At 67, I still really don’t know clouds, love or life. Nor does anyone else. As a very young woman, Joni understood how little we understand about most things. And the lyrics. “Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air. And feather canyons everywhere, I looked at clouds that way. But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone. So many things I could have done, but clouds got in my way.” The greatest of literary art. Maybe SHE should have gotten a Nobel Prize for literature.
@ronaldjaybelin5208 ай бұрын
No, she just had no qualms making cash from depression
@CatherineSTodd2 ай бұрын
@@ronaldjaybelin520 : that's about the meanest thing I've ever read about anyone's songs. Shame on you.
@anthonykennett2161Ай бұрын
Life, lives & all so much more can be so cruel harsh & hard, did or was Joni herself that or so very happy? She's a lively soul or simply human.
@wallihaley5194Ай бұрын
@@ronaldjaybelin520, except her music genius is not to be denied in spite of her depression. I have been listening to her music since I was 16, and I am 70 now, and I treasure her music still.
@markhoffman22374 ай бұрын
A lot of music from 55 years ago hasn't aged well. Joni's sure has. When I first heard these songs all those decades ago, I thought they were heartbreaking works of staggering genius. I still think that. I've never heard more perfectly constructed, performed, and produced songs than Tin Angel, Roses Blue, The Gallery, That Song About the Midway, Clouds, and Songs to Aging Children Come. Those songs are among the reasons why her old friend Neil Young recently said, "She might be the greatest artist of our time." This album is the gold standard for singer-songwriter music.
@johnbowers11184 ай бұрын
YES!!!!
@madraven079 ай бұрын
For non Canadians, the cover art is of course by Joni depicting her home province of Saskatchewan with the skyline of Saskatoon (the old railway hotel, the Bessborough, predominates) and Joni holding a prairie lily, the provincial flower of her home province.
@frankandrews10052 ай бұрын
I never gave it a thought so "thank you" for that anecdote!
@mykebryan82996 ай бұрын
Just watched Joni perform Both Sides at 8y/o at the Grammys. Now knowing that she wrote this at 23 really brings me deep appreciation and reflection on life. What a fantastic artist.
@tomgebarowski81566 ай бұрын
Wasn't that wonderful? She is 80 now and a recovering from a stroke. But hopefully her performance educated all the newer musicians present to write & sing songs from now on that have both style AND substance. Too much meaningless diva crap now, or " in your face" rap/hip hop, etc. Bring back real music.
@tomgebarowski81566 ай бұрын
I thought her performance & Tracey Chapman replaying acoustic masterpiece Fast Car for us with Luke Bryan, we're the two best performances of the night at this year's Grammy Awards!❤
@MilanRob Жыл бұрын
This is definitely one of the most beautiful albums in music history.
@dawnmatzinger7187 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@bestpossibleworld2091 Жыл бұрын
Joni was so talented as a lyricist, singer and musician that this album has sold millions and yet critics were and are in awe of how she spellbinds the listener.
@The_Promiseland2 жыл бұрын
We love you Joni!
@wolfdudercp Жыл бұрын
I am 60 years old and I remember my mom playing this album and other folk albums while getting ready for work in the morning. Still love all this to this day! Joni is a great melodic storyteller.
@titrasheuz Жыл бұрын
Well, born in 1987, I was not even a though when this album was release, but discovering this masterpiece at 36 is a blessing. Even if it's 2023. Real great music and pure talent flies over time
@ginajones232811 ай бұрын
🏹⭐💟
@STREET_ARTISTS2 жыл бұрын
The chord progressions on some songs on this album are so sophisticated, they leave you in a state of quiet rapture. Joni called them chords of inquiry. She was trying to solve her own life troubles through music. I will never forget what I felt the first time hearing 'Songs to Aging Children Come', one of her most underappreciated songs of her back catalogue. It was like witnessing a young sage putting to music some universal truth for all the lucky listeners out there.
@BrotherAngstrom Жыл бұрын
Yes! I really like the spooky vibe on Songs to Aging Children. It could be a Halloween song.
@scottclute9910 Жыл бұрын
Before the rapture.....
@susangreenup4295 Жыл бұрын
The minor chord progressions in Roses Blue are unique and haunting. Joni is a true master of musicality.
@droses1600 Жыл бұрын
*sophisticated (Obviously you're not literate enough to know this word.)
@STREET_ARTISTS11 ай бұрын
@@droses1600 Well, if you, like me, could make a conversation in 6 languages, surely this mistake could be overlooked. By the way, English is not my first language. Obviously. But thank you for the correction.
@amyweiss99516 ай бұрын
It was such a pleasure to see Joni at the Grammy's last night. I have been listening to her music for over 50 years. This was the first album I bought of her. I had scratches on it because I played it over and over. What an amazing singer/songwriter she is. Her lyrics are brilliant and the music is beautiful and soothing with such deep meaning. She has been a guiding light for all new singer/songwriters. Thank you for sharing your music all these years.
@pieter57376 ай бұрын
Best song of the night. She's amazing.
@anneminneapolis5368 Жыл бұрын
As a teen in the 1960s and early 70s while sitting in my bedroom - I listened to albums by Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro over and over and over again, singing along with them both, opening my heart to their poetry, music, art, energy - I am ever so grateful I still know the words and am singing along with them today for they are cellular, continously with me, a part of me forever and ever. Joni, I hold your shamanic messages and intricate chords within my heart. Thank you for showing us how it can be done. You and Laura are truly neverending gifts to humankind. Peace and beauty be with you.
@theodekker7688 Жыл бұрын
Personaly I think Joni Mitchell isn't comparible with anyone : she 's an entity. A world on it's own : complex and indeed shaminic but also down to earth vulnarible and poëtic. A universel truth.
@wallihaley5194Ай бұрын
Oh thank you so much for mentioning that other musical genius: Laura Nyro!!
@DJK31152 жыл бұрын
Thank you then. Thank you now. Thank you always.
@Godwinpounds43332 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
@hibryd7481 Жыл бұрын
I've always held that Both Sides Now may be the greatest song of all time, I don't know how I managed to miss the album for so long. I thought BSN couldn't be improved, but the album creates an amazing stage for it to resonate off of, it really brings out all the songs shades and flourishes. The thing I love about Joni is that much of her music is quiet melancholy, but it's not a detached melancholia; it stems from genuinely good times now past, but times she remembers how to savor and celebrate. Too many of us with melancholy dispositions, having been burned by one too many a sun since set, refuse to go outside on beautiful days and just mope around despite opportunities to do otherwise :/
@adoseofreality8287 Жыл бұрын
I bought this album when it was first released in 1969 because I was intrigued by her self portrait on the cover. Little did I know the beauty it contained within, beautiful then beautiful now. I still have that original album.
@hansemannluchter643 Жыл бұрын
I heard that album when it was released . I was 3 years old, Hippie-breed. Joni is the greatest EVER!
@haleyc99 Жыл бұрын
Though I haven't listened to this album for at least 20 years, I find myself humming and singing along with uncanny recall. I'd no idea they were so lovingly committed to memory, and I'm grateful to find them still so accessible to me.
@giorgib2 жыл бұрын
I drift back. to Chelsea. Alone in someone else's living room with my troubles, sadness, and pain. Somehow, I never learned to run from drama and trauma. All these years later I sit at my computer working on my music that I abandoned so long ago, I like to think that it doesn't hurt like it did back then to listen to Joni. Big hugs to everyone, Giorgib
@pjnox67792 жыл бұрын
Good luck with your music. It is wonderful that you have gotten back to it; it is never to late to work on one's art.
@tonyqunta32 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant musically and lyrically. Devoid of cliches. A true artist. Genre defying and unique. We shall never witness the like again. ❤
@bestpossibleworld2091 Жыл бұрын
By the way, it is a great statement to say her lyrics are absolutely devoid of cliches. It is also fascnating to read the comments. Joni draws a very articulate following.
@GuillermoElan2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for publishing these full albums of dear Joni. They are like fresh rain drops from heaven to me ❤ Thank you, Joni 💞
@Thatpinksopretty Жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell's discography is like I found a rare pearl inside an oyster.
@gregcugola779 Жыл бұрын
More relevant now, Than then. We have the hindsight of time, And what time did to us all. We have reflection, Of what was, What could have been, Of what is. Such peace and joy. Giving me goosebumps. A time machine. Take me away.....
@nllleonard2 жыл бұрын
A delight to visit these beloved long-familiar tunes this morning! I join the rest in offering my "thank you's" to Joni! And the album cover is also amazing!
@hathi4442 жыл бұрын
Yes but was your morning a Chelsea morning? 😉
@ThaiThom2 жыл бұрын
Album cover painted by Joni Mitchell of course.
@nllleonard2 жыл бұрын
@@ThaiThom Of course!
@stephankramny63002 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I can float in this for a while. Thank you Lord for Joni. What a marvelous talent and lovely person.
@phildavison91002 жыл бұрын
Two most influential poets/singers/songwriters/philosophers in my (so far) 75-year life. Bobby and Joni. Might have ended it all 50 years ago but for you both.
@1999bmwm3baby Жыл бұрын
This is a remarkable artist from the era of folk...
@gailmatthews9394 ай бұрын
some of her her songs still bring tears after all this time
@BuffaloC3052 жыл бұрын
Definitely an album that inspired generations of open-tuned acoustics.
@The333Wanderer2 жыл бұрын
Joni is God’s Angel of music.
@tonyreilley2842 Жыл бұрын
God gave her incredible talent, beauty, and the gift of Laurel Canyon, a place and time that will never be matched as a cradle of creativity. Sweet Joni of Saskatoon. I always loved you.
@tomgebarowski81566 ай бұрын
Yes, there was magic in this woman, and in the hills of Laurel Canyon..God given magic. I truly believe that!
@grokeffer62262 жыл бұрын
I love this album. I hope Miss Mitchell is doing well today. I Think I Understand is one of my favorite songs. Fear really is like a wilder land. 😑
@currawongs2 жыл бұрын
The sound quality is so much better than what came out of the speakers in the seventies.
@peterdonald802212 күн бұрын
Joni Mitchell is a musical genius, singer, songwriter, lyricist, musician, poet and performer that can be compared to no-one else!! l saw her in Australia in 1986, and her unique style stays in my memory like it was last night!!
@Ileah Жыл бұрын
Many years ago I used to sing "That Song About the Midway" on my way home from work. There was this one stoplight that kept you in place for a good wee while, so you needed something to do. Joni's song gave me something to look forward to for that drive home--not to mention, that drive through life, itself. Such a gift, and such a genius she is!
@danielsmith1187 Жыл бұрын
Apparently she wrote that song when she was dating David Crosby and found out he cheated on her. She sang it at a party in front of all their friends and everyone knew what was going on in the song...bye bye Dave
@Ileah Жыл бұрын
@@danielsmith1187 , isn't that an indication of her genius? Even hurt and angry, she lets him know in a song that resonates to many other people. For me it was just being tired after a gruelling day's work, yet that redlight ritual helped bring renewal so that I could greet my cats with greater joy when I got home.
@purrsephone29042 жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell had such an impact on my life. Thank you.
@layaraujo9980 Жыл бұрын
I'm from Brazil and never heard about Joni before until I see this is us and I loved it ❤ I can feel myself in a place and age I never been. I just can't explain ... Just feel
@colorcolor1264 Жыл бұрын
Grazie per queste melodie. Io non conosco l'inglese, devo leggere la traduzione. Conosco Joni Mitchell dall'età di 15 anni, ora ho 57 anni, è devo scrivere che quando ascolto Joni Mitchell, la sua melodia musicale è vocale mi trasporta in un mondo di un fascino fiabesco !!
@colorcolor1264 Жыл бұрын
Grazie Joni per un momento di melodia molto piacevole !!!
@tammyholbrook6712 Жыл бұрын
I’m 54 and just now discovering her magnificent artistry… and I am Canadian
@michaelmishaw3 ай бұрын
I feel the same. Her songs enchanted me way back then (I was 18), and they enchant me as much now at age 62. Viva Joni!🎉
@rubinhoperlmutter1282 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Joni ,for all your songs .
@youdee7105 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful, the music of our youth which was painful with broken love affairs. At 16/17 it was the end of the world wasn't it? The innocence of youth eh. Now at 71 I understand these songs more.
@janisnduli9691 Жыл бұрын
Tin Angel is the perfect start to this album - always startles me at the start, then I chill back and just absorb the rest of the music 🥰
@reekashade6 ай бұрын
Ageless music/lyrics that like fine wine just get better with age…& more meaningful.❤️
@angie808.5 ай бұрын
I discovered this album in my dad's record collection when I was about 14 or so. I really liked it. I still do. It hits much differently at 59.❤
@williambradfordbaldwin4386 Жыл бұрын
She paints a story for your mind with beautiful words and colorful sound......
@flea7510 Жыл бұрын
I love everything about Joni. She was a huge part of my childhood growing up in Berkeley, the early 70s. Keep blessing us all with you just the way you are.
@nowthenzen2 жыл бұрын
just a girl and a guitar and a masterpiece
@no59do562 жыл бұрын
Always impressed with all the tunings Joni used on guitar
@stevenrasmussen2826 Жыл бұрын
What a gift! So nice to have these whole albums that Joni herself has posted-- I've been a devotee for decades--bless her.
@MTCinha2 жыл бұрын
Love Love love, Joni Mitchell ❣️ Wonderful 🎵🌹🌹🎵
@ThaiThom2 жыл бұрын
My favorite Joni album. Hypnotic and beautiful - like the artist!
@philhenry23382 жыл бұрын
Nothing and nobody comes close to this .... xxxxx
@kermit3421 Жыл бұрын
Clouds has always been my favorite Joni album. Probably because it was the first one I heard by her. I was 14 years old(1970) and a self taught guitar player and was pretty good at listening to a song and learning how to play it. I could not touch this! I loved how she made the guitar sound but I had no idea about the open tuning. It was not until much later in life that I found out and really began to appreciate her genius both lyrically and musically. She also paints most of the covers! I mean "Come on"! It is almost a must to have the lyrics in front of you while listening to this masterpiece. The subtle reference to the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz who was missing his heart in Tin Angel is just crazy good! Chelsea Morning's lines "A song outside my window and the traffic wrote the words." " Won't you stay? We'll put on the day and wear it 'til the night comes." "The sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses"! She writes about simple everyday things that we all take for granted in such a way that makes you appreciate them more! Every single song is great on this album! It won the Grammy for best Folk album but as others have stated I do not "hear it" as Folk. It is a genre of it's own and created by this "living miracle" of a person whom we all know as Joni! There will never be another!
@eldorado852Ай бұрын
So unconventional. No one else writes like her. Or has ever.
@BWV528andante2 жыл бұрын
Grazie Mississ Jony, your music crossing the Ocean came to me many years ago and let me to’ grow as a dreamer....thanks
@Stick-a-fork-in-Gmorks-tort2 жыл бұрын
❤her entire catalog.
@susiefairfield72182 жыл бұрын
❤️🔥thank you for sharing this 🌾🌿🌾🌼🍂🍃🍁🌿🌬️🍃 Varnished weeds in window jars Tarnished beads on tapestries Kept in satin boxes are Reflections of love's memories Letters from across the seas Roses dipped in sealing wax Valentines and maple leaves Tucked into a paperback Guess I'll throw them all away I found someone to love today Dark with darker moods is he Not a golden Prince who's come Through columbines and wizardry To talk of castles in the sun Still, I'll take a chance and see I found someone to love today There's a sorrow in his eyes Like the angel made of tin What will happen if I try To place another heart in him In a Bleeker Street cafe I found someone to love today I found someone to love today ❤️⚡👁️
@dawnmatzinger7187 Жыл бұрын
That poetry!...It is so unbelievably good!
@mtnvalley92982 жыл бұрын
Hey! Thanks Joni! I love you dear!
@Demasiocorazon2 жыл бұрын
Ein Strassenmusiker kam in unserem Stadtpark vorbei und spielte dieses betörende Lied. Ich war wohl 15 das muss so um 1974 gewesen sein. Dein schönstes Album ist Hissing of summer lawn.
@VladimirCigrin2 жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell мы любим ваше творчество. Оно прекрасно. Спасибо мирозданию за такой подарок нам - Joni Mitchell
@donnicholas75522 жыл бұрын
Sweet Joni! ❤️❤️❤️
@2uconner Жыл бұрын
Wow we were so lucky to have her theres no one like her in this time ...❤❤❤
@solerso68 Жыл бұрын
One of the few perfect albums
@grazianotumiatti6477 Жыл бұрын
I have bumped into this singer because of Tom Waits Group. It has been so lovely for me hear such a beautiful lyrics because I'm falling in love another time at 55 years old .
@caramason562 жыл бұрын
Beautiful music artist and voice ❤️
@Godwinpounds43332 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
@robbpowell1942 жыл бұрын
. This album is exquisites. As a hometown boy, I appreciate the lily
@pinkstrad Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest musicians of all time
@JillFerguson-yq5if6 ай бұрын
Music is a Time Machine . I find it amazing.
@RaymondHogue11112 жыл бұрын
I so appreciate your music throughout my life. You are wonderful 😊
@rocknrollhippy7716 ай бұрын
What a wonderful album this is. Found it in my Ma's small vinyl collection when i was a nipper. Ma have me Joni, Cat Stevens , Dylan and the Stones. Dad gave me Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and Ben Webster. Found rock n roll myself😂it all counts, it a real blessing to have grown up with music this good❤
@cultureconnection2745 Жыл бұрын
Timeless Beauty. Thank you Joni!
@user-ib9zm5kf3m2 жыл бұрын
Jonny Mitchell super good luck. Благодарю за прекрасное исполнение. Всех благ Вам.
@betsyowers2835 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love her vibrato.. haunting..
@otaviosegala2 жыл бұрын
Esta Artista é maravilhosa. Um expoente raro da Arte no mundo, em nossas vidas. Sua Arte visita nossas Mônadas. Luz! (osegala, brazilian composer)
@suzyharthcock79132 жыл бұрын
Ahhh, Joni, my fine old pal, love this music and you so much, fifty some years on from The Grove and the Flick, and Jasmine and BayBreeze, bookstores, antique shops and sailboats…and of course wonderful music, I still love you, wish you well , wish you peace, wish you light and so much love . Suzy Bookstore😘🌷🪷💜🎶🐋🌙😕
@robertzeek4020 Жыл бұрын
With the resurgence of roots/Americana this album sounds brand, spankin' new.
@jeffschudel4529 Жыл бұрын
I enjoy this album like everyone else does, but hearing Joni sing Both Sides Now 40 years after she originally recorded it is a masterpiece separate from all her other great work. It is a story near the end of a journey, IMO.
@hansemannluchter643 Жыл бұрын
😢.. I was raised on CSN&Y, His Bobness, Lennon etc. Joni is just on another level..
@cherlynn4777 Жыл бұрын
@jeffschudel4529 Yes, Exactly, I agree. Melancholy Memories today. My heart aches today for the memories of past with my 4 Children, especially the Huge Loss 3 years ago of my youngest Son (28), and my Dad (79), and my younger Brother (52).😪💔💔💔😢
@peterstudley1804 Жыл бұрын
54 years after clouds released, may 1969.
@sabrielmoon Жыл бұрын
Tin Angel 😭💙
@SharronElliott-dv4uh10 ай бұрын
Thank you for being here for me young. Classic never disappears
@Lifeatacertainage28 күн бұрын
Listening to my album now. 2024.
@chrissyburns3920 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading your album Joni!!!
@artistlovepeace2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting the entire album. My favorites are this one and the next three or four... esp. The Hissing of Summer Lawns. My dad had the record and it was unplayed... which mean it sounded so good when I played it on every format since the first record.
@theresaamandola76762 жыл бұрын
Lovely music. Lifetime ago ❤️
@soulvaccination8679 Жыл бұрын
I feel that Joni is the greatest singer-songwriter poet of all time. Next is David Crosby.
@rohling9707 Жыл бұрын
8>8>8>8>8> Thank you Joni
@danielsmith1187 Жыл бұрын
These wonderful snippets/glimpses of life by this genius over the decades... people lost: Marcie, Furry Sings The Blues, Sunny Sunday, Two Grey Rooms and the haunting Last Chance Lost.
@francescasetaro66792 жыл бұрын
mesmerizing
@user-ru8pv4bm3b11 ай бұрын
I listened so rapt and entranced then that I still sometimes wake up with her songs.
@anabeatrizmoralescornejo7548 Жыл бұрын
Simplemente maravillosa joni mitchell
@joaomarcoslacerda3077 Жыл бұрын
So amazing
@marvusparvus2 жыл бұрын
warm and thankful hugs yall xxx
@billmcnabb1037Ай бұрын
Laurel Canyon had a special quirk that cause all this music. I lived the 70’s and remember some of it. I saw Joni twice in my life. Classy lady ✌🏼
@cynthiabinder37302 жыл бұрын
Chelsea morning 🌄 💙 🧿🧿❤ 💕 guitar, oh no electricity needed.😏 Great song 🎵 recess for the mind . 🤓
@yiqo3508 Жыл бұрын
Exquisitely beautiful songs
@MegaCirse2 жыл бұрын
C'était les offres de cet ancien monde sauvage > vivre, partager, s'occuper, s'amuser et vivre ensemble. Malheureusement, nous avons été tellement concentrés sur le changement d'époque que nous n'avons pas eu le temps ou la conscience de s'organiser. Cependant l'esprit est toujours là, en attendant d'être reconnu et conscientisé encore et encore jusqu'à ce qu'il soit partout en élévation vers le Paradis des utopistes et autres rêveurs inconscients 🥳😏
@garysimpson38302 жыл бұрын
Simply the best…
@mikeg2924 Жыл бұрын
Great audio, sounds even better than my original cd.
@dathvader662 жыл бұрын
조니 미첼은 신이야
@PerryCJamesUK6 ай бұрын
What an album! Perfection.
@czarnpg24 күн бұрын
What a strong expression❤
@FreeFree-ur4zq5 ай бұрын
Never heard this album before. This is fantastic ❤
@user-qq3rg9bm6e11 ай бұрын
I knew a woman who sang exactly like Joni Mitchell. When I first heard her voice around a campfire in New Zealand, I was totally mesmerized. For a short while we shared a beautiful relationship, but I stupidly let her go. I regret it every day, and now these songs bring a tightness in my chest. I hope she's well and happy.
@suzannelawson92158 ай бұрын
Did you ever try to look up this girl you used to know or to see if she ever recorded an album or maybe a video of her singing somewhere on KZfaq or Facebook?
@user-qq3rg9bm6e7 ай бұрын
I finally did find her again - she's now married with a son. I sent her a letter apologizing for the way things ended, but she hasn't written back. I guess she's moved on (unlike me). We all make mistakes, but this one will haunt me to the grave.@@suzannelawson9215
@RickDelmonico2 жыл бұрын
Reasons revolve and lightly touched they softly shimmer Monumental precepts to oasis Thoughtlessly the will dissolves the tiny fortunes And returns to darkened alleys, ergo stasis Hollow impetus ignores the light of dawn The waking lingers as it blends the last sensations Now fast forward till the evening stars are drawn Bleeding out before us, shifting constellations Some hurt removed the restless pace of silent living Indulgent injuries becoming less neglected Blindly lust perfumed anonymous occasions Preferred but never valued or expected Weary consciousness exhausts the light of day The worker struggles till he meets his expectations Now fast forward till the stars are pushed away Bleeding out before us, shifting constellations
@tammyholbrook6712 Жыл бұрын
I sing Chelsea Morning at my work. Right in the lobby of Costco. Very fitting