Pure genius. Rhythmically complex not as catchy but gets more impressive with each listen. The CSNY cover is also great and worth a listen. Hits different.
Agree the CSNY cover is also awesome. But Joni's studio version, on electric piano, is also different enough from this live version to be worth the detour.
Super lush. When Joni composes on guitar, she often uses uses unusual tunings to get a certain sound. I’m not sure how this translates to Piano, though.
"Back to the garden" is a reference to the biblical Garden of Eden and trying to return to a more pure space where all is good and love and connected to the idealism of the hippies during the 1960s who truly wanted to change the world for the better, for everyone.
I didn't realize Joni wrote this song. I thought someone from CSNY did. The CSNY version is the only one I had heard until today. Thanks for the reaction. I learned something new today.
Yep, same, I was one of those lucky enough to see Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young in concert back in the day I believe it was 1974, could’ve been 1973, they did 1/2 of the concert acoustic and the other half electric, it was a great concert one of the best I’ve ever seen.
Yes, if you own the album, you would have seen the credit to Joni. When I noticed it, I listened to her version of the song. It's good, but I think CSNY have the definitive version of that song.
Yes, They credited her as the song writer on the album Deja Vu. I heard her play this a few times on the piano and on acoustic guitar. btw... ever notice Neil Youngs solo on it off Deja Vu is way out of sync - not on beat or off - with the rest of the instruments...
Having lived in the era being 18 when Woodstock was happening , shortly after I left for Vietnam. The song begs for a simplistic time of peace and soulful search. It brings a tear to my eye because that time is long gone and all who came after will never be able to experience that time period, and that in its self is a fucking shame.
I was at C, S, N & Y's first concert in Chicago that she mentioned. She opened for them and was in a relationship with Graham Nash at the time. The band went to on Woodstock but Joni captured the spirit of the event from observation and Graham's own experiences. Joni is an amazing artist!
@@jaquestraw1 It was one of the best concerts I remember. I was already a big fan of Joni and everyone was very excited about this new group with members of the Hollies, Byrds, and Buffalo Springfield. Thrilling!
Is the Canadian Female singer/song writer GOAT, to Leonard Cohen's Male singer/song writer Male GOAT. Damn we as Canadian's were the luckiest people on the planet, the talent just oozed out like the maple syrup, lol.
Joni Mitchell is a freaking god of that era. Whenever her brain did a thing it literally changed music forever. What a freaking genius this woman is. I love that she's still with us.
She was ecstatic when she heard what Stephen Stills did with her song as covered by CSNY. There are a couple of different mixes available now. Both great. Neil and Steve's playing is reminiscent of their work in the Buffalo Springfield.
*"I have come here to lose the smog, and that feeling of being a cog in something turning."* That double entendre on 'turning' is nothing short of pure genius.
Turning does have a double meaning, but the line is "and I feel to be a cog in something turning". It's something she feels part of, not something she wants to get away from.
@@michaelcullen5308 In my opinion, she's trying to get away from the smog AND the feeling that she's a cog in 1960's american society. I cannot embrace your interpretation of being a cog is a positive thing. The song is about finding freedom and hope (such as getting back to the garden and bombers turning into butterflies) NOT about being a cog in what happened on that day on Yasgur's farm. Being a cog is the opposite of freedom. She made the decision to go down to Yasgur's farm with the child of god to escape being a cog in the american industrial military complex which was raining death and destruction upon innocent people that did nothing to harm us or threaten us, in my opinion.
Thank you so much. I'd forgotten just how gorgeous this is. We are stardust We are golden Which seems to be true. The only mechanism to produce the heavier elements appears to be in supernovae, ejecting them into the universe & forming part of new star systems, such as our own. I always find it astonishing that William Blake maybe prefigured this in the penultimate stanza of "The Tyger" (1794): When the stars threw down their spears, And water’d heaven with their tears Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Joni is definitely golden and if there is more telling song of the human condition i haven't heard yet.She brings so much light that it gives me hope for us all
Joni was unique. A true original. I saw her in London, UK in 1971. After, the show I somehow got backstage and found her dressing room. Graham Nash (of Crosby, Stills and Nash) was there and I had a little chat with him.
Joni’s a songbird/writer of the universe - - a force greater than ourselves, yet so full of humanity and empathy. Singing without words, when it’s done right, is called gospel.
Most people only remember the 'we are Stardust' part if this song, the quotes about having problems are real it got to the point where the acts had to be flown in and out by helicopter because of the jammed roads people who hadn't even got there were still trying when it was all over
Joni's music is magical. Her songs are so beautifully written lyrically and musically. Then the delivery in her voice just transcends into your soul. You get it Lexi.✌️✌️💕💕 She's been a Canadian superstar for 50 years or more. Her album "Blue" is such a beautiful album, each song perfection. Great reaction. Big hugs from Canada.❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦
Lex nailed it…as usual. Lex is one of the most intuitive reactors to music on TH-cam……and I’ve watched a bunch. YES! It’s like Joni lived in the ecosystem at the top of the Amazon Rain Forest….with the birds and butterflies!
A year late seeing this....but Lex's reaction at 3:42 is exactly how I've always felt about Joni Mitchell's vocals. Full disclosure I'm a Canuck so maybe I'm bias... but Joni's vocals are quite possibly some of the most unique, most powerful, creative and surprisingly soulful vocals...ever recorded. Among the very best without a doubt.
Joni was iconic of the folk music, hippy-dippy flower power generation. But she is so much more than just a singer / songwriter. She was an activist against the Viet Nam war and the equal rights movement, along with social change on a whole.
"We are star dust we are golden ; and we got to get back to the garden " ( Eden ) She is to this day a trailblazer from an Era of the San Francisco peace movement against violence. Still relevant in todays society. ✌️🌸🕊
Joni Motchell is an unbelievable talent, singer, songwriter, and artist!! But one thing that sets her above others is her integrity and honesty!! She stays true to her vision, she believes in what she writes and doesn't create just for fame and wealth!!
Yes Joni is a mythical creature... well put. "And I dreamed I saw the bombers riding shotgun in the sky and they were turning into butterflies above our nation." 🦋That was my dream too Joni those many years ago. Thanks Brad and Lex. ❤🙏☮
she "wrote a little song" ,,,,,only one of the most iconic songs to come out EVER, even Bad Company used the riff on their title track....i like her version much better then CSN...her's is haunting and her voice is just angelic.
Yes! Joni has been known for being the mistress of pop/folk, but also, also jazz. Oh yeah, she can hang with the best of them. Not just a great singer, musician, but also a great poet.
Like I've commented on Joni Mitchell before. And it's worth repeating. She was the original singer songwriter. She did it before any man. God gave her an Incredible Gift, to bring us joy and Truth. She is a true poet, and the quintessential musician
i heard and interview where David crosby said that joni mitchell is Just as good a poet as Bob Dylan and twice better musician than him but still they get him more highly regarded in music history...
I think you will find that Hank Williams was writing and singing his own songs while Joni was still in kindergarten. He himself was predated by many centuries by countless wandering minstrels all over Europe.
Labels and categories (especially when they are part of marketing the products of creative artists) get in the way of creativity and true appreciation of art.
It was THIS song that transformed me into a Joni fanboy back in 1970, at age 15! This is part of a BBC concert performance where Joni played in turn solo piano, guitar, and dulcimer... The whole incredible concert is available here on YT: th-cam.com/video/dAxjPfWOiqI/w-d-xo.html
Every thing was so emotional - I was in a mental hospital for a year 1970 . I was only 13. Best year of my life. You can probably quess from that level what happened latter....
When it gets close to Christmas you should really do “The River” by her. It’s not necessarily an Xmas song; it’s just beautiful. Joni Mitchell’s phrasing, how she ties the lyrics to the music is phenomenal. I love Joni Mitchell.
I LOVE HOW LEX DESCRIBES JONI'S VOCALS, IT'S INSANE I AGREE!!! LOL :) BUT NOW YOU CAN SEE WHY SHE'S BEEN MY FAVORITE FOR ( 50 ) YEARS NOW, SINCE 72 WHEN I HEARD HER, THAT WAS ALLLLLLL IT TOOK FOR ME YOU GUYS! :)
It does my 67 year old heart so much good to see you "youngins" get to experience the music of our era, in ways it will do more to help you understand us and where we "came from" than anything else could. Joni when it's all said and done is the greatest singer, musician and song writer of the era bar none! And most people know this even if they don't give her that credit. David Crosby of CSN tells a story of running over to her place in Laurel Canyon to share a song he had just wrote that he was super excited about. He said she said well that's pretty good here let me share these four songs with you I just wrote. He said she played them for him and all of them was ten times better than his...PLH-ELB
Great reaction to an amazing artist and song. Incidentally, since you suggested Joni may live in the tops of tall trees, in hidden gardens - those gardens exist! In "Wild Trees" by Robert Preston, the tail is told of searching for the tallest trees and how they found those forests and gardens that grow up at the top of those trees. Maybe that's where Joni lives and gets her inspiration!
There are so many great songs if you like Joni. Chelsea Morning, The Circle Game, For Free, The Jungle Line, Impossible Dreamer, Songs To Aging Children Come, etc....
Joni's heartfelt poetry piercing thru you...such a great song...her '79 show @ SF Civic remains the greatest musical performance I've ever seen by anybody...
Yes! I agree with some of the others. Listen to Crosby Stills Nash and Young's version of Woodstock. Especially now that you know where the song originated.
Ah Lex. That was a great picture you painted. I'm sure Joni would smile like a child if she heard that. You pleasantly surprise me with your wild and artistic descriptions. Oh for another Woodstock to unify and revolutionise these times that we live in.
I know you do not take reaction suggestions here...but hoping others will try pushing this one through one of your polls. The song is by someone who was at Woodstock...and it is about the festival: it is by Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers, and the song is Lay Down. Try the live version 1970.
Joni should have been at Woodstock..she is the epitome of what WS stood for.. peace and love and togetherness. It was of it's time and can never be duplicated. Beautiful song...
Lex, I CANNOT believe your amazing insight coinciding with you musical innocence regarding these songs. You are a musical fairy child, my dear ❤️ You were witnessing musical genius with Ms Mitchell folks, she is NOT bound by gravity
It’s called “vocalizing”…..singing notes without words. Joni is acknowledged as one of the top singer-songwriters of her generation…..hell…of the last century. Her voice was pure, like crystal…and it was so nimble…..she could do vocal acrobatics…..Just try to sing along on one of her songs…..you can’t do those leaps and jumps that she could. A true artist. A true treasure. She was given a Kennedy Center Honors tribute last year…..Brandi Carlisle has made it her mission to keep Joni’s music out there, and interprets her songs beautifully…. Suggestions….Amelia….or Case of You….or Coyote.
I have loved Joni nearly my whole life and poured over every last thing she has ever done. I’ll say this, Lex’s descriptions are exactly how I have always perceived Joni. You are precisely correct drawing the feeling into the imagery that you imagine when you listen to her. I have over the years come to the conclusion that it has something to do with past lives and echoes of those lives rippling through reincarnations. A songbird indeed.
I have never listened to Joni Mitchell outside of movies. She's so complex and gifted!! Lex, your description!! Yes!! Like she's something pure surrounded by the dark and haunted.
Your description of a white dove coming out of the black forest to entertain and enrapture is an apt description. Under the lights in this video, she appears very angelic, enhanced by her soft and unassuming nature. I think it is this element of her being that enabled her to write so well, a very sensitive and deep-seeing individual. Keep the Mitchell coming. You won't be disappointed.
@@thomassamburgh5904 Well, I'm not perfectly sure what the OP meant, something along the lines of 'she's too good for this world', I suppose. I just choose the two of most succesful artists who ruined mainstream music the most.
Since I’ve gotten older I’ve come to appreciate songs like this for the lyrics. “Caught in the Devil’s bargain and we got to get ourselves back to the garden”. She sat at home watching the festival on TV and she captured the feeling of the times perfectly. People just trying to get back to the garden (of Eden). Before it all went apple shaped.
You have heard of Crosby, Stills Nash and Young? Each one of them fell in love with her at one time or another. They adored her music, they worshiped her presence. Magic.
Joni Mitchell is one of the most prolific singer-songwriters ever. She started out in the late 60’s and was huge in the 70’s. She ran around in the same circles as Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Linda Ronstadt. She is definitely an icon. Listen to River next or Big Yellow Taxi
Great reaction: I adore Lex's stream-of-consciousness descriptions and this is a classic. There are so many great Joni songs. Of the top of my head, try Chelsea Morning, Carey or Blue.
I have to say you are both two of the more intelligent, insightful, and entertaining people posting these Reaction videos. Yes, Joni is most definitely other brilliant and otherworldly.
This version of 'Woodstock' is my favorite because of its haunting and cautionary tone -- so very different than the cover done by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Joni has always felt and heard things differently, so while everyone was so high, back then, about the wonder of Woodstock, she sees it from a bird's-eye perspective and gives her assessment of where we we were as a generation, at the time. The song is deep, thoughtful, but told in a story that is both simple and poetic. This is what makes Joni Mitchell and her amazing voice stand out from singer-songwriters of any era. Did you know they invented a guitar (in later decades) to accomodate all of her 50+ unique tunings?
When the album she put out, Miles of Isles came out all of my friends sat around and soaked it up without saying a word it was such a treat, but I must say her album Joni Mitchell Blue is on a level of its own.
Brad is extremely literal in his reactions, while Lex is a dreamer/poet who reacts to vibe. Knowing that opposites attract, these two were born to be together.
She had a very soothing speaking voice. The cover by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young was very popular. PS. the "Children of God" were an infamous cult at the time. PPS. Lex's impressions are a weird and magical thing in themselves. Just wonderful 😀
"I wrote a little song to sing. . ." Yeah, just a song that defined a whole generation, is all! Such a genius. A beautiful, humble genius.
By "garden" she means the Garden of Eden. A metaphor for an age of innocence.
If Joni is the fairy princess in the enchanted treetop garden Lex's laughter is the magical breeze that holds her aloft.
Good one, Jason!
Give me a break
Right? I couldn't have put it better.
Perfect.
Aww! 😊
Pure genius. Rhythmically complex not as catchy but gets more impressive with each listen. The CSNY cover is also great and worth a listen. Hits different.
A Case of You is likely her most critically acclaimed song but my favourite is Amelia live with Pat Metheny on guitar with one of the best solos ever.
Agree the CSNY cover is also awesome. But Joni's studio version, on electric piano, is also different enough from this live version to be worth the detour.
Reminds me of a Psalm in church.
@@kendoglarson5419 I sorta know what you mean! The poetic style of the lyrics, and their deeper meaning.
Super lush.
When Joni composes on guitar, she often uses uses unusual tunings to get a certain sound. I’m not sure how this translates to Piano, though.
"We got to get ourselves back to the garden" She means, of course, the Garden of Eden. Mankind has lost its way, and I fear there is no turning back.
I'm afraid your right, we've lost our way.
@@kathybwell I don't think Joni Mitchell's Woodstock youtube comments is an appropriate place to throw your hands up and despair. Keep the faith!
@@joshuamorrison8332 thanks for the reminder ☺
Brad & Lex, you'll love her "Free Man In Paris" and "A Case Of You"!!!
"Back to the garden" is a reference to the biblical Garden of Eden and trying to return to a more pure space where all is good and love and connected to the idealism of the hippies during the 1960s who truly wanted to change the world for the better, for everyone.
I didn't realize Joni wrote this song. I thought someone from CSNY did. The CSNY version is the only one I had heard until today. Thanks for the reaction. I learned something new today.
Yep, same, I was one of those lucky enough to see Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young in concert back in the day I believe it was 1974, could’ve been 1973, they did 1/2 of the concert acoustic and the other half electric, it was a great concert one of the best I’ve ever seen.
Yes, if you own the album, you would have seen the credit to Joni. When I noticed it, I listened to her version of the song. It's good, but I think CSNY have the definitive version of that song.
Yes, They credited her as the song writer on the album Deja Vu. I heard her play this a few times on the piano and on acoustic guitar.
btw... ever notice Neil Youngs solo on it off Deja Vu is way out of sync - not on beat or off - with the rest of the instruments...
Joni has written a TON of songs that were remade by other artists. And a bunch of songs that were originally intended for other artists.
@@frankshaffer7645 Yes
Having lived in the era being 18 when Woodstock was happening , shortly after I left for Vietnam. The song begs for a simplistic time of peace and soulful search. It brings a tear to my eye because that time is long gone and all who came after will never be able to experience that time period, and that in its self is a fucking shame.
"We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion-year-old carbon." She deep.
I was at C, S, N & Y's first concert in Chicago that she mentioned. She opened for them and was in a relationship with Graham Nash at the time. The band went to on Woodstock but Joni captured the spirit of the event from observation and Graham's own experiences. Joni is an amazing artist!
That's amazing Jeff! What a memory that must be
@@jaquestraw1 It was one of the best concerts I remember. I was already a big fan of Joni and everyone was very excited about this new group with members of the Hollies, Byrds, and Buffalo Springfield. Thrilling!
Yes she is.
Is the Canadian Female singer/song writer GOAT, to Leonard Cohen's Male singer/song writer Male GOAT. Damn we as Canadian's were the luckiest people on the planet, the talent just oozed out like the maple syrup, lol.
Joni will still be appreciated in 100 years. A unique and special talent.
Joni Mitchell is a freaking god of that era. Whenever her brain did a thing it literally changed music forever. What a freaking genius this woman is. I love that she's still with us.
She was ecstatic when she heard what Stephen Stills did with her song as covered by CSNY. There are a couple of different mixes available now. Both great. Neil and Steve's playing is reminiscent of their work in the Buffalo Springfield.
*"I have come here to lose the smog, and that feeling of being a cog in something turning."* That double entendre on 'turning' is nothing short of pure genius.
Turning does have a double meaning, but the line is "and I feel to be a cog in something turning". It's something she feels part of, not something she wants to get away from.
@@michaelcullen5308 In my opinion, she's trying to get away from the smog AND the feeling that she's a cog in 1960's american society. I cannot embrace your interpretation of being a cog is a positive thing. The song is about finding freedom and hope (such as getting back to the garden and bombers turning into butterflies) NOT about being a cog in what happened on that day on Yasgur's farm. Being a cog is the opposite of freedom. She made the decision to go down to Yasgur's farm with the child of god to escape being a cog in the american industrial military complex which was raining death and destruction upon innocent people that did nothing to harm us or threaten us, in my opinion.
@@michaelcullen5308 almost right. she feels to be a part of it but longs for something else
It doesn't have a double meaning. It's about getting caught up in consumerism. It is a beautiful line though.
Fucking great writing.
And to think she came from my home town (city) Saskatoon Saskatchewan in Canada 🇨🇦 so proud ❤🇨🇦❤🇨🇦❤🇨🇦
Got goosebumps on my goosebumps listening to this. Natural talent at its purest.
That woman is in a category all by herself.
What a unique talent.
Thank you so much. I'd forgotten just how gorgeous this is.
We are stardust
We are golden
Which seems to be true. The only mechanism to produce the heavier elements appears to be in supernovae, ejecting them into the universe & forming part of new star systems, such as our own.
I always find it astonishing that William Blake maybe prefigured this in the penultimate stanza of "The Tyger" (1794):
When the stars threw down their spears,
And water’d heaven with their tears
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Joni always makes me cry, voice so beautiful, genius
Y’all need to do Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s version. Totally different vibe but great nonetheless! I love both versions
I like Matthews Southern Comfort's version better still. ( th-cam.com/video/4S1BEH2crEs/w-d-xo.html )
Also Richard Thompson playing for her at her Allstar tribute
Joni is definitely golden and if there is more telling song of the human condition i haven't heard yet.She brings so much light that it gives me hope for us all
Genius. What a beautiful, unique expression she has in her voice---and such poetry!
Lex I’ve never heard a better description of Joni Mitchell
Joni was unique. A true original. I saw her in London, UK in 1971. After, the show I somehow got backstage and found her dressing room. Graham Nash (of Crosby, Stills and Nash) was there and I had a little chat with him.
Joni’s a songbird/writer of the universe - - a force greater than ourselves, yet so full of humanity and empathy.
Singing without words, when it’s done right, is called gospel.
Her voice and music is hauntingly beautiful. ❤❤
Most people only remember the 'we are Stardust' part if this song, the quotes about having problems are real it got to the point where the acts had to be flown in and out by helicopter because of the jammed roads people who hadn't even got there were still trying when it was all over
Joni's music is magical. Her songs are so beautifully written lyrically and musically. Then the delivery in her voice just transcends into your soul. You get it Lexi.✌️✌️💕💕 She's been a Canadian superstar for 50 years or more. Her album "Blue" is such a beautiful album, each song perfection. Great reaction.
Big hugs from Canada.❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦
A hippie girl with magical talent.
Lex nailed it…as usual. Lex is one of the most intuitive reactors to music on TH-cam……and I’ve watched a bunch. YES! It’s like Joni lived in the ecosystem at the top of the Amazon Rain Forest….with the birds and butterflies!
Lex that was a great description of Joni's voice and personality!
No it isn't. It's actually a moronic description. Joni is cool though.
@@thomassamburgh5904 ok 🙄
Thank you for reacting to this great performance! Your reaction made me think of "Treetop Flyer" by Stephen Stills. I think you'll like it.
Now that was brilliant. The song and your analysis. Brilliant.
A year late seeing this....but Lex's reaction at 3:42 is exactly how I've always felt about Joni Mitchell's vocals. Full disclosure I'm a Canuck so maybe I'm bias... but Joni's vocals are quite possibly some of the most unique, most powerful, creative and surprisingly soulful vocals...ever recorded. Among the very best without a doubt.
Magical performance for sure!
This is my favorite Joni song. It's the song that bridges her sensibility and sound with those of my favorite artist, Tori Amos.
Joni was iconic of the folk music, hippy-dippy flower power generation. But she is so much more than just a singer / songwriter. She was an activist against the Viet Nam war and the equal rights movement, along with social change on a whole.
She was never an antiwar activist against the Vietnam war. She was extremely critical of the counter-culture.
"We are star dust we are golden ; and we got to get back to the garden " ( Eden ) She is to this day a trailblazer from an Era of the San Francisco peace movement against violence. Still relevant in todays society. ✌️🌸🕊
@@glaughton9574
She was never an antiwar activist.
@@glaughton9574 Absolute nonsense!
Wrong, Joni was never an activist dopey.
I saw Joni Mitchell.I think 1983 At red rocks, Morrison, Colorado.
She was fantastic One awesome concert
Joni Motchell is an unbelievable talent, singer, songwriter, and artist!! But one thing that sets her above others is her integrity and honesty!! She stays true to her vision, she believes in what she writes and doesn't create just for fame and wealth!!
Junior is such an original, amazing talent and she did things her own way her whole life. She's derivative of no one and I just love her.
Joni is truly sent from the heavens with a voice of an angel !
Such a talented musician, and song writer !
Peace n love from down under !
Yes Joni is a mythical creature... well put. "And I dreamed I saw the bombers riding shotgun in the sky and they were turning into butterflies above our nation." 🦋That was my dream too Joni those many years ago. Thanks Brad and Lex. ❤🙏☮
she "wrote a little song" ,,,,,only one of the most iconic songs to come out EVER, even Bad Company used the riff on their title track....i like her version much better then CSN...her's is haunting and her voice is just angelic.
Still can give me chills… 53 years later
Yes! Joni has been known for being the mistress of pop/folk, but also, also jazz. Oh yeah, she can hang with the best of them. Not just a great singer, musician, but also a great poet.
Like I've commented on Joni Mitchell before. And it's worth repeating. She was the original singer songwriter. She did it before any man. God gave her an Incredible Gift, to bring us joy and Truth. She is a true poet, and the quintessential musician
I think Carole King predates Joni Mitchell as one of the first singer-songwriters
i heard and interview where David crosby said that joni mitchell is Just as good a poet as Bob Dylan and twice better musician than him but still they get him more highly regarded in music history...
I think you will find that Hank Williams was writing and singing his own songs while Joni was still in kindergarten. He himself was predated by many centuries by countless wandering minstrels all over Europe.
Labels and categories (especially when they are part of marketing the products of creative artists) get in the way of creativity and true appreciation of art.
Not even the original Canadian singer-songwriter.
Gordon Lightfoot recorded his first album in 1964.
Mitchell recorded her debut album in 1967.
Whistling with your voice, indeed.
“Lilting” and unbelievably hauntingly beautiful.
It was THIS song that transformed me into a Joni fanboy back in 1970, at age 15!
This is part of a BBC concert performance where Joni played in turn solo piano, guitar, and dulcimer... The whole incredible concert is available here on YT: th-cam.com/video/dAxjPfWOiqI/w-d-xo.html
THANK YOU!
her voice always puts my mind at ease
Every thing was so emotional - I was in a mental hospital for a year 1970 . I was only 13. Best year of my life. You can probably quess from that level what happened latter....
When it gets close to Christmas you should really do “The River” by her. It’s not necessarily an Xmas song; it’s just beautiful. Joni Mitchell’s phrasing, how she ties the lyrics to the music is phenomenal. I love Joni Mitchell.
I LOVE HOW LEX DESCRIBES JONI'S VOCALS, IT'S INSANE I AGREE!!! LOL :) BUT NOW YOU CAN SEE WHY SHE'S BEEN MY FAVORITE FOR ( 50 ) YEARS NOW, SINCE 72 WHEN I HEARD HER, THAT WAS ALLLLLLL IT TOOK FOR ME YOU GUYS! :)
It does my 67 year old heart so much good to see you "youngins" get to experience the music of our era, in ways it will do more to help you understand us and where we "came from" than anything else could. Joni when it's all said and done is the greatest singer, musician and song writer of the era bar none! And most people know this even if they don't give her that credit. David Crosby of CSN tells a story of running over to her place in Laurel Canyon to share a song he had just wrote that he was super excited about. He said she said well that's pretty good here let me share these four songs with you I just wrote. He said she played them for him and all of them was ten times better than his...PLH-ELB
I’ve heard this song countless times, and have never heard this version. It was great, as was your reaction. Thank you.
Great reaction to an amazing artist and song. Incidentally, since you suggested Joni may live in the tops of tall trees, in hidden gardens - those gardens exist! In "Wild Trees" by Robert Preston, the tail is told of searching for the tallest trees and how they found those forests and gardens that grow up at the top of those trees. Maybe that's where Joni lives and gets her inspiration!
From the second she started to speak you know she is special. The song is magical.
There are so many great songs if you like Joni. Chelsea Morning, The Circle Game, For Free, The Jungle Line, Impossible Dreamer, Songs To Aging Children Come, etc....
Love Chelsea Morning!
Wow! I’m literally had a tear at the end of that. WTF
This is so beautiful. Never seen it before. And Lex, you don't have cheer me up sometimes. You genuinely made me chuckle at the end....😂❤️
Joni's heartfelt poetry piercing thru you...such a great song...her '79 show @ SF Civic remains the greatest musical performance I've ever seen by anybody...
Yes! I agree with some of the others. Listen to Crosby Stills Nash and Young's version of Woodstock. Especially now that you know where the song originated.
Ah Lex. That was a great picture you painted. I'm sure Joni would smile like a child if she heard that. You pleasantly surprise me with your wild and artistic descriptions. Oh for another Woodstock to unify and revolutionise these times that we live in.
Joni is the whole Package.
I know you do not take reaction suggestions here...but hoping others will try pushing this one through one of your polls. The song is by someone who was at Woodstock...and it is about the festival: it is by Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers, and the song is Lay Down. Try the live version 1970.
Hundreds of songs from Joni. All good, all with meaning. Canadian Icon of music.
Joni should have been at Woodstock..she is the epitome of what WS stood for.. peace and love and togetherness. It was of it's time and can never be duplicated. Beautiful song...
Pure perfection.
So beautiful and live. Thanks for letting me revisit this song and her amazing talent.
Lex, You are ABSOLUTELY one wise "Old Soul'Byrd".
God Bless you Brad, Special blessings to Lex and the rest of the Couch Gang.
Lex, I CANNOT believe your amazing insight coinciding with you musical innocence regarding these songs. You are a musical fairy child, my dear ❤️
You were witnessing musical genius with Ms Mitchell folks, she is NOT bound by gravity
Wow.Blue me away!! First time listening to this. Shakes up your soul..
I have to say, I could listen to music I hate just to hear Lex laugh. I get a huge smile on my face every time I hear that laugh. You're a lucky guy.
It’s called “vocalizing”…..singing notes without words. Joni is acknowledged as one of the top singer-songwriters of her generation…..hell…of the last century. Her voice was pure, like crystal…and it was so nimble…..she could do vocal acrobatics…..Just try to sing along on one of her songs…..you can’t do those leaps and jumps that she could. A true artist. A true treasure. She was given a Kennedy Center Honors tribute last year…..Brandi Carlisle has made it her mission to keep Joni’s music out there, and interprets her songs beautifully….
Suggestions….Amelia….or Case of You….or Coyote.
I have loved Joni nearly my whole life and poured over every last thing she has ever done. I’ll say this, Lex’s descriptions are exactly how I have always perceived Joni. You are precisely correct drawing the feeling into the imagery that you imagine when you listen to her. I have over the years come to the conclusion that it has something to do with past lives and echoes of those lives rippling through reincarnations. A songbird indeed.
Sounds like an angel must sound. Timeless.
I have never listened to Joni Mitchell outside of movies. She's so complex and gifted!! Lex, your description!! Yes!! Like she's something pure surrounded by the dark and haunted.
I took "the garden" to mean the Garden of Eden.
Your reaction of pure delight just adds to Joni's outstanding creativity and talent. :)
You got Joni exactly. She's magic.
I'm convinced Bad Company were heavily inspired to write their song "Bad Company" based on this piano accompaniment.
i was just thinking the same thing!
Yea, I was hearing the same thing. That piano intro for sure.
The most important lyric for humanity at the end of the song, and it goes over everyone's head
DOES SHE HAVE THE GREATEST MOST BEAUTIFULLLLL VOICE EVERRRRR YOU GUYS??? 😊 GOOSEBUMP CITY FOR ME FOR DECADES NOW LISTENING TO HER! 😊 AMAZINGGGGGG
Hauntingly beautiful song.
What an incredible talent, a true legend!
One of the most talented and seriously musical geniuses to come out of the '60's....
Your description of a white dove coming out of the black forest to entertain and enrapture is an apt description. Under the lights in this video, she appears very angelic, enhanced by her soft and unassuming nature. I think it is this element of her being that enabled her to write so well, a very sensitive and deep-seeing individual. Keep the Mitchell coming. You won't be disappointed.
Joni is on a whole different level. We don't deserve her 💜
Then who do we deserve
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The likes of Billie Eilish or Ed Sheeran ...apparently ; )
@@DerEchteBold not for me. I like Joni but what I don't understand is how we don't deserve her
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Well, I'm not perfectly sure what the OP meant, something along the lines of 'she's too good for this world', I suppose.
I just choose the two of most succesful artists who ruined mainstream music the most.
@@DerEchteBold Yes,I agree,those 2 are crap, Adele too..
Since I’ve gotten older I’ve come to appreciate songs like this for the lyrics. “Caught in the Devil’s bargain and we got to get ourselves back to the garden”. She sat at home watching the festival on TV and she captured the feeling of the times perfectly. People just trying to get back to the garden (of Eden). Before it all went apple shaped.
You have heard of Crosby, Stills Nash and Young? Each one of them fell in love with her at one time or another. They adored her music, they worshiped her presence. Magic.
Joni Mitchell is one of the most prolific singer-songwriters ever. She started out in the late 60’s and was huge in the 70’s. She ran around in the same circles as Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Linda Ronstadt. She is definitely an icon. Listen to River next or Big Yellow Taxi
SO JONI'S IN THE TREES AND STEVIE'S IN THE SWAMPS HUH??? 😊 I'M IN 100% ON THAT ONE, NIIIICCCEEE! 😊
Great reaction: I adore Lex's stream-of-consciousness descriptions and this is a classic.
There are so many great Joni songs. Of the top of my head, try Chelsea Morning, Carey or Blue.
I have to say you are both two of the more intelligent, insightful, and entertaining people posting these Reaction videos. Yes, Joni is most definitely other brilliant and otherworldly.
This version of 'Woodstock' is my favorite because of its haunting and cautionary tone -- so very different than the cover done by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Joni has always felt and heard things differently, so while everyone was so high, back then, about the wonder of Woodstock, she sees it from a bird's-eye perspective and gives her assessment of where we we were as a generation, at the time. The song is deep, thoughtful, but told in a story that is both simple and poetic. This is what makes Joni Mitchell and her amazing voice stand out from singer-songwriters of any era. Did you know they invented a guitar (in later decades) to accomodate all of her 50+ unique tunings?
When the album she put out, Miles of Isles came out all of my friends sat around and soaked it up without saying a word it was such a treat, but I must say her album Joni Mitchell Blue is on a level of its own.
Brad is extremely literal in his reactions, while Lex is a dreamer/poet who reacts to vibe. Knowing that opposites attract, these two were born to be together.
“We are stardust billion year old carbon we are golden caught in the devil’s bargain and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden” 🙏🏽✌🏽🌎🌍🌏♥️
In Zeppelin's song Going to California, Plant was referring to Joni.
Such a great songwriter.
She had a very soothing speaking voice.
The cover by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young was very popular.
PS. the "Children of God" were an infamous cult at the time.
PPS. Lex's impressions are a weird and magical thing in themselves. Just wonderful 😀
“Child of God” is also a common way of referring to a human being….in a spiritual sense. That’s what she meant.
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 Yes, the song has many bible references -- the garden (of eden) the 'devils bargain' etc