Joni Mitchell - Coyote (Live at Gordon Lightfoot's Home with Bob Dylan & Roger McGuinn, 1975)
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- All rights to this footage belong to Netflix. Watch the amazing documentary "Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese" for more of this incredible and rare footage!
I had the privilege of seeing "Rolling Thunder" in theaters, and it was an experience. I saw it at the Castro Theater in San Francisco, a historic theater from the 1920s. The sound system was terrible. It had two gigantic speakers in the front that made the sound bounce off every wall. At the same time, though, I couldn't think of a better venue. There were over a thousand people in the room, and you could feel every one of them.
Some people yelled out, "Dylan!" enthusiastically, and they roared after each performance. After Joni played this number, the crowd was silent for a few moments, then, to my surprise, gave her the biggest applause I heard during the film (yes, even bigger than "Hard Rain" and "One More Cup of Coffee").
I listened to the studio version when I got home, but in my opinion, this performance is far superior, though it leaves out most of the lyrics. I hope you enjoy this gem as much as I did! - Hudba
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The way they look at her... They know she's an absolute genius. Such reverence. What a Queen.
Bingo
No doubt!
They’re trying to keep up in standard while she plays her in wild tunings
Especially Dylan.
and on the last waltz too, I love it!
She's singing but she's not singing, she talking but she's not talking. She's unique, she's wonderful
Thank you for THESE words.
Truth told
This is the right understanding.
Thank you!
Folk Rap
basically she taylor swift but unfuckable
Is it just my imagination, or does everyone in the room. including Dylan, seem completely in awe of her talent and persona? If so, for good reason.
It was like that even when Crosby brought her to parties.( everyone was blown away by her songs and crystal voice). .his story about how she broke up with him was funny ..everyone was excited for a new Joni song and it was a breakup song for him ,..She starred at him and sang it again... 😮..he got the message .. documentary/.(.David Crosby .. Remember My Name)..
Well i think Gord is drunk but yes.. she is mind blowing
McGuinn just seems stoned out of his mind, look at him @2:32 lol!
@@greatunz67 They all were ...and it's amazing that they can still function like that....and still play music .
To me it looks like they're trying to be polite. I think they find her guitar playing and her singing a bit erratic, and the slightly psychotic strumming, all a bit like the take over of a small Pacific island. They all look really stoned, and have difficulties understanding what her arrogance is trying to convey in the weird song. If I was Bob I would have started a small fire in the kitchen and told her to run for it, then just continue the jam without her.
Joni in the room, not outshone, not outclassed, not intimidated in the least, not trying to please. Just doing her thing.
Yes!
Joni Mitchell was doing things in the 1970s that nobody else was doing. Her chord progressions are so unique.
Yes. Her guitar technique. Alternate tunings, and advanced chords and chord progressions.
Maybe you should look up Scott Walker. The chords progressions here sounds like Hero of the War, which was released in 1969 on Scott 4. But I'am even sure that Joni Mitchell is just using jazz chords that been around since the late 50's or early 60's.
I saw her in concert in Sydney, Australia’s Opera House in 1983. She had two rows of ten guitars of which most had capo on them. What a memory! One of my favourite concerts.
That's some Dave Matthew's band shit
Some people study chord progression.....every day
I remember hearing Joni being interviewed and she was saying she didn't like being referred to as the 'Female Bob Dylan' when asked why she felt that way as surely this was a HUGE compliment she replied 'well, I'm I better singer for starter's!'
She's hollow - like cactus tree .
Lmao
She is right
@@fortunatoofamontillado1059 She sure is !
True that!!
I love the light-hearted banter and sweet smiles at the start---and then the stone-cold assassin comes out and just ABSOLUTELY LOCKS IN TO FOCUS and kills it--talk about a Coyote...she's lethal.
I would like to think that she felt secure with Bob's gaze sayin' you got this..
@@RalphIrvine That IS quite a gaze.
Right on
Joni should get the Nobel Prize for her music.
Even though it means nothing the novel prize went to the right man, Bob Dylan is in another world from her.
@@julianfrederick9082 don’t know about that :)
she sure does deserve the Prize
There's no way to justify Dylan getting one but Joni not.
@@julianfrederick9082 sorry man, not even close...Dylan does not reveal anything about himself _ Joni will be remembered as the greatest songwriter of the era
Gordon Lighthoot, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Roger McGuinn in the same room together. Talk about a great line-up. It also pleases me to know that all four are still living.
Pleases me too, although two of them - Joni and Gordon - almost bit the dust.
It fills me with joy they are still around got to see Bob last year in Wellington New Zealand and he bought the house down.
@@michaltaft2972 And there are rumors (spread by James Taylor) that Joni is picking her guitar up again and she might be back in the future.
@@GordonLF I've heard this too! Very exciting news that I hope comes true. Mitchell and Dylan among many others were the voice of a generation and there music is like wine that only gets better with age.
Indeed
Hejira is one of the finest albums ever recorded. Absolutely amazing.
totally agree even though it's somewhat depressing love love love Hejira especially the songBalck crow and Song for Sharon .. I went to Staten Island to buy a mandolin...
The only thing that bothers me in that album is that she change the lyrics for this song. The 2nd verse "he got one for the night and now one for the day". I think its a shame, fits really good.. but what the hell jaco was on that album.
chizmo7 I first heard ‘Refuge of the roads’ in a second hand record shop in Newcastle, when I was studying there in the early 90s - it’s my favourite track from what has become one of favourite Joni LPs. Stunning songwriting and playing!
Nacho Kaina I noticed that she changed those words, too. Sometimes, I think, singer/songwriters do that when performing live. It’s certainly their right since it’s their song. What I remember from the album is something like: “He’s got a woman at home, another woman _________.? He seems to want me anyway..”
The title track is the best thing she ever wrote, but I have to give the accolade of best LP to 'Hissing..', that is a work of many layered genius.
How cool would it be to be at Gordon Lightfoot's house, and Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Roger McGuinn happen to be there jamming?...........an incredible roomful of talent!
That's how the traveling Wiburys got started ..just some friends hanging out together
How cool would it have been to live next door? my family lived a few blocks from there but i was 8 years old at the time this was recorded, now in my mid 50's and having been a major music fan and fan of Lightfoot all of my life, looking back and knowing that all these people were just blocks from me is astounding, makes me wonder what i was doing at that very moment in time. I was probably in my room playing with my G.I. Joe Dolls, or my Big Jim doll lol.
@@greatunz67 GIJoe ..with the king fu grip ( trading places)
@@greatunz67 Yeah, I know what you mean. Me too, living in the Annex.
This footage musically blowing the doors off Bob Dylan while he tries to keep up is priceless.
Everybody, from Gordon to Bob, blown away in the background by a powerhouse
@@officialbandjonger Looked like she was at least in standard tuning here. I don't know how anyone plays with her when she starts randomly using alternative tunings. I read that she has used something like 56, so we are not just dealing with a dropped D or something.
Joni is a true original. She has her own sound; phrasing, tunings of instruments, lyrics, voice timbre. The second you hear Joni, you know it's her. Very few artists are that brave, honest and true to themselves. Bravo Joni. Well done.
Yay
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Who are the artists who are not brave, honest and true to themselves? Can not think of one
@@normatible9795 Who? Just think of any "artist" who is primarily motivated by fame and commercial success. Artists either define themselves, or allow their audience to define them.
@@boulejazz I disagree. Artists or musicians are naturally talented and have the desire to succeed. Money comes in second but foremost is their desire to showcase their talents. It takes years to develop their music, have recording, have a hit, have a successful album. Anyone motivated by money first is not a true artist. A painter does not paint for money. He paints because he has passion, soul, his heart in the art and same with musicians. They endure years to become famous and rein in money in the process, endure tours to promote their music, endure their managers and record companies because they are artists
In another interview Joni was talking about her songs and that she didn't really write love songs but more "Anatomy of the crime" songs. Coyote is exactly that.
Joni Mitchell is a treasure. Beyond compare.
This is definitely a spot on example of “anatomy of a crime”!
Coyote was written about playwright and actor Sam Shepard, who was *quite* a ladies man, and ran around with a number of famous women.
She wrote the song to include several different meanings for her audience..like many of her songs/.like her paintings...for the eye of the beholder.and their imagination...(her words )..the song started out that way but ended entirely different .
description fits perfect . the French had a word for it le "mot juste"
When I was younger I never got the appeal of Joni Mitchell, now I'm kicking myself for not realizing sooner in my life how great she is.
You weren't ready then, now you are 😉. Sometimes, you just have to wait
Better late than never, my friend
It's mature music, to be sure. Always loved "Big Yellow Taxi", but I didn't even know "Help Me" was her song (just a great 70s hit, among so many of that era) until quite recently. Glad she's getting a lot of attention recently, from myself especially! Such a singular, influential talent.
Right there with you! Wasted years!
Same here. Absolutely one of the greatest songwriters of the last one hundred years.
I nominate Joni for the Nobel Prize for poetry.
She deserves it more than Bobby.
God I love Coyote. Trying to steal Joni’s chords is nearly impossible because of those maddening alternate and custom tunings. I really enjoy watching her make those weird chord shapes. She is an international treasure as a songwriter, guitarist, and singer.
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There is a great documentary called Lorell Canyon, and there is one shot where Eric Clapton is sitting on the ground in front of Joni Playing just memorized, he had never seen anyone using open tuning that way before
Richie Havens another open tuning magician.
She's an incredible, underrated guitarist. I researched her alternate tunings once, wrote and recorded a song on my first CD in homage & tribute to her. It's a very "authentically Joni" rhythm guitar part. But the joke's on me: 5 years later I have no idea what the tuning was or how to play my own song I wrote in her style. That's how good she is and how impossible it is to do what she does-at least, not for long!
@@LukeMaynard listen for the open strings and adjust appropriately, nice when you can see their fingers in video
Joni and Dylan were both poets and two of the greatest songwriters of all time but Joni was a far superior musician. Both her singing and playing are so effortless, she just floats over the music.
And far superior singer…
And Dylan and the rest of them are just trying to keep up. Heh heh. Good luck at that boys!
Joni isn't in the same category as Dylan when it comes to song writing. Nobody is.
@@barbarashannon8254 maybe read my post again…
@@SomboonCM - Joni is ten times the musician that Dylan is, that’s a fact, but as to the greatness of the songwriting, that’s a matter of opinion.
I’d take Blue over Highway 61 Revisted all day long, but that’s just me!
Holy Jesus, what did I just stumble upon? This is unbelievable! 🎥🎶🎼🎤🎸
Lot more where that came from.
Isn't it. By far the best version of that song and the first time anybody heard it
I’ve heard it said Joni could write five songs in the morning before her first cup of coffee. Her songs were poems, lyrical and cutting. There are so many lines that I love from her songs. One is “I traveled across the country just to contemplate.” I heard it and said that’s me.
If that was the case - not even accounting for the rest of the day - the's have written over 100,000 songs
“Anyone who gets within 50 feet of Joni Mitchell immediately falls in love with her.” - Stephen Stills
but why was that guy behind her not smiling?
sh we - because your eyes are crossed
I was living 3000 miles away from her and I did... :-)
i was backstage with her at the Isle of Wight and her laughter pierced that cold night.
She has that effect on me from China (where I'm at now). She crosses space and time and has that effect.
Joni composed in over 40 alternate tunings. This fly on the wall clip is simply memorizing. She’s arguably the foremost songwriter/musician of the 20th century
Mesmerizing
In a sense I disagree that she was very influential. I mean, NOBODY sounds like Joni Mitchell. No one even comes close.
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@@boywonder8241 ❤
Well, no one comes close to Jesus but he still influenced me. Maybe you don’t know the meaning of the word? 🤔
How the hell did she write these songs.. absolutely incredible. Her talent is unmatched
yea and to think dylan looked at her like she was below him. dylan stole most of his early songs.
Unmatched? There’s an unmatched guy sitting to her left in this video.
Because she put thought and creativity into unlike McCartney who wrote songs in his sleep and it shows. Ebony and Ivory. Gag me with a spoon
@@anthonybrogan390 Again with McCartney appropos of nothing
@@drinkingpoolwater Bob Dylan has actually spoken very highly of Joni on numerous occasions. I don’t know where you got that from
Got the feeling people will be watching this 500 years from now.
They won’t understand the meaning of some (most?) of the words. I doubt many would know the meaning of “hitcher” without context. Spell check doesn’t recognize the word!
I really hope so.
@@mom2adragon677 Hopefully they will study it like we study Shakespeare now.
@@mom2adragon677 There is no one who has ever felt something for someone who won't understand exactly what this song means, even if she was only singing la, la, la.
Oh yes indeed coyote
Thanks. Jesus, this is like pulling back a curtain and getting a glimpse of what Paradise is like.
@galax ouch! haha! good one.
No fooling!!! How precious is this footage ... wow ...
Miles Montemore Amen
galax hey...now, that’s the spirit! Quick one, aren’t cha? Lol.
What a great description that was....loved it. Thx.
Hejira saved me in many many moments.
OMG, played that over and over and over again on my 8-track in my car. If I was driving and Song for Sharon came on I'd have to pull over, the tears would just start rolling down my cheeks.
For the roses saved me in college
@@leighharris2080 Me too! (And you can ask my roommates for confirmation of that. ;-) )
Me also. Really her whole late 70s catalogue starting with Heijira, then Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, then Mingus, then the DVD Shadows and Light - I own them all and they've inspired me as a writer and a musician. Only Joni could do that. Also "Refuge of the Roads" breaks me apart every time I hear it.
Top 10 all time
Joni and Nick Drake were musical kindred spirits. True originals. Not merely salmon swimming upstream. They were swimming in a different stream altogether.
Jay, I agree, and I love both artists but if you haven't already, do have a listen to some Molly Drake songs, you will hear that Nicks 'originality' was actually derived (beautifully) from his mother's style.
As much as I like Nick does this have anything to do with the clip
@@jolyonholroyd thanks for bringing this up! She had beautiful compositions and melodies. You can really trace Nicks evolution.
@@jolyonholroyd except nick's music is better.
@@adonaiyah2196 guitar kinda reminds me of pink moon- weird open C tuning. Lyrically very different though
My god! this sums up an aspect of the vibe and mood of the 70’s beautifully !
Never to be repeated,
I mean...who wouldn't want to be sitting in Gordon Lightfoot's flat listening to Joni Mitchell sing an original tune like this?? What a gem...
That wasn't a flat, it was a mansion on one of the nicest streets in Toronto.
I don’t think so it’s in Canada , isn’t there just farms and villages there ?
@@humanactivated1017 lmao
@@humanactivated1017 ... and Igloos
@@humanactivated1017 His house is on the Bridle Path in Toronto, some of the most expensive real estate in the country. Burton Cummings lives in the neighborhood.
Based on many comments here, I feel inclined to say something. I understand everyone has their opinions on who is a better songwriter (Joni vs. Dylan vs. Gordon), but opinions will only ever be opinions. Do not put down any artists here. They are all geniuses in their own rights, and they knew that about each other. Dylan invited Joni because he had a lot of respect for her and admired her work. So please stop putting words into their mouths. Just listen to the music; if you start ranking it then you're completely missing the point. Thank you
There is no better or best its just whoever you like more.Just like with music, you cant say if its good or bad it's whatever you like. A valuable lesson taught to me by Paul Meek.
I really cannot understand this pissing match the viewers here have created. It is extremely grade school "my dads better than your dad" bullshit!!! Grow the hell up people. These professionals wouldnt hear of such behavior.
@@reason5591
Joni sat there and degraded several other artists during this interview. Typical leftie celebrity. Do as they say, not as they do!
Vaughn Greenlee so why do you do it?
@@SwinginPig
This video shows Joni putting several artists down. You say don't out others down when your very video shows the artist doing it. I'm simply pointing that out!
Genius. Greatest songwriter and performer of her generation. And still relevant today.
Clearly one of the most beautiful souls on this speck of dust of a planet within the incomparable vastness of space: let the cosmos behold Ms. Joni Mitchell for all of eternity.
Pure artist. Golden prairie locks. I can't say she's underappreciated; she's just on a whole nother plane.
Agree, a very unique talent, supremely gifted.
no one can say this is unappreciated.
PLANET
Joni Mitchell, a total original, all those greats just watching in amazement, a woman doing that on the guitar, so casually, the 70's.. still remember the times well..
Yes, the GREAT Stephen Stills, a master musician and beautiful singer-songwriter himself (!), said in an interview that Joni was so supremely talented, "We were all intimidated by her."
@Staying Sober Jeff, looks like someone hasn't taken their meds lately. Your original comment is right on.
ipmala Why do you have to wade in on such a wonderful video dripping with creativity and great conversation here to do something as unoriginal as demonstrating the ability to be an asshole and call people names?
Oh look a troll
Joni Mitchell the greatest example of a singer reinventing themselves time after time. My friends would sit around in a circle singing every single Joni Mitchell song (and we knew them all) for decades.
You can see how these iconic male musicians really loved and respected Joni.
Yes, everyone from the troubadours in this video to Prince to Hendrix to the members of Led Zeppelin and on and on... This list is long and well deserved.
After 43 years, I still can't get enough of her voice and beauty. Her lyrics are pure poetry. What a gift from God she is.
I was about to say the same thing. I didn't realize she was so attractive then. I'm a young person who discovered Joni by accident. I just saw this video and i was like "Wait....Joni was hot!"
She's a gift from Saskatoon. Americans never want to acknowledge she's Canadian. You've got Elvis, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Aretha Franklin, Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carole King, Jimi Hendrix, and I could go on and on, and you want Joni too. And Neil. You know what? You can't have them. They're proud Canadians.
@@waterlord4146 Oh yeah. Check out some more of the videos. ...And listen to her voice on the "Hejira" CD. Better yet, shut out the world and listen to the entire "Hejira" CD through a good pair of headphones. Throw in the title track from "Court and Spark" for good measure. (...Heck, might as well listen to the rest of "Court and Spark" too.)
@@bobriedinger5287 I actually have all her 70s albums on my hard drive. From Song to a Seagull to Mingus
Joni still blowing everyone's mind years after she first appeared on the scene. You know you are in the presence of greatness when Lightfoot and Dylan are rapt in amazement.
Bobby just chillin
lol Bob don't rattle
Thats McGuinn, can't see Gordon Lightfoot
Dylan's thinking, "I wish I could write like that."
Bob Dylan was about to fall asleep. I don’t know if this is the time Dylan pretended to fall asleep while listening to her. He did do it once. Joni has been quite salty about it ever since😄. Joni Mitchell, one of the greatest singer songwriters I’ve ever heard, cared too much what other people thought about her. Dylan gives 0 fucks.
so ridiculously good, Dylan just keeping up with the chords, McGuinn starstruck, and Gordo in the back taking it all in.. Wonderful.
‘A prisoner of the white lines of the freeway’ - that is so original, so poetic. Who writes lines like that today?
there are a lot of greats even still, if you look harder. my personal favourite is the late David Berman of the Silver Jews.
Currently active lyricists? I really enjoy Lana Del Rey's proseful style.
All the best Rock songs are sung by males with the old cowboy theme of hitting the road and travelling on from here or there or her...Joni has produced the female side of that "travelling bug"
Good for y’all recognizing good music that’s still being made!! I’m partial to Father John Misty myself.
Nobody
Bob's kinda going "I'll just sorta strum along in E here", like, how could he add anything? What a gem.
jajajaaja, you hammered that nail right on the nose! LMAO
@@thesedreamsarefree Absolutely right. As much as I have loved Dylan's music.
Of all the commenters sounding off on this video, you guys are the ones I would choose to go to lunch with. 🏆
The song is in C bruh 😔
I believe that Joni was the only artist/writer that Bob might have thought was his equal... or perhaps even, his better!.... He might have been strummin' along because he was intimidated!... which would have been rare for him...
One of the few artists ever who can make Bob Dylan feel like he's outclassed.
Yeah, I saw that here...
Dylan has said he was always 'impressed as hell' by her.
lol Bob could've only put out his first 2 albums and still would be leagues ahead of Joni, where's her Hard Rain, Blowin in the Wind? We putting Big yellow Taxi on that shelf? lol I don't think so, Bob made songs that were sung by millions literally in the streets marching/protesting against racism and war over years and has songs that are sung in churches all over the world to this day.
No kidding!
@@KeizerHedorah Dylan sucks.
I may have commented before, but I love the beginning when all the guys are trying to keep up and just give up and play a different accompiament as they are in the presence of the best of her time and one of the best ever. We are so blessed to have her in our lives all these years. She was absolutely amazing at the Grammy's after all that she has gone through.
"Blue"... The Greatest album ever... Great songwriter... Great vocals and words... Amazing...
Coyote, and many other songs by Joni from that time, has such an open melody and harmony that you can hear it endlessly and enjoy it every time in many ways. It's a different experience from hearing other pop or folk songs. It's subtle and fresh. Its rhythm and phrases are much more creative and free, like jazz, but still with a lot of character and melodic richness. Hejira is an amazing album and Joni Mitchel is simply on a higher level.
Or other level, not meant to be as lesser, but other dimensional or more dimensional
And Jaco Pastorius actually took Joni’s songs (well some of them ) on Hejira to another, higher level.
That was her Jazz period and she toured with many of the top jazz musicians.
@@richardpennington5445It couldn't be on a higher level without her voice ..and she did hire many top jazz artists on her tours .many of her concerts sounded better than the record .
Some of the best acoustic guitar, best vocals and best lyrics I've ever heard have come from Joni Mitchell. I don't know what else to say.
She is a true story teller who writes in a conversational style.
You've said it all!
@@anthonybrogan390 ❤❤
I love when the camera zooms in on Joni's fingers up close on the fretboard. There's dirt under those nails. Those are the hands of someone who has lived life and gotten their hands dirty doing it. A "prisoner of the white lines on the free freeway". That described us all at the time. I have a feeling that those other great singer songwriters (Lightfoot, McGuinn and Dylan) knew that even though they had written some of the greatest songs of their generation that they were in the presence of a genius that was taking the music in a new direction; perhaps one they could not follow. You can see it in the look of bemused resignation on Dylan's face. What a wonderful and intimate slice of life that has been captured. This 3 minutes of film will speak volumes to those future generations who will be lucky enough to peer into this window in time.
Pretty sure this footage isn't shot by Scorsese. And I'm 100% certain he isn't operating the camera.
If Scorsese was shooting it he'd have for certain mic'ed up that fiddle.
@@GregorBarclay I don't know if this was shot by Scorsese but I think it's from a movie by him. But don't quote me on that. Regardless of who shot it it is a remarkable coming together of some amazing songwriters from the time.
@@squidkid2 Agreed, it absolutely is. The Scorsese film compiles footage from the 70s but he wasn't involved in the shooting of any of it, just the compilation and editing.
Ha, that’s not dirt around her nails, it’s the residue of countless cigarettes. Wonderful footage, wish there was more… is there?
'Stirring a hole in his scrambled eggs' Aaaaahh, even that one lyric is genius.
Actually it's "He's staring a hole in his scrambled eggs". Either way, this song is sunny side up 👍👍🐣🐣
@@tomm9493Tbh staring is better, and correct...
Joni is insanely gifted. Everybody in that room is in awe of her.
'Specially Dylan. I think he knows who's boss.
Legend she is no doubt
I think she had always hoped she would end up with Dylan . Didn't work out that way. Sometimes these people get to know each other a little too well and become more like a big talented family , brothers and sisters if you will, music before relationship. That bunch has always been considered brilliant and talented.
yea including the guy who wrote Blowing in the Wind..lol..ok
A better singer/song writer, doesn't exist ... PERIOD!
AND she was the original rebel - wouldn’t be pigeonholed. She was the pretty girl AND the actress, director and script writer (never let anyone produce her after Crosby), then did something amazing- sang jazz AND composed and played jazz. I can’t think of any peers, not one. Mingus trusted her to do it.
The way the verses start and unfold is so unconventional and unexpected. Pure genius.
It hurts my soul to hear this incredible song and see these most gifted musicians of my generation, a recording from 46 years ago when all were so young and in good health, and to know that soon we shall all be gone. Time just went by so quickly.
So, true - just like Jackson Browne's The Pretender, "They say in the end, it's the blink of an eye.".
@@acousticshadow4032 one of my favorite Jackson Browne songs. Comment reminded of Bob’s lyric “Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast. Ah, but what a shame that all we’ve shared can’t last.”
@@fivehead6675 ~ From one of my favorite Dylan tunes, "You're A Big Girl Now". Funny, but the time I saw him do it live at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston (Oct 09, 1994), he replaced that verse with a long harmonica solo. Was still an incredible version, and is here on YT.
Exactly
Well, life. At least its been well spent and this vid exist for some reason.
One of the greatest lyrics: “He’s staring a hole in his scrambled eggs/picks up my scent on his fingers/while he’s watching the waitress’s legs...”
How can he be staring at the eggs and the legs?
He’s “watching the waitress’s legs,” after “staring a hole in his scrambled eggs.” Correction made to a middle-of-the night comment!
@Dayga Let us know when they cut some sides. We’d all enjoy them!
He stared a hole through his scrambled egg. Picked it up and looked through it at the waitresses legs.
Pretty obvious really!
Stupid lyrics
Joni is amazing. Her lyrics, melodies and phrasing are spectacular.
She's a freakin' genius.
I have listened to this several times. I think this impromptu living room performance is superior to the official recording. There’s so much feeling in watching her sing/speak the lyrics.
Watch her live version of Woodstock here on youtube. It is so fantastic & WAY BETTER than the album version or Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's.
@@kellymorten1296Maybe because, .She wrote the song .😮
It takes a lot of confidence to sing an untested song in front of that amazing company.of her peers.
A transparent example of how extremely difficult it is to play anything along with Joni Mitchell's crazy unique open chording! I think Dylan is the funniest to watch ...... he just sits there with the guitar and a "what's happening?" look on his face! No cowboy chords going on here, folks! LOL!
Joni's genius is so personal and uncompromising. I saw her in concert, and it was off the charts amazing!
(By the way, "The Band" backed her on this song just fine during "The Last Waltz", but even those absolute monsters looked a bit hyper-alert while they were doing it!)
Dylan never likes to be in tune or rhythm
He has Band he doesnt care
Mcguinn looks insane. Have to have huge balls and total confidence to play an original in front of Bob Dylan. She is only female genius that comes to mind. Jaco was perfect bass player for her.
When I contemplate the talent in that room during this session, I get goose bumps!...
And, Joni is 1,000X better than everyone in that room. Another level.
Max Austin, I agree!! 😀
And at Gordon Lightfoot’s house. 💛
Baddest dude in the room no question:
Joni.
I mean. Bob Dylan and Gordon Lightfoot in the same room...
@@coltonnovak1887 She can hang with Dylan’s writing and blow his ass away as a vocalist. She’s a better musician too.
Gotta give it to Joni.
@@touchofdumb haha, sure
@@casperingels2220 Touchofdumb is absolutely right
@@touchofdumb well she doesnt write half as good as Bob though. He doesn't need a fancy voice nor the guitar playing to say what he has to say.
Who wouldn't LOVE Joni Mitchell?
What a gift to have been exposed to her artistry. Sophisticated and intelligent. Beautiful voice. Our generation’s best songwriter in my opinion.
Ahhh, no.
This is Music ROYALTY Here, and Joni is THE QUEEN!
Hejira is my favorite Joni album. It’s hard for me to imagine that I was goofing around in college when this was filmed. I love her!
A window with pure magic on display ..Gordan Lightfoot walking around in the background..amazing song...wow moment
Honestly, we all know it. She's SO on a different plane. Wow. Just wow.
Dylan knows it, too!
She has such expression , the way she emphasizes parts of a line, then changes and finishes the line in a different mood. excellent !
What an evening it must've been! Her chords grab me by my soul. I wish it went on forever. Dylan actually almost looks happy for once.
Even now having listened to joni for best part of the last 50 years I still get goosebumps at the sound of her unique voice
One of her best songs. Her work with Jaco Pastorius belongs to the very best music can offer.
I love her music so much.
My god, Joni Mitchell. What a beautiful energy.
One of the most beautiful beings inside and out..limitless creativity..sensitivity...
This was kind of like a summit of musical geniuses. Gordon (my personal fav of the bunch) was still at the height of powers and this must have been on hell of an evening! :)
Joni Mitchell has that wonderful voice where you can hear her speaking voice in her singing voice and vice versa. She can belt, but she's mostly natural and not trying to show off.
Wow - so great. This tune, Hejira, this era, her music - like a rocket straight to my heart. Thanks, Joni, for the courage and where it took you.
And all of us who adored her magic. ❤️
Joni is the woman ❤ great voice, great songwriting, superb lyrics
Prisoner of white lines
So poetic ❤
They all look so young. Damn you, Old Father Time
"Time is an enemy..."
Gord sportin' a perm -lol
"Time is a great healer, but a lousy beautician,," Welcome Wilson.
This is just fantastic.
The song in the raw.
It’s interesting to feel the (musical) tension of Joni’s fluid guitar phrasing against the mechanical strumming of Dylan (& McGuinn?); they could not find their way into the song: but it still shines through.
Her seamless blend of spoken and sung narration, weaving a personal tale from within the collective experience of the group leaves those around looking rapt (not bored)
A glistening jewel of a performance from Joni
(played with dirty fingernails...)
Jaco would prove to be a much better fit for the song by the time it ended up on record. Hejira is her finest album IMO
I love how Dylan was just so reserved and in the moment. Such a cool song & video.. & lovin' Joni
There is nothing like this song. Brings tears.
she is breathtaking. i love that the male artists of the time has NO CHOICE but to give her her due. She is that talented, she couldn't be held down.
Yes, Joni is breathtaking! But, "held down"? Talent is much appreciated, no matter gender. I've never heard any of my female music colleagues experience what you are insinuating, j v. But, I can tell you that there has been several occasions where I've been at sessions where a woman, got the gig, due to the "she's good for a woman"-policy. I'd hate that, if I was a woman! I've been active mostly in and around Scandinavia. Maybe Your statement applies to where you are from? Keep lovin' Joni!
Stop whingeing and make some music.
We all have hurdles to jump; it is one’s ability to jump them (along with talent of course), that determines one’s success.
One heck of a rhythm guitar player. All of those chord voicings as well. Amazing.
Rolling Thunder Review was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. A friend of mine won tickets and it was a warm up show prior to the tour kicking off, in a small hall in Plymouth, MA (compared to the civic centers). Just a fantastic show! Great performances by all.
@Synchronicity Do you remember the name of the hall in Plymouth? My mom lives a town over and I have walked the small streets of Plymouth wondering which hall it was in Plymouth where the Rolling Thunder Review played 💜
Joni and Bob are two of the best singer song writers of the last 50 years. Pleasure to see them together!
This was very good, I've got to check the movie out. I finally decided to check out some Joni Mitchell because my favorite band, Drivin n Cryin kept mentioning her and her influence. Just discovered her great music a couple of years ago in 2016 at the age of 52, better-late-than-never!
Feat. Gordon Lightfoot on cigarette
I know, haha!
Elsa Wahlstrom knowing when & when not to play is a hard learned lesson. Gordon has nothing to add. So he didn’t.
Probably Joni's ...
Lol
Gold
1968 in a Yorkville coffee house. We were supposed to see some American folk singer - John Denver - never heard of him at the time. He was cancelled, the replacement was some blonde Canadian folk singer with long legs hiding behind a big guitar named Joni Mitchell - never heard of her at the time either. Still remember the experience.
Her phrasing of the lyrics is amazing.
It's a shame that she wasn't recording and younger today...she would have the money and fame that Taylor Swift has today....and on a world scale ..but still she did pretty damn good.for her time and resources that were available..her songs and talent are priceless.and will live on.
Holy shit,...who posted this? Thank you!! priceless!!
OMG, right? Pure gold!!❤❤❤
It’s from the new Dylan “documentary” done by Martin Scorsese - Rolling Thunder review. Check it out. Super good.
@@ChitFromChinola On Netflix
Yup
Must see documentary. Incredible footage.
So wonderful to see something I've never seen before from my favorite singer/songwriter! Love the close up of her lovely face!
So glad to be still living this most beautiful periods. And still enjoying it At 69yrs. Spirit never dies.!
Stunningly beautiful song.
1965 to 1975. A special musical era. Coincidentally, my formative years.
LOVE OF PLANTS 🌻 mine too. How lucky we were!
And include me..But 64/79...I’m lucky and proud.
You're all very lucky. I grew up listening to the tapes, (thank you Dad!) '87 baby here, but great music rang through our halls.
@@mrs.hatfield1451 '76 baby, same here.
@@themaggattack Right on!! I feel like I'm at the butt end of the final "good" years. I would have missed out on tons of great music if it weren't for my folks.
There is no one who could write a song like Joni Mitchell.
Susan Tescione Besides maybe the guy sitting across from her
Spoilt for talent here....
b sos You seem unfamiliar with his larger body of work.
He's not Joni and she's not Bob and neither of them are you. How do ya like them apples?
how about another Canadian Leonard Cohen
She's a national treasure....
It doesn't matter if she is in the big hall at a grand piano or in the living room of a friend.She is just mesmerizing and hypnotizing to my soul.Where will we get the next Gem of invention
The Last Waltz Version was my first time experiencing this song. To hear it again in Rolling Thunder with all the talent in the room expresses how her folk roots were real and true. The song grooves acoustic or with a band, and it tells a story. She and Gordon and Leonard and Neil are proof positive that the Canadians have much to be proud of.
that's where i first heard it and loved it.....have now heard it again here after so many years!
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Can’t think of anyone else who has or had anything close to her talents and artistry. Apart from the amazing voice, harmonic/ melodic ideas and the beautiful lyrics there’s that groove and sense of time. One in a billion.
That much genius in one room, you'd think it would explode.
Wow! Seeing creative genius at work. What could be better!!