Joni Mitchell Birthday Celebration: Grand Finale

So grateful to be in the room to celebrate the queen. Happy birthday, homegirl. #JONI75

[@ransbarger]

One of the most creative people this world has ever seen.

[@kenm.3512]

God bless you Joni Mitchell! One of the greatest songwriters to come along in the past 50 years. Only a small few come close to her. Joni is a brilliant, intelligent artist of rare quality.

[@mayemcdonald9111]

I’m in tears. I honestly never thought we would see her ever again. She looks radiant. What therapy does she still need? I love you Joni. ❤️😌❤️

[@lloydhannemann6863]

Her genius is unmatched. So grateful I’ve experienced the span of her amazing talent. The world is a better place because she is in it. 😘💕

[@vincentm3890]

Boy it seems like only yesterday when I brought Hejra and Don Juans Reckless Daughter back in the 70s and suddenly there is this old lady on stage who can barely stand! Its frightening how fast time goes by. Joni Mitchell is a wonderful artist. The years just fly by!

[@katejonimartina]

She had a brain hemorrhage, dickweed.

[@vincentm3890]

@@katejonimartina ahh go fuck yourself!! Im an older person too Ive earned the right to say what I did! As Ive mentioned Ive brought her records back in the day and I myself just had bypass surgery so fuck you!!

[@mayemcdonald9111]

Wow....within 18 hours you two are bullying each other. Joni WOULD NOT approve.

[@vincentm3890]

@@mayemcdonald9111 Who is "bullying" this complete stranger called me a "dickweed" for no apparent reason. I said nothing wrong regarding Joni Mitchell. I was stating an opinion. I stand by my statement and its no longer the 60s ok?

[@ascoop22]

I agree Vince. It really makes one stop and think when you see how old and frail she is. I never did get to see her live, wish she would have played at her hometown more.

[@bobbojones8157]

Happy birthday today Joni , its my birthday too albeit I’m a year or two younger , I’ve loved youand your music since I was a teenager ❤️

[@cherylsibson8457]

Canadian Queen, You had a vision beyond everyone else and thank you for your wise words and music! You've tried to tell the world, and you are heard! God Bless you Joni!

[@deannaknightmusic]

5 years later we have Joni stronger and more vibrant to celebrate her 80th. What a tremendous recovery. Brandi is an angel and love around the word shines bright for our beautiful queen. #blessedtowitness

[@Dagm1111]

Happy 80th dear sister! Words cannot define the total joy you have brought to the ears and hearts of so many of us! I was very fortunate to witness the Mingus tour in Forest Hills, NY. A whole lot of talent on the stage that night, as many remember! Thank so much Joni! What a gift you have been to the world 💜💙💚💛🧡❤

[@superfuzzymomma]

Damn, her smile…. So happy for you to be there, Bugs….Joni's music will always make mountains shift and skies weep, Happy Birthday beautiful woman!

[@pearldiver7]

SO glad to see Joni doing better. Our treasure!

[@Ladyrants]

Oh thank God, she can walk with a cane and at least mouth the words to her great songs. I thought we had lost her. Yay!

[@rexhake1]

I think it was around 1968 that Trigger and me struggled up to London in the old 1936 Morris 8 to a concert at the Royal Festival Hall, Fairport Convention the headliners with Jackson C Frank and Joni on what I think was her first London gig ,further down the bill . She was nervous and had a cold as I remember . A couple of years later I was living in that house in Muswell Hill called Fairport . Very happy days and a wonder filled time to be young .

[@stevehughes1510]

Yes, one of the great songwriters and singers without a doubt God bless her.

[@phillacey878]

One of universes very special children queen Joan lucky to have lived when she done her thing they'll be listening to her music in the centuries to come with the wonder and amazement as we all have of her as a composer musician second to knowone and the voice from the heavens God bless her she is a gift to us all much love joni from all your fans in Australia 🥳💕💔💫💥💫

[@rodneyjones3358]

Joni is a musical titan, a gifted songwriter. Night Ride Home is brilliant. God bless her. I thank God i quit smoking years ago.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Good for u quiting killer cigs. I quit 15 yrs ago. Can't believe now I once inhaled such toxins into my lungs

[@videomillsy]

One of the most important song composers of the 20th Century

[@colinjohnrudd]

We're captive on the carousel of time.......thank you for all the beauty and wonder Joni. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxX

[@juancpgo]

My favorite musical artists of the XXth century are Miles Davis and Joni Mitchell. The most original and prolific artists. Both brilliant synesthetic visionaries, which becomes evident in their work as painters too. I'll put Richard D. James in that pantheon too.

[@justincoleman2740]

Canada's queen. Happy Birthday dear!

[@cme5821]

I love this, and I love this fine, sweet and talented old, beautiful broad.😃 😁😚😁😃😃😃 Best wishes to feel lots better soon. Your music will stay with me for the rest of my life.I grew up with you. Happy Birthday.Thank you to a fine lady.🐻❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@34hedgehog]

Great to see her looking so well. Long live Joni!

[@agalli908]

A Living legend God Save Joni Mitchell

[@vibefrequencyable]

You can tell Graham still 💕 her dearly...always has.

[@DD-hy1nl]

Happy 75th Birthday Joni!..love you and may your angels always be by your side.

[@johnsol8084]

Joni mitchell One of my favorite singer in 70s . In my early high school .

[@forskelligt2541]

Thank you sooo much for sharing

[@istvanetiam6691]

Amazing, happy birthday Joni!

[@nicholaskearney678]

Aroha, love from New Zealand still. Great too see this.

[@simplyron6359]

Without question, one of The Immortals. Joni.

[@upendasana7857]

Happy Birthday Joni,you have been the emotional heartbeat for so so many over the years,generation after generation will come to your music I am sure.You have given this world so much and are one of the greatest artists ever.Your music is eternal.love you Joni,so glad you got to celebrate with friends and thank you for the upload,what a precious thing to have witnessed.

[@chrispappy]

I love this woman!

[@terryandrews7271]

Our house is a very very fine house,With Johi Mitchell on the stereo, I am 70 years old And I had a crush on you most of my life, God speed Joni❤⚘⚘⚘

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

every time i listen to her lyrics bright pictures of the images the lyrics create just appear in front of my eyes. And just think about what passes for music today.

[@kimburke1924]

Thanks for this!

[@URAUNTSANDI]

Loved you forever and a day...and still do....Only wish you the best Joni 🥰

[@deborahfrasier1221]

I LOVE Joni Mitchell 💖🥰💗❤️☺️💯💕

[@timsongster]

those were great times

[@cecilsmith1725]

What a wonderful concert in her honour a true blue joni

[@ronstewart2871]

Happy Birthday Joni! Seeing you in this video shows the strength and tenacity you have along with your great talent. We could see the great effort needed for you to stand while everyone sang one of your great songs... But you showed us how you inner strength helped you make it, and the final wave you gave us, put tears in our eyes. Thank you Joni for all of the wonderful songs and tangential memories created by your music and lyrics. We all love you Joni.

[@2bitrasputin793]

Folks are crazy about Joni! So am I.

[@JayBuff19]

thanks for sharing!

[@jehormaeche]

Love you so much, madame.

[@coletteheard8311]

Oh Joni - so many decades

[@MrBlaser51]

WOW beyond belief !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mhertz2563]

Joni really seemed ageless physically and looked well into her 50s and even her 60s, despite the cigarette smoking which changed her voice and (perhaps, can't be proven) eventually took its toll on her. I absolutely adore her. She is a musical genius, a brilliant artist. She will be looked on in history as one of the true greats, an irreplaceable, never to be duplicated icon. Even if this video makes you sad in some way, rejoice in the fact that she is here at 75. Janis Joplin and the others didn't make it of their 20s. Neither did Amy Winehouse. LONG LIVE JONI MITCHELL.

[@MsMesem]

Morgellens

[@kevinbwillson4161]

Love Joni Love

[@johndoyle3970]

carey is my song for ever .

[@cricketbat09]

Hope she makes a good recovery.

[@jimgroff6880]

Thank you Joni.

[@Sbaxter1989]

Tears !

[@janefriel6895]

Joni and Nash were made for eachother. ♥️ Im irish too, we know this stuff.☘☘☘☘

[@Drawson663]

Awe James Taylor going for the mic to hit that low part that he usually does, very cute

[@jerigarcia7434]

love Joni

[@jerigarcia7434]

one of a kind, very beautiful soul, still shines light

[@written12]

wonderful moment. who are the two fellows supporting Joni onstage?

[@BuggyJive]

written12 The gentleman in the badass coat is Joni’s dear friend Charles Valentino. I was told that the man to her left in the mustard coat is her doctor. The energy in the room was off the charts, amazing to be there.

[@written12]

Buggy Jive Thanks, Buggy. I’m glad for you- I mean, that you were there.

[@johndoyle3970]

glen hasard from dublin he is a ass hole in ireland he is a twat

[@JackT13]

The world won’t know what we had until she’s gone

[@robertlong8958]

so sweet so sad !

[@johnhulsker9123]

She is in a class all by herself,

[@alicejones9031]

A total trailblazer!!!

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

I wish Neil Young would have made a last minute magical appearance.

[@gerrygreene6354]

Miles of. Isles

[@gritsngranola]

Still have a Case of You!!

[@patrickreilly7256]

I don't know, but if Graham Nash and Joni are the same age... he looks GREAT...!!!

[@bobtucker8705]

Life ages us all diff, just be thankful Joni is still on the earth.

[@cyndimoring9389]

@@bobtucker8705 and Patrick Reilly. This ain't just life, this be cigarettes. Joni is a heavy smoker.

[@bobtucker8705]

@@cyndimoring9389 We all will die of something, many people who never smoked die sooner then Joni.

[@cyndimoring9389]

@@bobtucker8705 no shit sherlock

[@bobtucker8705]

@@cyndimoring9389 Who the hell you think you are a scientist who knows more about the effects of aging then the average youtuber? And I am no shylock, never pushed a buck on the street..................

[@barmaley521]

волшебная тётка ! не хочу что-б старела!

[@Wallace12345]

Wow.

[@Blinki18284]

Man, that concert would have been a great possibilty for a CSNY reunion. It's a shame, the egos are too big for it.

[@ianbartle6575]

Yeah well, if you want a real genuine one that would be dandy, but I don't think attempting to squeeze certain on stage here is in any way respectful of the lady of the moment. And as for Graham Nash and James Taylor - had their mis-step moments in the early 70s but these days I think they have matured into very fine men and it is no surprise to see them here. IF he had to fly right across from Hawaii, he would have - he's that sort of guy. James too. They are both wearing well considering some of the abuse they've self-inflicted. Lucky genes, I guess, though Nash is the McCartney of the mob - he wised up back in the 80s and started to really look after seeing what happened to Croz (and a few others) would tend to do that to you. As for Neil Young - considering he's also had some serious health issues, it's a little surprising in some ways to not see him here, and not so much in others. I understand he lost a house in the California inferno - I'm assuming that's just as bad as it sounds and he's likely comforting his wife and family, as well as trying to help out however he can. He loves and respect Joni too and being a fellow Canadian makes it a pretty tight bond. They have history going way back and now health issues affecting the brain are a battle they're both enduring. These wonderful artists have all created a lot of extraordinary music and brought amazing joy around the globe. May God bless them all, and keep them in His care. Love you Joni, PS. Chaka Khan - major bonus!

[@teejay73]

Ian Bartle I read that Joni attended Neil’s wedding. I’m sure everything is cool.

[@dnamona]

My God, let her sit down!

[@kingoftheseamusic]

She seemed happy to stand

[@JayAr709]

Playing real good. For free.

[@ascoop22]

Buggy What do you mean homegirl?

[@kevinbrand43]

Is that her son in the yellow jacket?

[@BuggyJive]

It’s her physical therapist in the yellow jacket. I believe his name is Sauchuen Yu. Joni’s daughter and grandchildren were in the house that night, but I didn’t see them on stage during the big finale.

[@cyndimoring9389]

Joni looks very old and very tired . So sad to see her fading away. A great artist

[@jimgeiger2468]

She smokes 3 packs of cigs a day, and refuses to quit. No bueno.

[@kingoftheseamusic]

Fading? I'd say fighting and enjoying life for what it is

[@mayemcdonald9111]

Trev Gibb I agree. She has a lovely home, several cats and people who love her.

[@richardv.582]

Shes been through alot.That fact she was even there speaks volumes.

[@ianbartle6575]

Yes- she's earned the right to yes or no I think this WAS her choice. I'd hate to think anyone was forcing or cajoling her to play to the showbiz crowd. Yes, Cyndi - she does indeed look old and very tired, but she's evidently been thru a lot and it isn't surprising. Great to see her raise a genuine smile though. NO question, there's a LOT of love in that room for her.

[@themapmaker5178]

What are your thoughts regarding her 75th birthday event? Mapemaker:Well aside from the fact she’s been a drug addict most of her life-I still believe she is one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Can you say more about her addiction? Well to be honest I thought it was down right pathetic that they actually made a big event out of her 75th birthday. An event where shes slowly wheeled out in her wheel chair with all these pathetic people gather together and celebrating the fact that she had made it to age of 75- especially considering the fact she had been poisoning herself with nicotine most of her life. It was like watching an advertisement for the American cancer association.Whats even more crazier is that they even sell a Dvd of the ridicules event.I’m surprised she went along with such a charade-she a lot smarter than this-I fear she goes along with these things because she feels she owes it to public.

[@eightinches3671]

What the fuck is your problem? Probably everybody up there on stage had some kind of addiction in their past. they grew up in the 60's! These are her friends, people that know her, people that probably recorded with her. They were the ones that wanted to put this celebration on. Why the negativity? You're the kind of people that hate life and try to bring people down. Get professional help, and soon.

[@themapmaker5178]

@@eightinches3671 What do you think of the LP déjà vu? Mapemaker:On the day of its release (1970)I thought it was a great album and I would still feel this way if it were not for all this reissue crap. I feel that the more they reissue these songs the more they lose there integrity. What accounts for all these reissues-its not only CSNY it’s the mamas and papas,Peter Townsend, Paul McCartney ,Jagger and Richards the list is endless? Mapmaker:no doubt the music music industry has definitely turned into one of the biggest whore houses on the face earth. Since these has beens can no longer write decent songs they have to count on their reissuing of songs from a time when they did write and sing some great songs.There reaching the end of there pathetic lives and their insecurities start overwhelming them to the point were they have to continue to rely on reissues so in their shallow superficial minds they can feel relevant. It’s become merchandizing (t shirts coffee cups etc) of the ridicules. Why do they do this? Mapmaker:Well the need to feed their big fat egos , there obsessed with creating a self-concept that has stood the test of time and enables them to cope with the demands of the present and the uncertainties of the future. They need to believe that they left their mark in life.Sadly however they do this by mythmaking and denying negative aspects of their past. Mapmaker:David Crosby said in his recent documentary that he can not explain why he is still alive? He’s Goddam lier-he knows why he’s alive-he’s alive due to the advances in modern medicine! Not to mention that he was moved up the recipient list at expense of other human beings.Yet this was never mentioned in his documentary.. David Crosby has a manipulative way of publicly coming up with mendacious ways to justify his behavior. He’s even gone so far to state that Neil Young is selfish and only thinks of himself. This is unbelievable! But not surprising. This statement is from the same clown who for example when the COVID epidemic started- the only thing David Crosby was concerned about was he was going to lose his home because he couldn’t make any money touring. Meanwhile people all over the world are dying and all he can think about is losing his home and what’s even more pathetic is that David Crosby wouldn’t even be in the poor financial situation had he not wasted all this money on drugs. Keep in mind that this house that he’s so concerned about isn’t the kind of house most people can afford to live in anyway -it’s not like he lives in a trailer park. Another sick example is how David Crosbys manipulatively used the accidental death of his girlfriend Christine Gail Hinton to justify his excessive drug indulgence during the 1970s.Do you really believe that Christine Gal Hinton would have wanted anyone to use her death to justify their drug indulgence? I mean wouldn’t have been something instead of using her death to justify his drug intelligence he had done something positive in honor of her death. Yet he has th audacity to say Neil Young only thinks of himself! Rolling stone magazine has had nothing but positive things to say about his song writing and singing. Mapemaker:This is true you but you see the fact of the matter is is that Rolling Stone magazine is and always has been one of the most unreliable and in accurate resources in regards to assessing music. They always have been and always will be a contemptible and incompetent resource for assessing music. Rolling stone magazine says the music is great you can rest asure it’s nothing but garbage.Ive said this before that when David Crosby was writing great songs and singing beautifully Rolling Stone Magazine trashed them but now that it’s writing horrible verbose songs and singing like his vocal cords are caught in a vice grip,there singing praises about what a great singer and songwriter he is. David Crosby has said that Graham Nash is his enemy. And that Graham Nash only helped him out for personal monetary reasons. Mapmaker:This is a big slap in the face. David Crosby is nothing but thoughtless pig. Graham Nash has never needed any money.Graham Nash has done nothing but help David Crosby throughout most of Crosby’s career with genuine effection. The only reason Graham Nash doesn’t have anything to do with David Crosby again is because Graham Nash only trying to protect himself from David Crosby-he’s nothing but a scumbag. Its dangerious to ones whole well being and mental health to deal with such a character.Its dangerous to hang around with someone as poisonous as David Crosby. David Crosby said that the Stephen Stills was the best song writer in CSN. You can always tell when David Crosby is lying and saying something dumb his mouth is moving. Everyone knows and it’s a fact that David Crosby and Stephen Stills would not have experienced the great success that they did had it not been for the great songwriting talents of Graham Nash. But it is beneath Graham Nash to ever think in such terms for he always had great respect for the talent of Stephen Stills and David Crosby. Is David Crosby the biggest mendacious self serving manipulator in rock and roll? You would think so but surprisingly he is not, I would have accord that accolade to Paul McCartney. He is without a doubt the biggest insecure sleexzet lying mythmakimng scum bag in rock and roll history. This is not an opinion but a fact!!!!!! And believe you me this takes a lot of doing! Why hasn’t any of the people who work for these Characters tell them to their face when they are mistaken: They seldom do-seldom (if they don’t want to lose their job) do people who are employed tell there boss that they are pigs or arrogant scum bags or the tell them the song they’ve written is garbage.I believe this is the danger that confronts every individual of musical notoriety..The competition for favor breeds servility and hypocrisy.People like David Crosby ,Graham Nash Steven Stills because of their wealth and notoriety are cut off from all constructive criticism or discussions of creative integrity only to find themselves surrounded by spineless toadies. Were the rock and roll singers of the 1960’s corrupt as well as ambitious? Mapmaker: As autobiographies and biographies of a lot of self serving dead beats (David Crosby Jagger and Richards ,FRANK ZAPPA,PETER TOWSEND, Van and Jim Morrison, the list is endless)that emerged from the 1960’s attest and continue to clearly document-they clearly were corrupt morally. None of them demonstrated any self control and often had a tendency to treat people around them like dirt. Basically their success gradually turned into a malignant infection that slowly corroded their talent and gift. Their attempt at turning into decent and talented artists failed ignominiously.These characters there image in a big way contributed to the decivilization of our society. The danger of self indulgence, in other words, is that it feeds on itself. Small moral compromises on Monday make you more likely to commit other, bigger moral compromises on Tuesday. What do you think of CSNY version of Woodstock on Deja Vu ? Mapemaker: I think it’s important to state that it’s a beautiful song written by Joni Mitchell. The song does a good job at capturing the patriotic feeling that we all had in regards to the ideals that we all wanted Woodstock to be but in essence it wasn’t. The reality of Woodstock is nothing like the idealism of this song.Woodstock in reality Woodstock was fraud. First of all, the Woodstock Festival did not even happen in Woodstock (Ulster County)- It happen in Bethal NY (Sullivan County)over a hundred miles from Woodstock. Even the name of the festival is a fraud!!!!!! Furthermore the movie and record ect.are good documentation on how the Woodstock Festival represented and signified the developmental foundation of the moral decay that became the filthy bottomless sewer that currently makes up our society today. What does this all spell out in the end? Mapemaker:Only now as one looks back can one finally begin To comprehend the magnitude of how trash like David Crosby, and Jagger and Richards, Jan Werner ect.help smother and betray the ideals and spirit of the 1960’s.There image glamorized Self -indulgence,egotism,and the hedonistic life which inevitably lead in a self serving direction. Their image and behavior clearly contributed to the decadent cess -pool that our american society has become. These pathetic characters are emblematic of the pig sty life style.. They have proven and shown once and for all, the limitless possibilities of how self indulgence can destroy the ability of becoming a decent human being. They are without a doubt the biggest contributors of why the 1960’s became a decade of failed hopes and ambitions. And what moral message does this all spell out in the end , that Decency and success are only companions in fairy tales.

[@eightinches3671]

@@themapmaker5178 Does your family know how fucked up you are? Asking for a friend....

[@keelanbourne3440]

Is that Chaka Kahn ??

[@bobburroughs6241]

Yes, she's the best, but this is typically over the top and a bit sad.

[@richardv.582]

An interesting albeit shortsighted observation.

[@ricardomoncayo7345]

Que cruel que es la naturaleza carajo!!!

[@binebum1]

She looks so strained... are they sure they did her a favour with this

[@carolynharper8331]

she ain't doin' too well for 75. looks as if she had a big stroke. all those years of smoking have taken its toll. : (

[@BuggyJive]

Carolyn Harper I'm a little surprised that so many are not aware that she did, in fact, survive a brain aneurysm 3 years ago. Recovery has been slow but thankfulky she's come a long way. That she was standing and grooving and singing along that night is a small miracle. 🙂

[@carolynharper8331]

@@BuggyJive the smoking did not help her.

[@BuggyJive]

Carolyn Harper So... a large miracle, then. 🙂

[@richardv.582]

She did..

[@MsMesem]

Morgellens

[@takuan650]

Embarrassing spectacle.

[@johndoyle3970]

take glean out he is not a star