Thanks for posting this it's really great ! I Love Joni , her art and music . I've seen her in concert and watched several docunmentaries of her ... but never knew she was originally ; Joni Anderson !
In case y'all don't know, there is a video here on You Tube that shows Joni and her daughter that she gave up for adoption reuniting. Its a beautiful video. Now Joni has her daughter and grandkids together. Y'all need to check it out.
All these years as a FAN of Joni Mitchell--I've spent the last 3 hrs gettin' to know Joan (Joni) Anderson----I neeeeeveeer knew!!!! Thanx, Hank---ya've Made my Day!!!! =D
It's not hard to believe she was once known as Joanie Anderson - what's REALLY hard to believe is that Joanie Mitchell ever wore MASCARA ! I mean don't get me wrong, I've been a HUGE fan since childhood & Woodstock in the late 60's & bought about a half dozen of her albums over the many years, I've always felt she is a pretty woman but with make up? Joanie is a KNOCKOUT ! Thanks for uploading this rare glimpse !
Moral d ecline? How about rap music, 911, ritalin, adhd, gay rights, aids, abortion and on and on. In your case Orwell is right. Decline is improvement.
Wonderful to see this early performance of the genius that became Joni Mitchell . Youtube is fantastic but it seems that many use it as little more than a place where they can vent their spleen and wax wrath about their hatreds and prejudices. I'm always mystified why so many watch artists they profess to hate and then feel they must tell the rest of us that they' hate them and why.
Seems like bad time management to me - but maybe the asinine retarded twerps have nothing else to do.
@thGory1 That's beautiful....A classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. (One sentence about Joni, then three for "venting" your own "spleen") .
Wonderful to see this early performance of the genius that became Joni Mitchell . Youtube is fantastic but it seems that many use it as little more than a place where they can vent their spleen and wax wrath about their hatreds and prejudices. I'm always mystified why so many watch artists they profess to hate and then feel they must tell the rest of us that they' hate them and why.
Seems like bad time management to me - but maybe the asinine retarded twerps seem tohave nothing else to do.
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Joni at this time is one of those knock out babes. What she wanted she got. A beautiful charming lovely face. However, this is an engaging nonsense song. Dopey. Many were to follow this formula. Bob Dylan especially. This song sounds like it should make sense. It signaled the beginning of the moral decline were experience today. Great influence Joni. Just because you can do something doesn't make it right.
@lblmer what moral decline? what do you mean,the decline where we can no longer freely victimize, gay or black people or be ignorant of human or animal rights? The moral decline where we can no longer use the church to oppress people... I think you will find that society is slowly becoming more moral, thoughtful and decent although it takes a while........
@lblmer "Dopey" is your comment. Born to take the highway was a song about the feeling of wonder and traveling. People have been writing songs about this feeling for HUNDREDS OF YEARS before Joni wrote hers, and this is simply her creation to describe it. ...and quite a good one.
"Beginning of moral decline" is just your "dopey" full-of-yourself, bullshit judgment.
Do you have a harsh moral judgments of her other songs? This is your problem.
What a woman. So complex, so talented, so pure, so adventurous, so beautiful. An amazing package. I'm not sure most of us share the same genetics.... I think she must be from a much more advanced planet somewhere. I'm grateful she wound up here! Thank you, Joni.
Gutted I can't get this song on CD! See, what you've done? Taunted me with something I can't have!!! *pout* Bought Ladies of the Canyon today and Song to a Seagull and Clouds should arrive next week. Exciting!
Thanks, this is a true treasure! American Idol contestants & hopefuls should see this. If I was a record producer and saw this at the time-"Wow, there's a winner here!"
@54taqiyya Yup, it sure looked like Harry Chapin (with an "i') to me. ...I looked him up and, yes, that's definitely THE Harry Chapin. He had a brother, Tom, etc... Too bad this video doesn't show them performing, also. (And, I am a H U G E JM fan!)
Did you hear Dave Van Ronk, the guy with the beard, pounding his guitar in support of Joni at the end of her song? Wow! That's dave van ronk!!!! This is the same guy who dylan worshipped in the early 60's in the new york coffee house scene. And here's old dave totally mesmerised by young joni. No doubt he could recognize, better than anyone in that place, a musical giant in the making.
@brian14leonard She didn't post it. She copied these vids from my old account of lightning49, even stealing my descriptions, words for word. I got them from a rare DVD traded by someone in Japan.
The kids are like "this ain't HULLALABOO" !!?!? They also didn't blink about that crazy drum sound. hahah
great video, thanks.
oh, and like, when Joni opened her box of Talent, was she like, oh "perfect fit!" ?? She sounds amazing for her young age, and sounds together with all that intonation and tonality which she graced many other songs to her future with.
How awesome was it when he announced the 'Chapin Family' and it turned out to be THAT Chapin family! These talented writer/musicians would never make it on plastic dildo Idol Simon Cowell's musical robotics factory!
I agree, this isn't the place for an abortion debate. I enjoyed the video very much.
I am somewhat taken aback by all these comments about how pretty Joni is. It's as if people are saying "You've written great songs and become a great artist - but let me pay you a REAL compliment." I don't think her looks are that important.
@briebrie29 I agree, she is so beautiful. Also, I don't know why everyone is talking about abortion on this page. First of all, who knows if she got an abortion? And second of all, she put her child up for adoption because she was poor at that time, did not get an abortion. Finally, its an insult to Joni that you're having this ridiculous discussion on a video of beautiful music.
Joni was so beautiful! A singular talent who brightens my day. She is a reflection of the best things of my childhood. I thank God he blessed us with her.
What is about those incredible eyes in the pre "fake color contact lense" era...Joni had them, Judy Collins had them, Joan Baez had them....just incredible eyes....oh, and all three of them could sing too :-)
@binstence ""Joni..abortion would have robbed you of a daughter""
She WAS robbed of her daughter, and it was because of self righteous prigs like you. People like you called her a slut and her baby a bastard. A few years later -
AFTER the peace and love movement, and dismantling of old prejudices - she couldve kept her baby.
That IS Joni's message in all her music - You don't tell me who to love, what to love, where when how many times. No one has the right to put their shackles on someone else's love.
You see the beauty and talent assembled on that stage and then throw insults back and forth? You watch that vision perform and then post vicious notes on that issue? You are beyond help. All of you.
I think its absolutely RELEVANT to smoke out these assholes and give em what for. Those judgemental, bible babbling pro-lite assholes are the same kind of people who hindered Joni when she got pregnant. People like them made her give up her baby in the first place. If only it had been a few years later, she couldve been an unwed mother and kept her baby. When I come across one of these assholes, Im not gonna let em forget it. And Joni attacks em too, in her music.
No one "made" her give up her baby. You think she wanted to drag an infant around with her when she launched her career and did all those club dates? Get real. Joni was young and, to her credit, apparently realistic about the situation. It was better for the kid, too. Don't make stupid assumptions, and don't blame pro-life people for this situation. Moron.
@sportsmediaamerica ""drag an infant around with her did all those club dates""
Except she wasnt a singer when she got pregnant, she was an art student. She couldve given her parents partial custody like many women do while she launched her career. But she couldnt even tell her parents, because of the SHAME - not her own, but from the disapproving assholes prevalent in society at the time who wouldve given em a hard time. Moron.
I find it disgusting that you use this as a forum for an abortion debate. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. Go somewhere else. Maybe to one of the MILLION places available to you on the internet for that kind of misery.
@Hexl702 I am a law student. I spend my whole day thinking about people's problems and learning about arguments and tragedies and injustices. I often go to forums where abortion IS discussed, because it's an issue I want to have a voice about. However, this is a beautiful piece of music. So don't you dare accuse me of not wanting to think, when I have come to listen to Joni Mitchell. I want to think about beautiful music right now, that is what I'm here and that is what this space is for.
I read in articles where Joni said " You have no idea how we were treated in those days, young unmarried mothers."
Geez, wonder who does that unmarried women with babies - calls them whores, sluts, contributing to the decline of society :::Hint -- it's not OUR side:::
Even if Roe VWade were overturned, some 23 states would still keep it legal. Now what - you gonna pass laws against interstate travel?
Anyhow, Joni gives every indication that she can't stand self-righteous prigs like you.
People like you made her give up her baby in the 1st place - if you get an abortion, the fundies and rightwads call you a slut. If youre unmarried and make the beautiful choice to have the baby, they STILL call you a slut, and the baby a bastard.
actually it's much more like saying you have to be a slave to understand being a slave (owning a slave's body and being in a slave's body). the woman owns that fetus as much as she owns her breasts and her nose. if it weren't for her body nourishing it, it would die.
but all of this is really mute because this is about how lovely joni mitchell is.
it is always a women's issue. unless you have a child growing in your body, you can't understand this issue. women have known since the dawn of time how to get rid of unwanted pregnancies by natural means (parsley anyone?). your term death-worshiper is what is offensive and uncalled for. you can have opinions, but you can't expect to be taken seriously if those opinions turn into hateful labels. then it's just slander.
@fabuloussabre ""term death worshipper is uncalled for"""
The prolickers say things like that out of sheer frustration. They've been calling women sluts, whores and murderers for 37 years now and havent made a dent! Abortion holding steady around 1.2 million a year. It's so popular it practically sells itself!
this isn't your place. this is a women's issue. unless you have a female body there is no way you should have opinions about wombs or what stays in them / comes out.
Do you have the part with Dave Van Ronk performing? It's pretty hard to find footage of him performing this young, and this is pretty good quality. If you have it, could you post it?
You Assh*le. How f*cking dare you. By what absurd egotism do you presume to know what I or anybody else on here believes about life, God, birth, death, the human soul, abortion or anything else!?! Much less judge them for what you presume they believe, whether they do or not? Or do you expect to be patted on the head and praised for your superior, fatuous pose of conscience? You think you're going to convert anyone to your POV by condescending and sneering at them? How very Christlike.
@searcherboy Exactly! Why deliberitely troll comments pages on YT just to vent other issues on someones non-evil music post? CREEPY SAD LIFE YOU HAVE.
I always knew she was an incredibly talented singer, but I have never seen footage of her this young before. She is stunningly beautiful. Wow! Age isn't fair to some of us.
Some women do film well in black and white don't they! Seriously, you could already pick up on tat poetic way of writing, inventive timing and such in so young a woman, how was she not going to be a sensation....what a time those days were..has it been that long ago...:_-(
Am I the only one who noticed Harry Chapin with his brothers at the start of this video? That was when they were signed to Epic and before Tom took off in that Taxi to WOLD.
why? you'd be an old buzzard now like joni..i saw joni in 2007...fucking scary..she was like 64, looked 84...smokes like a fucking chimney and her face looks it..ya know how cigarette smokers look after years of toking on tobacco...i looked her over.and the vibe i got was that she was nuts...she hadnt seen her daughter in 40 years..she dumped her when she was an infant gave her up for adoption..recently the daughter is visiting joni at her home and joni slaps her in the face, LAPD came to home
BabyGwar, you know absolutely sweet dick all about Joni MItchell. Your words make you sound like an old bitter crone. If you don't like her, move on. And don't let the door hit you on your way out, douchebag.
Ha Ha - well spotted !
thGory1 1 week ago
Joni was already showing her fascination with open guitar tunings. She is a superb guitarist, by the way.
laconic94 2 weeks ago
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair
mcnowski 2 weeks ago
I wonder how Dave Van Ronk made it to Winnipeg. According to his Wikipedia page he refused to get on a plane. /watch?v=H3z7NxFbZzA
smithrs 3 weeks ago
I want to see the Tom and Harry Chapin segment. Please.
smithrs 3 weeks ago
One of the best Joni Mitchell songs EVER!!! x
izzydazzle8 4 weeks ago
Never saw this one -- but wait-- is Joni pregnant here?
kristigarrett 1 month ago
God bless you, Joni, and thank you.
Earthwormvid 2 months ago
lol.... all the guys nodding at her at 3:13
downthestreetteam 2 months ago
@downthestreetteam They all want to shag her thas why.
wovokanarchy 1 month ago
Ugh. Why can't I 'like' this more than once?
brewingblues 2 months ago
Hippies never die, they simply get uploaded on youtube.
wtf66611 2 months ago 3
Thanks for posting this it's really great ! I Love Joni , her art and music . I've seen her in concert and watched several docunmentaries of her ... but never knew she was originally ; Joni Anderson !
SAYZ 2 months ago
I can see where the movie A Mighty Wind got its inspiration, though apart from Michael McKean, none of the principals were Canadian.
MsBkirk 2 months ago
She's 21 or 22 here! Wow.
nickbigd 2 months ago
Beautiful Lady, in so many ways
majorwhite51 2 months ago
Harry Chapin. Wow
dobiegee 3 months ago
In case y'all don't know, there is a video here on You Tube that shows Joni and her daughter that she gave up for adoption reuniting. Its a beautiful video. Now Joni has her daughter and grandkids together. Y'all need to check it out.
writer125 3 months ago
INCREDIBLE to see her on the cusp of an unimaginable career!
mygirlruth 4 months ago
WOW!
charleshdowns 4 months ago
wow
milagromac 4 months ago
a really intersting archive ...thanks for the clip
potrezeb1 5 months ago
I wanna see more of Dave Ron Von!!!!
CelticReject 5 months ago
Highway theme even back then. How many Joni songs reference the road and traveling.
heneksja 6 months ago 2
@heneksja I guess if you're born in Canada, the 'urge for going' is pretty strong
sunbeam11 4 months ago
Damn she is beautiful in all dimensions.
Krystal7862 7 months ago 12
what happened to the volume?
metamorphosis22 7 months ago
Beauty!
BananaJSSI 7 months ago
IMO the folk seems like it was a tightly wound scene and I can understand why talents like dylan and mitchell split from it.
canyonlovertoo 8 months ago
All these years as a FAN of Joni Mitchell--I've spent the last 3 hrs gettin' to know Joan (Joni) Anderson----I neeeeeveeer knew!!!! Thanx, Hank---ya've Made my Day!!!! =D
LHcountryboy1 8 months ago
The greatness is allready there...
Amateurgraphics 8 months ago
she had awesome talent and an awesome head.
posthumanhero 9 months ago
She was really beautiful.
vexviper 9 months ago
Breathtaking...
Sincopare 9 months ago
@Sincopare The really cool thing is that on the same stage was Harry Chapin and his brothers, Steve and Tom!!!
georgeklimes 7 months ago
@georgeklimes don't forget Dave Van Ronk....
joadhenry 7 months ago in playlist Joni Mitchell
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Jim Chapin the drummer, is Harry's father (author of many well written drumming instructional books.)
gashog2U 5 months ago
Guy at 0:19 looks like a hipster haha
sporkbinder1 10 months ago
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@sporkbinder1 David Von Ronk. He got very famous later.
hyzercreek 8 months ago
Joni,You make my millennium!
<3
emeraldandsapphire 10 months ago
Goodness a sweet 22 year old and only 10 years away from writing one of my favourite albums 'Hissing of Summer Lawns' What a talent.
ewaf88 10 months ago 3
i love her
QuadropheniaBrosef 10 months ago
I'm an Irish Canadian. I raised my children there. If there was any person who would tilt my total allegiance to Canada; it is she.
Tphilpott1 10 months ago
Grounded and angelic. Both sides are always present, in the presence of her. She's always been wise, it seems.
winehousedrunk 10 months ago
She always had such an amazing gift for song-writing. Her lyrics are so evocative.
andiejanefisher 10 months ago
this makes want to punch cats, it's so good.
eat ur heart out metal freaks.
54taqiyya 11 months ago
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hon1901 11 months ago
wow isn't Joni so stunning when she was younger with the sweetest voice.
gregbutcher1 11 months ago
Why can't we have shows like this today?
sizemeat 1 year ago
@sizemeat
something to do with attention span... gee we're so smart, now what was I zapping?
guyac01 10 months ago
she is so cute.
lcuel 1 year ago
It's not hard to believe she was once known as Joanie Anderson - what's REALLY hard to believe is that Joanie Mitchell ever wore MASCARA ! I mean don't get me wrong, I've been a HUGE fan since childhood & Woodstock in the late 60's & bought about a half dozen of her albums over the many years, I've always felt she is a pretty woman but with make up? Joanie is a KNOCKOUT ! Thanks for uploading this rare glimpse !
IsItEarthYet 1 year ago 4
@IsItEarthYet I think she looks better without makeup.
whotookaegir 11 months ago
wow such clarity and innocence that was unheard of in her later music.
squidster29yay 1 year ago
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Joni is Canadian. That explains her legendary sexual promiscuity.
Canadians are whack! :)
w9j15g 1 year ago
@w9j15g People who use the word promiscuity are usually too numb to realize they are frustrated. Don't knock what you can't get.
elgorrion52 1 year ago
Moral d ecline? How about rap music, 911, ritalin, adhd, gay rights, aids, abortion and on and on. In your case Orwell is right. Decline is improvement.
lblmer 1 year ago
does anyone know who the father is? Just curious...
emjee 1 year ago
Wonderful to see this early performance of the genius that became Joni Mitchell . Youtube is fantastic but it seems that many use it as little more than a place where they can vent their spleen and wax wrath about their hatreds and prejudices. I'm always mystified why so many watch artists they profess to hate and then feel they must tell the rest of us that they' hate them and why.
Seems like bad time management to me - but maybe the asinine retarded twerps have nothing else to do.
thGory1 1 year ago 16
@thGory1 What a great comment - I've found that but have never found the wherewithall to express it so succinctly
rogart10 1 month ago
@thGory1 That's beautiful....A classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. (One sentence about Joni, then three for "venting" your own "spleen") .
rastablues1 1 week ago
Wonderful to see this early performance of the genius that became Joni Mitchell . Youtube is fantastic but it seems that many use it as little more than a place where they can vent their spleen and wax wrath about their hatreds and prejudices. I'm always mystified why so many watch artists they profess to hate and then feel they must tell the rest of us that they' hate them and why.
Seems like bad time management to me - but maybe the asinine retarded twerps seem tohave nothing else to do.
thGory1 1 year ago
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A charming wayward nonsense song. Pretty singer on the outside no so pretty on the inside.
lblmer 1 year ago
What the hell is it with all this animosity in the comments of a Joni Mitchell song? Joni is a fucking Goddess....
IraHayesIraHayes 1 year ago 2
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Joni at this time is one of those knock out babes. What she wanted she got. A beautiful charming lovely face. However, this is an engaging nonsense song. Dopey. Many were to follow this formula. Bob Dylan especially. This song sounds like it should make sense. It signaled the beginning of the moral decline were experience today. Great influence Joni. Just because you can do something doesn't make it right.
lblmer 1 year ago
@lblmer who let you out? you some kind of metel head?
ok, maybe god? lol! i'm sure you no nothing of dylan or joni.
or even music, btw.
54taqiyya 1 year ago
@54taqiyya Are you stowe und?
lblmer 1 year ago
@lblmer what moral decline? what do you mean,the decline where we can no longer freely victimize, gay or black people or be ignorant of human or animal rights? The moral decline where we can no longer use the church to oppress people... I think you will find that society is slowly becoming more moral, thoughtful and decent although it takes a while........
MrSiddeney 1 year ago 3
@lblmer "Dopey" is your comment. Born to take the highway was a song about the feeling of wonder and traveling. People have been writing songs about this feeling for HUNDREDS OF YEARS before Joni wrote hers, and this is simply her creation to describe it. ...and quite a good one.
"Beginning of moral decline" is just your "dopey" full-of-yourself, bullshit judgment.
Do you have a harsh moral judgments of her other songs? This is your problem.
woodsprout 11 months ago
What a woman. So complex, so talented, so pure, so adventurous, so beautiful. An amazing package. I'm not sure most of us share the same genetics.... I think she must be from a much more advanced planet somewhere. I'm grateful she wound up here! Thank you, Joni.
yebdox 1 year ago 2
Gutted I can't get this song on CD! See, what you've done? Taunted me with something I can't have!!! *pout* Bought Ladies of the Canyon today and Song to a Seagull and Clouds should arrive next week. Exciting!
Aphelionite 1 year ago
Cute !
Downbythewater73 1 year ago
She was my first girlfriend. I think I was 5 or 6. Still my best girlfriend.
Kinthesky1 1 year ago
@Kinthesky1 You blew it, pal - shoulda hitched a ride on that star! ;-)
cicadagodking 1 year ago
Wow, what a voice .... and quite the cutie. She was still only 21 years old here.
gwxk 1 year ago
Very talented lovely Joni Mitchell AND the Chapin brothers looking on!
jimbowie09 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading this, even at this stage Joni shines above the lame-ass
band & gives a glimpse of the great things to come.
SuperStig23 1 year ago
I would love to have one of those at home
hicksi61 1 year ago
Thanks, this is a true treasure! American Idol contestants & hopefuls should see this. If I was a record producer and saw this at the time-"Wow, there's a winner here!"
FilmandVideoFun 1 year ago
A female Gordon Lightfoot. God bless Canada.
BLM912er 1 year ago
@BLM912er I'm with you on Canada, but Gordon, as good as he is, is no match for Joni Mitchell. Very few are.
slownoman 1 year ago
WOW! Thanks for posting. :)
QWK999R 1 year ago
Beautiful.
iwys 1 year ago 2
I've skipped on concrete, danced on cobbles
Stuck to pavement in the heat
I've seen where children crouched at marbles
Made chalk circles in the street
Found a penny at my feet
I was born to take the highway, I was born to chase a dream
Any road at all is my way, Any place is where I've been
Anything is what I've seen
fosbury68 1 year ago
boundless talent!!!!!!!!!!
nappadang1 1 year ago 2
GENIUS!
upquidproquo 1 year ago
everyone has a beginning :)
JCflt3 1 year ago
harry chapen? cat's in the cradle?
54taqiyya 1 year ago
@54taqiyya Yup, it sure looked like Harry Chapin (with an "i') to me. ...I looked him up and, yes, that's definitely THE Harry Chapin. He had a brother, Tom, etc... Too bad this video doesn't show them performing, also. (And, I am a H U G E JM fan!)
sentjourwla 1 year ago 2
I really would have loved to be a teen in the sixties! I would be a total hippie and I would stalk Joni! I LOVE HER!
NostalgicProcrast 1 year ago
She was so good! Her intricate guitar harmonies, her voice so melodic and so precise, wow!
mscir 1 year ago
Did you hear Dave Van Ronk, the guy with the beard, pounding his guitar in support of Joni at the end of her song? Wow! That's dave van ronk!!!! This is the same guy who dylan worshipped in the early 60's in the new york coffee house scene. And here's old dave totally mesmerised by young joni. No doubt he could recognize, better than anyone in that place, a musical giant in the making.
bethnalgreeen 1 year ago
An Angel!
Earthdogbonzo3 1 year ago
Abortion - safe, legal and rare! Let's hear it for prochoice! And let's hear it for playground insult words that have lost the power to sting!
FishNoLegs 1 year ago
The next person to talk about abortion is a cunt
BrandNameChapstick 1 year ago
UNBELIEVABLE! Thank you so much for posting this!
brian14leonard 1 year ago
@brian14leonard She didn't post it. She copied these vids from my old account of lightning49, even stealing my descriptions, words for word. I got them from a rare DVD traded by someone in Japan.
clairedelune49 1 year ago
@clairedelune49 whoops! Well, thank *you* for having originally posted these early-Joni videos!
brian14leonard 9 months ago
The kids are like "this ain't HULLALABOO" !!?!? They also didn't blink about that crazy drum sound. hahah
great video, thanks.
oh, and like, when Joni opened her box of Talent, was she like, oh "perfect fit!" ?? She sounds amazing for her young age, and sounds together with all that intonation and tonality which she graced many other songs to her future with.
freqazoidiac 1 year ago
Oscar is almost as enchanted as I am. I've got the exact same silly astonished smile on my face.
Imagine seeing this performance live.
fosbury68 1 year ago
henhenstoll The host's last name is "Brand" (v. "Brandt"). Great post!
mohansen11 1 year ago
this is a beautiful song. its too bad its not released elsewhere.
andifadeaway11 1 year ago
How awesome that when they announced the 'Chapin Family' and it was those Chapin Brothers! Thanks for posting this rare perfomance!
bumcheek7 1 year ago
How awesome was it when he announced the 'Chapin Family' and it turned out to be THAT Chapin family! These talented writer/musicians would never make it on plastic dildo Idol Simon Cowell's musical robotics factory!
bumcheek7 1 year ago
I agree, this isn't the place for an abortion debate. I enjoyed the video very much.
I am somewhat taken aback by all these comments about how pretty Joni is. It's as if people are saying "You've written great songs and become a great artist - but let me pay you a REAL compliment." I don't think her looks are that important.
TessIguess 1 year ago
ohh she so beautiful!
briebrie29 1 year ago 25
@briebrie29 I agree, she is so beautiful. Also, I don't know why everyone is talking about abortion on this page. First of all, who knows if she got an abortion? And second of all, she put her child up for adoption because she was poor at that time, did not get an abortion. Finally, its an insult to Joni that you're having this ridiculous discussion on a video of beautiful music.
PickaxePig 4 months ago
What a treasure from that time. Joni, Oscar, Harry C. and Dave Van. R., Just appreciate it, it ain`t gonna happen again.
talerdudansk 1 year ago 2
Joni was so beautiful! A singular talent who brightens my day. She is a reflection of the best things of my childhood. I thank God he blessed us with her.
TheRjjrjjr 1 year ago
This is some sweet early footage, easily my favorite incarnation of Joni. She is gorgeous and her eyes are twice the size they were 5 years later.
forecrow 1 year ago
lol
godwhyisthistaken 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this!!!! It´s so beautiful that brought tears to my eyes....
Look at the guys sharing the stage... she begins to sing and they are in a trance...
Once again, Thank you so much....
Muchas gracias, amiga!!!
AlejandroMendoza2010 1 year ago
What is about those incredible eyes in the pre "fake color contact lense" era...Joni had them, Judy Collins had them, Joan Baez had them....just incredible eyes....oh, and all three of them could sing too :-)
gurlsingerfan 1 year ago 3
@binstence ""Joni..abortion would have robbed you of a daughter""
She WAS robbed of her daughter, and it was because of self righteous prigs like you. People like you called her a slut and her baby a bastard. A few years later -
AFTER the peace and love movement, and dismantling of old prejudices - she couldve kept her baby.
Hexl702 1 year ago
But to make the whiners happy -- I love the video and the song. Joni was great, right from the beginning!
Thanks for putting it up - where in the world did you find it?
Hexl702 1 year ago
That IS Joni's message in all her music - You don't tell me who to love, what to love, where when how many times. No one has the right to put their shackles on someone else's love.
If that isn't her mesage, I don't know what is.
Hexl702 1 year ago
You see the beauty and talent assembled on that stage and then throw insults back and forth? You watch that vision perform and then post vicious notes on that issue? You are beyond help. All of you.
starkwell01 1 year ago 2
I think its absolutely RELEVANT to smoke out these assholes and give em what for. Those judgemental, bible babbling pro-lite assholes are the same kind of people who hindered Joni when she got pregnant. People like them made her give up her baby in the first place. If only it had been a few years later, she couldve been an unwed mother and kept her baby. When I come across one of these assholes, Im not gonna let em forget it. And Joni attacks em too, in her music.
Hexl702 1 year ago
@Hexl702
No one "made" her give up her baby. You think she wanted to drag an infant around with her when she launched her career and did all those club dates? Get real. Joni was young and, to her credit, apparently realistic about the situation. It was better for the kid, too. Don't make stupid assumptions, and don't blame pro-life people for this situation. Moron.
sportsmediaamerica 1 year ago 2
@sportsmediaamerica ""drag an infant around with her did all those club dates""
Except she wasnt a singer when she got pregnant, she was an art student. She couldve given her parents partial custody like many women do while she launched her career. But she couldnt even tell her parents, because of the SHAME - not her own, but from the disapproving assholes prevalent in society at the time who wouldve given em a hard time. Moron.
Hexl702 1 year ago
Joni is and was SO talented, beautiful! Thanks for sharing this!
abcwritestartread 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing this! So beautiful - the voice, the face, the times...
cathyb53 1 year ago
Beautiful girl. Great voice. Great song. I give it seven stars.
asbpab1966 1 year ago
That was cool when they introduced the Chapin brothers and you hear "Harry" being yelled by Harry Chapin. This is a stunning performance.
cohenfs 1 year ago
Back to the Music. I've never seen such an early Clip. What a beautiful vision this is. She sang just like an Angel...
Johnny Caprise
twisteda1 1 year ago
I find it disgusting that you use this as a forum for an abortion debate. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. Go somewhere else. Maybe to one of the MILLION places available to you on the internet for that kind of misery.
This is music. Don't taint it.
Joebycool 1 year ago 70
@Joebycool ""don't taint it"""
Yeah, making you THINK is a really horrible thing, isn't it.
Hexl702 1 year ago
@Hexl702 I am a law student. I spend my whole day thinking about people's problems and learning about arguments and tragedies and injustices. I often go to forums where abortion IS discussed, because it's an issue I want to have a voice about. However, this is a beautiful piece of music. So don't you dare accuse me of not wanting to think, when I have come to listen to Joni Mitchell. I want to think about beautiful music right now, that is what I'm here and that is what this space is for.
Joebycool 1 year ago 12
We're not asking you to like abortion. We know the proliquors don't like abortion. We want to you to not interfere.
In short, we want you to be the same bystander you were the other 50 million times.
Hexl702 1 year ago
@Hex702 -- hex comes in many sizes. Any mechanic can wrench you out of yer shoes. Darn, quit doin' that biker crank too.
Hey good men, what is; PWN ? Send this old fock a defination.
Liozeris 1 year ago
Yeah, we've heard it before. You guys congratulate yourselves on being master-debaters "What a debate! We sure PWNed! them!"
But abortion is legal throughout the land. Does that make you PWNed! by the prochoicers? LOL!
Hexl702 1 year ago
I read in articles where Joni said " You have no idea how we were treated in those days, young unmarried mothers."
Geez, wonder who does that unmarried women with babies - calls them whores, sluts, contributing to the decline of society :::Hint -- it's not OUR side:::
Hexl702 1 year ago
Proloofas bring out the worst in me -- GRR-- I came here to praise Joni. I hadnt heard this song before - Praise YouTube!
Hexl702 1 year ago
@binstence
Even if Roe VWade were overturned, some 23 states would still keep it legal. Now what - you gonna pass laws against interstate travel?
Anyhow, Joni gives every indication that she can't stand self-righteous prigs like you.
People like you made her give up her baby in the 1st place - if you get an abortion, the fundies and rightwads call you a slut. If youre unmarried and make the beautiful choice to have the baby, they STILL call you a slut, and the baby a bastard.
Hexl702 1 year ago
Joni is so beautiful
21dandandan12 1 year ago
Holy shit...the amount of talent on that stage is INSANE!
JasonEA 1 year ago
actually it's much more like saying you have to be a slave to understand being a slave (owning a slave's body and being in a slave's body). the woman owns that fetus as much as she owns her breasts and her nose. if it weren't for her body nourishing it, it would die.
but all of this is really mute because this is about how lovely joni mitchell is.
which she is. =)
fabuloussabre 1 year ago
it is always a women's issue. unless you have a child growing in your body, you can't understand this issue. women have known since the dawn of time how to get rid of unwanted pregnancies by natural means (parsley anyone?). your term death-worshiper is what is offensive and uncalled for. you can have opinions, but you can't expect to be taken seriously if those opinions turn into hateful labels. then it's just slander.
fabuloussabre 1 year ago
@fabuloussabre ""term death worshipper is uncalled for"""
The prolickers say things like that out of sheer frustration. They've been calling women sluts, whores and murderers for 37 years now and havent made a dent! Abortion holding steady around 1.2 million a year. It's so popular it practically sells itself!
Hexl702 1 year ago
you're male.
this isn't your place. this is a women's issue. unless you have a female body there is no way you should have opinions about wombs or what stays in them / comes out.
fabuloussabre 1 year ago
wow thats all i can say
vipergurn 2 years ago
Was that Harry Chapin of "Cat's in the Cradle" fame that he pointing at before Joni?
AnAutumnWind 2 years ago
This is incredible!! Awesome! Who knew she played with open tuning so early in her career? Thanks for posting this- i love it!
OL8Twho 2 years ago
Do you have the part with Dave Van Ronk performing? It's pretty hard to find footage of him performing this young, and this is pretty good quality. If you have it, could you post it?
movingtarget1978 2 years ago
Apparently this is a dvd clip so no... I asked the same question before!
Joebycool 1 year ago
I AM IN LOVE.
zeroskate88 2 years ago 3
You Assh*le. How f*cking dare you. By what absurd egotism do you presume to know what I or anybody else on here believes about life, God, birth, death, the human soul, abortion or anything else!?! Much less judge them for what you presume they believe, whether they do or not? Or do you expect to be patted on the head and praised for your superior, fatuous pose of conscience? You think you're going to convert anyone to your POV by condescending and sneering at them? How very Christlike.
searcherboy 2 years ago 5
Get a life. Stop judging the hard choices of others. Take your preachy pomposity and stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
searcherboy 2 years ago 28
@searcherboy Exactly! Why deliberitely troll comments pages on YT just to vent other issues on someones non-evil music post? CREEPY SAD LIFE YOU HAVE.
bumcheek7 1 year ago
Would y'all shut the &$#@ up and LISTEN TO THE MUSIC! The woman is a treasure no matter what the history. Idiots!
jeffhrsn 2 years ago 2
And Joni would be the first one to say that she supports another woman's right to make a different choice.
But nice try trying to force your will on other people by using someone else.
chixsngr 2 years ago
@binstence well, her daughter was a model!
jondoe8889 2 years ago
This is absolutely lovely in all ways. Thanks for posting.
marksmail2 2 years ago
How cool that Joni + Harry Chapin + Dave Van Ronk were all on the same show. I wonder what it would have been like if they'd done something together.
williamfeuer 2 years ago
I always knew she was an incredibly talented singer, but I have never seen footage of her this young before. She is stunningly beautiful. Wow! Age isn't fair to some of us.
herbiesnerd 2 years ago 2
Who knew....WOW!
1974Qball 2 years ago
Some women do film well in black and white don't they! Seriously, you could already pick up on tat poetic way of writing, inventive timing and such in so young a woman, how was she not going to be a sensation....what a time those days were..has it been that long ago...:_-(
gurlsingerfan 2 years ago 3
Great. Joni was and still in a class of her own.
PaulZacharyMartin 2 years ago 2
If the music thing didn't work out she could have been a model.
riverdale999 2 years ago 2
Amazing. What a spectacular talent she was.
StereoSpace 2 years ago
@StereoSpace: is
riverdale999 2 years ago
Am I the only one who noticed Harry Chapin with his brothers at the start of this video? That was when they were signed to Epic and before Tom took off in that Taxi to WOLD.
harvey1954 2 years ago
As a long time fan of Joni Mitchell ,I've never see her like this with her hair done up. She's "Model" beautiful. Alas like me we all age.
streamline62 2 years ago 3
I love Joni, she is my all time favorite singer and artist. Thank you for posting this rare vidio.
champlain9 2 years ago
Wow, very early Joni songwriting. You can already hear the Joni sound. I've never heard this song before.
willrothfuss 2 years ago
She's still wonderful.
adamr63 2 years ago
Wow. Beautiful. I wish this were released.
obamaisapieceofshit 2 years ago
Just wonderful ... a precious diamond !
StandUp555 2 years ago
So when you see the geek of any stripe,show respect,could be a Baby Joni. Look at these guys,they sure did...
jedipapaw 2 years ago
Joni has definitely evolved over the decades but the talent was always there.
angelangel3000 2 years ago
Wish I was in the audience that evening.
talerdudansk 2 years ago 2
why? you'd be an old buzzard now like joni..i saw joni in 2007...fucking scary..she was like 64, looked 84...smokes like a fucking chimney and her face looks it..ya know how cigarette smokers look after years of toking on tobacco...i looked her over.and the vibe i got was that she was nuts...she hadnt seen her daughter in 40 years..she dumped her when she was an infant gave her up for adoption..recently the daughter is visiting joni at her home and joni slaps her in the face, LAPD came to home
BabyGwar 2 years ago
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talerdudansk 2 years ago
nuts she might be but listen to little green before you judge her on the adoption
MrSiddeney 2 years ago
BabyGwar, you know absolutely sweet dick all about Joni MItchell. Your words make you sound like an old bitter crone. If you don't like her, move on. And don't let the door hit you on your way out, douchebag.
evelynjoyce 2 years ago
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talerdudansk 2 years ago
The year I was born and, if I'm not mistaken, an extremely pivitol year for music and the whole counterculture movement.
nblumer 2 years ago
She,s mine I saw her first .
peterm3964 2 years ago