Searching for musicians of my youth like Crosby, Stills and Nash or Carly Simon I came across this documentary. It was four o'clock in the morning but I was so fascinated, that I could not stop watching. Thank you, Joni, for being a small part of me... Steffen from South West Germany
!:21:49 "Basically the reason I am so unruly in this business is because I never wanted to be a human juke box" Wonderful lady...years ahead of her time....
A great documentary on Joni's influences on us and the world, with her unique music, like no other. I discovered her music at about the time that the Court and Spark album was released, near my 20th birthday, and I couldn't help then to just buying up every prior album of hers, and then every next album that released after it. I soon met my wife to be, and eventually found that she too had also purchased the Court and Spark album. I became even more interested at the time of Joni's next album, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, showing her sudden heavy increase in a sophisticated Jazz influence, as my wife and I eventually attended her 1979 tour concert, where she featured many numbers from that album and the Hejira album in the concert. Her next album Hejira, I realized with the first tracks I heard on local FM radio in Portland Oregon where I still reside in my hometown today, especially the title track to that album, nearly knocked me to the ground, and brought me to tears. Who could not relate to what she's talking about on a solo road trip by oneself in such loneliness. The expression of existentialism in that albums title song still today, I now identify with the famous line by an ancient philosopher, I think it's Socrates - the unexamined life is not worth living. When I hear that title track to that album still today I have the same reaction as it personally hits me hard about my solo West Coast Pacific thousand plus miles road trips every winter to California. I was pleasantly surprised to see a music writer from NPR radio appear at 1:07:14 on the time bar, Tom Manoff. I accidentally, and ironically, ran into him almost 20 years ago, as he was travelling through the east side of Portland Oregon one night and had stopped at a 24-hour coffee house near my home where I had a large telescope set up allowing the public to observe celestial objects through it, which I've provided this public service for thousands of hours ever since taking a 10,000 mile cross country road trip, with a solar research grade telescope in 2000. I later spoke about this on National Public Radio on their Talk of the Nation discussion on March 14th of 2005, I believe this was a few years after I spoke to Tom Manoff. Manoff was writing a story about Johannes Kepler, the famous astronomer, and he had told me he wanted to make me famous about what I was doing for the public. I think I explained to him that I'd already been in the newspapers across the nation, spoke on television news, and had a brush with fame being over-publicized about my self-initiated sidewalk astronomy for the past several years. So I was pleasantly surprised in this documentary on Joni Mitchell when she admitted that she didn't like being put up on a pedestal and others trying to over publicize her into excessive fame. As I spoke that first time on NPR's Talk of the Nation on March 14th 2005, they were discussing the famous Andy Warhol line, that everybody will be famous for 15 minutes. I was the second caller to call in. I told the story about the 10,000 mile road trip I made across the nation, and into Eastern Canada, borrowing my local astronomy clubs hydrogen-alpha solar research grade telescope to allow thousands to observe the sun safely through it, but that my own local club rather persecuted me when I returned home, as some people in the club claimed I was just doing this to become famous in the news. This NPR Talk of the Nation discussions can be accessed through their archives to review it, by date and title - The 16th Minute of Short-lived Fame, is a book title and the author they interviewed about it. What is shocking is toward the end of this 35 minute discussion at about the 20 minute point on the time bar, they bring on a Doctor of psychology that describes a condition of what fame can do to some people. I was quite sorrowed to hear when Joni had suffered her brain aneurysm in about 2015, and hospitalized for so long. I see where she eventually appeared to receive the Les Paul guitar award about a year ago and she was escorted by Herbie Hancock to the stage to receive it, as she struggled to speak briefly, to express her thanks. I hope she is still improving and doing better. There's talk that she wants to try to perform again if she's eventually able to. I think now more than ever for the public to see her perform again, could save the world.
I appreciate this documentary, I played her music on my piano thinking I wanted to become a musician, but went on to design clothing. Drugs in that in the industry drove me out and into nursing and now I'm into watercolor painting. Wonderful how life flows on... I respect Joni and her music, original and fun!
This was one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. The summing up at the end was emotional. I did not realize what a very good painter she is. I also want to say that whoever wrote the string arrangement for the end version of 'Both Sides Now' wrote s gorgeous score.
I agree with all your points. FYI: the orchestra arrangement that you referenced was written by Vince Mendoza, who is a top level orchestrator/arranger/composer with many interesting project credits.
@@MusicLiberates Vince Mendoza? Nice! Vince Mendoza is LEGEND with Metropole Orkest. He has arranged and released recordings with my idols Elvis Costello, John Scofield, and João Bosco, just to name a few. AMAZING! And Joni's Both Sides Now version from her retirement show lives on my iPhones. The arrangement is pure magic, transposed down to meet her current vocal range, and with her performance, it communicates the deep gravitas of her life. Goosebumps...
I can remember the very first time I heard Joni, I was at summer camp in Michigan, Camp Henry. I have listened to her ever since. Her music still stirs my soul to this day. Her music is my treasure
You are lucky if you see a talent like this in your lifetime. All the singer/songwriters that I grew up listening to were in awe of Joni Mitchell. Her talent did not have a deep end. That would indicate a finite end of it. Her words, her angelic voice, her innovative playing.... I have very talented female musician friend, and she often played Joni songs among close friends. I asked her once to sing a Joni Mitchell song in public, and she said no. I asked her why not, because she is a very talented singer and guitar player. Her answer was that she revered those songs so much that she was afraid could not do them justice. They are almost like hallowed ground....you just don't tread there.
Joni Mitchell was just apart of my life. It was like driving down the same streets and doing the dishes, she was just just apart of everything. I adored her. She sure got me through a lot of bad moments.
A true gifted artist, as she sings on and on her lonely road seeking someone, I was too as a Jew who rejected His amazing grace and friendship, now I am changed and am never alone in His joy of salvation. Stars in my eyes and am told I am too happy. Yet, it is worth it. thank you Joni and all...the way to true paradise that is never gone!
thanks again for singing your heart and appreciation of Bobby Dylan who came to the truth too! i lived in shame too Joni, till i came to His forgiveness. Once someone told me, 'you look like you lost your best friend' i even became suicidal...yet the truth of Joy to the World came to me ..thankfully!
I remember, when an old buddy of mine met his soon-to-be wife ( and now have two brilliant children ! ). We were up at Mheagre Creek hot-springs, just rockin' his van and playin'' Joni's album, Blue, all night. Match made in Heaven, I think.
Here on Joni’s 80th for another watch - I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched this doc. Every time the woman talks about I Had A King, I burst into tears. There is something about Joni… A once in a century talent. No one like her. Like a comet passing by. Bright, shining, other-worldly ❤
So glad my life has had her soundtrack of creativity woven into it. Always admired her stark honesty and self examination. A hard thing to do but its outcome is her unique, wonderful, poetic repertoire. Thanks for this film.
I never understood the disappointment and criticism of Mingus. It's masterpiece of collaboration & celebration, and showed the wide range Joni could go into and bring it all out. My absolute favorite, funky, fast and slow motion. Everyone missed out the sublime pleasure & inspiration & liberation I got from these pieces of swing! Brilliant, everything she does and creates.
You reminded me of Toni Childs " Where's The Ocean " and her " Sea of Love ". Look it up everyone, you might enjoy that too, it's quite unique I think. Love to All, especially Joni, Stay Well 🕊️
So many heartfelt, sensitive comments left here. Her ability to inspire and awaken emotions within us is just one of her gifts. Yes, this is how I feel. I just can't articulate, sing, play or find the time to feel it. Thank you Joni.
I love what she says about chords, that they're "depictions of emotions". I read somewhere that Django, although mostly thought of as a "lead guitarist", actually was most intrigued by chords. "Chords of inquiry", Joni calls them. I so get that.
Oh! Wonderful!! I have loved Joni forever. I had no idea she had a child, what a lovely gift she was able to reunite in such a way! I hope they maintained their relationship. She looked happier than I've ever seen her. Thank you thank you for posting this gem, everyone should see it! ❤
I have loved Joni Mitchell since 1967, she is my all time favorite singer songwriter, I love so many musicians, but she is so different and special than anyone else I’ve ever heard. Her songs are a huge part of the soundtrack of my life. Love you Joni!!!
stuarm2002 Prince did a wonderful version of Joni's song, A Case of You. she also gets a mention in one of his songs. the Ballad of Dorothy Parker. He was a huge admirer of Joni.
I’ve been a professional musician for 50 years. When I was a teenager I wanted to be the male Joni Mitchell. And I’m dead serious about that! She is a tremendous force of nature and a contradiction in every meaning of the word. She chain smokes incessantly, often having more than one cigarette going at a time. Friends of mine have spent time in her house and have said that every square inch of her home is painted by Joni. Every doorway, every window frame, everything A glorious adornment of color and all of it six or seven shades darker as it’s covered in tobacco smoke stain. Passionate and loving and intelligent and articulate, seriously independent, and fierce in the best meaning of the word, and yet extraordinarily bitter and hateful towards the music industry. And who can blame her? The music industry is formalized rape and pillage and they should all be swallowed up into one of Dante‘s circles of hell. But then she straps on the guitar. And she steps up to the microphone. And even now, wizened and old and bitter and somewhat hateful at more than a little crazy she sings our dreams back to us with a voice not like angels but more like God. And now she has MS and she can no longer really play all those guitars with all those different tunings. For a time she played a Parker Fly guitar that Ken custom made for her. And she ran it through, I believe it was a Korg product, that changed the tuning of the guitar. Because she used to go out on the road with three guitar techs and 20 guitars and she was just too weak to do that anymore. I hope she lives to be 500 years old, but most of all my wish for Joni Mitchell is for her to feel at peace and know that she is respected and deeply loved by regular working men and women all over the world. Because after all, we are all on that lonely road, traveling, traveling, traveling….
I loved hearing about her turning her home into an extraordinary work of art in every nook and cranny. I can see it in my mind. It’s a delicious thought. Thank you for sharing that.
what a beautiful, complex artist. Many of those songs touch me deeply in such a bittersweet way. Muchas Gracias for the upload.I have been waiting a long time for a good biography on Joni. When was this film made?
@@mondegreen9709 According to a recent bio, the "happy ending" of the video (reunion with her daughter and grandchildren) did not last--also a continuing feature of this amazing life and work
Wow am I ever late to the game on this one! Fine doc. on the still (but not for long) historically undervalued Joni Mitchell with lots of archival footage and input from the essential players. Through the decades she has always evinced a very firm grasp of the changing social issues, yet what a smart move to dwell on her song "Amelia" mid way as I believe those lyrics are key to our understanding of this women's artistry and deep excavations , in song, of the soul.
BESIDE so many deep good feeling she gave to share .II discovered her lp for Charly summer 1980 listening to her in the echo of the see in east Corfu GREECE . ABSOLUTE high quality Jazz period with free musicians. MICHAEL ,JACO, Rip And Pat That band was just heaven sounding ...Got the double LP 8 month later on Big apple Manhattan east side walk record shop .Her Lp was in "out of fashion" row, cheap and bargained . 3 bucks ..At this time in France it would sell a fortune as import . I felt so shocked when the young lady answered to me ..."Well, it did not sell well, so we discount it" ....It seems she was just selling heaven music without knowing a dam note of it . Yes Joni was in an awesome period, was singing and playing like no one did before . And every time life is too heavy to me joni's songs from LIGHT AND SHADOWS are just helping my soul to recover from sadness and defeatment. Being a painter since 1967 I am absolutely in love with her pictural work She masters paint as well .I can really feel her that way. What a desirable human being .She plays and paint the same . Thank you Joni for your time on earth with us .And may you read theses words. You make me feel like there is something so graceful an plain behind the curtain, I wish I"ll walk that backstage on your notes ! Love Joni. DAUGENN.( from france )
Joni had to go through the same dilemma that happened to Dylan when he went electric. It's always such a shame when the "Industry/Business" turns to Stone over a frigging "Hit Song." Kills growth, kills development...kills good people.
100% facts The profit motive consolidates and streamlines, not innovate. Not a coincidence that so much the of the creativity at the time were people grouping for affinity and creating community.
this is really a well done doc - I'm sure it took a lot of work thanks so much for doing it - it's good to see her lighten up and become whole at the end
@Blue Skies her daughter called the cops on joni when they were at joni's house. Idk what went wrong but joni slapped her. It didnt go well and I dont think they saw eachother again. I never read anything about the daughter asking for money. Joni sought her, not the other way around. Daughter was hesitant on meeting. Must have been hard for both. Very sad
I DREAMED I SAW THE BOMBERS, RIDING SHOTGUN IN THE SKY, TURNING INTO BUTTERFLIES, ABOVE OUR NATION. WE ARE STARDUST, WE ARE GOLDEN, AND WE'VE GOT TO GET OURSELVES.....BACK TO THE GARDEN. JONI MITCHELL...YOU ARE THE SWEET ,PEACEFUL, ANGEL, OF MY LIFETIME.
Une des personnes les plus talentueuses et les plus intrigantes du monde de la musique américaine. Une joie de la revoir et de la réentendre. Je crois qu'elle restera dans notre futur comme une grande et belle poétesse, une sorte de grand classique à la manière d'un Bob Dylan et d'une Billie Holiday.
Dear George Paolini and others, I left a comment under George's... thinking for here although it went under his... Please read and maybe we can make something special happen for Joni Mitchell and history, touching her heart as she has done for all of us and more. I don't know how to try to make this occur but together maybe we all can. Thank You All, with Love, P. 🕊️
An excellent documentary, filling in some of her later work for me , but I was surprised that there was nothing from The Hissing of Summer Lawns , which I rate highly .
Wayne Shorter and Jaco Pastorius I knew from Weather Report, but names like Airto Moreira, Don Alias, Manolo Badrena, John Guerin I learned from the cover of "Don Juans Reckless Daughter". Who else wrote songs just to fulfill a contract, resulting in bringing those musicians together?
The music press, just like the political activists who call themselves journalists, are an agency of restriction, and mean spirited definition-who cares what the critics, and the arrogant musical press think? Joni is a true musician with the capacity to grow and change: this is beyond them.
Joni, have loved you over the years. I was transfixed, as a musician & adolescent, you helped me get through but what happened to the kid you had at such an early age? Did someone with so much class just dump this kid at a foster home? It matters, you as a person & you as a musician.
I cried so many times watching this. She is the embodiment of creativity and muse. Grounded in reality like most humans never experience and has the ability to crystalize life and nature into song. She is simply singular in this regard.
I thought I knew Joni and her work. I had no idea. I am overcome with tears at the beauty and honesty of her life and music. Joni, I love you, 40 years of beautiful music, and I never understood until today. Respect.
Joni's music is not dated. It remains fresh with every hearing. Every song seems to have something new to say each time I hear it. Great talent, Great Spirit. Thank you Joni.
When we were young we knew all the words to every song Joni Mitchell composed & sang. She was a tremendous influence in my late teens and early to mid 20's. She helped me navigate and define my sweetest loves and greatest heartbreaks. She gave a voice to many of my deepest thoughts. Love her to this day. Thank you, Joni for getting me through such tender ages! Case of You, River and Willie, For Free - some of my faves. "Ohhh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on....."
I remember when I was in my early twenties, I used to go to a bar called Courtney's in my home town, where they had a trio playing- female singer, guitarist and bassist- and she used to do a spot-on emulation of Joni Mitchell, my favorite was 'Twisted' off the Court and Spark album. Every time I hear her, I think of those days. I don't remember the name of the singer or even the band, but I remember that cover song! I also love the song 'River'..
I hope she knows how much we appreciate her brilliance, her amazing 🎁 gifts . She is certainly very admired, very loved, and we miss her. We worry about our beloved artist....🌹❤️✌️👍👏👏🙏 What an incredible openness, simply amazing.
Searching for musicians of my youth like Crosby, Stills and Nash or Carly Simon I came across this documentary. It was four o'clock in the morning but I was so fascinated, that I could not stop watching.
Thank you, Joni, for being a small part of me...
Steffen from South West Germany
!:21:49 "Basically the reason I am so unruly in this business is because I never wanted to be a human juke box" Wonderful lady...years ahead of her time....
Well done. I've loved her music for practically all my life. There's been no performer with such honesty and integrity.
A great documentary on Joni's influences on us and the world, with her unique music, like no other.
I discovered her music at about the time that the Court and Spark album was released, near my 20th birthday, and I couldn't help then to just buying up every prior album of hers, and then every next album that released after it. I soon met my wife to be, and eventually found that she too had also purchased the Court and Spark album.
I became even more interested at the time of Joni's next album, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, showing her sudden heavy increase in a sophisticated Jazz influence, as my wife and I eventually attended her 1979 tour concert, where she featured many numbers from that album and the Hejira album in the concert.
Her next album Hejira, I realized with the first tracks I heard on local FM radio in Portland Oregon where I still reside in my hometown today, especially the title track to that album, nearly knocked me to the ground, and brought me to tears. Who could not relate to what she's talking about on a solo road trip by oneself in such loneliness. The expression of existentialism in that albums title song still today, I now identify with the famous line by an ancient philosopher, I think it's Socrates - the unexamined life is not worth living.
When I hear that title track to that album still today I have the same reaction as it personally hits me hard about my solo West Coast Pacific thousand plus miles road trips every winter to California.
I was pleasantly surprised to see a music writer from NPR radio appear at 1:07:14 on the time bar, Tom Manoff.
I accidentally, and ironically, ran into him almost 20 years ago, as he was travelling through the east side of Portland Oregon one night and had stopped at a 24-hour coffee house near my home where I had a large telescope set up allowing the public to observe celestial objects through it, which I've provided this public service for thousands of hours ever since taking a 10,000 mile cross country road trip, with a solar research grade telescope in 2000. I later spoke about this on National Public Radio on their Talk of the Nation discussion on March 14th of 2005, I believe this was a few years after I spoke to Tom Manoff.
Manoff was writing a story about Johannes Kepler, the famous astronomer, and he had told me he wanted to make me famous about what I was doing for the public.
I think I explained to him that I'd already been in the newspapers across the nation, spoke on television news, and had a brush with fame being over-publicized about my self-initiated sidewalk astronomy for the past several years.
So I was pleasantly surprised in this documentary on Joni Mitchell when she admitted that she didn't like being put up on a pedestal and others trying to over publicize her into excessive fame.
As I spoke that first time on NPR's Talk of the Nation on March 14th 2005, they were discussing the famous Andy Warhol line, that everybody will be famous for 15 minutes. I was the second caller to call in. I told the story about the 10,000 mile road trip I made across the nation, and into Eastern Canada, borrowing my local astronomy clubs hydrogen-alpha solar research grade telescope to allow thousands to observe the sun safely through it, but that my own local club rather persecuted me when I returned home, as some people in the club claimed I was just doing this to become famous in the news.
This NPR Talk of the Nation discussions can be accessed through their archives to review it, by date and title - The 16th Minute of Short-lived Fame, is a book title and the author they interviewed about it. What is shocking is toward the end of this 35 minute discussion at about the 20 minute point on the time bar, they bring on a Doctor of psychology that describes a condition of what fame can do to some people.
I was quite sorrowed to hear when Joni had suffered her brain aneurysm in about 2015, and hospitalized for so long. I see where she eventually appeared to receive the Les Paul guitar award about a year ago and she was escorted by Herbie Hancock to the stage to receive it, as she struggled to speak briefly, to express her thanks. I hope she is still improving and doing better.
There's talk that she wants to try to perform again if she's eventually able to.
I think now more than ever for the public to see her perform again, could save the world.
A singular artist. There's really no one you can compare her to, female or male.
I appreciate this documentary, I played her music on my piano thinking I wanted to become a musician, but went on to design clothing. Drugs in that in the industry drove me out and into nursing and now I'm into watercolor painting. Wonderful how life flows on... I respect Joni and her music, original and fun!
Breathtakingly brilliant and beautiful
She's incomparable.
No ear pieces here, just flawless music and inspired words. Amazing metaphors, jumping off the page and smoothly forming such beautiful images....
This was one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. The summing up at the end was emotional. I did not realize what a very good painter she is. I also want to say that whoever wrote the string arrangement for the end version of 'Both Sides Now' wrote s gorgeous score.
I agree with all your points. FYI: the orchestra arrangement that you referenced was written by Vince Mendoza, who is a top level orchestrator/arranger/composer with many interesting project credits.
@@MusicLiberates Vince Mendoza? Nice! Vince Mendoza is LEGEND with Metropole Orkest. He has arranged and released recordings with my idols Elvis Costello, John Scofield, and João Bosco, just to name a few. AMAZING! And Joni's Both Sides Now version from her retirement show lives on my iPhones. The arrangement is pure magic, transposed down to meet her current vocal range, and with her performance, it communicates the deep gravitas of her life. Goosebumps...
Best documentary I have seen to date on Joni.
I can remember the very first time I heard Joni, I was at summer camp in Michigan, Camp Henry. I have listened to her ever since. Her music still stirs my soul to this day. Her music is my treasure
It's high time that they made a biographical documentary worthy of 'our' Joni, and this is it!
Joni is an amazing artist who for years created such great songs.
You are lucky if you see a talent like this in your lifetime. All the singer/songwriters that I grew up listening to were in awe of Joni Mitchell. Her talent did not have a deep end. That would indicate a finite end of it. Her words, her angelic voice, her innovative playing.... I have very talented female musician friend, and she often played Joni songs among close friends. I asked her once to sing a Joni Mitchell song in public, and she said no. I asked her why not, because she is a very talented singer and guitar player. Her answer was that she revered those songs so much that she was afraid could not do them justice. They are almost like hallowed ground....you just don't tread there.
Joni Mitchell was just apart of my life. It was like driving down the same streets and doing the dishes, she was just just apart of everything. I adored her. She sure got me through a lot of bad moments.
A true gifted artist, as she sings on and on her lonely road seeking someone, I was too as a Jew who rejected His amazing grace and friendship, now I am changed and am never alone in His joy of salvation. Stars in my eyes and am told I am too happy. Yet, it is worth it. thank you Joni and all...the way to true paradise that is never gone!
thanks again for singing your heart and appreciation of Bobby Dylan who came to the truth too! i lived in shame too Joni, till i came to His forgiveness. Once someone told me, 'you look like you lost your best friend' i even became suicidal...yet the truth of Joy to the World came to me ..thankfully!
I remember, when an old buddy of mine met his soon-to-be wife ( and now have two brilliant children ! ). We were up at Mheagre Creek hot-springs, just rockin' his van and playin'' Joni's album, Blue, all night. Match made in Heaven, I think.
Here on Joni’s 80th for another watch - I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched this doc. Every time the woman talks about I Had A King, I burst into tears. There is something about Joni… A once in a century talent. No one like her. Like a comet passing by. Bright, shining, other-worldly ❤
So glad my life has had her soundtrack of creativity woven into it. Always admired her stark honesty and self examination. A hard thing to do but its outcome is her unique, wonderful, poetic repertoire. Thanks for this film.
I have so many favorites. Seeing this now explains why she wrote so many of those amazing songs with so much soul.
What love and inspiration! My deepest Respect! A self-made woman that remained true to herself - with heart and Soul!
The portion about her collaboration with Charlie Mingus is so touching! The music was made for her voice!!!
I never understood the disappointment and criticism of Mingus. It's masterpiece of collaboration & celebration, and showed the wide range Joni could go into and bring it all out. My absolute favorite, funky, fast and slow motion. Everyone missed out the sublime pleasure & inspiration & liberation I got from these pieces of swing! Brilliant, everything she does and creates.
Wow! My heart! Such a gift, naming our whole generation, every curve and flow into now!! Infinite gratitude🙏
Joni...you are a genius...you are the complete artist.
Thank you so much for making all of us fellow Canadians so proud!!!
You are a Legend!!!
Very well done documentary! shows the life of this incredible artist sailing in an ocean of love and music. Amazing woman.
You reminded me of Toni Childs " Where's The Ocean " and her " Sea of Love ". Look it up everyone, you might enjoy that too, it's quite unique I think. Love to All, especially Joni, Stay Well 🕊️
What I’ve always seen is an indomitable spirit, a free, untethered natural talent.
What an absolutely sensational documentary! Joni o Joni we love you
A true artist. It makes my heart ache.
Incredibly talented, noone else like her. I miss the music of those days...what I grew up with singing and playing..
Beautiful and brilliant. Thank you Joni. You are so appreciated and loved by so many.
Joni: humanity's treasure.
So many heartfelt, sensitive comments left here. Her ability to inspire and awaken emotions within us is just one of her gifts. Yes, this is how I feel. I just can't articulate, sing, play or find the time to feel it. Thank you Joni.
I love what she says about chords, that they're "depictions of emotions". I read somewhere that Django, although mostly thought of as a "lead guitarist", actually was most intrigued by chords. "Chords of inquiry", Joni calls them. I so get that.
One of a kind, for all of time.. I'm so grateful to this amazing woman. Such wonderful talent. Thank you for sharing yourself with us all Joni.
Absolutely wonderful, stirring emotions and memories.
Unique, very talented, amazing dedication to music.
She is simple brilliant. musically and literically.
Yeah, and artistically (painting) as well☮️
Thank you so much for this excellent documentary. Joni Mitchell is a great artist.
Oh! Wonderful!! I have loved Joni forever. I had no idea she had a child, what a lovely gift she was able to reunite in such a way! I hope they maintained their relationship. She looked happier than I've ever seen her. Thank you thank you for posting this gem, everyone should see it! ❤
I have loved Joni Mitchell since 1967, she is my all time favorite singer songwriter, I love so many musicians, but she is so different and special than anyone else I’ve ever heard. Her songs are a huge part of the soundtrack of my life. Love you Joni!!!
What a great documentary of one of the most talented and deeply insightful artist. Thank you! Her story will always be relevant.
Hello how are you doing today..
She was and is a hell of a guitar player, bonus a fascinating Artist and a human being. Happy to hear Blu and everything about Joni Mitchell.
Joni Mitchell, the voice of humanity. Mesmorising! 💗
Prince put her alongside James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis and Sly Stone in his lexicon of inspirations.
stuarm2002 Prince did a wonderful version of Joni's song, A Case of You. she also gets a mention in one of his songs. the Ballad of Dorothy Parker. He was a huge admirer of Joni.
Though he himself isn't to be mentioned in the same breath as any of them.
@@Dr170 well, not by you obviously, and you would be correct in expressing your opinion, as an opinion.
Where was princes part in the documentary?
Perhaps they could be put alongside Her ...
Joni Mitchell, the backdrop of my life!
Gracias Guido, gracias Guido por este video.
I’ve been a professional musician for 50 years. When I was a teenager I wanted to be the male Joni Mitchell. And I’m dead serious about that! She is a tremendous force of nature and a contradiction in every meaning of the word. She chain smokes incessantly, often having more than one cigarette going at a time. Friends of mine have spent time in her house and have said that every square inch of her home is painted by Joni. Every doorway, every window frame, everything A glorious adornment of color and all of it six or seven shades darker as it’s covered in tobacco smoke stain. Passionate and loving and intelligent and articulate, seriously independent, and fierce in the best meaning of the word, and yet extraordinarily bitter and hateful towards the music industry. And who can blame her? The music industry is formalized rape and pillage and they should all be swallowed up into one of Dante‘s circles of hell. But then she straps on the guitar. And she steps up to the microphone. And even now, wizened and old and bitter and somewhat hateful at more than a little crazy she sings our dreams back to us with a voice not like angels but more like God. And now she has MS and she can no longer really play all those guitars with all those different tunings. For a time she played a Parker Fly guitar that Ken custom made for her. And she ran it through, I believe it was a Korg product, that changed the tuning of the guitar. Because she used to go out on the road with three guitar techs and 20 guitars and she was just too weak to do that anymore. I hope she lives to be 500 years old, but most of all my wish for Joni Mitchell is for her to feel at peace and know that she is respected and deeply loved by regular working men and women all over the world. Because after all, we are all on that lonely road, traveling, traveling, traveling….
I loved hearing about her turning her home into an extraordinary work of art in every nook and cranny. I can see it in my mind. It’s a delicious thought. Thank you for sharing that.
She’s lovely in every way & a courageous woman too!👑🌺🌜🌙✨🥰💕❤️
One of the best things I’ve seen on here in awhile. It made me cry.
Great story about an incredibly gifted artist
Stunning!
what a beautiful, complex artist. Many of those songs touch me deeply in such a bittersweet way. Muchas Gracias for the upload.I have been waiting a long time for a good biography on Joni. When was this film made?
It says 2003 in the end credits.
@@mondegreen9709 According to a recent bio, the "happy ending" of the video (reunion with her daughter and grandchildren) did not last--also a continuing feature of this amazing life and work
We really do obtain wisdom through difficulty!
Clouds is my favorite album of hers, I love that album so much! 🥀
A great painter too.
Incredible musician, poet, singer and composer, incredible songs what a woman....... what a human being.
Wow am I ever late to the game on this one! Fine doc. on the still (but not for long) historically undervalued Joni Mitchell with lots of archival footage and input from the essential players. Through the decades she has always evinced a very firm grasp of the changing social issues, yet what a smart move to dwell on her song "Amelia" mid way as I believe those lyrics are key to our understanding of this women's artistry and deep excavations , in song, of the soul.
BESIDE so many deep good feeling she gave to share .II discovered her lp for Charly summer 1980 listening to her in the echo of the see in east Corfu GREECE . ABSOLUTE high quality Jazz period with free musicians. MICHAEL ,JACO, Rip And Pat That band was just heaven sounding ...Got the double LP 8 month later on Big apple Manhattan east side walk record shop .Her Lp was in "out of fashion" row, cheap and bargained . 3 bucks ..At this time in France it would sell a fortune as import . I felt so shocked when the young lady answered to me ..."Well, it did not sell well, so we discount it" ....It seems she was just selling heaven music without knowing a dam note of it . Yes Joni was in an awesome period, was singing and playing like no one did before . And every time life is too heavy to me joni's songs from LIGHT AND SHADOWS are just helping my soul to recover from sadness and defeatment. Being a painter since 1967 I am absolutely in love with her pictural work She masters paint as well .I can really feel her that way. What a desirable human being .She plays and paint the same .
Thank you Joni for your time on earth with us .And may you read theses words.
You make me feel like there is something so graceful an plain behind the curtain, I wish I"ll walk that backstage on your notes ! Love Joni.
DAUGENN.( from france )
There's no one else like Joni. Masterful. Thank you, Joni Mitchell!
Wow, Wow and Wow, what an inspirational human
I have a huge desire to learn everything I can about Joni Mitchell's life I believe this is well done
She has affected my life musically more than any other creator that I have been exposed to
Then you should definitely look up on TH-cam her extended CBC interview. She tells a ton about her life
Simply The Best
Brilliantly unique
My appreciation💕
Looks like there's no right time and right place. There's time and place.
Now here...
Fantastic Share!!!
Thank you so very much your magnificant upload - THANKS 🙏🏻🤗
Continue the the very fine works of yours- Please☺️
Best Regards 👍😊
Cuando uno conecta con la obra artística de Joni Mitchell resulta imposible no amarla. Gracias Joni.
Joni had to go through the same dilemma that happened to Dylan when he went electric. It's always such a shame when the "Industry/Business" turns to Stone over a frigging "Hit Song."
Kills growth, kills development...kills good people.
100% facts
The profit motive consolidates and streamlines, not innovate.
Not a coincidence that so much the of the creativity at the time were people grouping for affinity and creating community.
“It’s good crop rotation”
Always a Canadian prairie girl @ heart. So wonderful, so beautiful, so inspirational.
Very interesting influential singer.
She is a fantastic guitar player also.
I am, what they call, a "true Hip-Hop head. However, the Blue album does something for me.
this is really a well done doc - I'm sure it took a lot of work thanks so much for doing it - it's good to see her lighten up and become whole at the end
Well done to Joni Mitchell, stuck for words, she's got them all, in wonderful fashion. Her daughter's voice is very similar, so glad of this reunion.
Reunion didnt last long. Joni and daughter have been estranged for many years now
@Blue Skies her daughter called the cops on joni when they were at joni's house. Idk what went wrong but joni slapped her. It didnt go well and I dont think they saw eachother again. I never read anything about the daughter asking for money. Joni sought her, not the other way around. Daughter was hesitant on meeting. Must have been hard for both. Very sad
Been listening since'Songs for a seagull,'the LP 'Wild things run fast' my fave❤
phenomenal documentary, wish it was longer
oh yes she really knew life and her muse ruled her throughout
brilliance. will see her soon in LA.
Immensa, universale.
I love you Joni.
I DREAMED I SAW THE BOMBERS, RIDING SHOTGUN IN THE SKY, TURNING INTO BUTTERFLIES, ABOVE OUR NATION. WE ARE STARDUST, WE ARE GOLDEN, AND WE'VE GOT TO GET OURSELVES.....BACK TO THE GARDEN. JONI MITCHELL...YOU ARE THE SWEET ,PEACEFUL, ANGEL, OF MY LIFETIME.
Truly phenomenal
Une des personnes les plus talentueuses et les plus intrigantes du monde de la musique américaine. Une joie de la revoir et de la réentendre. Je crois qu'elle restera dans notre futur comme une grande et belle poétesse, une sorte de grand classique à la manière d'un Bob Dylan et d'une Billie Holiday.
Her beautiful voice
Dear George Paolini and others, I left a comment under George's... thinking for here although it went under his...
Please read and maybe we can make something special happen for Joni Mitchell and history, touching her heart as she has done for all of us and more. I don't know how to try to make this occur but together maybe we all can. Thank You All, with Love, P.
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Crying 🥰
God given Talent
An excellent documentary, filling in some of her later work for me , but I was surprised that there was nothing from The Hissing of Summer Lawns , which I rate highly .
Yes, and so few seem to listen it seems. I can't get hardly anyone I know to just..... Listen.
Excellent thank you
JONI MITCHELL IS MY ULTIMATE ROLE MODEL
wonderful - completely!!!
18:58 - Joni, was playing 'over the neck' ..long before most other guitar players :)
Wayne Shorter and Jaco Pastorius I knew from Weather Report, but names like Airto Moreira, Don Alias, Manolo Badrena, John Guerin I learned from the cover of "Don Juans Reckless Daughter". Who else wrote songs just to fulfill a contract, resulting in bringing those musicians together?
The music press, just like the political activists who call themselves journalists, are an agency of restriction, and mean spirited definition-who cares what the critics, and the arrogant musical press think? Joni is a true musician with the capacity to grow and change: this is beyond them.
Joni, have loved you over the years. I was transfixed, as a musician & adolescent, you helped me get through but what happened to the kid you had at such an early age? Did someone with so much class just dump this kid at a foster home? It matters, you as a person & you as a musician.
Do your research, wench, she has a history of all that, documented.
I cried so many times watching this. She is the embodiment of creativity and muse. Grounded in reality like most humans never experience and has the ability to crystalize life and nature into song. She is simply singular in this regard.
Same… straight chills and sobs when she shares about Woodstock and then they cut to her singing the song.
❤❤❤🌻
Yes! Absolutely!
This is a brilliantly conceived and executed documentary. Thanks
I AGREE !
Yes it is
Yes,wonderful.
This is so beautiful, so instructive, so inspiring. I loved every bit of this story of her life !
What I see is a woman who has stayed true to herself and her art.
PS holds away not away
Darn I wrote holds sway NOT away
Pity you can’t have that and marriage. But I’ve rarely seen it.
Nobel Prize?
I thought I knew Joni and her work. I had no idea. I am overcome with tears at the beauty and honesty of her life and music. Joni, I love you, 40 years of beautiful music, and I never understood until today. Respect.
Joni's music is not dated. It remains fresh with every hearing. Every song seems to have something new to say each time I hear it. Great talent, Great Spirit. Thank you Joni.
When we were young we knew all the words to every song Joni Mitchell composed & sang. She was a tremendous influence in my late teens and early to mid 20's. She helped me navigate and define my sweetest loves and greatest heartbreaks. She gave a voice to many of my deepest thoughts. Love her to this day. Thank you, Joni for getting me through such tender ages! Case of You, River and Willie, For Free - some of my faves. "Ohhh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on....."
I remember when I was in my early twenties, I used to go to a bar called Courtney's in my home town, where they had a trio playing- female singer, guitarist and bassist- and she used to do a spot-on emulation of Joni Mitchell, my favorite was 'Twisted' off the Court and Spark album. Every time I hear her, I think of those days. I don't remember the name of the singer or even the band, but I remember that cover song! I also love the song 'River'..
I also do a cover of 'The Circle Game'
I hope she knows how much we appreciate her brilliance, her amazing 🎁 gifts .
She is certainly very admired, very loved, and we miss her.
We worry about our beloved artist....🌹❤️✌️👍👏👏🙏 What an incredible openness, simply amazing.
Me too
Her writing in those 70s/commune days is so good