Ani DiFranco - Joyful Girl (Live '99)

[sunshipballoon]

what a lovely lady!

[dougl200]

Of all versions of this song, and all of Ani's music...this is by far one of her greatest. The flow and chord manipulations are incredible. After listening to Ani for about 18 yrs., I still can't believe that somoeone could be so talented.

[mscheller74]

no wonder i'm in love with song, i have 2 joyful little girls at home right now...and I love them so

[BiscuitMunroe]

This was the first version of Joyful Girl I ever heard, I streamed the concert, ON DIAL UP, through Real Player when I was just a wee thing. I never thought I would hear it again. Thank you!

[HomebrandMusic01]

she's half-scottish!!

[RaineyDaysParade]

<3



[RaineyDaysParade]

<3

[KatyKMusic]

love your music ani. you've been inspiring me since 2000. checkout my covers if any of you get a chance. <3

[ejoank]

weeping

[farmfarmdorrie]

Thanks so very much for this amazing video. I linked it on a slide show of mine.

[TheAnonyte]

This is my favourite tune by this girl

[gottohavesoulshine]

"i do it for the joy it brings"...

[jjugglerredding]

this is all you need just a joyfull girl...!

[thefl0ck]

the female Dave Matthews...

[tqiblawi]

@thefl0ck Dave Matthews is the male Ani rather. He covered her song not the other way round

[thefl0ck]

@tqiblawi im know that. im not refering to the song. im saying that she is a unique singer song writer and reminds me of how dave is.

[msbadkitty]

@thefl0ck Dave Matthews cannot compare to Ani. He's a poser, she's the real deal.

[thefl0ck]

@msbadkitty im sorry you feel that way. whatever you think hes saying he is and which he probably isnt, doesnt affect his music. hes one of the most sane people in the semi mainstream in the music industry today. he made himself who he is, out of coffee shops, college campus'. hes been touring for almost 20 years NON STOP. hell go go three shows without repeating a single song. his music is about love, discovering who you are, and to seize the day at any cost. im sorry your missing that.

[VanDuzer03]

Our best export and cosmic genius. viva la ani. viva la buffalo.

[cdm0014]

i love it......

[MindyWalls]

Jesus, this is amazing.

[shelleyjenvey]

i love you!

[shelleyjenvey]

I love you!

[Bollemedrosiner]

Could you post more from this concert?

[27Nadz]

One of my favourites among all the wonderful songs she does. I love Ani! I hope to get to see her live one day :)

[tqiblawi]

tomorrow will be one year since this video's been uploaded. it has given perspective to my mornings since then. thank u francoapple for making my days a little bit stronger :)

[code2high]

Awesome ! does Ani tour anymore ??? If so when will she be back in So Cal ?

[TheBrowndawg]

just checked her myspace page. it seems she does indeed still tour but couldnt see any so cal dates. the ones announced seem to be mainl in the south and midwest (i think. im australian. no expert on us geography)

[francoapple]

You can get the whole show on my site ;)

[tlnd8]

i managed to get an mp3 of this. anyone interested?

[pbell76]

Definitely -I sent you a message through youtube with my email.

[peacetree73]

Hell yeah..yesssss please..where at?

[Kissy731]

Freakin LOVE THIS SONG! amazing.

[LRUTool]

I love this song so much. Speaks to me so much. I did a dance solo to this when I was 15 or so. I cried while on stage, this song still brings me to tears. Thank you so much for giving us such a great quality video for this song. So beautiful.

[greenmonkeyfr]

does anyone have a high quality MP3 of this???? it fucking rocks, its so beautiful.

[james78748]

WOW! I was totally at this concert! I remember someone yelled "I love your mom!" shortly before which explains her reference here.

[t0kt0k]

Wow look at Ani's figure here. She was cut!

[dalx21]

Hey listen to the cover of this song by Soulive and Dave Matthews, it's really different though, only the lyrics are essentially the same(however with some minor tweaks as to make it seem it's directed to a lover and not his mother

heres the link

type in Soulive Joyful Girl at the top and select the one made by SoulBreezeAND something else that I cant remember

[sherrylynn70]

What I wish for my daughters and granddaughters..I want them to be~~ "joyful girls"~~ Thank you for posting this francoapple..much appreciation!!

[Fadendichte]

thats so cute xD

,,they will be just stay real in this game of life :D

lots of love ^^

[DejaVuSu]

This is the MOST BEAUTIFUL version of Joyful girl that I have ever heard. I wish when I saw her live, it was this one.

But thank you so much ~francoapple~ for this treasure!! :) :)

[maxboughen]

Great tune.. thankyou for writing it if you did. A band called Soulive made a version of it that i prefer though... great song writing.

[WildHeartGrace]

One of my top Ani songs!!

Yes, a VERY beautiful version.

So different from the studio one.

Which is why I love live better!!

Thanks for the wonderful post!! xxG

[tqiblawi]

WOW

[imsaraz]

it's amazing...i love this song!!

Ani love you so so so so....

[usernamegravity]

I love it. It's so relaxing, thanks ;)

[thenscream]

wow, such a beautiful performance of this great song... it hits home harder knowing she wrote it for her mom

[rickydickypants]

franco - you are the shit.  seriously. i hope you know that. from ani fans all over - danke darling. :)

[lisavdberg]

i second that opinion! we love you franco!

[feelquiet]

Franco, RBR should hire you as official archivist and keeper of all media. These vids are super, super, super.

[francoapple]

I WOULD DO IT FOR FREE!!!...actually I'd pay them for that job :P

Can you imagine? having access to all that material?

[MzHibou]

@francoapple: Send them an e-mail They should be up for it!!!!