Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now [Original Studio Version, 1969]
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- Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now
from the LP "Clouds", 1969
Rows and flows of angel hair
and ice cream castles in the air
and feather canyons everywhere,
I've looked at cloud that way
but now they only block the sun,
they rain and snow on everyone
so many things I would have done
but clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now,
from up and down, and still somehow
it's cloud illusions I recall,
I really don't know clouds at all
Moons and junes and ferris wheels,
the dizzy dancing way you feel
as every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
but now it's just another show,
you leave 'em laughing when you go
and if you care, don't let them know,
don't give yourself away
I've looked at love from both sides now,
from give and take, and still somehow
it's love's illusions I recall,
I really don't know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud
to say "i love you" right out loud,
dreams and schemes and circus crowds,
I've looked at life that way.
But now old friends are acting strange,
they shake their heads, they say I've changed
weel, something's lost but something's gained
in living every day
I've looked at life from both sides now,
from win and lose, and still somehow
it's life's illusions I recall,
I really don't know life at all.
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Perhaps the most beautiful song of all time. How fortunate are we to have heard it even once.
Beautiful yes but that time was so unusual musicly. We are blessed to have been able to experience so much genius in a few years.
Well said!
So true, brother 🌈
As I listen to this beautiful song my mind goes all the way back to when it was popular! Watching the Kennedy Honors last night & weeping bc the years have passed so quickly! I’m an old woman now,but hearing that beautiful rendition I was brought right back to 1969! Precious memories….how the linger.❤️🦋🌈💙
I love this song, believe it or not it's the first time I've ever heard it and it was in a movie called as it goes and it's on Hulu right now and I thought how beautiful so I googled it
I was only 11 in 1969 and my parents were country western fans so I really didn't listen to rock and roll that much at that time!
So now I get to experience it for the first time again!
I love Joni Mitchell's voice it's so beautiful
So beautiful at the Grammy’s tonight.
An angel on earth.
Tearjerker
I watched, so amazing still!
Agreed ❤
i cried
She was amazing at the Grammys God bless her❤❤❤❤❤
For those of you who don't know, Joni painted this picture. The building in the background is the Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Joni's hometown); she's holding a Western Red Lily, the flower of Saskatchewan.
Didn't know that.
Are you serious? It is the most beautiful picture captured of her. That is an incredible factoid. My soul mate was a Scorpio like Joni. She died of Breast cancer at 49. My lady had beautiful brown eyes but that Scorpio stare is like nothing in this world ! That painting is a masterpiece.
@MarcoPolo-ze3ie wishing you peace
Thanks for the details! I knew she had painted it, but didn't know what the flower was all about and what the building in the background was. Good to know!
I was a 13 year old boy who walked into a neighborhood candy store and this song came on. And I thought, with music like this, I am living in a a special time.
The late sixties certainly was that.
Despite abominations like Snoopy and the Red Baron (just good enough to be really bad).
and im crying
That's sweet and I felt the same way
@@dnabart Definitely
Thats so amazing
As a young man, I wasn't a Joni Mitchell fan. I didn't understand. Now, as an old man, I am a fan. Now, I understand. I have felt both sides, exquisite and excruciating, sometimes at the same time. This song is a scrapbook. A time capsule.
Such a beautiful song sung full of feelings ❤so true to life
I'm 67 years old and I know what you mean
Yep! I am an old woman now...doesn't hit until you a re old! ..oh boy..but when it does .watch out
I remember listening to this song as young girl in Jamaica W I. It's such a beautiful song. This use to make me day dream about life in the future.
Truth!
Just heard her sing this on the 2024 Grammy awards. I am 72 now and I had to come listen to the mesmerizing words again! They have even more meaning than they did in 1969! Thank you Joni Mitchell ❤
me too, very classy performance at the 2024 Grammy's
I am 68 I felt the strong feeling of it tonight too
@@lauradolinski9665 those were good days!...
I am 80 and have known this song for decades. It came alive for me tonight. So much to process here as I learn it on the keyboard. Maybe it's not too late for any of us. Thank you Joni fof your contributions to music magic.
Perfectly put
Every serious songwriter dedicates an entire life trying to write a song this perfect.
You don’t write it, you feel it
perfect is the word....
And she was 21 or 24 when she did it unbelievable!
@@shawnwright5332 Yes, amazing.
Poetic AND perceptive? What? Not fair, Joni!
And Joni's done it multiple times!
“... only an old soul could write such a profound song at such a
young age.”
See also : Cat Stevens
...couldn't agree more...
That's it. We are not alone.
@@gavsterdb what? You are comparing ‘Cat Stevens’ to Joni??
@rgmeade9 spiritually, I would say that both Joni & Yusuf (Cat) have similar "old soul" wisdom and perspectives. ☯️
What a Grammy performance brought tears to my eyes. Voice of an Angel.
"So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way" she... she encapsulated depression in one line... how?!
Now old friends are acting strange...
Obfuscation, distraction, confusion
I think it describes life itself . As we get older we realise the true regrets are for the things we did *not* do. Oh to have it all in front of me again.
Cause shes fuckin awesome that's how lol
Thats the beauty of it. One person thinks the clouds are depression. The next etc etc etc.
Joni is, without question, one of the finest songwriters of this or any other era.
She’s honest.
THE finest.
It's little wonder that Robert Plant was so taken by her for a time :)
Her lyrics rival Dylan's imo.
@@ImYourOverlord Prince was a huge fan as well.
I’m 53 years old and have never heard this song before tonight. Thank you, Joni, for giving that gift at the Grammys. I’m forever changed.
Look up her catalog, and Carley Simon's too... anthems back then (run through Linda Ronstadt's too!) so many other too
Same here. Same age. First time hearing it. I thought this was her current song that she won a Grammy for tonight. I was so moved by the words and her performance. It means even more now in a sense than probably it did in 1969.
Where you been?
Really....this has been and is a masterpiece! Her Cass show performance is my favorite @@edwardlagrossa1246
Have ya'll been living under a rock or what?
There's an elderly gentleman at the pool where I work as a lifeguard. He's very friendly and talkative and is up all the time and takes time to talk to all the guards and get to know them. Really just a wonderful guy, and we were talking just about the weather today, it was partly cloudy, and he thought of this song and recommended it to me...
I've listened to it over and over again at least five times now, and it resonates with me each time, I NEEDED to hear this song...
God truly does work in mysterious ways.
What a masterpiece.
Nothing happens without a reason.....there's a lesson there!
Great comment
Beautiful...
Heartwarming comment... God bless you, Thomas!
Thomas Bailey He knows the desires of our hearts, eh?
It's impossible not to be moved by this masterpiece of a song. And it becomes more poignant and powerful with each passing year.
100%
I agree. I didn’t appreciate it so much as a teen in the 70s. I sure feel differently now.
in high school sitting house for my guardian aunt who was in the hospital for the last time with terminal cancer, in the beautiful home she created for me, feeling the rise of youthful sap in my veins, emotional and not understanding my feelings, this song gave me a distance from myself, and was soothing. a nice memory listening to this song today. I guess it was gratitude to my aunt for giving me a loving home despite all odds against her.
I didn't like this song when I was a kid. I thought it was sappy and immature. I thought that because I was immature. It took some age and wisdom to appreciate just how beautiful and poignant it is.
@@TwinkleStarr3109 Funny how songs like this resonate as one gets older and feels the years slipping away.
Huge fan that came here from 66th Grammys. At 80 yo, she slayed this one tonight. Such a well written gem.💎
My mother died two weeks ago and this will be the song for her memorial. I couldn't imagine there could be a song to capture her life, idealism, and pain. It's hard not to sob on hearing it, but Joni Mitchell's artistry is deeply appreciated.
I hope your doing better now. Im sure she sings along with you every time you play this song❤️❤️
Haley Westenra’s version is absolutely beautiful! It’s like a angel singing. I bet you would enjoy it too. I hope you are doing better. So sorry for your loss.
Good luck and God bless you
Your mom must've been a good one, to inspire you to choose this song. Blessings as you carry on without her.
I’m sorry for your loss - my mother died when I was 15 - two months later I discover Joni Mitchell and listened to her incessantly
The months before mom passed from cancer in 2005 this was her go to song. Can’t listen without balling even though I’m a 42 year old man, father, veteran. It says everything about where her enlightenment had brought her to some sort of peace. Thank you mother for this life. You’re the greatest example of strength I’ve known.
Thanks for sharing & god bless you & your Mother...
Wow, you just moved me to tears myself! Xo
Bless you Jay. I lost my mom to cancer in July. Not a day goes by that I dont think about her and talk to her. I feel you're pain. My mom like yours was a tower if strength. Somone who never looked down on me, never judged me, never stopped loving me. These songs comfort me. I miss her so much, more than I can express. Hang in there.
Thank you for sharing about your mom.
A world away but here today for us all…
I look at clouds from both sides now…
Every generation claims their songs were the best, but I only know and believe we had the very best music of all time from the 60's and 70's.
TOTALLY AGREE 💯
I was in a army/navy store once and Jimi Hendricks came on over the sound system. Then some more and more "60's" music." It made the shopping experience so nice. As we were leaving I thanked the 20 something clerk and she said, "Everyone knows y'all had the best music."
I could not agree more. So lucky.
It's almost worth being old now to have been young in the sixties. Easily the best era. @deborahfrasier1221
Great observation!
I was a little boy during these times. My big sister was in high school, and these tunes were front and center in my ears. She's gone now, and my heart breaks every time missing these amazing days, and it's soundtracks.
Getting older frightens me incredibly.
Memories are to be cherished as a gift. Embrace change, cherish the past.
Hang in there.
@@okAngelface woow, what a great sentence!!! Thank you, this will be a favorite sentence of mine in future.
Greatings from Germany 🖐
Hugs 😌 Kevin Wilson
It made me cry tonight. What a great performance tonight. A class act.😊
I cried also. The beautiful song and words all hit right in the heart! One amazing treasure of an artist!
I cried as well I'm a 58 yr old man thought of my late mom and it got too me
Because tonight and your magnificent performance in Grammys, I just arrived here. Beautiful song, voice, artist. My respects, Joni Mitchell from Bogota, Colombia
Even more amazing, she wrote this in her early 20s. How could she have been so insightful? Stunning song.
It happens. Dylan said he looks back and cannot believe how he wrote his earlier songs
Joni, your songs are imprinted in my being... then a 15 year old buck in '69 dirty overalls and a holy t-shirt were my banners, now. your music echoes the rhythm of my fading youth in my mind this very minute in 2024. We walked parallel paths, you now 80, me just 70. Bless you for singing through all our pain and suffering... the depth of your inflections were not lost on us, were heard your silent screams and cried back to you. Carry on Joni, you lifted our generation high above the clouds, across lousy parking lots, and turns us into butterflies, across our nation. You were golden.
"lousy parking lots" -you also can turn a phrase! I enjoyed your commentary. Ty🎉🎉
Beautiful comment
If you are reading this you are still alive. Take this day to do something good and unexpected for those around you. Be kind to yourself and let go of the past.
Let go of the past? It makes us richer to look back and understand that some things just are not understandable.
I needed this comment. Thank you ❤
thanks gor advice
Yes
Always. Not love unless you share it. Mickie Michele in California still 3 chord crazy
This woman gave me my voice...I was born in 1960 and watched my brothers, all older than me in '69 take off for the Woodstock festival only a couple of hours from our home in Brooklyn, NY. I was 9 then and very shy. Just before the festival one of my bothers who was a musician heard me in my room singing along with my Joni Mitchell album.. I had all of them....and taught myself the guitar chords to each of her songs so I could sing to myself when I was blue. One day my brother told me..."You sound just like her...you should be very proud" In later years, when I became a mother, I sang to my babies as I cradled each one in my carrier on our journey to the market and around the apartment, lulling each to sleep. To this day, when I feel the blues coming on, I sing to myself while going about my day. My heart broke when I heard she was rushed to the hospital. I cried and prayed...There is no one, absolutely no one who compares to this Angel on Earth. She is radiant!
i sing to my 8 yr old daughter a lot!
Voice of an angel without any doubt !
So are you!!
Merci Anouk to share this inspiring story. Even in this day and age of violence and hate, it was good to read you. Peace and love to you, friend. You are not alone.
nicely spoken
I’m a 53 year old punk rock guy and this song gives me goosebumps every single time I hear it. It’s like all of the emotions at once. Hard to describe. Makes me very emotional.
I've the same feeling. Just like when she sing "I really really don't know how, at all"
Agreed 100%
Yes, its from the heart.❤
Lol I'm 54 and I know the hard rock songs are awesome but this song gets ya every time
54 and right there with you.
This is achingly beautiful.
i absolutely agree ❤
"Something's lost and something's gained in living every day" - my favorite line. First heard this song in my early 20s, it's more than 10 years later and the lyrics have only become more meaningful. Beautiful song.
m does it get easier?
Agreed a great line and a great song
I was very young when I 1st heard this on A.M. radio in the car with my parents and as young as I was then, I somehow knew how important it would be to anyone's life. It makes people think. That is so important for any person that believes they know everything about life. No one can know. Not everything.
Yes…it takes a bit of experience to understand this line. But then it hits hard.
@@tritone11 As a smart and arrogant child I would think this line as ultra nonsense. Of course you lose something when you gain something, that's called an exchange.
However, as I grow older, my experience shape a way to understanding. In my life, I was often forced to make one decision over another, each led to different consequences. Sometimes I tried hard to make something to happen but the opposite, terrible happens. Sometimes I lost my hope but something else fortunate happens to me. The formula of such exchange is not fixed. This line, though seems simple, takes a long way to relate and appreciate.
58 yr old guy....i almost cant listening to this song without tearing up with thought of my college age daughter. Life lessons in song.
I hope Joni is told how many people she has helped relive a few minutes of long lost memories of hearing this beautiful song again... I heard this song on our radios in the early 70's. It was a beautiful childhood with wonderful parents... I'm 59 years old now and am officially a fan of Ms. Mitchell.
Me too. It brought memories of my childhood. I don't know why I'm crying. I'm 58.
@@travelnomad2128 I had to hear her current slower version again on UA-cam, one she did a year or two ago... It is amazing that after a brain aneurysm she is now at 80 years old, on tour...!
Hauntingly resonates with my experiences after 50+ years of age. We go through many stages and think we have it figured out. We are the wisest when we realize how clueless we are.
Brian Vogt yes, in my 50s too and realize that I know less than I thought I knew...and it’s wonderful to rediscover the world with a lost curiosity..
Definitely!
This song means so much now at almost 60.
so true
Very much so.
But, Joni was in her twenties when she wrote this. I think this song is about a failed relationship, but it certainly applies to life in general.
does anyone eles get tears in there eyes evertime they hear this??? this is one of the most beautiful songs ever!
Absolutely stunning song. We both went to the Alberta College of Art. Though at different times. I wrote many a song in the echoing stairwells there. I only wonder what she wrote in those stairwells too sometimes. I even had someone cry at one song I played there. One of the greatest compliments I ever got.
sublimedivide you should upload your song to let everyone have a listen
I'm crying now (at 69!) but it could also be because we lost Aretha Franklin yesterday, another angel !
I really don't know life at all. For a lovely haunting twist listen to Joni's reworking of this classic that was featured in the film 'Love Actually'
shout
At 65, Oh Yes! Every time
!
I was born in 1963, and although I don't remember exactly when or where it happened, this is one of the first songs I can remember hearing. Every time I hear this song, it takes me back to my childhood and brings tears to my eyes.
Same
Me too.
Thank You Joni for your gift at tonight’s Grammy’s. Timeless!!!
I am 76 yrs old now and I remember this masterpiece verbatim when it was first released. Wonderful!!
My childhood friend we met at 6yrs old randomly sent me this song . I was in the hospital had heart attack. Monday morning I was released from the hospital....I called her to find out she passed suddenly from asthma attack. This song was her goodbye to me . ❤❤
Both so sad and glad to read your comment, sad about your friends passing, but glad to read that she sent you this song. It really does mean that somewhere in us, we know when we're going. To me, that also means that there must be something after this. Without going into too much detail, my almost 21 yr old brother sat with my mom one day to ask her if he should pay extra to up his life insurance policy from 15K to 50K. Our mom, being pragmatic, said, "Your company is paying for your life insurance and you have no dependents to worry about. You're not yet 21. Why would you want that much insurance?" He said, "To take care of you in case something happens to me." He was killed in a freak accident later that month. He worked for a bank in their transit dept at night, and went to school during the day. Not a dangerous occupation. It was 1977, before school shootings were a thing. Something in my brother knew he was coming to the end of his life. I miss him and our mom every day. We are all "powered" by an energy that cannot be created, used up, or destroyed. When my niece and nephew were kids they asked me what happens to us after we die. I told them about energy, and used a lamp to illustrate, telling them that if they took the lamp's cord, and stripped away the insulation, they would see two wires. One brings the power in from the electric company, the other sends it to ground. I said, "Simplified, the power comes in through one wire, goes up through the bulb, around the filament, giving you light, down the other side of the filament, through the grounding wire, and back out of the house to ground. If you think that the bulb used up that energy, just grab that grounding wire." Your friend's energy still exists, as do my mom's and brother's. The next time you're in your friend's favorite spot, or eating her favorite food, looking at a photo of her, or doing anything that you would normally do together, and you hear this song, or see some quote from the song on a poster, or billboard, or even see a photo of Joni Mitchell, know that your friend is sending you a "Hello from Heaven." Sorry I was so long winded. ❤🙏🕯💡
❤❤❤
How absolutely beautiful.
That was a beautiful goodbye, so bittersweet. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. I recently lost a very dear friend and I know the pain and emptiness left behind.
I'm SO sorry you lost your friend!
The greatest songwriter of our lifetime, and a damn fine performer, too! I am now 76, and I have loved her music since I first heard this lovely, perfect song. I am privileged to have lived in the time of Roberta Joan Anderson, AKA Joni Mitchell.
so true the privilege is all ours
Who writes songs like this anymore? Seriously... what a classic...
unfortunately for human society, no one does.
I'm sure someone does - we'll just never hear them on the radio.
Thoughtful comment. Perhaps Sting writes such songs? :-)
He has written some good ones.. don't think they are on quite the same level as this one...
You are correct about this. Truly.
So happy Joni Mitchell finally got an award!
She has won 12 Grammy's
This song breaks my heart. It was playing on the radio the year when I was seven and my mom died.
nooooo
I'm sorry.
So sad to hear that. Sorry for you., 🤗
Tieu Kha Vu thank you. It’s alright. It just brings the feelings all right back.
@@Marys3836 😘🤗 You gonna be fine
Joni the grammy's brought me back here. What a privilege to see u tonight u taught me we all have 'Clouds"
So I’m a 53 years old grown ass man and have never heard this song. I’ll admit, I never was a Joni fan, not because I didn’t like her music but because I never gave it a chance. Then I saw CODA and I was moved by this song. Had to hear her version. So beautiful. Brings me to tears. ❤️
Still poignant, and timelessly thought provoking. Beautifully covered here by Jackie Evancho. ua-cam.com/users/results?search_query=Jackie+Evancho+Both+Sides+Now+
That's very cook, Stephen. Can you tell me what "CODA" is? If it impacted you the way it did, I'd like to check it out too.
@@GOtheVOPro CODA stands for Children Of Deaf Adults. It won Best Picture this year. Check it out. It’s very good.
me too
Nice job too by Emilia Jones to sing it with such accuracy
I've always loved her voice, her songs and tonight was particularly poignant. What a treasure! 💝
53 years old. I recall this song as a kid in the 70s. My dad played it alot. He was a Mexican immigrant and will tell me in Spanish that he didn't know what she saying but he felt it in his soul it was something. That's music. It transcends barriers.
I love this. It is so absolutely true. My mom was from Japan. Simon & Garfunkel among many more were that way to her. ❤
I looked at clouds from both sides awhile back. God wasn't ready for me yet. 😢this song is my favorite song EVER!❤😊 I LOVE YOU!
Just heard it last night on the Grammys. I have now played it nonstop.
I remember this as a kid. Loved it back then, still love it now. Also loved the rendition on the Grammy's.
I'm always a fan of joni's songs..but as I grow older I understand the true meaning if this song...watching her right now on the 66th Grammy awards show. At 80yrs n after going though an aneurysm..taking time to heal..she's looking great..I salute u joni❤❤❤
Both Dylan and Lennon would have been proud to write this one. You can't listen to it and not think about your life. Stone cold classic.
+M Strut joni mitchell wrote this.
That's right genius. That's why I made that comment.
+M Strut Elton John too.
+M Strut
So agree with you!
Bernie Taupin too.
Without a doubt one of the very best songs ever written.
54 years since this song's release and I have it on repeat this week in May 2023.
One of the greatest songs ever composed.
Well this blew me right out of my socks. Where I'll land, I really don't know at all.
Too many tears, I had to turn the song off to clear my eyes and read the comments. Few, if any, of the songs performed tonight will have the lasting value that this song provides. Thank you, Joni
"When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century". ~ Allmusic
The word "female" is superfluous.
tome57a no doubt
Big time!
Laura Nyro and Joni mitchell is what I would say
@Donny Tate If you thought I was being politically correct in wanting to drop the word "female," then I may not have stated my position clearly enough. I was trying to say that JM may stand as the most important and influential recording artist of the late 20th century - regardless of sex. OTOH, if you were referring to the original quote, then I would say that it was a little on the sexist side and not so politically correct. In any event, I hope that clarifies things.
@Donny Tate And with everything else going on. Yeah.
this song brings me to tears. Who writes songs like this anymore????
No one. Music is a joke nowadays. I sound like my dad 30 years ago.
Music is dying. It is being replaced by technology, which has already killed books and newspapers. Guitar companies are going out of business, because why learn to play a guitar when you can have a computer do it for you? And, well, no one writes lyrics well because no one reads well anymore.
@@odomodometer lol
Seriously
Laura Marling does
Thank You CODA for bringing back this masterpiece to a new generation!
Yup. Just watched CODA and discovered this 53 year old song for the first time. Fantastic.
@@stephenmichael7576 me too
Wasnt that such a good movie the daughter sang this song and signed the words for her family to understand its beautiful
Im 68. It was the magic of the time that a voice and guitar can still elicit the same feelings today.
You know those moments in your life that remain crystal clear, even years and years later? I sang this song as loudly and beautifully as a 7 year old could, swinging in a swing one Saturday morning at my empty grade school playground. My dad had just left our family, my mother 'took to her bed', my oldest brother was stoned constantly, other brother was never around...it calmed me, soothed me, spoke to me, and carried me through some very very tough times. God bless you, sweet Joni.
I cried...I was 9 when Joni recorded this song, I still remembered every word. Such an angel to have given us this song!!
Might amaze you ...but I am a 55 year old man ....who has been through hell and back , but that's my prob . I come to Joni for comfort . And this was the music when I was 13 years old . I'm glad kids are still into it .
Nicely said, Randall. I started listening to Joni aged 15. I'm 44 now. And here I am again. Still have most of her albums on vinyl too. Unfortunately, the dog chewed up the record player..
johnasticot Thanks for your reply john . Too bad about the dog chewed your player . My collection is all digital ....I have everything by Joni up til the last few years . All torrented . Mostly 320 mbps . But it is a known fact that vinyl still has the best sound ! Hope you get a new turntable soon bra ! The other cool thing about being a guy who loves Joni , is that women of all ages can relate ....I
mean that guys know Joni , basically know their way around women better than the average lumberjack ....nothing against lumberjacks ! Just a type I pulled up ...you know what I mean . Peace man !
I'm with you Randall- Same age group. She's gotten me through some very dark times....still does.
She's timeless, and cream rises to the top :)
Another 55 year old here and I have so many mental images of where I was at different times I heard this song as a kid, mostly unaware of what was going on in the world at the time... I had no idea that song would make such an impression and hearing it now with just voice and guitar is even better.
This song makes me think of the first day of Spring, or when depression fades away and you start regaining access to the other part of your mind is curious about everything. Something like a return to that childlike state, and knowing that you know nothing at all. This is the first time I've heard this song. I told ChatGPT that I was in an introspective mood and asked it to recommend songs. Pretty spot on.
This song brings me back I feel a bit teary eye not sure why but it touches my heart and soul I was only 9 1969
The lyrics alone are a brilliant poem. The open tuning on the guitar and the simple chord strumming put me in trance. Then Joni's voice and her phrasing of the lyrics stop me dead in my tracks. I can't think of many other songs that have the same emotional impact on me. It's not possible to hear it without crying. It's 4:30 of perfect artistic expression.
Her use of vocals and open tuning is amazing.
So absolutely beautiful
Today, I introduced my 35yr old daughter to Joni Mitchell's music with this song. Joni has a new fan.
I always got teary eyed everytime I listen to this song because it reminds me of what I once was. A child with a creative yet innocent mind and positive outlook then the reality of growing up hits you and changes you.
😢
It makes me feel that way too. It has always resonated with me.
Well said
I've been on SSRIs for two years. As such I don't really feel much anymore, but this song still makes me cry every single time. What a person. What a masterpiece.
Ricki could not have picked a better song to end Season 3 finale. Both are true masterpieces!
How can he make me laugh so much and cry 😢 so much too? I love that series 💖
Absolutely right, that's why I' m here. What a beautiful Song...
Been a widow for almost 22 years.. cried .. haven't done that for a while. Brilliant choice ...
Me too!! Have tears in my eyes listening to this. Cheers everyone ❤
⭐💯 Ricky clever funny man and think it got everyone 😢 talented 💯
This is an absolutely perfect song. It still makes me tear up nearly 50 years after I first heard it as a child. Seems very perfect for the times we live in.
Just beautiful, absolutely beautiful....no other words 😢
My goodness 😳 I'm 30 years old and I just stumbled upon this beautiful song. Wow 😢❤️❤️❤️ I'm so moved I recently broke up with my best friend and the line about friends acting strange now, hit me so hard 💔
Life is crazy...
Gabriela, I'm 70 years old, and I heard this song when I was 18. It never gets old, even if I do. It is a song for the ages and still moves me every time I hear it.
Check out her performance of this song this past weekend at the Newport Folk Festival. It's available here on UA-cam. Incredible experience
There are amazing things that happen as we age. One of which: discovering music released before we existed. Music that hits you like a brick. Is timeless. And permanent. And forever relevant.
I've loved Joni since I was 13. At 47, I'm still looking forwards and backwards, and up and down. Keep searching. Life has changed so much since I joined this planet. It will change much more before I leave it. But the spirit of humanity and love lives on. Forever. After having children, "The Circle Game" feels brand new... And wonderous... and beautiful...and devastating.... All at once. Being:
"...captive on the carousel of time
We can't return, we can only look
Behind, from where we came
And go round and round and round, in the circle game"
Husband left me with 5 kids under 7 to raise and my alarm rang early 3 days later just before I answered heard this and I said I forgive you because I need all my energy to raise rhe kids and manage everything it was loves illusion I recalled I really didn't know life at all, it hit like a brick and helped me survive.
Nothing is more powerful in the universe than music.
Joni's voice is so pure and unadorned. I am here to send her music to my two twenty-something nephews who don't know her music. I can't accept that absence in their lives. Her voice and lyrics will surely resonate with them. She is timeless. And yes, I am grateful for her.
They’ll be a time where this song could be buried with history. So count yourself lucky that you can hear this over and over again
Even without the lyrics, the melody makes me want to cry. I love Joni's songwriting skills.
woop
i know. destroys me.
+Andreia Guerrero guitar is awesome too. simple but still unique somehow, no idea who is playing though. Is it Joni Mitchell?
+Andreia Guerrero me too...
+Matthew Silverman Yes Joni plays her own guitar in this song.
A great Canadian and a gem where we live in the Sunshine Coast BC.I’m 70 now and remember when this was released first by another icon Judy collins.As a young guitarist and fledgling writer I was struck mightily by Joni’s grasp of life and her incredible wordsmithing.an absolute beauty in life and spirit.
in 2012 i was sitting my grade 3 piano exam and this was one of the pieces. i found out later that day that my grandad had passed away after a long battle with lung cancer, almost to the minute that i would’ve been playing this piece. i like to imagine he was listening. and now i listen to this song and think of him.
What a beautiful performance of a beautiful song! Enjoyed it while watching the grammys
I'm crying! So beautiful!
I remember swinging in a hammock with my father, playing his beautiful music on records, and singing together her and other’s amazing music of that era! This bond was amazing with my father! Thank you!
Why in the WORLD would anyone put a thumbs down on Joni Mitchell? She is a beautiful woman with a beautiful voice!! Thank you so very much for sharing her beauty with us!
I will always love your music because it has spoken to my soul. I cried watching you at the Grammy's 2024.
Have to agree with everyone. Find it difficult not to be emotional when this song plays. A classic and beautiful piece in every way. Thank you, Joni.
i watched it tonight as well Class ACT for sure.
What a masterpiece so moving.. thank u Joni mitchell..greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
I grew up listening to this woman, she's still so mesmerizing and hauntingly beautiful as she was back then.
for me, one of the things that makes this recording so remarkable is Joni's unusual phrasing. It's a devilish hard song to cover because her vocal so often seems as if it's 'out of time' with the guitar, with words coming late on the beat, or hanging on too long, but then she lands on exactly the sweet spot and it all makes beautiful sense, exactly how she intends you to understand the sublety of the lyric. It's not just aout the words, sublime as they are, it's about how she sings the words. In an entirely different genre, Sinatra had the same rare gift. I also admire Judy Collins' version, and it's still a moving performance, with her wonderful purity of voice, but it sounds utterly different because it errs the other way, being 'solid' and dead straight time-wise. Thanks so much for posting and reminding me of being 19 years old agan, full of possibilities to come, but also feeling so small and fearful about the future.Truly part of the soundtrack of my life.
totally agree, joni's version is so much more interesting.
Very well said.
Thank you for this very precise analysis. I agree with the idea that the wonderful and expressive voice is out of sync with the guitar but still falls at the right time. Very pretty song this autumn season
Ferdybroom I'm trying to learn her songs, and I'm jumping from one song to another. All of them is so difficult...I mean if we're talking about singing it karaoke-style. I'm like trying to chase after her lyrics. They're so elusively sung.
Ferdybroom omg .......no words!!!! Divine love to you ✌💜
Great song, great album. This was the first one of her albums I ever bought. And then I went on to purchase almost every single one of her other ones after that. Joni Mitchell is one of the most talented artists the world has ever known. Her lyrics, music, angelic voice, the light within her, and her visual art is all amazing! Look at that album cover! She painted that! The woman is a legend in her own time!
Good lord. This song is absolutely gorgeous.
This song is timeless. I heard it first in my 20s and it still speaks to me today, even more, in my 60s. Beautiful and true.
Hello Christine, How are you doing?
I can remember hearing this song on the radio when I was 5. Still the most beautiful version there is!
I played this song at my sister’s funeral 13 years ago! Always makes me cry, powerful song
If Joni only knew how much she changed my life.. her magical music filled my lonely heart and saved me❣️🎶☮️✌️
some voices just tear a hole in your heart and tears pour out. This is Joni's voice.
I was 15 when this came out. Loved it then, love it now. Fifty years later, thinking about retiring, life gained and lost, love found and lost, and this stunningly simple song remains as true now as it did when I first heard it. Love to Joni.
Who else is here enjoying this song and its emotions again, after seeing the latest live version which was on a whole other level?
Joni Mitchell still has it, it was beautiful to see her at the Grammys. Sending love and healing prayers she stays around for a long long time she is a legend.
Thanks for your beautiful music gave me so many wonderful memories.
This song, is going to rate as one of those timeless classics. It is already 50 years old, and it seems like just yesterday. If the human race lasts another 500 years on this world, the lyrics will be just as pertinent then, as they are now. So simple ... so powerful ... Thank you Joni.
diese musik macht mir hoffnung ....
@@michaelbellach8054 Joni hatte es geschrieben, Judy Collins hatte es zuerst gesungen. Aber ihr Remake hier, macht das ganze noch nachdenklicher und tiefgreifender.
ua-cam.com/video/l18Nc_iOmyI/v-deo.html Noch ein Remake von ihr mit Orchester - 30 Jahre später.