I think Barangrill means Bar and Grill, like a restaurant.
This song has intriguing music. I have not bought the album.
Can anyone tell me why it is possible to hear this kind of thing on youtube? After all, why would I pay for it if I can listen to it for free? But then, when you get an artist like this, she should be supported so that she can continue with what she is doing.
@itsmeagaaain You should get the CD because if you like this song you will pretty much like the whole album. Full of great songs... this and "Blue" are probably her two best studio albums, although all are valid. "Shadows and Light" is also quite good (Pat Metheney, Jaco, Lyle Mayes, "Jackie" Brecker, Don Alias).
@ Digger: i get you. i am moving from Viet Nam to Cambodia with 4 cats. you just have to laugh 'cuz it's all so crazy... with eggs over easy. where does life lead?
I have listened to around 50% of Joni's discography, and I don't want to listen to the rest of it because then there won't be any more! This is a new one for me - another fantastic piece.
Listening to this always makes me feel good. She said it so well on a later song, "There's comfort in melancholy, when there's no need to explain..." The lyrics to this song are questioning, but the music is warm, funny, and heart-felt.
Thank you for putting this one up! This one's a somewhat underrated musical portrait of hers, and it's always been a personal favorite. Just the senstation of going on a road trip and stopping at a place like this brings a smile to my face.
There aren't really enough superlatives in the dictionary to sum up this album. Brilliant on all fronts. Never tire of it - always amazed and awestruck by her wonderful (atheists look-away now) God-given talent!
@cheeserules5419 Receiving a gift doesn't actually require belief in the 'giver'. Many gifts are given anonymously. Do you know Joni personally, or is this something you just read somewheres ?
@stufish4040 Joni is a self-proclaimed Buddhist, and while practicing Buddhism doesn't necessarily mean that you can't also believe in God, it does go against the principals of Buddhism. She also openly expresses the fact that she's against religion. Now, faith in God does not require that one is religious, but coupled with her Buddhism, it seems like an obvious conclusion that she does not believe in God. She's very open about her Buddhist spiritualism, so why would she hide belief in God?
@cheeserules5419 It's impossible to tell what's in a person's heart from reading their press-releases & Buddhism doesn't exclude other religions. Anyways . . I think she's extraordinary and wonderful - one of the few people I would rate as a genius. Even her early work has the amazing ability to sound fresh every time you hear it. A truly gifted artist , in every sense of the word.
@stufish4040 "Shine on the Catholic Church and the prisons that it owns. Shine on all the Churches that love less and less. ...Shine on mass destruction in some God's name."
- Joni Mitchell, Shine
I think she's made her opinion on religion pretty clear, and I think she's also displayed her indifference toward any sort of faith by saying that mass destruction is committed in "some God's name". (continued in next comment)
@cheeserules5419 But I suppose that, as someone who is religious, you're more inclined to believe in the thing that all evidence points *against* simply because it cannot be conclusively disproved. Anyway, I agree with you that Joni is a brilliant artist, and it does her a discredit to say that her talent is God-given. Her talent is natural genius and she deserves full credit for it.
@cheeserules5419 I think we can both agree that her genius owes something to her inherited dna. We just disagree about how that brilliant dna system came about =p Many an atheist makes their peace with 'God' on their deathbed, so I think it would be arrogant of either of us to postulate about what may or may not happen in Joni's case. I don't propose to clog up this space with any more pointless conjecture, so I'll say goodbye :]
Re Joni Mitchell & Buddhism - I think that Buddhism is for people who are spiritual but find insufficient reason to believe in a personal deity - the assumption is that there are patterns & energies in existence, & the way to be happy is to knowingly put oneself in harmony with them - arguably not unlike Navajo beliefs - but the song Magdalene Laundries shows JM's intense bitterness toward RC Xianity, & religious hypocrisy & inhumanity in general - & of course she has a point
Oh yeah, I've done Bar and Grill myself.
47barolo 2 weeks ago
Oh how I adore my Joni, T Y girl, for making my life more complete..xoxo
BetsyBrowning 2 weeks ago
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dvs2751 1 month ago
@dvs2751 oh what great taste and class you have my friend!
BetsyBrowning 2 weeks ago
Thank you thank you thank you for posting!!!!!!
sklongis 2 months ago
it's another level of music and hits you on every level. no one can touch her.
Anjie777 3 months ago
Listening to her sing is what it must feel like to be in heaven. Tears of joy.
And that is all.
InnerCityGirl1 6 months ago
Show me the way to Barangrill...
PascalOnoff 7 months ago
I think Barangrill means Bar and Grill, like a restaurant.
This song has intriguing music. I have not bought the album.
Can anyone tell me why it is possible to hear this kind of thing on youtube? After all, why would I pay for it if I can listen to it for free? But then, when you get an artist like this, she should be supported so that she can continue with what she is doing.
itsmeagaaain 7 months ago
@itsmeagaaain You should get the CD because if you like this song you will pretty much like the whole album. Full of great songs... this and "Blue" are probably her two best studio albums, although all are valid. "Shadows and Light" is also quite good (Pat Metheney, Jaco, Lyle Mayes, "Jackie" Brecker, Don Alias).
beelzabubba 6 months ago
@beelzabubba You are right. I will start with Blue. Thanks for the tip.
itsmeagaaain 6 months ago
So what does "Barangrill" even mean?
Uktrayf 8 months ago
3 waitress all wearing black diamond earings, talking about zombies and singapore slings....
beelzabubba 8 months ago
@ Digger: i get you. i am moving from Viet Nam to Cambodia with 4 cats. you just have to laugh 'cuz it's all so crazy... with eggs over easy. where does life lead?
poipu96756 10 months ago
@ Digger: i get you. i am moving from Viet Nam to Cambodia with 4 cats. you just have to laugh 'cuz it's so crazy... with eggs over easy.
poipu96756 10 months ago
SUBLIME
desertshore 1 year ago
I 2nd that ! This is one of my all time favorite Joni Mitchell Albums still sounds fresh. what a great song writer & timeless artist she is.
janashaus 1 year ago 2
I have listened to around 50% of Joni's discography, and I don't want to listen to the rest of it because then there won't be any more! This is a new one for me - another fantastic piece.
Nezmundo00 1 year ago
Expensive earrings those waitresses were wearing at work.
sptfgpn 1 year ago
i've listened to this song several times now, and it gets better with each listening.
paperstefan 1 year ago
"to much choice"
dvs1572 1 year ago
....and you want to get moving and you want to stay still....
digger24752 2 years ago 2
This women has the finest female voice to ever grace the planet and the words she puts to her music are pure poetry...her music is truly magic.
martiniqueplace 2 years ago 2
call on the guit, please; i'm callin' genius
think of the times
TheNigelr 2 years ago
Jony is pure art.
melfree 2 years ago
Can you all grasp how brilliant this song is?
dvs1572 2 years ago
I'm just out here hopin' it's near folly ('cuz I'm headed that way fer sure).. etc..
RJGrones 2 years ago
Listening to this always makes me feel good. She said it so well on a later song, "There's comfort in melancholy, when there's no need to explain..." The lyrics to this song are questioning, but the music is warm, funny, and heart-felt.
ghanick 2 years ago 2
my my..my my .. oh my
GOD this women ...is.....a direction i want to head for
oozzee 2 years ago 2
...her mind's on her boyfriend and eggs over easy....
fatgrl1935 2 years ago 2
Oh baby baby..
please show me the way..
to Barangrille..
I'm with ya..
RJGrones 2 years ago
Thanks for the upload. Joni is a goddess.
TheFobster 2 years ago 2
Thanks for posting - love this song.
barfofavon 3 years ago
one of my favorite of her songs....i love the production too.
Thanks for the post!
OsvaldoPaese 3 years ago 2
thank you mate. tubing this stuff you've made me happy. happy new year.
greetings from costa@rome.italy
costa1953 3 years ago 2
Thank you for putting this one up! This one's a somewhat underrated musical portrait of hers, and it's always been a personal favorite. Just the senstation of going on a road trip and stopping at a place like this brings a smile to my face.
SonofMrPeanut 3 years ago 2
Joni Mitchell is the best - that's all.
kimbolina5 3 years ago 14
There aren't really enough superlatives in the dictionary to sum up this album. Brilliant on all fronts. Never tire of it - always amazed and awestruck by her wonderful (atheists look-away now) God-given talent!
stufish4040 3 years ago 15
@stufish4040 Joni doesn't believe in God. Just putting that out there.
cheeserules5419 6 months ago
@cheeserules5419 Receiving a gift doesn't actually require belief in the 'giver'. Many gifts are given anonymously. Do you know Joni personally, or is this something you just read somewheres ?
stufish4040 6 months ago
@stufish4040 Joni is a self-proclaimed Buddhist, and while practicing Buddhism doesn't necessarily mean that you can't also believe in God, it does go against the principals of Buddhism. She also openly expresses the fact that she's against religion. Now, faith in God does not require that one is religious, but coupled with her Buddhism, it seems like an obvious conclusion that she does not believe in God. She's very open about her Buddhist spiritualism, so why would she hide belief in God?
cheeserules5419 6 months ago
@cheeserules5419 It's impossible to tell what's in a person's heart from reading their press-releases & Buddhism doesn't exclude other religions. Anyways . . I think she's extraordinary and wonderful - one of the few people I would rate as a genius. Even her early work has the amazing ability to sound fresh every time you hear it. A truly gifted artist , in every sense of the word.
stufish4040 6 months ago
@stufish4040 "Shine on the Catholic Church and the prisons that it owns. Shine on all the Churches that love less and less. ...Shine on mass destruction in some God's name."
- Joni Mitchell, Shine
I think she's made her opinion on religion pretty clear, and I think she's also displayed her indifference toward any sort of faith by saying that mass destruction is committed in "some God's name". (continued in next comment)
cheeserules5419 6 months ago
@cheeserules5419 But I suppose that, as someone who is religious, you're more inclined to believe in the thing that all evidence points *against* simply because it cannot be conclusively disproved. Anyway, I agree with you that Joni is a brilliant artist, and it does her a discredit to say that her talent is God-given. Her talent is natural genius and she deserves full credit for it.
cheeserules5419 6 months ago
@cheeserules5419 I think we can both agree that her genius owes something to her inherited dna. We just disagree about how that brilliant dna system came about =p Many an atheist makes their peace with 'God' on their deathbed, so I think it would be arrogant of either of us to postulate about what may or may not happen in Joni's case. I don't propose to clog up this space with any more pointless conjecture, so I'll say goodbye :]
stufish4040 6 months ago
@cheeserules5419
Re Joni Mitchell & Buddhism - I think that Buddhism is for people who are spiritual but find insufficient reason to believe in a personal deity - the assumption is that there are patterns & energies in existence, & the way to be happy is to knowingly put oneself in harmony with them - arguably not unlike Navajo beliefs - but the song Magdalene Laundries shows JM's intense bitterness toward RC Xianity, & religious hypocrisy & inhumanity in general - & of course she has a point
SupernalOne 3 months ago
sigh, so sweet.
almadora 3 years ago 3