Joni is from Canada. Such an amazing singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and artist (she painted all her early album covers). Her soaring voice is one of a kind.
I think Joni is a genius songwriter, as well as a phenomenal musician. The 1970's was a time of extraordinary creative, highly original music. I love that the younger generations are discovering it.
Joni Mitchel is my all time top musician & her album "Blue" at the same slot. Her flowing beautiful lyrics & voice along side her gentle handling of dulcimer, guitar or piano made me fall in love with this gifted poet, troubadour & artist. Joni's music is with me forever. Please react to "A Case of you" you will not be disappointed. Thank you.
Who is Joni Mitchell? She is one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century. She sings, writes great songs, great poetry, plays many instruments at the virtuoso level, and is an accomplished painter. She does it all.
I adore watching a young person discovering the artists I grew up with. In a time with no music videos, and you were left these incredible memories. The music of my youth is still so stunning and I appreciate your enthusiasm so much. ❤
Joni is one of the best singer songwriters. She covers a lot of genres of music including folk, pop, rock, classical & jazz. She has had so many hits especially in the 60's-80's such as "Chelsea Morning", "The Circle Game", "Woodstock", "Raised On Robbery", "Free Man In Paris" etc.
One of the greatest singer-songwriters of the 60s-70s. She plays piano, guitar and other other stringed instruments. And is a painter. So many great songs. Favorites: River, Blue, Case of You, Cactus Tree, Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire. A great live performance is her "Woodstock." Love your reactions. New subscriber.
Joni Mitchell…..Canadian icon, not just a singer Rolling Stone named her one of the top ten songwriters of all time…..11 Grammys and many many more awards, she is also a painter. The album cover in the video is one of her self portraits.
This is probably Joni's best known song. It's a good one, but I think almost every song from her first two albums are her best stuff. Mostly just her voice and her guitar, no studio engineering/mixing with a lot of background instruments. It's well known that David Crosby produced her first album, and he made sure that studio engineering did not spoil the simple perfection of her singing and guitar playing.
I just found your channel last night and ended up watching it for hours . I really love how you don't interrupt and how much you seem to genuinely enjoy the music . Its like playing your favorite music for a friend who truly appreciates it (which is rare lol) Thank you :)
I don't know what time it is across the pond but It's early morning here in Dallas Texas and you always never fail to make my mornings with the music you play Sarah ❤ 👍
Oh, dear, you're so right : Joni Mitchell sang like an absolute goddess. Please, if you're new to her music, listen to all of it you can, and thank you for your reaction here, too. Cheers.
I love how not only are you swept away by the song and Joni's voice and her phrasing in passages, but I love how you immediately understood the essence of the song lyrics and articulated it so clearly. Sometimes we can miss out for years on the actual meaning of a song that we are musically swept away by.
Please dive more deeply here, Sarah; you'll find such an extensive wealth of spirit in song. Maybe give a listen to the songs of her BLUE album - River, A Case of You, Carey, Blue. There's a nice video of her performing Amelia (for Amelia Earhart), featuring guitarist, Pat Metheny on TH-cam. Thanks, Sarah - i'm certain exploring Joni Mitchell's work will bring you rewards that resonate with your love for music - Peace
Delightful to watch your face "light up" from Joni's amazing songwriting and singing! I've loved her music since the beginning, and it is so fun to see others experience her magic for the first time! 🥰
That song came out in 74 when I was a student in University of North Alabama I was on the tennis team, we were playing tennis and they put that song on the intercom that one was my favorite one
My favorite from Joni Mitchell is "Big Yellow Taxi". Counting Crows did a cover of it in the 90s and my band covered their version. But the lyrics are great and Joni sounds amazing on it.
It is true Joni is special. Unique. Unlike anyone else. And always sounds good. Your reactions are lovely as well, and I appreciate the depth and sincerity of them. Thank you Sarah!❤❤❤
I enjoyed watching you melt into the rhythms of this song. And that took me back to when I first heard it in 1974. Joni Mitchell is an amazing singer and song writer and the album Court and Spark one of those quintessential pieces. So glad you enjoyed her Song Help Me.
Hello there, Sarah. I managed to land here again because it came across my feed & it's Joni Mitchell, right? So I dropped in & listened to it again, only to find, after deciding to leave a comment, that the most recent comment already here was also from me, a month ago. I've commented on a lot of YT videos before, but that's never happened before! Just so you know up front, I'm not some kind of weird stalker. It just happened this way by chance. So, on to the comment I decided to leave -- There's an element of this wonderful song that is decidedly tricky, because the manner in which a specific part of the lyrics are sung makes it exceptionally easy for them to be misinterpreted into something else. I'm talking about the several times in the song where the lyrics refer to liking one's own freedom. It's "like you love your freedom" in one verse, "like we love our freedom" in another, and there may be a third pronoun in play in a different verse, but regardless of which verse and which pronoun you examine, they all have something in common : the words "but not", sung very quickly and without emphasis, to the extent that a LOT of people don't even realize they're there, and thus get the meaning of the lyric entirely wrong. It's not "you love your loving like you love your freedom," which says the two loves are equal, but rather "you love your loving, but not like you love your freedom," which says the love of freedom is the stronger of the two loves. It's the same in every case of this lyrical formulation in this song. Joni sings repeatedly that her and her fellow's love of freedom is greater than their love of loving (i.e. love-making). This makes complete sense (whereas the equal-loves idea doesn't) if you understand the culture of the time. I know, because I was there. Sex was great, but freedom was THE thing. For sure. If you doubt this, you can look up the lyrics, but be warned : there are a LOT of faulty lyrics out there, and in this particular case, I wouldn't doubt at all that you can find versions that leave "but not" out. I just now googled "lyrics help me joni mitchell" and got correct lyrics, but do be careful where you look. If you want to remove all doubt, you might find the lyrics printed on the original album cover or record sleeve. A close listen, though, should be enough. (In the first instance in this recording, the "but" appears to be left out, but I believe that's because it's sung so rapidly that it gets "swallowed", i.e. elided, left out.) Anyway, thanks for the reaction. Joni is one of the all-time goddesses of song. Glad you found her. Cheers.
I feel this song is a bit of a confessional for Joni. She was in a number of relationships, often with other musicians, but none could hold onto her and her need for freedom.
She performed at the Grammys last week, at the age of 80 performing her brilliant composition "Clouds." Joni is one of the greatest talents to emerge from the music scene in the late 60s-70s. Brilliant writer and singer who can almost reach notes only dogs can hear, she is also a brilliant painter. Her writing style and her singing style is very painterly as well. She can touch you deep in your soul, she can sing deep truths, and she can make you laugh and think at the same time. Tempting as it is, I'm not going to leave you with a long list of my favorites. I am going to tell you that you should begin to explore Joni's catalog. You will not regret it.
She dated David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. He famously said "You could play her a song you just wrote and she could play you three songs she wrote the last night that were even better"
Get her album "Blue", make some tea and listen to the whole album. It's one of the great albums from this era of music. She is touring this year for the first time in many, many years.
Great reaction, thank you. Joni had a way of representing the feelings of the women of her generation. Try “judgment of the moon and stars” (it’s sort of about Beethoven) or “down to you” or “the jungle line” next!
4:00 - "f I sang like her my mouth would never be shut." Wow, wonderful expression for admiring the talents of an artist. Joni Mitchell is special, and your reaction lovely. Looking out for more of you reactions to Joni Mitchell. There is one more singer who has such an surprising range in her voice; Judee Sill. Her music has another atmosphere, and her live story was different from Joni's as well, and unfortunately she seems to fade in obscurity. In the early 70s she had a hit with "Jesus Was A Cross Maker", that appealed to all (no religious affiliation needed). She made only two albums :Judee Sill" and "Heart Food". Some of her songs can be found here on TH-cam. I suggest "The Kiss" and take it from there (to The Donor, Blackbird, Crayon Angels, etc.). The Kiss (with a 50 second introduction) : th-cam.com/video/0feFedDW_iQ/w-d-xo.html The Pearl : th-cam.com/video/hPOKfEl1e4s/w-d-xo.html These are both live performances, and they sound much like the studio recordings, so worth a watch and listen. And finally here is "Jesus Was A Cross Maker" : th-cam.com/video/kTAesI73E1U/w-d-xo.html
It's always a little weird-we know this song by heart and the history behind it- you don't before you react. You have no idea if this is one of her minor songs, or if it was one of her strokes of genius, a major hit. I'm going to watch and see what you think..................... (P.S.- it's the latter)
i like your appreciaion here,but as with so many artists,the earlier lps are better and more inspirational, so please hear her ist pl 'song to a seagull,and 2nd one 'clouds'
Her song "Woodstock" is great too, though Good Harvest has made a truly epic version of it worth checking out🤘😊👍: th-cam.com/video/8x-DoOYJn0M/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
Thanks for getting me to listen to this brilliant, jazzy tune for the first time in a long time. I wonder if you'd like a beautiful tear jerker by Ms. Mitchell, "River" - th-cam.com/video/bNYA0YvO_gA/w-d-xo.html River:
She is an album artist. She creates 1-2-3 albums for one generation of her music, then another generation of albums, and another. Listening to a handful of picked-over bones does NOT benefit the listener ALL ALL. Consume hers, whole albums at a time. Also notice that she was doing All Vocals or 10-12 albums. You will NOT get a sense of Joni's music by only hearing 2 or 8 songs. Start with Album #3 (LADIES OF THE CANYON) and listen the rest for a week at a time. Her first two albums (SONGS FOR A SEAGULL and CLOUDS are from her folk-club days primarily and can be a tad 'basic', but even on those two, there are gems.
I have never heard a Taylor Swift song in my life. Don't need to....our generation had this cool chick who by far blew us away and surpassed the "talent" of artists today, imho.
Joni is from Canada. Such an amazing singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and artist (she painted all her early album covers). Her soaring voice is one of a kind.
"WHO'S THIS VOCAL GODDESS?!" She's just the greatest singer/songwriter of the 20th century.
I think Joni is a genius songwriter, as well as a phenomenal musician. The 1970's was a time of extraordinary creative, highly original music. I love that the younger generations are discovering it.
I agree 100 percent 😎
"River" is my Joni Mitchell favorite!!
Joni Mitchel is my all time top musician & her album "Blue" at the same slot. Her flowing beautiful lyrics & voice along side her gentle handling of dulcimer, guitar or piano made me fall in love with this gifted poet, troubadour & artist. Joni's music is with me forever. Please react to "A Case of you" you will not be disappointed. Thank you.
Blue is my favorite album of hers.
Sarah you can never go wrong with Joni! 🙏✌️❤️
Joni is the queen without a king with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair that Led Zeppelin sang about in Going To California. ❤
She's not just a vocalist. She's a highly respected and loved jazz guitarist and pianist. She's from another dimension.
Oh, and she might do a little songwriting too, on occasion, so I hear …😂😂😂
And artist, a talented painter and I confess I love her but that's not good at my time of life sadly...
Agreed!
She’s stardust ✨
She's more than all that. She's a songwriter, poet, representative of more than just my generation, who heard her first.
Get it girl!!! Get every single album Joni Mitchell has made! It will make you a bigger person, a more whole human being.
Joni had the most incredible voice, bar none. So fortunate to have grown up with her music
One of those rare people who could write great material and sing like no other!
Who is Joni Mitchell? She is one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century. She sings, writes great songs, great poetry, plays many instruments at the virtuoso level, and is an accomplished painter. She does it all.
A great song of life is her "Circle Game" Love You
I adore watching a young person discovering the artists I grew up with. In a time with no music videos, and you were left these incredible memories. The music of my youth is still so stunning and I appreciate your enthusiasm so much. ❤
Joni is one of the best singer songwriters. She covers a lot of genres of music including folk, pop, rock, classical & jazz. She has had so many hits especially in the 60's-80's such as "Chelsea Morning", "The Circle Game", "Woodstock", "Raised On Robbery", "Free Man In Paris" etc.
One of the greatest singer-songwriters of the 60s-70s. She plays piano, guitar and other other stringed instruments. And is a painter. So many great songs. Favorites: River, Blue, Case of You, Cactus Tree, Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire. A great live performance is her "Woodstock." Love your reactions. New subscriber.
you covered it all !👌
Joni Mitchell…..Canadian icon, not just a singer Rolling Stone named her one of the top ten songwriters of all time…..11 Grammys and many many more awards, she is also a painter. The album cover in the video is one of her self portraits.
This is probably Joni's best known song. It's a good one, but I think almost every song from her first two albums are her best stuff. Mostly just her voice and her guitar, no studio engineering/mixing with a lot of background instruments. It's well known that David Crosby produced her first album, and he made sure that studio engineering did not spoil the simple perfection of her singing and guitar playing.
YOU'RE ONE OF KIND SARAH DON'T EVER CHANGE ❤
I just found your channel last night and ended up watching it for hours . I really love how you don't interrupt and how much you seem to genuinely enjoy the music . Its like playing your favorite music for a friend who truly appreciates it (which is rare lol) Thank you :)
Joni’s song….. A Case Of You…. Should be definitely be listened to
She has an angelic voice.
Such a classic vocalist transports me back to high school. The music of the 70s was astounding! Thanks Sarah ❤🙏🏼
So unique. Joni always worked with great musicians also.
I don't know what time it is across the pond but It's early morning here in Dallas Texas and you always never fail to make my mornings with the music you play Sarah ❤ 👍
Yes! Yes! Yes! I fell in love with Joni's music 50 years ago, I still love it ❤
A lovely reaction and first song of the day. Any and all music you find of Joni's will be just as amazing and beautiful.
You are in for such a journey she has many wonderful albums
Oh, dear, you're so right : Joni Mitchell sang like an absolute goddess. Please, if you're new to her music, listen to all of it you can, and thank you for your reaction here, too. Cheers.
One of the best albums in popular music.
An all time great writer as well as singer
I love how not only are you swept away by the song and Joni's voice and her phrasing in passages, but I love how you immediately understood the essence of the song lyrics and articulated it so clearly. Sometimes we can miss out for years on the actual meaning of a song that we are musically swept away by.
Her song "Circle Game" is one of my favorites.
A perfect track from her musically best album.
Please dive more deeply here, Sarah; you'll find such an extensive wealth of spirit in song. Maybe give a listen to the songs of her BLUE album - River, A Case of You, Carey, Blue. There's a nice video of her performing Amelia (for Amelia Earhart), featuring guitarist, Pat Metheny on TH-cam.
Thanks, Sarah - i'm certain exploring Joni Mitchell's work will bring you rewards that resonate with your love for music -
Peace
From the brilliant album Court and Spark.
Delightful to watch your face "light up" from Joni's amazing songwriting and singing! I've loved her music since the beginning, and it is so fun to see others experience her magic for the first time! 🥰
That song came out in 74 when I was a student in University of North Alabama I was on the tennis team, we were playing tennis and they put that song on the intercom that one was my favorite one
☺️🥰
I would suggest the song “Woodstock” live in the studio 1970.
When she was young she had a great beautiful voice. A true artist, and she was very musically independent.
My favorite from Joni Mitchell is "Big Yellow Taxi". Counting Crows did a cover of it in the 90s and my band covered their version. But the lyrics are great and Joni sounds amazing on it.
The "Big Yellow Taxi" in the song was a Toronto police car.
the timeless song that nobody has ever been able to copy or re-create........
It is true Joni is special. Unique. Unlike anyone else. And always sounds good. Your reactions are lovely as well, and I appreciate the depth and sincerity of them. Thank you Sarah!❤❤❤
I enjoyed watching you melt into the rhythms of this song. And that took me back to when I first heard it in 1974.
Joni Mitchell is an amazing singer and song writer and the album Court and Spark one of those quintessential pieces.
So glad you enjoyed her Song Help Me.
Her Blue Album is one of the greatest albums ever made. It's my # 3 album greatest all time. Absolutely brilliant beginning to end.
Thank you for your lovely, pleasant reaction to Joni Mitchell. I have so many favorite songs of hers and Help Me is definitely one of them.
I see that you heard the 70’s version of “ both side now” take a chance of the 2000 version you will blast in tears
Love Joni!! 👏
Hello there, Sarah. I managed to land here again because it came across my feed & it's Joni Mitchell, right? So I dropped in & listened to it again, only to find, after deciding to leave a comment, that the most recent comment already here was also from me, a month ago. I've commented on a lot of YT videos before, but that's never happened before! Just so you know up front, I'm not some kind of weird stalker. It just happened this way by chance.
So, on to the comment I decided to leave -- There's an element of this wonderful song that is decidedly tricky, because the manner in which a specific part of the lyrics are sung makes it exceptionally easy for them to be misinterpreted into something else. I'm talking about the several times in the song where the lyrics refer to liking one's own freedom. It's "like you love your freedom" in one verse, "like we love our freedom" in another, and there may be a third pronoun in play in a different verse, but regardless of which verse and which pronoun you examine, they all have something in common : the words "but not", sung very quickly and without emphasis, to the extent that a LOT of people don't even realize they're there, and thus get the meaning of the lyric entirely wrong.
It's not "you love your loving like you love your freedom," which says the two loves are equal, but rather "you love your loving, but not like you love your freedom," which says the love of freedom is the stronger of the two loves. It's the same in every case of this lyrical formulation in this song. Joni sings repeatedly that her and her fellow's love of freedom is greater than their love of loving (i.e. love-making). This makes complete sense (whereas the equal-loves idea doesn't) if you understand the culture of the time. I know, because I was there. Sex was great, but freedom was THE thing. For sure.
If you doubt this, you can look up the lyrics, but be warned : there are a LOT of faulty lyrics out there, and in this particular case, I wouldn't doubt at all that you can find versions that leave "but not" out. I just now googled "lyrics help me joni mitchell" and got correct lyrics, but do be careful where you look. If you want to remove all doubt, you might find the lyrics printed on the original album cover or record sleeve. A close listen, though, should be enough. (In the first instance in this recording, the "but" appears to be left out, but I believe that's because it's sung so rapidly that it gets "swallowed", i.e. elided, left out.)
Anyway, thanks for the reaction. Joni is one of the all-time goddesses of song. Glad you found her. Cheers.
Hissing of Summer Lawns is my favorite album...
You should check out Mitchell's 1966 Sudbury, CA B/W TV broadcast debut performing "Urge for Going".
Joni had so much talent, it grabs you and stays there.
She was our easy vibe girl of the mid-70s
fantastic talent from our nothern nieghbors in saskatoon...
The best songs about love are sung when they are in love themselves and it comes through. Singers of the day emoted their songs.
All her songs on Blue, For The Rose's and Court and Spark are wonderful. Have all her albums and the late 60's and 70's were better with her music.
On the subject of Canadian singers, be sure to look up Neil Young. He is one of the all time greats.
Real talent as opposed to the canned stuff they call music today.
One of the most (if not the most) beautiful voice ever.
I spent hours and hours just listening to this album the night my father died. Highest possible recommendation. Pick a track. Any track. Love Joni.
The Blue album is great. California is my fave Joni song. 💙 Have a listen.
I feel this song is a bit of a confessional for Joni. She was in a number of relationships, often with other musicians, but none could hold onto her and her need for freedom.
She performed at the Grammys last week, at the age of 80 performing her brilliant composition "Clouds."
Joni is one of the greatest talents to emerge from the music scene in the late 60s-70s. Brilliant writer and singer who can almost reach notes only dogs can hear, she is also a brilliant painter. Her writing style and her singing style is very painterly as well. She can touch you deep in your soul, she can sing deep truths, and she can make you laugh and think at the same time.
Tempting as it is, I'm not going to leave you with a long list of my favorites. I am going to tell you that you should begin to explore Joni's catalog. You will not regret it.
Agreed. However, the song is called "Both Sides Now," not "Clouds." Great comment though.
"I've seen a lot of hot, hot blazes come down to smoke and ash."
you remind me of the little boy in "Where The Wild Things Are" when you wear that adorably cute white snuggly outfit.
In addition to her other talents, IMO when in her prime she had the best voice in the world. One of my all time favs. Yes a goddess.
❤Joni❤
...We love our lovin'
But not like we love our freedom
There is nobody like Joni. Listen her album Blue, thought to be the 4th greatest album ever made. YOu will enjoy it.
She dated David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. He famously said "You could play her a song you just wrote and she could play you three songs she wrote the last night that were even better"
Her voice is so pure!
So many great songs!
Get her album "Blue", make some tea and listen to the whole album. It's one of the great albums from this era of music. She is touring this year for the first time in many, many years.
Great reaction, thank you. Joni had a way of representing the feelings of the women of her generation. Try “judgment of the moon and stars” (it’s sort of about Beethoven) or “down to you” or “the jungle line” next!
Both sides now is a great Joni song
I used to play this whole album over and over in my car until the tape broke !!
You should check out her "Free Man in Paris" next.
Thanks for listening to the song first.
not sure but I think Larry Carlton is lending Joni his musical genius on guitar ... gorgeous jazz influenced changes, progressions and phrasing
Her songwriting skills are incredible. Still.
Your awesome. Try Joni's " Don Juan's Reckless Daughter".
4:00 - "f I sang like her my mouth would never be shut." Wow, wonderful expression for admiring the talents of an artist.
Joni Mitchell is special, and your reaction lovely. Looking out for more of you reactions to Joni Mitchell.
There is one more singer who has such an surprising range in her voice; Judee Sill. Her music has another atmosphere, and her live story was different from Joni's as well, and unfortunately she seems to fade in obscurity. In the early 70s she had a hit with "Jesus Was A Cross Maker", that appealed to all (no religious affiliation needed). She made only two albums :Judee Sill" and "Heart Food". Some of her songs can be found here on TH-cam. I suggest "The Kiss" and take it from there (to The Donor, Blackbird, Crayon Angels, etc.).
The Kiss (with a 50 second introduction) : th-cam.com/video/0feFedDW_iQ/w-d-xo.html
The Pearl : th-cam.com/video/hPOKfEl1e4s/w-d-xo.html
These are both live performances, and they sound much like the studio recordings, so worth a watch and listen.
And finally here is "Jesus Was A Cross Maker" : th-cam.com/video/kTAesI73E1U/w-d-xo.html
All that acoustic guitar playing was Jonie too.
"A Free Man In Paris" next.
The Album sketch was painted by Joni.
Songbird❤❤
♥
"River".
Please do " The Dreaming" by Kate Bush.
A Case Of You
Look up Joan Armatrading.
New to Joni? Two words: Dive deep. no regrets.
It's always a little weird-we know this song by heart and the history behind it- you don't before you react. You have no idea if this is one of her minor songs, or if it was one of her strokes of genius, a major hit. I'm going to watch and see what you think..................... (P.S.- it's the latter)
The Original Hippie
Kids, don't smoke.
i like your appreciaion here,but as with so many artists,the earlier lps are better and more inspirational, so please hear her ist pl 'song to a seagull,and 2nd one 'clouds'
Her song "Woodstock" is great too, though Good Harvest has made a truly epic version of it worth checking out🤘😊👍: th-cam.com/video/8x-DoOYJn0M/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
Kindly react to Karen Carpenter for the song I HAVE YOU
Thanks for getting me to listen to this brilliant, jazzy tune for the first time in a long time. I wonder if you'd like a beautiful tear jerker by Ms. Mitchell, "River" - th-cam.com/video/bNYA0YvO_gA/w-d-xo.html
River:
Hi Sarah how are you doing this morning? I emailed three music video request again to you. One of them is another Ferlin Husky video you should enjoy!
I will check it out
@@SarahDengler Oh thank you I appreciate!
She is an album artist. She creates 1-2-3 albums for one generation of her music, then another generation of albums, and another. Listening to a handful of picked-over bones does NOT benefit the listener ALL ALL. Consume hers, whole albums at a time.
Also notice that she was doing All Vocals or 10-12 albums. You will NOT get a sense of Joni's music by only hearing 2 or 8 songs.
Start with Album #3 (LADIES OF THE CANYON) and listen the rest for a week at a time. Her first two albums (SONGS FOR A SEAGULL and CLOUDS are from her folk-club days primarily and can be a tad 'basic', but even on those two, there are gems.
I have never heard a Taylor Swift song in my life. Don't need to....our generation had this cool chick who by far blew us away and surpassed the "talent" of artists today, imho.
Maybe swift should listen to Joni and let’s see what will happen