A timeless singer who highlighted the 66th Grammys. I’m only 15 and have been a fan of her for many years. Kids my age don’t know what they are missing out on. 😢
At 24 when she wrote and sang this first - I was a young closeted gay man …and now at 64 yrs old I’m still deeply listening as a self- freed flawed but grateful man , she stuns and humbles me ….all along as my life , probably many of our lives tell out these profound human truths. We really don’t know life or love but we have the deepest desire to know them. Thanks once again Joni for bringing us back to the gates of the Garden with your poetry , humanity and clarity. With love , Tom Beeton , Los Angeles
Thank you Tom. Fellow gay man here, 40 years old, tired and growing ever cynical. “Self freed, flawed but grateful man” resonated with me, thank you for sharing your truth and your beautiful words. Our path is a challenging one to walk and our journey, a isolating one. We’ll keep ours heads held high and continue to enjoy her genius. X
My son lives in West Hollywood. I adore him! He is living his Best life 💜 and it just makes my heart so happy to see him stand so firmly in his Truth. And unapologetically too! May Everyone stand in their truth ! And be Loved for Exactly who they are! Salute ❤❤
Maybe we are all flawed. I think if you have a flaw it is remaining closeted, but maybe there are good reasons. I'm very flawed and have worked enough out that I can get busy living at 62. The rest of my weaknesses and demons will have to mostly remain, but I'll only address what I can here and there, but I got a life to live. I've wasted so much.
My music taste changed after I went blind six years ago; this is now one of my favorite songs and this is definitely the best rendition! You don’t miss something as simple as a cloud until you can’t see them anymore
Nowadays every pop star is so extroverted while Joni belongs to a completely different category. She is an introvert and deep and mysterious and sophisticated and humble and so much more. Very inspiring artist.
İ was thinking about ending everything today. Decided to just listen to some tunes first and found myself here yet again. As somber as this song is, it just saved me. Thank you Joni Mitchell.
Please, never let those dark feelings take over your soul again! Soemtimes we just need to learn how to bend so as not to break, cry, meditate, listen to inspiring songs and lectures, watch inspiring movies, etc. Don't let the dark forces take the light from you!
This song perfectly captures the duality of life, moments of pure joy and moments of regret, excitements and disappointments, being grateful of things we gained along the way, and being remorseful of things we have lost. And ironically enough sometimes the thing that made us absolutely miserable in the end is also the thing that brought us the most joy, it wouldn’t have tasted so sweet if there wasn’t a single ounce of bitterness. Life is truly a blessing
She definitely has stepped into forever with this song, her adaption and harmony to fit this beautiful big band arrangement will go on and on. She also shows us why we need music in our lives.
I first heard this at the Isle of Wight pop festival back in 1970 at the age of 17 and I did not think much of it. Now an old man, my eyes are full of tears and just at that crowd was so moved, the words now have so much relevance to me. Even though I look back on my youth, the friends, the changes and vitality of the sixties and the ones I loved with so much affection and fond memories, I also look back in despair and great regret at the mistakes I made due to my youth and my impulsive nature leading to break ups with them. I try not to think of them as it hurts so much but when I do, I cringe and wish I go could back in time and say to a young me "Don't do that, back down, say your sorry to her, winning is not important and go back to her". My tears are mainly summarise by Joni's words "I really don't know life at all" and unfortunately it takes a life time to finally understand how true that is but then it is too late. If you are young, do one thing, listen to old people!!
I was at that festival the audience were so unappreciative of her she was almost in tears rhey wouldn't just shut up and listen to her I was embarrassed to be part of it Sadly it was the only time I ever got to see her live ten years later I had everything she ever recorded but never got chance to see her again. I've seen everyone Stones Beatles,who Zeppelin,Floyd,Bowie,Marley Springsteen you name them but I only saw joni that once and the audience ruined the experience
@pasteve59 that's what I was thinking! What a great mind! One would expect that a person with the wisdom of seventy years on this earth would have written those lyrics. She's utterly brilliant!
How many layers can song have? The 24 year old Joni's composition, the beautiful, sympathetic, swirling canvas painted by the orchestra, and the phenomenal spectrum of Joni Mitchell's 57 year old voice create such a rich emotional tapestry. Vince Mendoza well deserved his Grammy for this stunning and mature creation. There is such poignancy knowng the passage of 33 years between the song's writing and this performance, and Joni's incredible, free performance invites us to join the dots and feel all the feelings of a lifetime. I say performance, but here Joni doesn't project so much as to invite us into her presence and feel the story of the song with her. Such artistry. Simply phenomenal. Thank you Joni Mitchell. Brava!!
@@wmsmale What is the point of a comment like that? Surely e are all here to appreciate the song in our own way and to share our appreciation. There is no need for casting shade like that.
Listening to this, almost 50 years after hearing the original version, at first I felt like I couldn't breathe, then like I couldn't swallow...and then at last, like I couldn't stop weeping. How do you thank someone enough for a performance that allows people to feel so much? I hope she somehow knows how deeply she is loved.
I’m watching this video on repeat at 24 years old, crying every time. I can only imagine watching this again 30 or 40 years from now after more of my life has passed me by. Such beautiful artistry. Joni Mitchell is a poet.
No version of this song tops this one (not even the studio version at this age.) She grew into a voice that's gravelled and tinged by the genuine passage of time. I can relate to it and weep, everytime I listen to it, with memories of both joys and sorrows. Thank you, Joni, for this beautiful gift.
@@lisaharrison1031 Unfortunately she never made it to the original Woodstock festival. She had been booked but with all the problems they encountered her manager advised her to skip the concert and do a performance/interview on the Dick Cavett show instead. She says today its one of the biggest regrets of her life in that she did not go to Woodstock.
Apart from Joni's stunning performance the arrangement of this song by Vince Mendoza is beyond words. He is one of the greatest arrangers and orchestrators of our time. A match made in heaven
I can't imagine any 24 year old creating this sentiment in what is one of the greatest songs of my 60 plus years. But at that early age Joni Mitchell did. And here many years later, she expresses the ultimate life weathered performance no 24 year old could ever muster. Such a gift for us. Especially now in a world gone completely looney.
Well said:) impressive that she wrote it so young, and that she crossed all life and its experiences till giving such an intense rendition of it. such a piece of art, such a wonderful example of reaching "maturity", with depth and fullness of colors
Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I've looked at clouds 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 Well 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 I've looked at life from both sides now From up and down and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all
I started playing this song on the piano visiting my parents, there was a piano arrangement in some book at the piano, and I was sightreading. My mom came up behind me and started singing it... and broke down into tears halfway into the second verse. I love you mom.
I get chills when she sings this song and tears from this song...... Emotional on several of her songs but this one I listen to especially on New Years Eve for 30 years now. I live in Alaska Joni's music has gotten me thru the long very dark winters !!!!!! Love and mad respect for Joni Mitchell 💯
About 50 years ago a group of friends and myself went out on a Friday night to Phil's Steak House located at the Chinook Shopping Centre on MacLeod Trail in Calgary. They had live entertainment every weekend and on that particular night there was a shy young girl (a student at Mount Royal College and the Alberta College of Art ) by the name of Joni Anderson who was our entertainment for the night. She mesmerized us all with her music and she still has that effect upon me today. Although she did not perform this song (I don't think she had written it yet) when it came out on her Clouds album I just fell in love with it. To hear her sing the same song almost half a century later and appreciate the lyrics which now have seriously different meanings is heart rending. I am an old man now and do not feel ashamed at all to cry every time I watch this.
Thank you ... I really don't know why … this song has a such special effect on me… always the exact feeling i had the first time i heard this beautiful voice one night…
The mature version (this one) breaks me apart every single time. It is just so pure, so stunning. It exudes so much emotion. I genuinely cannot listen to this song without shedding a few tears, it gracfully touches my soul every time
It's so awe-striking to hear her sing this in different ways, at different stages in her life, with her voice deepening and growing even richer with time.
If not the best song ever written, it has few equals, likewise this extraordinary performance. Few have captured life in a song as remarkably as Joni does here.
I want to address the 281 folks who put thumbs down. What are you missing. Should you take the music away, you are left with the most beautiful of prose. Genius like this comes across our paths so infrequently.
OMG, I'm 54 years old and I've love this song since the moment I first heard it. There is so much emotion and passion in this song and I STILL cry like a baby EVERY single time I hear it. It is truly one of the most beautiful songs ever written and really touches my heart. Joni's vocals and performance is simply MAGICAL. Thank you so very much for sharing. Much love xxx
It’s incredible how Joni puts so much detail into such a simple vocal line. There is so much light and shade and colour and movement, yet it’s so still and calming. The connection between singer and orchestra is phenomenal. They’re so in sync. I don’t know how they did this. This is transcending. I’m blown away.
If you've LIVED life-- taken chances, fallen deeply, wrung out every drop of passion that dwells within, dreaded your vulnerability yet flung yourself along the delicate sheet of ice called destiny, met your god in your mistakes and your monarch in your reflection-- then Joni’s performance will pour through you like the smoothest whiskey and set you thrashing emotionally about like a feather in an unexpectedly welcome downpour.
I will never forget the first time I heard this version on the radio. I couldn't stop the tears, while driving I might add. I had no idea it was Joni Mitchell until the second or third time I'd heard it. It was such an A-Ha moment - it totally made sense, like coming full circle in life. Still one of my all-time faves.
"So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way" is going to be my epitaph. So true in so many ways for so many people. I don't think any other song sums up human existence better than this one.
Part of what your feeling is your own mortality my friend. Once we hit 50 it seems we spend almost as much time looking back as we do looking ahead. Peace my friend!
@@janalalewicz7385 exactly right Jana because for most of us at this age we have already lived more memories than we have days left on this planet. Perhaps a sobering thought but good reason to enjoy the time that remains for all of us 50+ crowd 🤣🙏❤️
i have had a great time growing old and enjoying each of my decades.Living and Loving in los Angeles was a wonderful place to live during this time. I love the privileges of being old in life and young in heart
i'm a 90's kid, born in the wrong era in terms of music. I don't recognise myself in today's music, but poetry like this hits me right in the chest. absolutely breathtaking. enjoy your day everyone, don't forget to look at it from both sides with love and empathy
I can relate to this in more ways than words can describe. I was born in the wrong era. I don’t relate to todays music and I’m not quite certain if I relate to todays people. But this, this I feel in the worst beautiful and painful way.
My generation was indeed quite grateful for the amazing songwriters that came out of that era. Joni, Dylan, Cohen, Simon, Lightfoot and on and on. The live clubs that were incubators of these amazing artists ceased to exist a long time ago. Back then, they could gather after hours and trade ideas and sing songs to each other. They traveled before they were famous and lived in faraway places to soak up different genres. That generation got to meet previous ones and learned from them including the folkies, the country singers, the blues artists, the soul artists. Find live music in your hometown if you can and you may find a gem yet to be discovered.
I am a 63 year old gay man, living happy and proud. I remember the first time I heard this song, it make no sense to me and I thought it was stupid; I was 9 years old at the time. Now, this song is my favorites and I listen to it all the time and there is always waves of emotion in me every time.
If only for the moment and the moment's gone. Singing both sides now living both sides now and facing both sides now. When I can see what Joni Mitchell has accomplished in her life and what I have accomplished in mine I have no right to judge. Today I'm a cancer survivor who gets to listen to Joni sing both sides now. It's a blessing she's a blessing and life's a blessing
The songwriter sings her very own song more than 30 years after she wrote it - when she was barely 21. But what did she know about clouds, about love and, about life then? See the difference what experience can do in the interpretation of her very own composition, 30 years apart (1970 vs 2000). Absolutely AMAZING!!!
I couldn't agree more and the same goes for everyone who has loved this song for years and now having such a different meaning possibly from when they first loved it. And for those just getting to know it..and how it may mean so many different things to them through the years.
This is has to be one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. A majestic arrangement and you can feel the hope and regret of Joni looking back on her life with poignancy. She’s such an important artist and the world is better for her mere presence and timeless contributions.
This song is an absolute masterpiece. It's just one of those songs that is beyond description. It just needs to be felt. Joni is one of those artists that's makes me curse being born in the late 80s and missing the chance to see their genius for myself. Most certainly I was born in the wrong era, but at least feelings are not bound by time. ❤️❤️
Don't beat yourself up. All that stuff was recorded, and we can all share the music that was made before and after we were born. People can come together on this despite two generations of distance, and that is what art is.
You are lucky that in the age of you tube you can fully appreciate and view such a brilliant artist,I saw Joni play this song in the 70s as good as it was,as a more mature lady this version is breath taking,please don't let clouds get in the way.
This perfomance and arrangement are devastating and beyond moving. Mitchell is one of the best mid/late 20th Century female songstress/composers to have graced the ears and eyes and souls of millions. This version is the older Mitchell with the haunting lyrics and her husky voice lurking still tones of yearning and loss. And the hope is still in this song. It's deliverance assured to us in every line. An overwhelming folk song that speaks to everybody. It is up there with Arlen's Somewhere Over the rainbow as one of the greatest North American songs.
The arrangement is wonderful. However, I think Joni's performance was so-so. She didn't seem to know the lyrics to her own song, as evidenced by her fixating in front and below. I wanted to see her open her eyes upward.....to the audience and really sell it.
@@paulholt2317 I think she pitched it just right. It was melancholic, reflective; she was musing, day-dreaming, selling nothing despite being offered pennies for her thoughts. One of the most beautiful and evocative 'performances' I've ever witnessed :)
@@paulholt2317 God, man, really? This once in a lifetime performance of an iconic song, bringing a whole new dimension to the original, and you're fixated on where she's looking? I feel sorry for you, Paul. Seriously. You must miss out on so much.
Watch her movements, her inflections, her feelings. She is on another level here. Many famous artists have recorded "Both Sides Now" even Joni on earlier recordings. But this version is so very different, it carries a soul. Something that is hard to explain. Truly remarkable....
This song seems all the more poignant when sung from the perspective of someone in latter life looking back on their life in reflection of what they've learned and understood about it, love and life in general. Just brilliant and the best version I've ever heard.
I am drenched in tears with few questionable regrets in life... I'm only 32 yet this song made me realized how valuable is time, and that it should be spent wisely with the right people as much as possible. I wish we can live for a thousand years. Perhaps it is long enough to understand life and its real meaning. It could be long enough to have plenty of time to heal, to forget, to forgive, to be forgiven, to love, to be love, to be reunited & to make up on our shortcomings. It could be enough time for us to explain ourselves on why did we do it, why we couldn't do it, why did we have to do it & why did we choose to do it. Maybe if we can live that long there will be no more words left unspoken, no questions left hanging & no feelings or emotions left completely unexpressed. I just find our current life time way too short to understand life... Thank you Joni
This song has so much more meaning to me now, & with Ms. Mitchell's smoky vocals, it's a song about taking stock of one's life. I cry every time I hear Ms. Mitchell sing "Both Sides Now" because I do know both sides now (at 64) and... "I really don't know life at all". [The trumpet at the end of this version is haunting!]
I thought it was astounding that a song like this was written by someone when she was in her mid-20s. Sung decades later, with such weight and weather, I can't help crying.
I've been in the studio business for 25 years or more... this is so beautiful I almost cant make it through... How can anything be this powerful? The orchestra arrangement is breath-taking and Joni... well she crushes it! I'd listen to it over and over, if I didn't think I'd go into a life ending depression. This might be the most moving things I've witnessed in my 51 years
I was born in 90s. But this song has been giving me strength and helped me reflect myself from my teenage years. Still got tears in my eyes....can't stay away from the emotions
I really appreciate youth recognizing true talent and deep connections to classic mucic. Its sort of rare and when I see it it really gives me hope and warmth. Thank you
I love this version of Both Sides Now. I can’t believe she wrote it when she was so young! This gorgeous orchestral arrangement is so beautiful. Her performance kind of breaks my heart. There’s so much feeling in her voice. Just so amazing. Thank you, Joni. ❤
Nothing compares. Sung by Joni as an older self than when she first performed it with a voice now that is past it's pure prime in one sense yet is so rich, so full of her life and what has been experienced. An emotional, performance totally enhanced by the wonderful arrangement.
I'm 39, .. I've been through such heartache, pain, breakups.. like we all have I'm sure.. and this is the most powerful treasured song in my life.. says it all.
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And just tonight a 24 year old songwriter wrote a song for her 80 year old self to sing at the Grammys. Absolutely Wonderful!
My heart is still weeping with nostalgia, joy and memories.
Melinda Lawley
Cried through the whole thing. Just magical.
What an amazing moment.
@@KathleenaGomezBest moment of the 66th Grammys for me behind Annie Lennox's version of Nothing Compares 2 U in honor of Sinead O' Connor
Couldn't agree more!@@camerondavila5881
I'm weeping .... I'm 80, had a wonderful exciting heartbreaking life, and this song, this voice, this arrangement .... I am weeping ....
Hang in there. I get it. Sending you Love
I understand - I'm there with you.....
I'm 45. You described my life so far, to the t. You're not alone ❤❤❤
😢😢😢
Me too
A timeless singer who highlighted the 66th Grammys. I’m only 15 and have been a fan of her for many years. Kids my age don’t know what they are missing out on. 😢
how old r u
@@imliterallydonniedarkodid you not read the comment
@@mp3bry help
❤
Kudos to you
At 24 when she wrote and sang this first - I was a young closeted gay man …and now at 64 yrs old I’m still deeply listening as a self- freed flawed but grateful man , she stuns and humbles me ….all along as my life , probably many of our lives tell out these profound human truths. We really don’t know life or love but we have the deepest desire to know them.
Thanks once again Joni for bringing us back to the gates of the Garden with your poetry , humanity and clarity.
With love , Tom Beeton , Los Angeles
That was beautiful Tom ❤
Thank you Tom. Fellow gay man here, 40 years old, tired and growing ever cynical. “Self freed, flawed but grateful man” resonated with me, thank you for sharing your truth and your beautiful words. Our path is a challenging one to walk and our journey, a isolating one. We’ll keep ours heads held high and continue to enjoy her genius. X
My son lives in West Hollywood. I adore him! He is living his Best life 💜 and it just makes my heart so happy to see him stand so firmly in his Truth. And unapologetically too!
May Everyone stand in their truth ! And be Loved for Exactly who they are! Salute ❤❤
Maybe we are all flawed. I think if you have a flaw it is remaining closeted, but maybe there are good reasons. I'm very flawed and have worked enough out that I can get busy living at 62. The rest of my weaknesses and demons will have to mostly remain, but I'll only address what I can here and there, but I got a life to live. I've wasted so much.
Sending you love
A 24 year old songwriter wrote a song for her 57 year old self to sing. Remarkable.
I don’t think this could have been explained any better.
What a beautiful way of putting it.
Oh my goodness, yessss!
That's poetry. I love your comment.
Exactly. I once wrote an 800-word blog post on this very topic, but you smashed it.
My music taste changed after I went blind six years ago; this is now one of my favorite songs and this is definitely the best rendition! You don’t miss something as simple as a cloud until you can’t see them anymore
Wonderful words. In which way did your music taste change, David?
I close my eyes, I am so grateful I'm not blind, but you don't need to see what she is saying. God bless you.
Thank you for sharing…
Bless your heart❤️
I will send you one from my heart.
The poetry speaks to my soul. I’ve lived a long and amazing life, but there’s so much more to learn and know.
Nowadays every pop star is so extroverted while Joni belongs to a completely different category. She is an introvert and deep and mysterious and sophisticated and humble and so much more. Very inspiring artist.
Weeping my heart out . At age 72, half my friends dead, life having batted me around, this moves me.
Me too.
68 here. Things have changed and stayed the same. Always come back to where I started.
I’m so sorry 😢
Live life to fullest and rejoice in the beauty of life in every moment. That's what your friends would have wanted.
Peace is onto you. I wish you healing.
İ was thinking about ending everything today. Decided to just listen to some tunes first and found myself here yet again. As somber as this song is, it just saved me. Thank you Joni Mitchell.
Just came across your comment
Hope you're well ❤❤
Just seen this Jesus Saves ,call upon HIM
I'm so glad I didn't end my life when I wanted to. The beautiful experiences I would have missed.
I have been to the brink many times. I am glad I didn't have the strength? to go through with it. I hope you keep going jx
Please, never let those dark feelings take over your soul again! Soemtimes we just need to learn how to bend so as not to break, cry, meditate, listen to inspiring songs and lectures, watch inspiring movies, etc.
Don't let the dark forces take the light from you!
Very few artists can deliver this level of emotion and honesty. This version hits me deep and makes it hard not to weep. Just incomparable.
I’ve always loved Joni for her exposing her heart through her lyrics/music. Younger than she but grew up listening in 70’s & 80’s when she primed! ❤
I weep every time I play this song, I have to go see her in June!
because not all artist are poets...Joni Mitchell is both🥰🥰🥰
Indeed true! She can feel every word of this song! And she can project it to her audience like very few genius singers can!!
Ryuichi Sakamoto
This song perfectly captures the duality of life, moments of pure joy and moments of regret, excitements and disappointments, being grateful of things we gained along the way, and being remorseful of things we have lost. And ironically enough sometimes the thing that made us absolutely miserable in the end is also the thing that brought us the most joy, it wouldn’t have tasted so sweet if there wasn’t a single ounce of bitterness. Life is truly a blessing
Well articulated. So powerful.
life is a journey my friends. Enjoy every moment
Absolutely brilliant
Your words are truth. Thank you.
Powerful 👏
This fundamentally rearranges the atoms in my body. Things will never be the same again
What a lovely thought!😍
Beautifully said
A national treasure
I fucking love that ....do I understand ? YES...
This is one of the most wonderful moments in music I have ever heard and seen. I keep coming back to this video from time to time...
Amedeo Ene same here it’s so moving and resonates of how I see living with cptsd and mental health issues
me too
I think I come back so much more, it is so beautiful
same here :-)
same here! LOVE IT!
This is one of the finest performances ever in this world. One of the greatest songs ever written.
She definitely has stepped into forever with this song, her adaption and harmony to fit this beautiful big band arrangement will go on and on. She also shows us why we need music in our lives.
This is absolutely sacred... ❤
I first heard this at the Isle of Wight pop festival back in 1970 at the age of 17 and I did not think much of it. Now an old man, my eyes are full of tears and just at that crowd was so moved, the words now have so much relevance to me. Even though I look back on my youth, the friends, the changes and vitality of the sixties and the ones I loved with so much affection and fond memories, I also look back in despair and great regret at the mistakes I made due to my youth and my impulsive nature leading to break ups with them. I try not to think of them as it hurts so much but when I do, I cringe and wish I go could back in time and say to a young me "Don't do that, back down, say your sorry to her, winning is not important and go back to her". My tears are mainly summarise by Joni's words "I really don't know life at all" and unfortunately it takes a life time to finally understand how true that is but then it is too late. If you are young, do one thing, listen to old people!!
I was at that festival the audience were so unappreciative of her she was almost in tears rhey wouldn't just shut up and listen to her I was embarrassed to be part of it Sadly it was the only time I ever got to see her live ten years later I had everything she ever recorded but never got chance to see her again. I've seen everyone Stones Beatles,who Zeppelin,Floyd,Bowie,Marley Springsteen you name them but I only saw joni that once and the audience ruined the experience
Poetry in your comment. Blessings.
@@michaelharrison3602 what did they do ?
@@margarita8442 a lot of drunk heavy metal heads down the front were booing her and shouting get off because they just wanted metal
Thank you I am 67 about to go Greece & greek islands. I have worked since 16yrs old. Before at 13 my parents made me work 24/7 at the family business.
The orchestration of this arrangement is breathtaking.
TheKingJacob1 - It really is. Stunning.
perfectly said - breathtaking.
Orchestration by Vince Mendoza.
Really is breathtaking
Sends shivers doesn't it..
The finale song to Ricky Gervais After Life...feeds your soul...
I just binge watched this and the end had me bawling for sure...
I'm 22 years old. At 72 , provided I'll be alive then , I'll be back here saying that this song still makes me cry. Fifty years later.
@pasteve59 that's what I was thinking! What a great mind! One would expect that a person with the wisdom of seventy years on this earth would have written those lyrics. She's utterly brilliant!
We are here. It does
Its exactly what Ive done. Didn't care much for the song when I was young but now as a 68 year old woman I understand and love the song
Sweet..
I am now 72 and the original version made me cry at 22. And now this does again.
Christ, if this doesn't move you to tears, you're not human.
How many layers can song have? The 24 year old Joni's composition, the beautiful, sympathetic, swirling canvas painted by the orchestra, and the phenomenal spectrum of Joni Mitchell's 57 year old voice create such a rich emotional tapestry. Vince Mendoza well deserved his Grammy for this stunning and mature creation. There is such poignancy knowng the passage of 33 years between the song's writing and this performance, and Joni's incredible, free performance invites us to join the dots and feel all the feelings of a lifetime. I say performance, but here Joni doesn't project so much as to invite us into her presence and feel the story of the song with her. Such artistry. Simply phenomenal. Thank you Joni Mitchell. Brava!!
It reads as though ur trying ur hardest to out do Joni and rephrase the lyrics. We all live a life, ups n downs.
@@wmsmale What is the point of a comment like that? Surely e are all here to appreciate the song in our own way and to share our appreciation. There is no need for casting shade like that.
This song still gives me chills, tears, thrills same as the first time I heard it as a teen.
Listening to this, almost 50 years after hearing the original version, at first I felt like I couldn't breathe, then like I couldn't swallow...and then at last, like I couldn't stop weeping. How do you thank someone enough for a performance that allows people to feel so much? I hope she somehow knows how deeply she is loved.
Hello gorgeous Shelley how are you doing?
Yeah..❤
Il tuo è un messaggio bellissimo , che dice tutto di te e della tua bellezza interiore. Grazie
Beautifully said.
And a!
If Van Gogh paintings were to turn into songs, this would be one of them.
Ali Mahmood yes! Whimsical, beautiful, sad and joyous all at once
"Paint A Starry Night again, man" Joni.
Absolutely the same feeling behind them.
So true, there is so much soul given in songs U art you could never see anywhere else; a beautiful perspective & landscape.
Too right
I’m watching this video on repeat at 24 years old, crying every time. I can only imagine watching this again 30 or 40 years from now after more of my life has passed me by. Such beautiful artistry. Joni Mitchell is a poet.
No version of this song tops this one (not even the studio version at this age.) She grew into a voice that's gravelled and tinged by the genuine passage of time. I can relate to it and weep, everytime I listen to it, with memories of both joys and sorrows. Thank you, Joni, for this beautiful gift.
The recent Newport version with all its imperfections cuts quite deep as well.
Brilliant
Agreed
So eloquently spoken! Joni is a earthly treasure ❤
@beastmry where can I listen to it?
This song touches the deepest part of my Soul. It's painfully beautiful.
Hello gorgeous lady how are you doing?
I just love this. Brings tears to my eyes but my heart is smiling
Yes it is.
Come with me to see her in June.
In my opinion, this is one of the best ever live performances of a song 👏🏼
Definitely.
I agree 100% Sir.
Right up there with her performance at Woodstock.
@@lisaharrison1031 Unfortunately she never made it to the original Woodstock festival. She had been booked but with all the problems they encountered her manager advised her to skip the concert and do a performance/interview on the Dick Cavett show instead. She says today its one of the biggest regrets of her life in that she did not go to Woodstock.
Such a tribute
now I'm late 60s, this song always stirs me, listened to it for decades now, always brings tears, Joni is a jewel for all time.
Apart from Joni's stunning performance the arrangement of this song by Vince Mendoza is beyond words. He is one of the greatest arrangers and orchestrators of our time. A match made in heaven
Absolutely!! 💯 the arrangement is stellar
compelling, haunting, sadness, aching heart, regret, hurt, discomfort, brave, proud, beauty, pain...love.
Barbara Noteboom 💕😪
Thanks for putting this in words
@@janicev6257 hello gorgeous how are you doing?
I can't imagine any 24 year old creating this sentiment in what is one of the greatest songs of my 60 plus years. But at that early age Joni Mitchell did. And here many years later, she expresses the ultimate life weathered performance no 24 year old could ever muster. Such a gift for us. Especially now in a world gone completely looney.
Well said:) impressive that she wrote it so young, and that she crossed all life and its experiences till giving such an intense rendition of it. such a piece of art, such a wonderful example of reaching "maturity", with depth and fullness of colors
Beautiful, Ron, couldn't agree more.
Well said and very true. A moving performance.
I know, I think it was just pure truth and divinity coming through. So Amazing...
@@clayswidler1792 That's a good way to express what it is. Absolutely.
Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds 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
Well 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
I've looked at life from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
I'm speechless, with joy, love and a incredible moment in my 59 yrs listening to this triple WOW song full of life's journey and a truly global artist
Thank you, I've been so in love with the melody all these years. I've never just read and felt the words.
Thank you for writing out lyrics, you gave us a lovely gift ❤
Thanks for including the stunning truth of these poetic lyrics.
Thank you!! ( FLOWS)
Joni Mitchell's voice is an absolute gift to humanity
Her voice now is so deep and within wisdom and history inside! I am 18 and I love Joni Mitchell
I from Slovak repubic... I love Joni Mitchell because her voice is amazing...
The future has hope with you.
I started playing this song on the piano visiting my parents, there was a piano arrangement in some book at the piano, and I was sightreading. My mom came up behind me and started singing it... and broke down into tears halfway into the second verse. I love you mom.
Beautiful 🌺
What an awesome memory for you both, amazing.
Memories are made of this..love from South Africa
The power of music
Beautiful
Her voice is even more perfect for this song with the wisdom of age.
Hi my friend,how are you doing?
I just love listening to her in my tens and now I am 68...she moves my soul!!
I get chills when she sings this song and tears from this song...... Emotional on several of her songs but this one I listen to especially on New Years Eve for 30 years now.
I live in Alaska Joni's music has gotten me thru the long very dark winters !!!!!! Love and mad respect for Joni Mitchell 💯
Take care Gina,Joni will get you through the dark times.
I love her. I lost my wife last year and this song was part of our life.
Tom Johnson bless you
My heart goes with you Tom.
Then you were both blessed. X
You and your wife are still looking at the same cloud, Tom. Just from different sides now...but not forever. Take refuge in this song.
Tom, your words are so moving. God Bless you, brother. One foot in front of the next...
About 50 years ago a group of friends and myself went out on a Friday night to Phil's Steak House located at the Chinook Shopping Centre on MacLeod Trail in Calgary. They had live entertainment every weekend and on that particular night there was a shy young girl (a student at Mount Royal College and the Alberta College of Art ) by the name of Joni Anderson who was our entertainment for the night. She mesmerized us all with her music and she still has that effect upon me today. Although she did not perform this song (I don't think she had written it yet) when it came out on her Clouds album I just fell in love with it. To hear her sing the same song almost half a century later and appreciate the lyrics which now have seriously different meanings is heart rending.
I am an old man now and do not feel ashamed at all to cry every time I watch this.
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Amazing. wonderful. lucky you.
Thank you ...
I really don't know why … this song has a such special effect on me… always the exact feeling i had the first time i heard this beautiful voice one night…
You are very fortunate... Thanks for sharing this!
I love your story Sir, they don't make timeless songs like this anymore. I too get 😢 teary eyes listening to this beautifully sad song.
The mature version (this one) breaks me apart every single time. It is just so pure, so stunning. It exudes so much emotion. I genuinely cannot listen to this song without shedding a few tears, it gracfully touches my soul every time
Your not alone...me too ❤
Same!
Yes
what a gift to make by an artist. ❤
same, i can hardly listen to it, breaks me apart
It's so awe-striking to hear her sing this in different ways, at different stages in her life, with her voice deepening and growing even richer with time.
I'm here once again in 2020. I needed to hear this while quarantined during the Coronavirus pandemic.
You are not alone Ron. Here we are in quarantine reaching for Joni!
@@faychampoux345 Same. Hi from 2021. It's not over yet.
2021 🙏✨
And again in 2021, love this, moves me
@@v8fordgirl here after watching CODA
My all-time favourite song. Joni's lyrics are pure genius.
If not the best song ever written, it has few equals, likewise this extraordinary performance. Few have captured life in a song as remarkably as Joni does here.
The orchestral arrangement paired with Joni's voice was sublime.
I want to address the 281 folks who put thumbs down. What are you missing. Should you take the music away, you are left with the most beautiful of prose. Genius like this comes across our paths so infrequently.
They just can't appreciate the perspective of innocence then, maturity.
It's simple... there are those that are blessed to be able to see magic... and those others that are, well, just those others.
It's complicated.
I love you, Nancy
Probably Karaoke singers.
OMG, I'm 54 years old and I've love this song since the moment I first heard it. There is so much emotion and passion in this song and I STILL cry like a baby EVERY single time I hear it. It is truly one of the most beautiful songs ever written and really touches my heart. Joni's vocals and performance is simply MAGICAL. Thank you so very much for sharing. Much love xxx
Joni is such a national treasure. I am not sure how many people actually realize that.
It’s incredible how Joni puts so much detail into such a simple vocal line. There is so much light and shade and colour and movement, yet it’s so still and calming. The connection between singer and orchestra is phenomenal. They’re so in sync. I don’t know how they did this. This is transcending. I’m blown away.
She's in another completely level, above the stratosphere
I am blown away too!!! This is such a great remake of this song. 👍👍
STUPEFYING. This song has a completely new meaning here. ;) Joni is a national treasure. Love her so much.
Hello Wendy, How are you doing?
If you've LIVED life--
taken chances,
fallen deeply,
wrung out every drop of passion that dwells within,
dreaded your vulnerability yet
flung yourself along
the delicate sheet of ice called destiny,
met your god in your mistakes and
your monarch in your reflection--
then Joni’s performance will pour through you like the smoothest whiskey
and set you thrashing emotionally about like a feather in an unexpectedly welcome downpour.
Nice way of putting it.
Iffilayo 11 Wow, that is the most pretentious thing I have ever read.
Iffilayo 11 That was really beautiful.
Iffilayo 11 well said, thanks
Em E. Beautifully and poetically stayed😊
Truly one of the most meaningful and beautiful songs ever recorded,oh to have been there when Joni Mitchell sang this...
Emotions get in my way every time I listen to this masterpiece.
Well yes agreed...same and what a masterpiece it is!
I will never forget the first time I heard this version on the radio. I couldn't stop the tears, while driving I might add. I had no idea it was Joni Mitchell until the second or third time I'd heard it. It was such an A-Ha moment - it totally made sense, like coming full circle in life. Still one of my all-time faves.
Hello Lisa how are you doing?
I just love this. Brings tears to my eyes but my heart is smiling
"So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way" is going to be my epitaph.
So true in so many ways for so many people. I don't think any other song sums up human existence better than this one.
No matter how often I listen to this, her voice moves me to tears. Beautuful.
For me this is and has always been the perfect song.
This truly is one of the most magical moments ever captured in music. It moves this nearly 55 year old man in ways I can neither describe nor explain.
Could not agree more Spiratus ! Im also 55.
Part of what your feeling is your own mortality my friend. Once we hit 50 it seems we spend almost as much time looking back as we do looking ahead. Peace my friend!
Almost 55 and exactly the same feeling.
@@janalalewicz7385 exactly right Jana because for most of us at this age we have already lived more memories than we have days left on this planet. Perhaps a sobering thought but good reason to enjoy the time that remains for all of us 50+ crowd 🤣🙏❤️
@@jacqueminekeersmaekers8524 54 yrs old. I love this version of this song. Masterpiece...
Goosebumps and tears. We made it to this old age. We made it to New Earth. So many memories to recall, and we still don't know life at all.
Everything has been figured out except how to live - Sartre.
Beautifully sad, achingly beautiful. Yep, goosebumps and tears
i have had a great time growing old and enjoying each of my decades.Living and Loving in los Angeles was a wonderful place to live during this time. I love the privileges of being old in life and young in heart
ballroom blitz
Rosalie DeGregory u are not old .u are u and beautiful ,that era made beautiful women
i'm a 90's kid, born in the wrong era in terms of music. I don't recognise myself in today's music, but poetry like this hits me right in the chest. absolutely breathtaking. enjoy your day everyone, don't forget to look at it from both sides with love and empathy
Pat Metheny, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Steely Dan... go forth and listen
I can relate to this in more ways than words can describe. I was born in the wrong era. I don’t relate to todays music and I’m not quite certain if I relate to todays people. But this, this I feel in the worst beautiful and painful way.
My generation was indeed quite grateful for the amazing songwriters that came out of that era. Joni, Dylan, Cohen, Simon, Lightfoot and on and on. The live clubs that were incubators of these amazing artists ceased to exist a long time ago. Back then, they could gather after hours and trade ideas and sing songs to each other. They traveled before they were famous and lived in faraway places to soak up different genres. That generation got to meet previous ones and learned from them including the folkies, the country singers, the blues artists, the soul artists. Find live music in your hometown if you can and you may find a gem yet to be discovered.
90s have alot of great music also.
I loved Tracy Chapman’s and Sinead O’Connor’s music from the ‘90s.RIP,Sinead.Blessed be.
I am a 63 year old gay man, living happy and proud. I remember the first time I heard this song, it make no sense to me and I thought it was stupid; I was 9 years old at the time. Now, this song is my favorites and I listen to it all the time and there is always waves of emotion in me every time.
You may not "know clouds" or "know love"or "know life," but you sure as hell know how to knock your listeners speechless and teary-eyed.
Wonderfully said!
Hello gorgeous Sonya how are you doing?
If only for the moment and the moment's gone. Singing both sides now living both sides now and facing both sides now. When I can see what Joni Mitchell has accomplished in her life and what I have accomplished in mine I have no right to judge. Today I'm a cancer survivor who gets to listen to Joni sing both sides now. It's a blessing she's a blessing and life's a blessing
Beautiful!!!!! Still strong Joni, thank you.
Andrew E I love this song just going through cancer
Andrew E this kinda sums it up all we really have at the beginning of our days and end of our days is our love and our memories ❤
Crying my eyes out here. Thank you for this song Joni. God bless you!
this recording is magical, if there were to be a list of songs that form the world heritage this one is one of them
The songwriter sings her very own song more than 30 years after she wrote it - when she was barely 21. But what did she know about clouds, about love and, about life then? See the difference what experience can do in the interpretation of her very own composition, 30 years apart (1970 vs 2000). Absolutely AMAZING!!!
Ray Montreal it feels like the renditions of 'Glory of love' by Bette Midler throughout the movie 'Beaches'..
I couldn't agree more and the same goes for everyone who has loved this song for years and now having such a different meaning possibly from when they first loved it. And for those just getting to know it..and how it may mean so many different things to them through the years.
Spot on. And then hearing it again, 22 years later, at Newport in 2022. Yet a new interpretation in the twilight of her life. Beautiful.
This is has to be one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. A majestic arrangement and you can feel the hope and regret of Joni looking back on her life with poignancy. She’s such an important artist and the world is better for her mere presence and timeless contributions.
Her mature voice is brilliant 👏🏻
Hello 👋 Melissa
How are you doing today?
I just love this. Brings tears to my eyes but my heart is smiling
Best version of this song by far !!!
I am in tears. Im not sure if its sadness or just astonishment at such art. You truly are maginifcent, Joni.
+Ali Barrett It is BOTH!
Goosebumps from start to finish. ❤️
Mellabella78 I know you rarely get performances like this! She’s absolutely stunning in this
This is a classic and masterful piece of songwriting. That captures the frailties and inconsistencies of being human.
Always loved this song, but once you get to a certain age you REALLY get it. It's a masterpiece and this performance of it is indelible.
This song is an absolute masterpiece. It's just one of those songs that is beyond description. It just needs to be felt. Joni is one of those artists that's makes me curse being born in the late 80s and missing the chance to see their genius for myself. Most certainly I was born in the wrong era, but at least feelings are not bound by time. ❤️❤️
Don't beat yourself up. All that stuff was recorded, and we can all share the music that was made before and after we were born. People can come together on this despite two generations of distance, and that is what art is.
So beautifully said... she takes us on a cosmic journey 🌙💫⭐️✨🌟🌕🌞
You are lucky that in the age of you tube you can fully appreciate and view such a brilliant artist,I saw Joni play this song in the 70s as good as it was,as a more mature lady this version is breath taking,please don't let clouds get in the way.
This perfomance and arrangement are devastating and beyond moving. Mitchell is one of the best mid/late 20th Century female songstress/composers to have graced the ears and eyes and souls of millions. This version is the older Mitchell with the haunting lyrics and her husky voice lurking still tones of yearning and loss. And the hope is still in this song. It's deliverance assured to us in every line. An overwhelming folk song that speaks to everybody. It is up there with Arlen's Somewhere Over the rainbow as one of the greatest North American songs.
The arrangement is wonderful. However, I think Joni's performance was so-so. She didn't seem to know the lyrics to her own song, as evidenced by her fixating in front and below. I wanted to see her open her eyes upward.....to the audience and really sell it.
@@paulholt2317 I think she pitched it just right. It was melancholic, reflective; she was musing, day-dreaming, selling nothing despite being offered pennies for her thoughts. One of the most beautiful and evocative 'performances' I've ever witnessed :)
@@paulholt2317 God, man, really? This once in a lifetime performance of an iconic song, bringing a whole new dimension to the original, and you're fixated on where she's looking?
I feel sorry for you, Paul. Seriously. You must miss out on so much.
@@paulholt2317 Really?kidding-right?So,she doesn’t know the words to her own song...
very good music
This version of this song brings me to tears every time I hear it. I love the original way she sung it but this version is beyond so beautiful.
Heard this song hundreds of times in her verious versions and this brought tears to my eyes.
Anybody out there enjoying this in 2019? ❤ you joni
Yes!!!!! Always lifts my heart in wonder
I love this song.
patrick huysmans oh hell yes.
I love you Joni
Such a beautiful song!!!
VERY MUCH SO.
I totally understand this song now. It took 45 yrs to get there.
swbrand ...48 with me, eventually
nana mouskouri toute sa discographie francaise
Except Joni was just 24 when she wrote it!
@@billvegas8146 she had an old soul
Yeah, me too
Watch her movements, her inflections, her feelings. She is on another level here. Many famous artists have recorded "Both Sides Now" even Joni on earlier recordings. But this version is so very different, it carries a soul. Something that is hard to explain. Truly remarkable....
A 24 yr old songwriter wrote a song to her 57 year old self. wow! ty 4 music
This song seems all the more poignant when sung from the perspective of someone in latter life looking back on their life in reflection of what they've learned and understood about it, love and life in general. Just brilliant and the best version I've ever heard.
Def.
Yes. You're very right.
I ABSOLUTELY agree!
I agree. And Joni knows that, according to the Book Reckless Daughter. Classic songs are still as true today as when they were written.
Absolutely. Thank you.
I am drenched in tears with few questionable regrets in life... I'm only 32 yet this song made me realized how valuable is time, and that it should be spent wisely with the right people as much as possible.
I wish we can live for a thousand years. Perhaps it is long enough to understand life and its real meaning. It could be long enough to have plenty of time to heal, to forget, to forgive, to be forgiven, to love, to be love, to be reunited & to make up on our shortcomings.
It could be enough time for us to explain ourselves on why did we do it, why we couldn't do it, why did we have to do it & why did we choose to do it.
Maybe if we can live that long there will be no more words left unspoken, no questions left hanging & no feelings or emotions left completely unexpressed.
I just find our current life time way too short to understand life...
Thank you Joni
This song has so much more meaning to me now, & with Ms. Mitchell's smoky vocals, it's a song about taking stock of one's life.
I cry every time I hear Ms. Mitchell sing "Both Sides Now" because I do know both sides now (at 64) and... "I really don't know life at all".
[The trumpet at the end of this version is haunting!]
I'm floored! This has to be her finest performance of this beloved song.
The most beautiful song in the universe as far as I know :)
Yup... I'm with you.
Amen
I thought it was astounding that a song like this was written by someone when she was in her mid-20s. Sung decades later, with such weight and weather, I can't help crying.
Afterlife brought me here, simply beautiful
As a metalhead, I love intense music - this is as powerful as any metal I've ever heard
Amazing 👏
Yesssss!!!!
Best comment ever! And I agree 1000%!
I've been in the studio business for 25 years or more... this is so beautiful I almost cant make it through... How can anything be this powerful? The orchestra arrangement is breath-taking and Joni... well she crushes it! I'd listen to it over and over, if I didn't think I'd go into a life ending depression. This might be the most moving things I've witnessed in my 51 years
Brad Baerwald nothing demonstrates the pure emotive power of music more than this.
Truly breathtaking.
Brad Baerwald that she does! This must be in the higher degrees of performances from any of the big stars!
We are the same age and I feel exactly the same - your comments are spot on.
the term "take your breathe away' is so true each and every time I listen to this . So beautiful and so perfect in every way .
I was born in 90s. But this song has been giving me strength and helped me reflect myself from my teenage years.
Still got tears in my eyes....can't stay away from the emotions
You're a good kid!
I really appreciate youth recognizing true talent and deep connections to classic mucic. Its sort of rare and when I see it it really gives me hope and warmth. Thank you
Listen Gadia, version, my friend
I love this version of Both Sides Now. I can’t believe she wrote it when she was so young! This gorgeous orchestral arrangement is so beautiful. Her performance kind of breaks my heart. There’s so much feeling in her voice. Just so amazing. Thank you, Joni. ❤
Nothing compares. Sung by Joni as an older self than when she first performed it with a voice now that is past it's pure prime in one sense yet is so rich, so full of her life and what has been experienced. An emotional, performance totally enhanced by the wonderful arrangement.
Yeh, well this is just about beyond real. A legend who never tried to be one. Just a very true to herself artist much beloved.
I'm 39, .. I've been through such heartache, pain, breakups.. like we all have I'm sure.. and this is the most powerful treasured song in my life.. says it all.
Tony King I to I’m 53 this song moves me every time I listen to it.
The most beautiful song I’ve ever heard
Simply stunning. I love the way she moves and feels this song....subtle yet incredibly emotive. You can feel it by watching her fingertips.