Joni is an Angel and she can sing however she can move my heart, in tune or out, that is a matter of opinion. Close your mouths open your ears. I bet 90% of us love her singing. The other 10% go listen to Der Fledermaus.
those are voice breaks you pinhead!!! They are difficult to do and most of the new young female artist try and emulate them........ You're shallow as a teaspoon. She is a melodic gem in a world of musical mediocrity!!
I remember the first time I heard Joni's "Court And Spark"album. I felt as if I had just stepped into some kind of alternate dimension. Yeah I know that sounds weird... but I really can't describe it any better than that. It's a very surreal album and also, my favorite by Joni Mitchell. She's just amazing.
straight from the plains of canada: look what the cat dragged in. a beautiful genius, in all aspects...melodious sagacity. i think we were worthy of such a gift.
I just fell in love with Joni all over again!! Not just pretty, but gorgeous in a way that goes right down to the bone and mind of this wonderful and wise lady. "We are Stardust, we are golden, made of million year old Carbon...."
@vargaso Aside from some early black and white television performances younger Joni wore minimal to no makeup reflecting honesty and vulnerability in her person. Besides her obvious talent it is likely the same honesty and vulnerability in her performances which make her notes strike something deep in the heart. She offered rare glimpses into the soul of the beautiful. Such a combination comes around few times in a generation.
Big Sur in 1969.....oh to have been there.....I was only seven at the time! We could certainly use a second hippie movement right about now....or I might just lose my sanity.
Of course that golden moment at Woodstock was a long time coming, but as it was happening Joni channeled directly into that beautiful higher consciousness and wrote it down on paper and . . . the rest is history.
"Going down to Yasgur's farm," means a lot to me. He was our family's milkman during 1958. He owned the dairy in the community and we bought our daily milk from him. Life was so fuckin bitchin back then. Thanks Max. PS...My uncle Charlie Morgan was your Postman.
Max...You did change the world...................Plus you made $50,000 bucks back in the day. May you rest in Peace.
That huge, haunting, beautiful, mesmerizing voice that Joni wields like a sword, like a gun, like a feather from the wing of an angel would be enough to make her a legend. Joni Mitchell, though, isn't just a singer, she's a songwriter beyond criticism, a gorgeous hippie who grew in both stature and art into a woman of love, pain and redemption, someone who felt limited in the pop world and broke free. I don't like her yodeling on this song, though. Nobody's perfect!!!
What a bunch of pompous trolls. There's a reason why opera singers aren't asked to perform on the folk music circuit : because their voices sound unnatural and overly trained. They're also stuck with a stereotyped association of elitist snobbery, which I think is unfair, but which some people in these comments are all too keen to reinforce. Folk gained its enormous popularity by eschewing all that crap. Folk to opera is like salad to cake. Different criteria, different result.
@7veilsphaedra Your analogy is a 'trifle' misplaced I suggest. At least opera singers can usually be relied upon to sing in key and hit the notes at the correct pitch. Granted, many popular singers are popular even though they often sing off key (like most of the public).Good sinmgers can sing in key or off key slightly, intentionally, eg as in doowop and vocal harmony. You can sing in key without being 'trained '.
@Telford90 With folk music, a natural sound, sincere expression, the connection to emotions and common human dilemmas trump vocal force & contrivance. Joni composed and wrote the lyrics for a very intricate piece in "Woodstock", with a complicated melody, rhythm and poetic idiom, while still conforming to the folk style, the night before it was performed and taped here. I expect your musicality issues have more to do with the piece still being in a formative stage, than Joni's voice.
@Telford90 For all that may I assume we are still in agreement that Joni is god? Key shmey, Joni's a genius--from her songwriting, to her guitar playing, to her singing.
how is it that a song all about peace has nothing but aggressive argumentative comments? your entitled to ur opinions but theres really no need to insult anyone. just relax and enjoy the music :)
It's a primeval lament to the loss of Eden, not American Idol. Those last notes come from tapping into our collective unconscious, not years of vocal training. Stunning.
at the end her cries sound worse then cats at night well I guess being on drugs can make an audience more tolerant or tone deaf but this woman should refrain from trying to hit high notes like La Traviata.
the song is not so bad but why is this woman trying to hit high notes like an opera singer when she clearly is not a soprano, alto or even a mezzo-soprano?
@truvianni So how would you characterize her range, genius? Contralto? Tenor? Baritone? Are you saying that only trained opera & classical singers have notes above high C? Try telling that to Aretha! Your ignorance is showing. At this point, Ms. Mitchell had about a two-and-a-half octave range. Perhaps you simply don't like it when she sings falsetto. Do your homework before making dumb-ass comments.
@northernmuse9 It’s so typical of redneck Americans to use petty insults like “dumb-ass” and ask stupid questions Of course a woman could never be a tenor or baritone as these are men’s voices I’d qualify her voice as nothing but average weak and not even worth mentioning beyond that she is not bad but than again literally millions of women can sing like this! Even the worst singer in an opera choir could sing better but you can believe what you want
@ufewl actually I don’t think she is a bad singer though definitely she is no Angela Gheorghiu. I would say her voice is ok for pop music but nothing else. The problem is that she is trying to sing very high notes and really does not have the voice for it.If she sang in her range it would not be so bad.
@musicholic159 well I don't understand what you saying but what I meant is that when she tries to sing high notes her voices does not reach them and it comes off like a piano player who keeps hitting the wrong chords
@greenapplepuppyranch and you apparently have no ear for notes or music because her sining is so off key that one would have to be deaf or on drugs like most people probably were at that concert not to notice
@northernmuse9 Franklin She perhaps was good for that mediocre music known as blues or gospel but can not even be compared to Gheorghiu Netrobko,Te Kanawa or Southerland but then again it is typical for Americans who have almost nothing in the way of serious music to prompt mediocre talents like her along with the stupidity to call them divas as for American black singers try Barbara Hendricks who even left the ignorance of the US to become a Swedish citizen where her talents can be appreciated
@truvianni Why do you assume I'm American? Why can't you answer my question? Whether or not you like her voice, she must fit in some range. (My mention of men's voices was rhetorical, in case that escaped your brilliance.) Clearly you believe that only opera singers are legit, so why are you listening to anything else & criticizing it anyway? I'm familiar w/Kiri Te Kanawa & Joan Sutherland, thank you. Yes, most Americans are ignorant about the arts. BTW, Ms. Mitchell is Canadian. Aussies too?
@northernmuse9 I commented just to have a laugh at her mediocrity and lack of musical talent didn’t know anybody could sing like that and not have people ask for their money back I know she is Canadian real name R. Anderson so what? and if you don’t know her range check it on wikipedia also don’t care if you’re a yank or not
@truvianni@northernmuse9 i am the daughter or 2 highly successful international opera singers, who have not only sung at the biggest opera houses in the world but also teach at 2 of the biggest music institutions, and I was brought up listening to her, not because of her voice but because of her artistry.Imyself am a technical voice teacher and could list all manner of bizzare vocal techniques she is using, but the point of her is her freedom, her lyricism and her music.
Respond to this video...she is communicating her own words withjust so you don't crap all over this response....kiri te kanawa is a friend, so I know what I'm on about. and Kiri has never sung a song she wrote herself, she sings music others have written and therefore does so in the genre and context for the specific piece...as I'm sure you know, there are all manner of styles within opera itself.
Respond to this video...If you don't want to appreciate this form of expression that is your business, why create such negativity where others find happiness, that says more about you, than all the vocal flipping put together.
@truvianni do you realise that some of the biggest opera houses in the world are in america? I am english and appreciate that in a country as large as america there will be those closed off to the rest of the world, but here are many opera singers from america...renee flemming?? one of the biggest modern sopranos around..and before you say it...no not my favourite, but she exists...
Hating hippies is like hating blacks, Italians, or any other stereotype prejudice and ignorance. I was a hippie and fought in Nam and so were most of the guys with me. And when we returned we were all still hippies.
lOOK...HIPPIES LOLOL..HIPPIES...and ONE Port-O-POTTY........Jonipass the Green Acid......seriously---there are NO current female singer-songwriters who can DO this..JONI was one of a kind. I say WAS because THIS "Joni" no longer exists..(tear) she evolved into a self conscious reclusive "jazz" oriented artist..the FOLKIE died a long time ago...enjoy this time capsule.
To those of you who don't sing but love to criticize you should know that she is doing something terribly difficult to do well. She straddles between chest and head voice and falsetto throughout the song. This gives it a lighter airier feel in the upper notes -- exactly what is desired "stardust". She was one of the best at this technique.
HAAAAAA Fuckin Hippies were little faggots and spit on destroyed young kids returning from Vietnam because the hippies were coddled by ma and pa and the poor -58,749KIA and many more ruined forever,were spit upon by the fucking dirt bags who partied at woodstock --at the same time the performers hit the stage-- 18 yr old kids hit the dirt screaming without intestines or legs-They hugged too!! fuckin A right they cried and died and hugged. All you hippies likin Wall St. now?
@joeknee4767 I hate Hippies too. Always lazy and winning about something. Shame on those nasty stinky bastards for spitting on our heroes. Instead of crying and laying up on their ass they could have helped.
@joeknee4767 Check your facts, It was the right wing establishment that met our troops returning with distaste.Either way this is not the forum for political views.Hippies wanted Peace and their young brothers home so why would they spit on them? Big business wanted the War Machine. Least of all to pick on Joni out of all the Love Generation is laughable. You probable burned Beatles records too. If you said something about Jane Fonda I would give you more consideration
What a genius! Her soul is free and she is stardust forever. And her carbon is probably at least 4 billion years old if it's a day. Looking sprightly enough for all that though.
@Pan3405 - Pan, i am curious. is there some genetic predisposition for your inanity, or have you raised it to a fine art through industrious labor? you have nothing better to do than troll Youtube and attempt to slander someone who clearly brings joy to so many people, and is an amazing person in so many ways? I think you need a bigger rock; try the one perched atop your shoulders - it appears to be blunt enough :-) no accounting for taste, it is said. but at least try to have some!
She is as intelligent and caring as she is talented. Artists pour considerable parts of themselves into their work, and we are fortunate to be able to feel a small part of her through her songs and lyrics (and paintings). Don't miss it; and don't subvert this into a religious fascination - it's just beauty expressed incomparably. What could be wrong about that?
@Pan3405 Pan - just to be extra clear - you *get* to say "I don't like this". that's taste, and it's subjective. On the basis of a few seconds at the end of a song as she attempts to duplicate a very difficult vocal maneuver - which i am sure you lack the pipes for - you say she can't sing? That's just absurd!
If you're twelve - I will excuse you. Beyond that, I'm not going to feed a troll any longer.
@Krohnnn hahahahahhaa... "she attempts to duplicate a very difficult maneuver"... oh dear oh dear oh dear.. where to begin.. And You wrote to me.. "I listened 3 times in a row.. etc.. and couldn't find.. etc.. !! hahahahaha.. No.. I am not going to continue my arguments to you..
@Krohnnn I am 51.. knowing what quality is.. Listened to classic, pop, jazz, country.. and have an open view on music.. But this version just sucks.. and Joni knew.. If yu ever performed on stage than you know the feeling of being sattisfied or embarrased by the mistakes you made.. She was embarassed.. Just look at the body language and.. again.. cut your hippy crap, be open!! Another embaraasing moment.. CSN&Y 1974 Wembley.. suite Judy Blue Eyes.. It's on Youtube..And Coyote.. uggghhh!! .
I read through these arguments and I absolutely agree - this was absolutely horrible. It was quite a cacophony. I don't understand why this woman is adored so much in this particular video, either.
@hjjrite So glad you joined my opinion.. pfffff.. What I think that happened is... that Joni was very stressed to perform this "new"song to the audience. She was terribly nervous and as she went using her voice as a solo instrument at the end.. her voice/mind was far too stressed. It caused that she had to use a "switch technique" to produce different tones.. It's terrible!! .But more terrible is the fact that people consider this as a great performance....because it isn't..
@Pan3405 ...this is a perfect performance...by the way are you singer or writer? Do you have a clue what she is even doing....this is Jazz. at it's best...Folk at it's best...comentary at it's best...Transcendence at it's best....
@billyscottbrandt I am a singr songwriter and work for example with Marjolein Latour.. operasinger (she is also on youtube).. I love Jazz, I love folk... I love Rock.. but I hate Joni's version of Woodstock!!!
@Pan3405 If you want to hear a great voice look for "Angela Gheorghiu" now there is a woman who can hit high notes with the power in her voice to do it She is on youtube so it wont be hard to find her
@Pan3405 She does a similar vocal ending on the album version of this. Presumably she wasn't "nervous" or "too stressed" in the studio. She was "switching" from chest voice to falsetto; as someone else observed, it's comparable to a Native American vocal technique. It's not my favorite sound of hers, but it's not an accident & it's not her screwing up: it's just your taste, which you're entitled to. Standing & facing the audience for a moment & smiling does not indicate embarrassment.
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@northernmuse9 "switching from chest voice to falsetto... "Are You kidding? She is constantly doing horrible falsetto's.. In fact she sings like an amateur!!
@Krohnnn I write sophisticated chansons (french), i work together with Marjolein Latour.. (on You tube) en Eline Toebes (cello) I am not gonna publish via Youtube.. to prove i am right.. sorry folk!
Fingers have been directed at every conceivable scapegoat by playing humanity like a fiddle to argue liberal/conservative, democrat/republican, miraculous creation/miraculous mutations. Deception has the scent of Satan's sweat and acts like mental kryptonite. Cripple conscious awareness and smother the search for the truth, by labeling those efforts conspiracy theories. Deception has an agenda dependent upon installing the popular opinion that neither he nor God exist. Wake up and do it soon.
@waketheoblivious How would you know what deception has the smell of? Your run on sentences has the mark of some false intellectual who is delusional. If you are going to post, please make sense. Otherwise you look like a fool, and your message does not get across to intelligent people. Is that your purpose?
@waketheoblivious I believe there are conspiracies, and with some of your words it would seem like you do too. But then I'm not sure and the guy answering your post has a few points of his own. There are conspiracies that are fact, not theory, Satan is real, as is God and Christ. Sometimes I wish neither were true, but I know they are, and it's only a short time before everyone will know the truth, but the truth will not set most people free. It will make most even more defiant and unbelieving.
Your commitment to the truth established the basis of your sound belief & logic structure. Problems arise for those who's fundamental commitment (only sane choice) which inherently expands to include all possibilities, is wired to a lightswitch of convenience. Arbitrary dismissal of a possibility, breaches that commitment as a fatal logic error, resulting in mindfucked insanity. I AM certain a famous Biblical figure once defined Himself as the Truth. His love to you & yours
Noble lady, gorgeous hippie, keeper of stardust and a golden child, grounded and angelic, both sides, then, and now. And we'll walk beside her, back to the garden, the garden of Eden.
Back when people were serious about changing this planet into something more heavenly, no days people wont even cover your eyes for you as the bodys fall.......
Was this at Esalen? And was that George Harrison she went too right at the end? They were both at Esalen in the late 60's but not sure if it was the same time.
@gat569 It's at Big Sur, and the other guy with the droopy mustache (next to Graham Nash) is her longtime manager and friend, Elliot Roberts. (Yes, the one who advised her not to go to the Woodstock fest for fear she'd miss her appearance on the Dick Cavett Show.) There are videos of her appearing with CSN & Jefferson Airplane right after Woodstock on the Cavett show.
I am from Woodstock. A idealist dream of a wave of baby boomers after world war two looking for a new set of life values different than those established and held onto since the turn of the century 50 years before. Breaking into a new age in the last half of the 20th century. Joni was a iconic pivotal piece of that for a majority of those who embraced this evolution/revolution in the basics of fundamental societal behaviors. I am 60 now. Tempered idealism with life experienced.
I believe the garden she speaks of is within us and always has been. We just had to find it and share it and we did and it did a lot of good. Us baby boomers are dying off but hopefully you will pass this onto your grandchildren. They know you are wise.
we lost so much back then . the protests for native american; the vision to end the vietnam war sooner; anti materialism as a way of life. then came a new wave of artists of heavy metal where you could nolonger hear the lyrics of a song and the american dream of democracy distroyed through deception by the government that changed everything to never see again. the garden lost forever for americans.
@tomludwig1 Don't blame heavy metal. Don't blame anyone. If you want to talk Civil Rights, white males have less than anyone else in this country. For your sake, do not debate me. You want to talk about the government oppression today? Talk about Affirmative Action. Government mandated sex and race discrimination against the innocent white male. The garden could be truly lost in America. Question is, what will you do to make a difference? I know what I have done, and do. Blame is not the answer.
WOODSTOCK>>>I came upon a child of god He was walking along the road And I asked him, where are you going And this he told me Im going on down to yasgurs farm Im going to join in a rock n roll band Im going to camp out on the land Im going to try an get my soul free We are stardust We are golden And weve got to get ourselves Back to the garden.
This song is beautiful, and I don't mean to be annoyingly irrelevant, but with regards to sharing and discovering beautiful music, I wouldn't think myself to be annoying or irrelevant from another's point of view.
The area this was shot in -- Big Sur -- reminds me of a song by the guitarist, Buckethead, called Big Sur Moon. I advise checking out his album, Colma, and also Electric Tears. If you love songs that're peaceful and lovely, sincerely - check him out.
Not sure who or what you mean is a "narrow minded" but your Judeo-Christian perspective is much more narrow minded and exclusionary than anything or anyone I have seen posting on this video...
Joni is the greatest female artist of her generation. She's an artist,( designed many of her album covers), brilliant songwriter/poet, and has the voice of an angel, She's a dynamic, beautiful woman who was true to her artistic vision even when criticised. In a world of followers she forged her own path and lived her life her way. She expressed her deep emotions and insights brilliantly. She changed my life with her music and I'll always be inspired by and grateful for Joni.
well thats a narrow minded view of it all, were are not just the some of our material parts! we are also the children of our Father who art in Heaven. and thus we are Love, Light and Life above anything else. forgetting where we came from the minute we were born, as a test of our inner knowledge that we are the above and are in fact all good beings with a hidden desire to do good not evil
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind is an in depth documetary of Joni Mitchell that I just watched. I would highly recommend it. Be sure to watch the bonus material on the DVD also. Rent it or buy it. It's one of the best made.
What an amazing individual. Totally original totally beautiful. She is stardust she is golden. It has been a long strange trip into materialism and self for most of us. I sense that we are all again longing to return to the garden. The time is right for a shift in our consciousness.
Cheesy Justin Bieber comments in classic Zeppelin videos, silly Miley Cyrus comments in soulful Joni Mitchell videos... what puzzling comments. Why don't the fans of those bubblegum pop entertainers go comment on those videos, and leave the art from these masters alone? For my own two cents, it's a shame for me to admit that I just found out that this was Joni's song today, having heard the ever popular Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young version my entire life. A great discovery for me.
this song is legend, csny did it alright, but Joni's version you can actually understand what she's saying, and I mean she wrote it she should be singing it. It's beautiful, the lyrics, the voice, the meaning, everything, just beautiful. sends shivers down my spine
i was once told by this guy from my university "ooh so you are like this ..hippie?" and he belonged to some leftist group, so he said it in a negative way... i dont see what was so wrong about those "hippies", ok they didnt really make a revolution, but at least with their songs and attitude and life they protested against many bad things and they caused a lot of change in morals and beliefs etc... don't you think?
I learned many years ago that present folk without a sense of history are forever children - so play this song and play it to your children. I just caught CSN at the Royal Albert Hall in London in July 2010 and they opened with it! Play on!
I absolutley love what you have done with this imagery. Love this ~
Gkitty1974 2 weeks ago
Joni was mad at Nixon...and shampoo
matthunterrlf 3 weeks ago
why wasn't I alive then?
flowerchildcaroline 4 weeks ago
Joni is an Angel and she can sing however she can move my heart, in tune or out, that is a matter of opinion. Close your mouths open your ears. I bet 90% of us love her singing. The other 10% go listen to Der Fledermaus.
archanjo88 1 month ago
pure.
tomnj707 1 month ago 2
Simply and purely perfect.
kdbwiz 1 month ago 2
This is probably one of the first times she performed this song. The same summer of '69 that Woodstock happened. She's the real deal.
nicojordan 2 months ago 3
those are voice breaks you pinhead!!! They are difficult to do and most of the new young female artist try and emulate them........ You're shallow as a teaspoon. She is a melodic gem in a world of musical mediocrity!!
Dogtownpaddy 2 months ago
Just great. She has been with me with her voice and wonderful music for 35 years now. And i guess she won't leave me!
sympathy44 2 months ago
Sie singt wundervoll.
sulusulusulu1 3 months ago
And I bet you lot think Dylan sang out of tune as well.
Close enough for me.
I think I'd like to make a point about substance over packaging.
Some commentators seem to think hat they actually do better.
Well do it!
davidmorrison1955 3 months ago
is she deaf?
Why is she so out of tune?
Answers on a postcard.
ufewl 3 months ago
This is an awesome song, but...
I remember the first time I heard Joni's "Court And Spark"album. I felt as if I had just stepped into some kind of alternate dimension. Yeah I know that sounds weird... but I really can't describe it any better than that. It's a very surreal album and also, my favorite by Joni Mitchell. She's just amazing.
Tessmage 3 months ago
It looks like Joni was there, but only her songs were there.
13Kitties13 3 months ago
these lyrics go to places of archetypal and transcendant beauty some of the best ever written.I love them very much.
julianforestphoenix 4 months ago
straight from the plains of canada: look what the cat dragged in. a beautiful genius, in all aspects...melodious sagacity. i think we were worthy of such a gift.
adamscott179 4 months ago
I just fell in love with Joni all over again!! Not just pretty, but gorgeous in a way that goes right down to the bone and mind of this wonderful and wise lady. "We are Stardust, we are golden, made of million year old Carbon...."
52stand 4 months ago
A colossal talent. Pretty, too, in an unusual way.
vargaso 4 months ago
@vargaso Aside from some early black and white television performances younger Joni wore minimal to no makeup reflecting honesty and vulnerability in her person. Besides her obvious talent it is likely the same honesty and vulnerability in her performances which make her notes strike something deep in the heart. She offered rare glimpses into the soul of the beautiful. Such a combination comes around few times in a generation.
gphx 3 months ago
God, in the female form...without a doubt.
bry1399 5 months ago
@bry1399 ;{ yes yes ;D
AlternativeAbyss 4 months ago
Our Lady of The Canyon smiles down on us - on all who've lost thier way....
shanebruce1 5 months ago
Joni in all her majesty.
Fuck Homeland Security, Citibank and the war on terror.
We are lost.
artinmey 5 months ago 12
Big Sur in 1969.....oh to have been there.....I was only seven at the time! We could certainly use a second hippie movement right about now....or I might just lose my sanity.
spd13062 5 months ago
@spd13062
Sadly, that will never happen. A good part of my generation (Y) is totally clueless. I swear they live life with their eyes closed.
WTF1920 5 months ago
Of course that golden moment at Woodstock was a long time coming, but as it was happening Joni channeled directly into that beautiful higher consciousness and wrote it down on paper and . . . the rest is history.
TangleF50 5 months ago
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kirby1947 5 months ago
"Going down to Yasgur's farm," means a lot to me. He was our family's milkman during 1958. He owned the dairy in the community and we bought our daily milk from him. Life was so fuckin bitchin back then. Thanks Max. PS...My uncle Charlie Morgan was your Postman.
Max...You did change the world...................Plus you made $50,000 bucks back in the day. May you rest in Peace.
tom921172002 5 months ago
17 people are tone-deaf
Trund27 5 months ago
Beauty
Trund27 5 months ago
One word....Genius!
ianmackenziedavis 6 months ago
@ianmackenziedavis indeed!!!
ishkular 5 months ago
That huge, haunting, beautiful, mesmerizing voice that Joni wields like a sword, like a gun, like a feather from the wing of an angel would be enough to make her a legend. Joni Mitchell, though, isn't just a singer, she's a songwriter beyond criticism, a gorgeous hippie who grew in both stature and art into a woman of love, pain and redemption, someone who felt limited in the pop world and broke free. I don't like her yodeling on this song, though. Nobody's perfect!!!
christoJihad2 6 months ago
This lady is a good example of how smoking damages your skin & makes you look old before your time.
She looks fresh & pure in this video, google some recent pictures to compare & contrast.
Just saying.
Lookup2Wakeup 6 months ago
What a bunch of pompous trolls. There's a reason why opera singers aren't asked to perform on the folk music circuit : because their voices sound unnatural and overly trained. They're also stuck with a stereotyped association of elitist snobbery, which I think is unfair, but which some people in these comments are all too keen to reinforce. Folk gained its enormous popularity by eschewing all that crap. Folk to opera is like salad to cake. Different criteria, different result.
7veilsphaedra 6 months ago 9
@7veilsphaedra Your analogy is a 'trifle' misplaced I suggest. At least opera singers can usually be relied upon to sing in key and hit the notes at the correct pitch. Granted, many popular singers are popular even though they often sing off key (like most of the public).Good sinmgers can sing in key or off key slightly, intentionally, eg as in doowop and vocal harmony. You can sing in key without being 'trained '.
Telford90 2 months ago
@Telford90 With folk music, a natural sound, sincere expression, the connection to emotions and common human dilemmas trump vocal force & contrivance. Joni composed and wrote the lyrics for a very intricate piece in "Woodstock", with a complicated melody, rhythm and poetic idiom, while still conforming to the folk style, the night before it was performed and taped here. I expect your musicality issues have more to do with the piece still being in a formative stage, than Joni's voice.
7veilsphaedra 2 months ago
@Telford90 For all that may I assume we are still in agreement that Joni is god? Key shmey, Joni's a genius--from her songwriting, to her guitar playing, to her singing.
dantean 1 week ago
She's the sound of the Angel.
VisionNouvellePhoto 6 months ago
@northernmuse, I am so glad I don't have to live in your head. Go back to your top-40, mate, it's probably polished enough for you.
NefariousWheel1 6 months ago
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I was born on that very same day :)
modette69er 6 months ago
how the hell anyone could not appreciate this and it's immense quality blows my mind. legendary song, moment, vibes, artist. etc.
bajarlman 6 months ago
great tune
whirlyfan 6 months ago
how is it that a song all about peace has nothing but aggressive argumentative comments? your entitled to ur opinions but theres really no need to insult anyone. just relax and enjoy the music :)
Rxx22 6 months ago
It's a primeval lament to the loss of Eden, not American Idol. Those last notes come from tapping into our collective unconscious, not years of vocal training. Stunning.
buddyakin 6 months ago
MASSIVE! :)
LaydenRobinson 6 months ago
at the end her cries sound worse then cats at night well I guess being on drugs can make an audience more tolerant or tone deaf but this woman should refrain from trying to hit high notes like La Traviata.
truvianni 7 months ago
the song is not so bad but why is this woman trying to hit high notes like an opera singer when she clearly is not a soprano, alto or even a mezzo-soprano?
truvianni 7 months ago
@truvianni So how would you characterize her range, genius? Contralto? Tenor? Baritone? Are you saying that only trained opera & classical singers have notes above high C? Try telling that to Aretha! Your ignorance is showing. At this point, Ms. Mitchell had about a two-and-a-half octave range. Perhaps you simply don't like it when she sings falsetto. Do your homework before making dumb-ass comments.
northernmuse9 6 months ago
@northernmuse9 It’s so typical of redneck Americans to use petty insults like “dumb-ass” and ask stupid questions Of course a woman could never be a tenor or baritone as these are men’s voices I’d qualify her voice as nothing but average weak and not even worth mentioning beyond that she is not bad but than again literally millions of women can sing like this! Even the worst singer in an opera choir could sing better but you can believe what you want
truvianni 6 months ago
@truvianni you are right mate, I can#t sing for tuppence but I sing a dam sight more in tune than her, she is really aweful.
I mean is she tone deaf?
ufewl 3 months ago
@ufewl actually I don’t think she is a bad singer though definitely she is no Angela Gheorghiu. I would say her voice is ok for pop music but nothing else. The problem is that she is trying to sing very high notes and really does not have the voice for it.If she sang in her range it would not be so bad.
truvianni 3 months ago
@truvianni why she need to sing in her range and she can't sing the way that she like it best don't be hipocrite.
musicholic159 3 months ago
@musicholic159 well I don't understand what you saying but what I meant is that when she tries to sing high notes her voices does not reach them and it comes off like a piano player who keeps hitting the wrong chords
truvianni 3 months ago
@truvianni You apparently have a worse ear than you think.
greenapplepuppyranch 2 months ago
@greenapplepuppyranch and you apparently have no ear for notes or music because her sining is so off key that one would have to be deaf or on drugs like most people probably were at that concert not to notice
truvianni 2 months ago
@truvianni ha. do you even play? I wonder why no one else is claiming what you are.... they must have ears.
greenapplepuppyranch 2 months ago
@northernmuse9 Franklin She perhaps was good for that mediocre music known as blues or gospel but can not even be compared to Gheorghiu Netrobko,Te Kanawa or Southerland but then again it is typical for Americans who have almost nothing in the way of serious music to prompt mediocre talents like her along with the stupidity to call them divas as for American black singers try Barbara Hendricks who even left the ignorance of the US to become a Swedish citizen where her talents can be appreciated
truvianni 6 months ago
@truvianni Why do you assume I'm American? Why can't you answer my question? Whether or not you like her voice, she must fit in some range. (My mention of men's voices was rhetorical, in case that escaped your brilliance.) Clearly you believe that only opera singers are legit, so why are you listening to anything else & criticizing it anyway? I'm familiar w/Kiri Te Kanawa & Joan Sutherland, thank you. Yes, most Americans are ignorant about the arts. BTW, Ms. Mitchell is Canadian. Aussies too?
northernmuse9 6 months ago
@northernmuse9 I commented just to have a laugh at her mediocrity and lack of musical talent didn’t know anybody could sing like that and not have people ask for their money back I know she is Canadian real name R. Anderson so what? and if you don’t know her range check it on wikipedia also don’t care if you’re a yank or not
truvianni 6 months ago
@truvianni You are a fucking idiot Go listen to Biber or Diddy you moron
biggerturtle 6 months ago
@truvianni @northernmuse9 i am the daughter or 2 highly successful international opera singers, who have not only sung at the biggest opera houses in the world but also teach at 2 of the biggest music institutions, and I was brought up listening to her, not because of her voice but because of her artistry.Imyself am a technical voice teacher and could list all manner of bizzare vocal techniques she is using, but the point of her is her freedom, her lyricism and her music.
emilysdavies 6 months ago 2
@emilysdavies she sounds aweful she is out of tune i cant sing and i could do bettter
ufewl 3 months ago
Respond to this video...she is communicating her own words withjust so you don't crap all over this response....kiri te kanawa is a friend, so I know what I'm on about. and Kiri has never sung a song she wrote herself, she sings music others have written and therefore does so in the genre and context for the specific piece...as I'm sure you know, there are all manner of styles within opera itself.
emilysdavies 6 months ago
Respond to this video...If you don't want to appreciate this form of expression that is your business, why create such negativity where others find happiness, that says more about you, than all the vocal flipping put together.
emilysdavies 6 months ago
@truvianni do you realise that some of the biggest opera houses in the world are in america? I am english and appreciate that in a country as large as america there will be those closed off to the rest of the world, but here are many opera singers from america...renee flemming?? one of the biggest modern sopranos around..and before you say it...no not my favourite, but she exists...
emilysdavies 6 months ago
@northernmuse9 I woudld characterise is as out of tune, its a lovely song but she can't sing.
ufewl 3 months ago
The first time I heard this was on Six Feet Under. Such a great song.
sullah17 7 months ago
Hating hippies is like hating blacks, Italians, or any other stereotype prejudice and ignorance. I was a hippie and fought in Nam and so were most of the guys with me. And when we returned we were all still hippies.
paidincash 7 months ago
lOOK...HIPPIES LOLOL..HIPPIES...and ONE Port-O-POTTY........Jonipass the Green Acid......seriously---there are NO current female singer-songwriters who can DO this..JONI was one of a kind. I say WAS because THIS "Joni" no longer exists..(tear) she evolved into a self conscious reclusive "jazz" oriented artist..the FOLKIE died a long time ago...enjoy this time capsule.
DavelovesRealMusic 7 months ago
All hail the amazing Joni… One of the great musical talents of the 20th century.
Furillac 7 months ago 18
that is incredible. it sparks allot of conversation, im sure, very powerful , you can just tell that joni is really feeling it. very organic.
joshmore64 7 months ago
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azothdaco 8 months ago
Ｂｉｇ ｓｕｒ！！、oooooh、Ｊｏｎｉ！！！
kkkkkkkkkkatsumi 8 months ago
Amazing that she captured the spirit of the event without being present. This is so beautiful, so true . . . we were stardust and golden . . .
TheGjg52 8 months ago
Joni - stunning as always!
moxieyt 8 months ago
We are pro peace here.
donegalderr 8 months ago 2
To those of you who don't sing but love to criticize you should know that she is doing something terribly difficult to do well. She straddles between chest and head voice and falsetto throughout the song. This gives it a lighter airier feel in the upper notes -- exactly what is desired "stardust". She was one of the best at this technique.
ncearlin 8 months ago 2
@ncearlin Thanks for putting it so well!
northernmuse9 6 months ago
HAAAAAA Fuckin Hippies were little faggots and spit on destroyed young kids returning from Vietnam because the hippies were coddled by ma and pa and the poor -58,749KIA and many more ruined forever,were spit upon by the fucking dirt bags who partied at woodstock --at the same time the performers hit the stage-- 18 yr old kids hit the dirt screaming without intestines or legs-They hugged too!! fuckin A right they cried and died and hugged. All you hippies likin Wall St. now?
joeknee4767 8 months ago
@joeknee4767 I hate Hippies too. Always lazy and winning about something. Shame on those nasty stinky bastards for spitting on our heroes. Instead of crying and laying up on their ass they could have helped.
imaStonesFan 8 months ago
@joeknee4767 Check your facts, It was the right wing establishment that met our troops returning with distaste.Either way this is not the forum for political views.Hippies wanted Peace and their young brothers home so why would they spit on them? Big business wanted the War Machine. Least of all to pick on Joni out of all the Love Generation is laughable. You probable burned Beatles records too. If you said something about Jane Fonda I would give you more consideration
glennw53 8 months ago
@glennw53 True
MaceMn 7 months ago
Rock it, Joni. Here's a theme for your internet detractors: "We are stardust, we are gold..."
bobinhk1 8 months ago
What a genius! Her soul is free and she is stardust forever. And her carbon is probably at least 4 billion years old if it's a day. Looking sprightly enough for all that though.
steornhugh 8 months ago 2
Her high voice steels my last fucking nerv!!!
She shoul become a dam None, or something!
Mementomorimiserum 8 months ago
Someone should put the microphone off from 4:16!! hahahaha.. if i sang the way she did.. They put me in jail or at least, called the UN!!
Pan3405 9 months ago
@Pan3405 - Pan, i am curious. is there some genetic predisposition for your inanity, or have you raised it to a fine art through industrious labor? you have nothing better to do than troll Youtube and attempt to slander someone who clearly brings joy to so many people, and is an amazing person in so many ways? I think you need a bigger rock; try the one perched atop your shoulders - it appears to be blunt enough :-) no accounting for taste, it is said. but at least try to have some!
Krohnnn 9 months ago
@Krohnnn Are you deaf? Try to listen with an open mind and -ear(!) and cut the hippycrap! She sounds as if she is insane 4:16 and further on..
Pan3405 9 months ago
i prefer Ian Matthew's Southern Comfort version by far ..from 4:07 it is so sad... and hilarious!!!
Pan3405 9 months ago
She is as intelligent and caring as she is talented. Artists pour considerable parts of themselves into their work, and we are fortunate to be able to feel a small part of her through her songs and lyrics (and paintings). Don't miss it; and don't subvert this into a religious fascination - it's just beauty expressed incomparably. What could be wrong about that?
Krohnnn 9 months ago
Joni... shut he f... up!!
Pan3405 9 months ago
@Pan3405 <== classy comment. Please take these following steps: "Lift rock; Climb beneath. Drop rock; Find life.'
KTHNXBAI
Krohnnn 9 months ago
@Krohnnn classy moment.. Lift rock and slam Your face against it.. then sing Woodstock, the way Joni does!
Pan3405 9 months ago
@Pan3405 - Pan if you think she can't sing, how about providing a sample of your own vocal range and timbre for the purpose of comparison?.
Here, have more rocks :-)
Krohnnn 9 months ago
@Krohnnn I can surely sing better than that!!
Pan3405 9 months ago
@Pan3405 Pan - just to be extra clear - you *get* to say "I don't like this". that's taste, and it's subjective. On the basis of a few seconds at the end of a song as she attempts to duplicate a very difficult vocal maneuver - which i am sure you lack the pipes for - you say she can't sing? That's just absurd!
If you're twelve - I will excuse you. Beyond that, I'm not going to feed a troll any longer.
Krohnnn 8 months ago
@Krohnnn hahahahahhaa... "she attempts to duplicate a very difficult maneuver"... oh dear oh dear oh dear.. where to begin.. And You wrote to me.. "I listened 3 times in a row.. etc.. and couldn't find.. etc.. !! hahahahaha.. No.. I am not going to continue my arguments to you..
Pan3405 8 months ago
@Krohnnn I am 51.. knowing what quality is.. Listened to classic, pop, jazz, country.. and have an open view on music.. But this version just sucks.. and Joni knew.. If yu ever performed on stage than you know the feeling of being sattisfied or embarrased by the mistakes you made.. She was embarassed.. Just look at the body language and.. again.. cut your hippy crap, be open!! Another embaraasing moment.. CSN&Y 1974 Wembley.. suite Judy Blue Eyes.. It's on Youtube..And Coyote.. uggghhh!! .
Pan3405 8 months ago
@Pan3405
I read through these arguments and I absolutely agree - this was absolutely horrible. It was quite a cacophony. I don't understand why this woman is adored so much in this particular video, either.
hjjrite 8 months ago
@hjjrite So glad you joined my opinion.. pfffff.. What I think that happened is... that Joni was very stressed to perform this "new"song to the audience. She was terribly nervous and as she went using her voice as a solo instrument at the end.. her voice/mind was far too stressed. It caused that she had to use a "switch technique" to produce different tones.. It's terrible!! .But more terrible is the fact that people consider this as a great performance....because it isn't..
Pan3405 8 months ago
@Pan3405 ...this is a perfect performance...by the way are you singer or writer? Do you have a clue what she is even doing....this is Jazz. at it's best...Folk at it's best...comentary at it's best...Transcendence at it's best....
billyscottbrandt 7 months ago 11
@billyscottbrandt I am a singr songwriter and work for example with Marjolein Latour.. operasinger (she is also on youtube).. I love Jazz, I love folk... I love Rock.. but I hate Joni's version of Woodstock!!!
Pan3405 7 months ago
@Pan3405 It woud not be so bad if she just stayed away from very high notes which she clearly can not handle
truvianni 7 months ago
@truvianni I won't force her to sing...any note..hahahahaha!
Pan3405 6 months ago
@Pan3405 If you want to hear a great voice look for "Angela Gheorghiu" now there is a woman who can hit high notes with the power in her voice to do it She is on youtube so it wont be hard to find her
truvianni 6 months ago
@truvianni I listened... Fantastic!! Thanks!
Pan3405 6 months ago
@billyscottbrandt Stop that nonsense.. it is crap.. but i forgive her ... it was 1969..who cared?!
Pan3405 7 months ago
@Pan3405 I agree and perhaps the drugs did help those in the audience who knew something about music
truvianni 7 months ago
@Pan3405 She does a similar vocal ending on the album version of this. Presumably she wasn't "nervous" or "too stressed" in the studio. She was "switching" from chest voice to falsetto; as someone else observed, it's comparable to a Native American vocal technique. It's not my favorite sound of hers, but it's not an accident & it's not her screwing up: it's just your taste, which you're entitled to. Standing & facing the audience for a moment & smiling does not indicate embarrassment.
northernmuse9 6 months ago
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@northernmuse9 "switching from chest voice to falsetto... "Are You kidding? She is constantly doing horrible falsetto's.. In fact she sings like an amateur!!
Pan3405 6 months ago
@Krohnnn I write sophisticated chansons (french), i work together with Marjolein Latour.. (on You tube) en Eline Toebes (cello) I am not gonna publish via Youtube.. to prove i am right.. sorry folk!
Pan3405 8 months ago
Love You Joni.
PLATINFERN 9 months ago
Fingers have been directed at every conceivable scapegoat by playing humanity like a fiddle to argue liberal/conservative, democrat/republican, miraculous creation/miraculous mutations. Deception has the scent of Satan's sweat and acts like mental kryptonite. Cripple conscious awareness and smother the search for the truth, by labeling those efforts conspiracy theories. Deception has an agenda dependent upon installing the popular opinion that neither he nor God exist. Wake up and do it soon.
waketheoblivious 10 months ago
@waketheoblivious How would you know what deception has the smell of? Your run on sentences has the mark of some false intellectual who is delusional. If you are going to post, please make sense. Otherwise you look like a fool, and your message does not get across to intelligent people. Is that your purpose?
sfm992002 9 months ago
@waketheoblivious I believe there are conspiracies, and with some of your words it would seem like you do too. But then I'm not sure and the guy answering your post has a few points of his own. There are conspiracies that are fact, not theory, Satan is real, as is God and Christ. Sometimes I wish neither were true, but I know they are, and it's only a short time before everyone will know the truth, but the truth will not set most people free. It will make most even more defiant and unbelieving.
christoJihad2 9 months ago
@christoJihad2
Your commitment to the truth established the basis of your sound belief & logic structure. Problems arise for those who's fundamental commitment (only sane choice) which inherently expands to include all possibilities, is wired to a lightswitch of convenience. Arbitrary dismissal of a possibility, breaches that commitment as a fatal logic error, resulting in mindfucked insanity. I AM certain a famous Biblical figure once defined Himself as the Truth. His love to you & yours
waketheoblivious 9 months ago
I'm no hippie, but I recognize the Romantic naturalism of this song. It's pure beauty and Joni Mitchell is an artistic goddess. Bless her soul.
MidnightNeverCome 10 months ago
Noble lady, gorgeous hippie, keeper of stardust and a golden child, grounded and angelic, both sides, then, and now. And we'll walk beside her, back to the garden, the garden of Eden.
winehousedrunk 10 months ago
Back when people were serious about changing this planet into something more heavenly, no days people wont even cover your eyes for you as the bodys fall.......
mcnowski 10 months ago
Joni has a good voice!
mustwinder 11 months ago
Was this at Esalen? And was that George Harrison she went too right at the end? They were both at Esalen in the late 60's but not sure if it was the same time.
gat569 11 months ago
@gat569 no, look closer, thats graham nash, who later performed this same song with his own group, CSNY
foreverpilgrim 10 months ago
@gat569 It's at Big Sur, and the other guy with the droopy mustache (next to Graham Nash) is her longtime manager and friend, Elliot Roberts. (Yes, the one who advised her not to go to the Woodstock fest for fear she'd miss her appearance on the Dick Cavett Show.) There are videos of her appearing with CSN & Jefferson Airplane right after Woodstock on the Cavett show.
northernmuse9 6 months ago
I am from Woodstock. A idealist dream of a wave of baby boomers after world war two looking for a new set of life values different than those established and held onto since the turn of the century 50 years before. Breaking into a new age in the last half of the 20th century. Joni was a iconic pivotal piece of that for a majority of those who embraced this evolution/revolution in the basics of fundamental societal behaviors. I am 60 now. Tempered idealism with life experienced.
2856g 11 months ago
I believe the garden she speaks of is within us and always has been. We just had to find it and share it and we did and it did a lot of good. Us baby boomers are dying off but hopefully you will pass this onto your grandchildren. They know you are wise.
Lightrider22 11 months ago 2
star dust and golden =gold dust. It only means i'm looking forward to americas turn at revolt.
laneatlileden 11 months ago
we lost so much back then . the protests for native american; the vision to end the vietnam war sooner; anti materialism as a way of life. then came a new wave of artists of heavy metal where you could nolonger hear the lyrics of a song and the american dream of democracy distroyed through deception by the government that changed everything to never see again. the garden lost forever for americans.
tomludwig1 11 months ago
@tomludwig1 Don't blame heavy metal. Don't blame anyone. If you want to talk Civil Rights, white males have less than anyone else in this country. For your sake, do not debate me. You want to talk about the government oppression today? Talk about Affirmative Action. Government mandated sex and race discrimination against the innocent white male. The garden could be truly lost in America. Question is, what will you do to make a difference? I know what I have done, and do. Blame is not the answer.
sfm992002 11 months ago
awesome,.. thanks for posting.
futuristfood 11 months ago
thinkmorrison 11 months ago
This song is beautiful, and I don't mean to be annoyingly irrelevant, but with regards to sharing and discovering beautiful music, I wouldn't think myself to be annoying or irrelevant from another's point of view.
The area this was shot in -- Big Sur -- reminds me of a song by the guitarist, Buckethead, called Big Sur Moon. I advise checking out his album, Colma, and also Electric Tears. If you love songs that're peaceful and lovely, sincerely - check him out.
McGradyBrendan 11 months ago
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AnnaC0212 11 months ago
I'd love to know your thoughts on my version of this song. Please share if you like it!
AnnaC0212 11 months ago
@lolzoretwo
Not sure who or what you mean is a "narrow minded" but your Judeo-Christian perspective is much more narrow minded and exclusionary than anything or anyone I have seen posting on this video...
Domdalom 1 year ago
Joni is the greatest female artist of her generation. She's an artist,( designed many of her album covers), brilliant songwriter/poet, and has the voice of an angel, She's a dynamic, beautiful woman who was true to her artistic vision even when criticised. In a world of followers she forged her own path and lived her life her way. She expressed her deep emotions and insights brilliantly. She changed my life with her music and I'll always be inspired by and grateful for Joni.
tweetyli1 1 year ago
well thats a narrow minded view of it all, were are not just the some of our material parts! we are also the children of our Father who art in Heaven. and thus we are Love, Light and Life above anything else. forgetting where we came from the minute we were born, as a test of our inner knowledge that we are the above and are in fact all good beings with a hidden desire to do good not evil
lolzoretwo 1 year ago
she wrote the song without even being there....groovy man groovy
DsveysNavy 1 year ago
Careful out there in the crowd. I think the guy with the brown acid hitched out here from NY.
bush1tman 1 year ago
LISTEN to those wails at the end! recalls native american origins, fits the song! We got to get ourselves back to the garden
tattoofthesun 1 year ago
patsxskip joni is beautiful as well as talented
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Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind is an in depth documetary of Joni Mitchell that I just watched. I would highly recommend it. Be sure to watch the bonus material on the DVD also. Rent it or buy it. It's one of the best made.
pbr2424 1 year ago
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pbr2424 1 year ago
What an amazing individual. Totally original totally beautiful. She is stardust she is golden. It has been a long strange trip into materialism and self for most of us. I sense that we are all again longing to return to the garden. The time is right for a shift in our consciousness.
cunnidvd 1 year ago 36
@cunnidvd you are right on. It's really simple. We just have to learn to truly care again.
jsoccerr1 1 year ago
@cunnidvd Yes..
billyscottbrandt 7 months ago
Happy Birthday Joni!
SteelyDug 1 year ago
She's stunning......
kevinherbert 1 year ago 2
What a beautiful song. I have always appreciated her music. (Can't say I like the way the video is edited though.)
snamaarGoliM 1 year ago
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dude eew, how the hell did this crappy song make money?
devonrocks6 1 year ago
@devonrocks6 I bet your a big Freed Durst fan.
mrmetalheadmonster 1 year ago
I love Joni Mitchell Love Woodstock. I dress like her exactly. Why iz there not a love button?
taghivand7KAT 1 year ago 3
simply wonderful,...amazing how much can be expressed through music. Thank you joni.
thismoment23 1 year ago 10
Isn't that Nash and Crosby standing behind her in the beginning?
What was this event or venue in Big Sur?
tuckahoeneck 1 year ago
Cheesy Justin Bieber comments in classic Zeppelin videos, silly Miley Cyrus comments in soulful Joni Mitchell videos... what puzzling comments. Why don't the fans of those bubblegum pop entertainers go comment on those videos, and leave the art from these masters alone? For my own two cents, it's a shame for me to admit that I just found out that this was Joni's song today, having heard the ever popular Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young version my entire life. A great discovery for me.
oneofthefew82 1 year ago 3
she has it all
potrezeb1 1 year ago
I cannot understand how the original composer can ruin her own creation. That is the artistic form of child abuse.
bugman05 1 year ago
I prefer my crow fried...I have seen the light.
buckskipper 1 year ago
Check out Anna Corcoran singing Woodstock ...this girl is going to be huge! Have a listen..
Fistsfullofdollers 1 year ago
Not too late...
TMKchld 1 year ago
The voice of a millenium.
morphinlounge101 1 year ago
Be still my heart.....
beckjuly100 1 year ago
***** *
nighthawk006phoenix 1 year ago
this song is legend, csny did it alright, but Joni's version you can actually understand what she's saying, and I mean she wrote it she should be singing it. It's beautiful, the lyrics, the voice, the meaning, everything, just beautiful. sends shivers down my spine
SurbanCommando 1 year ago 3
9 people missed the right button. i hope.
luiscurtolo 1 year ago
avrei dato 15 anni in piu della mia vita x aver potuto vivere questo periodo STORICO!!! adoro joni....
rinuz69 1 year ago
The first time I heard this I was moved to tears
bluenotejazz 1 year ago 5
@bluenotejazz yes me too, 'maybe its the time of man' makes me realise how im so far down the wrong road.
8iamretarded8 1 year ago
i was once told by this guy from my university "ooh so you are like this ..hippie?" and he belonged to some leftist group, so he said it in a negative way... i dont see what was so wrong about those "hippies", ok they didnt really make a revolution, but at least with their songs and attitude and life they protested against many bad things and they caused a lot of change in morals and beliefs etc... don't you think?
shipcomesin 1 year ago 2
I learned many years ago that present folk without a sense of history are forever children - so play this song and play it to your children. I just caught CSN at the Royal Albert Hall in London in July 2010 and they opened with it! Play on!
alphonsonoire 1 year ago 2
She is unique! Not from this world.
Makes great music all the time until today.
One of my favorite albums: Turbulent Indigo
And she can paint, too. A modern Van Gogh.
A great woman!
stonehorn59 1 year ago 2
:******
TheDomaTHC15 1 year ago
Know what you have
When you have it.
leftyrite 1 year ago
I love you for uploading this....
funwithFred 1 year ago