I recall reading about Joni's "latest" album in a New Zealand feminist magazine "Broadsheet" around 1977. The writer was still talking about "gentle folk songs." Ker- rist! Obviously peeps have their own agenda when they listen to her.
@MonacoBlast that she is. Im only a young n but i have been listening to her tunes since day dot and i am more thankful for her art than anyone or anything else. Its truly a blessing to have anything in our life thats as beautiful as what she has always given.
Wow....to find this site ..on my 58th birthday morning. I have been placing your songs in my motion photography..and watching and listening on HD screen and
it has so awakened me to YOU BEING ONE OF KIND. END OF STORY. But no. then I find your studio...in my neighborhood....Damn! after crying my eyes out watching and listening to River. ..oh..to be alive and conscious! Thank you Joni.
Wow....to find this site ..on my 58th birthday morning. I have been placing your songs in my motion photography..and watching and listening on HD screen and
it has so awakened me to YOU BEING ONE OF KIND. END OF STORY. But no. then I find your studio...in my neighborhood....Damn! after crying my eyes out watching ad listening to River. ..oh..to be alive and conscious! Thank you Joni.
To the moron who thought Joni slept with Leonard Cohen to get famous -- LOL. I mean, who's kidding who? Nothing against Mr Cohen, but Joni got rich and famous for one reason only -- her talent and brilliance. Back when that counted for something. Even with all that, she never was looking for the mass adulation of the far lesser lights that followed. She fucked who she wanted to fuck. She was no Madonna.
"If I Had A Heart I'd Cry"-- well, sweet Joni, I DID cry when I heard this song, and I'll bet you did too. It's haunting, brilliant, and said as only you could say it dear heart. I've been in unconditional love with your music and poetry from the beginning. All I can offer in return is one person's deepest thank you for every gift you gave.
Jony why dont You just shut the fuck up, I have spend five years in jail AND YOU ARE THE THING (beside miles) tthat kept me alive , sorry if i come across this way but I thought I SAY THANK YOU...SO MUCH+++++
Part III A new life force spreads upon the wind to float around the orb All to sing Songs in the air Songs in the water Songs in the trees Songs in the sand The message should be grow under the sun Use what you can only gain On your trips around the earthly plain It is the challenge to live life to give life in the balance.
Part II With a force unseen vapors opening or closing The theatres curtains of your life, Our song can determine What is right? What is wrong? What is good? What is evil? To spread this song to all, the message should be Treat me as well as thee Our inhabitants The smallest fish The largest bird The ancient tree The grazing herd
Part One On this globe 2000On this globe clouds as dream vapors 2200float cover and expose 2220our planet 2230mountains white 2210oceans blue 2203forests green 2201deserts tan From our satellites you cannot see our conception. Birth, life and death But our human kind Will build Will mine Will burn Will kill
Joni Mitchell the great songwriter EVER, no one like her, neither Dylan or Crosby, Still Nash and Young, she was the first woman in music to write and sing exactly what she wants, in those years it wad so dificult for a woman doing wt she did, a cultural REVOLUTION, not only in music, but in poetry, lecterature and in her own behaviour, she did errors too, but she always payd her mistakes...converted and then trasforming them into her unique musical composition.
starbucks owns hear music, the company that approached her about putting out new material. she said they were instumental in getting the album made and distributed.
Goddess who does not need to be a paragon, she the iconic chick that every girl in my generation wanted to be. She sings better and writes better that all the rest - even with nicotine stained fingers.
We've had years of her music...get over yourselves with the smoking....You are so apart of the time and political correctness and everything she was against
@moezmoe1960 Exactly. I don't agree with her smoking but that shouldn't overshadow her artistic and creative sense as a musician. She is alot brighter and wiser than half the 'musicians' out today. I like the fact that she painted most of her album covers too!
joni said recently that the two greates artists of the 60's were hendrix and sly from sly and the family stone...her massive yet super fragile ego wouldn't dare let her mention ...bob dylan...as for jimi and sly...without dylan and the beatles you probably never would have heard of hendrix or sly..or joni for that matter...joni slept with leonard cohen when she was still relatively unknown..another woman climbing to get ahead ..on the ballsack of a successful guy
Stop whining about her cigarettes... You dont like smoke? stay away from it then... But Joni is a living legend. Smokes or not lol. Look at her early stuff... her present stuff... She is brilliant. One of our times greatest songwriters, performers and artists. And... she still looks great.. The lady is 66 for crying out loud.
By the way... she started smoking aged 8 or 9... so i doubt smoking has had much negative impact on her voice.
I agree. People could get all hung up on the fact that Jimi Hendrix was taken by drugs and could get really distracted by that, but they'd be missing the fact that his music is genius. Same w/ Joni.
The cigarettes may have changed her voice, but if you look at her vocalist contemporaries, all their voices have deepened and thickened with age - and they use their voices differently because of that. Joni (and Dylan also) use their voices in a more subtle and expressive way to compensate for their earlier coloratura. It takes more than a soundbite to appreciate it, though. Check out "Shine" and "Turbulent Indigo".
To me she is the most talented musician of all time ! My all time favourite song writer !
I have all of her albums, however I must say that her latest " Shine" album was very disappointing for me ! It seems to be missing the creativity, soul and musical content of her earlier albums.
most pop/rock/jazz/folk/blues/ artists who are singer/songwriter`s have about 20-30 great songs in them,thats all you can ask for ,Now if you look at today`s music scene you cant even find ANY great tunes out there anymore
@tonto4848 I guess it's just a matter of personal taste :-) I personally love Shine...a lot of the songs and arrangements really move me and relax me. I have 12 of her albums so far and to me, the only album that took a bit to grow on me was 'Taming The Tiger'.
Words almost fail me as tears hit these keys along with my fingers. Joni just might be the very finest of our species. There might not be a god, but there is Joni. Huge love, tezzo
Rome is burnning and people are whining about her smoking, Hah, too funny! I used to go to her concerts back in the 70's, her new stuff sounds great to me, love this gal to pieces (oh man was she hot)
The best songwriter that will ever exist on this planet - Joni tried deeply to get people to listen about what we are doing to the planet - also her deep "in touch" feelings with herself - this planet/people would be a better place if we all expressed our ways like her :-)
can never get enough Joni; she was wise beyond her years back in the day; and continues to be creative in spite of a music industry that has thwarted real creativity; she presses forward as only an artist can, like her, i paint & play guitar & write and it is a way to channel one's energy; like Joni, i choose to do it in a positive, interesting, and at times beautiful way; i encourage everyone to watch NOVA's Extreme Ice and then go contemplate where we are as a species; Joni is on target;
Can someone please tell me who this taddyd1 fellow is? This is the third Joni video I've seen tonight and on each one he's attacking Joni and everyone who says they like her music. Why is he doing this? Why can't I read comments about the video itself? What's his problem?
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He's a lonely bitter man who has nothing better to do. It's actually really sad, but I think he's now so twisted that he enjoys spreading his hateful poison.
Joni is by far richer than the artists of today in pop. The Britneys will be long gone. They will never create a catalogue as rich as Joni Mitchell has created. And I am very thankful that they will not be able to.
Sadder yet, is that if Joni was in her 20s right now, making all that great music she did back when, Britney would STILL be getting 25 times the views. Style always wins over substance, unfortunately.
Being Canadian, she is not nor will she ever be an "American icon". If any statues or buildings or streets are gonna be named after Joni, and they will be, they will be in Canada. She knows that.
@fergusof Yes, very sad indeed. Britney doesn't even have HALF of Joni's intelligents. I started to explore Joni about a year ago because I was so sick of hearing crap like Kesha & Justin Bieber on the radio. I'm glad I started to explore Joni Mitchell - she most certainly interests me with her lyrics and her music because it's so unique.
@fergusof It is sad, but a reality for ages. Most people just do what others told them to like, to think, to whatever … no consciousness of their own, just a ritual to save their pity ass.
a large part of joni's work has been explorations of the human merging with the numinous - but the other part has always been about boys dancing in their underwear
Shine has become one of my favorate Joni albums because it reflects the world we live in right now. Like Dog Eat Dog, the music is not so immediate, it just seems to get under the skin, and therefore the lyrics do too. This album came out of the blue. We all thought Joan had retired from recording, so this album has a little bit of magic in it.
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We don't need music to make social commentary; because it's the same innane comment every single time. Big business is bad; war is bad. Boring. We don't need moralizing, we need the heroin of mystic aesthetic depth. We're all going to rot in the soil soon no matter what we do for the environment. The earth is a dirt clod and cemetery, not an ultimate reality. Get over it. Feminism equals secular humanism equals atheism. The souls laughs at this shit and then falls asleep from boredom.
I think its good for people, be they artists, politicians (rare as may seem), monks, wrestlers, smokers, avocado enthusiasts, war mongers, or Joni Mitchell (!), to express that companies and actual beings once had the (grand scale) choice of whether to destroy or preserve. We still have the choice though, and we can learn from destroyers and preservers alike. Miracles sometimes come from insight, study and good will.
My mother smoked all of her life, and lived to 81. And she didn't die from anything smoking-related. Both of Joni's parents made it to 95. Her dad is still living.
Hello ApocalypsePlough. My grandfather smoked cigars and Died at 99. But I wouldn't use these stats to say that smoking is a recommended lifestyle. There are other well established data that relate smoking to early and ugly death. Perhaps you haven't had cancer. I wasn't writing about smoking per se, but for Joni, being the irrational person she is, time is running out for her form of paradise on earth. Don't you get that sense from her comments? Thanks for the reply.
Of course smoking is not a recommended lifestyle. The connection between smoking and cancer is irrefutable. It has been proven over and over again.
Oh, okay, so you meant Joni's vision of a world without war, hate, environmental disaster, etc, is irrational & unattainable. That's what you meant by "time is running out for Joni". Well, then, she and I are more optimistic than you. I think it is still possible. Getting rid of corrupt politicians is a first step.
In her new best-selling book, Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads 43 of the World's Best Poems, Interview's contributing editor Camille Paglia offers a meditation on Joni Mitchell's classic song "Woodstock." Here she talks with the music legend about her new album, "Songs of a Prairie Girl," and the many sources of her inspiration.
CAMILLE PAGLIA: Is this Joni?
JONI MITCHELL: This is Joni.
CP: Oh, wow, I'm floored to be speaking to one of the great artists of our time!
Joni Mitchell: "we are stardust, we are golden," Joni Mitchell sang an age ago in "Woodstock," paving the way for a generation of artists to open their imaginations to the gleaming potential of pop and to making music that matters. Here, Mitchell and Camille Paglia discuss how striving for those ideals, in these new, uncertain times, has never seemed more crucial.
I have posted numerous quotes - you have never posted one except by way of hearsay ie not the exact quote but your version of what she might've said. I have posted statistics on Joni covers, you have not rebutted them
Your problem is that I *do* the research and instead of you countering it you move on to the next piece of libel on your list. Stop lying, stop the hateful posts and move of Joni videos. You have nothing to offer except hate. lies, and a distasteful way of posting towards women.
I, AppyPlow, as you so "affectionately" call me, am a female.
I often go on Joni's site, or Google, before I state something I'm not sure of. Not all the time. Some things I know are true.
The post I recently made about Laura Nyro, I remember a girl on Joni's site who wrote about meeting Joni in Montreal, when she was getting her doctorate. She just walked up to Joni and asked her if she knew Laura, and if she liked her. Joni had nothing negative to say about Laura.....
I don't remember exactly what Joni said...I searched but couldn't find the exact quote. I do remember the gist of what Joni said.....that she knew Laura, and she was a troubled woman. I used "iirc" in my post, because I wasn't 100% sure.
My point, Taddyd1, is that I often research before I post to make sure I post the facts. I am more correct than incorrect. And, I am not in denial about anything. I truly believe Joni is one of the best singer/songwriters that has ever lived...
...probably THE best female singer/songwriter that has ever lived. She makes me proud to be where I'm from.
And, I love that she tells it like it is. She never bullshits. Which often results in people like you, who are fans of the people she criticizes, angry. So, I understand where your anger is coming from, but, the amount of anger you have, & the unrelenting attacks, are irrational & illogical, unreasonable, & not warranted or valid .... You have an unhealthy obsession. Do you not see it??
I have presented many facts including data and quotes. But you only accept facts from men, not women. We know your type - supposedly enthralled with the 'angellic' side of women and hating the 'bitchy whore' side. You cannot see women as human beings, they are either great or they are terrobel. This is one of the most mysogenistic and hateful views of women - women cannot be strong because strong women are not angellic and therefore must be 'bitches or whores'.
This is a complete nest of lies. Your only interest is to attack people who like joni. That's all you do. In almost every post of yours you attack Joni and the people who like her, calling women racist, and pigs, and toiletlickers - your exact words btw. so this 'call to reason' is going to be taken exactly as it should - as a pack of lies.
Your logicless, factless, corny, gangster, racist attacks don't "hurt" me at all.
Because I am a peaceful, kind-hearted & cheek-turning Baez fan, I feel compelled, out of kindness, to pull you Squeaky Fromm girls out of the EVIL web of roberta anderson.
I know by always listening to her bitter self-serving songs your brains ROT.
Yet, I know you must be REACHING_OUT for help because of your eternal emails to me, Mr Kind and Peaceful.
tdp2000 : LOL! But as ApocalypsePlough points out, taddyd1 may well be mentally ill and we should ignore him (I say after we report him). But your descriptive comments always make me laugh! Even though I know I shouldn't. Can't help it!
#4: Anyone who is violated by another person here has the right and obligation to report abusive individuals. I would never say "don't do it just because they might open another account."
ApocalypsePlough, I think you come across very well in your responses to him. I would do well to emulate the same. I am going to choose to ignore this poisonous individual from now on. Thanks for your comments.
#3: I have had young girls contact me due to the personal threats he has issued to them. You haven't seen this part in his general "comments" section. taddyd1 has gone too far many times over, and fits the description of "member abuse." It's called internet stalking, not free speech, and it is against the YouTube community rules.
Well, if that's the case, then maybe he should be banned. I was unaware of threats he was making off board. I'm also not that familiar with YouTube rules.
I think Taddyd1 needs psychiatric help. The fact that he mentions the drug Thorazine a lot tells me he has experience with it, and thus, has mental health problems. I work in the mental health field. Thorazine is a drug used to treat psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia.
Psychotic people are unable to distinguish what is real from what is not. Taddyd1's hatred of Joni, his obsession with Joan Baez, is coming from a deluded mind.
Taddyd1 - celebrity obsessions are pointless. You ain't gonna change what people think about Joni, especially not with these repetitive posts you make, & your gutter language.
It's Spring!!! - get outside and enjoy yourself. Go for walks, bike, hit the malls, join some social groups, spend time with friends & family...
....find a hobby or something that will occupy your thoughts, instead of the Joni hatred. The more time you spend away from your computer, the better. Seek professional help.... there are people and medications out there that can help you. I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, just trying to help.
ApocalypsePlough: I figured you didn't know "the extent of it" with taddyd1. I too thought he must have experience with Thorazine etc. because he mentions it so much. He has said that he is trying to "save us from the cult of Joni," and it's "his cross to bear, but he will bear it" etc.
I really do think he is mentally ill. But I end up taking the bait sometimes. I will ignore him, AFTER I've reported him.
ApocalypsePlough, you have such a kind heart, YouTube needs more people like you!
I have made no threats and keep 99% of my comments in this public forum. catherine todd continually writes gangster remarks, just read them on this site. Where are any violent threats from me? I had to block her from writing me personally. I don't think any of you other Joni goupies are willing to kill for Charles Manson I mean Joni yet, except her.
Right you are, about Thorazine, and that is why I've bigged her to take hers, for her on good. CT has written very threatening messages privately!
taddyd1: "have made no threats... catherine todd continually writes gangster remarks... I don't think any of you other Joni goupies are willing to kill for Charles Manson I mean Joni yet, except her..."
Taddyd1, I haven't been here for a long time, but some of your remarks have me truly LOL! I haven't threatened you, I have just insisted that you stop attacking everyone else, including Joni. I hope you are feeling better & continue to stay away. Thanks for giving it a rest, at long last. Peace.
Antitodo2889 : Report taddyd1 to YouTube for harassment and violation of community rules. He attacks anyone and everyone that doesn't agree 100% with whatever nonsense he is writing at the time. He is mental illness personified. If enough of us report him, hopefully his account will be closed and we will be able to enjoy the videos and comments as they are intended to be. You are not alone!
I don't think closing his account is gonna keep him away. He will just open another one under a different name. I'm not sure how YouTube bans people. By username??..he will just change his name. By email address??...he will get another. By ISP number?? He will either move or use a proxy.
I, actually, don't believe in banning people from boards unless they are uttering threats. I believe in free speech......
....If you believe in free speech, you have to believe everybody has the right to say what they want. People have to understand that YouTube isn't a fan board. Singers, actors, entertainers, politicians, etc, aren't, and shouldn't be, exempt from criticism, even if it is relentless, or baseless...or is directed toward someone, such as Joni, who means a lot to the majority of people here, including myself.
I mean, she's from Saskatoon, the Canadian Prairies, where I'm from, she grew up a few hundred miles west of me...same weather, same landscape, same kind of people and accents, same Prairie mentality......if she means a lot to you, then, think how much she means to people around here...I think she's the best thing that came out of this country.
Having said all that, I still believe Taddyd1 has the right to say what he wants. His posts about Joni & her daughter, in particular, bother me, a lot......I don't agree with 99.9% of what he says, but do believe he has the right to say it.
The best solution is to try to ignore him. He obviously has some mental health issues, and is obsessed with the women singers he writes about. He sees Joni as a threat to Joan Baez and her place in history, thinking his posts here will somehow change that.
#2: YouTube has a section called "report harassment" that fits taddyd1 very well. I've seen other people like him have their accounts closed. If he chooses to reopen one, and behave the same way, then that one will be closed as well. There's a difference between Free Speech & saying you don't like someone's music and calling them "KKK" or "Communist" as he's done to others on this board, because they DO like someone's music that he doesn't.
#1: ApocalypsePlough: "I don't think closing his account is gonna keep him away. He will just open another one under a different name...
I, actually, don't believe in banning people from boards unless they are uttering threats. I believe in free speech..."
I have to agree with you on these points. But when it gets to calling people abusive names, committing hate crimes (verbal or physical) and libeling/ slandering or sending hate mail to others that I, YouTube - and the law - draw the line.
The reporters keep saying she chain smokes. I hope she stops; I hate the thought of losing her to cancer.
HumongousJohnson 1 month ago
Diane Rovell has never looker cooler or sounded better Hey wait a minute??
coolsweetgroovy 5 months ago
I love Joni MItchell. She is in many ways the voice of our Mother Earth!
boysiepay 7 months ago 5
I recall reading about Joni's "latest" album in a New Zealand feminist magazine "Broadsheet" around 1977. The writer was still talking about "gentle folk songs." Ker- rist! Obviously peeps have their own agenda when they listen to her.
Longtack55 7 months ago
She was talking about "Nero" fiddling while ancient Rome burned, not Lauro Nyro
11NicoMalo11 8 months ago 2
Guy is a fan for 30 years but thinks Shine sucks? Go deeper, it's a highly beautiful highly creative melodic socially-conscious original work.
savedfaves 8 months ago
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nadavh4 9 months ago
Bbvfff
koisr502 10 months ago
Joni: both the interviewed and the interviewer. Such a creative soul, such a lost soul.
dyamarick 10 months ago
That iconic centre parting
Uktrayf 11 months ago
Joni is not God but is the most sane and talented artist in my lifetime.
suesmedia 11 months ago 3
she's so cute!
seventeenboi 1 year ago
Been a loyal fan for 30 years, but this Shine thing sucks.
MonacoBlast 1 year ago
@MonacoBlast not loyal anymore
solidheir 11 months ago
@solidheir Yea. What can you do? I'll tell you this, though. Her genius is also in her paint brush.
MonacoBlast 11 months ago
@MonacoBlast that she is. Im only a young n but i have been listening to her tunes since day dot and i am more thankful for her art than anyone or anything else. Its truly a blessing to have anything in our life thats as beautiful as what she has always given.
solidheir 11 months ago
@solidheir Got a favorite album or song?
MonacoBlast 11 months ago
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Wow....to find this site ..on my 58th birthday morning. I have been placing your songs in my motion photography..and watching and listening on HD screen and
it has so awakened me to YOU BEING ONE OF KIND. END OF STORY. But no. then I find your studio...in my neighborhood....Damn! after crying my eyes out watching and listening to River. ..oh..to be alive and conscious! Thank you Joni.
mimmycal 1 year ago
Wow....to find this site ..on my 58th birthday morning. I have been placing your songs in my motion photography..and watching and listening on HD screen and
it has so awakened me to YOU BEING ONE OF KIND. END OF STORY. But no. then I find your studio...in my neighborhood....Damn! after crying my eyes out watching ad listening to River. ..oh..to be alive and conscious! Thank you Joni.
mimmycal 1 year ago
Joni is god
bobbysbackingtracks 1 year ago
Joni is god
bobbysbackingtracks 1 year ago
oaw jonnhy je t'aime ..it real
NEVERTURNAWAY 1 year ago
A lot of old artists seem to lose "it" - not Joni. Brilliant.
nicck 1 year ago
To the moron who thought Joni slept with Leonard Cohen to get famous -- LOL. I mean, who's kidding who? Nothing against Mr Cohen, but Joni got rich and famous for one reason only -- her talent and brilliance. Back when that counted for something. Even with all that, she never was looking for the mass adulation of the far lesser lights that followed. She fucked who she wanted to fuck. She was no Madonna.
ghanick 1 year ago
So ahead of her time.
msmarlarenee1 1 year ago
"If I Had A Heart I'd Cry"-- well, sweet Joni, I DID cry when I heard this song, and I'll bet you did too. It's haunting, brilliant, and said as only you could say it dear heart. I've been in unconditional love with your music and poetry from the beginning. All I can offer in return is one person's deepest thank you for every gift you gave.
butfulmuzik 1 year ago
A woman whose soul is too great to navigate.
awilensky 1 year ago
love Joni....hate ciggs & what they do to ppl
bagoona 1 year ago
yesterday i read on internet that she had contracted morgellons...wish her all the best!
solredoc 1 year ago
@solredoc what is morgellons - a medical condition?
WilburyVision 1 year ago
@WilburyVision yes, it's a new desease dicovered years agò in wich patients have a skin problems..! hope she's getting better soon.
solredoc 1 year ago
Jony why dont You just shut the fuck up, I have spend five years in jail AND YOU ARE THE THING (beside miles) tthat kept me alive , sorry if i come across this way but I thought I SAY THANK YOU...SO MUCH+++++
atelierjosef1 1 year ago
Her voice is so unique now, but I still miss her mid-70s singing voice... sexy!
journeythruthepast 1 year ago
Siquomb Joni
A kid for the smoky Check Mate lounge
Part One has Chords for the Baritone Uke one of your first instruments.
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Joni Mitchell the great songwriter EVER, no one like her, neither Dylan or Crosby, Still Nash and Young, she was the first woman in music to write and sing exactly what she wants, in those years it wad so dificult for a woman doing wt she did, a cultural REVOLUTION, not only in music, but in poetry, lecterature and in her own behaviour, she did errors too, but she always payd her mistakes...converted and then trasforming them into her unique musical composition.
solredoc 2 years ago 2
"Rationally... I have no hope.
Irrationally... I believe in miracles."
Me to, Joni. Me too.
DaveBassDotCom 2 years ago
Me too, Dave. Me too!
butfulmuzik 1 year ago
ancora bellissima!! complimenti!! :-)))
flaermini 2 years ago
Whats with the "Starbucks is great" ???
1:13 ..
Damned commercials everywhere.
sixd0ts 2 years ago 3
starbucks owns hear music, the company that approached her about putting out new material. she said they were instumental in getting the album made and distributed.
childofiona 2 years ago
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On every album I ever heard she is always moaning about something. She should write songs like Kylie - happy, good to dance to.
xpinkdog 2 years ago
Goddess who does not need to be a paragon, she the iconic chick that every girl in my generation wanted to be. She sings better and writes better that all the rest - even with nicotine stained fingers.
JLJable 2 years ago
Don't forget about the late great Laura Nyro and the very much alive Buffy Sainte-Marie.
SkeeterNYC 2 years ago 2
smoking since she was nine. Give it up Joni !!!
CharlieMoher 2 years ago
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How small is her nose?
kennypark 2 years ago
"Starbuck's is great!" was kinda shoe-horned in there, wasn't it?" at 1:13
kennypark 2 years ago 3
yeah!
sixd0ts 2 years ago
mmmmmmmhhhhhh.
danke. ... für diese harmonien
voru123 2 years ago
We've had years of her music...get over yourselves with the smoking....You are so apart of the time and political correctness and everything she was against
moezmoe1960 2 years ago 5
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Timmybear 2 years ago
@moezmoe1960 Exactly. I don't agree with her smoking but that shouldn't overshadow her artistic and creative sense as a musician. She is alot brighter and wiser than half the 'musicians' out today. I like the fact that she painted most of her album covers too!
SapphireAdams1 7 months ago 2
I love her...
richardjft 2 years ago 3
Me too.
Just wish she did not smoke cigarettes.
HelpfulFriend 2 years ago
With you on that one mate...
richardjft 2 years ago
joni is a legend and consumate artist...on par with dylan and far beyond leonard...you FOXdevelopmentSux are an idiot...
celehan 2 years ago 6
agreed!
Winterlightfire 2 years ago
she is wonderful i grew up with her music
here in melbourne we had a radio show on her recently...same category as dylan etc
deltamx 2 years ago 2
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joni said recently that the two greates artists of the 60's were hendrix and sly from sly and the family stone...her massive yet super fragile ego wouldn't dare let her mention ...bob dylan...as for jimi and sly...without dylan and the beatles you probably never would have heard of hendrix or sly..or joni for that matter...joni slept with leonard cohen when she was still relatively unknown..another woman climbing to get ahead ..on the ballsack of a successful guy
FOXdevelopmentSux 2 years ago
what a wonderful woman wish i was 40 (im 24) years older to be there in begining of her carear would have been excelant
much love from scotland
BIGSCOTSCHEF 2 years ago
Stop whining about her cigarettes... You dont like smoke? stay away from it then... But Joni is a living legend. Smokes or not lol. Look at her early stuff... her present stuff... She is brilliant. One of our times greatest songwriters, performers and artists. And... she still looks great.. The lady is 66 for crying out loud.
By the way... she started smoking aged 8 or 9... so i doubt smoking has had much negative impact on her voice.
mtiefenberg 2 years ago 5
I agree. People could get all hung up on the fact that Jimi Hendrix was taken by drugs and could get really distracted by that, but they'd be missing the fact that his music is genius. Same w/ Joni.
LiveAndLoveLife 2 years ago
Can't people do what they want? I'm sure Joni knows they're not good for her but she does it anyways. Don't we all do things like that?
cskillet2003 2 years ago 9
The cigarettes may have changed her voice, but if you look at her vocalist contemporaries, all their voices have deepened and thickened with age - and they use their voices differently because of that. Joni (and Dylan also) use their voices in a more subtle and expressive way to compensate for their earlier coloratura. It takes more than a soundbite to appreciate it, though. Check out "Shine" and "Turbulent Indigo".
expressions2006 2 years ago 3
Shine on, Joni.
greenthumbguy1 2 years ago 4
totally agree joejabberoni!
ceol08 2 years ago
The Fairy Queen ...
blueserieL 2 years ago
To me she is the most talented musician of all time ! My all time favourite song writer !
I have all of her albums, however I must say that her latest " Shine" album was very disappointing for me ! It seems to be missing the creativity, soul and musical content of her earlier albums.
tonto4848 2 years ago
most pop/rock/jazz/folk/blues/ artists who are singer/songwriter`s have about 20-30 great songs in them,thats all you can ask for ,Now if you look at today`s music scene you cant even find ANY great tunes out there anymore
PAULOcbi 2 years ago
@tonto4848 I guess it's just a matter of personal taste :-) I personally love Shine...a lot of the songs and arrangements really move me and relax me. I have 12 of her albums so far and to me, the only album that took a bit to grow on me was 'Taming The Tiger'.
SapphireAdams1 1 year ago
them cigarettes are aging her. I think they've messed up her voice
joejabberoni 2 years ago
Words almost fail me as tears hit these keys along with my fingers. Joni just might be the very finest of our species. There might not be a god, but there is Joni. Huge love, tezzo
tezzo55 2 years ago 4
Yes Joni Is Beautiful
And My Grandmother.
I'm Not joking around
im her granddaughter
Daisy-Claire Joan Gibb
(Kilauren Gibb's Daughter)
i am 10 but some person subscribed
to me just because i am joni's daughter
smexxiboi55 2 years ago
well then you got yourself one coooool grandma. well done!
jodhpurs 2 years ago
If your Joni's granddaughter, where does the "Claire" come from?? Kilauren's mother's name, the woman who raised her, her name is Ida Gibb.
And, why do you have only one of Joni's videos favourited?
Sorry, not buying it.
ApocalypsePlough 2 years ago
who cares what she looks like
she's got amazing skills
rockerfaerie 2 years ago 2
...only the best...
gigionboard 2 years ago
A fan since I was 16...genius
flimflamflor 2 years ago
"Rationally, I have no hope. Irrationally, I believe in miracles." LOVE IT! What a fascinating, creative soul she is.
imaginationunreal 2 years ago 14
Just watched the video 'Shine'
beautiful talented vulnerable Joni
still amazing after all these years!
'night ride home' the song is a treat !!
ciumpeluk 2 years ago
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She is so old and the cigarette makes her appear so much older. She needs to quit smoking.
TomWeiss0 2 years ago
yes. Agree
pueblo87 2 years ago
And you are a parrot of ageism.
tomrwest 2 years ago
Sadly, the cigarette is unattractive and I could live without knowing that Joni smokes.
HelpfulFriend 2 years ago
smoking is cool. nonsmoking whining whingers are poisonous.
jodhpurs 2 years ago
Rome is burnning and people are whining about her smoking, Hah, too funny! I used to go to her concerts back in the 70's, her new stuff sounds great to me, love this gal to pieces (oh man was she hot)
tobycat11 2 years ago 6
Yeah... i think her present music is awesome. Allthough she was a bit of a heartbreaker in the late 60's early 70's :P
mtiefenberg 2 years ago
She is all that and a bag of chips.
Just wish she did not smoke cigarettes.
Smoking is very very very bad!
HelpfulFriend 2 years ago
but she's beautiful
tweetisweeti89 2 years ago
I read through the comments. My God! What the Hell is wrong with you people. This is why I stopped dating. For the record... yes, I am a man.
231zzz 2 years ago
The best songwriter that will ever exist on this planet - Joni tried deeply to get people to listen about what we are doing to the planet - also her deep "in touch" feelings with herself - this planet/people would be a better place if we all expressed our ways like her :-)
StephanMoyes 2 years ago 4
can never get enough Joni; she was wise beyond her years back in the day; and continues to be creative in spite of a music industry that has thwarted real creativity; she presses forward as only an artist can, like her, i paint & play guitar & write and it is a way to channel one's energy; like Joni, i choose to do it in a positive, interesting, and at times beautiful way; i encourage everyone to watch NOVA's Extreme Ice and then go contemplate where we are as a species; Joni is on target;
califbaby1969 2 years ago
ddviolinist : I don't know you, have never had a conversation with you, and you start in on me about "hate?" What is wrong with YOU?
catherinetodd 2 years ago
tdp2000 (11 months ago)
Can someone please tell me who this taddyd1 fellow is? This is the third Joni video I've seen tonight and on each one he's attacking Joni and everyone who says they like her music. Why is he doing this? Why can't I read comments about the video itself? What's his problem?
UpstairsMaid (11 months ago)
He's a lonely bitter man who has nothing better to do. It's actually really sad, but I think he's now so twisted that he enjoys spreading his hateful poison.
catherinetodd 2 years ago
She was always great, but I enjoy her voice so much now as she has gotten older. Amazing capability.
ddviolinist 2 years ago
Joni is by far richer than the artists of today in pop. The Britneys will be long gone. They will never create a catalogue as rich as Joni Mitchell has created. And I am very thankful that they will not be able to.
dumbthings1970 2 years ago 3
What is so very sad is Joni Mitchell, views: 106,000; Britney Spears, views: 16,000,000.
fergusof 3 years ago 15
Sadder yet, is that if Joni was in her 20s right now, making all that great music she did back when, Britney would STILL be getting 25 times the views. Style always wins over substance, unfortunately.
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago 6
If you took the collective IQ's of all the 16,000,000 Britney fans compared with the 106,000 Joni fans, they'd be about equal. lol
Btw, that Amelia video by Joni just blows me away. She's in her prime and pretty dang good-looking, too, if you ask me.
fergusof 3 years ago 2
Spears is an empty talentless twit. Mitchell is an American icon; a genious musician, lyricist and painter.
IryshGyrl 2 years ago
Absolutely true, IryshGyrl. Of course, being Canadian, she is also a Candian icon.
fergusof 2 years ago 2
Great point...she is absolutely universally loved and appreciated - "thanks" Canada for your beloved daughter!!!!
IryshGyrl 2 years ago 2
Being Canadian, she is not nor will she ever be an "American icon". If any statues or buildings or streets are gonna be named after Joni, and they will be, they will be in Canada. She knows that.
ApocalypsePlough 2 years ago
@IryshGyrl Couldn't have said it better myself!
SapphireAdams1 1 year ago
@fergusof Yes, very sad indeed. Britney doesn't even have HALF of Joni's intelligents. I started to explore Joni about a year ago because I was so sick of hearing crap like Kesha & Justin Bieber on the radio. I'm glad I started to explore Joni Mitchell - she most certainly interests me with her lyrics and her music because it's so unique.
SapphireAdams1 1 year ago
@fergusof It is sad, but a reality for ages. Most people just do what others told them to like, to think, to whatever … no consciousness of their own, just a ritual to save their pity ass.
TerrierBram 1 year ago
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Simple music for simple minded people.
LOL. LONG LIVE IGNORANT SHEEP...
ruleoforder 3 years ago
This woman is so powerful. She is able to just draw you inside of yourself. And all the power and love that she shines can really heal you!
So wonderful!
reginaangel 3 years ago 4
why hasn't "An All Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell" ever been released on DVD or CD?
HenryFussy 3 years ago
It has.
Frisbieinstein 3 years ago
when? where?
bbear8 3 years ago
Search on Joni Mitchell Tribute.
Frisbieinstein 3 years ago
I just did. it turned up nothing but references to the TV show. could you possibly be more vague?
bbear8 3 years ago
Oh Joni...You've been helping our 'little lights' shine for so many years. We love you, Scorpio Girl...Woman of The World...Hopeless Romantic...
I stand in humble reverence...and irrational!!
taggline 3 years ago 2
Thanks for posting. Thanks Joni for all these good years with you. Grandma, Eire.
vneach 3 years ago
a large part of joni's work has been explorations of the human merging with the numinous - but the other part has always been about boys dancing in their underwear
jackhillty 3 years ago
She's absolutely right
She's been right all along
She's been absolutely right
And I've been wrong
boopapa 3 years ago
i watch this just to make me happy
hanbanxxx 3 years ago
good video,
tnks wally:-)
ierogamos 3 years ago
Shine has become one of my favorate Joni albums because it reflects the world we live in right now. Like Dog Eat Dog, the music is not so immediate, it just seems to get under the skin, and therefore the lyrics do too. This album came out of the blue. We all thought Joan had retired from recording, so this album has a little bit of magic in it.
ahftres 3 years ago 2
Not a pro-smoking comment as I don't smoke but I much prefer Joni's older and lower voice as the cigarettes have taken their toll...
bobbyclonk 3 years ago
i totally totally agree
hanbanxxx 3 years ago
She likes the sound smoke has created I suspect. It has it's tonal quality and it's side effects I'm afraid.
dyamarick 3 years ago
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We don't need music to make social commentary; because it's the same innane comment every single time. Big business is bad; war is bad. Boring. We don't need moralizing, we need the heroin of mystic aesthetic depth. We're all going to rot in the soil soon no matter what we do for the environment. The earth is a dirt clod and cemetery, not an ultimate reality. Get over it. Feminism equals secular humanism equals atheism. The souls laughs at this shit and then falls asleep from boredom.
cobaltjones 3 years ago
gees guys get a grip so she smokes so what she is an incredible artist so just leave it at that
clydeandangus 3 years ago 4
I think its good for people, be they artists, politicians (rare as may seem), monks, wrestlers, smokers, avocado enthusiasts, war mongers, or Joni Mitchell (!), to express that companies and actual beings once had the (grand scale) choice of whether to destroy or preserve. We still have the choice though, and we can learn from destroyers and preservers alike. Miracles sometimes come from insight, study and good will.
MOONLOVERABILITY 3 years ago
Too bad she smokes...........
yahoogy 3 years ago
".. to be optimistic.... you have to be irrational. ha."
Best line I've heard in a long time!
JoniFan55 3 years ago
will she get an "R" rating for smoking?
chuckm51 3 years ago
Time is running out for Joni. Killer song dude.
dyamarick 3 years ago
What is that supposed to mean??
My mother smoked all of her life, and lived to 81. And she didn't die from anything smoking-related. Both of Joni's parents made it to 95. Her dad is still living.
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago 2
Hello ApocalypsePlough. My grandfather smoked cigars and Died at 99. But I wouldn't use these stats to say that smoking is a recommended lifestyle. There are other well established data that relate smoking to early and ugly death. Perhaps you haven't had cancer. I wasn't writing about smoking per se, but for Joni, being the irrational person she is, time is running out for her form of paradise on earth. Don't you get that sense from her comments? Thanks for the reply.
dyamarick 3 years ago
Good morning, dyamarick.
Of course smoking is not a recommended lifestyle. The connection between smoking and cancer is irrefutable. It has been proven over and over again.
Oh, okay, so you meant Joni's vision of a world without war, hate, environmental disaster, etc, is irrational & unattainable. That's what you meant by "time is running out for Joni". Well, then, she and I are more optimistic than you. I think it is still possible. Getting rid of corrupt politicians is a first step.
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago 2
ApocalypsePlough. It would be good to have some good politicians wouldn't it? I don't see any of them running for office unfortunately!
Have a great 4th of July.
dyamarick 3 years ago
"Shine" is amazing.
carlosdangerous 3 years ago
I live in Caracas, the album with Jacko and all those cats... Ive heard it since 1980 at least 500 times and still love it...
check what I do in Caracas Up Tie demo
albertobarnet 3 years ago
Just how Joni can become so close is the beauty of arousing interest, in stating the obvious, in opening doors in all of us...
elipsis000 3 years ago
#2, con't: "
In her new best-selling book, Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads 43 of the World's Best Poems, Interview's contributing editor Camille Paglia offers a meditation on Joni Mitchell's classic song "Woodstock." Here she talks with the music legend about her new album, "Songs of a Prairie Girl," and the many sources of her inspiration.
CAMILLE PAGLIA: Is this Joni?
JONI MITCHELL: This is Joni.
CP: Oh, wow, I'm floored to be speaking to one of the great artists of our time!
more
catherinetodd 3 years ago
#1FindArticles > Interview > August, 2005 > Article >
Joni Mitchell: "we are stardust, we are golden," Joni Mitchell sang an age ago in "Woodstock," paving the way for a generation of artists to open their imaginations to the gleaming potential of pop and to making music that matters. Here, Mitchell and Camille Paglia discuss how striving for those ideals, in these new, uncertain times, has never seemed more crucial.
catherinetodd 3 years ago
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dyamarick 3 years ago
taddyd1, I am sincerely sorry for your mental problems. Not your fault, no doubt, but PLEASE leave the rest of ur alone in the real world.
LaVendogeinne 3 years ago 3
I have posted numerous quotes - you have never posted one except by way of hearsay ie not the exact quote but your version of what she might've said. I have posted statistics on Joni covers, you have not rebutted them
Your problem is that I *do* the research and instead of you countering it you move on to the next piece of libel on your list. Stop lying, stop the hateful posts and move of Joni videos. You have nothing to offer except hate. lies, and a distasteful way of posting towards women.
UpstairsMaid 3 years ago 2
You're the one who said I was male. I really don't care what gender people think I am.
Why are some of your posts in CAPS..... some not?? Do you have a split personality?? A broken keyboard?? Posts typed in CAPS are hard to read.
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago 2
ApocalypsePlough: "You're the one who said I was male. "
I noticed that, too. What is wrong with this person? I've notified YouTube as has a number of others. I hope everyone does!
"Do you have a split personality?? "
LOL!!! I can't help myself, even though I am starting to actually feel sorry for him. But not much. I love Joni's music.
catherinetodd 3 years ago
I, AppyPlow, as you so "affectionately" call me, am a female.
I often go on Joni's site, or Google, before I state something I'm not sure of. Not all the time. Some things I know are true.
The post I recently made about Laura Nyro, I remember a girl on Joni's site who wrote about meeting Joni in Montreal, when she was getting her doctorate. She just walked up to Joni and asked her if she knew Laura, and if she liked her. Joni had nothing negative to say about Laura.....
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago
I don't remember exactly what Joni said...I searched but couldn't find the exact quote. I do remember the gist of what Joni said.....that she knew Laura, and she was a troubled woman. I used "iirc" in my post, because I wasn't 100% sure.
My point, Taddyd1, is that I often research before I post to make sure I post the facts. I am more correct than incorrect. And, I am not in denial about anything. I truly believe Joni is one of the best singer/songwriters that has ever lived...
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago
...probably THE best female singer/songwriter that has ever lived. She makes me proud to be where I'm from.
And, I love that she tells it like it is. She never bullshits. Which often results in people like you, who are fans of the people she criticizes, angry. So, I understand where your anger is coming from, but, the amount of anger you have, & the unrelenting attacks, are irrational & illogical, unreasonable, & not warranted or valid .... You have an unhealthy obsession. Do you not see it??
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago
If she wants to keep her beautiful voice, Joni's gotta quit smoking. Wonderful performance.
Havenscope 3 years ago
Liar liar pants on fire! LOL LOL LOL!!!!
catherinetodd 3 years ago
Post a link to this quote. Back up your statements. I cannot find any reference to it anywhere except on posts by yourself.
UpstairsMaid 3 years ago
I have presented many facts including data and quotes. But you only accept facts from men, not women. We know your type - supposedly enthralled with the 'angellic' side of women and hating the 'bitchy whore' side. You cannot see women as human beings, they are either great or they are terrobel. This is one of the most mysogenistic and hateful views of women - women cannot be strong because strong women are not angellic and therefore must be 'bitches or whores'.
UpstairsMaid 3 years ago
This is a complete nest of lies. Your only interest is to attack people who like joni. That's all you do. In almost every post of yours you attack Joni and the people who like her, calling women racist, and pigs, and toiletlickers - your exact words btw. so this 'call to reason' is going to be taken exactly as it should - as a pack of lies.
UpstairsMaid 3 years ago 2
From taddyd1:
Your logicless, factless, corny, gangster, racist attacks don't "hurt" me at all.
Because I am a peaceful, kind-hearted & cheek-turning Baez fan, I feel compelled, out of kindness, to pull you Squeaky Fromm girls out of the EVIL web of roberta anderson.
I know by always listening to her bitter self-serving songs your brains ROT.
Yet, I know you must be REACHING_OUT for help because of your eternal emails to me, Mr Kind and Peaceful.
Yours truly,
tadddyd
Truth:YES
Hate & Evil:NO
catherinetodd 3 years ago
taddyd1 = "Mr Kind and Peaceful"
LOL!!!
See his * post *
catherinetodd 3 years ago
No. Joni is the kind of strong women a despicabe ankle biter like yourself loves to hate and tries to libel. You are a pathetic excuse for a man.
tdp2000 3 years ago
tdp2000 : LOL! But as ApocalypsePlough points out, taddyd1 may well be mentally ill and we should ignore him (I say after we report him). But your descriptive comments always make me laugh! Even though I know I shouldn't. Can't help it!
catherinetodd 3 years ago
#4: Anyone who is violated by another person here has the right and obligation to report abusive individuals. I would never say "don't do it just because they might open another account."
ApocalypsePlough, I think you come across very well in your responses to him. I would do well to emulate the same. I am going to choose to ignore this poisonous individual from now on. Thanks for your comments.
catherinetodd 3 years ago
#3: I have had young girls contact me due to the personal threats he has issued to them. You haven't seen this part in his general "comments" section. taddyd1 has gone too far many times over, and fits the description of "member abuse." It's called internet stalking, not free speech, and it is against the YouTube community rules.
catherinetodd 3 years ago
Well, if that's the case, then maybe he should be banned. I was unaware of threats he was making off board. I'm also not that familiar with YouTube rules.
I think Taddyd1 needs psychiatric help. The fact that he mentions the drug Thorazine a lot tells me he has experience with it, and thus, has mental health problems. I work in the mental health field. Thorazine is a drug used to treat psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia.
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago
Psychotic people are unable to distinguish what is real from what is not. Taddyd1's hatred of Joni, his obsession with Joan Baez, is coming from a deluded mind.
Taddyd1 - celebrity obsessions are pointless. You ain't gonna change what people think about Joni, especially not with these repetitive posts you make, & your gutter language.
It's Spring!!! - get outside and enjoy yourself. Go for walks, bike, hit the malls, join some social groups, spend time with friends & family...
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago
....find a hobby or something that will occupy your thoughts, instead of the Joni hatred. The more time you spend away from your computer, the better. Seek professional help.... there are people and medications out there that can help you. I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, just trying to help.
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago
ApocalypsePlough: I figured you didn't know "the extent of it" with taddyd1. I too thought he must have experience with Thorazine etc. because he mentions it so much. He has said that he is trying to "save us from the cult of Joni," and it's "his cross to bear, but he will bear it" etc.
I really do think he is mentally ill. But I end up taking the bait sometimes. I will ignore him, AFTER I've reported him.
ApocalypsePlough, you have such a kind heart, YouTube needs more people like you!
catherinetodd 3 years ago
joni's gutter behavior is the problem and your weak rationalizations and denials of it are disturbing.
"how can people be so cruel?"
taddyd1 3 years ago
I have made no threats and keep 99% of my comments in this public forum. catherine todd continually writes gangster remarks, just read them on this site. Where are any violent threats from me? I had to block her from writing me personally. I don't think any of you other Joni goupies are willing to kill for Charles Manson I mean Joni yet, except her.
Right you are, about Thorazine, and that is why I've bigged her to take hers, for her on good. CT has written very threatening messages privately!
taddyd1 3 years ago
taddyd1: "have made no threats... catherine todd continually writes gangster remarks... I don't think any of you other Joni goupies are willing to kill for Charles Manson I mean Joni yet, except her..."
Taddyd1, I haven't been here for a long time, but some of your remarks have me truly LOL! I haven't threatened you, I have just insisted that you stop attacking everyone else, including Joni. I hope you are feeling better & continue to stay away. Thanks for giving it a rest, at long last. Peace.
catherinetodd 3 years ago
I'm here and i am against taddyd1 anyone else?
Antitodo2889 3 years ago
Antitodo2889 : Report taddyd1 to YouTube for harassment and violation of community rules. He attacks anyone and everyone that doesn't agree 100% with whatever nonsense he is writing at the time. He is mental illness personified. If enough of us report him, hopefully his account will be closed and we will be able to enjoy the videos and comments as they are intended to be. You are not alone!
catherinetodd 3 years ago
I don't think closing his account is gonna keep him away. He will just open another one under a different name. I'm not sure how YouTube bans people. By username??..he will just change his name. By email address??...he will get another. By ISP number?? He will either move or use a proxy.
I, actually, don't believe in banning people from boards unless they are uttering threats. I believe in free speech......
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago
....If you believe in free speech, you have to believe everybody has the right to say what they want. People have to understand that YouTube isn't a fan board. Singers, actors, entertainers, politicians, etc, aren't, and shouldn't be, exempt from criticism, even if it is relentless, or baseless...or is directed toward someone, such as Joni, who means a lot to the majority of people here, including myself.
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago
I mean, she's from Saskatoon, the Canadian Prairies, where I'm from, she grew up a few hundred miles west of me...same weather, same landscape, same kind of people and accents, same Prairie mentality......if she means a lot to you, then, think how much she means to people around here...I think she's the best thing that came out of this country.
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago
Having said all that, I still believe Taddyd1 has the right to say what he wants. His posts about Joni & her daughter, in particular, bother me, a lot......I don't agree with 99.9% of what he says, but do believe he has the right to say it.
The best solution is to try to ignore him. He obviously has some mental health issues, and is obsessed with the women singers he writes about. He sees Joni as a threat to Joan Baez and her place in history, thinking his posts here will somehow change that.
ApocalypsePlough 3 years ago
#2: YouTube has a section called "report harassment" that fits taddyd1 very well. I've seen other people like him have their accounts closed. If he chooses to reopen one, and behave the same way, then that one will be closed as well. There's a difference between Free Speech & saying you don't like someone's music and calling them "KKK" or "Communist" as he's done to others on this board, because they DO like someone's music that he doesn't.
catherinetodd 3 years ago
#1: ApocalypsePlough: "I don't think closing his account is gonna keep him away. He will just open another one under a different name...
I, actually, don't believe in banning people from boards unless they are uttering threats. I believe in free speech..."
I have to agree with you on these points. But when it gets to calling people abusive names, committing hate crimes (verbal or physical) and libeling/ slandering or sending hate mail to others that I, YouTube - and the law - draw the line.
catherinetodd 3 years ago