This song defined my youth. The Hippy movement was first and foremost a peace movement. Joni Mitchell has chronicled my generation with truth and generosity.
My high school English teacher used to make us "study" Joni Mitchell but I didn't realize the depth of this song. We were given light, air, the earth and all of its plants and animals but the season of our discontent was that we realized we had no shirt, no shoes, no house, no bank account, no king.... Our diets now are hardly recognizable as food they are so full of additives, preservatives and artificials. Our water is full of contaminants. We need to get back to the garden, each 1 of us.
I am 17 years of age and I simply believe I was born in the wrong era. Music from this era was so meaningful and soulful. This is my most favorite song on earth! I hope they have another Woodstock! It would be amazing. ~ <3&Peace
@Kalah1313 Today, unlike in the sixties and seventies, kids in their pre-teens and up make up a huge chunk of the music buying market. Everything that is sold now is dumbed down to the lowest common denominator. If ten year olds had better taste in music things might be different. Besides, I don't think America these days wants to hear "left wing radical hippie marxist..".well, you know!
@Kalah1313 Kalah, check out Joanna Newsom. If you go to the Austin City Limits website and search there is a recent set. Very good and reminds me of Joni Mitchell, especially the beauty of her voice
And to think Simon Cowell and the other philistines who mind the gates these days would throw her out of the audition before she'd performed a single note... would she have got any sort of break at any other time than the late sixties?
Many creative people have demons they need to deal with, so what. Joni's music implies to me she was, at her bottom line, a good and gentle soul. Her music was incredibly good and infuenced so many others. I would agree that someone attacking her personally most likely has some interesting psychological reasons for doing so. What an incredibly great song.
she had no time for a husband or kids...they would have just weighed her down
it was said..."that the person who travels the lightest, travels the farthest"...
that philosophy served selfish joni well...
but who wants to wake up pushing 70 with no real family...sorry but those pals and the pets dont compare to a loving spouse and children you nurtured and raised properly...
joni re-united with her long lost daughter who she gave up for adoption as a baby...
They called her phoney Joni for a while cause she didnt go to Woodstock....I think she could have had the greatest time imaginable ..she was a superb soul ...she had a fuckstick for a boy friend at the time ,and he went, so thats why she didnt. Too bad she didnt hook up with Neil Y. instead ..but such is life..thanks for being anywhere Joni... I love ya
@The123ewq456 Joni didn’t go to Woodstock because she was already booked on the Dick Cavett show. CS&N told her all about the concert when they returned and she turned their stories into this great song…
stalking me now are you lol i noticed you blocked me you pitiful little worm, what does that say about you and the kind of person you really are
i was going to poke fun at you but one look at your profile tells me you've clearly got some kind of deluded mental illness so think i'll just rise above it and turn the other cheek or something as your holy father or whoever would advise
@robsayers2000 Robby, I blocked you because of your foul comments, nothing more, nothing less. It's actually you who's stalking myself, if you go to all the trouble (after I have indeed blocked you) of looking at my channel, and then commenting to myself using another channel. This shows the type of vindictive character that you really have yourself. I'll be praying for you, that you, yourself, also can be deluded and mental for The Son of God too! Blessings and love in Messiah Robby
Pretty hypocritical for a so-called follower of Jesus taking pleasure in anothers damnation. Biblically a SIN. Stupid redneck fuckstick. READ your fucking Bible of its the damn law.
@simonparnell1 Simon you're a beautiful person on the inside really aren't you? All the hatred in your words, I let them fall to the ground (where they belong) and return blessings to you, in the Mighty Name of Yeshua The Messiah!
perfection, absolute. And, something like a Picasso that can never be replicated in any way. There will never be another original like Joni, and back then at that.
I can see I am in the extreme minority here. In general I love Joni's work and love the lyrics and meaning of this song but I find this painful to listen to as the melody, range and notes she chooses seem disjointed and random.
for the longest time i thought this was a csny original. i imagine if heard the mitchell version first, i'd hate their version. it seems like a pop rock feel good destruction of her haunting performance here. this is great.
Zeppelins' reference to Joni makes sense. The individualism that Joni exhibited in her music/poetry was still timed to a generation that loved her kind of talent. Today, Joni would be told by Simon,"do you realize you are in a singing contest?". Not long ago the music industry recognized and embraced unique and awesome talent and promoted it because of its inspiration. Great music was prolific. Nevertheless, great music exists still- we just have to dig harder
@THEJET52 I'm not too sure Simon would dare make that comment with Joni ! LOL But The music industry also embraced a few other people that I KNOW Simon would have . Janis Joplin comes to mind . I myself can't stand her voice . It is Horrible -Yet I respect what she did and How she sang from the heart . Another is Springsteen Great songwriter mediocre at best voice . Yet he seems to be the industries darling ...
@biggpiston Well that is your prerogative : ) If I must pick a list of favs I would choose Seal , Mark Hollis from Talk Talk,Mark Farner from Grand Funk Railroad, Richard Ashcroft from The Verve and his solo efforts ,Elton John,John Denver ,etc etc, Not in any particular order ,The Boss is a very good songwriter, But I prefer the covers of his work . Such as "Spirits In The Night" By Manfred Mann .
@kbdevo1962 for me the boss, neil young, leonard cohen and long john baldry are pretty much my fav male voices, females would be gracie slick, patti smith and as bad as this sound kd lang has amazing bluesy voice
@biggpiston I have a TON favorite female vocalists . No particular order - Ali Rogers from Puracane - Toni Halliday from Curve . Billy Holliday Jazz singer - Kristy Thirsk from Rose Chronicles , Lou Rhodes from Lamb ...And a whole bunch I am forgetting at the moment : ) It's hard for me to pick my top favorite because they all sound so good . I guess Toni Halliday for her ability to sing so ether-realistically and Kristy Thirsk for her awesome vocal control .
@THEJET52 Thats the truth. And great sense of truth humour, but, if you heard Drew Ryniewicz doing Billie Jean (whom Simon thinks is great) you might amend that statement a bit.
Zeppelins' reference to Joni makes sense. The individualism that Joni exhibited in her music/poetry was still timed to a generation that loved her kind of talent. Today, Joni would be told by Simon,"do you realize you are in a singing contest?". Not long ago the music industry recognized and embraced unique and awesome talent and promoted it because of its inspiration. Inspiration is no longer valued. Cookie cutter music is.
@Wendyhasachannel jeah. do you share my opinion ? I guess Mitchell and the six feet under mom have substantial similarity in the way they look, don't they ?
@Wendyhasachannel I rewatched the entire 6FU series not long ago and the choice of this song, performed by Joni, from that specific scene was pure genius. The morning after the celebration, sun coming up over the canyon, perfect piece of art reflecting a time and mood long since gone. An ethereal beauty. Sigh. Thanks for knowing this. The scene haunts me daily.
@oneusualsuspect I discovered Six Feet Under the summer of 2006 I think, I netflixed the whole series and watched it all within a summer. Shortly after I bought the series pack. It's more than just a show, Alan Ball got it right with this one. Ruth always was a touching character, and nothing was more heart breaking than to see her loneliness in the scene mentioned. Also bought me to this song, and I became a fan of Joni ever since. Nice to see fellow fan. :)
tweiss1234 You are getting about half of this I think ... if you understood the devils bargain you'd be less science and more soul free I think... just a thought...I was not at woodstock but I was alive at the time. A time of possibilities ... a time when just maybe the bombers might just have morphed into butterflies.. but we are caught in the devils bargain and the bombers are still stealthily here...
@leigh3006 I agree, good point. I was blown away by Joni stating the fact that our bodies are physically made up of stardust (literally) - matter from exploding stars - that is the scientific truth. Thinking of life in that way I think makes nationalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, and all the other ills that plague society seem insignificant in retrospect. But, yes, even that is insignificant relative to how we treat one another. Just a different perpsecitve on things.
Name one current popular artist, male or female, who could compose and perform something of this beauty, depth, intricacy and meaning. Sorry Lady Gaga or Pink, not even you, not in the same planetary system ;>
I was about 20 years old when I first saw Joni perform at the Fillmore East. I was moved by her then and still moved by her now. I remember having to look up the meaning of words and places she used in her lyrics. Where is the Bay of Fundy anyway, is it anywhere near Newark Bay? :>)
What a soothing music. It's best not to actually listen and watch the clip, but to to do something, while listening to this, it could be a wonderful calming background music
Once you hear this, how can you possibly not understand where we were then?? I can still picture planes turning into butterflies. I wish I could have a great big party with all the folks that remember this the first time around. Maybe we could ask our kids or our grandkids to drive us there. I'm kinda tired of mud, but I still want the music to be turned up louder and louder!!
ughh. so you play the fuckin street corner and don't put your hat in front of you upside down to catch some change? just drop it man. money makes the world go round. deal with it or fuckin burn down the treasury
@DeweyDuck420 you're comparing catching change to signing with a major record label and letting your music be affected. the deciding factor in whether an artist has sold out or not is if their music is affected, basically, if they give up final creative control over their sound. which obviously, i do not, when i sign 5 hours straight and make maybe 6 bucks. money does not make the world go round. money is just a big fucking lie, things should be i grow you grow we both give.
One of the great lines that I never hear commented on: "We are stardust.
Billion year old carbon" has got to be the most scientifically literate line I've ever heard from a musician - not to mention mind-blowingly profound, and the literal truth. In my top 10 songs of all time. Best female song writer ever. Love you Joni!
@sheilaboy44 Ha! Another person trying to 'be the one' who defines what 'vulgar' is. Kinda like the ex-pres bushy...the decider. Are you a republican by any chance? I do notice you crassly scream at others in all caps. Toodles, sweetie, have a GREAT DAY.
@y0nd3r WHO SAID I WAS SCREAMING??? I ALWAYS WRITE IN CAPS...NO I HATE REPUBLICANS...NOT THAT DEMS ARE ANY BETTER. WE LIVE IN A VULGAR SOCIETY..LOOK AROUND YOU. I DONT LIVE IN A GLASS BUBBLE PRETENDING I DONT SEE THE DECAY.
@y0nd3r I have no idea what your point is???? U seem to want to have your own cake and eat it too. U come to this channel with Joni well knowing what her music is all about and bash people over the head for believing in her. I appreciate what she stands for as well as the music of the 60's. Unlike todays garbage it has left a signifucant mark...
@sheilaboy44 I can agree with the last part of your statement, although Joni is but one of many beautiful artists. The first part is unsupported and nonsensical. I merely responded to your comment above commanding everyone to stop cursing like you were everyones mama. STFU and enjoy the show. Thank you for not screaming.
@sheilaboy44 I came to Jonis channel just to escape the bs and fights everywhere else. Shes a great reminder of the stuff that at end of the day matter most, love,peace,creativity and your soul.
was not my purpose to get back to the garden their tiger was a simple go fuck yourself to someone who in my opinion was trying to slander or diminish a great artist
Just launched a new app for the iPhone/iPad/iPod called, RockHead. This song's in it along with other classics. It's a guess-the-next-lyric, funny, quirky, memory maze game. Pls check it out! (Just search RockHead on the app store, can't seem to post a link here). Thanks!
She is also the writer of this song. She has written most of her hits and album cuts. Beautiful inside and out, a real pioneer for women in rock who doesn't get the acclaim she should.
i have a carbon copy of the ''local people speak out Stop max's hippy music festival no 150,000 hippies here'' sign
greatwhite2746 5 days ago
hey! this isn't my usual pablum^^
smilingnihilist1 5 days ago
Timeless
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theregsband 1 week ago 3
This song defined my youth. The Hippy movement was first and foremost a peace movement. Joni Mitchell has chronicled my generation with truth and generosity.
williamhaywriter 1 week ago
My high school English teacher used to make us "study" Joni Mitchell but I didn't realize the depth of this song. We were given light, air, the earth and all of its plants and animals but the season of our discontent was that we realized we had no shirt, no shoes, no house, no bank account, no king.... Our diets now are hardly recognizable as food they are so full of additives, preservatives and artificials. Our water is full of contaminants. We need to get back to the garden, each 1 of us.
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I am 17 years of age and I simply believe I was born in the wrong era. Music from this era was so meaningful and soulful. This is my most favorite song on earth! I hope they have another Woodstock! It would be amazing. ~ <3&Peace
Kalah1313 2 weeks ago
@Kalah1313 Today, unlike in the sixties and seventies, kids in their pre-teens and up make up a huge chunk of the music buying market. Everything that is sold now is dumbed down to the lowest common denominator. If ten year olds had better taste in music things might be different. Besides, I don't think America these days wants to hear "left wing radical hippie marxist..".well, you know!
terrybeaton 2 weeks ago
@Kalah1313 Kalah, check out Joanna Newsom. If you go to the Austin City Limits website and search there is a recent set. Very good and reminds me of Joni Mitchell, especially the beauty of her voice
tutleyjr 4 days ago
And to think Simon Cowell and the other philistines who mind the gates these days would throw her out of the audition before she'd performed a single note... would she have got any sort of break at any other time than the late sixties?
TheAgProv 2 weeks ago
She is luminous in this video.
4SherylB 3 weeks ago
This song is so transporting,;a work by a great musician and poet.
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Many creative people have demons they need to deal with, so what. Joni's music implies to me she was, at her bottom line, a good and gentle soul. Her music was incredibly good and infuenced so many others. I would agree that someone attacking her personally most likely has some interesting psychological reasons for doing so. What an incredibly great song.
HerodotustheElder 1 month ago
Hauntingly Beautiful.
Siriacus 1 month ago
she had no time for a husband or kids...they would have just weighed her down
it was said..."that the person who travels the lightest, travels the farthest"...
that philosophy served selfish joni well...
but who wants to wake up pushing 70 with no real family...sorry but those pals and the pets dont compare to a loving spouse and children you nurtured and raised properly...
joni re-united with her long lost daughter who she gave up for adoption as a baby...
but...they are estranged again.
ChiroQuacker 1 month ago
@ChiroQuacker she got into a fistfight with the dear one and the cops had to be called
atfatw 3 weeks ago
They called her phoney Joni for a while cause she didnt go to Woodstock....I think she could have had the greatest time imaginable ..she was a superb soul ...she had a fuckstick for a boy friend at the time ,and he went, so thats why she didnt. Too bad she didnt hook up with Neil Y. instead ..but such is life..thanks for being anywhere Joni... I love ya
The123ewq456 1 month ago
@The123ewq456 Joni didn’t go to Woodstock because she was already booked on the Dick Cavett show. CS&N told her all about the concert when they returned and she turned their stories into this great song…
186kms 1 month ago
We are stardust, we are golden
and we got to REALIZE
THIS IS the Garden
pettapippo 1 month ago
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robsayers2000 1 month ago
We are Stardust. It's not loopy drugged up hippie talk about unicorns farting rainbows - it's a scientific fact. We are billion year-old carbon.
soyounoat 1 month ago 2
The only way 'back to the garden' is through Yeshua Ha Meshiach aka Jesus The Christ!
adysaxman77 1 month ago
@adysaxman77 You are correct! Baruch HaShem!!!
ppbird0 1 month ago
@ppbird0 Shalom & Baruch Ha Shem Adonai!
adysaxman77 1 month ago
@adysaxman77 oh for gods sake just fuck off with preaching this religious shit
robsayers2000 1 month ago
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adysaxman77 1 month ago
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stalking me now are you lol i noticed you blocked me you pitiful little worm, what does that say about you and the kind of person you really are
i was going to poke fun at you but one look at your profile tells me you've clearly got some kind of deluded mental illness so think i'll just rise above it and turn the other cheek or something as your holy father or whoever would advise
robsayers2000 1 month ago
@robsayers2000 Robby, I blocked you because of your foul comments, nothing more, nothing less. It's actually you who's stalking myself, if you go to all the trouble (after I have indeed blocked you) of looking at my channel, and then commenting to myself using another channel. This shows the type of vindictive character that you really have yourself. I'll be praying for you, that you, yourself, also can be deluded and mental for The Son of God too! Blessings and love in Messiah Robby
adysaxman77 1 month ago
Pretty hypocritical for a so-called follower of Jesus taking pleasure in anothers damnation. Biblically a SIN. Stupid redneck fuckstick. READ your fucking Bible of its the damn law.
simonparnell1 1 month ago
@simonparnell1 Simon you're a beautiful person on the inside really aren't you? All the hatred in your words, I let them fall to the ground (where they belong) and return blessings to you, in the Mighty Name of Yeshua The Messiah!
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- one o' my favorites by her.
mistersaussy 1 month ago
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mistersaussy 1 month ago
Joni Mitchell is the best! Check Lindsey Smith of The Regulars Band doing a cover of River. It's really nice :)
theregsband 2 months ago 2
This is Joni's alone.... it is made for her voice... no one can sing this song and have it give the same feeling.... absolutely beautiful....
Thumper1737 2 months ago
Artist
mudcatGS86 2 months ago
love the lyrics
hammertapping 2 months ago
That was amazing......my hairs are standing on end.....Joni your are a poet extrordinaire!
emcleod2192 2 months ago
Wow, I'm moist after this one... very soulful... beautiful!
glab19403 2 months ago
THIS IS THE BIG SUR FESTIVAL NOT WOODSTOCK!
randall642 2 months ago
@randall642 lol the song is called woodstock
samg12316 2 months ago
@randall642 The name of the song is Woodstock, DUMBASS!
jfj619 2 months ago
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innociazi 2 months ago
@randall642 this song is ABOUT Woodstock! She wasn't able to go to it but heard it was awesome so made this awesome song!
sherinone 2 months ago
@randall642: The all-caps text gave it away before I confirmed it by reading your post: You are a dumbass.
soyounoat 1 month ago
perfection, absolute. And, something like a Picasso that can never be replicated in any way. There will never be another original like Joni, and back then at that.
Catlovertea4 2 months ago
I can see I am in the extreme minority here. In general I love Joni's work and love the lyrics and meaning of this song but I find this painful to listen to as the melody, range and notes she chooses seem disjointed and random.
SaraTGinMD 2 months ago
@SaraTGinMD - you definitely are not "there," but that's okay. We don't expect you to be.
Catlovertea4 2 months ago
for the longest time i thought this was a csny original. i imagine if heard the mitchell version first, i'd hate their version. it seems like a pop rock feel good destruction of her haunting performance here. this is great.
barracudatheband 3 months ago
She has the voice of an angel and the cheekbones of a goddess.
brewingblues 3 months ago
Absolutely beautiful! It just sounds so pure..
kelseyhootie12 3 months ago
I usually can come up with something to say in the comments section. This time all I can come up with is... wow!
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WE LOVE YOU JESUS. AMEN
FRANCECHILD 3 months ago
Happy Birthday!
BoneMachine0 3 months ago
11/7/11 HAPPY 68th BIRTHDAY JONI.. PEACE
cocoalump 3 months ago
Amazing lyrics, voice, and time in history. We will never see talent and insight like this again, ever. Sad.
Piratetude 3 months ago 2
My Generation :)
leezee52 3 months ago
Zeppelins' reference to Joni makes sense. The individualism that Joni exhibited in her music/poetry was still timed to a generation that loved her kind of talent. Today, Joni would be told by Simon,"do you realize you are in a singing contest?". Not long ago the music industry recognized and embraced unique and awesome talent and promoted it because of its inspiration. Great music was prolific. Nevertheless, great music exists still- we just have to dig harder
THEJET52 3 months ago 62
@THEJET52 possibly one of the best comment iv seen on youtube. i dont often post comments or reply to comments, but ur spot on
timboclarke 3 months ago
@THEJET52 I'm not too sure Simon would dare make that comment with Joni ! LOL But The music industry also embraced a few other people that I KNOW Simon would have . Janis Joplin comes to mind . I myself can't stand her voice . It is Horrible -Yet I respect what she did and How she sang from the heart . Another is Springsteen Great songwriter mediocre at best voice . Yet he seems to be the industries darling ...
kbdevo1962 3 months ago
@kbdevo1962 mediocre voice is just a matter of opinion , i personally think the boss has one the best male voices the industry has ever seen
biggpiston 3 months ago
@biggpiston Well that is your prerogative : ) If I must pick a list of favs I would choose Seal , Mark Hollis from Talk Talk,Mark Farner from Grand Funk Railroad, Richard Ashcroft from The Verve and his solo efforts ,Elton John,John Denver ,etc etc, Not in any particular order ,The Boss is a very good songwriter, But I prefer the covers of his work . Such as "Spirits In The Night" By Manfred Mann .
kbdevo1962 3 months ago
@kbdevo1962 for me the boss, neil young, leonard cohen and long john baldry are pretty much my fav male voices, females would be gracie slick, patti smith and as bad as this sound kd lang has amazing bluesy voice
biggpiston 3 months ago
@biggpiston I have a TON favorite female vocalists . No particular order - Ali Rogers from Puracane - Toni Halliday from Curve . Billy Holliday Jazz singer - Kristy Thirsk from Rose Chronicles , Lou Rhodes from Lamb ...And a whole bunch I am forgetting at the moment : ) It's hard for me to pick my top favorite because they all sound so good . I guess Toni Halliday for her ability to sing so ether-realistically and Kristy Thirsk for her awesome vocal control .
kbdevo1962 3 months ago
@THEJET52 - hilarious on what Simon would say! How true.
Catlovertea4 2 months ago
@THEJET52 Thats the truth. And great sense of truth humour, but, if you heard Drew Ryniewicz doing Billie Jean (whom Simon thinks is great) you might amend that statement a bit.
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@THEJET52
I don't think it could be said much better. Kudos.
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THEJET52 1 month ago
Zeppelins' reference to Joni makes sense. The individualism that Joni exhibited in her music/poetry was still timed to a generation that loved her kind of talent. Today, Joni would be told by Simon,"do you realize you are in a singing contest?". Not long ago the music industry recognized and embraced unique and awesome talent and promoted it because of its inspiration. Inspiration is no longer valued. Cookie cutter music is.
THEJET52 3 months ago
OMG!
TheStoner60 4 months ago
what a voice!
merr497 4 months ago
By order of the adept (aikijb)
Dear Joni,
Our hour is mounting.
Hugs to you and
kisses
among yourselves & cheers!
aikijb 4 months ago
where was this gig?
SanaOvaisKhan 4 months ago in playlist Liked
@SanaOvaisKhan it was filmed for the BBC, so i'm assuming London :)
neilnriley 3 months ago
JUST WOW!
MrMuzikluvr 4 months ago
"i dreamed that i saw the bombers, riding shot gun in the sky." man do i love that line.
cole12890 4 months ago 13
@cole12890 That was when the military helicopters came in. They could have dropped a bomb, but instead they brought doctors.
sumflow 3 weeks ago
@sumflow i didnt know that. i figured it ment that everything was chaotic and then all of a sudden it was peaceful.
cole12890 3 weeks ago
I feel stoned.
terrigirl 4 months ago 3
It's probably the bet piano she ever played, I love the way she's reluctant to stop and adds an extra coda.
damonpeacock 4 months ago 4
I swear...this song just gets better and better every time I listen to it. Joni's vocals are incredible!
kuhntpunt 4 months ago 3
Genius.
SuperLadyjuliet 4 months ago 2
Anyone ever watch Six Feet Under? This song is featured in the series, in an amazing scene!
Wendyhasachannel 4 months ago 6
@Wendyhasachannel jeah. do you share my opinion ? I guess Mitchell and the six feet under mom have substantial similarity in the way they look, don't they ?
SetoneSetone 4 months ago
@Wendyhasachannel I rewatched the entire 6FU series not long ago and the choice of this song, performed by Joni, from that specific scene was pure genius. The morning after the celebration, sun coming up over the canyon, perfect piece of art reflecting a time and mood long since gone. An ethereal beauty. Sigh. Thanks for knowing this. The scene haunts me daily.
oneusualsuspect 2 months ago 2
@oneusualsuspect I discovered Six Feet Under the summer of 2006 I think, I netflixed the whole series and watched it all within a summer. Shortly after I bought the series pack. It's more than just a show, Alan Ball got it right with this one. Ruth always was a touching character, and nothing was more heart breaking than to see her loneliness in the scene mentioned. Also bought me to this song, and I became a fan of Joni ever since. Nice to see fellow fan. :)
Wendyhasachannel 2 months ago 2
Start with the first and work your way along. Progress with her. They are all great...especially from this period.
Kirkunik1 4 months ago
im new to this artist what is a good album to get to get me "started" i guess
1phreshprince1 5 months ago
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I started with court and spark....that got me hooked ;-)
JohnBraide 4 months ago
Una de las voces mas dulces en la historia del rock...one of the sweetest voices in rock history.
komaxlaredo 5 months ago
@komaxlaredo Actually Folk, not really Rock.
Either way its beautiful.
surfmiami 2 months ago
tweiss1234 You are getting about half of this I think ... if you understood the devils bargain you'd be less science and more soul free I think... just a thought...I was not at woodstock but I was alive at the time. A time of possibilities ... a time when just maybe the bombers might just have morphed into butterflies.. but we are caught in the devils bargain and the bombers are still stealthily here...
leigh3006 5 months ago 3
@leigh3006 I agree, good point. I was blown away by Joni stating the fact that our bodies are physically made up of stardust (literally) - matter from exploding stars - that is the scientific truth. Thinking of life in that way I think makes nationalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, and all the other ills that plague society seem insignificant in retrospect. But, yes, even that is insignificant relative to how we treat one another. Just a different perpsecitve on things.
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... THEY NEVER KNEW.. HOW EASY IT MUST BE.
730ian 5 months ago
She may have written this out of guilt because she felt like a sell out . Hmm .
IcedTeaCanonthedesk 5 months ago
Canadian... :)
bear44254 5 months ago
was there an instrument this woman didnt know?
rakgtr 5 months ago
So beautiful. <3
houfenflefer 5 months ago
did she ever lip sync? lyrics/composer/musician/voice: we are lucky to have witnessed this genius. we came upon THIS child of god.
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@adamscott179 EXACTLY!!!!!!!!! im might've been born too late for woodstock.. but she makes me feel like i didnt through this..
rastagirliana 5 months ago
timeless
barstoolguru 5 months ago
Ms. Mitchell's lasting contribution to music is never more strongly evident than in this song. So beautiful, haunting and uplifting.
RoxysRedLight 5 months ago 4
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jjj1951 5 months ago
WAR OR PEACE YOU CHOOSE
IF YOU CHOOSE PEACE THEN STOP PAYING TAXES, VOTING , PRAYING
IF YOU ARE FOR WAR WELL CARRY ON PAYING YOUR TAXES,VOTING AND PRAYING TO YOUR GOD TO BRING YOU PEACE.
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD WAKEUP.
sol2soul77 5 months ago
she is so, so cute. somebody should give this girl a record deal.
arobinson807 5 months ago 3
Just discovered her from a "Six feet under" episode. I'm speechless with such grace :o
Mildrey57 5 months ago
Joni saved the pole dancing for the bars she hit when she was rangy and restless. Nothig wrong. Just saying get back. Lose your hang ups man !
fluxstringer 5 months ago
Stunning
annaschull 5 months ago
so aktuell, ich schaudere
odoido 5 months ago
this live version just blew my mind and put me in another dimension, a dimension much more evolved than the one i consciously perceive
SanaOvaisKhan 5 months ago 4
time to roll one i think ....:)
crazyfox564 5 months ago 29
@crazyfox564 - lol
Catlovertea4 2 months ago
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badegogm 6 months ago
"Going camp out on the land and get my soul free" Amen. Get your souls free brothers and sisters.
LeCutter 6 months ago 2
Name one current popular artist, male or female, who could compose and perform something of this beauty, depth, intricacy and meaning. Sorry Lady Gaga or Pink, not even you, not in the same planetary system ;>
ebquinn 6 months ago
@ebquinn I don't think there is anyone. I think Shawn Colvin gets close.
grafenwohr73 6 months ago
@grafenwohr73 Shawn Colvin is very good, yeah. If anyone gets close it's her
blakedawg76 5 months ago
I was about 20 years old when I first saw Joni perform at the Fillmore East. I was moved by her then and still moved by her now. I remember having to look up the meaning of words and places she used in her lyrics. Where is the Bay of Fundy anyway, is it anywhere near Newark Bay? :>)
Oprahd 6 months ago
@Oprahd The Bay of Fundy is in Canada between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - a little north of Maine.
oneusualsuspect 2 months ago
Tears. The embodiment of Hope and Streams of Beauty.
bessofbedlam 6 months ago
The intricate shades and tones in this composition are what is fantastic.
jjj1951 6 months ago
Thank you Joni, for being such a constant inspiration throughout my life. There are profound truths in your lyrics
missyk33 6 months ago
Best line is
And I dreamed I saw the bomber jet planes
Riding shotgun in the sky,
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation.
Genius.
CrusherCurley 6 months ago
What a soothing music. It's best not to actually listen and watch the clip, but to to do something, while listening to this, it could be a wonderful calming background music
lukosius1221 6 months ago
Once you hear this, how can you possibly not understand where we were then?? I can still picture planes turning into butterflies. I wish I could have a great big party with all the folks that remember this the first time around. Maybe we could ask our kids or our grandkids to drive us there. I'm kinda tired of mud, but I still want the music to be turned up louder and louder!!
auntiezanne 6 months ago
It doesn't hurt Joni's music one bit that she was GORGEOUS...as is her music.
jamb15767 6 months ago
sounds like an angel
carlosfan98 6 months ago
3 DAYS of PEACE & MUSIC! Happy 42nd Birthday....
PlayIt4MeAgainSam 6 months ago 4
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AnnaC0212 6 months ago
Happy FortyTwo. Coming around again and again . . .
TangleF50 6 months ago
I'm crying for the old ways
MrRemwolfe 6 months ago
बहुत अच्छा !
kbkushalutube 6 months ago
her voice touched me from the first song i ever heard. so beautiful
otrebogir333 6 months ago
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Bambooandlotus 6 months ago
ughh. so you play the fuckin street corner and don't put your hat in front of you upside down to catch some change? just drop it man. money makes the world go round. deal with it or fuckin burn down the treasury
DeweyDuck420 6 months ago
@DeweyDuck420 you're comparing catching change to signing with a major record label and letting your music be affected. the deciding factor in whether an artist has sold out or not is if their music is affected, basically, if they give up final creative control over their sound. which obviously, i do not, when i sign 5 hours straight and make maybe 6 bucks. money does not make the world go round. money is just a big fucking lie, things should be i grow you grow we both give.
SeagullTheFreegull 6 months ago
2 people are not going back to the garden :(
speedy2918831 6 months ago 2
Billion year old carbon, baby! Love this original!
y0nd3r 6 months ago
One of the great lines that I never hear commented on: "We are stardust.
Billion year old carbon" has got to be the most scientifically literate line I've ever heard from a musician - not to mention mind-blowingly profound, and the literal truth. In my top 10 songs of all time. Best female song writer ever. Love you Joni!
tweiss1234 7 months ago 51
@tweiss1234 couldn't have said it better myself. wish i could vote up more than once
broskijohansson 7 months ago
@tweiss1234 to true my friend.best line of the song.if only people realised, this world could be a much better place.
stevevegetable 6 months ago
@stevevegetable - absolutely - I wish everyone would listen to this song and understand its message - the world would definitely be a better place
tweiss1234 5 months ago
@tweiss1234 Let me correct you on one thing: Best song writer ever. < - erased the female :D
PickaxePig 5 months ago 2
@PickaxePig - Thank you - I stand corrected! Yeah, nobody will ever touch Joni.
tweiss1234 5 months ago
@tweiss1234 :D
PickaxePig 5 months ago
NO CUSSIN ON THE JONI CHANNEL....STOP IT
sheilaboy44 7 months ago
@sheilaboy44 In my time I have come to distrust people who don't curse. Somethin' wrong with 'em.
y0nd3r 6 months ago
@y0nd3r WHEN U HAVE A BRAIN THERES BETTER WAYS TO EXPRESS YOURSELF BETTER THAN BEING VULGAR...THATS WHY RAP IS NOT MUSIC!!!!
sheilaboy44 6 months ago
@sheilaboy44 Ha! Another person trying to 'be the one' who defines what 'vulgar' is. Kinda like the ex-pres bushy...the decider. Are you a republican by any chance? I do notice you crassly scream at others in all caps. Toodles, sweetie, have a GREAT DAY.
y0nd3r 6 months ago
@y0nd3r WHO SAID I WAS SCREAMING??? I ALWAYS WRITE IN CAPS...NO I HATE REPUBLICANS...NOT THAT DEMS ARE ANY BETTER. WE LIVE IN A VULGAR SOCIETY..LOOK AROUND YOU. I DONT LIVE IN A GLASS BUBBLE PRETENDING I DONT SEE THE DECAY.
sheilaboy44 6 months ago
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y0nd3r 6 months ago
@y0nd3r I have no idea what your point is???? U seem to want to have your own cake and eat it too. U come to this channel with Joni well knowing what her music is all about and bash people over the head for believing in her. I appreciate what she stands for as well as the music of the 60's. Unlike todays garbage it has left a signifucant mark...
sheilaboy44 6 months ago
@sheilaboy44 I can agree with the last part of your statement, although Joni is but one of many beautiful artists. The first part is unsupported and nonsensical. I merely responded to your comment above commanding everyone to stop cursing like you were everyones mama. STFU and enjoy the show. Thank you for not screaming.
y0nd3r 6 months ago
@sheilaboy44 I came to Jonis channel just to escape the bs and fights everywhere else. Shes a great reminder of the stuff that at end of the day matter most, love,peace,creativity and your soul.
sheilaboy44 6 months ago 2
@sheilaboy44 Hey there....I've done a version of this song - I'd love to know your thoughts! check it out when you have a sec x
AnnaC0212 6 months ago
in retrospect my comment should have been directed at mrmikesim not the other guy so m a big sorry to him ;)
kanadadan 7 months ago
was not my purpose to get back to the garden their tiger was a simple go fuck yourself to someone who in my opinion was trying to slander or diminish a great artist
kanadadan 7 months ago
@kanadadan . . . sort of defeats the purpose about GETTING BACK TO THE GARDEN when you start hurling expletives around, eh? All the best to you.
lanikaigal1 7 months ago
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lanikaigal1 7 months ago
who needs drugs having this kind of music
99tromp 7 months ago
I love Joni Mitchell's voice better, but I think I might like the CSNY version a little better.
murderousbastard83 7 months ago
James Taylor's version that he did live on Howard Stern was amazing as well. Always brings the tears to my eyes.
jfj619 7 months ago
....keep waiting for her to say.........."Thats why they call me.....Bad Company"
rturn2mow 7 months ago
Joni's great in her genre (wonderfull voice and great lyrics), but i prefer the Croby, Stills, Nash and Young version tho.
goosing 7 months ago 2
"Billion year-old carbon". I love that line.
drumrnva 7 months ago 2
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Just launched a new app for the iPhone/iPad/iPod called, RockHead. This song's in it along with other classics. It's a guess-the-next-lyric, funny, quirky, memory maze game. Pls check it out! (Just search RockHead on the app store, can't seem to post a link here). Thanks!
theentropywoman 7 months ago
She is also the writer of this song. She has written most of her hits and album cuts. Beautiful inside and out, a real pioneer for women in rock who doesn't get the acclaim she should.
She's brilliant.
SharonCobb 8 months ago 2
Why is my face wet after listening and watching this, time after time?
IamAwakey 8 months ago 2
I love you Mike
trayzzj 8 months ago
OMG!!!ive never heard her version.such an amazing voice.beautiful
TheOldschoolfool 8 months ago
i'm a voice teacher - but joni taught me a lot about how to sing......... I still try to sing like her
anon49ymous 8 months ago