому

    Hmmm.
    "Reading the news and it sure looks bad
    They won't give peace a chance
    That was just a dream some of us had..."
    Sounds familiar. ☮