Brandi Carlile sings "Down to You" at the Joni Mitchell 75th Birthday Celebration 11-7-18

[@mrkennethj7232]

what a great performance! So difficult to do Joni justice, but she does it!

[@ugapelusa]

The trick of Brandi, this Beautiful Woman, is that she close her eyes and FEEL EVERY WORD AND NOTE of each Song... Love her Voice and Feelings !❤

[@sassulusmagnus]

If I recall correctly, the orchestral arrangement on this track took an award. Well deserved. A beautiful piece of sonic poetry, perfect for those amazing lyrics.

[@Tascamaniac]

yes, a grammy if i remember correctly

[@youtooaromatherapy1897]

Can I just give a shout out to the band here. Joni's songs differ from decade to decade and so for them so embrace the essence of them like this is truly amazing! Great version of this song with her doing some of the incredible harmonies for us 💕

[@robertplunkett9365]

great call Elizabeth

[@maryannbrown5762]

Brandi Carlisle, you sang this gorgeous Joni Mitchell song, “Down To You,” so so beautifully and the musicians were just amazing, as well. Thank you!!

[@conradpoos2859]

This is phenomenal. My favorite song from Court and Spark and pretty much ever. Those opening piano chords just bring me to a whole other place. Thanks for uploading this, had no idea this happened.

[@mrkennethj7232]

i feel the same way about this song.

[@Patricia-ck7ks]

Read on another thread the whole show will be broadcast on PBS in 2019. Can't wait to hear it!

[@elizabethmcleod246]

My favourite is People’s Parties. This song is beautiful.

[@garypeatling7927]

My favourite jm song

[@jonathanneil5901]

You’re so right, the opening chords just pull me into something deep. Brandi’s rendition is beautiful.

[@rodgerstubbings7917]

Great understated performance showcasing the song beautifully !

[@dannyadamson5580]

What a great job on this difficult song to sing Thank you Brandi!

[@macman3175]

wow 1 of my favorite Joni songs!!!!!!!

[@zolamando]

Love Joni. Love Brandi. This is great. Thanks

[@jenmorricone4014]

love love love. Made her own with changes in timing and tone.

[@onlygafabotwhatigafbout8495]

Jen Morricone she missed her cue in the beginning

[@maryannbrown5762]

I didn’t notice or care. ❤️

[@L1NTL1CKER]

Nice video thanks for sharing. Wish I could have been there!!!!

[@susanbasko9562]

Brandi did such a good job on this song. Thanks for posting.

[@Christopher.mp3]

Thank you so much for capturing this.

[@TumpskyandMrsSmall]

It's beautiful

[@SteveG123]

Such a beautiful vibrato.

[@nunayerdangbiznez]

Thanks for this, there's a better recording of just the song on youtube but seeing it live and hearing the intro is great!

[@marywhitman9283]

Amazing cover and so beautifully sang! Like only Brandi could do

[@millyabrahams4977]

Thank you so much for sharing this. These musicians did that wonderful but difficult song justice❤️ Brandi just gets Joni's music.

[@camillaclauson-kaas4373]

waw, Brandi Carlile, so beautiful and well performed, your voice really suits Joni's songs

[@spamdmd]

So Beautiful. Thank you for sharing

[@TumpskyandMrsSmall]

What a range! So cool! New sub'r!

[@333pg333]

Love that a younger person loves Joni. Just can't get past the C&W twang in the vocals. Piano into is very good!

[@DETROIT1948]

Joni & Brandi Priceless! ⭐✨⭐✨⭐✨⭐✨.

[@TerriblePerfection]

Nice. She actually sounds a bit like JM to me.

[@markleon411]

Sensational.

[@donaldhubbs4399]

WONDERFUL...

[@amaliapistilli2090]

Rock at its classical music best. Joni's extraordinary guitar playing has been much talked about, but her piano arrangements less so. I love the long introduction on Paprika Plains, which this was a precursor to.

[@hannahstaelens6873]

Brilliant Five stars

[@51tomtomtom]

brought me to tears !

[@keaveny63021]

exquisite

[@haircutandpaste]

so so

[@TheJewellian]

i quite agree!

[@crazycrow76]

Particularly difficult song to perform- the arrangement? Girlfriend does a good job here though .. .

[@joelterickson8630]

If your interested in the charts for the arrangements you can find them on Jonis sites with other transcriptions for free

[@joelterickson8630]

correction Jonis website

[@maryannbrown5762]

Brandi Carlisle knocked it out of the park!!

[@crazycrow76]

@@maryannbrown5762 Yeah She Did! Again, Of all the songs to choose . .

[@Patricia-ck7ks]

Yes, she did very well!

[@anngriffith9985]

You have to have guts to even attempt to sing a Joni Mitchell song. So difficult. Joni is Joni... nobody can touch her.

[@laura7511]

Good voice, can hit the high notes, but just doesn't have the timing down right

[@onlygafabotwhatigafbout8495]

She missed her que in the beginning and never found her timing

[@vhope00]

yea, just a bit too rushed

[@pommelhorsepommelhorse8731]

reading instead of feeling

[@garypeatling7927]

I agree but cannot really hit high notes, Joni is to hard to follow

[@robertplunkett9365]

OMG, Brandi blows me away with this one, better than than orig joni recording, and I a joniphile.

[@rickbroderick9146]

stop...don't get carried away, brandi is awesome..but come on now lol... listen again to the record...beautiful recreation of this incredible composition by JM...

[@robertplunkett9365]

@@rickbroderick9146 you are more accurate Rick thank you--

[@mxm6809]

I beg to differ. Too much attitude in this performance. No need to 'Gild the Lily'. Joni's original has authenticity, extremely difficult to better. One needs to be more than a good singer to do that. One needs to come from a very deep place of the soul, so to speak. Having said that, this performance is a brave and loving homage. Good on her. :-)

[@leeandbeahinton]

These songs are personal - this just doesn't work......

[@shakypam]

mmmmm no. First impression okay?

[@hejiranyc]

Oh, for eff sake, learn the effing lyrics. I hate it when singers are obviously staring down at the teleprompter half the time.

[@maryannbrown5762]

How could you be so negative? Brandi Carlisle did a great job on this gorgeous song-for Joni Mitchell on her 75th Birthday!!

[@upendasana7857]

Sorry,loved the musical arrangement but did not dig the singing,sorry,sorry.I lobe Brandi Carlisle but she really did not infuse this wonderful sing with the depth of feeling of the original but then Joni is almost an impossible standard to live up to,she is a soul supreme.I really wanted to like it,honest! The band was great but not the vocals.

[@isakchristianisaksen9461]

This was awful.