A lot of music from 55 years ago hasn't aged well. Joni's sure has. When I first heard these songs all those decades ago, I thought they were heartbreaking works of staggering genius. I still think that. I've never heard more perfectly constructed, performed, and produced songs than Tin Angel, Roses Blue, The Gallery, That Song About the Midway, Clouds, and Songs to Aging Children Come. Those songs are among the reasons why her old friend Neil Young recently said, "She might be the greatest artist of our time." This album is the gold standard for singer-songwriter music.
55 years ago I was 12 and was convinced that from 1963 through to 1969 the world endured through the madness of hate and patriarchal induced hatred....Joni was insightful.....truly
Creo que el viejo Neil tiene razón, en relación a esto, hace poco leí una de esas encuestas de mejores guitarristas, y David Gilmour incluyó dentro de sus 5 mejores, a la Mitchell, por sus acordes y la forma de tocar la guitarra, no lo había pensado por ese lado, pero es verdad. El mejor elogio que su música es bella y única!
Just watched Joni perform Both Sides at 8y/o at the Grammys. Now knowing that she wrote this at 23 really brings me deep appreciation and reflection on life. What a fantastic artist.
Wasn't that wonderful? She is 80 now and a recovering from a stroke. But hopefully her performance educated all the newer musicians present to write & sing songs from now on that have both style AND substance. Too much meaningless diva crap now, or " in your face" rap/hip hop, etc. Bring back real music.
I thought her performance & Tracey Chapman replaying acoustic masterpiece Fast Car for us with Luke Bryan, we're the two best performances of the night at this year's Grammy Awards!❤
At 67, I still really don’t know clouds, love or life. Nor does anyone else. As a very young woman, Joni understood how little we understand about most things. And the lyrics. “Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air. And feather canyons everywhere, I looked at clouds that way. But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone. So many things I could have done, but clouds got in my way.” The greatest of literary art. Maybe SHE should have gotten a Nobel Prize for literature.
@@ronaldjaybelin520, except her music genius is not to be denied in spite of her depression. I have been listening to her music since I was 16, and I am 70 now, and I treasure her music still.
@@ronaldjaybelin520How awful for you to go through life with such a dismissive air of mean spiritedness . Your words sound bitter and resentful. I hope you heal yourself one day.
It was such a pleasure to see Joni at the Grammy's last night. I have been listening to her music for over 50 years. This was the first album I bought of her. I had scratches on it because I played it over and over. What an amazing singer/songwriter she is. Her lyrics are brilliant and the music is beautiful and soothing with such deep meaning. She has been a guiding light for all new singer/songwriters. Thank you for sharing your music all these years.
For non Canadians, the cover art is of course by Joni depicting her home province of Saskatchewan with the skyline of Saskatoon (the old railway hotel, the Bessborough, predominates) and Joni holding a prairie lily, the provincial flower of her home province.
I am 60 years old and I remember my mom playing this album and other folk albums while getting ready for work in the morning. Still love all this to this day! Joni is a great melodic storyteller.
As a teen in the 1960s and early 70s while sitting in my bedroom - I listened to albums by Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro over and over and over again, singing along with them both, opening my heart to their poetry, music, art, energy - I am ever so grateful I still know the words and am singing along with them today for they are cellular, continously with me, a part of me forever and ever. Joni, I hold your shamanic messages and intricate chords within my heart. Thank you for showing us how it can be done. You and Laura are truly neverending gifts to humankind. Peace and beauty be with you.
Personaly I think Joni Mitchell isn't comparible with anyone : she 's an entity. A world on it's own : complex and indeed shaminic but also down to earth vulnarible and poëtic. A universel truth.
Anne from Minneapolis, you are the first I have heard to echo my own teenage history, listening to these 2 great artists, from age 16 navigating life's challenges, to forever. Its so good to meet like minded accolytes. Joni a d Laura. Brilliant.
Joni Mitchell is a musical genius, singer, songwriter, lyricist, musician, poet and performer that can be compared to no-one else!! l saw her in Australia in 1986, and her unique style stays in my memory like it was last night!!
More relevant now, Than then. We have the hindsight of time, And what time did to us all. We have reflection, Of what was, What could have been, Of what is. Such peace and joy. Giving me goosebumps. A time machine. Take me away.....
Well, born in 1987, I was not even a though when this album was release, but discovering this masterpiece at 36 is a blessing. Even if it's 2023. Real great music and pure talent flies over time
The chord progressions on some songs on this album are so sophisticated, they leave you in a state of quiet rapture. Joni called them chords of inquiry. She was trying to solve her own life troubles through music. I will never forget what I felt the first time hearing 'Songs to Aging Children Come', one of her most underappreciated songs of her back catalogue. It was like witnessing a young sage putting to music some universal truth for all the lucky listeners out there.
@@droses1600 Well, if you, like me, could make a conversation in 6 languages, surely this mistake could be overlooked. By the way, English is not my first language. Obviously. But thank you for the correction.
Joni was so talented as a lyricist, singer and musician that this album has sold millions and yet critics were and are in awe of how she spellbinds the listener.
By the way, it is a great statement to say her lyrics are absolutely devoid of cliches. It is also fascnating to read the comments. Joni draws a very articulate following.
Wonderful, the music of our youth which was painful with broken love affairs. At 16/17 it was the end of the world wasn't it? The innocence of youth eh. Now at 71 I understand these songs more.
I've always held that Both Sides Now may be the greatest song of all time, I don't know how I managed to miss the album for so long. I thought BSN couldn't be improved, but the album creates an amazing stage for it to resonate off of, it really brings out all the songs shades and flourishes. The thing I love about Joni is that much of her music is quiet melancholy, but it's not a detached melancholia; it stems from genuinely good times now past, but times she remembers how to savor and celebrate. Too many of us with melancholy dispositions, having been burned by one too many a sun since set, refuse to go outside on beautiful days and just mope around despite opportunities to do otherwise :/
I bought this album when it was first released in 1969 because I was intrigued by her self portrait on the cover. Little did I know the beauty it contained within, beautiful then beautiful now. I still have that original album.
I'm from Brazil and never heard about Joni before until I see this is us and I loved it ❤ I can feel myself in a place and age I never been. I just can't explain ... Just feel
Late 60s early 70s with Joni's melodic tapestry of putting the pieces together for us young folks was quite fulfilling for boys becoming men and girls becoming women too ! Her vibes were in the background of many pleasant experiences for me in the Bay Area.
Though I haven't listened to this album for at least 20 years, I find myself humming and singing along with uncanny recall. I'd no idea they were so lovingly committed to memory, and I'm grateful to find them still so accessible to me.
Two most influential poets/singers/songwriters/philosophers in my (so far) 75-year life. Bobby and Joni. Might have ended it all 50 years ago but for you both.
Many years ago I used to sing "That Song About the Midway" on my way home from work. There was this one stoplight that kept you in place for a good wee while, so you needed something to do. Joni's song gave me something to look forward to for that drive home--not to mention, that drive through life, itself. Such a gift, and such a genius she is!
Apparently she wrote that song when she was dating David Crosby and found out he cheated on her. She sang it at a party in front of all their friends and everyone knew what was going on in the song...bye bye Dave
@@danielsmith1187 , isn't that an indication of her genius? Even hurt and angry, she lets him know in a song that resonates to many other people. For me it was just being tired after a gruelling day's work, yet that redlight ritual helped bring renewal so that I could greet my cats with greater joy when I got home.
I drift back. to Chelsea. Alone in someone else's living room with my troubles, sadness, and pain. Somehow, I never learned to run from drama and trauma. All these years later I sit at my computer working on my music that I abandoned so long ago, I like to think that it doesn't hurt like it did back then to listen to Joni. Big hugs to everyone, Giorgib
A delight to visit these beloved long-familiar tunes this morning! I join the rest in offering my "thank you's" to Joni! And the album cover is also amazing!
I love everything about Joni. She was a huge part of my childhood growing up in Berkeley, the early 70s. Keep blessing us all with you just the way you are.
Grazie per queste melodie. Io non conosco l'inglese, devo leggere la traduzione. Conosco Joni Mitchell dall'età di 15 anni, ora ho 57 anni, è devo scrivere che quando ascolto Joni Mitchell, la sua melodia musicale è vocale mi trasporta in un mondo di un fascino fiabesco !!
Ahhh, Joni, my fine old pal, love this music and you so much, fifty some years on from The Grove and the Flick, and Jasmine and BayBreeze, bookstores, antique shops and sailboats…and of course wonderful music, I still love you, wish you well , wish you peace, wish you light and so much love . Suzy Bookstore😘🌷🪷💜🎶🐋🌙😕
Clouds has always been my favorite Joni album. Probably because it was the first one I heard by her. I was 14 years old(1970) and a self taught guitar player and was pretty good at listening to a song and learning how to play it. I could not touch this! I loved how she made the guitar sound but I had no idea about the open tuning. It was not until much later in life that I found out and really began to appreciate her genius both lyrically and musically. She also paints most of the covers! I mean "Come on"! It is almost a must to have the lyrics in front of you while listening to this masterpiece. The subtle reference to the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz who was missing his heart in Tin Angel is just crazy good! Chelsea Morning's lines "A song outside my window and the traffic wrote the words." " Won't you stay? We'll put on the day and wear it 'til the night comes." "The sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses"! She writes about simple everyday things that we all take for granted in such a way that makes you appreciate them more! Every single song is great on this album! It won the Grammy for best Folk album but as others have stated I do not "hear it" as Folk. It is a genre of it's own and created by this "living miracle" of a person whom we all know as Joni! There will never be another!
❤️🔥thank you for sharing this 🌾🌿🌾🌼🍂🍃🍁🌿🌬️🍃 Varnished weeds in window jars Tarnished beads on tapestries Kept in satin boxes are Reflections of love's memories Letters from across the seas Roses dipped in sealing wax Valentines and maple leaves Tucked into a paperback Guess I'll throw them all away I found someone to love today Dark with darker moods is he Not a golden Prince who's come Through columbines and wizardry To talk of castles in the sun Still, I'll take a chance and see I found someone to love today There's a sorrow in his eyes Like the angel made of tin What will happen if I try To place another heart in him In a Bleeker Street cafe I found someone to love today I found someone to love today ❤️⚡👁️
I have bumped into this singer because of Tom Waits Group. It has been so lovely for me hear such a beautiful lyrics because I'm falling in love another time at 55 years old .
What a wonderful album this is. Found it in my Ma's small vinyl collection when i was a nipper. Ma have me Joni, Cat Stevens , Dylan and the Stones. Dad gave me Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and Ben Webster. Found rock n roll myself😂it all counts, it a real blessing to have grown up with music this good❤
To have cut the cellophane, to have smelled the new vinyl, to have seen her on stage (the wind blowing her dress) …..well weren’t we the lucky generation 👏👏👏👏
Ein Strassenmusiker kam in unserem Stadtpark vorbei und spielte dieses betörende Lied. Ich war wohl 15 das muss so um 1974 gewesen sein. Dein schönstes Album ist Hissing of summer lawn.
God gave her incredible talent, beauty, and the gift of Laurel Canyon, a place and time that will never be matched as a cradle of creativity. Sweet Joni of Saskatoon. I always loved you.
These wonderful snippets/glimpses of life by this genius over the decades... people lost: Marcie, Furry Sings The Blues, Sunny Sunday, Two Grey Rooms and the haunting Last Chance Lost.
Dad we cannot sleep lay your head on my bed of roses listening to your heart is wonderful love you dad sleep now until morning we will have a quiet day together there’s loads of us with our loved ones
I enjoy this album like everyone else does, but hearing Joni sing Both Sides Now 40 years after she originally recorded it is a masterpiece separate from all her other great work. It is a story near the end of a journey, IMO.
@jeffschudel4529 Yes, Exactly, I agree. Melancholy Memories today. My heart aches today for the memories of past with my 4 Children, especially the Huge Loss 3 years ago of my youngest Son (28), and my Dad (79), and my younger Brother (52).😪💔💔💔😢
I knew a woman who sang exactly like Joni Mitchell. When I first heard her voice around a campfire in New Zealand, I was totally mesmerized. For a short while we shared a beautiful relationship, but I stupidly let her go. I regret it every day, and now these songs bring a tightness in my chest. I hope she's well and happy.
Did you ever try to look up this girl you used to know or to see if she ever recorded an album or maybe a video of her singing somewhere on UA-cam or Facebook?
I finally did find her again - she's now married with a son. I sent her a letter apologizing for the way things ended, but she hasn't written back. I guess she's moved on (unlike me). We all make mistakes, but this one will haunt me to the grave.@@suzannelawson9215
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I'm 21, I don't know if it's normal for me to be enjoying her music this much... but I'm obsessed. She's queen icon
A lot of music from 55 years ago hasn't aged well. Joni's sure has. When I first heard these songs all those decades ago, I thought they were heartbreaking works of staggering genius. I still think that. I've never heard more perfectly constructed, performed, and produced songs than Tin Angel, Roses Blue, The Gallery, That Song About the Midway, Clouds, and Songs to Aging Children Come. Those songs are among the reasons why her old friend Neil Young recently said, "She might be the greatest artist of our time." This album is the gold standard for singer-songwriter music.
YES!!!!
55 years ago I was 12 and was convinced that from 1963 through to 1969 the world endured through the madness of hate and patriarchal induced hatred....Joni was insightful.....truly
I am 76 thought I would listen to joni Mitchell for the first time not bad a genius I've been told
Creo que el viejo Neil tiene razón, en relación a esto, hace poco leí una de esas encuestas de mejores guitarristas, y David Gilmour incluyó dentro de sus 5 mejores, a la Mitchell, por sus acordes y la forma de tocar la guitarra, no lo había pensado por ese lado, pero es verdad. El mejor elogio que su música es bella y única!
I appreciate your comment. Thank you.
Just watched Joni perform Both Sides at 8y/o at the Grammys. Now knowing that she wrote this at 23 really brings me deep appreciation and reflection on life. What a fantastic artist.
Wasn't that wonderful? She is 80 now and a recovering from a stroke. But hopefully her performance educated all the newer musicians present to write & sing songs from now on that have both style AND substance. Too much meaningless diva crap now, or " in your face" rap/hip hop, etc. Bring back real music.
I thought her performance & Tracey Chapman replaying acoustic masterpiece Fast Car for us with Luke Bryan, we're the two best performances of the night at this year's Grammy Awards!❤
At 67, I still really don’t know clouds, love or life. Nor does anyone else. As a very young woman, Joni understood how little we understand about most things. And the lyrics. “Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air. And feather canyons everywhere, I looked at clouds that way. But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone. So many things I could have done, but clouds got in my way.” The greatest of literary art. Maybe SHE should have gotten a Nobel Prize for literature.
No, she just had no qualms making cash from depression
@@ronaldjaybelin520 : that's about the meanest thing I've ever read about anyone's songs. Shame on you.
Life, lives & all so much more can be so cruel harsh & hard, did or was Joni herself that or so very happy?
She's a lively soul or simply human.
@@ronaldjaybelin520, except her music genius is not to be denied in spite of her depression. I have been listening to her music since I was 16, and I am 70 now, and I treasure her music still.
@@ronaldjaybelin520How awful for you to go through life with such a dismissive air of mean spiritedness . Your words sound bitter and resentful. I hope you heal yourself one day.
It was such a pleasure to see Joni at the Grammy's last night. I have been listening to her music for over 50 years. This was the first album I bought of her. I had scratches on it because I played it over and over. What an amazing singer/songwriter she is. Her lyrics are brilliant and the music is beautiful and soothing with such deep meaning.
She has been a guiding light for all new singer/songwriters. Thank you for sharing your music all these years.
Best song of the night. She's amazing.
Thank you then. Thank you now. Thank you always.
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
For non Canadians, the cover art is of course by Joni depicting her home province of Saskatchewan with the skyline of Saskatoon (the old railway hotel, the Bessborough, predominates) and Joni holding a prairie lily, the provincial flower of her home province.
I never gave it a thought so "thank you" for that anecdote!
I am 60 years old and I remember my mom playing this album and other folk albums while getting ready for work in the morning. Still love all this to this day! Joni is a great melodic storyteller.
Ageless music/lyrics that like fine wine just get better with age…& more meaningful.❤️
This is definitely one of the most beautiful albums in music history.
Absolutely!
We love you Joni!
As a teen in the 1960s and early 70s while sitting in my bedroom - I listened to albums by Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro over and over and over again, singing along with them both, opening my heart to their poetry, music, art, energy - I am ever so grateful I still know the words and am singing along with them today for they are cellular, continously with me, a part of me forever and ever. Joni, I hold your shamanic messages and intricate chords within my heart. Thank you for showing us how it can be done. You and Laura are truly neverending gifts to humankind. Peace and beauty be with you.
Personaly I think Joni Mitchell isn't comparible with anyone : she 's an entity.
A world on it's own : complex and indeed shaminic but also down to earth vulnarible and poëtic.
A universel truth.
Oh thank you so much for mentioning that other musical genius: Laura Nyro!!
Anne from Minneapolis, you are the first I have heard to echo my own teenage history, listening to these 2 great artists, from age 16 navigating life's challenges, to forever. Its so good to meet like minded accolytes. Joni a d Laura. Brilliant.
Joni Mitchell is a musical genius, singer, songwriter, lyricist, musician, poet and performer that can be compared to no-one else!! l saw her in Australia in 1986, and her unique style stays in my memory like it was last night!!
More relevant now,
Than then.
We have the hindsight of time,
And what time did to us all.
We have reflection,
Of what was,
What could have been,
Of what is.
Such peace and joy.
Giving me goosebumps.
A time machine.
Take me away.....
Well, born in 1987, I was not even a though when this album was release, but discovering this masterpiece at 36 is a blessing. Even if it's 2023. Real great music and pure talent flies over time
🏹⭐💟
A kindred spirit has no age!
Trumpy Doodle Dandy
Well.... I'm 72 and Joni was the first woman I fell in love with... and you can enjoy this album as much as I do. Cheers.
The chord progressions on some songs on this album are so sophisticated, they leave you in a state of quiet rapture. Joni called them chords of inquiry. She was trying to solve her own life troubles through music. I will never forget what I felt the first time hearing 'Songs to Aging Children Come', one of her most underappreciated songs of her back catalogue. It was like witnessing a young sage putting to music some universal truth for all the lucky listeners out there.
Yes! I really like the spooky vibe on Songs to Aging Children. It could be a Halloween song.
Before the rapture.....
The minor chord progressions in Roses Blue are unique and haunting. Joni is a true master of musicality.
*sophisticated (Obviously you're not literate enough to know this word.)
@@droses1600 Well, if you, like me, could make a conversation in 6 languages, surely this mistake could be overlooked. By the way, English is not my first language. Obviously. But thank you for the correction.
Joni is God’s Angel of music.
Love her so much. I've been listening for 50 years now.
I discovered this album in my dad's record collection when I was about 14 or so. I really liked it. I still do. It hits much differently at 59.❤
Joni was so talented as a lyricist, singer and musician that this album has sold millions and yet critics were and are in awe of how she spellbinds the listener.
Absolutely brilliant musically and lyrically. Devoid of cliches. A true artist. Genre defying and unique. We shall never witness the like again. ❤
By the way, it is a great statement to say her lyrics are absolutely devoid of cliches. It is also fascnating to read the comments. Joni draws a very articulate following.
I love this first song on this album. 🌹✨️✨️✨️
Wonderful, the music of our youth which was painful with broken love affairs. At 16/17 it was the end of the world wasn't it? The innocence of youth eh. Now at 71 I understand these songs more.
I've always held that Both Sides Now may be the greatest song of all time, I don't know how I managed to miss the album for so long. I thought BSN couldn't be improved, but the album creates an amazing stage for it to resonate off of, it really brings out all the songs shades and flourishes.
The thing I love about Joni is that much of her music is quiet melancholy, but it's not a detached melancholia; it stems from genuinely good times now past, but times she remembers how to savor and celebrate. Too many of us with melancholy dispositions, having been burned by one too many a sun since set, refuse to go outside on beautiful days and just mope around despite opportunities to do otherwise :/
This is a remarkable artist from the era of folk...
I bought this album when it was first released in 1969 because I was intrigued by her self portrait on the cover. Little did I know the beauty it contained within, beautiful then beautiful now. I still have that original album.
I heard that album when it was released .
I was 3 years old, Hippie-breed.
Joni is the greatest EVER!
Yeah, I can float in this for a while. Thank you Lord for Joni. What a marvelous talent and lovely person.
I'm from Brazil and never heard about Joni before until I see this is us and I loved it ❤ I can feel myself in a place and age I never been. I just can't explain ... Just feel
Late 60s early 70s with Joni's melodic tapestry of putting the pieces together for us young folks was quite fulfilling for boys becoming men and girls becoming women too ! Her vibes were in the background of many pleasant experiences for me in the Bay Area.
Haunting genius, with me everywhere I go
Thank you so much for publishing these full albums of dear Joni. They are like fresh rain drops from heaven to me ❤ Thank you, Joni 💞
Though I haven't listened to this album for at least 20 years, I find myself humming and singing along with uncanny recall. I'd no idea they were so lovingly committed to memory, and I'm grateful to find them still so accessible to me.
thank you for everyting , not sure I could do life without my Joni soundtrack
Two most influential poets/singers/songwriters/philosophers in my (so far) 75-year life. Bobby and Joni. Might have ended it all 50 years ago but for you both.
Obviously Dillon
Many years ago I used to sing "That Song About the Midway" on my way home from work. There was this one stoplight that kept you in place for a good wee while, so you needed something to do. Joni's song gave me something to look forward to for that drive home--not to mention, that drive through life, itself. Such a gift, and such a genius she is!
Apparently she wrote that song when she was dating David Crosby and found out he cheated on her. She sang it at a party in front of all their friends and everyone knew what was going on in the song...bye bye Dave
@@danielsmith1187 , isn't that an indication of her genius? Even hurt and angry, she lets him know in a song that resonates to many other people. For me it was just being tired after a gruelling day's work, yet that redlight ritual helped bring renewal so that I could greet my cats with greater joy when I got home.
my favorite music is Joni .
I drift back. to Chelsea. Alone in someone else's living room with my troubles, sadness, and pain. Somehow, I never learned to run from drama and trauma. All these years later I sit at my computer working on my music that I abandoned so long ago, I like to think that it doesn't hurt like it did back then to listen to Joni. Big hugs to everyone, Giorgib
Good luck with your music. It is wonderful that you have gotten back to it; it is never to late to work on one's art.
A delight to visit these beloved long-familiar tunes this morning! I join the rest in offering my "thank you's" to Joni! And the album cover is also amazing!
Yes but was your morning a Chelsea morning? 😉
Album cover painted by Joni Mitchell of course.
@@ThaiThom Of course!
I love everything about Joni. She was a huge part of my childhood growing up in Berkeley, the early 70s. Keep blessing us all with you just the way you are.
Grazie per queste melodie. Io non conosco l'inglese, devo leggere la traduzione. Conosco Joni Mitchell dall'età di 15 anni, ora ho 57 anni, è devo scrivere che quando ascolto Joni Mitchell, la sua melodia musicale è vocale mi trasporta in un mondo di un fascino fiabesco !!
Grazie Joni per un momento di melodia molto piacevole !!!
I’m 54 and just now discovering her magnificent artistry… and I am Canadian
I feel the same. Her songs enchanted me way back then (I was 18), and they enchant me as much now at age 62. Viva Joni!🎉
I love this album. I hope Miss Mitchell is doing well today. I Think I Understand is one of my favorite songs. Fear really is like a wilder land. 😑
Music is a Time Machine . I find it amazing.
Joni Mitchell had such an impact on my life. Thank you.
One of the greatest musicians of all time
Thank you, Joni ,for all your songs .
❤ you Joni Thank you for All the Greatness❤
Wow we were so lucky to have her theres no one like her in this time ...❤❤❤
Love Love love, Joni Mitchell ❣️ Wonderful 🎵🌹🌹🎵
Saw Joni a couple of times in the late sixties in a tiny coffeehouse in Ottawa called Le Hibou, sweet then and a great memory.
She paints a story for your mind with beautiful words and colorful sound......
Nothing and nobody comes close to this .... xxxxx
There are others and she is forever ❤️ 💛 ♥️ by me. She is in a class of her own.
Tin Angel is the perfect start to this album - always startles me at the start, then I chill back and just absorb the rest of the music 🥰
Definitely an album that inspired generations of open-tuned acoustics.
Joni Mitchell's discography is like I found a rare pearl inside an oyster.
just a girl and a guitar and a masterpiece
Grazie Mississ Jony, your music crossing the Ocean came to me many years ago and let me to’ grow as a dreamer....thanks
Hey! Thanks Joni! I love you dear!
Ahhh, Joni, my fine old pal, love this music and you so much, fifty some years on from The Grove and the Flick, and Jasmine and BayBreeze, bookstores, antique shops and sailboats…and of course wonderful music, I still love you, wish you well , wish you peace, wish you light and so much love . Suzy Bookstore😘🌷🪷💜🎶🐋🌙😕
Clouds has always been my favorite Joni album. Probably because it was the first one I heard by her. I was 14 years old(1970) and a self taught guitar player and was pretty good at listening to a song and learning how to play it. I could not touch this! I loved how she made the guitar sound but I had no idea about the open tuning. It was not until much later in life that I found out and really began to appreciate her genius both lyrically and musically. She also paints most of the covers! I mean "Come on"!
It is almost a must to have the lyrics in front of you while listening to this masterpiece. The subtle reference to the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz who was missing his heart in Tin Angel is just crazy good! Chelsea Morning's lines "A song outside my window and the traffic wrote the words." " Won't you stay? We'll put on the day and wear it 'til the night comes." "The sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses"! She writes about simple everyday things that we all take for granted in such a way that makes you appreciate them more! Every single song is great on this album! It won the Grammy for best Folk album but as others have stated I do not "hear it" as Folk. It is a genre of it's own and created by this "living miracle" of a person whom we all know as Joni! There will never be another!
So unconventional. No one else writes like her. Or has ever.
some of her her songs still bring tears after all this time
My favorite Joni album. Hypnotic and beautiful - like the artist!
What a gift! So nice to have these whole albums that Joni herself has posted-- I've been a devotee for decades--bless her.
❤️🔥thank you for sharing this
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Varnished weeds in window jars
Tarnished beads on tapestries
Kept in satin boxes are
Reflections of love's memories
Letters from across the seas
Roses dipped in sealing wax
Valentines and maple leaves
Tucked into a paperback
Guess I'll throw them all away
I found someone to love today
Dark with darker moods is he
Not a golden Prince who's come
Through columbines and wizardry
To talk of castles in the sun
Still, I'll take a chance and see
I found someone to love today
There's a sorrow in his eyes
Like the angel made of tin
What will happen if I try
To place another heart in him
In a Bleeker Street cafe
I found someone to love today
I found someone to love today ❤️⚡👁️
That poetry!...It is so unbelievably good!
I have bumped into this singer because of Tom Waits Group.
It has been so lovely for me hear such a beautiful lyrics because I'm falling in love another time at 55 years old .
What a wonderful album this is. Found it in my Ma's small vinyl collection when i was a nipper. Ma have me Joni, Cat Stevens , Dylan and the Stones. Dad gave me Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and Ben Webster. Found rock n roll myself😂it all counts, it a real blessing to have grown up with music this good❤
I absolutely love her vibrato.. haunting..
I so appreciate your music throughout my life. You are wonderful 😊
One of the few perfect albums
Beautiful music artist and voice ❤️
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
❤her entire catalog.
. This album is exquisites. As a hometown boy, I appreciate the lily
To have cut the cellophane, to have smelled the new vinyl, to have seen her on stage (the wind blowing her dress) …..well weren’t we the lucky generation 👏👏👏👏
Timeless Beauty. Thank you Joni!
Sweet Joni! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for being here for me young. Classic never disappears
With the resurgence of roots/Americana this album sounds brand, spankin' new.
Ein Strassenmusiker kam in unserem Stadtpark vorbei und spielte dieses betörende Lied. Ich war wohl 15 das muss so um 1974 gewesen sein. Dein schönstes Album ist Hissing of summer lawn.
Still love her im 71 very sweet lady
8>8>8>8>8> Thank you Joni
Joni Mitchell мы любим ваше творчество. Оно прекрасно. Спасибо мирозданию за такой подарок нам - Joni Mitchell
Jonny Mitchell super good luck. Благодарю за прекрасное исполнение. Всех благ Вам.
I feel that Joni is the greatest singer-songwriter poet of all time. Next is David Crosby.
The sound quality is so much better than what came out of the speakers in the seventies.
Laurel Canyon had a special quirk that cause all this music. I lived the 70’s and remember some of it.
I saw Joni twice in my life. Classy lady ✌🏼
God gave her incredible talent, beauty, and the gift of Laurel Canyon, a place and time that will never be matched as a cradle of creativity. Sweet Joni of Saskatoon. I always loved you.
Yes, there was magic in this woman, and in the hills of Laurel Canyon..God given magic. I truly believe that!
Tin Angel 😭💙
These wonderful snippets/glimpses of life by this genius over the decades... people lost: Marcie, Furry Sings The Blues, Sunny Sunday, Two Grey Rooms and the haunting Last Chance Lost.
That Song about the Midway has to be one of her best
Exquisitely beautiful songs
Esta Artista é maravilhosa. Um expoente raro da Arte no mundo, em nossas vidas.
Sua Arte visita nossas Mônadas. Luz!
(osegala, brazilian composer)
warm and thankful hugs yall xxx
I listened so rapt and entranced then that I still sometimes wake up with her songs.
Simplemente maravillosa joni mitchell
Perfection!!!
mesmerizing
Chelsea morning 🌄 💙 🧿🧿❤ 💕 guitar, oh no electricity needed.😏 Great song 🎵 recess for the mind . 🤓
Dad we cannot sleep lay your head on my bed of roses listening to your heart is wonderful love you dad sleep now until morning we will have a quiet day together there’s loads of us with our loved ones
I enjoy this album like everyone else does, but hearing Joni sing Both Sides Now 40 years after she originally recorded it is a masterpiece separate from all her other great work. It is a story near the end of a journey, IMO.
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I was raised on CSN&Y,
His Bobness, Lennon etc.
Joni is just on another level..
@jeffschudel4529 Yes, Exactly, I agree. Melancholy Memories today. My heart aches today for the memories of past with my 4 Children, especially the Huge Loss 3 years ago of my youngest Son (28), and my Dad (79), and my younger Brother (52).😪💔💔💔😢
54 years after clouds released, may 1969.
I knew a woman who sang exactly like Joni Mitchell. When I first heard her voice around a campfire in New Zealand, I was totally mesmerized. For a short while we shared a beautiful relationship, but I stupidly let her go. I regret it every day, and now these songs bring a tightness in my chest. I hope she's well and happy.
Did you ever try to look up this girl you used to know or to see if she ever recorded an album or maybe a video of her singing somewhere on UA-cam or Facebook?
I finally did find her again - she's now married with a son. I sent her a letter apologizing for the way things ended, but she hasn't written back. I guess she's moved on (unlike me). We all make mistakes, but this one will haunt me to the grave.@@suzannelawson9215
Lovely music. Lifetime ago ❤️