TOMORROW is my B-day 11/14 please play ABBY Road , second side as far as the songs run together- you will like it- Thanks and keep playing and enjoying ALL music
Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell.. Music through the Canadian soul. I'd love to see you turned on by The Tragically Hip. Try Wheat Kings and go from there. You will not be sorry : )
I tend to be into harder rock, metal, etc. but Joni is something else. If all she ever did was write, she would still be one of the greatest lyricists ever. But then you throw in incredibly innovative guitar playing and tunings, and the voice of an angel. Oh and she’s a killer pianist, dulcimer player... What can’t she do at an elite level? It doesn’t get much better than Joni.
Scott Asay If it’s just on straight vocals, I give an edge to Karen Carpenter. Karen a great drummer also, and Joni plays multiple instruments extremely well so that’s kind of a wash I guess. But where Joni gets the edge for me most is that she wrote all of her own songs, is considered one of the best lyricists of all time, and was always pushing the envelope of creating new styles and sounds in future albums. Also, the fact that she was so innovative of an instrumentalist. She invented new tunings for guitars, etc.
Scott Asay I personally don’t judge an artist by hits. How many high charting hits did Jimi Hendrix have? I’m 39. Certainly haven’t listened to every song, but I know the Carpenters were cutting songs often written by others, and they were trying to write pop hits. Joni Mitchell never had radio hits as a goal. She often made music knowing it would not appeal to the charts. Joni wrote and produced essentially 100% of her own material, and Karen’s hits mostly were written by Bacharach or other writers. Having said all the, again I do think Karen Carpenter is one of the very best vocalists that ever lived.
@Scott Asay 'Gotta throw my 2 cents in here: Hits, schmidts. Who cares? Hits, basically, are the lowest common denominator. They're the songs that are sufficiently dummied down as to be easy listening for the easily confused. They're Kenny G, not John Coltrane. The most requested songs are usually the chaff; if you want the real gold, the real artistry, skip the hits and listen to what the DJs never play.
There’s a few more but great start!! ❤️👊🏼✌🏼 Paul Anka, not my cup of Red Rose but one of The all time top selling songwriters, Burton Cummings, Gord Downie, Dallas Green... I love American music but My Canada punches well above our weight. Peace my friend. We love giving the world great art and artists. Quietly. Sorry 😉🤷🏻♂️✌🏼❤️👊🏼🇨🇦🇺🇸
@@heatherbegs yes of course! (Jamel even mentioned GL too.) Sarah McLachlin, Tegan and Sara, I like Joel Plaskett, think he writes amazing songs, so many!!! Sloan!! 😊
Seeing you this affected by Joni makes me literally tear up. She has been very, very important to us for over 40 years... at the top of the list of not only female artists, but all artists. You said it, she’s special - she’s incomparable.
There are people I would consider putting in the same pasture. But she's just plain outstanding on all counts: she writes, composes, arranges, she has a superb natural voice, and she performs at such a high level of excellence it just leaves you gutted.
Love, love, love that you appreciate Joni! I'm a 73 yr old "hippie Chick" and have listened to Joni Mitchell for as long as I can remember. After all these years, I hear something new every time I hear her. She has no equal.
Brandi Carlile said in her opinion the three greatest songs ever written are: I Will Always Love You- Dolly Parton Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen A Case of You- Joni Mitchell Brandi's cover of this song is fantastic.
My little Canadian heart is just swelling with pride 🇨🇦 You're absolutely right, Mel, if you've known love, real love, then Joni just speaks to that part of your heart. Her words and her voice put into music those incredible emotions.
From the album "Blue", rated the 3rd greatest album of all time according to Rolling Stone's 2020 list of 500 greatest albums of all time! And well deserved!
If you know love, this song does hit you differently - you're absolutely right. If you know love that's gone wrong or gotten lost, you know how it stays with you. Joni's honesty and the intelligence of her lyrics - that's what makes the song real, makes it valuable. I'm so happy you chose this one, Jamel.
Find “Mingus” her collaboration with Jazz Bassist Charles Mingus. He sought her out to put words to some of his most famous works. All in the last years of his life. You will be blown away . Love your reaction!
At last! This is why we've been saying react to this song. You may ...may...just be ready for cold "blue steel and sweet fire" . If you want lyrics that hit hard....but for different reasons. Joni is the best.
So glad you played Joni. Not only the voice, the lyrics, but she is the best guitar player/song writer that literally ever was. She pioneered unique guitar tuning styles to get the emotion from the music she wanted. And she taught herself how to do it! Completely an original. I believe she may be from another planet from a superior species. Why this diva deity agreed to come down to earth and grace us mere mortals, I'll never know. Well...guess she needed the heartbreak to churn out the magical music.
...and half of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, too! Jamel's reacted to some great Canadians recently. Time to get some Laughing Lenny Cohen on his radar :)
I’m so glad this song affected you like this. I think it’s one of the most beautiful songs ever written/performed. No matter how many times I hear it, I feel it in my bones. Joni Mitchell is a LEGEND.
Well on the original list,she was about 30 or 31 (which was the highest position for a woman on that chart),the new list does look like it's trying to be inclusive seeing how they removed their all time favorite beatles out of number 1 and put what's going on.Joni does deserve it but still.
This takes me back to the seventies when We would turn off the lights, light a few candles, open a bottle of wine and listen to Joni. Those were very good days. Btw, that was a mountain dulcimer that Joni was playing. So good!!!!
@@kevinmcinerney1959 She’s commented on the fact. I think it makes it even more powerful. She knew her son and loved Joni enough to tell her the truth.
@@bar5radass Thank you. One's favorite song or book or film changes over time. But for some time this has been my favorite song. "You are in my blood like holy wine".
After watching you watch Joni, I've had her songs stuck in my head the last few days. Hadn't really paid her much attention since my youth, but wow, what an incredible voice! Thanks for the memories!
Your reactions to Joni Mitchell are giving me life. Love the authentic reactions and attention to the lyrical supremacy that Miss Mitchell brings to the table. Love from Nepal to you!
This is some of the BEST of Joni. If there is such a thing---all of her songs are amazing. SO glad you've gotten into her music! She was and always will be, my favorite!
This is one of my favorite Joni Mitchell songs. The "Blue" album is a masterpiece. Check out "Carey" , "River", "Little Green", My Old Man", "Blue", and "The last time I saw Richard". ALL are on this same album. Of course she has many more albums loaded with great stuff.
I just discovered your site and love it! You are really taking a chance by listening to Joni and fully embracing her! Watch out, you won't be able to stop! Thanks for your honesty and your great comments!
Please listen to All I Want. In fact, just do her entire Blue album. I don’t usually agree with Rolling Stone, but I have no problem with them listing Blue as the #3 greatest album of all time.
My brother I'm so glad you landed in Joniland. Now others can get to enjoy a part of life that I have enjoyed for many years. I'm an old guy and Joni can still make me tear up.It's just pure perfect sound everyone must get to hear. I was way into rock and roll and then one day I heard Morning Morgantown and it stopped me in my tracks .Thank you for sharing the place I stumbled in on 50 years ago. I hope her health holds up and she has a happy ending to her song.
once you've experienced Joni you'll never be the same. I was lost the first time I saw her concert and have been hers ever since. Thank you Jamal. You're a treasure. And your taste in music is fantastic!!
That's not a guitar, actually, Jamel. It's a dulcimer. I recommend watching her In Concert on BBC, from 1970. You'll get to see her musicianship on full display. Also, for something completely different, check out her jazz song, The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines, featuring the legendary Jaco Pastorius on bass. Great review, as always!
Joni was the reason I started playing dulcimer. It was incredibly difficult to figure out her tuning for this song. "Carey" on the same album was easier and so much fun to play.
You are correct brother, there are no sufficient words to describe Joni. She sings my soul and her fearless artistry has made my journey richer and smoother every mile of the way. My older bro turned me on to Joni in 1974 and after hearing the first note she sang I never tuned out.
You seem to like those Canadian storytellers. I know you have reacted to Neil Young before, but if you like stories, I recommend, "Helpless"... up here in the cold cold North, in January, what else do we have to do but ski, skate, and sip cocoa by the fire writing stories... .or if it's summer and we're at a cottage where the beauty of the forest and the water just hits you, you get inspired and write stories. We're a story nation. Also... kd lang does a beautiful cover of "A Case of You" and of "Helpless" too... she also does "Hallelujah" and she has some original work you might like. kd lang is a voice that just paralyzes you on the spot... oh my, but she's a treasure. "Constant Craving" is a must listen.
Apart from being possibly the best singer of all time, a genius songwriter & an influential multi instrumentalist, Joni has some of the funniest lines & observations lying within her lyrics. So good.
You're always thanking us for helping keep great music alive. But let's not forget great music keeps us alive as well. And this is a perfect example of that.
I am a musician and singer. I grew up listening to Joni and she has been a huge influence on me as as a writer and as an artist. This is my favourite album of hers and my favourite song of all time God bless the incredible and unique Joni, forever loved and missed. ❤️
@Samuel Yulish Joni wrote a few songs about Nash. To this day Graham still talks lovingly about her, can tell he still is. He asked he marry her, she left on a trip, sent him a telegraph saying it was over. The biggest song she wrote about Nash was River. One heck of a song it is!! A Case of You was writte about Joni's relationship with Leonard Cohen. The Lady in the song that says "Go to him....Be prepared to bleed" was Cohen's Mother. She quite liked Joni, thought she had Incredible talent, even more than her son. Cheers
Man i am so happy that you're loving Joni Mitchell like this. I know you had earphones under your palms, but watching your reaction reminded me of the scene in "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" where they came upon the Sirens singing. So beautiful it hurt! I about fell out -
Apparently those cold Canadian prairies are fertile soil for storytellers. Joni, Gordon, and of course Neil come to mind, among others. They're fearless, fearless enough to hand you their hearts with a smile! She's painting that dulcimer again!
She’s in a league of her own. When I heard this album for the first time in 1970! I was blown away. Never heard anything like it. All by herself making masterpieces.
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TOMORROW is my B-day 11/14 please play ABBY Road , second side as far as the songs run together- you will like it- Thanks and keep playing and enjoying ALL music
There you go again, preachin' to the choir! We've known all along how great Joni is. She is singing about Graham Nash (of CSN and sometimes Y).
Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell.. Music through the Canadian soul. I'd love to see you turned on by The Tragically Hip. Try Wheat Kings and go from there. You will not be sorry : )
I tend to be into harder rock, metal, etc. but Joni is something else. If all she ever did was write, she would still be one of the greatest lyricists ever. But then you throw in incredibly innovative guitar playing and tunings, and the voice of an angel. Oh and she’s a killer pianist, dulcimer player... What can’t she do at an elite level? It doesn’t get much better than Joni.
What a gift from Heaven Joni Mitchell is!
Yes...She is next level....a living treasure...
Scott Asay If it’s just on straight vocals, I give an edge to Karen Carpenter. Karen a great drummer also, and Joni plays multiple instruments extremely well so that’s kind of a wash I guess. But where Joni gets the edge for me most is that she wrote all of her own songs, is considered one of the best lyricists of all time, and was always pushing the envelope of creating new styles and sounds in future albums. Also, the fact that she was so innovative of an instrumentalist. She invented new tunings for guitars, etc.
Scott Asay I personally don’t judge an artist by hits. How many high charting hits did Jimi Hendrix have? I’m 39. Certainly haven’t listened to every song, but I know the Carpenters were cutting songs often written by others, and they were trying to write pop hits. Joni Mitchell never had radio hits as a goal. She often made music knowing it would not appeal to the charts. Joni wrote and produced essentially 100% of her own material, and Karen’s hits mostly were written by Bacharach or other writers. Having said all the, again I do think Karen Carpenter is one of the very best vocalists that ever lived.
@Scott Asay
'Gotta throw my 2 cents in here:
Hits, schmidts. Who cares?
Hits, basically, are the lowest common denominator. They're the songs that are sufficiently dummied down as to be easy listening for the easily confused.
They're Kenny G, not John Coltrane. The most requested songs are usually the chaff; if you want the real gold, the real artistry, skip the hits and listen to what the DJs never play.
I stand by what I've said for years: Canada has given us three lyrical geniuses: Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Neil Young.
There’s a few more but great start!! ❤️👊🏼✌🏼 Paul Anka, not my cup of Red Rose but one of
The all time top selling songwriters, Burton Cummings, Gord Downie, Dallas Green... I love American music but My Canada punches well above our weight. Peace my friend. We love giving the world great art and artists. Quietly. Sorry 😉🤷🏻♂️✌🏼❤️👊🏼🇨🇦🇺🇸
And Gordon Lightfoot!
@@heatherbegs yes of course! (Jamel even mentioned GL too.) Sarah McLachlin, Tegan and Sara, I like Joel Plaskett, think he writes amazing songs, so many!!! Sloan!! 😊
@@citythink Love him or hate him, David Foster has left his mark on the music world as well.
Don't forget Randy Bachmann and Gordon Lightfoot, also very successful Canadian songwriters. And Rush of course. Those Canadians are something!!
Seeing you this affected by Joni makes me literally tear up. She has been very, very important to us for over 40 years... at the top of the list of not only female artists, but all artists. You said it, she’s special - she’s incomparable.
50 plus years here!
Same here
Brother J...man, it’s so beautiful how you’ve discovered Joni. You just got taken to church. A case of you is sacred ground. Peace.
She has the voice of an angel.
She and Jeff Buckley are in that ethereal realm.
I told you that she’s the greatest female artist in music history ... was I right ?
I would give up my soul to hear an Aurora Aksnes cover of this song.
No doubt about it!
Only Female ? I give her more credit.
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There are people I would consider putting in the same pasture. But she's just plain outstanding on all counts: she writes, composes, arranges, she has a superb natural voice, and she performs at such a high level of excellence it just leaves you gutted.
James Taylor plays guitar along with Joni playing Dulcimer
Wow really? In this song? How marvelous!!
@@simt1973 I'd have to look but I believe he plays on two other songs on the album also.
Yeah his fingerstyle tone is unmistakable. The arrangement is great too.
Some of his best work.
Joni is the vocal equivalent of a dulcimer
So enjoyed another Joni from you, she’s second to none isn’t she? On every level, incredible vocals, lyrical poetry, and amazing musicianship xx 🙏🏻❤️
"love is touching souls...surely you've touched mine, because part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to time...."
Joni. Prince loved her. I love her. Incredible musician, songwriter, painter, vocalist and artist. Genius.
Love, love, love that you appreciate Joni! I'm a 73 yr old "hippie Chick" and have listened to Joni Mitchell for as long as I can remember. After all these years, I hear something new every time I hear her. She has no equal.
Brandi Carlile said in her opinion the three greatest songs ever written are:
I Will Always Love You- Dolly Parton
Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen
A Case of You- Joni Mitchell
Brandi's cover of this song is fantastic.
Prince and Diana Krall each covered this beautifully in tributes to Joni.
Diana Krall’s version is quite different but really great as well.
Morgan James does a beautiful cover of this as well
Got to see Krall perform this live in concert. So fantastic.
so did k. d. lang - worth checking out
So did Nancy Wilson (Heart) on the Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop album. She did a really nice version.
My little Canadian heart is just swelling with pride 🇨🇦
You're absolutely right, Mel, if you've known love, real love, then Joni just speaks to that part of your heart. Her words and her voice put into music those incredible emotions.
Joni Mitchell is one of those "this changes everything" kinda artists. She does the impossible in a way that not only looks possible but easy.
She sings so beautifully, & clear! Angel status!
This my all time favorite of hers. The music, her voice, the poetry in her words... there are no words for how amazing it all is.
From the album "Blue", rated the 3rd greatest album of all time according to Rolling Stone's 2020 list of 500 greatest albums of all time! And well deserved!
I can never hear it without tears. Beauty in music defined!
Yep me too. It sort of broke me in half.
If you know love, this song does hit you differently - you're absolutely right. If you know love that's gone wrong or gotten lost, you know how it stays with you. Joni's honesty and the intelligence of her lyrics - that's what makes the song real, makes it valuable. I'm so happy you chose this one, Jamel.
Find “Mingus” her collaboration with Jazz Bassist Charles Mingus. He sought her out to put words to some of his most famous works. All in the last years of his life. You will be blown away . Love your reaction!
Her lyrics for Mingus's "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" are utterly sublime, as is her vocal performance on that one.
Love her tribute to Mingus.
It's like Christmas listening to Joni. Sad and so beautiful at the same time.
It never gets old watching you react to a piece of music when you're really feeling it.....
One of the greatest songs ever written.
The Circle Game by Joni! You will love the lyrics.
Gotta do Sugar Mountain before he does Circle Game, though. They're a set.
I love how you have been getting into Joni Mitchell. Court and Spark is another good track.
Thank you soooo much for playing this one!! My all time favorite. No other storyteller like her.
At last! This is why we've been saying react to this song. You may ...may...just be ready for cold "blue steel and sweet fire" . If you want lyrics that hit hard....but for different reasons. Joni is the best.
Brother, I never grow tired of watching music speak to your soul. Stay strong, stay safe, and keep up the great work.
Wow that woman can SING. Goosebumps! I love these videos because they help me discover new music. Keep 'em coming!
@ted ritola Yes, new to me. Well aware of the "vintage" :)
So glad you played Joni. Not only the voice, the lyrics, but she is the best guitar player/song writer that literally ever was. She pioneered unique guitar tuning styles to get the emotion from the music she wanted. And she taught herself how to do it! Completely an original. I believe she may be from another planet from a superior species. Why this diva deity agreed to come down to earth and grace us mere mortals, I'll never know. Well...guess she needed the heartbreak to churn out the magical music.
Joni and Gordon both from Canada!
i wish he would try some more Canadian content from Michael pagliaro some sing some dance czcams.com/video/C83hAPd9USk/video.html
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@@danohstoolbox Pag! 👍👍👍
...and half of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, too! Jamel's reacted to some great Canadians recently. Time to get some Laughing Lenny Cohen on his radar :)
@@jamesdignanmusic2765 ....Laughing Lenny Cohen......Ha ha......funny
I’m so glad this song affected you like this. I think it’s one of the most beautiful songs ever written/performed. No matter how many times I hear it, I feel it in my bones. Joni Mitchell is a LEGEND.
You are absolutely correct sir - she paints amazing pictures with her music.
It is so amazing to see your reaction to Joni. She blew me away in 1969 when I first heard her beautiful voice. You make me remember - Thank you.
"Woman of heart and mind" will leave you speechless. Joni speaks to the heart and soul of every person.
Agree
Thats why BLUE is ranked #3 on ROLLING STONES list of the top 500 albums of all time. Just saying.
Also because she is a woman and they are trying to be more inclusive. The list is shit. Love joni though. She is my number 1.
@@dylanvieira9152 You don't think she should be Number 3?
Well on the original list,she was about 30 or 31 (which was the highest position for a woman on that chart),the new list does look like it's trying to be inclusive seeing how they removed their all time favorite beatles out of number 1 and put what's going on.Joni does deserve it but still.
The new list has 36 albums from the 2010's,not to be trusted
Their first list was bad and their updated list is no better. Rate your own music and ignore rolling stones magazine.
Let out an audible gasp when this popped up on my subscription page!! 😂 So happy you’re checking out Joni, makes my heart so happy!! ❤️❤️❤️
Joni makes me so happy & yet I cry from her voice & words...such a brilliant artist !
This takes me back to the seventies when We would turn off the lights, light a few candles, open a bottle of wine and listen to Joni. Those were very good days. Btw, that was a mountain dulcimer that Joni was playing. So good!!!!
"She's spoiling us." Damn straight.
I dearly wish that Joni gets to see this reaction, let her know how she still reaches out and touches us across decades. Love this.
I don’t weep often, but Joni’s music has that effect on me. So beautiful. She’s the GOAT.
My all time favorite Joni Mitchell song!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
The woman in the song who warns her about loving the man, is the mans mother.
Interesting. I always guessed it was a sister.
@@kevinmcinerney1959 She’s commented on the fact. I think it makes it even more powerful. She knew her son and loved Joni enough to tell her the truth.
@@bar5radass Thank you. One's favorite song or book or film changes over time. But for some time this has been my favorite song.
"You are in my blood like holy wine".
After watching you watch Joni, I've had her songs stuck in my head the last few days. Hadn't really paid her much attention since my youth, but wow, what an incredible voice! Thanks for the memories!
Love-love-love your reactions. You get Joni 100%!!!
Imagine growing up with her music as a teen girl in the 60s-70s. She was our role model of woman-can-do-anything!
Such a special voice. 🧡 Joan’s voice will blow you away too.
I can't stop listening to her songs since you started reacting to her. What a legend. Thanks Jamel. 🎶👏
Your reactions to Joni Mitchell are giving me life. Love the authentic reactions and attention to the lyrical supremacy that Miss Mitchell brings to the table. Love from Nepal to you!
This is some of the BEST of Joni. If there is such a thing---all of her songs are amazing. SO glad you've gotten into her music! She was and always will be, my favorite!
Excellent song! Joni Mitchell has such a beautiful voice! Glad your reacting to her music. This was also in the movie Practical Magic. 🙌👍
This is one of my favorite Joni Mitchell songs. The "Blue" album is a masterpiece. Check out "Carey" , "River", "Little Green", My Old Man", "Blue", and "The last time I saw Richard". ALL are on this same album. Of course she has many more albums loaded with great stuff.
I just discovered your site and love it! You are really taking a chance by listening to Joni and fully embracing her! Watch out, you won't be able to stop! Thanks for your honesty and your great comments!
Joni was the Queen of storytelling folk and folk rock!👍🏻❤️☮️✌🏻
Please listen to All I Want. In fact, just do her entire Blue album. I don’t usually agree with Rolling Stone, but I have no problem with them listing Blue as the #3 greatest album of all time.
Thank you I love you and you have made everyone happy
Wow! Her voice! Amazing!
My brother I'm so glad you landed in Joniland. Now others can get to enjoy a part of life that I have enjoyed for many years. I'm an old guy and Joni can still make me tear up.It's just pure perfect sound everyone must get to hear. I was way into rock and roll and then one day I heard Morning Morgantown and it stopped me in my tracks .Thank you for sharing the place I stumbled in on 50 years ago. I hope her health holds up and she has a happy ending to her song.
"Joniland" like that...
I remember this song from the movie Practical Magic, and Nicole Kidman sang along with the song in one of the scenes. Love this song!
Love how ypu mentioned how she's a "painter"... right before she sang that in her second verse after the first chorus. 🤣 Perfect timing! 🎨
once you've experienced Joni you'll never be the same. I was lost the first time I saw her concert and have been hers ever since. Thank you Jamal. You're a treasure. And your taste in music is fantastic!!
Thank you so much for loving the GODDESS of my generation!
So happy you reacted to this track. This is one of my favorite songs of hers.
That's not a guitar, actually, Jamel. It's a dulcimer. I recommend watching her In Concert on BBC, from 1970. You'll get to see her musicianship on full display. Also, for something completely different, check out her jazz song, The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines, featuring the legendary Jaco Pastorius on bass. Great review, as always!
She did that Shadows And Light tour with Pat Metheny on guitar and Jaco on bass, I believe. Please correct me if I'm wrong
@@jonnuanez2843 Here it is: czcams.com/video/8_sh9gs-oHo/video.html
Yes, Appalachian dulcimer in the right channel, but also guitar in the left channel.
Joni was the reason I started playing dulcimer. It was incredibly difficult to figure out her tuning for this song. "Carey" on the same album was easier and so much fun to play.
@@jonnuanez2843 - "Shadows and Light" - Amazing and beautiful. A masterpiece.....
This song gives me chills every time. I loved seeing it grip you the same way.
Pure artistic genius. Joni has been an accompaniment to my life. Blessed.
This song is about Leonard Cohen. I don't know if you've ever listened to him, but he's a brilliant songwriter.
I will add that if you have never listened to Leonard Cohen, he is also a story teller extraordinaire one of the best evah.
Thanks for this! I didn’t know it was about Leonard Cohen. I love him, never made the connection
Love your openness and sensitivity. My favorite reactor!
Absolutely Karen!! 💙
@@karaminalee hiya tootsie!😘
@@TheDivayenta hi love!! 😘
she touches our souls too, when she sings her songs. it's powerful
My all time favourite Joni Mitchell song. So soulful and amazing tone to her voice.
That's not a guitar. It's a dulcimer.
Every single song on "Blue" album is brilliant. Makes me sad and happy.
Joni is number one!! the ultimate artist, poetic, painterly and unafraid.
You are correct brother, there are no sufficient words to describe Joni. She sings my soul and her fearless artistry has made my journey richer and smoother every mile of the way. My older bro turned me on to Joni in 1974 and after hearing the first note she sang I never tuned out.
You seem to like those Canadian storytellers. I know you have reacted to Neil Young before, but if you like stories, I recommend, "Helpless"... up here in the cold cold North, in January, what else do we have to do but ski, skate, and sip cocoa by the fire writing stories... .or if it's summer and we're at a cottage where the beauty of the forest and the water just hits you, you get inspired and write stories. We're a story nation. Also... kd lang does a beautiful cover of "A Case of You" and of "Helpless" too... she also does "Hallelujah" and she has some original work you might like. kd lang is a voice that just paralyzes you on the spot... oh my, but she's a treasure. "Constant Craving" is a must listen.
This was one of Prince's favourite songs, and he does a great cover.
His version should be the only cover of it allowed.
He probably heard it from me singing it in the hallways of our high school :)
@@melissarobinson2762 Belinda Carlisle 's very is fantastic as well.
Diana Krall sings it best.
Wow, I did not know that, WAY cool
So bittersweet and lovely.... Thanks!
I could listen to sister Joni sing all day. Thanks Jamel for loving her.
PLEASE "Chelsea Morning" live by Joni 1969
Apart from being possibly the best singer of all time, a genius songwriter & an influential multi instrumentalist, Joni has some of the funniest lines & observations lying within her lyrics.
So good.
She is a goddess, Lyrics and vocals are untouchable. Just brilliant
It's called an original talent ! .......one of the best !
Another Joni song you must listen to "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio"
LOVE that song!
Joni's guitar has special tuning and that is part of what makes her music unique.
You're always thanking us for helping keep great music alive. But let's not forget great music keeps us alive as well. And this is a perfect example of that.
I am a musician and singer. I grew up listening to Joni and she has been a huge influence on me as as a writer and as an artist. This is my favourite album of hers and my favourite song of all time God bless the incredible and unique Joni, forever loved and missed. ❤️
That's a dulcimer. She's incredible. WILLY is a song of hers about Graham Nash, her boyfriend at the time. It has incredible images.
@Samuel Yulish Joni wrote a few songs about Nash. To this day Graham still talks lovingly about her, can tell he still is. He asked he marry her, she left on a trip, sent him a telegraph saying it was over. The biggest song she wrote about Nash was River. One heck of a song it is!! A Case of You was writte about Joni's relationship with Leonard Cohen. The Lady in the song that says "Go to him....Be prepared to bleed" was Cohen's Mother. She quite liked Joni, thought she had Incredible talent, even more than her son. Cheers
This is rumored to be a song about Joni's affair with Leonard Cohen. It is so beautiful and haunting and it rips me apart every time I hear it.
She supposedly said it was
Yes and the woman who had the same mouth was his mother.
I heard that too.....thanks for the confirmation for me
@@heidithatswho.2481 She knew his life. She knew his devils and his demons...
Man i am so happy that you're loving Joni Mitchell like this. I know you had earphones under your palms, but watching your reaction reminded me of the scene in "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" where they came upon the Sirens singing. So beautiful it hurt! I about fell out -
She was so magnificent...and u know why we all loved her💟💟💟💟💟💟💟
Glad you discovered "Blue," Jamel. It's my fave album by her. Another outstanding track on it is "Carey."
Apparently those cold Canadian prairies are fertile soil for storytellers. Joni, Gordon, and of course Neil come to mind, among others. They're fearless, fearless enough to hand you their hearts with a smile! She's painting that dulcimer again!
She is amazing - amazing song and delivery
Gotta be one of the greatest love songs sung by one of the greatest voices ever!
She’s in a league of her own. When I heard this album for the first time in 1970! I was blown away. Never heard anything like it. All by herself making masterpieces.
JUST LIKE THIS TRAIN is another great song🎵
Another Canadian Icon!! She gives you goosebumps and she does make you cry. The combinations of notes and the words, an angel.