Arguably the most important female singer/songwriter of her generation. Joni Mitchell.

Love the look when reactors find the “Original” artist. Don’t hate on us ol’folks

The talent Joni has is second to none. Singer player writer at the highest level!

For a magical time, that golden voice led the nation.

She paints a picture, alright -with words as well as brushes. She also did the artwork for her album covers. She's 80 and only just recently started performing again in public after recovering from a brain aneurysm in 2015. What a genius!

Joni is a genius, and a huge influence on a generation of great songwriters. Keep exploring!

“ There’s something lost yet something gained in living every day.” Joni has some of the most Poignant lyrics. Really appreciate what you said Mugnify, It’s so true! Those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s only had the TV screen. Now we got all kinds of screens. Next Joni song, Woodstock, Live, the performance at this same BBC concert.

Big Yellow Taxi is such a bittersweet anthem for my generation. I've cherished the song since I was a child.

Great song writer with deep thoughts in her lyrics.

When, in concert, someone yelled "Play Taxi again!" Joni laughed and said, "The difference between being a painter and a singer is that no one ever yelled "Paint another Starry Night again!" She was delightful. Check out the timeless song "Circle Game"

Jenny specifically mentions that she wants to be like Joni Mitchell or Joan biaz

her album called Blue is absolutely masterful...

Yeah, not only is she a great singer but a genius songwriter as well. Thank you for this reaction.

Joni was SO good! Just amazing. Thanks for sharing these. 🙂

Do yourself a favor and watch her do Both Sides Now at her televised tribute decades later (2005?). A song she wrote at 22 (?) and performed after she really knew what it meant. Incredible.

I used to get in my Ford F-250, fire up Free Man In Paris and just drive

I love watching your reactions to the old music!!!

Thanks Mugs for your kind words. She was a kind Activist.

That’s a deep observation, brother, I never thought of it like that before. Thanks for that.

as an old man that lived through these times I think your observations are spot on Joni was one of the greatest.

Another popular female folk recording artist that was a contemporary of Joni Mitchell during the ''60's was Judy Collins. Judy collaborated with Stephen Stills one of the founding members of 'Crosby, Stills & Nash 'and released a recording of "Pretty Polly" back in 1968 that has a smooth vibe and flow that might be worth checking out. 🔍🔎💋👠🎭🎤🎸🥁🔉☮🎧

Yes, Joni is the original artist for Big Yellow Taxi. I believe Janet Jackson did a cover of it. Hope you'll check out more Joni, she's one of the most prolific songwriters ever.

Yes, please, more Joni! She is such a massive artist and completely true to her art. She got into a lot of Jazz for a period of time. Some of my favourite songs are Free Man in Paris, Carey, Court and Spark, You Turn me On I'm a radio,, California,.....

This whole concert is a great sampler of Mitchell as she was gaining international fame. She performs "For Free" and "Woodstock" on piano and "California" on dulcimer. Just her on three different instruments, her voice, her lyrics, her compositions. The complete package.

Yes, this is her song, Counting Crows also played it, among many others.

The Baby Boomers really did write the best lyrics and music. I’m ashamed that I never truly stopped to appreciate Joni Mitchell, because she was a bit before my time. I’ve always known who she was, but have really gotten to appreciate her in The past several years now. Great reaction.

Yes she was inspired by Joni Mitchell Jenny's character was definitely inspired❤

🌸 Joni is still kicking around these days

Wow! It’s still mesmerizing to watch this performance by Joni. Loved your reaction and your love for delving into so many types of music.

In that era there were so many kids on stages with guitars trying to communicate. Breaks my heart the places for young people to develop their musical talents are very few.

Big Yellow Taxi was a song she wrote in reaction to her first trip to Hawaii - coming in on the plane she looked down and saw the beauty from the air, but once she was on the ground she was shocked to see the view from the ground and it totally depressed her, so she sat down in the hotel room and wrote what she was feeling to see the natural beauty of the islands buried in a huge tourist trap.

The lyrics speak of a universal spanking, a yanking over the coals of experience, a plodding in the puddle of reality.

Woo hoo we got some Joni on the channel! I’m an official Joni fan, like there’s an actual Joni fan club and we get Updates on how she’s doing, and any of her artwork that goes up for sale. Fun fact about Joni- She consider herself a painter more than a musician. Her artwork is amazing.

She'll put a spell on you..beautiful

Great reaction and really interesting middle talk and reflection. I was very young at the time but the radio was always on in the kitchen... very greatful for that! Thank you!

joni

"Help Me" is my favorite song by Joni!!!!

I watched her biography, and at this time in her life she is genuinely in pain after having to give up her baby and not knowing where her child was.

Deep Well Joni

Extraordinary insight re your comments about the inside/outside generation and how that manifests in music. And all the rest of the arts too.

You got it. You learn about life by experiencing it, which cannot be learned as deeply through electronics & technology.

One of the best singer songwriters of all time. Four suggestions .. Help Me, Woodstock, Free Man in Paris, and Raised on Robbery! Thanks for reacting!

Saw this in my feed, and couldn’t click fast enough.

So true all you said...great reaction thank you

Great analysis of the main difference between the classic era of pop music and that of today. Real experience makes a difference, parents.

River is another great song from her

IT DOES, IT DOES REMIND YOU OF KAREN, THANK YOU THANK YOUUUUUU!!! 💯😊I'VE SAID THAT FOR ( 50 ) YEARS NOW MUGS, IT'S INSANE THEIR VOICES, TRUE ( CONTRALTOS 👍

Joni Michell is another contribution from Canada to the culture of the world. Others include: The Band, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, The Guess Who, Shania Twain, Anne Murray, and many more!

So here's a little tid bit; back in the 60's - early 70's in Toronto (I believe Joni lived in T.O. at the time) a, "big yellow" taxi was a cop car.

Yes.. this is hers. She’s an axing singer and Song writer. .

Great great reaction, think what see are seeing and listening to here are true feelings and life’s experiences and emotions woven into the lyrics in a very pure true way. Peace and love from Australia mate

I was never a fan of the original version of "Both Sides Now" (though it has since grown on me), but I recently discovered the version that Joni recorded in 2000, and that one broke me. What seemed academic or hypothetical in the 1969 version felt gut-wrenchingly REAL in the 2000 one.

Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire

One of my all time favorites from Joni is “For Free”. I hope you will take a listen to it!

Happy for you at your discovery of early Joni Mitchell! 😃 She also composed on/played piano and mountain dulcimer throughout her career. There are many various "styles" within her music over the decades.. folk, "country-ish", blues-influenced, jazz influenced, rock/pop, and even orchestral-backed songs. She is definitely NOT a single-flavor artist! 😍

This is why I follow you.

u think her voice always drove me nuts.beatnick.to each his own .be blessed

I'm 73, and you have a really interesting perspective that rings true to me. But there's something more. Over all, most of our generation was genuinely not materialistic. Of course that's partially because life wasn't as hard as it is now - easier to move in and out of jobs. But we also needed so much less. So many expensive toys now. We had no cell phones, cable service, hulu, netflix, etc etc. All of those subscriptions get expensive, fast. And no Amazon/instant gratification. It takes longer to spend money when you have to walk into a bunch of stores and look around. But regardless of why, being not very materialistic meant that no one expected to be the next viral sensation. You got together with your friends, you wrote the best possible songs critical of the social fabric, and you COULD. No one micromanaging for the best career angle or screening for haters. To me, it's the sheer speed of life that squeezes out the opportunity to think and find truth.

For more jazzy Joni, check out her smash hit “ Help Me”.

I don't think any character in "Forest Gump" was inspired by Joni Mitchell, nor was her music used. But if it helps you to get by, by all means enjoy the feelings that Joni's music incites in you.That's what her music is all about, after all...

Wow! You might be right about Jenny!!! Great observation!

You'd like her 2000 version of Both SIdes Now - an older woman who really understands the words after living life. Also, check out her early and later versions of A Case of You.

Very interesting point about observation and the natural world. Thanks for sharing that interesting insight. A new subscriber! :)

It would be great if more folks would go take a walk

Counting Crows did a really excellent cover of this song.

Love your reactions mate ! Subbed long ago. You’re a real one with a big heart, a keen ear and a true soul. 💜🇦🇺

" Big yellow taxi" refers to Toronto cops.....took away my old man'''

You have got to react to A Case of You! It's great!

Janet Jackson sampled the chorus of "Big Yellow Taxi" for "Got Til It's Gone". I love Janet, but this song is much better.

Very well said and observed bro.

SO BOTH SIDES NOW COMES OFF OF HER ( 69 ) STUDIO ALBUM : CLOUDS 👍😊

She pure like Jinny..

Check out her version of this song with full orchestra in the late 90's. It's a great bookend to the early version,

Check out the album Hejira. As I've grown older, she's moved up to the top of my musical genius list. Amazing. And your thoughts about the music of that era being observational is so insightful. I'd never thought about it, but I think you're right. You can't appreciate nature when you're staring at a screen.

SHE WAS JUST A MERE ( 27 )😮 IN THIS MUGS, SHE'S ( 80 ) SO YOU DO THE MATH! 😊YEAH IT'S HERS, SHE DID IT IN ( 70 ) OFF OF HER STUDIO ALBUM ( LADIES OF THE CANYON ) 👍

I believe she wrote this when she was traveling by plane. My favorite version of this song is one she re-recorded years later. Much more poignant.

YOU GOTTA DO ( WOODSTOCK ) 💯 MUGS, FROM THIS CONCERT, THIS BBC SHOW😊, SHE TELLS A SHORT STORY BEFORE SHE GOES INTO IT, IT'S AMAZINGGGG MUGS! 👍

React to her singing Woodstock

Jenny wanted to be Joni.

Check out her BLUE album.

no backup, no drums, no bass, etc...just pure simple music!

1969 August 12th I love Joni Mitchell can you find some more folk songs there's a folk song by Woody Guthrie I'm sticking to the union can't afford your coffee or doughnuts I know you'll love them I know you love this song anyway😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

try A Case of You, River, Carey, or pretty much any other Joni song; you wont be dissapoited.

Help me, and a case of you are great choices.

You'd never know she had health problems when she recorded this.

Check out "The Dawntreader"

She had polio as a child (born just before the vaccine was invented) and so could not play usual guitar tunings and chords, so she invented her own.

There are no women like this today.😊

HEY MUGS!!!😊DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTERRRR THAN ( KAREN CARPENTER & JONI MITCHELL ) 💯WAY TO GO MAN! 👍

😂 omg as much as I love you, the character Jenny is not based off of Joni Mitchell. Joni had a normal life with the drama and trauma.

Sang is the past tense of sing. What was the problem with the grammar?

Taylor Swift my arse!!!!

hey dude it's no about you it's about Joni

Joni Mitchel was something ... Big Yellow Taxi is such an iconic song. Great choice, my friend, And this is that sweet femininity that we miss so much today. Joni was a prolific songwriter ... Amazing what wonders you find when you go back to the originals. Your delight is wonderful and makes me happy. Thanks, my friend. You put a big smile on this old guy's face!