Joni Mitchell- People's Parties

[Encom7]

All the people at this party, they've got a lot of styyyyyyyle.

[auntGlow]

Laughin' it all away...

[auntGlow]

Laughing it all the way...

[MonacoBlast]

I never hear her on the radio. Why is that?

[roscoegino]

No singers paints images with words better.  Joni is her own universe.

[jonimethfan]

this was my 106 mile bike ride to the Malverns in '76.

[SpeakTruthToPower20]

Joni has always been the soundtrack to my life.....from when my hippie Mom filled our 70's kitchen with Court & Spark.....to the lovelorn girl I was in the 80's listening to Help Me...just one more time....to this 44 yr old listening to People's Parties at midnight deliciously alone in NYC while my gf is in Toronto.....wonder how Joni will come to me in 10 years.....Free Man in Paris perhaps? ; )

[MeredithWaters]

@SpeakTruthToPower20 You're a kindred spirit to me, as my relationship with Joni has been the same through my life. Eventually, I've ended up in Paris a few times. And yes, that song really hits home now. Yes, it's exactly where we should be at 50 :-)

[starlight9275]

living on nerves and feelings

wow no one has ever summed me up like that

[handyman1017]

I didn't say any particular album was her best work. I merely took issue with those who said C&S is her best. It IS a very good album, with a greater fraction of highly produced "hits" than on other albums. As such, it is more of a collaborative effort than, say, Song to a Seagull or Clouds. Who did all the arranging? One could argue forever which of her many excellent works is the best. In '68, I favored her first, while a neighbor was just as adamant about her second. I love 'em both.

[figbat1]

i quite liked this album.....but i didnt think it deserved 5 stars rolling stone......more like 3 and a half.

[blacqwolff]

joni's voice is so sooothing.that's why i love her music.

[sookiestackhouse2u]

omg, i went to a party yesterday that was just like this song!!!! i love you, joni!!!!

[jackhillty1]

nobody ever says anything about "jack behind his joker/stone cold grace behind her fan" - does she mean jack casady and grace slick?

[jorloff]

@jackhillty1 I don't know who Grace is, but I know Joni and Jack Nicholson went to same parties in the 70's.

[BartA22]

and me and my frightened silence thinkin I don't understand....

[handyman1017]

C&S is NOT Joni's best work, just her most commercially successful. For the Roses was somewhat similar but much better, in my opinion, possibly representing the apex of her early work. Of course, if you haven't listened to Song to a Seagul a number of times, or Clouds, or Ladies of the Canyon, you barely know Joni Mitchell. On those records is some of the best music ever written.

[Joebycool]

@handyman1017 I don't think that's really fair. Joni is such a personal musician, and a poet. To say something is her 'best' work is like saying Sunflowers is Van Gogh's best painting. She's an artist, and as far as I'm concerned, everything she has written has touched somebody somewhere.

I have listened to all Joni's music. As it happens, she thinks more of her later albums than the early ones you've mentioned, so your arrogance is both misplaced and unappreciated.

[stromssa]

One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite albums. This song has such a rich, textured sound, as does the whole album.

[mig25pd]

Boy does this take me back. Used to listen to this album in the University of Sydney Fisher Library (Record Library) on a Friday afternoon when I was in my 1st year (1975) watching the sun set over the city, the light catching the windows of the offices and houses turning them all bright gold. Always made me very reflective.

[millvalleyrn]

complete with her own artwork... perfect for the mood. unforgettable

[jeffsdolphin]

I love you joni mitchell.....

[wunwuntew]

Everybody's in it for their own gain, that's for sure. But there's no denying it, everything comes and goes. All's I know is I don't want NObody coming over to MY table, goddam Bloodless Brides of Jeezus! For crying out loud all we WANTED was just to come in from the COLD!!! :( Well at least I still got this parking lot outside my window.

[rosenbar]

great album.

[lightgearwire]

Joni - you are brilliant!

[afterthefox]

all of joni's song are ghosts in my mind forever having her gorgeous sounds sweeping and swiming in my conscience...

[lrinax]

Thank you for letting me nothing has changed. When will we fix it all?

[minxon]

This whole album just hurts to listen to. In a good way.

[TheHeyyyou]

it ended too soon.. :(

[TheSabybaby]

thanks for this great post!

[TheSabybaby]

great post thank you

[efi7600]

who the fuck can dislike this?!!!

[jonieheffner]

....i feel like i am sleeping, can you wake me?

[danielpapantony]

GOING TO OTHER PEOPLES PARTIES.....HMMMM...

[tmmmviii]

Scary good.

Thanks for posting this.

[voicenthewetlands]

Nice audio , thanks for posting, This song is soooo true, I remember the parties of my youth and JONI was always there.

[np0804]

Joni is definitely one of the musical greats of the last five decades or so.

[donovamj]

this can always make me cry - mayB some day it won't...

[stm333]

Without a doubt, Joni is one of the most original and unique talents of our time. Totally inimitable.

[jiggybilly]

The best female singer/songwriter of all time, imo.

[bjbinmke]

When this album, "Court & Spark," came out, I wasn't sure I liked this "new" Joni.....That lasted for about 2 minutes.  I look back now and realize that hers has been a long journey of genius. What I would give to be with her for the ride.

[TheNigelr]

Truly awesome!

Thanks for putting this gem up!

[jonieheffner]

...a pretty girl in your bathroom, checking out her

sex appeal.

[4257743551]

great LP..her best ever..

[jaybirdzz]

Yes, Court & Spark was beautiful, and Blue is immortal. Another brilliant, and her most underrated work was For the Roses. Does anyone have a version of Woman of Heart & Mind to post.

[mtnmusix]

Sorry, typo...Joni!

[mtnmusix]

This reminds me of my fried of Lois. I love Jone. What a great time!

[yankeesmom1]

In the early 70's my girlfriend and I drove 5 hrs. in a blizzard to see Joni....the depth of her lyrics, understanding that words matter was and is beyond belief.

[tdarnold]

Whatever happen to art?

[TheNightPoison]

oh i do love this one. love joni

[stacksovids12]

A superb example of Joni at her best, and Joni's best is an impossible act to follow in my opinion. A beautiful song best described in one word...perfect.

[rowdymax1]

...ummm...ok...I hear this and i'm taken back to Fall, 1974...jr. yr of High School..in my room with headphones on and I've got my newly purchased LP "Court and Spark" on the turntable and reading the lyrics...soaking it all in...this song ends and the piano intro to "The Same Situation" comes sweetly in...i'm gone.

[rowdymax1]

This song is based on some of the parties that David Geffen used to throw at his Laurel Canyon mansion in the early 70's...I love the ending on the album where the piano goes right into "The Same Situation"...absolutely breathtaking.

[clrjkb55]

My girlfriend at that time asked me to buy Court and Spark for her birthday, I played it first to check for scratches and fell in love with it myself. she never got the album.

Hejia will always be my favourite though.

[Florrid]

Thank you so much for posting this - beautiful beautiful.

[videostrategies]

I love this: 'Laughing and crying, you know it's the same release.' Not just the words, but the joyous/desperate way she sings it . . . and the all the rest of song.

[mindoni]

Joni, Joni, Joni!

[videostrategies]

This song and the rest of the Court and Spark deserve so much more attention/views . . . no matter how long it's been since it came out. Too bad this version is cut off at the end.

[Bflatblues55]

This song defines me so well. Love it ... for so many reasons. But then, once we hear Joni's vocals, we don't really even need to find another reason, do we?

Awesome track! Thank you thank you for posting this... ohhhh if only to find the backing track.

Thank you Michael for sharing!

[powergirl901]

I only own this one album by Joni Mitchell. It was the most brilliant thing ever to come from her.

All her other albums, the covers of her originals are more popular than her versions. But this album is untouchable by anybody else.

After this she lost the delicate balance between being pop and being jazz.

If Mitchell were a great folk singer, she would have just stayed there, but she was too original for any genre.

[shirona3]

by far one of the best song writers ever

[JISAJ]

yeah thanks for this

[almadora]

absolute platinum. thank you.

[sertenin]

Joni is a goddess

thank you for the post

[fayedunawayfan]

Her music is GOLD!

[normalil]

Thanks so much, what a Star she is!

[holdencaustic]

Thanks for posting--- I have been through many copies of this--

Joni is a treasure who has touched me beyond measure through many phases of my life.

[louiseduvee]

thanks for posting all these songs

[lmcguire]

GREAT TUNE....

[TabOraSunset]

Well, her music is just incredible and timeless because there has never been another musical artist quite like her. Yes, this lyrical work of art is beyond words.

[Buttons61]

"Laughing and crying you know it's the same release"

[eaglepoke56]

my three favorite albums ever:

1-Joni Mitchell-Court and Spark

2-The Who-Who's Next

3-Boston-Boston

[millvalleyrn]

@eaglepoke56 how can you not love 'Who's Next' ? cheers...

[TheFobster]

Please put the rest of the album up! Pretty please?

[billyguns2]

One of the best songs from one of Joni's best albums. It's just beyond words.

[LEWOOF]

...saying laughing and crying... you know its the same release....

[heartbeat3]

Great song. Great album.

[Dominicano1197]

this album is fucking legendary

[billyguns2]

well said! I'd put BLUE, HEJIRA and DON JUAN'S RECKLESS DAUGHTER up there too, but this is the most accessible of all of them.

[laker1159]

Yep, this one use to make me cry every time...still gets the eyes full after all these years...

[carlosdangerous]

I can't believe how much talented this woman really is. "Blue" is an amazing album, and "Court and Spark" is her second album. Thanx, Joni, thanx.

[AJMusicgirl]

Actually, COURT & SPARK is her 6th album. SONG TO A SEAGULL, CLOUDS, LADIES OF THE CANYON, BLUE, & FOR THE ROSES all proceeded it. Unless you meant second best album, then I'd still have to disagree. As, IMHO, it's her best. :)

[carlosdangerous]

Yes yes, I meant her second best album. They say "Hejira" is AMAZING! Is that true?

[AJMusicgirl]

I haven't got around to listening to it yet. Too much music to listen to, and not enough hours in the day. *sigh*

[languagedancer]

Yes, it's true...Hejira is beyond words

[billyguns2]

Here are Joni's greatest ALBUMS, IMO: BLUE, HEJIRA, COURT & SPARK, DON JUAN'S RECKLESS DAUGHTER, & THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS. All of her albums have songs of great interest, but as concept albums the ones I listed are amazing.

[stretch54]

Couldn't agree more on the list of albums. For me they represent her greatest period as an artist. I mean...shit, all those albums are amazing from start to finish. I still have original copies of all of those. Put me on a deserted island with the music of Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan and the Beatles, and I would be just fine. Probably would need Miles Davis too. LOL

[billyguns2]

@carlosdangerous BLUE, COURT & SPARK and HEJIRA are three of the greatest albums ever made. If you haven't heard HEJIRA, RUN to get it!

[JoshSigurdsonMusic]

@carlosdangerous hejira is my favorite album by her, it's such a beautiful album

[millvalleyrn]

@JoshSigurdsonMusic Many agree on Hejira, Josh, and so do I ....

[lpcamaroboi]

@carlosdangerous Yes, Hejira is amazing, it's Joni. "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" is another favorite of mine, the song Talk To Me is fantastic!

[looourie]

@carlosdangerous yes

[kenmeyerjr]

@carlosdangerous

Yeah, Hejira is amazing...could be my favorite, but it's so hard to choose between that, this one, For the Roses...heck, it's impossible!

[westy1958]

Hejira is awesome! It's my favorite Joni Mitchell album, and as you know she has many great albums.

[genevagypsy]

This album was released in 1974, I think. I can remember a time when I couldn't listen to it without crying! I had just gone through a painful breakup, and this LP was symbolic of that relationship. I've always said, you gotta be in a good mood to listen to Joni Mitchell. Talk about reality...

[blackdress69]

This song very accurately sums up my teenage years during the 70's, funny, it still does in a way and that's probably true for a lot of us posting on this page. I still have my copy of this someplace under the baby clothes in the attic. When was it first released, 1976 (maybe earlier?). Thank You for posting this one, soooo nice. Cheers.

[AJMusicgirl]

1974. :)

[blackdress69]

Thanks, much appreciated.

[blueskys058]

This is one of the best albums ever created! Would never part with it!!!  Love it!!! Joni Mitchell is a legend........

[thisherecat]

like... you can´t even type without it. joni would not indulge you.

[almadora]

wow...i can't thank you enough. like, three minutes ago i was telling my twin sister how much i miss this record... it's still five states away in my mother's attic. thanks.