Joni Mitchell (ft The Band) - Shadows & Light / Furry Sings The Blues (Live 1976 Last Waltz Outtake)

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  • Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
  • all songs written by Joni Mitchell | Shadows and Light from the album The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975) | Furry Sings The Blues from the album Hejira (1976) | live versions (2016 remasters) recorded in Nov 1976 with The Band + Neil Young; later released as part of The Band's concert film/documentary/album project The Last Waltz (1978) | visual is a bootlegged videotaped recording of unknown origin | resynced by sonicboy19 w/ 2016 audio remasters of The Last Waltz | live lyrics:
    Every picture has its shadows
    And it has some source of light
    Blindness and sight
    The perils of benefactors
    The blessings of parasites
    Blindness and sight
    We are threatened by all things
    By the devil of cruelty
    Just as we're drawn to all things
    By the devil of delight
    Mythical devil of the ever-present laws
    Giving us our usual blindness and our occasional insight
    Suntans in reservation dining rooms
    Pale miners in their lantern rays
    That's like night and day
    Look at these hostage smiles on your presidents
    You see freedom scribbled in the subway
    Isn't that like night, night and day
    We are threatened by all things
    By the god of cruelty
    Just as we're drawn to all things
    By the sweet god of delight
    Mythical god credited with all these things in the whole wide world
    Keeper of day and night
    Critics of all expression
    Judges in black and white
    Saying this is wrong
    This is wrong and I'm gonna tell you what's right
    Compelled by prescribed standards
    By our backgrounds of our troubles and our ideals we all fight
    For wrong and right
    We're threatened by all things
    We are man of cruelty
    And we're drawn to all things
    Sweet sweet sweet man of delight
    Man who makes these laws same man who's gonna go along and break those laws
    Wrong and right
    Blindness and sight
    Sun and the moon and day and night
    Day and night
    © 1975 Crazy Crow Music (adapted to 1976 live lyrics from The Last Waltz)
    Old Beale Street is coming down
    Sweeties' Snack Bar boarded up now
    And Egles the Tailor and the Shine Boy's gone
    Faded out with ragtime blues
    Handy's cast in bronze
    And he's standing in a little park
    With a trumpet in his hand
    Like he's listening back to the good old bands
    And the click of high heeled shoes
    Old Furry sings the blues
    Propped up in his bed
    With his dentures and his leg removed
    And Ginny's there
    For her kindness and Furry's beer
    She's the old man's angel overseer
    Pawn shops glitter like gold tooth caps
    In the grey decay
    They chew the last few dollars off
    Old Beale Street's carcass
    Carrion and mercy
    Blue and silver sparkling drums
    Cheap guitars eye shades and guns
    Aimed at the hot blood of being no one
    Down and out in Memphis Tennessee
    Old Furry sings the blues
    You bring him smoke and drink and he'll play for you
    lt's mostly muttering now and sideshow spiel
    But there was one song he played
    That I could really feel
    "I got a woman on Monday she shines my shoes
    I got a woman on Tuesday give me nothing but the blues
    Old Furry's got nobody..."
    There's a double bill murder at the New Daisy
    The old girl's silent across the street
    She's silent waiting for the wrecker's beat
    Silent staring at her stolen name
    Diamond boys and satin dolls
    Bourbon laughter ghosts history falls
    To parking lots and shopping malls
    As they tear down old Beale Street
    Old Furry sings the blues
    He points a bony finger at you and says
    "I don't like you!"
    Everybody laughs like it's the old guy's standard joke
    But it's true
    We're only welcome for our drink and smoke
    W. C. Handy I'm rich and I'm fey
    And I'm not familiar with what you played
    But I get such strong impressions of your hey day
    Looking up and down old Beale Street
    Ghosts of the darktown society
    Come right out of the bricks at me
    Like it's a Saturday night
    They're in their finery
    Dancing it up and making deals
    Furry sings the blues
    Why should I expect that old guy to give it to me true blue
    When he's fallen to hard luck
    And time and other thieves
    While our limo is shining on his shanty street
    Furry sings the blues
    © March 19 1976 Crazy Crow Music (adapted to 1976 live lyrics from The Last Waltz)

КОМЕНТАРІ • 23

  • @averypetty2465
    @averypetty2465 Рік тому +7

    What a find . I’ve never seen this and I own the dvd . This is not on there only coyote . WOW 😮!
    Thank You!

  • @antonigalon
    @antonigalon Рік тому +7

    I never knew that she sang these there! Thank you!

  • @loaffish
    @loaffish 7 місяців тому +2

    The complete uncut version used to be available quite easily a few years ago, Wolfgangs Vault used to have it behind his paywall for example but it seems much harder to find these days. It was single camera filmed for Winterland use, about an hour of The Band, an hour with guests and nearly an hour of jams till 2 am. Its available on YT in segments on The Band on MV.

  • @davidespinosa1910
    @davidespinosa1910 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for posting. The Band could hardly follow her. It's amazing that Coyote came out as well as it did.

  • @woutergijs5246
    @woutergijs5246 Рік тому +4

    So nice

  • @yotodda3168
    @yotodda3168 8 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful song

  • @denniswinters2541
    @denniswinters2541 Рік тому +1

    This is on the 4disc set.Has all the songs played that night by all legends.Even The Band songs that weren't on original release.If you don't own it, find it,buy it,I highly recommend it.

  • @OnTheOnlyShipButHalfWannaSink
    @OnTheOnlyShipButHalfWannaSink Рік тому +3

    Terrific find, I’m gobsmacked.
    Shoulda been in the movie.

    • @PhilSmithRHR
      @PhilSmithRHR Рік тому +1

      Scorsese couldn’t film every song properly because the cine cameras in that era overheated after a few minutes. Plus they had to change reels. They nearly missed Muddy Waters, which is why only a single camera stays on him for so long in the movie: the others weren’t rolling. Looks like there was only one camera filming Joni during this segment, which I guess is why it wasn’t used.

    • @OnTheOnlyShipButHalfWannaSink
      @OnTheOnlyShipButHalfWannaSink Рік тому

      @@PhilSmithRHR tx!

  • @jackd8602
    @jackd8602 Рік тому +1

    Still Stunning!!!

  • @sweetjane5033
    @sweetjane5033 Рік тому +2

    t,he voice❤ dark no close ups!

  • @noobstardust5970
    @noobstardust5970 Рік тому +3

    Wow this is great thank you! I think I've seen this before, but this is slightly better quality.

  • @debbieschmidling8158
    @debbieschmidling8158 Рік тому +6

    Thank you for sharing this, from a Joni fan for many decades......since I was a 9 year old girl'! ❤❤❤

    • @barbararenton8009
      @barbararenton8009 Рік тому +2

      Me, too, Debbie! Her songs were a big part of our lives! She's an amazing artist

    • @debbieschmidling8158
      @debbieschmidling8158 Рік тому +1

      @@barbararenton8009 Yes she is! ❤️❤️

  • @janegrassmarket1414
    @janegrassmarket1414 Рік тому +3

    👏

  • @EthanLondon96
    @EthanLondon96 Рік тому +1

    Thank you !

  • @smc1254
    @smc1254 Рік тому +1

    Prefer this version to the studio recording. It's sexy.

  • @d_walsh
    @d_walsh 24 дні тому

    Neil trying not to mess up. I got It now robbie

  • @pjost6643
    @pjost6643 5 місяців тому +2

    Wouldn’t have been cool if Jaco showed up?

  • @misterlemons111
    @misterlemons111 9 місяців тому +1

    does someone know why we can't her guitar during this performance or why it doesn't sound acoustic?