Joni Mitchell - All I Want (Live)

[@RobRileyGuitar]

There's something really special about the fact that she's playing the song before it's even finished.

[@nunya1738]

Yeah. Also gave a little more insight into things, the changed later lyrics. Definitely wasn't finished, or as good as it would become (first track on Blue). She added layers, but the whole TRUTH in men and me, false commaraderie (sp) bit interesting to hear. She took out some of the bitters and made it better. I've always wondered, too...in live versions I've seen, where she changes lyrics in the song Hejira, the snow falling or gathering "Like bolts of lace...waltzing on a ballroom girl", or the like, to "Bridal". Change of attitude, or just perfecting a line? There is another (disappointed I cannot remember it presently), live, where she changes a line, I think it is also from the album Hejira...maybe Refuge Of The Roads (yes). The line about being a defector from the petty wars, "Until Love sucks me back that way". In a live version she changes that, leaves out that whole romantic notion, with the passing of the years, maybe, or not wanting to seem so caught up in love.

[@TroyOi]

Yes. In a sense, we get to witness the evolution of a song. A great song. And for me, the fact that I've heard & loved the released version of this song for over 4 decades, having the opportunity to hear this "in the works" version is a real blast.

[@DC-js4gk]

For some stupid reason I've never listened to this woman's music. We're born on the same day so it's time I started. I'm so excited to starting this new musical journey into a genius' life. Just wow

[@micaaaaaaaaaaa]

Absolutely!

[@andrewivanyi1793]

D C she’s my favorite musician of all time absolutely underrated

[@williampotter2098]

Can you imagine living in a old shack house is Laurel Canyon in the 60s and having Joni and David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young and Cass Elliot and Frank Zappa ... on and on, so many more musical greats ... geniuses and they were just people who hung out together and met in their yards and sang and played their new songs. The song Joni is singing here is in transition. It is very different than the song we are used to hearing. It was just a hotbed of ideas and musical invention. No one person making music like the next person. It must have been amazing.

[@evascharfe1892]

This was the first Joni Mitchell song that I ever heard. The unusual thing about it was that when I heard it, I was in the music room in my high school and it was casually being sung by a girl who was a student singing in the spur of the moment. I decided to ask her about the song and who had recorded it. She briefly answered Joni Mitchell, but later I could not recall if she said Joni Mitchell or perhaps Joan Baez who were the only artists that had a J first name intitial in the neighborhood Rolling Stone Store. I was only 15 years old and had only listened to main stream music on the charts and was not familiar with artists like Joni. I took a guess when I bought a Joni Mitchell album and luckily guessed correctly. Once I heard Joni Mitchell s music I was so in awe that I have listened to her music for almost 50 years. (had to reveal my age) I would love to thank that high school girl who introduced me to Joni Mitchell and often think it was just meant to be. I cannot explain it but Joni Mitchell and her music have empowered me and in some mysterious way I became a different person and she has been my inspiration.

[@uncatila]

She was writing fairly good songs cradling rather sophisticated poetic reflection. That's always a good thing

[@eltonron1558]

You just made me cry. She gave me a river, I could skate away on.

[@nottoday4081]

This is such a lovely story🤍

[@iznot2]

Joni's music is so special, beautiful and hard for others to cover. My favorite Jodi sing is river. I was for enough to hear Dave Van Ronk of all people cover song. It's incredible that someone like Dave Van Ronk with that low gruff voice cover a Joni Mitchell song, but it worked beautifully.

[@pappyfiddle]

Is that all? Why, you're just a spring chicken!

[@ariafalco]

I WANNA HAVE FUN, I WANNA SHINE LIKE THE SUN. OH, JONI. U GOT ME THROUGH DARKNESS. THANK YOU.

[@sheilaewall4426]

I am glad I am listening to this song. Joni .Mitchell is six months younger than I am age 81.

[@truthjustice6454]

One of the most earnest and inspiring solo performances of all time

[@Achilles1111]

There needs to be celestial constellation named after this Goddess. Love you girl.

[@BPMMusic105]

I love this! You can tell this version is way more raw than the one on Blue. She really honed it by the time it was recorded. You can tell she stepped back a little in the final version. Here it makes it more clear the relationship is over, whereas in Blue, there's a sense that maybe the two people in the song are still together.

[@ElaineLangFTW]

Yeah, this version is self-reflective about herself, and her emotional interface with relationships in general. The final version transitions to a love song to a particular relationship...this draft has Joni looking at patterns in her relationships. Very vulnerable.

[@glen7695]

I totally agree Brad, your comment is very insightful. Keith Jarrett's instrumental version is also amazing. In addition to playing piano, he plays soprano sax, tenor recorder and some percussion. I think Jarrett's recognition of her songwriting ability opened the door for her collaborations with Mingus, Pastorius, Metheny, Shorter, Mays and Hancock. She is truly an icon.

[@frandanco6289]

And she had James Taylor playing that beautiful acoustic guitar accompaniment in Blue... These 2 =Absolutely the BEST !!!!

[@jamesmonahanmusic]

Holy-smoke, what a beautiful performance. 😊

[@rknrlgrl6146]

Joni's songs got me through some hard times and healed me. Thank you Joni.

[@lauriesweetbrown5417]

Yes she has brought many people solace and the ability to experience that there is another side to pain&loss &that is peace ehich I feel when I listen &see her message play out in the lyrics &her stunningly lovely voice! Thank you Joni I sincerely hope your recovery after the stroke is progressing well I had a massive stroke myself way back in 2012- it left me paralized on my left side &altered some of my executive functioning lacking in many ways math is incredibly difficult for me&time management is terrible I am really working on not losing the hope that I have to have a meaningful life again someday and to find a way to be a blessing to the world at large in some capacity your songs&music have been a "happy place for me even during some pretty dark times thank you for using your skills&talents to reach out to others in a very special way you are a wonderful role model for many&I sincerely yearn for your healing and will be listening for your voice to open new perspectives on your life's latest experiences

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

YES, ME TOO

[@oooomingmak]

even her speaking voice in the beginning is beautiful. what a lovely gift to the world 💖

[@comeupandseememakeme]

She sounds so sweet and young when she talks at first before the song.

[@frandanco6289]

@@comeupandseememakeme This is also because she WAS young when she did this.. :)

[@stefanmagyar4042]

Joni Mitchell is an angel

[@robertgillespie7946]

Holy cow, what an amazing difference in this and the final version. She was definitely more irritated by the man she's singing about. There's some pretty heavy words she decided not to keep. I believe this may be the most honest and raw thing I've ever heard from her. Thank You for this gem!

[@bmm7132]

Even an unfinished song by Joni Mitchell sounds like a beautiful finished song ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@AHC63]

It's totally different than what she recorded on the album, but it's still spectacular.

[@chantalpadora7527]

no singers in bathrobe or half naked, no big led Screen to distract People that the singer cant sing, no annoying dancers in the Background. JUST PURE SIMPLE TALENT IN ONE SPOTLIGHT. PERFECT....those were the times.

[@benjaminbott8782]

I love how she doesn't even get her instrument in tune, but still manages to adapt her voice to the instrument and sing so perfectly.

[@garypeatling7927]

No shes tunes them to play notes she want easily that's my understanding had to tune every instrument to every song at beginning

[@fabgnat]

How cool that this isn't the "finished" song yet - it's so different from the recorded version! How neat to listen to thanks for posting this

[@edenroc5572]

I just imagine myself listening to this live in a cathedral. Gosh, I love Joni.

[@TAndrackeH]

She❤ gave me some of the most perfect music to get me through some rough years, and this lucky life since.

[@frewofstew6304]

Joni shares the whole process with us all! She shares more and more of herself and her life with us! It's like all of us are her confidents! Kinda special!

[@Thundergod-]

Just Joni and an Appalachian Dulcimer. Pure magic....

[@TiffanyT-LaDolceVita]

And the way she tunes it! 🤩

[@westernjen]

This wonderful lady's life legacy will be that she has openly shared many of her most private moments with us while keeping herself away from the harm she most surely knows we would do her if she were to allow us to get any closer. Love you, Joni

[@Brendaspencer-jd9uv]

I heard one line..."I could drink a case of you and still be in my feet." Rocked me! Turned me upside down! That was six months ago. I have been basking in the extraordinary tale of her life and gifts ever since. I grow because of Joni.

[@terryrollins1973]

How many times in life do you get to witness an angel singing 😇 👼 😊 thank god for Joni Mitchell 🙏❤️

[@doorstepcult2407]

There are 50 years between us, but I swear to god I am in love with Joni Mitchell.

[@MickeyMRay]

Well, Scott......I guess that means you are either 25 years old......OR you are 125 years old!

[@albertedmunds7500]

Stephen Stills said it best when he said anyone who came within 50 feet of Joni fell in love with her. It happened to me in 1983, although I was in love with her way before that!

[@almostgaymous]

LIVING for how different this is!!! Surely a version close to this will be on the upcoming archive releases!!! SO excited!!! Happy 50th Anniversary to BLUE!!!!

[@woodsyboy69]

Wow she sings the first part with even more sadness than the finished song. God bless this beautiful musical specimen

[@gravemo1]

Driving to Canada in a few days. Joni is queued up for the entire drive💖

[@marindraganov5897]

Lucky you!

[@roberthurley6860]

I read once she creates the music then the lyrics which for me is quite amazing when you think of how perfect her lyrics flow within the music in her songs.

[@lori_alyse]

First time hearing this version and I LOVE it! Omg 🥹🫶

[@SuperC888]

I love hearing the genesis of ‘All I Want’ .. how it begins and how it becomes the final version that we know today. So cool.

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

"All I Want" Such a GREAT SONG!!! Few artists can convey happiness like this. I'm singing my way, after an ER therapy phone session, through a BAD breakup (breaking up **at least** for now). At least I have my voice. Very warm, with great range, today. A blessing. Nothing improves your range like singing with this amazing, impassioned singer-songwriter. No one like her. I don't know if she found happiness, but she made art.

[@ngamoemorgan2615]

wish there were still artists like her around. absolute ledge

[@mightypensword]

this was always my favorite joni song. Cool to hear it like this

[@donnlarossa9173]

STILL THE QUEEN TODAY...Able to still give me CHILLS.

[@davidmitchell1959]

The talent and originality being shown here is just……off any scale. Wonderful.

[@Lala58205]

Joni, I wish I'd seen you perform live in those years. You are a timeless artist, magnifiscent singer and songwriter. Your smile at the end of your performance was a picture of humility showing modest regard to your own music but here I am, in 2017, captivated by your song that transcends time.

[@pw5770]

Nobody sings like Joni Mitchell but Joni Mitchell!

[@nancylowry1962]

The most raw and without, without everything. I remember hearing Joni as a child in the early '70s and finding this was the first real music I had ever really heard. Maybe because it was so pure and simple to me, easy to listen to but also just true. I love you Joni!

[@tednorton5150]

the NOTES she is licking BEFORE autotune was even imaginable.

[@pattisteely4650]

Such talent! Such expression! You're amazing here and still Joni!

[@evascharfe1892]

Wow!!! What an interesting glimpse into a Joni Mitchell song in it's early stages. The transformation into the recorded version is amazing to see and both versions are worth listening to.

[@plp666]

How amazing is this! Love this early version so much ❤

[@shemanic1]

amazing hearing this raw version of the song it became, Joni is my top female singer & Blue one of my top 10 albums

[@katmandew2152]

Thanks for this heaven sent connection to song writing in progress because this version is vulnerable and angry which rocks (I'm learning the official lyrics today which also rock)Thanks Joni, et al, for presenting this eye opener. I'm very happy to hear it.

[@NichaelCramer]

What I find amazing when I hear something like this (i.e. earlier drafts of pieces by real artists) is: 1] How even this "unpolished" version of the song is clearly better than 99%+ other song writers could produce. and 2] How much better the final version is than this version. The mark of a true genius is this ability to keep working and to know how to turn something even this good into something truly great.

[@haddynough8402]

It boggles my brain how one person on planet earth has the audacity to give this a thumbs down.

[@chilo8187]

This is one of the only Joni songs I like, it’s so different

[@maestroklein4924]

You should be proud for covering one of the finest artists' ever!e He was my first musical mentor and dearest friend! He personally taught me about life, his music, also the heart and soul that went into creating it! He watches us that were fortunate enough to get supremely close to him.. He would have liked your rendition of his music! Bless you for understanding how important his early work was to American Culture From That Time.. Thank You From Both Of Us.. 🌹💫🧡💫🌹🧡❤️🌹

[@lynnmiller5940]

Love this version!

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

She was a gem to the music industry!!!

[@metalfacedoom71]

she never lies

[@brookegoslin]

She IS an angel put here to get us to see ! Her lyrics are amazing such deep deep insight for such a young songwriter the lyrics of her songs have a message to us ! I love her voice , music & brilliant songwriting ! She just is so awesome ♥️🙏🏼💫✨

[@TR3NCII]

Genius on another level of truth and excellence.

[@toverzicht]

This is really great to watch and to listen to. How vulnerable she is with this and how beautiful this is though!

[@williamjewell9574]

My favorite version of this song, ' To bring out the best in me and you'

[@archangelrevelations9532]

144,000 TWIN FLAMES ANGEL ACTIVATION For Joni Mitchell at this time. She is one of us. God bless her In the name of Jesus JONI we are guiding you in this moment with love and light. You are being blessed. So help you God. We love you.

[@kidkoffee4799]

One of her best. I'm a 43 year old music snob, and it seems to me that somehow she got lost in the cracks with my crowd...Don't understand why people my age and younger go on worshipping so many mediocre acts from the 60s and 70s, but skip over or completely miss people like her. All of her early stuff was genius...never skip a track. Music has been horrible for so long now. I envy you old hippies for getting to live IN this music. Though I do think my generation saw the last good era for music in the '90s, it still doesn't compare to this.

[@hitty9]

Isn't there really enough to go around for everyone!

[@frandanco6289]

kidkoffee -- Thanks for your post, it is so true ! I am one of those that was 22 years old in 1970, living in California, and so loving all the real, kind, loving, people that were all part of that great movement.. Joni Mitchell was and is an incredible woman and musician, and if you ever had the experience to know many of those types, they are really, very unique and are blazing their own trails because that is what they were put on this earth to do, apparently.. If Joni Mitchell had decided to go full on make music for the top whatever list of AM radio, then she would have totally dominated that place for so long, but instead, I think she was just being herself and much more importantly, true to herself.. There is no question, that she was and is absolutely brilliant in all that she accomplished and yes, we were all so much more blessed to have had her music so close to us back then.. And what makes all this period of life so much more incredible is that almost all of these great, great, people back then were also so kind and caring and sharing their music between themselves, so that all benefited from it.. Look at what her buds, Crosby, Stills, and Nash did with her beautiful song, "Woodstock" !! It totally launched them when they played it at Woodstock!!! I am so sad to see her alone now, dont know why, I need to read her books and get to know her more that way and perhaps then I will know why she has chosen that path.. I would have wanted her to have a big family of children, some of them looking and singing like their Mom... How wonderful that would have been ! Yes, I know she has a daughter, but I cannot remember much about that relationship that has been shared with us mortals.. :) For sure, no one will ever have that beautiful, angelic, soft, sweet voice with such incredible range, that always, always, brings such peace to my heart and mind, as this young girl in this video, Joni Mitchell...

[@michellerjackson5776]

Kidkoffee Me too..Im 52, and thankfully my 20 yr only child love Jaco Pastorurious.. I am a happy Mama..

[@LeonidasSthlm]

It's almost like music is a subjective experience. ;)

[@50ShadesOfEndo]

Which mediocre acts are you referring to?

[@amaliapistilli2090]

Very interesting, she changed the words subsequently. I like this version too. Thanks for posting!

[@SarrSheffer]

Oh my god, I love this woman. Thank you for posting!

[@alozzzy1213]

Makes me cry. You can see how every word is so full of emotion. Or at least that’s how I interpret it. Beautiful thing about music. So subjective. 💜

[@pbrooks4040]

“phony camraderie” pretty much sums it up

[@jadefamousartist5242]

Hi From The Sky 💫

[@bevnicol]

Yes, very cool, to hear the beginnings of this song. There's that Blue dulcimer sound I fell in love with in 1971.

[@shreeyashikeshary7181]

Nobody can sound this nice even in live 👏👏

[@tomlehr861]

Thankfully i grew up in this time period

[@pierreduchesne0001]

Priceless. Thanks for sharing.

[@matonguitar]

How fascinating to hear the song evolving and how amazing that she was performing songs before they were complete and polished! Talk about "hot off the press"!!!

[@daviddiangellidaviddiangel1304]

Mesmerizing. Pure Genius. Love you so much Joni.

[@Nephertiti1]

Love her voice and her writing.

[@nikkiavery7240]

Never heard this version . What a treasure , love it ! Thank you for the upload . I guess I'll have to learn this one as I'm always singing Joni Mitchell

[@mcmalibu5350]

Amazing performance of ALL I want ...

[@cafedulzon]

she's perfect

[@edwardwright278]

Getting in on the makings of one great song! Thank you for posting.

[@rayrushforth6390]

so good ya can't help but be joyfully amazed...so gifted...

[@KarenBarnes-q4k]

Just so inspiring 👌🙏🍑🪷💕

[@johndavis304]

Awesome, Joni. Love always! JD

[@runninglate4374]

Kind of genius how she made this already perfect lyrics even more perfect, I don't think many other than her could manage to improve this, most artist would more than happy if they wrote lyrics like this

[@byHexted]

Always been my favorite song by her

[@embethperidot2969]

LYRICS FOR THIS VERSION I am on a lonely road and I am traveling Looking for the truth in men and in me All my jealousy, my greed, they all unravel me It undoes all the joy that could be Oh you´re not real no, no Do you think you´re fooling me? With this false pretensions Our phony camaraderie All I really really want our love to do Oh was to bring out the best in me and in you too All I really really want our love to do Oh was to bring out the best in me and you too I am on a lonely road and I am traveling Looking for the truth in men and in me All my jealousy, my greed is my unraveling Oh it undoes all the joy that could be Oh but you´re not real no, no Do you think you´re fooling me? With your phony camaraderie Uh lalala lalalala lala All I really, really want our love to do Oh was to bring out the best in me and in you too All I really, really want our love to do Oh was to bring out the best in me and you too

[@westrokker]

One of the Purest talents ever

[@jamesdouglas2312]

Oh,to bring out the best of me and you.Thank you Joni.

[@arydarjanto1828]

It's a beautiful composition for me 👍😍

[@katieohara3222]

What a gift her voice and songwriting are for future generations

[@eunw7]

Oh Joni Joni you and your songs are always with in my heart

[@b.bailey8244]

wow- you can really see her genius and jazz roots, way back in her earlier years. love this "unfinished" version of the song.

[@akbar41]

Wow! It's such a great song and it's only a few months until it's released on the world and, yet, it's still far from it's final form. It was great she would perform it publicly in such an unfinished form. And for us Joni-stans, it leaves us with a lot to consider about the genesis of her songs.

[@arydarjanto1828]

It's a beautiful song. Always love listen to it 🙏❤️

[@ArtFernandez1]

My favorite artist and musician.

[@toneman335]

When Joni was young she looked like an angelic.

[@Mscproductions800]

Goosebumps

[@jeffp4104]

Fascinating early version. Thanks!

[@matthewmoorecichlids2323]

Amazing voice!

[@JosimaraOfficial]

first time i listen her.. she is sooooooooooo increible

[@49Billymack]

This is nothing short of astonishing!!

[@peopleplacesandperspective5564]

Nice song Jim. 🎶💜🙏🏽

[@sjb24758]

Just beautiful.. And surprising.. Slow works!!

[@vasumatiprem]

totally brilliant love joni

[@sto620]

Joni truly has the voice of an angel.

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

Beautiful woman all around...... It took true talent to sing and perform like this......

[@Alun49]

It is an interesting insight into how she wrote songs. I get the sense some of the lyrics are improvised on the spot. She has some lines that ended up in the final song, but others clearly discarded. Fascinating.

[@e7p037a]

It’s impossible for me to listen to this song without weeping.