Joni Mitchell Live At The Carnegie Hall 1972 blue

[thmoorer]

She wrote some of the most bone marrow music back in the day. Now that I am old I can't even listen to it anymore. It's like opening a wound to see how it's healed .

[SuperStig23]

I was in a Rock n' Roll band at the time this song came out & my band-mates thought I was gay/nuts or something as I played this album with tears in my eyes

in our hotel room on the road.

Joni as always trancended any label you could put on her music, she is a true ORIGINAL artist. This song is about her breakup with Graham Nash but applies

to anyone going through a painfull breakup, it's timeless & honest.

This is a terrible recording of this song, listen to the album track itself .

[VBJ3]

@ friendlier I couldn't agree more, Stephen stills states on here it was a break up with him: on the video Blue (documentary) on side bar

thanks

[Seasass]

@VBJ3 That was Graham Nash's voice at the beginning of that other video (you can tell from the Manchester accent), but I think the song Blue was actually about James Taylor ("My Old Man" and "River" from the same album were probably about Nash). JM did have a brief affair with Stills while she was in the process of breaking up with Nash, but I don't think it inspired any songs--just a lot of regret and bad feeling (years passed before all members of CSN performed or recorded together again).

[Asigner4u2]

The self destruction done by someone that she dated, and the break up! This could very well have been about JT.

[spoiledbigtime]

Joni was the real deal. If you can't appreciate this amazing artist, then get off the bus!

[SuperStig23]

Great concert but this recording is so over-modulated & distorted it's painfull to listen to.

[ABSTRACTTK1A]

SUCH AN ARTIST.

[trossachs2003]

Wow. Even better than the album version. Her voice had come on in strength and confidence. Stunning

[netwiseguy]

Some 38 years ago, we (or some) lived other lives. I still love what I loved back then for some reason. She pulls my imagination every time I hear it to the place of peace that comes with a tear.

[Cris1949]

@netwiseguy

[Cris1949]

@netwiseguy

[Cris1949]

@netwiseguy EXACTLY!!!

[almj16]

TY - Love it

[Valicore]

That last chord feels like a stab in the heart, and it's perfect.

[RepoDemo]

Didnt she write this while in Greece.... anyone?

[dianacambridge38]

As Cris1949 spoke of : It was quite incredible to be part of the early-mid Boomers, to have so much incredible music produced in the '60s and '70s. I don't think we took it for granted at all -- it's just the way it was ... new albums, new singles coming out steadily from so many fine artists. In Jr High,HS, & college, to consistently hear, "Hey, I go the new album by (whoever) ... come hear it !". We'd appreciate the entire album, not just the single cuts. Love that my kids dig this stuff.

[Cris1949]

My 31-year old daughter really understood what it was all about, just by listening, and trying to see.Diana, it feels SO good that U understand!!! The fact that you mentioned me makes me feel so good! Just Thank U!!!

[CRClark1138]

Well, gee ... you're welcome! Thanks for the kind words. Of course, I can't seem to leave a comment without at least one typo, so, natch, what I meant to type was -- "Hey, I GOT the new album by ...."

Yes, I'm sure you knew that, but I cringe at my own typos, so, correcting herein.

I think there's some good music coming out all the time, however, difference now seems to be producing what feels marketable by execs, stressing singles over albums, and the vast originality has been diluted.

[PurplePeopleEater100]

i'm 15 and i joni mitchell is one of my favourite singers.

[fairypisces1]

I totally grew up in the wrong decade...I'm only 32 and she is my favorite singer ever....it's not about heroin, the whole album is actually about how sad she was after she gave up her daughter for adoption to pursue her dreams of becoming a singer..

[Kidtwister]

And her break up with Crosby and her feelings about how her grandmother gave up her aspirations to follow her dreams and raise a family instead ..

[bfdhvcnvvbjdn]

@Kidtwister You mean Graham Nash?

[tang9o]

@bfdhvcnvvbjdn This past week some web writer said that Blue was written about James Taylor/

[bassoned]

I'm really interested in talking with you, I was just saying to a friend today that I was born in the wrong decade. Since I was 13 I have been in love with Carole King and James Taylor and I'm in love with Joni Mitchell, she is such an inspiration and really had something to say. What an inspiration woman and what a story

[fairypisces1]

Hi bassoned...yeah when other people my age were listening to New Kids on the Block I was listening to Joni and Led Zeppelin...if you like Joni, you should check out Nick Drake, if you haven't heard of him already...and Jeff Buckley (Tim Buckley's son)...about James Taylor, I heard that he used to beat up Joni and Carly when he was dating them, but I don't know if it's true or not...does anybody out there know what the real story is?

[ShipwreckTownBand]

It's irresponsible and despicable to slander James Taylor with baseless hearsay without a single bit of evidence.

I do know this, Mitchell would never put up with that type of behavior from a man, and that she and Taylor have remained friends through the years. Clearly in your case, age has no correlation to a sense of fairness or decency.

[fairypisces1]

I wasn't slandering him, I was asking if anybody knew the real story. You have no idea what Joni would have "put up with," you know her music, not her. There are plenty of strong women who have put up with abusive relationships in their lives.How dare you slander ME, you don't know me, I AM a fair, decent, loving person. I was asking a question, and I know for a fact that he was a heroin addict and an alcoholic, so I really wouldn't be surprised if he did have issues back in the day.

[ShipwreckTownBand]

How fair and decent is it to engage in rumor mongering based on something you "heard"? Mitchell has condemned J Browne in the press for having punched D Hannah, why remain quiet and friends with Taylor? Do you really expect "anybody out there" to know the real story? It is unfortunate that you would drag out past substance abuse issues as a way to bolster your baseless argument and justify your morbid curiosity.

[fairypisces1]

I feel bad for you that you can so comfortably insult a stranger. This is my last response to you because people like you are not worth my time and energy. Have a nice life sticking up for people you don't know...and wasn't it M. Phillips who recently came out with something she was quiet about for years? People remain quiet all the time for many reasons, including shame. And how does the press get their information?:Curiosity, morbid or not.

[Iputrandomstuff]

Joni, I'm still looking for a girl like you! A girl who knows the music, play the guitar, and sing the folky blues.

[VBJ3]

this song is not about heroin it is about the end of a relationship...

[friendlier]

@VBJ3 It's about the difficulty of being in a relationship with someone hell-bent on self destruction. In the song, she lists numerous paths to same.

[Bananinasdasd]

@VBJ3 its abaout her daugther taht she gave away at birth

[DebbieJohnsonality]

Did Billie Holliday go thru all that shit so that the likes of Britneeee can succeed?

[tang9o]

@DebbieJohnsonality What?



[Puppytime31]

cat powers version of this is incredible

[texroberto]

non posso fare a meno di avere il magone tutte le volte che ascolto questa canzone

[jimmyfrancicone]

the greatest

[usuc4lyfe]

i love this song, way before its time.

[TheNEWBobDylan]

This song ALWAYS gives me chills.

I think that it's her heroin song

but it transcends definition...

To me though.

Heroin.

[fleenster]

Jeez, where did you get this recording? I was at this concert, too. I was 18. During the break, a lot of us with seats further back moved up to the front of the theater and sat in the aisles near the stage. I actually sat on the arm of someone's seat. I can't even imagine trying that today. How rude!

Anyway, Joni sang Blue right after the break and was directly in front of me on stage, about twenty feet away, when she sang it. It's my most magical memory from any concert I've ever attended.

[hanbanxxx]

wow i am so jelous, i wish id been born years 25 years earlier :(

[Cris1949]

I´m sixty by now, and I clearly understand what U mean. Those of us who were born so long ago had the privilege of witnessing an explosion of music which, in my opinion, never ocurred again. I´m nearer to death, but I will never regret being so close to Joni, Janice and So So many others. I am grateful to God for that. H&K

[stopthinkingnow]

@Cris1949 Concur. Could not conceive of growing up in any other musical milieu. I've been going through my old vinyl to convert to CD. So many good tunes never see the light of day anymore. Check out "Jade Warrior" (band) "A Winter's Tale". So many songs....

[slazzer145]

@fleenster you so lucky ,to see her on that concert ,,I really like joni M..

have u heard the cd album Ailes of miles..for me that is the best album of joni mitchell..

[HOPSCOTCHEMPO]

@fleenster - I think I am her Biggest Fan!! Wooo -Hoo you must be one of the luckiest people in the world to have experieced this - God Bless and what a memory to have.. xxxxx

[ravioli49]

@fleenster

i m touched and tears are flowing, I love joni so mcuh.

[OmfgZilla]

i think this song is tight, but what exactly is it about?

[TheNEWBobDylan]

heroin

[bananacreamanarchy]

depression

[OmfgZilla]

watch?v=v37_C3WaTNk

[slickvguy]

I think this is my favorite JM song. World class.

[slickvguy]

Wow. Speechless.

[mersons55]

I've been a fan of Joni Mitchell since the early 70s and I love this song. It's one of many of her songs that I love. She is unique, multi-talented, and, as the last post stated, an inspiration to singers and song-writers. Superb!

[mrspaniard]

How can nobody have written anything here yet??! A classic song, a standard measure other people, a must-hear and must-have album for any singer, songwriter, by one of the most influential Artists of all time. Current performers have a lot to learn. Music shouldn't be about wearing clothes and make up that make you look like a doll, or worse, a clown.

Thank you Joni, for the inspiration.

We adore and worship you!