Joni Mitchell - Little Green (Live NYC 1967)

written & produced by Joni Mitchell | from the album Blue (1970) | live performance from Café Au Go Go, NYC (1967)

[@glennmorris371]

Only Joni could write a song about mother's pain for the child she never raised. A very personal song into a masterpiece.

[@skineyemin4276]

Well, she put her baby up for adoption.

[@Chloe-th2lg]

Her daughter’s name was Kelly. There is a happy ending to this though, they have reunited. She wrote this song about her daughter.

[@johnbrady1211]

Imagine the conundrum she was in back then. She had her baby in a time when it was a shameful thing to get pregnant out of wedlock. Women were sent to the other coast saying they were going to visit a relative and have their babies in places with other young girls in the same situation. Then, their babies were put up for adoption anonymously. But she had her baby and as the song says, "she signed all the papers in the family name, sad, but not ashamed". From: www.smoothradio.com/news/music/joni-mitchell-age-husband-daughter-songs-health/ ""In late 1964, Joni Mitchell discovered that she was pregnant by her ex-boyfriend Brad MacMath. She later said: "[He] left me three months pregnant in an attic room with no money and winter coming on and only a fireplace for heat. The spindles of the banister were gap-toothed-fuel for last winter's occupants." In February 1965, she gave birth to a baby girl. However, unable to provide for the baby, she placed her daughter, Kelly Dale Anderson, for adoption."" Her daughter searched for her real mother and found her in 1997. By then Joni was a Grandmother to her Kelly's (renamed Kilauren Gibb) son. The story of her pregnancy was a secret until sold to a tabloid by a former roommate in 1993. A great biography about three great women called "Women Like Us" tells about those times and is about Carly Simon, Carole King and Joni Mitchell. A great read.

[@alliemae8642]

@@skineyemin4276 Society expects most of the time that the responsibility of children is fundamental and exclusive to women. That's it..

[@lisamoroney3036]

The daughters name is Kilauren.

[@fredceely]

I wasn't expecting this, but when I saw the entrance to the Cafe au Go Go, and then the silk blouse, I almost fainted. I was at this show, and it's the last thing that I ever expected to see again. It was a Monday night, which was jam night, catch-as-catch-can, let's see who's in town. They put a couple of names in the usual publications to draw an audience. Part of one band playing with a well known musician from another band, things like that. My friends and I knew the trick for getting good seats, so we were against the wall directly opposite the stage. They announced a "new sensation" or something, and Joni walked in with the guitar, in a silk outfit. She was charisma-central. She played a few songs and they moved on. We were mightily impressed. It was definitely a highlight moment, and I was a Joni fan immediately.

[@lindarenninger5829]

Isn't life strange and precious ??? Beautiful story !

[@blackjakko]

Holy cow, that's amazing! I'm so envious. She is so solid in her musicianship and vocal virtuosity. Can't imagine how it would feel to be so talented. On another note, speaking as a mother I can't imagine singing a song about giving up my child as entertainment for audiences over and over. I wonder how her daughter feels about this song. It is a tall order to put your life and pain out for public consumption for all concerned.

[@wildrosecece]

What a story!

[@evelynap9728]

Fred thank you how I wish that I could have seen her on stage I love her too its her birthday today lets party with her 😘

[@juandominguez9167]

Que privilegio!!!!!!; te felicito

[@arnieus866]

All people are clearly not created equal. Joni has no equal. 50 years later her music still touches like no other for me. And she considers herself a painter first and musician second. One of the greatest creative minds of all time.

[@jimclancy6715]

Agreed Arnieus - there is still no equal - lyrics that evoke deep emotional reaction - perfectly crafted poetry in musical form - melodies that stand alone over half a century later - humble in every way - when the singer songwriter genre of the 60's + 70's is discussed, she is at the top of the list

[@noregretcoyote1808]

Agree also. Gender not relevant. No one comes close.

[@royanderson2847]

@@arnieus866 also her earlier albums Song to a Seagull, Clouds, and Ladies of the Canyon are well worth a listen.

[@caesarsmith4711]

BUT, very Joan Baez influenced.

[@jpkatz1435]

@@caesarsmith4711 similar, on different tracks

[@bigkozlov]

Blue. One of the best albums is music history. unparalleled expression of raw emotions...what talent!

[@strafgod]

When Dylan wrote Tangled Up in Blue for Blood on the Tracks, I think he'd been enmeshed in one of the best albums in music history.

[@raymondmcmenemy303]

Brilliant album. Love every track on it.

[@darsupergirl]

Joni's been my fave since I was 17, I'm 72 now, & it's the 1st time I found out the story behind Green! I met her in a men's store, "Z", in L.A. maybe 10/15 years ago. I told her what a huge fan I'd been all those years, how she so completely influenced me as a person & as a singer & thanked her profusely. She was SO sweet, kind, gracious & genuine & when I was leaving this small store, she called out to me to say Goodbye. One of my favorite experiences ever! Thank you Joni!! You have blessed us all! ❤

[@juliam2418]

beautiful thank u for sharing

[@lindahuff8976]

The album "Blue" should be heard by everyone alive today.

[@edwinrex2579]

If you listen to any Joni song with your eyes closed you can see it all . she's a genius.

[@karenmeloche3060]

I was very lucky young girl. I grew up in the pacific northwest. I was going into 7th grade in 1968, and when other kids were listening to the teen music i met a group of people who lived in what at one time were old rum runners cabins on a place called salmon beach. It was close to the narrows bridge. They were hippies and much older, but i became friends with them. They turned me on to Joni, Jessie colin young, CSN, Jimmie, and all of the beautiful, music that was happening at the time. I inturn turned my friends on to the great music that was going on in the 60's. I will always be grateful that this community of really as they said then"far out"people took me in as a friend, little sis kind. They got me and so many others into the hippie thing that was going on. I got started early on a life long journey listening to the sounds of such talented and gifted story tellers and vocal wonders like Joni and many others. I will be forever grateful.

[@allisons7389]

Aww that's very beautiful and you are very lucky to experience that time in history!

[@gerbear55]

cool story, Karen..I'm from Saskatoon and grew up 4 city blocks away from Joni..my mother and her mother were acquaintances..and always stopped to chat at the local grocery store...she went to Aden Bowman High School which was one block from my house..she is older than me...through my teen years, I always had a serious crush on her,,,so talented..and her music and art are an incredible gift to this planet,,..!!!

[@folkmusicgirl]

Was Joni singing in high school? At coffeehouses in the area during her teen years or at high school functions? Did you actually go to the same high school? I know she was singing out in her late teens, early 20's but I wasn't sure if she actually was singing in coffeehouses (while still in high school.)

[@RaeZoladawn777]

Oh Lucky I had older brother s and their friends when I was 9 to 12 and 13yrs old that were Hippies farmer s greaseball types Biker s etc they all listened to Music that was way out there mostly Jethro Tull Kinks Woodstock Led Zepplin record s after record piles of them it was like a store Joni, I didn't meet till I was in my teens cause I am a guitarist I was playing Music early cause Mom was a Musician and my other brother so I was writing early too its all a flow but yes I am glad I was introduced like you were too cool Musicians and writer s it was a Movement Did you go to Jessie Collin young concerts wow I had to find his stuff online but he was so mellow good to meet you ....1968 I was later on in the 70's but good to meet you

[@moony77]

Karen Meloche You are so lucky ❤️such a beautiful experience to carry with you all this live long life🌻

[@jpduncan1780]

This particular song resonates with me still since I had my “Little Green” in 1968.

[@markuslipp962]

Dear JP Duncan, may I ask you how you feel about her now?

[@kikivon3501]

I am adoptive parent and this is my favorite quote “ a child born to another woman calls me mother, the magnitude of that tragedy , and the depth of that privilege are not lost on me. “

[@cathytilford388]

I had my son in 1968, i was 17. I couldnt find him & have carried this pain but also hope that someday i will.

[@marygarrisonpangburn9175]

On the other hand, I had my son when I was 17 it was a struggle. He's 51 now and I wish we spoke more

[@thelex001]

Achingly beautiful and straightforward. Impeccable phrasing. God, she had it all.

[@spaceoutmedia]

+thelex001 Enough said.

[@SoilentGr33n]

And she STILL found a way to improve the song for the album with a more refined chord progression and the action-reaction between the guitar and vocals is also more obvious, but that's probably due to the recording here. Really a stunning song and not played live very often, sadly.

[@chadbennett7873]

When all is said and done, she will always be known as one of the best singer-songwriters of our generation. Genius like hers is once in a lifetime and I, for one, am grateful to have lived in her time.

[@foad4067]

Me too I'm 64

[@chadbennett7873]

I have five years on you! On the Mount Rushmore of Singer-Songwriters, she has a definite place. In my mind ... Joni, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and then there's an arm wrestling match between a few others.

[@prussianblue1098]

I love this kind of crowd unlike today, no cameras, no distractions, just the moment. The experience is preserved through your senses. I think that is such a rare and pure thing to have...

[@modifiedcontent]

There was at least one camera

[@jegog.]

This version of "Little Green" was performed about 4 years BEFORE "Blue" was released. This song was part of Joni's early repertoire, but did not make it onto an album much later. The section with the melody that is different from blue is much more like her earliest songs -- for example "Urge for Going".

[@4estdweller4ever]

Yes, and she was still trying to do a Joan Baez thing with her voice in this performance. The Blue version is much more organic. She had found her real voice and now people copy her, me included. I’m a copycat. I love riding the surf of her voice but can’t fathom her musical creativity. 🤯

[@JessicaFlores-kh3nl]

It's SO different. Like it's literally two chords but changes the entire mood of the song. I've never heard this version and my brain glitched at that section.

[@mariabelenmiguel9021]

I love how she sings "be a non-conformer" and not the line that appears on the cd version, "he's a non-conformer"

[@RebeccaLynnMusic]

I'll be performing this tomorrow. Trying to decide which to sing.

[@hippojuice23]

@@RebeccaLynnMusic ..in this climate..

[@snarkysue5991]

@@RebeccaLynnMusic It is a song she wrote to the daughter she gave up for adoption. If that helps.

[@RebeccaLynnMusic]

@@snarkysue5991 I'm aware of that! Bittersweet.

[@batmanjones5202]

I fell in love with her at age 17. Still in love at 60. She is a timeless talent.

[@QGab]

Wow little green a mothers cry for a daughter she couldn't raise but always thought off,so beautiful...so heartwrenching😢💞love you joni

[@kikivon3501]

This whole album is pure perfection

[@johnsauer9067]

On the goosebumps scale, this song is right up at the top.

[@tessitoretesse]

I'm from Italy, and this song, and the full album "Blue", and Joni are and always will be in my personal pantheon of music. I have a reprint of "Blue" on CD bought in New York some years ago. The first edition I bought, in Italy - when I was very young, was on tape. Thus my infinite passion for the USA began. Love & Respect for All of You.

[@odatmatt]

I still have the album without a scratch!

[@twintriode]

Man, as much as I would like to claim her, Joni is Canadian, BUT, you are still welcome to have a passion for USA. I know its tough sometimes, but some of us are really kick ass awesome to know as I'm sure you are!

[@RobertTevault-b1n]

All those alternate tunings and modes and her hypnotic confessions. Nobody I can think of understood space, or silence better. Altogether it makes me wonder if women are more courageous musically. Idk.

[@elizabethsaliba8077]

Beauty and talent

[@markoblazney6360]

Joni was a perfectionist, to our eternal benefit. Hail Joni !!!!! Thou art the best, way over the rest. Genius. Genius.

[@foad4067]

Joni Mitchell the greates singer songwriter poet from Canada Love her

[@Thomas-gk42]

Perhaps the greatest in the world

[@FaFaFoFoBawth]

This is the most devastating song ever written; it's about the baby she gave up for adoption when she was 20 yrs old.

[@pattisteely4650]

Beautiful Joni! What a beautiful song, when through so much pain, regarding her daughter's birth. Happy Mother's Day Joni❤

[@4estdweller4ever]

I was 17 when I first started listening to Joni. I am 70 now. She was recommended to me by a friend that owned a music store. He said, you haven’t heard the red and green song? Oh, you need to hear Joni Mitchell. So I bought her song to a seagull album and played it to death. First JM song I learned to play was Marcy, the red and green song. Then I got Blue 🤯 But I think my fav album is For the Roses. I love her alternative tunings and the way she sings all the background vocals. Her blarney blood runs hot.

[@BooklessT]

When you overlay the back story on to this song, you can feel the pain come out of every note and word.

[@mysource11]

I may sound like a parrot - but the album Blue WAS one of Joni Mitchell's most spectacular best of her creative powers. The fluctuations of the octaves and melody within a melody - truly unique only to her abilities and delivery. Long may you rain Lady Joni! You were and are a true musician who knows music, knows her own music, and makes the music that we love listening too

[@lemurianchick]

Rain Lady? Is that something would call her?

[@pbritten1]

still touched by this song.. the saddest song. can relate to this song too well, still miss my kids

[@RalphDratman]

Many years ago I first heard this song and it was immediately my secret favorite. In this version I hear more, and differently, and I really like it

[@tsopuaifa]

I found myself in NY 1967. Amazing!

[@sixwingsram]

Hijera is my favorite album of hers. It got me thru the 1970s. "Amelia" is pure genius and aesthetic perfection.

[@sweetjane5033]

phenomenal ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@paulbradshaw303]

Joni just made me cry amazing

[@robertgillespie7946]

Never seen Joni with false eyelashes before. She hardly wore mascara later.Thanks for posting this gem.

[@nyrockchicxx]

A lot of her early 60 photos she has the full face makeup going on. Eyeliner, false eyelashes, lipstick. She looks like the typical girl of that time. So different from 10 years later when she wore nothing.

[@carolbozek1625]

Thank you Joni for sharing your great talent as an artist with us! And for your honesty in your work. I love listening to your music from the 60’s through the present!! God bless you as you continue to heal! 🙏🏽❤️

[@geofkane2365]

All people are created equal. Joni Mitchell is a brilliant artist but she is no better a person than anyone else.

[@leesey636]

Thank you sonicboy19 for finding and posting this. What an extraordinary version of this timeless song. Exquisite. Her voice is strong and pure. The words are devastatingly frank, raw and hopeful. Miss the singers who actually knew how to sing, how to phrase, how to write, how to be. Joni is just superb here. Thanks again for posting this.

[@garypeatling7927]

Joni is exploring different styles of singing here quite amazing

[@chloed1982]

I was adopted from Korea and my given Korean name translates to “Green Shoot” as I was born in the spring. This song has always meant a lot to me and my adoptive mom, who is a lifelong Joni Mitchell fan.

[@jacquelinegordon191]

I didn’t know much about Joni Mitchell or anything about this song until I saw the Netflix movie, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open. That scene, with this song playing, touched my soul. Now, I’m a huge Joni fan and love this song like no other.

[@unclebobunclebob]

This is her ideal venue. Wish I had seen her here. Saw her with Dylan in Chicago at the United Center. Too Big. But still glad, very glad I saw her. She was outstanding.

[@sfdungeon]

this hits me ...raw to the bone. xxoo to the daughter of music , Joni, you are a human star

[@jeremywu222]

christ almighty. what an absolute gem of an artist. thank you joni

[@johntatum1951]

Wow..so awesome...from the heart...Joni sings...

[@beepot2764]

What a woman. A painful song but she's a story teller through and through.

[@raymondmcmenemy303]

The early 70s was a time when a lot off classic albums appeared. None better than Blue.

[@wesleycarusos1265]

Goosebumps ...tears ...memories of my youth...beautiful

[@johnbrady1211]

I'm surprised that she mentioned her daughters given name. Kelly... Kelly (renamed Kilauren Gibbs) was known only by the delivery staff and the adoption agency and a very few close confidants until 1993 when one of her college roommates sold the story to the tabloids. They finally met in 1997 when Kilauren was 42 and Joni found she was also a Grandmother to Kilauren's son. The burning question is, would the world have had the joy of Joni's art if she had to devote her time to raising a child? Dashing around the planet and the experiences she had that influenced her would have been impossible during her personal, creative "birth". I think Joni knew what her destiny was and with much sorrow, made the heart wrenching decision to put "little green" up for adoption. The story of Little Green is on the interwebs if you just search. As is most of this talented woman's life. Biographies like the book, "Women Like Us" and others lay Joni's private life out for all to see. But it is also a good read for those that were around in the days when the beatniks turned into the hippies. Shame some have to work so hard to maintain their privacy. Like, I never knew she was stricken with polio during the epidemic of the mid 50's. Luckily, she made a full recovery. In an interview, Joni had an epiphany when she heard Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street". She realized that she could write songs in the first person, which except for Little Green, the Blue album and most of her songs is how she writes. What an interesting person and the stories behind her songs.

[@michellemybelle5575]

she said in a recent interview that the reason she gave her up was NOT to further her career but to give her child a better life. she was 20 and had nothing at the time.

[@tsb3093]

If the biological mother is someone who will willingly give their child up for adoption, then for sure the child is better off, and if I was Joni Mitchell’s daughter, when she reappeared I would have told her to fuck off.

[@maxmoon2254]

Fantastic singer, fantastic song writer but her playing is always SPOT ON too.

[@danpro4519]

I already loved this song for years, but I recently learned the back story. Now I think it may be the greatest sad song ever written.

[@nunya1738]

Good Lord, thank you for the upload.

[@folkmusicgirl]

Great, great song, ah, Joni in her folk music days.

[@tonymdd]

Amazing song; it has brought me to tears just by singing it.

[@zanegrey4720]

A voice of a Angel .

[@GaryP747]

Jjoni Mitchell is a living God, we are Star Dust and we will always love you 🙏🙏❤❤

[@carolthomaskoon6953]

Heartbreaking and triumphant song about her daughter who she gave up for adoption. So happy there was a happy ending when they found each other when "little Green" grew up. Too bad the audio isn't quality, but watching her sing and play is priceless.

[@zennuiofficial6347]

this is such awesome footage thank you!!

[@DanishJerk123]

Amazing song and performance. "Smelly Cat" remains my favorite of hers though.

[@prussianblue1098]

🤣

[@IsaacB1702]

😂😂😂

[@garypeatling7927]

Excellent

[@ritarosa6824]

Actually it was her father who wrote it, "sleepy girl sleepy girl"

[@heatherbrown1880]

brilliant footage.Thanks

[@shemanic1]

a beautiful song from one of my all time top 10 albums, "Blue" will always remain in my heart & soul

[@brightonmick]

Thank you, yet again, Sonicboy. You're a Joni Diviner!

[@royanderson2847]

Bravo Joni! As beautiful and as poignant today as it was 50 years ago when first released.

[@victoriapecsenye8324]

I was only three then, but I remember all these songs from the radio. Songs stayed popular much longer then. Reminds me of my daughter Rose born in cancer.

[@nguyenlei2580]

Does anyone else hear that little laugh/sob that she makes at around 2:18 after singing "He went to California"? It's like she's reflecting on the song while she's singing it.

[@albertedmunds7500]

Pause this video at 1:30. If there's ever been a more beautiful human in the history of this planet, I've never seen her/him....❤

[@susiefairfield7218]

First Joni bootleg cassette I got was this whole show 🔥❤👌💚I was hooked

[@The333Wanderer]

God's angel of music.

[@moony77]

This is so beautiful 🌻

[@garrythomas5958]

A free soul on her own pathway with plenty of depth

[@missdee4927]

This is the song that gets to me most from Blue. So honest from her to discuss her complex feelings about giving up her daughter for adoption. "and sometimes there'll be sorry."

[@NancyR3454]

Actually it’s “there’ll be sorrow.”

[@nevrens]

50 years ago. Boy, that's gone fast.

[@tonybaggott]

50 years?? christ tell me it's not true?

[@marksantostefano1637]

Grew up with her music… No one quite like her.

[@juandominguez9167]

Hiciste lo mejor que podías hacer Joni, y la vida te recompensó. Sos una grande de corazon

[@alohaXamanda]

I had never heard the 'kelly green' part of the lyrics in the album version...So it really is a song about her daughter.

[@carmenrizzo6408]

Joan Thank You

[@carmenrizzo6408]

God can use anyone for to balance the world , someone with the will to live and give God's gift

[@Handcraftedmusicvideos]

Wow! Amazing

[@greglarry11]

They'll never be another.

[@cherylbrandy3902]

I love Of my favorite albums (Blue)

[@pbasswil]

I think all periods of Joni are terrific; but I'm glad she kept evolving. Here she really belts it, in spots. And she's still using vibrato in the way that many female folk singers did at the time (also in spots). I'm glad the version on Blue, 3 years later, is more vulnerable, and less stylized. Then she was no longer 'being a folk singer'; she was really settling into her own way of singing. But it's fantastic to have this early version as a comparison!

[@reisagerber5515]

Mama, you have the fire in its heart and she has the sorrow. I do understand the omen for the future and the icicles. and most of all, the crocuses. reisa

[@sleeplessnight216]

Lyrics: Born with the moon in cancer Choose her a name she will answer to Call her green and the winters cannot fade her Call her green for the children who've made her Little green, be a gypsy dancer He went to california Hearing that everything's warmer there So you write him a letter and say, "her eyes are blue." He sends you a poem and she's lost to you Little green, he's a non-conformer Just a little green Like the color when the spring is born There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow Just a little green Like the nights when the northern lights perform There'll be icicles and birthday clothes And sometimes there'll be sorrow Child with a child pretending Weary of lies you are sending home So you sign all the papers in the family name You're sad and you're sorry, but you're not ashamed Little green, have a happy ending Just a little green Like the color when the spring is born There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow Just a little green Like the nights when the northern lights perform There'll be icicles and birthday clothes And sometimes there'll be sorrow

[@markoneill1768]

She's singing an alternative melody. What's that about? Probably just another sign of greatness

[@andretimm1387]

A beautiful pallet of sound Love this 💕 @ndre

[@danielrussell7010]

love this😉

[@robertbruce5213]

Let's face it, Joni is a Mozart

[@noregretcoyote1808]

...and Picasso and Shakespeare.

[@BJ-fj6jw]

@@noregretcoyote1808 Good one!

[@BUSHMASTER-GoIN]

Nicht von dieser Welt Großartig 🧜🏿‍♀️✊🏾

[@DomDiego94]

Eu amo essa música ❤🇧🇷

[@sammaree5639]

Her speaking voice reminds me of Veronica Lake !!

[@thewordofgord]

Fine bit of archiving there "sonicboy19"; hadn't know there were any live versions of this.

[@thewordofgord]

indeed!

[@carmenrizzo6408]

Love You Joan Forevermore

[@dl6596]

Wow!

[@meredithmacinnis1237]

JM used to live in a flat above 'By-the-Way Yogurt' on the N/W corner of Bloor and Brunswick, in 'Toronto the Good.' There should be a plaque. Let's do it.

[@petercosgrove3924]

JONI IS TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN

[@stardusth2o]

You can tell she hadn't yet found her iconic vocal style here. Her voice is angelic nonetheless.

[@janicechobaniuk39]

I disagree that this isn't her "iconic vocal style'. She had an incredible range and after her first very high and lyrical albums she sang in this more sultry lower range most often. .Al;so her continued smoking also took it's toll and contributed to the lower ranges.

[@tashamahal]

Exactly. Couldn't agree more. Truth is not a 'vocal style.' This is a level of pain and reflection and honesty that few could ever understand.

[@Nikkithedog-t6b]

Oh man what were you listening to.

[@danieltripp2578]

I'd love for someone to cut out all the bullshit at the start - but this is gold... and I'll keep coming back... and I might even cry each time I come back...

[@marylmart]

The phrases when she stays minor chord and doesn't go to the major which is what is I know. She's the best.

[@juanbeirutty7447]

Master 🎸💎🎶✨jJ:>

[@sarahhomrighausen7349]

I grew up there! And until I was a college kid in the mid '90s, almost everything was still there - Cafe a Go Go, Cafe What?, The Back Fence, Kim's Video, Trash and Vaudeville, Bowl and Board, St Mark's Comics, Cappuccino and Tattoo, the entire 30,000+ strong population of Ukrainians along East 7th Street with the Ukrainian school, church and museum as well as the store for Ukrainian goods - the kistkys and beeswax cakes I bought every Orthodox Easter in order to blow the insides out of dozens of fresh eggs before digging the different sizes of kistkys, warmed over the candle, into the beeswax to start the process of dyeing Easter eggs in the Ukrainian style... Little India (Bangladesh, as I have spent much time in India and understand enough Hindi and Punjabi to know they're mostly Bangladeshi Muslims, some Pakistani)... The ENTIRETY OF EAST 6th STREET was wall to wall and corner to corner "Indian" restaurants and, among or above them, the real jewels - the Bollywood film rental places and the spice shops, cosmetic shops etc... Henna and moist, stacked and plastic wrapped ready-to-heat & eat Papadums - jars of ALL KINDS OF ACHARS (spicy Indian "pickles")... Real kajal eyeliner and henna for the hair as well as henna and equipment for the hands and feet - a mixture of both Indian red henna and Moroccan black henna and the "pastry tube" type of equipment for application once you mixed your personal formula. Saris and shalwar kameez, jeweled as well as plain bindis of every shape and size, even little toddler sizes of boy's and girl's pyjama wear! Everyone obsessively collecting albums at the rare record stores there - Bleeker Bob's and Generation and Second Coming, then the YEARS spent as a Greenwich Village teenager in the little Chess shops further along McDougall Street from this filming location by 2 storefronts to 2 blocks... Paying our 2 dollars for the seat and the rental of the chess set and clock... Playing until we knew our parents were going to be pissed because we were late! Grabbing a hot cocoa at the Washington Square Diner for the chilly walk home through the Washington Square Park oval, stopping under the "punk tree/goth tree/skater/raver/hippie/Rastafarian/geek/folk musician/hip hop, slam and other poetry trees" - different groups had different trees and you could just move around as it strikes your fancy... Be a little bit of EVERYTHING. High School lunch (same school as the Rosenberg kids, Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary, and Angela Davis, the female Black Panthers' leader) was anywhere we could get to and back in the 90 minutes we had at the Little Red Schoolhouse - Cafe Reggio and the famous Mahmoun's Falafel, Yatagan's amazing Turkish shaved lamb Diner Kebabs & Üludag soda, or the special occasion Village greats like Ennio & Michael's on LaGuardia Place in the heart of the old Italian Greenwich Village. Rizzoli and Shakespeare & Co were popular bookstores when Barnes and Noble was a TINY HUT on West 8th Street!