@ChiroQuacker You my little man are a huge asshole. Please leave us your location so a couple hundred thousand of us can come and smack your face. I am sure you attend a health club regularly. Stupid f...ing name too ChiroQuacker you moron.
I think it was on the live album, "Shadows and Light" where she is describing to the audience the difference between art and the performing arts when she laments, "Nobody ever said to van Gogh, 'Paint a Starry Night again, man'". SHE did on stage night after night achieve something close to that feat.
Those lyrics! She explores and exposes so much of herself. I like the allusion to ego and her legacy - "chicken scratching for a piece of immortality...." Love the moral prompting it engenders.
the comment about the forceps and the stone reminds me of the the three life insurance salesman bragging about the extent of their coverage. The first one says," I'll cover you from the birth to the earth". The second one claims,"I'll protect you from the womb to the tomb". The third one boasts" My policy goes from the erection to the resurrection"
I saw Joni Mitchell play to a sold out coliseum here in Portland Oregon1979- 3 years after the release of this album. She wore a thin silk pajama jump suit and played a huge Gibson hollow body guitar. As they allowed cameras I took my 35mm and telephoto lens- took many images of the Pat Metheny Band with Jaco Pastorius backing up Joni Mitchell. I'll have to post those photos one day after transfer from Kodak transparencies. Mark Seibold, Retired IT Tech, Artist-Astronomy Educator, Portland OR
looks like Wayne Shorter up there on soprano sax... known to frequent Japan, and play with Herbie Hancock-- who got a few grammy's for "River" tribute to Joni-- is this a mystic mosaic -- 2 sax greats, first with Tom Scott, then later with Wayne?
@LorenzoNW joni's music isnt like typical jazz changes that are waynes bread and butter she has very unique take on her musicallity that was priceless and different ..not nessessarily a perfect match for wayne:) wayne wrote some gr8 jamming tracs tho that did suit him ..this aint one:)
Nice song even if the title exposes the tendency to "exoticize" elements of Islam. So much so that many former Muslims struggling to deprogram themselves encounter this fascination with an imaginary "peaceful" Islam from those in the counterculture and intelligentsia of the West. Those who should know better yet are trapped in the atmospherics and cannot see that Islamic texts say what they say and it's not very nice. Especially to infidels who invoke the Hejira.
@AnsaralZindiqi The song is not referencing Mohammad's flight from Mecca to Medina. While that's a well-known use of the word, and one that Joni is familiar with, the lyrics of the song make it abundantly clear that Islam is not being referenced. The word entered the English language from the Arabic via Medieval Latin, and can describe any number of emigrations, escapes, or flights. Joni has said that her use of the word here is meant to connote "escape with honor."
I played this cassette to death in 1976 WHILE I traveled through North Africa, Jordan, Yemen to the Persian Gulf in the Navy. Hejira refers to the Pilgrimage or the Holy Journey. It still resonates with me to this day.
I remember being a teenager and playing this album over and over and always being so captivated by her lyrics and her sweet soulful vocals...she had me then as she has me now...
Agreed about Joni's genius. Pino plays beautifully here and it should also be noted that he's playing what Jaco played on Hejira verbatim. All inspiring and amazing musicians............this made my morning (a grey, overcast, blueish kind of one in California)..........thanks for posting.
Thanks for naming the bassist. It sounded so much like Jaco, but I knew he didn't play a MusicMan, and Pino does. There's a magic flow to the bass line.
@liffick This album was given to me as a Christmas gift in 1976 from my best friend and the lead guitarist in the band. I played bass then and he said you gotta check out this bass player, he's unreal! Well, my buddy was certainly right about Jaco, but I absolutely fell head over heals for this womens point of view and music!! Some 34 years later, this still sounds and feels, FRESH, new, and full of promise! GREAT POST, much thanks!
This is one of Jonis Opus Magnum. I love the mood, the lyrics, the key and yes the memory of Jaco lives on; travel the breadth of extremety or stick to some straighter line? Magic.....
Has anyone confirmed who is on bass yet? It does sound like Pino but could be Larry Klein. Is it possible to get this concert anywhere, it sounds absolutely stunning. Thanks for posting anyway
he played on several tracks, not all -- dunno, at some point his bipolar disorder kicked in and he started getting weird -- maybe he couldn't tour by then - a shame about Jaco...
If you are talking to me, it was a special night I will always remember. She autographed all my albums and there was a party going on with a lot of drugs and I shyed away. She seemed to really care about me and suggested we go out into the lobby of her suite and sat and talked about the meaning of her songs and life in general. It had an impact on me how I felt about life. It was great and she was so down to earth and not like a celebrity full of herself at all.
That must have been so cool!!! She has definitely influenced me. Herbie Hancock recently came to the town where I live, accompanied by other greats like Wayne Shorter and in the middle of their performance, he started to talk about Joni and his musical relationship with her. What an inspiring evening! "Only" Joni's presence was lacking, LOL But anyway, even if I never meet her personally, I feel like know her, and I am very grateful to her for everything. Thank you, Joni!!! Love ya!!!
I absolutely love Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. Seems we have a lot
in common with music. Do you like Pat Matheny? He is on a lot of her tours. I loved "Beyond the Missouri Sky" he put out. Joni is the most talented female of our era and a down-to-earth person who will talk to someone on an elevator with 36 red roses. WOW.
Unbelievable song I cant stop listening to it! And I just found the ringtone at DownloadEveryTone. com the quality is awesome if anyone wants to get it
I actually think Shorter blows it--pardon the pun-- he hits that blaring discordent note at the end of his run, which rattles her(who is wonderful on this take), and then steps on her line about "snow falling", and she cuts his solo short(er)...
@ nopala: Hmm. Yes, but he has a very difficult job to do as far as Jaco Pastorius is playing bass on the studio version. And the bass-part at the studio's one is much more impressive.
What does she say instead of "Strains of Benny Goodman"? 2:56 (Blowing throught the pinewood trees). Her lyrics are astounding, the way they resonate so deeply, like they are a kind of eternal truth. I listened to this a lot while solo traveling through the South Pacific and also Europe, on my CD Walkman. Interesting how she says, "No one's gonna show me anything, we all come and go unknown." NOT HER! And yet, in the bigger picture of the universe, she is still "JUST" a particle of change.
does anyone know who is playing bass om this track . I know its not jaco thought it might be Pino Palladino ? But doesn't quite hit it right on the outro which for Pino is almost impossible to imagine . Joni is sublime superb awesome whoever she works with of course .
i'm thinking its Larry Klein her ex husband. sounds alot like him, with the space to let the song breath. he was also playing Music Man bass at that time.
and Hejira a lot in winter-spring 1975, when I was a young, lonely man and living with my german shepard dog in a little house on a farm. I liked the jazzyness
of her work and the very poetic texts, I still still think she is the queen of that era in pop/rock music and even enjoy her work today regularly. A very great artist!
God, this is incredibly beautiful. I knew she had done a Jazz album because my sister had it. But I was in high school when she put out her Jazz stuff and, idiot that I was, I never wanted to hear that. Boy, what a doofus I was then! LOL. This... this is ethereal and brilliant.
I'm 51 & remember when Hejira came out. Forever changed my musical taste & awareness. I'm a singer & never noticed a bass line until Hejira. I listened with astonishment, 1st on Vinyl then CD. Still do. Her voice is probably tired but she also smoked it away. My ex used to work for her & she smokes like a house fire. She probably still has good voice days/nights but smoking has killed many voices. I stopped about 6 yrs ago & I can hit notes way higher than I could in my 20's. I'm lucky.
Damn - "White flags of winter chimneys, waving truce against the moon " has always been my favourite lyric .....heavenly music Joni - I met a girl on a plane once who said she named her daughter Joni ....brilliant!!!
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She is great, the best. Hejira is one of my favorite albums, that said, in this song she plagiarized Camus. look in his Notebooks there is a passage called "What gives value to travel is Fear".
One of my favorite lines of all time: "There's comfort in melancholy, when there's no need to explain. It's just as natural as the weather in this moody sky today" Haunting...
Chiro.. Joni and bigg butts rule silly.
bobbysbackingtracks 1 week ago
Whoever dislikes this has got hemorrhoids instead of ears...and yes, spoonervibesman: ChiroQuacker is a moron!
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shes got a big ass in this clip..looks like my friend marty's mom...looks like she never set one foot in a health club...
ChiroQuacker 1 month ago
@ChiroQuacker You my little man are a huge asshole. Please leave us your location so a couple hundred thousand of us can come and smack your face. I am sure you attend a health club regularly. Stupid f...ing name too ChiroQuacker you moron.
spoonervibesman 1 month ago 3
miraculous.
alanajonez 2 months ago
Perfection in every way.
23sugarcane 4 months ago
I think it was on the live album, "Shadows and Light" where she is describing to the audience the difference between art and the performing arts when she laments, "Nobody ever said to van Gogh, 'Paint a Starry Night again, man'". SHE did on stage night after night achieve something close to that feat.
atbigfoot91 4 months ago
In the church they light the candles and the wax rolls down like tears. There is the hope and the hopelessness I've witnessed all these years.
Just shoot me.
mitchellglaser 5 months ago 2
Hejira was a jewel in in her crown, no doubt. So many wonderful albums, such an amazing legacy.
montagueism 6 months ago
thank God He created women..otherwise we wouldn't have got Joni...
MrChubbleyWarner 7 months ago 2
Aaaargh - God, she wrings it out of us. My face hurts.
Longtack55 8 months ago 2
Those lyrics! She explores and exposes so much of herself. I like the allusion to ego and her legacy - "chicken scratching for a piece of immortality...." Love the moral prompting it engenders.
Longtack55 8 months ago
Is that Wayne Shorter?
Is Jaco on bass or is this tour after Jaco died?
JackSchytt 8 months ago
@JackSchytt Pino Palladino
bschuit 8 months ago
the comment about the forceps and the stone reminds me of the the three life insurance salesman bragging about the extent of their coverage. The first one says," I'll cover you from the birth to the earth". The second one claims,"I'll protect you from the womb to the tomb". The third one boasts" My policy goes from the erection to the resurrection"
swerne01 9 months ago
Could this be her greatest lyric?
gnukev 9 months ago
Yeah Saskatoon!
123pinecone 9 months ago
Possibly my favorite Joni album among a host of incredible works. Between the forceps and the stone...man, she has a command of language.
kenmeyerjr 9 months ago
Possibly my favorite Joni album among a host of incredible works.
kenmeyerjr 9 months ago
awesome, what an artist!!
QuistTV 10 months ago
awesome, what an artist!!
QuistTV 10 months ago
She is the brightest, shining star... So deep and sweet and great... A true genius
AIDACOOPERofficial 10 months ago
this is what ART sounds like, this is what art FEELS like..
TheBasketBOWL 10 months ago 5
Joni's the best sing and songwriter i know. She's such a great artist
I love her music...
bemmelem 11 months ago
I saw Joni Mitchell play to a sold out coliseum here in Portland Oregon1979- 3 years after the release of this album. She wore a thin silk pajama jump suit and played a huge Gibson hollow body guitar. As they allowed cameras I took my 35mm and telephoto lens- took many images of the Pat Metheny Band with Jaco Pastorius backing up Joni Mitchell. I'll have to post those photos one day after transfer from Kodak transparencies. Mark Seibold, Retired IT Tech, Artist-Astronomy Educator, Portland OR
cosmiclight 11 months ago 4
I love how jaco's method of playing is still alive in this version of hejira.
jryuwah 11 months ago
I love this song so much that I keep a guitar in this tuning (CGDFGC) just to be able to play it whenever the mood strikes. Incomparable Joni!
jaluman 1 year ago 3
looks like Wayne Shorter up there on soprano sax... known to frequent Japan, and play with Herbie Hancock-- who got a few grammy's for "River" tribute to Joni-- is this a mystic mosaic -- 2 sax greats, first with Tom Scott, then later with Wayne?
daverheu 1 year ago
@daverheu She says "I think I hear Wayne Shorter playing through the pine wood trees"
jjdubs 11 months ago
wow.
bamboosa 1 year ago
i cannot express the immensity of my respect for this woman
she has been a light in my life for so long
a blessing
every word of this composition is precious
bonnydayz 1 year ago
It's gonna be a sad day when this woman leaves the planet. Brilliant. Simply brilliant.
rubicon1983 1 year ago
joni is the best!!!!!
sheriperl 1 year ago
Hmmm - not so sure about Wayne on this one. Honks a bit here and there, no? Joni's voice is in fine nick though, given all the smoking she's done.
fendweller 1 year ago
@fendweller Agree, Wayne's performance on this one sticks out like a sore thumb. Just goes to show, even a great artist can't be on 100% of the time.
LorenzoNW 1 year ago
@LorenzoNW joni's music isnt like typical jazz changes that are waynes bread and butter she has very unique take on her musicallity that was priceless and different ..not nessessarily a perfect match for wayne:) wayne wrote some gr8 jamming tracs tho that did suit him ..this aint one:)
steveeolio 1 year ago
This has got to be at Todaiji Temple in Nara
Kamizilla 1 year ago
Beautiful soprano sax by Wayne Shorter
oldschoolbbass 1 year ago 2
how can Joni's vocal delivery not send shivers down your spine - pure and beautiful..
MrChubbleyWarner 1 year ago
Joni Mitchell performing open-heart surgery
crushedz 1 year ago
@crushedz
i must say...that is the BEST POST TO SHOW ADMIRATION FOR AN ARTIST THAT I'VE EVER SEEN ON YOUTUBE...congratulations...lol!
sbrownie 1 year ago
I wore this cassette out in 1976 WHILE traveling through North Africa, Jordan, Yemen and the Persian Gulf. It STILL resonates for me to this day.
Ishmael932 1 year ago
@Ishmael932 And the point of this being what? Big deal. You wore out a cassette tape.
AnsaralZindiqi 1 year ago
Nice song even if the title exposes the tendency to "exoticize" elements of Islam. So much so that many former Muslims struggling to deprogram themselves encounter this fascination with an imaginary "peaceful" Islam from those in the counterculture and intelligentsia of the West. Those who should know better yet are trapped in the atmospherics and cannot see that Islamic texts say what they say and it's not very nice. Especially to infidels who invoke the Hejira.
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@AnsaralZindiqi The song is not referencing Mohammad's flight from Mecca to Medina. While that's a well-known use of the word, and one that Joni is familiar with, the lyrics of the song make it abundantly clear that Islam is not being referenced. The word entered the English language from the Arabic via Medieval Latin, and can describe any number of emigrations, escapes, or flights. Joni has said that her use of the word here is meant to connote "escape with honor."
DavidMarine 1 year ago
@AnsaralZindiqi
I played this cassette to death in 1976 WHILE I traveled through North Africa, Jordan, Yemen to the Persian Gulf in the Navy. Hejira refers to the Pilgrimage or the Holy Journey. It still resonates with me to this day.
Ishmael932 1 year ago
@AnsaralZindiqi the word "hejira" also translates as "a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment".
There is nothing on the album to suggest anything to do with dogmatic faiths.
sitjar 1 year ago
@sitjar Yeah. I kind of know that. As if this is something new.
AnsaralZindiqi 1 year ago
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@AnsaralZindiqi the word "hejira" also translates as "a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment".
There is nothing on the album to suggest anything to do with dogmatic faiths.
sitjar 1 year ago
Pino works this song beautifully. Joni is just un-fucking-believable.
What year is this from???
I can't ever hear this tune without completely surrendering to it.
holdencaustic 1 year ago 2
@holdencaustic 1976
PinkPrism008 1 year ago
I remember being a teenager and playing this album over and over and always being so captivated by her lyrics and her sweet soulful vocals...she had me then as she has me now...
watch1video2day 1 year ago
The Album Title song Hejira ,one of the "heaviest " albums ever executed !
llensart 1 year ago
how not to love her. She's a perfect woman beuty & great composer.
The most wonder voice!!!
felinorampante 1 year ago
Nice, but Jaco is missing....not a condemnation
pretorious700 1 year ago
Agreed about Joni's genius. Pino plays beautifully here and it should also be noted that he's playing what Jaco played on Hejira verbatim. All inspiring and amazing musicians............this made my morning (a grey, overcast, blueish kind of one in California)..........thanks for posting.
looppool 1 year ago
@looppool it's probably Larry Klein playing bass.
Fjord76 1 year ago
Thanks for naming the bassist. It sounded so much like Jaco, but I knew he didn't play a MusicMan, and Pino does. There's a magic flow to the bass line.
Nice work..................
HeinekenPete 1 year ago
love it! Never saw this - just incredible! Just visited Jaco's grave this past weekend...
ptolly 1 year ago
Diosa.Genia. Artista enorme!!
fermuchi 2 years ago
"Hejira" has got to be one of the greatest albums of all time. Love this performance! Thanks so much for posting this gem!!
liffick 2 years ago 27
@liffick
Spot on. And Shorter in support there just makes it.
cccustard 1 year ago
@liffick This album was given to me as a Christmas gift in 1976 from my best friend and the lead guitarist in the band. I played bass then and he said you gotta check out this bass player, he's unreal! Well, my buddy was certainly right about Jaco, but I absolutely fell head over heals for this womens point of view and music!! Some 34 years later, this still sounds and feels, FRESH, new, and full of promise! GREAT POST, much thanks!
LikTyBlur 1 year ago 2
A beautiful and timeless artist that will be unsurpassed .
WTF4DOG 2 years ago
Between the forceps and the stone.
the slightest touch of a stranger can set a trembling in my bones.
Chicken scratching for some immortality
Joni is the single greatest female artist of all time.
mufcjc 2 years ago
agreed!
kakilong 2 years ago
this is truth
timross98 1 year ago
THANK YOU!
Magnificent performance!
TheNigelr 2 years ago
I think Joni's voice was damaged by this time. Sounds almost like Stevie Nicks and the purity is gone.
spookychris1 2 years ago
The strain you hear, almost as if she is being choked, is from nodes on her vocal cords & a compressed larynx. Ditto for the hoarseness.
halaluani 2 years ago
I can't think of words beautiful enough to describe this performance. The only thing missing is Jaco.
IamtheSpankster 2 years ago
Excellent Performance by Joni Mitchell, Wayne Shorter and The rest of the Band.One of my favourite Joni Songs.Thanks for posting it. Hartley C.
hartleycwhite 2 years ago
Nailed it Danish......
TheNigelr 2 years ago
Jeepers..the sound of Joni's voice on those opening lines just sends shivers down my spine....Imagine her on X Factor!
MrChubbleyWarner 2 years ago
Can we please not?
bfdhvcnvvbjdn 2 years ago
I would lose all faith in God and mankind if that ever happened!
MrChubbleyWarner 2 years ago
Joni is loved by men and women, thats quite something. She able to speak straight to the very heart.
bowedmyhead 2 years ago 2
man, she is just too beautiful an artist, this is sublime
tobyman7 2 years ago 2
Such a beautiful song.... flawless :)
ibook4113 2 years ago
Seems slightly rushed but it's still nice.
I can hear Jaco's part .. I don't know who is playing bass but he's not cutting it like Jaco would have.
shpilk 2 years ago
World's greatest living artist ... Joni's genius can not be described with words
danishwolf71 2 years ago 31
I agree wolf.
chizmo7 2 years ago
danishwolf71, You said it.
kzargentina 2 years ago
@danishwolf71 You said it!!
I could not agree more!!
She is uniquely the Most Brilliant Artist In Music as Well as Poetry.
Uniquely, Incomparably Brilliant!!!
PURE GENIUS!!! BEAUTIFUL GENIUS!!
upquidproquo 1 year ago
@danishwolf71 Thumbs up to that a thousand times over!
CloverDealman 1 year ago
@danishwolf71
Yep yep yep.
cccustard 1 year ago
What year is this concert from?
094286 2 years ago
White Flags of winter chimneys
wave truce against the moon
In the mirrors of a modern bank
from the windows of my hotel room...
It just doesn't get any better!
sablemountain 2 years ago 2
interesting.
mhasting22 2 years ago
MASTER WYNE SHORTER!
pablosaxo 2 years ago
Some pick-up band, huh?
dantean 2 years ago
@pablosaxo I wondered if that wasnt the Master himself! How could Joni do any better?!?!
TheBassplayah 1 year ago
this song (and album) reminds me how wonderful it can be to be alone
Doylefromhell 2 years ago 2
This is one of Jonis Opus Magnum. I love the mood, the lyrics, the key and yes the memory of Jaco lives on; travel the breadth of extremety or stick to some straighter line? Magic.....
eriteugram 2 years ago 2
Could the mystery bass player be Pino Palladino ?? (fretless musicman )
hdmw232 2 years ago
thats some fretless love those licks
greygland 2 years ago
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TYLERdodoozm 2 years ago
Joni,I love you from Calgary AB.
fasteddy60 2 years ago
Has anyone confirmed who is on bass yet? It does sound like Pino but could be Larry Klein. Is it possible to get this concert anywhere, it sounds absolutely stunning. Thanks for posting anyway
sonicoutlaw 2 years ago
Wasn't Jaco Pastoruis in the band @ this time?
He played on the Hejira album...
GalaxyRover1020 2 years ago
he played on several tracks, not all -- dunno, at some point his bipolar disorder kicked in and he started getting weird -- maybe he couldn't tour by then - a shame about Jaco...
SupernalOne 2 years ago
Yeah, his downfall was tragic.
At one point he was living in NYC homeless.
His bio. book is really good too read.
Leaves wishing he worked out his inner demons of course.
GalaxyRover1020 2 years ago
Heijira is in 1976... Jaco was diagnosed ''bipolar'' in 1982...
jouvet666 2 years ago
this show was many years later. Joni is much older here
Umberto2 2 years ago
That's not Pastorius. Not by a long shot.
shpilk 2 years ago
Its Pino Paladino, a fantastic musician
hogknackers 2 years ago 3
@hogknackers yes, but not Jaco
pretorious700 1 year ago
I love this song. It seemed flawless to me, but I was focusing on Joni. When
her "For the Roses" album came out and she came here to tour, I bought 3 dozen
red roses and rode the elevator until she got on dressed not to be recognized.
It impressed her so that she gave me a
backstage pass and afterward invited
me to the penthouse where musicians
were partying. We sat out in the lobby
of the penthouse and talked about her
songs and life all night long..
PinkPrism008 2 years ago 2
Wow, you realized my dream, at least tell me a little more about it....please? :)
kzargentina 2 years ago
If you are talking to me, it was a special night I will always remember. She autographed all my albums and there was a party going on with a lot of drugs and I shyed away. She seemed to really care about me and suggested we go out into the lobby of her suite and sat and talked about the meaning of her songs and life in general. It had an impact on me how I felt about life. It was great and she was so down to earth and not like a celebrity full of herself at all.
PinkPrism008 2 years ago
That must have been so cool!!! She has definitely influenced me. Herbie Hancock recently came to the town where I live, accompanied by other greats like Wayne Shorter and in the middle of their performance, he started to talk about Joni and his musical relationship with her. What an inspiring evening! "Only" Joni's presence was lacking, LOL But anyway, even if I never meet her personally, I feel like know her, and I am very grateful to her for everything. Thank you, Joni!!! Love ya!!!
kzargentina 2 years ago
I absolutely love Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. Seems we have a lot
in common with music. Do you like Pat Matheny? He is on a lot of her tours. I loved "Beyond the Missouri Sky" he put out. Joni is the most talented female of our era and a down-to-earth person who will talk to someone on an elevator with 36 red roses. WOW.
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parsonslhjfa1 2 years ago
I don't care what anybody says about this bass player his solo is spot on
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kinneylffcs 2 years ago
I actually think Shorter blows it--pardon the pun-- he hits that blaring discordent note at the end of his run, which rattles her(who is wonderful on this take), and then steps on her line about "snow falling", and she cuts his solo short(er)...
hughbely 2 years ago
great sounding bass, beautifull song!
nopala 2 years ago
@ nopala: Hmm. Yes, but he has a very difficult job to do as far as Jaco Pastorius is playing bass on the studio version. And the bass-part at the studio's one is much more impressive.
austrianfunkhunter 2 years ago
i agree, i was just talking about the musicman bass :)
nopala 2 years ago
What does she say instead of "Strains of Benny Goodman"? 2:56 (Blowing throught the pinewood trees). Her lyrics are astounding, the way they resonate so deeply, like they are a kind of eternal truth. I listened to this a lot while solo traveling through the South Pacific and also Europe, on my CD Walkman. Interesting how she says, "No one's gonna show me anything, we all come and go unknown." NOT HER! And yet, in the bigger picture of the universe, she is still "JUST" a particle of change.
OliveJewel 2 years ago
I think I hear Wayne Shorter
plourder 2 years ago 2
@ plourder: definitely
austrianfunkhunter 2 years ago
whew @ 3:54
ackerlaw2004 2 years ago
I'm 15 and I love this!
YeahChonas 2 years ago 3
I am 56 and she is the only artist that has been in my life since I was 19. What a great artist! What else can I say? She is the greatist!
ricknmd 2 years ago
GOT to be the '79//80 tour.
Thank you!
louiseduvee 2 years ago
She's the one, with Neil. Great artists!!!
riccardino82 2 years ago
Possibly the best ever lyrics that have been devoted to a tune :-) xS
StephanMoyes 2 years ago
does anyone know who is playing bass om this track . I know its not jaco thought it might be Pino Palladino ? But doesn't quite hit it right on the outro which for Pino is almost impossible to imagine . Joni is sublime superb awesome whoever she works with of course .
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bluestakinover 2 years ago
i'm thinking its Larry Klein her ex husband. sounds alot like him, with the space to let the song breath. he was also playing Music Man bass at that time.
6strbassplayer 2 years ago
I listened to Joni's albums Court & Spark
and Hejira a lot in winter-spring 1975, when I was a young, lonely man and living with my german shepard dog in a little house on a farm. I liked the jazzyness
of her work and the very poetic texts, I still still think she is the queen of that era in pop/rock music and even enjoy her work today regularly. A very great artist!
koetsier31 2 years ago
God, this is incredibly beautiful. I knew she had done a Jazz album because my sister had it. But I was in high school when she put out her Jazz stuff and, idiot that I was, I never wanted to hear that. Boy, what a doofus I was then! LOL. This... this is ethereal and brilliant.
DrummerGrrrl 3 years ago
Awesome that Shorter/Hancock et al. had the insight to pick up on the brilliance of her music and/or vice versa
bethellodge 3 years ago 2
I'm 51 & remember when Hejira came out. Forever changed my musical taste & awareness. I'm a singer & never noticed a bass line until Hejira. I listened with astonishment, 1st on Vinyl then CD. Still do. Her voice is probably tired but she also smoked it away. My ex used to work for her & she smokes like a house fire. She probably still has good voice days/nights but smoking has killed many voices. I stopped about 6 yrs ago & I can hit notes way higher than I could in my 20's. I'm lucky.
Bowskeecho 3 years ago
incredible lyrics, something for everyone in this song-love joni
aneehs59 3 years ago
Is that fucking Pino Palladino?
yoorheinez 3 years ago
man,man this is soooooo fantastic !! I love the CD, but this has so much more ! GREAT !
easyki 3 years ago
~oh yes~
Jyotiland 3 years ago
Her voice is incredible !!
297raven 3 years ago
Wayne Shorter at 4:47 - love that evil note
beanabus77 3 years ago 3
oh my god amazing
tiove 3 years ago
Thanks so much for posting this. Even with her voice a bit strained, it's perfection in it's wabi sabi.
artistkeith3 3 years ago
Her voice is a bit off, but a great performance. Still has as much resonance as ever it did.
jmiller05 3 years ago
I've always liked "White flags of winter chimneys, waving truce against the moon "
lancitos 3 years ago
Damn - "White flags of winter chimneys, waving truce against the moon " has always been my favourite lyric .....heavenly music Joni - I met a girl on a plane once who said she named her daughter Joni ....brilliant!!!
zelig33 3 years ago
escuchar cantar a joni y despues morir, asi de simple
abismopurpura 3 years ago
Joni is a quintessential artist
Hejira66 3 years ago 3
Oh nice, thats Wayne Shorter on sax, one of the greatest players and composers in the world
jaikwillis 3 years ago
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She is great, the best. Hejira is one of my favorite albums, that said, in this song she plagiarized Camus. look in his Notebooks there is a passage called "What gives value to travel is Fear".
proviewJG 3 years ago
Well, here's a surprise - very cool
index37 4 years ago
One of my favorite lines of all time: "There's comfort in melancholy, when there's no need to explain. It's just as natural as the weather in this moody sky today" Haunting...
jazzmom66 4 years ago 2
A hundred years ago...Joni Mitchell and Heijra came into my home and into my heart.. Been there since these old times.
This is one of the best.
webgrandma 4 years ago
This is a fucking great posting. The song and album "Hejira" are one Joni's finest moments. Of which she has many, obviously.
SkeeterNYC 4 years ago