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She just sang at the 2024 Grammys last month. 80 years old and it was amazing.

It’s hard not to get emotional with the latter version. She is looking at life from a different perspective. ❤️

Joni's first-ever performance at this year's Grammy Awards is also very emotional. It felt like both a hello and good-bye.

OMG, I'm at a loss for words... my eyes are filled with tears... how wonderful.

Love that you are showing both of these Joni performances. She is so special. David Crosby called her a genius and I agree. What a poet. What a sage.

Joni had an aneurysm in 2018 and had to relearn to speak, walk, and other actions - she has learned to walk 3 times in her life. Once as an infant, 2nd after she recovered from polio, then lastly after her aneurysm. She made an incredible comeback from the aneurysm and won the Grammy for Best Folk Album this year for her performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 2022. She performed this song at Newport and it was sublime ❤‍🩹 her medical assistant was on stage with her, along with many other friends, and the stage was set up like Joni's living room to try and help her remember lyrics easier I suppose.

It is nice that you admired the "cover art". Joni is a painter and that cover is one of her self-portraits. Her paintings are on many other releases as well.

Same song sung differently because of passing years and circumstances. Brilliant.

lol yes I’m the genius behind this request 😂 please direct praise this way 😂😂

I joined the Joni Mitchell cult in 1970. The members dove right into her songs, lyrics and voice. She was our musical goddess.

Joni Mitchell is an icon. "Free Man in Paris" is an amazing song by Joni Mitchell.

The first version wasn't the strongest one I've heard- the one they played on the radio in the early 70's was more rhythmic. The second version had me in tears. I've never seen it before and am in awe. Makes me proud to be a fellow Saskatchewanite.

There's one other version you should check out for emotional power. It's Joni and friends at the Newport Jazz Festival after an aneurysm that initially took her speech and movement. Musicians both superstars and unknowns would go to her house and jam. After a while, Joni started singing. Brandi Carlisle arranged a Joni Jam under the cover of her set. Joni sang this song and others witha recovering voice with the support of old and young musical friends. The whole concert wasincredibly moving.

They played her more recent, slower version in the movie Love Actually when one of the characters realized her husband had been emotionally cheating on her (Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman). It was totally heartbreaking. I agree. I think the 2nd version is more impactful and I actually prefer her older, matured voice.

I really love your reactions to soulful music, whoever the artist. You let yourself really feel it and your eyes holding back tears shows that you get it, right in the heart. Good for you. I'm just turned 77 so almost Joni's age - one of the favourite songs of both my youth and twilight years. Thank you 😊

Just beautiful … you should list to her album “Blue”

For me personally (having grown up with Joni) that second performance is the greatest performance I have ever heard and I want it played at my funeral.

A life long smoker made her voice deeper but she is still a profound singer. Her lyrics and emotions are so powerful. I just watched a documentary about Laurel Canyon and the residents of the 1960s and learned so much about her. What a life she's lived...and her painting is incredibly good. What a beautiful talent.

On a rainy day, several of us teenagers would hang out in this mansion’s big, huge, great room, and listen to Joni Mitchell all day long while, we put together puzzles, different things like that. What a great memory! Thanks for your reaction! 💕🤟

Joni started out in Folk, then dropped into Pop for a bit and then drifted into Jazz. She eventually made an album collaborating with Jazz great Charles Mingus. I saw her 4 times over the years, each one a cherished memory. For another stellar performance check out "Amelia" from the Santa Barbra Bowl, 1979 video.

Joni Mitchell is amazing. The album Blue is definitely in my top 10.

I have been a Joni fan for most of my life. I loved the first version of this song for many years, it was hopeful and wise beyond her years at the time that she wrote and performed it. But when the 2nd version came out it resonated so deeply. It's so world-wise, and poignant and that's where I was in my life when that version came out. It will always be my favorite of the two.

Oh boy. You are trying to kill us, aren't you? Joni Mitchell is one of THOSE artists who are so poetic and musical and personal. They bandy about the word "genius" too much, but Joni really is one of the annointed.

Love Joni! One can tell from the first version to the second, Joni had lived and her untold stories into life and love had matured to “both sides now”. Moved me beyond comprehension and yet there she is , still loving the clouds that got in her way. Thank you for sharing! ❤

Thank you for this Salvo. I’ve asked for this a few times, ever since I heard the newer one. A few years, a few tears and a very eventful life between the performances. Listening to the second one had me weeping. Every emotion, all the pain lived through and learned from is heard in her voice. Love this…love her!! ❤

This song is on my playlist almost daily. I like the studio version, and the picture on the cover Joni painted of herself...she's a great artist.

For even more emotional gravitas check out her doing this at the Newport Festival last year. Her journey is so inspiring

What a great idea to have both sides of Both Sides Now. And I concur entirely. The older, wiser, Joni was a far better rare wine. "Circle Game" is a similar and perhaps even better classic from the Queen. The live version from "Miles of Aisles" has a cool intro, and is a bit of a singalong.

The second rendition is my favorite. It just has so much depth to it. A life lived translated through song.

This song gets better and better as she ages.

Joni Mitchell is a whole mood. Great reaction!

As others did, I would also suggest you give a listen to Joni performing Both Sides Now at the most recent Grammy Awards. It was a beautiful moment and MY ABSOLUTE HONOR to watch what may be (for all intents and purposes) her final performance.

When Joni sang this and A Case of You with Brandi Carlile and friends at the stunning Gorge amphitheater in Washington state we all collectively wept. It was like living a miracle to see this glorious woman perform. The show lasted hours. It was incredible, one of the most moving events of my life. I’ll be forever blessed to have been there

Sobbing. A gift to the world.

Good choice, Liv!! 😁

The elder version gives me the chills, its like she's looking through a smoke screen of the passage of time, at the defining moments of her life, all the emotions she experienced .... The feelings you experienced at the defining moments of your life will haunt you everytime you recall those moments at an older age ... you may cringe, or shed a tear, or feel those shame sadness regret joys etc all over again but with a tinge of something else depending on where you emotionally are now .... looking back at things is an individual experience ... the song captures that "something extra" you feel with looking back ... This is a haunting song, regardless of what you may feel when listening to it, the song captures the essence of aging ....

Queen of the prairies. I grew up on Joni's music (my mom was a folk-artists in the '60s).

❤This is my favorite Joni Mitchell song and then Big Yellow Taxi. These seem like simple songs but they stand the test of time and still resonate today. She is one of the best ever song writers. I think she is number 9 on Rolling Stone's list of Top 100 Song Writers.

I love Joni - her earliest songs, and her middle years, and later years. All different, but all amazing. Her voice had changed so much mostly because she's been almost a chain-smoker her whole adult life.

Joni Mitchell is indeed outstanding. She told us a profound lesson.

The 2000 version is hauntingly beautiful, accompanied with the orchestra. ❤

In this era of overnight pop stars I find myself wanting to go back to real artists like Joni Mitchell and the music of the 70s and 80s. The time of great bands and true artists…with no dancers or autotune. Those were the days.

You should also compare these two performances with 80-year-old, recovered from a brain aneurysm, learned how to walk/talk/sing all over again, but still completely masterful Joni Mitchell performing this same song and giving us her wisdom at the 2024 Grammys: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adRkl65quZbDln0.html I promise, you will be STUNNED!

Please listen to the studio version of the slower one. It is OUTSTANDING. 😊

The second version tears my heart out every time. 😢

So glad you did both together!!!

I prefer the second version. Slower tempo, beautiful arrangement, more mature voice. It's a totally different song than the first one. I literally cry every time I hear it. It speaks to the soul.

I prefer the original to sing with, but the second makes me cry every single time. Both are a welcome additions to my life for which im so very thankful :’). Is there a more honest and elegant line than “well something’s lost, but something’s gained, in living every day”?

A boyfriend gave me the album "Blue " in 1973 and I've been an ardent fan ever since. Her musicianship, singing and art is superb.

Probably one of the most profound song lyrics ever written and amazing reinterpretation of her song.

Such a unique way of singing. No wonder she gravitated to jazz.

Robert Wyatt (of Soft Machine ,++) in a recent BBC interview said that yes, now she really understands this song. In folk song traditions you are not allowed to sing a song until you have a bit of living under your belt. You are spot on when you said "joyous", that is the final test of great music.

Hurt So Bad and also How Do I Make You are both fabulous. Honestly everything Linda ever sang was great

Judy Collins's 1967 radio version reminds me of Robert F Kennedy's assassination. I lived just miles away at the time of the event.

This song and landslide are both amazing to listen to at various stages in the songwriter’s lives. Impactful in different ways through the years.

I had a playlist on Spotify pairing the originals of several Joni songs with her covers of them on two later albums. It is fascinating to listen to them side by side. There's a difference, and the original "young" version stands on its own, filled with a wisdom beyond her years, and then is complemented by the later version, filled with the depth of experience (not to mention the loss of her soaring soprano with age and years of smoking, causing her to explore new ways to convey the melody). She is an amazing artist. BTW, you can also find her singing this at the GRAMMY awards this year, for an even later rendition.

A true artist in every sense of the word

I preferred the later version and in fact all of that album. I tend to prefer singers in their later years when life has seasoned them a little. Billie Holiday and Etta James come to mind as examples. Of course, I'm 74 so no big surprise there.

You HAVE to react to her singing “The River”. You will be blown away

Thank you. I've so wanted a reactor to do both the young version and the seasoned version. As I've aged, things have changed

The song and Joni are both amazing. She killed me at the Grammys

Joni was an artist before she was a singer. She used painting terms to describe the ending of her affair with Graham Nash in one of her songs from Blue: A Case of You. She wrote several songs that used painting terms. She said she sings her sorrow and paints her joy. Graham wrote songs about her. Neil Young wrote a song for Graham Nash about Joni to help him get over her. There have been dozens of songs written about Joni. The song Blue is about James Taylor. Joni is such an interesting person with an interesting perspective on her life and relationships.

When Joni's "Blue" album came out I was visiting friends & due to the amount of people there didn't really take it in when they played it to me. Later that night when everyone else was asleep, I put the album on their Mono record player & lay on the floor with my head to the, tinny, speakers & listened to both sides ( ) & fell in love with this wonderful poet who weaved her words into beautiful melodies. I still love Joni's music & soul today, especially the "Blue" album, which is my number 1 all time album.

ive watched so many of your videos for some time now. this is by far my absolute favourite reaction of yours. very good choice mate. Cheers! brilliant idea to show both! just aye!

That lovely cover art on “ Clouds” is her own self portrait

🇬🇧 Both versions are great, its just a beautiful song. But the latter one makes me very teary, it just had that little extra something. ❤💔🎼✨🎶

Goodness Gracious...Love seeing you get emotional with tears streaming down your face. Good for you. You are Human. Celebrate it 🎉🎉🎉🎉

As you featured both sides now thru the years, you need to review 2024 Grammy performance. Personally I love this recent performance even more. Throughly enjoy your reactions.

You should see her performances with Brandi Carlile. That smile is still as bright as ever.

this song was used in a movie titled: love is all around - and the show was little after.

The song is a masterpiece

Beautiful. I’ve always adored Joni Mitchell. ❤

Really like the first version, absolutely love the second version of this great song.

You have to have enormous musical and meaning-making power to enthrall an audience with voice and acoustic guitar alone.

Oh, you really must add to this by listening to her at the Grammies this year singing this at 80.

Her later version is by far my favorite. Deep, poignant, wise, beautiful.

**BeautifulFreeSpiritedExceptionallyGiftedJoniMitchell** The **Spark** in the **Eyes** of SO many of that eras MOST **FantasticalMusicians** heh She is a **LovelyBeing** ALL around & i am envious of ALL the beings who got to hang out with her **Painting** & **CreatingMasterpieces** & all being so very **Creative** cuz of **Her** indeed man **GoodTimes** sigh...Where IS that confounded **Time Machine** already!

Bravo. Thank you. You know she is such a good teacher AND JUST DEMONSTRATED BEAUTIFULLY -> it is HOW you use your paint brush that makes ALL the difference.

You have to watch her latest version at age 80 on the Grammy Awards Show 2024

Liv and let Liv!! Great choices! Peace 🕊️☮️

Pay attention to her novel rhythmic approach in this performance.

I remember when I first listened to this song in my life and my reaction was just like yours. It's a profoundly moving song. And I also prefer the 2000 performance.

Thank you! What a marvelous idea to compare the two performances!

Joni Mitchell's album "Blue" is arguably the best album ever made. Neil Young agrees

Joni is a legend upon legends. I loved all her first six or seven albums and even some of her later works. Try some of her lesser known tunes like Harry’s House or a great one called Free Man In Paris or Raised on Robbery!

I just saw my life pass by.

I do love your reactions. Ty and i am happy young people are exploring my era of music.

Joni is amazing. Her Blue album is 🤌🤌🤌. "A Case of You" might be my favorite song of hers. Brandi Carlisle did a cover of it that is also top notch.

Joni uses alternate tunings on her guitar do to a weakness in her left hand due to contracting polio as a child. If you watch you’ll see she never uses bar chords

Beautiful reaction!!

I think her later version is so much better - an older woman who has lived life and really understands meaning behind the words.

Judy Collins does a really nice cover.

Salvo please take a look at at her recent version from Newport Jazz. She’d suffered a stroke and this was so damn great 🥰

I saw in the “older Joni” performance when the tear-prick hit you. Yea. Me too friend

Such a great performance and reaction ❤

All album covers are Jonis paitings she won 2 grammys for the art!!

Another great review! SalvoG can you please explain again how to check out your Ambient Sounds channel? I tried to find it but haven't been successful. Thank you 😊

Profound.. yes, that's an excellent description! 🥰

Really enjoyed that Thanks