@neymoura Turn up your hearing... it's gentle sound, not meant for high volume. Please don't fail to recognize the quality, even if it isn't at the highest volume... This is so worth listening to, carefully. It is a performance which can never be repeated
who hasn't felt like this about someone at one time in thier lives.So passionate. I feel this song to the bone and whish I had wirtten it and so glad someone did. Joni can put me on my butt and make me just listen to nothing but her..just her.
who hasn't felt like this about someone at one time in thier lives.So passionate. I feel this song to the bone and whis I had wirtten it and so glad someone did. Joni can put me on my butt and make me just listen to nothing but her..just her.
No Taylor Swift talking here. Joni is not to be compared to her. I like Taylor. But Joni's an artist through and through. She writes, plays, and paints beautiful pictures. And her influence as a woman player at a time when you had men men men is immeasurable.
@douzilles. Not legally it seems. There is a CD bootleg knocking around Japan from when the BBC rebroadcast this on the radio but video wise, nothing. Searching Youtube for "Joni Mitchell live at Wembley Arena 1983 [or trying 1984]" brings up some other clips though.
Joni Is one of the most prolific & passionate singers ever! The woman is a True legend! I was hooked at Blue.That seems like yesterday! Namaste Ms.Michell!!!
This may have been answered 500 comments ago or so, but this clip is from a concert she did in the UK (maybe Wembley Arena, not Wembley stadium) to support the Wild Things Run Fast album. She decides to do Carey next even though she hasn't rehearsed it for the show.
Anybody who thinks that original and amazing songs are not still being written is wrong, They may be harder to find but modern songs are just as good. Just listen to the likes of Bon Iver, Jack Johnson and Laura Marling and tell me they're unoriginal and dull
Blue was a defining moment for Joni, and this song was one of the best I have ever come across in that era. Shawn Colvin had her defining moment with A Few Small Repairs and Lucinda Williams with Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. But the pain, the honesty, the melody and the lyrics of this one song can never be matched. It is unique. As I said, a defining moment. Where did this recording come from? I'd love to have it.
This is my absolute favorite Joni Mitchell song! What a terrific song writer she is. She is such an inspiration to my song writing. Nothing comes close to Joni.
@Sharksandguitars absolutely my favorite joni song, telling in a few verses as much about love and relationships and humanity as do entire novels. i would say the same of "the last time i saw richard"
Proof that Joni Mitchell, with nothing more than a little box covered in a few strings, tempered by some felt, etc.; and with her voice, her original words and music, can convey more than any rock star with a billion dollars in video/audio production behind them. And I might add, I consider her the greatest North American poet since Walt Whitman, and the greatest song writer since Franz Schubert.
love to see Joni back on the road like Cohen & the never ending Zimmie touring - such a vital sparkling talent - god Joni back at Woodstock 1969 & Newport Folk Festival 1969 with James Taylor - & the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 - happy days -
@anthonynewsome - I see this clips of original recordings and I wonder where those in the audience are now, how permanently affected were they, in what ways, what are they doing now, etc. Were you one of "them?" Just think, for those who were - they made history too :).
@anthonynewsome :) ... yes, well, certainly affected, permanently, of course. So, wow - how does it feel to have made history? (well, maybe a little more directly than those who couldn't make it to the concerts ;). And... well? What ARE you doing now - how has she, for one, affected your life? You could write a book, maybe. There we go - THAT would be an interesting read - a compilation of gatherers from the well, and how well they fared the era.
@Catlovertea4 - thanks yeah - they were amazing times for sure - & I am glad I was there to experience it - the issue of talent was always at the forefront - Joni helped us to search for truth treat the world with respect be honest protect nature and tell those whom we love that we love and need them each an every day - as did Guthrie Dylan Cohen et ell
To Locith who worries about who he or she will be remembering 30 years hence... you can be remembering Joni and her music, via CD. I courted and sparked many ladies years after this song was out of rotation thanks to vinyl and CD. Just as I and other late boomers have enjoyed our youth with other songs from the 40 and 50s... clasics are classics baby! Now who I worry about are the kids who listen to Rap crap... like its going to help being 70 and remembering anything from Snoop....
James Blakes' version is, indeed, inventive in its style and phrasing. But I think it massacres Joni's lyrics. This is seriously one of the best love songs ever written, and every word counts. I'm sure James Blake bows down head over knee to the altar of Joni Mitchell, who can, at any age, deliver a performance that is riveting and tear-inducing.
@keegan182 Are you joking?! This song bears Joni's soul, she wrote it, these are her words, the words of a poet and a woman who has changed lives. I don't care how good a cover is (and to be honest, James Blake's cover wasn't all that great), nothing will ever live up to the heart and soul Joni gave to her audiences with this song. Not many artists have done what Joni has done. I'm sorry I'm getting defensive, but I don't see how you can think that.
I am not saying that his song moved as many people, given the fact that his cover came out a few weeks ago. But on a technical level the cover is miles ahead. His vocal performance is breathtaking; hers is dull. It took loads of talent to actually write the original and Joni is an amazing artists but when comparing the two.... the original comes short.
One of many of her amazing songs that was almost never heard on the radio. Songs like Don Juan's Reckless Lover, Hejira, Trouble Child and many more songs show her range, depth of feeling, song writing and musical brilliance. Cactus Tree, Dreamland, Good Friends, Don't Interrupt the Sorrow...I love them now as I did when I first bought them on vinyl.
This is one of the most beautiful songs ever written in my opinion and joni ... joni has always been such an inspiration to me and a role model: artistic, sincere, passionate and so loving.
@sheracad Don't weep. Check out Tal Wickenfeld, bassist who's played with Chick Corea and Jeff Beck. She can't play dulcimer like Joni, but few can play electric bass like Tal can. There are true talents out there, and talent always wins out over hype in the long run.
People don't realize the price she paid making and performing this music. The album, Blue, is so revelatory of her inner life, it was like she was sacrificing her entire inner world on the altar of her talent and her fame. It burned out other parts of her life almost completely. By it she gained much and suffered much. Of course, we gained so much, for which we should be grateful. Just a slight woman with a folk instrument on her knees, you know.
from someone the same age as joni who loves her as much as you do: don't worry, there are still young people making beautiful music today that will be recognized in 30 years. we just don't know which ones they are yet. ;-)
The so-called "artists" of today should all get on one knee and bow their collective heads in front of Joni Mitchell. She is a living legend from a time when true talent was what really mattered. It would be difficult to name 3 performers today who play guitar, play piano, write amazing, ORIGINAL lyrics and have inspired SO many people.
@ylexot64 It would be difficult to name 3 performers who play guitar, play piano, and write amazing original lyrics who actually get recording contracts. Talented people are still around, they're just not given the recognition that they deserve, in favor of, well, the people of less talent that show up in the top 40 today. It's terrible and shows an extremely flawed popular music industry. Rest assured that talented people exist.
@ylexot64 The first 3...you must be living under a rock or too bitter to check out new stuff for fear it'll be bad :P and the latter...comes with time. Joni's a fuckin goddess though.
@ylexot64 look up a woman called Regina Spektor. Shes the most beautiful lyrist and has an abosloutly beautiful voice and awesome piano skills. And she even has a song dedicated to ms. joni mitchel called devil come to bethleham! i bet you will take away your comment once you see this amazing current artist.
This has probably already been answered in the pages of comments below, but to anyone else new to this clip - This was from a concert recorded by the BBC at London's Wembley Arena in 1983.
I love this live version of the song, although the original studio version (On 'Blue') is very close behind.
@LiviiBetts95 I was 15 when I discovered her! My friends thought I was weird too, they still do, but still listen to a bit of Joni everyday- and I'm 20 now :) better to be weird than be a sheep.
@LiviiBetts95 How can anyone NOT love Joni Mitchell? I'm glad you don't worry about what your friends think. Don't ever change that! Most of your friends now won't be with you after you leave high school. Great music is timeless and Joni is a true artist. Follow your heart!
Oh how I loved this song so very long ago...the memories...and how I still love this song by this beautiful artist. Thanks for sharing this with those of us who love Joni and her music...love truly is touching souls...
There is more integrity in these moments strummed, more beauty in such eyes, and more sorrowful longing in this voice than can be found for the rest of my days.
if I'm not mistaken, this is from a concert in Tokyo 1983 on the Wild Things Run Fast tour. it sounds like the version I have on an old bootleg. love this mid period voice with the older songs. brilliant as always.
The most perfect lyric ever written, delivered by the purest, deepest emotional singer-songwriter of all time. In terms of performance, I can't imagine anyone getting close to this. While we listen to this, we should remember, and consider her depth of experience, and love for poetry & expression. It's timeless, beautiful, and uplifting... Thank you Joni
@tonio54 “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” (Quote: Maya Angelou).
Joni epitomises this sentiment. How we feel, when we hear this song, means that it is etched into our souls forever, never to be forgotten.
Her unique passion and expressiveness will stay with us for all time.
Likewise...I had a girlfriend 25 years ago who had Court & Spark....we broke up but the music had worked it's way into my being. I now own everything she ever recorded and thanks to the ipod I can now listen to any of her songs at the gym wondering if there's any chance( I'm a professional musician/composer) that I'll ever write anything quite as sublime as any of her songs.Some chance!
I consider her to be the worlds greatest living artist.
I grew up on "court and spark".....later was enthralled with "night ride home"...".wild things run fast".. "dog eat dog"..."chalk mark in a rain storm"..."turbulent indigo" and drank in her voice and her rhythm and unique style. I wasnt much of a jazz fan "don juan's reckless daughter"..and "mingus" didnt appeal to me. But her lyrics and delivery were always right on point
My God, it's hard to listen to this. It's stunningly beautiful and makes me long for my youth, for loves lost and opportunities missed. Years ago I listened to these songs never imagining that I would hear them again in middle age and feel the same feelings. Joni captures so sweetly the romance and adventure of my youth. Many years later, in the midst of a painful recession and wars still raging, My youth floats like a gentle breeze on her angelic voice. "That was just a dream some of us had."
@lblmer If not the lamest comment I have ever read on the internet, this is at least a strong contender for the distinction. Joni's first television appearances and hits (as a songwriter) were in 1965-66. This is exactly when the Studebaker automobile company, which had by then retreated to Canada (Joni's birthplace!) stopped making cars. So it makes as about much sense to blame both Joni Mitchell and the fall of western civilization on the failure of the Studebaker Corporation. Idiot.
@lblmer Now before you other people make a value jud=gment about this poster, READ what the poster said. "Her rise COINCIDED with...etc". Not "She CAUSED said decline" And it is true!! That generation helped usher in an attitude of "Love the one your with" and "If it feels good do it". Hey I was a youth then and I must admit I did a little lovin of the one I was with.
I would be amazed if this was recorded after, say, 1976. In fact I would guess it was recorded within three years of the album's production. Her voice has been good and bad in stages over the years but of course her "bad" is another artist's best. Over the decades her voice has deepened but I would not decry her cigarette smoking much as the cause.
This is the BBC recording of her 1983 Wembley Arena (London) concert. Somebody questioned the date on the Amelia clip from the same concert and suggested it could be dubbed. It's not. I was there and I watched the programme a few weeks later - this is exactly how I remember it. If it wasn't 1983, it was certainly no later. Here encore was an amazing version of I Heard it Through the Grapevine - didn't make it into the programme. Great night. Good to see it again.
But all this is not to deny that this other voice of hers has appeal. She gradually developed this "smoky" lower voice in her later songs, which also suitably involved more jazz elements.
I grew up listening to Joni and she was a very high soprano. She didn't even have the lower tones in her voice then -- when, in fact, she first sang this song. Later, she couldn't sing many of her early songs - couldn't reach the high notes anymore. And even here, she does not sing the high notes she sang in the original recording. She also comments in interviews about her smoking and I don't remember where I read it, but either she or someone who knew her said it damaged her voice.
This apparently was taped many years after the original came out as you can hear her voice is lower and hoarser. She's always been a cigarette smoker which unfortunately damaged her voice.
@jaznance Your comment tell me one important thing--you REALLY understand this incredible woman's artistry. And, you listen with your heart! I salute you, because I think you truly understand.
I remember a high school crush I had telling me about this new singer, Joni Mitchell, and how cool she was..........I think she is the soul of what the best the 60's had to offer. She touches everyone's soul, man or woman, and reminds us what it means to be a human being, full of frailties, fears, yet still loving.
I hope people remember people like her from the sixties, not the Monkees.
I'm so envious of people who can listen to a song like this and say "Ah, brings me back to days of my youth". 30 years from now, I'll be listening to songs like "Tik Tok" and "Alejandra" and say "Ah, still sounds like ass".
you can see she doesn't care about selling her music, at this moment she's doing what she loves and for doing that her records did sell, at least enough to be featured on at least two big as movies.
I love this performance so much :)
Stinakat 1 week ago
There is Only Joni..
Theoneandonlywumple 2 weeks ago
"constant like northern star" such bollocks when you hear something similar to that for the first time.
cbrothers93 2 weeks ago
Thumbs up for one of the best singer songwriters of all time! :D
if you like Joni Mitchell, search "River Lee and Lindsey."
theregsband 1 month ago 13
Reminds me of a first love, Pete... happy days in Coventry!
Folkjan 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Joni Mitchell
One word. Amazing.
somiffy 1 month ago
omg there is a 14 year old that is a mini Joni her name is Jillian Rae..... she has videos up crazy
dschlesinger123 1 month ago
@dschlesinger123
they both have blonde hair. that's really the only thing they have in common.
canvasculture 3 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Joni Mitchell
no one answers my calls.
andydenson2000 1 month ago
@andydenson2000 call me any time 410 342 0495
designdemocracy1 1 month ago
a cornerstone of feeling...
russtacean 1 month ago
I love Joni, she has inspired a lot of my own songwriting (and also my will to learn dulcimer!) such a powerful and talented female Canadian artist.
ktieyoung 2 months ago
Happy Birthday Joni! You are an inspiration!
SuperGscot 2 months ago
is that a dulcimer?
suthrnlad 3 months ago
@suthrnlad Yes, But tuned unusually. They are most often tuned DAA or DAD. She had her own style of tuning and playing.
calliefrances 2 months ago in playlist love songs
Wow such a great song. It never gets old:)
Minamay10 3 months ago
dont care what u say, haters fuck u, james blakes rendition of this brought me here. them both are beautiful
SonnyJmSonnyJm 3 months ago 3
Love, love, love! TY for sharing :)
KristaDanielle1 3 months ago
Doesn't get any better. Nope.
Waltsgrl 3 months ago
This is a song that requires a true songwriter. Joni is one of a kind.
Hrizzzz 3 months ago
@neymoura Turn up your hearing... it's gentle sound, not meant for high volume. Please don't fail to recognize the quality, even if it isn't at the highest volume... This is so worth listening to, carefully. It is a performance which can never be repeated
zoned247 4 months ago in playlist Joni
20 people are emotionless and tone deaf!
reynoldscameron 4 months ago
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reynoldscameron 4 months ago
SHESMART.
FRANCECHILD 5 months ago
YDOESJLOVEJESUS/?
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who hasn't felt like this about someone at one time in thier lives.So passionate. I feel this song to the bone and whish I had wirtten it and so glad someone did. Joni can put me on my butt and make me just listen to nothing but her..just her.
SuperGhostofme 5 months ago
who hasn't felt like this about someone at one time in thier lives.So passionate. I feel this song to the bone and whis I had wirtten it and so glad someone did. Joni can put me on my butt and make me just listen to nothing but her..just her.
SuperGhostofme 5 months ago
No Taylor Swift talking here. Joni is not to be compared to her. I like Taylor. But Joni's an artist through and through. She writes, plays, and paints beautiful pictures. And her influence as a woman player at a time when you had men men men is immeasurable.
amandakristyleeralls 6 months ago in playlist awesome songs
I would still be on my knees.... FOLLOW THE STRIPES!!!!!! XxX Para Joni y todos!!!!!
lieselottevanneste1 6 months ago
Its good but the male cover of this, I feel, is much better.
AustinRay88 6 months ago
@AustinRay88 How can you even dare say a male cover of this is 'better'. She wrote it and plays it to brilliance. Peace and love! x
chrismail 5 months ago
Pure genius!!
angiehoole1 6 months ago
@douzilles. Not legally it seems. There is a CD bootleg knocking around Japan from when the BBC rebroadcast this on the radio but video wise, nothing. Searching Youtube for "Joni Mitchell live at Wembley Arena 1983 [or trying 1984]" brings up some other clips though.
kansaimon 6 months ago
Shes singing to impulsive she would sound better if show slowed down and did the paste Like the song
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MRafh979 6 months ago
Vuelvo a ti, hermosa canción
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etralo92 6 months ago
Joni Is one of the most prolific & passionate singers ever! The woman is a True legend! I was hooked at Blue.That seems like yesterday! Namaste Ms.Michell!!!
SuperScotch23 6 months ago
joni rocks.
TheCindiKaye 7 months ago
beautiful song..genius at work.. she had many..
RoryVanucchi 7 months ago
This may have been answered 500 comments ago or so, but this clip is from a concert she did in the UK (maybe Wembley Arena, not Wembley stadium) to support the Wild Things Run Fast album. She decides to do Carey next even though she hasn't rehearsed it for the show.
kansaimon 7 months ago
@kansaimon is this concert available on dvd? thanks!
douzilles 6 months ago
@kansaimon Thanks for the info!
bbbraziliangrrl 1 month ago
have a look at the video How Pop Songs Work part 3 on my channel for a discussion of why this song is so great, plus some live footage
worldsgreatestmusic 7 months ago
No compressors, voice correct. Just Joni. Diana go some where else.
cyoteblues 7 months ago
She is a true genius with that guitar
DanRan345 8 months ago
@DanRan345 That 'guitar' is a dulcimer.
jimincairns 7 months ago
@lennythekoala they're definitely good artists but they aren't joni mitchell. what's missing is "greatness"
600euros 8 months ago
Anybody who thinks that original and amazing songs are not still being written is wrong, They may be harder to find but modern songs are just as good. Just listen to the likes of Bon Iver, Jack Johnson and Laura Marling and tell me they're unoriginal and dull
LennyTheKoala 8 months ago 2
woohoo english hw ps its nick
frankandearl 8 months ago
It's from a 1983 show at wembley arena london which was later broadcast on UK TV. I was lucky to be there. great gig.
macmaghnusa 8 months ago
Blue was a defining moment for Joni, and this song was one of the best I have ever come across in that era. Shawn Colvin had her defining moment with A Few Small Repairs and Lucinda Williams with Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. But the pain, the honesty, the melody and the lyrics of this one song can never be matched. It is unique. As I said, a defining moment. Where did this recording come from? I'd love to have it.
astralantx 8 months ago
Before I even knew about Joni I fell in lov with the Tori Amos cover, now i'm in lov with both :)
1974Qball 8 months ago
Just simply stunned at this.
elansvc 8 months ago 2
what a lady! what a sound! forever joni!! xx
MsUSURE 8 months ago
This is my absolute favorite Joni Mitchell song! What a terrific song writer she is. She is such an inspiration to my song writing. Nothing comes close to Joni.
Sharksandguitars 8 months ago
@Sharksandguitars absolutely my favorite joni song, telling in a few verses as much about love and relationships and humanity as do entire novels. i would say the same of "the last time i saw richard"
tishhead 7 months ago
@tishhead absolutely right on the money!
bbbraziliangrrl 1 month ago
I think this song and a recording of Carey posted on here by cheope1 are both from Wembley Arena, London 1983. if anyone is curious.
biggreenbarn 9 months ago
Proof that Joni Mitchell, with nothing more than a little box covered in a few strings, tempered by some felt, etc.; and with her voice, her original words and music, can convey more than any rock star with a billion dollars in video/audio production behind them. And I might add, I consider her the greatest North American poet since Walt Whitman, and the greatest song writer since Franz Schubert.
loosetea 9 months ago 3
My favorite song.
etralo92 9 months ago
A beautiful performance of one of my all-time favorite songs.
joninehritamusic 9 months ago
My late little brother Timothy adored Joni Mitchell. This is one of her finest works.
TedMichaelMorgan 9 months ago
Between this great Lady and Cat Stevens, my weary soul doth find peace and restoration-then, now, forever...
LHcountryboy1 9 months ago 2
@thredd great memory!!!!!
rnr5682 9 months ago 2
love to see Joni back on the road like Cohen & the never ending Zimmie touring - such a vital sparkling talent - god Joni back at Woodstock 1969 & Newport Folk Festival 1969 with James Taylor - & the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 - happy days -
anthonynewsome 9 months ago
@anthonynewsome - I see this clips of original recordings and I wonder where those in the audience are now, how permanently affected were they, in what ways, what are they doing now, etc. Were you one of "them?" Just think, for those who were - they made history too :).
Catlovertea4 8 months ago
@Catlovertea4 we're all alive an doing fine - thanks - and U?
anthonynewsome 8 months ago
@anthonynewsome :) ... yes, well, certainly affected, permanently, of course. So, wow - how does it feel to have made history? (well, maybe a little more directly than those who couldn't make it to the concerts ;). And... well? What ARE you doing now - how has she, for one, affected your life? You could write a book, maybe. There we go - THAT would be an interesting read - a compilation of gatherers from the well, and how well they fared the era.
Catlovertea4 8 months ago
@Catlovertea4 - thanks yeah - they were amazing times for sure - & I am glad I was there to experience it - the issue of talent was always at the forefront - Joni helped us to search for truth treat the world with respect be honest protect nature and tell those whom we love that we love and need them each an every day - as did Guthrie Dylan Cohen et ell
anthonynewsome 8 months ago
@anthonynewsome - so true - and so yes, there was a definite rebellion happening!
Catlovertea4 8 months ago
To Locith who worries about who he or she will be remembering 30 years hence... you can be remembering Joni and her music, via CD. I courted and sparked many ladies years after this song was out of rotation thanks to vinyl and CD. Just as I and other late boomers have enjoyed our youth with other songs from the 40 and 50s... clasics are classics baby! Now who I worry about are the kids who listen to Rap crap... like its going to help being 70 and remembering anything from Snoop....
PaulFarace 9 months ago
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ricerice566 10 months ago
I feel like the modern Joni Mitchell would be Regina Spektor... This is so fantastic.
CosmicConditions 10 months ago 2
this song remides me of an old high hippy. Beautiful cant you see her now.
crewlla 10 months ago
Thank you for this!
Since 1979 Joni has centered me.
This year I turn 50, and I listen to this.
I do have some peace in my chaotic soul thanks to her.
sheracad 10 months ago 3
"i'm frightened by the devil and drawn to those ones who ain't afraid" - i have always loved that line best.
SaarduLady 10 months ago 2
Have got cases of good wine..need someone to share them with...LOL This is my everytime fav of Joni I think
annieilha 10 months ago
love this song x
iamearthbornami 10 months ago
17 people must have thought it said "dis I like" :)
dodosofdoom 10 months ago 11
James Blakes' version is, indeed, inventive in its style and phrasing. But I think it massacres Joni's lyrics. This is seriously one of the best love songs ever written, and every word counts. I'm sure James Blake bows down head over knee to the altar of Joni Mitchell, who can, at any age, deliver a performance that is riveting and tear-inducing.
treadway237 10 months ago
17 people couldn't buy a clue...oh my
chromewhore65 10 months ago
I am guessing this clip is from the early 80's. Her voice sounds like it did when she sang Chinese Cafe.
MarkPMus 10 months ago
WOW
dodg3rs21 10 months ago
Pure brilliance
jh93100 10 months ago
James Blake's is better.
keegan182 11 months ago
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jh93100 10 months ago
@keegan182 Are you joking?! This song bears Joni's soul, she wrote it, these are her words, the words of a poet and a woman who has changed lives. I don't care how good a cover is (and to be honest, James Blake's cover wasn't all that great), nothing will ever live up to the heart and soul Joni gave to her audiences with this song. Not many artists have done what Joni has done. I'm sorry I'm getting defensive, but I don't see how you can think that.
neveruntiltoday 10 months ago 2
@neveruntiltoday right on. maybe James Blake should go write his own songs.
cyprussvael 10 months ago
@neveruntiltoday
I am not saying that his song moved as many people, given the fact that his cover came out a few weeks ago. But on a technical level the cover is miles ahead. His vocal performance is breathtaking; hers is dull. It took loads of talent to actually write the original and Joni is an amazing artists but when comparing the two.... the original comes short.
keegan182 10 months ago
One of many of her amazing songs that was almost never heard on the radio. Songs like Don Juan's Reckless Lover, Hejira, Trouble Child and many more songs show her range, depth of feeling, song writing and musical brilliance. Cactus Tree, Dreamland, Good Friends, Don't Interrupt the Sorrow...I love them now as I did when I first bought them on vinyl.
arand5551 11 months ago
She is amazing, undoubtedly, few people compare.
If you havent heard it yet, check out James Blakes cover of this song, pays great hommage to Joni Mitchell. Peace
cullen1298 11 months ago
Disregarding the fact that Joni disregards this song as "pop nonsense" this is her signature beauty.
Long live the beauty that is "Case Of ".
stuartmcfly 11 months ago
She is...
lowlandr 11 months ago
@lowlandr amazing? in the true sense of the word?
RasNikolai 11 months ago
My favourite song. This song is just so haunting and beautiful, i ADORE her.
christowenlover 11 months ago
This is one of the most beautiful songs ever written in my opinion and joni ... joni has always been such an inspiration to me and a role model: artistic, sincere, passionate and so loving.
libellulerenaissance 11 months ago
Thank GOD we have Justin Beiber! We should never appreciate TRUE talent, work, and passion sans Hollywood hype...
I weep for the future of music...
sheracad 11 months ago 2
@sheracad Don't weep. Check out Tal Wickenfeld, bassist who's played with Chick Corea and Jeff Beck. She can't play dulcimer like Joni, but few can play electric bass like Tal can. There are true talents out there, and talent always wins out over hype in the long run.
msspi764 11 months ago
Oh you're in my blood like holy wine...
boombeachgirl 11 months ago
James Blake
leeeeembk1 11 months ago 3
People don't realize the price she paid making and performing this music. The album, Blue, is so revelatory of her inner life, it was like she was sacrificing her entire inner world on the altar of her talent and her fame. It burned out other parts of her life almost completely. By it she gained much and suffered much. Of course, we gained so much, for which we should be grateful. Just a slight woman with a folk instrument on her knees, you know.
lebarosky 1 year ago 2
This song is part of my heart ... Joni I Love You ... Forever <3333333333333
KishoAudioVisual 1 year ago 2
The art of songwriting is saying the universal without being mediocre. This is just that.
53160 1 year ago 2
from someone the same age as joni who loves her as much as you do: don't worry, there are still young people making beautiful music today that will be recognized in 30 years. we just don't know which ones they are yet. ;-)
louern 1 year ago
The so-called "artists" of today should all get on one knee and bow their collective heads in front of Joni Mitchell. She is a living legend from a time when true talent was what really mattered. It would be difficult to name 3 performers today who play guitar, play piano, write amazing, ORIGINAL lyrics and have inspired SO many people.
ylexot64 1 year ago 101
@ylexot64
Your so wrong! Here's 3!
1. AKON
2. BILL CLINTON
3. DAVID GUETTA
termokop 10 months ago
@ylexot64 It would be difficult to name 3 performers who play guitar, play piano, and write amazing original lyrics who actually get recording contracts. Talented people are still around, they're just not given the recognition that they deserve, in favor of, well, the people of less talent that show up in the top 40 today. It's terrible and shows an extremely flawed popular music industry. Rest assured that talented people exist.
maryruthanne 8 months ago
@ylexot64 She makes me wish I had her talent.
PAinEsfiNALrAGE 8 months ago
@ylexot64 Yep - today's music is manufactured, not written
frawgtastic 8 months ago
@ylexot64 The first 3...you must be living under a rock or too bitter to check out new stuff for fear it'll be bad :P and the latter...comes with time. Joni's a fuckin goddess though.
Lastman0nEarth 8 months ago
@ylexot64 that fact is easy to state, the quastion is why? youll get an A if you come up with the right anwer to your question
IStehSHIT 7 months ago
@ylexot64 perhaps Taylor Swift can.
MeanJern 6 months ago
@MeanJern No she can't.
shetaz905 6 months ago
@ylexot64 look up a woman called Regina Spektor. Shes the most beautiful lyrist and has an abosloutly beautiful voice and awesome piano skills. And she even has a song dedicated to ms. joni mitchel called devil come to bethleham! i bet you will take away your comment once you see this amazing current artist.
swiminthissilense 5 months ago
@swiminthissilense Oh yeah Regina is very good
blakedawg76 4 months ago
@ylexot64 Regina Spektor, Marina and the Diamonds, Sufjan Stevens. That was easy.
Also, James Blake.
hughh20 5 months ago
Joni Mitchell once called Rubin "Hurricane" Carter a "jive ass nigger". May she burn in hell for all eternity.
Zedonius666 1 year ago
@Zedonius666
Ruben Carter smuggled a hand gun into the Uk when he came over for a fight ,he is not the innocent he has been painted.
havisham3 11 months ago
This song makes me cry.. Heard this first in the movie Practical Magic
martylaurel 1 year ago
This has probably already been answered in the pages of comments below, but to anyone else new to this clip - This was from a concert recorded by the BBC at London's Wembley Arena in 1983.
I love this live version of the song, although the original studio version (On 'Blue') is very close behind.
HouseConcertHub 1 year ago
I love Joni Mitchell and I'm only fifteen. My friends think I'm wierd but they can never understand how amazing her music is! I love her!
LiviiBetts95 1 year ago 2
@LiviiBetts95 I was 15 when I discovered her! My friends thought I was weird too, they still do, but still listen to a bit of Joni everyday- and I'm 20 now :) better to be weird than be a sheep.
BethBist 1 year ago 2
@LiviiBetts95 How can anyone NOT love Joni Mitchell? I'm glad you don't worry about what your friends think. Don't ever change that! Most of your friends now won't be with you after you leave high school. Great music is timeless and Joni is a true artist. Follow your heart!
justintime42000 10 months ago
I long for the days when music was music...
millenniumhippie 1 year ago 5
Oh how I loved this song so very long ago...the memories...and how I still love this song by this beautiful artist. Thanks for sharing this with those of us who love Joni and her music...love truly is touching souls...
shelibeane 1 year ago
This song simply shouldn't be covered by any other artist. This is a personal song that sounds false and pretentious when sung by anyone else.
ricadia 1 year ago
There is more integrity in these moments strummed, more beauty in such eyes, and more sorrowful longing in this voice than can be found for the rest of my days.
WhenToWatch 1 year ago 3
love it thank you, bit quiet but worth the listen. I of Joni's top tunes & albums
shemanic1 1 year ago
I wish I could turn it up more....Joni has been my hero sinceJr High...thanks Joni!!!
ljkw77 1 year ago 3
if I'm not mistaken, this is from a concert in Tokyo 1983 on the Wild Things Run Fast tour. it sounds like the version I have on an old bootleg. love this mid period voice with the older songs. brilliant as always.
VanPelt101 1 year ago
Beauty is beauty whether it a picture or in a song and so is talent..........
pbr2424 1 year ago
Simple...and great.
jades71 1 year ago
Canada's treasure! 'Love you, Joni!
rocktenniscat 1 year ago
The most perfect lyric ever written, delivered by the purest, deepest emotional singer-songwriter of all time. In terms of performance, I can't imagine anyone getting close to this. While we listen to this, we should remember, and consider her depth of experience, and love for poetry & expression. It's timeless, beautiful, and uplifting... Thank you Joni
zoned247 1 year ago 20
@zoned247 I agree...
tonio54 7 months ago
@tonio54 “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” (Quote: Maya Angelou).
Joni epitomises this sentiment. How we feel, when we hear this song, means that it is etched into our souls forever, never to be forgotten.
Her unique passion and expressiveness will stay with us for all time.
zoned247 7 months ago 46
Love this song - great video. Thanks for posting.
cricket61161 1 year ago
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wildherne 1 year ago
Don't be so emotional.
lblmer 1 year ago
Likewise...I had a girlfriend 25 years ago who had Court & Spark....we broke up but the music had worked it's way into my being. I now own everything she ever recorded and thanks to the ipod I can now listen to any of her songs at the gym wondering if there's any chance( I'm a professional musician/composer) that I'll ever write anything quite as sublime as any of her songs.Some chance!
I consider her to be the worlds greatest living artist.
andyboy28353 1 year ago
I grew up on "court and spark".....later was enthralled with "night ride home"...".wild things run fast".. "dog eat dog"..."chalk mark in a rain storm"..."turbulent indigo" and drank in her voice and her rhythm and unique style. I wasnt much of a jazz fan "don juan's reckless daughter"..and "mingus" didnt appeal to me. But her lyrics and delivery were always right on point
raysun54 1 year ago
wow my mum sounds just like joni
purpleblake 1 year ago
Joni Mitchell is one of the greatest artists in music the world ever had!
railihh 1 year ago 3
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she looks like a monkey
xMisteeqx 1 year ago
My God, it's hard to listen to this. It's stunningly beautiful and makes me long for my youth, for loves lost and opportunities missed. Years ago I listened to these songs never imagining that I would hear them again in middle age and feel the same feelings. Joni captures so sweetly the romance and adventure of my youth. Many years later, in the midst of a painful recession and wars still raging, My youth floats like a gentle breeze on her angelic voice. "That was just a dream some of us had."
rokop1 1 year ago 5
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Joni's rise coincided with the beginning of our moral and ethical decline. Nice voice, pretty face long ago but mentally defective. A foolish woman.
lblmer 1 year ago
@lblmer If not the lamest comment I have ever read on the internet, this is at least a strong contender for the distinction. Joni's first television appearances and hits (as a songwriter) were in 1965-66. This is exactly when the Studebaker automobile company, which had by then retreated to Canada (Joni's birthplace!) stopped making cars. So it makes as about much sense to blame both Joni Mitchell and the fall of western civilization on the failure of the Studebaker Corporation. Idiot.
Bigp00dle 1 year ago
@Bigp00dle It's obvious you are a very intelligent and educated.
lblmer 1 year ago
@lblmer Now before you other people make a value jud=gment about this poster, READ what the poster said. "Her rise COINCIDED with...etc". Not "She CAUSED said decline" And it is true!! That generation helped usher in an attitude of "Love the one your with" and "If it feels good do it". Hey I was a youth then and I must admit I did a little lovin of the one I was with.
emjee 1 year ago
@emjee Are you stowe und?
lblmer 1 year ago
@emjee The era also encouraged people to be free thinkers, hence all the great music.
justintime42000 10 months ago
Joni's rise coincided with the beginning of our moral and ethical decline. Nice voice, pretty face long ago but mentally defective. A foolish
lblmer 1 year ago
I would be amazed if this was recorded after, say, 1976. In fact I would guess it was recorded within three years of the album's production. Her voice has been good and bad in stages over the years but of course her "bad" is another artist's best. Over the decades her voice has deepened but I would not decry her cigarette smoking much as the cause.
lebarosky 1 year ago
This is the BBC recording of her 1983 Wembley Arena (London) concert. Somebody questioned the date on the Amelia clip from the same concert and suggested it could be dubbed. It's not. I was there and I watched the programme a few weeks later - this is exactly how I remember it. If it wasn't 1983, it was certainly no later. Here encore was an amazing version of I Heard it Through the Grapevine - didn't make it into the programme. Great night. Good to see it again.
oldgit32 1 year ago
@oldgit32 Amazing! She played the same at Sydney Opera House in March 1983.......hauntingly beautiful memory which will live forever
wildcrazygoats 1 year ago
But all this is not to deny that this other voice of hers has appeal. She gradually developed this "smoky" lower voice in her later songs, which also suitably involved more jazz elements.
JVBxyz 1 year ago
I grew up listening to Joni and she was a very high soprano. She didn't even have the lower tones in her voice then -- when, in fact, she first sang this song. Later, she couldn't sing many of her early songs - couldn't reach the high notes anymore. And even here, she does not sing the high notes she sang in the original recording. She also comments in interviews about her smoking and I don't remember where I read it, but either she or someone who knew her said it damaged her voice.
JVBxyz 1 year ago
GREAT- the best wishes from Germany !
berndfi 1 year ago
I don't agree, listen to that deapth. It's amazing!! So much more poise:-) Love the simpleness.
elidemsitz 1 year ago
This apparently was taped many years after the original came out as you can hear her voice is lower and hoarser. She's always been a cigarette smoker which unfortunately damaged her voice.
JVBxyz 1 year ago
@JVBxyz That's part of her intriguing sound. Weathered, smoky, REAL. I think that's how she touches people with her "human-ness".
jaznance 1 year ago
@jaznance Your comment tell me one important thing--you REALLY understand this incredible woman's artistry. And, you listen with your heart! I salute you, because I think you truly understand.
butfulmuzik 1 year ago
I remember a high school crush I had telling me about this new singer, Joni Mitchell, and how cool she was..........I think she is the soul of what the best the 60's had to offer. She touches everyone's soul, man or woman, and reminds us what it means to be a human being, full of frailties, fears, yet still loving.
I hope people remember people like her from the sixties, not the Monkees.
baretone1 1 year ago
I'm so envious of people who can listen to a song like this and say "Ah, brings me back to days of my youth". 30 years from now, I'll be listening to songs like "Tik Tok" and "Alejandra" and say "Ah, still sounds like ass".
locith 1 year ago 48
@locith I'm grateful the likes of Mitchell will be my "memory lane" some day.
4amazinggrace 10 months ago
Joni, loved you then, still do now...this is epic and so fine...talent unmatched...it puts me back to 1977 like it was yesterday.
chanteuserenardbleu 1 year ago
She is just amazing..the lyrics are so special..absolutely love her!
jessxmusicx 1 year ago
beautiful, powerful lyrics...
karengurl101 1 year ago
Yes. To my x. Dave.
anirabab 1 year ago
I could drink a case of this song and still be on my feet.
blakiecakes419 1 year ago
Beautiful!
cockneybarrowboy 1 year ago
Be sure to see her sing "California" live on the BBC. It's posted here. I've always been in love with Joni.
Mentalfloss64 1 year ago
I love her
zoologistoyourmonkey 1 year ago
Love this but the volume is set very low...
tammytalking 1 year ago
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Where's the drum box, hair extensions, choreographed hos? How can this poor soul hope to ever sell a record like this? ; ^) lol
2baholic 1 year ago 123
@2baholic Amen!
slister45 1 year ago
@2baholic
you can see she doesn't care about selling her music, at this moment she's doing what she loves and for doing that her records did sell, at least enough to be featured on at least two big as movies.
rainlynn1 1 year ago