Joni Mitchell - Painting with Words and Music

[@jooperino]

0:00 Intro, Tiger Bones 2:50 Big Yellow Taxi 6:09 Just Like This Train 10:57 Introducing the Band 11:39 Night Ride Home 15:08 The Crazy Cries of Love 19:55 Harry's House 24:23 Black Crow 27:54 Monologue (on Hejira) 29:17 Amelia 36:04 Hejira 42:32 Monologue (on justice, Sex Kills) 44:22 Sex Kills 47:57 Magdalene Laundries 52:32 Moon at The Window 56:56 Monologue ("Good morbid Christmas songs") 57:24 Face Lift 1:01:43 Monologue (on Why Do Fools Fall in Love) 1:02:02 Why Do Fools Fall in Love 1:04:08 Trouble Man (orig. by Marvin Gaye) 1:07:59 Comes Love (orig. by Stan H. Stept, lyrics by Lew Brown and Charles Tobias) 1:13:08 Song For Sharon ENCORE 1:21:02 Monologue Pt. 1 (on Woodstock, Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame ft. Graham Nash) 1:23:59 Monologue Pt. 2 (a Knitting story) 1:29:24 Woodstock 1:34:45 excerpt from Dreamland, while credits roll

[@Rainerwarzecha]

Thank you for this "drop" - this is GREAT!

[@chlange5646]

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[@arvidnilsen9252]

Thank you 🎧

[@Changelingheart]

These kinds of title/time posts are so very helpful.

[@stevemartin4249]

Much thanks for this from Japan!

[@thelastNokiauser]

Omg who is watching this in March 2024 I love the cbc

[@weasternperson5924]

Me! I was pleasantly surprised by how much I loved this! She’s so great, and the camerawork is amazing.

[@iancraib2021]

Yes that’ll be me

[@Scorpian711]

April 2024 here. The determination Joni has is out of this world. When she had the stroke, they said she’d never walk or talk again nor sing. Yet, there she was standing and singing for Elton John’s Gershman award live on PBS the other day!😊

[@sassysandie2865]

She was about 50 here (still a classic beauty) and the cigarettes changed her voice to a mellow husky sound. So many hours spent listening to her in the 70’s. If I were on a deserted island and could only have one record with me it would be one of hers.

[@wsmama]

Not just the cigarettes, a stroke/aneurysm also effects a person's speaking voice. Listen to Patricia Neal's voice before and after stroke. Joni's voice on Shine (2007) was more mature but I think her current beautiful, deeper, richer timbre is a combination of factors. I LOVE it! And her laughter, just as lyrical, too!

[@CGHOSTSNEWS]

amen to that!

[@ginakleinejaeger4997]

I too, have been binging Joni Mitchell now for the last month. She was one of my favorites back in the 70s. She is pure genius, I just love her. Her melodies, her lyrics, just everything about her totally addicted lately.❣️❣️

[@hansemannluchter643]

​@@wsmama this is at least 20 years before the aneurism.. So...

[@wsmama]

@@hansemannluchter643 So... as I said, well inferred, her voice has been ever changing/growing and I love her early, pre aneurysm/smoky/aged, and current husky. learned voice. Love all the phases & stages of Joni!

[@kensiefer6707]

Joni Mitchell has been a companion, comfort and balance for me since I was a young man trying to do the right thing. Her poetry and thoughtfulness helped me think for myself. Thank you Joni for giving us what you have

[@petemavus2948]

Same here like the big sister I never had .......

[@Yaaassssssssss]

All of this.

[@conniewendel1853]

She brings me comfort....she brings me clarity

[@adeleluna-ambriz6221]

Well, I gotta tell you, per usual, this woman, Ms. Joni Mitchell never ceases to blow my mind AND, my heart completely out of my body and existence really. It's not a wonder why she is ( what's a word bigger than existenc. I had to hold my own body down). Thank you Ms. Joni I so appreciate what you have done for the world. A~

[@jacquelynperren5756]

@Adele Luna-Ambriz b

[@lamacamp6014]

There is no better singer-songwriter in the world than Joni Mitchell! I, almost 67, know her entire musical oeuvre and am still impressed by her very beautiful voice and stylistic music! Joni, thank you for all these beautiful things that you have composed primarily for yourself, but also for us (your audience)!! Thanks!!

[@Mona77401]

Watching in November 2024. Love this so much.

[@djdollase]

Love love this. Shows a beautiful, 54 yr old Joni for what she was beyond looks: a serious thinker and poet as well as a terrific musician. Oh, and of course a painter ;)

[@dwightgaston6079]

And dancer!

[@hansemannluchter643]

Her fingers are dancing on that Parker-guitar!!

[@hansemannluchter643]

I am 23 years younger than Joni. Would absolutely have tried my luck...

[@hansemannluchter643]

Joni Mitchell is like a fine wine : She just got better. And better!!

[@peterkoetsier6917]

There are many very good American female artists, but Joni sticks out in poetry, in daring jazzy experiments. Have been listening to her wonderful work since age17, now 50years of her wonderful music. Thank you, Joni, you're like a loved sister!

[@hansemannluchter643]

Yeah.. Except that she isn't "American"..

[@debbieschmidling8158]

❤❤❤

[@bcascadascrane9831]

yes i agree💞💖💋💯❣❣❣loving you Joni.

[@giuliana1644]

Fiona Apple as well. In fact, Joni is one of her influences if I'm not wrong. Besides, both hate being "celebrities", just prefer to have a quiet life. If I were a successful artist, I'll do the same. Another reason to love Joni.

[@JW007100]

Hearing her now so far from the late 60s when I would listen over and over to her early albums as a teenager it has been a journey worth being with her on. Her Barotone guitar is so complimentary of her like the finest red wine.🍷 ❤

[@hansemannluchter643]

This is Joni at her best! I'm SO disappointed The Nobel-committee didn't award her this years prize in literature . There should also be a prize for managing 50+ guitar-tunings!!

[@crash48one]

so underrated, one of the greatest songwriters of all time❤ I give you my heart Joni

[@marcocarolei5732]

Since I was a teenager Joni has been the soundtrack of my life! I was also secretey madly in love with her...

[@MrLittlefeat]

She's such an important part of musical history and one of the very best songwriter's that we've seen and heard in our lifetime. Thank you Joni for your spark of creativity.

[@grisselmoya7854]

Watching November 2024. I don't know how many times I have watched it since February 2024, the first time I found out Joni Mitchell existed was when I saw her at the Grammys. She stole my heart with Both sides now right there, I have no words but I'm so crazy about her music, her art and the person she is I haven't even listened to anything else because nothing is good enough anymore. I have a lot to listen to, while others have had decades she is new to me and she speaks to my soul. She makes me cry, her music is so honest, so incredibly special. I'm so lucky she is in my live... I thought that I lost my heart and she proved me wrong. This woman is out of this world, that I can say. (My English is not perfect, I'm Cuban, I live in Miami)

[@RafaaGMadonnaLover]

I love how in the 90's and 00's Joni casually hit those signature falsetto notes from the beginning of her career. Her voice is one the most fascinating sounds I've heard.

[@hansemannluchter643]

Her voice aged like the finest French wine.. As did her guitar-playing, I've been listening to Joni on and off since "Hejira" was released, when I was 10 1/2.. She is the GOAT female singer/songwriter, and, not least, guitarist!

[@paulhoughton5164]

Pure Joni 😍😍 just her with that voice, those words , those melodies and a guitar style unique to her. If I wasn’t able to listen to anything else but Joni for the rest of my life I would have all I need. One day she will be recognised for the true talent that she is

[@diamondgirl359]

I so agree! 💝

[@susanroyal97]

She’s brilliant. I was so blessed to see her during this time period. 👸❤️🎸

[@slowhand5922]

Do you really think she's not recognized as this talent already long ago? I would say so.

[@diamondgirl359]

@@slowhand5922 Not to the magnitude that she truly deserves, in my opinion.

[@redmirage13]

@@slowhand5922 For sure, she is definitely considered a genius.

[@Rainerwarzecha]

This is a magnificent piece of music history ... I can't believe to see only 5000 clicks here so far! It is magic!

[@rileysummers484]

There’s 15000 now, I’m pretty sure that I can account for at least 300 of em

[@nunosilveira6720]

501 🙂

[@amfm889]

79,350

[@idale747]

I happened upon this by chance and am so grateful. Love the contrast of Joni's light against the shadowed darkness & the highlights of Blue! So artful. So beautifully performed by Joni and her musicians. My love for Joni's music goes way back... since the late '60s. I missed Woodstock because I refused to stand idle for hours on the highway. When I learned later that Joni missed it too, it didn't feel so bad anymore. This performance took me back and brought me forward. I taught "The Circle Game" as poetry to 3rd graders in 1970. Now 5+ decades later, still uplifted by her artful realism. Thank you for posting and starting my day off on a sweet ride.

[@debbieschmidling8158]

❤️

[@hansemannluchter643]

I was born roughly 2 1/2 years before Woodstock, pretty much "hippie-breed". Grew up with Joni,Dylan, Jimi, Beatles, Stones,etc, and some locals, coming out of the speakers.. And not least CSN, with or without Y, my r'n'r guitar hero.. But then there's Joni..... She's in a league of her her own. Have you guys seen the clip from Gordon Lightfoots home, where she just owns Gordon, His Bobness and Roger McGuinn?

[@bcascadascrane9831]

Are you still watching her? this post says it loads and is clear, to me also.

[@michellechalmers8753]

Wow! What a gift this video is! For us JM fans, this is heaven - thank you so much for posting this!

[@diggerthegroundhog8799]

My true love is Punk, Indie and generally obscure music but since 1973 Joni has always been in my head and heart. Especially her mid 70s years. Hejira and Don Juan's wreckers Daughter are faves. This concert is easily her best sounding live recording. She looks amazing and plays fabulously. I would have given anything to be there.

[@jimrebr]

That was excellent, but of course! Joni has been the soundtrack of my life… she will always be. This reminds me of when I saw her in the 90’s, which was an incredible and happy night. Happiness is the best facelift. I love all of her stages, from Song For A Seagull to Shine, she is one my heroes, from Woodstock, through Hejira to Indigo, she’s got that jazz thing, I loved Mingus when I was a teenager, she truly introduced me to jazz. Love her forever and ever ❤️

[@michelineerhorn5798]

Love everything about Joni. Her lyrics are relevant as long ago. She’s so hard to describe but easy to identify with. Her artsy ness inspires me.

[@martinverduyn407]

No words to express how unique and authentic this woman is. One of a kind... Source of inspiration for me, for many, for many yet to come. Big and deep bow to this woman and what she has given us!

[@jillspatzb1017]

I absolutely love joni Mitchell she is simply a genius! I've been following her for 50 plus years and she still touches me just as much today! She is definitely in a class by herself, so much femininity and style! Love you forever joni God bless you always 💛!

[@debbieschmidling8158]

❤️❤️❤️

[@KelleyDonnelly-ow8nr]

Me too girl 👧! I've been listening to her, for almost the same amount of time... I wish I had just one day with her...

[@jillspatzb1017]

🎉​@@KelleyDonnelly-ow8nr

[@rachelfoglia9931]

There's no other artist like Joni, her music and style are amazing! LOVE Joni!!

[@tarnopol]

She’d been on my list to get to for ages; finally sat down and went through her albums through Mingus. Genius; the real deal.

[@davidtollefson8411]

An inspiration to me for over forty years now, and she continues to be a major reason for me to keep playing the guitar and exploring.

[@hansemannluchter643]

Good luck with the 50+ tunings! 🤣🤣

[@jpalberthoward9]

I would never be able to say enough good things about Joni or Emmylou Harris. The amazing thing is both started as coffeehouse folk artists, and then grew beyond where they started by quantum leaps. Both are geniuses, both are beautiful, classy ladies, and both have made contributions to the culture that can't be measured with words, and both have been moving all of the furniture around in my head since I was a small child.

[@hansemannluchter643]

Yeah, they awarded the wrong boomer the Nobel-Prize..

[@johngriffin4535]

I would add Allison Krause to yourlist.

[@FusionHowie]

If you have a need to experience what absolute musical brilliance is well.....just hit replay.

[@amneziak]

When Joni is combined with pedal steel it’s just utter bliss.

[@joleneloveland2942]

I know...the oedal steel perfectly portrays the dreaminess of her lytics and perfectly compliments the smoothness of her voice.

[@debbieschmidling8158]

❤️

[@imanta1972]

Thank you! Absolute gem!

[@richardcleveley9375]

The first Joni album I ever bought was Hissing of Summer Lawns in 1975 - a little while ago now :). Converted then to this woman's genius, I have remained so to this day. I'm sure that the quality of Joni's music and lyrics will serve as an important influence for artists for decades to come.

[@stanleymasterson1135]

Absolutely her best album. I wish this performance had a better song selection, including most of Hissing

[@hansemannluchter643]

No it isn't. None of Jonis studio-albums are "the best". Not even "Blue" or "Hejira". Joni is best LIVE.

[@slowhand5922]

I'm german and though I don't understand this much of her words I'm enchanted nevertheless by her voice and gutar and her appearance everytime I listen to and watch her. What a unique and fascinating woman and artist! She's so charming and modest and natural. That characterizes really great people. They behave themselfs completely down-to-earth everywhere they appear. Btw, I see this performance for the first time and I can say that I like the arrangements and new versions of her for me well known songs very much. Thank you Matias very much for sharing this treasure with us all admirers of Joni. That's actually really nice! Of course I have instantly subscribed to your channel. Cheers to all Joni lovers from Berlin

[@veganvocalist4782]

ooooeeewwwwhhh her voice got more enchanting over the years , what a gorgeous soulful texture , yuuuummmy ;D

[@bernlin2000]

Can I just take a moment to appreciate how gorgeous and lively this woman was at 55...what a role model in so many ways, indescribably influential. Her music speaks like moving paintings, very inspirational.

[@debbieschmidling8158]

❤️

[@claudiogoscilo]

Muchas gracias por subirlo y que no se pierda este maravilloso concierto Matías. Agradecido infinitamente

[@hansemannluchter643]

Yes Joni, your hair looks fine. Your voice is great, and, as always: Your guitar-playing is unreal!! Just watching your right-hand dancing on those strings is... AMAZING!!

[@MichaelStorey-k8m]

The complex music. I went to Spain lookin for a red dirt road when I was 25. I'm 74 now and she is still is the soundtrack to me.

[@debrabowers5096]

She exudes art…music, poetry, painting, musicianship, light!

[@sweetjane5033]

why wasn’t I invited! this is the best concert I have ever seen!! Joni has made me think & mostly feel! I love her❤❤❤❤

[@hansemannluchter643]

I was born in the mid-1960's, and raised on Jimi, Bob, Beatles, Bert, Floyd, Stones, Doors, CSN&Y.. And Joni, Aretha, Janis, Ike&Tina, Mahalia, Cher... And all the locals.. Joni is the best female singer/songwriter ever. And the best guitarist...

[@nancyhovermorton7865]

Joni's a wonderful story teller in her monologues & songs ! I could listen to her talk for hours !

[@debbieschmidling8158]

❤️

[@debbieschmidling8158]

So could I! ❤️

[@sweetjane5033]

by far the best concert I’ve ever heard!!! It was intimate, loving & free! at her best.

[@hansemannluchter643]

Best Live-performance by the legendary Mss Joni Mitchell ever recorded. And that Bass...

[@helencarandreou7368]

Pure voice, pure joy and the songs pure poetry. Love her. They aren't around any more. Love you Joni. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@jaramillolugo5921]

Joni Mitchell has a pervasive influence, and she's also admired by established artists: Prince, Led Zeppelin, Björk, Seal, Herbie Hancock, Rufus Wainwright, Taylor Swift, Nick Mason, Los Lobos, Minnie Riperton, Judy Collins, Fluke... Since 1985 every time I hear Prince's Raspberry Beret reference "my boss is Mr. McGee" (a character from Don Juan's Reckless Daughter album's Paprika Plains) I just smile for there's Joni. She's even on the cover of Controversy among the bold press headlines! And then of course The Ballad of Dorothy Parker song, in which he blatantly mentions her and Help Me! Or Prince's Christopher Under the Cherry Moon character playing piano with a string arrangement coda right out of Shades of Scarlet Conquering. Lots of Color and Contrast. Björk's only movie was titled Dancer in the Dark, it is surely taken from Joni's own My Old Man. She recorded The Boho Dance. Robert Plant told he was so nervous about meeting his idol he couldn't say a word to her when in the same room! Led Zep III album's acoustic sets were the result of the band being awestruck with The Artist that designed even her own album covers, getting them made with embossing (unlike Madonna, as she once stated!) and gatefolded, plus mastered (like many Prince's records) by Bernie Grundman! Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant recalls meeting her, but she was too wasted... And what an encyclopedia of countless collaborators that played with her! Charles Mingus, Joe Sample, James Taylor, The Band, Thomas Dolby, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter, Tom Scott, Chaka Khan, José Feliciano, Larry Carlton, Crosby, Stills, & Nash (remember her Woodstock?), Cheech & Chong (Twisted, crazy... hey flip city!), and her live sets were just tight! Me I was introduced to her music by a boyfriend with a sort of homemade compilation on cassette, songs carefully chosen from Clouds to Hejira, and that got me deliriously hooked on Joni. Even driven to paint my house in terracota and turquoise like her 1977 double album! And I could say that I could drink a case of Joni, and I would still be on my feet. My dreams with the seagulls fly Out of reach out of cry. Thanks u Joni!

[@roblarson9065]

Joni was part of the Genesis of our current R&B, Rock, and Jazz. She wasn’t just admired, she was the juice!

[@jaramillolugo5921]

@@roblarson9065 Absolutely right u r, friend!

[@johnmccann8319]

I knew a young woman once.She arrived at my door with her golden hair shining in the early morning sun.I think she even caused an earthquake living in my house in Dublin.She was my Joni Mitchell for awhile.Years later I saw Joni live.She was perfect,brilliant,beautiful.This is beautiful to have.Thanks for posting.💚

[@rdlm70]

A concert in my house ....during pandemic and excruciating isolation....with the brilliant Joni Mitchell....What could be better?🎶

[@fredrikjanacek2191]

Isn’t she lovely? Isn’t she wonderful? Joni, you’re the goddess of my musical life since ever, and this confirms it all. I LOVE YOU!

[@tinyvr7036]

I love Joni Mitchell. She was one of the first " poets" I read that I remember had rhythm and rhyme😊. What a beautiful lady. Thank you for sharing.

[@sweetjane5033]

their has never been another like Joni. That voice, that sensuality, that phrasing… a beautiful songwriter songbird!!❤❤

[@sweetjane5033]

an excellent musician!

[@hansemannluchter643]

And there never will be, in our lifetime.

[@robertdore9592]

I STILL have the biggest crush on this woman; both her looks and her art have enthralled me for decades.😘

[@richardsemmens4773]

me too ..

[@suzannelawson9215]

Just curious , hypothetical question. If Joni was a "plainjane" didn't have the looks, - would you still have a crush on her? Would her tremendous talent be enough? Could you still have a crush on her for her artistic talent as a a writer and musician if she was short, didn't have good looks? Didn't turn heads if she lacked good looks. Would you still have a crush on her?

[@redmirage13]

Me too , like most "male" musicians I guess ...

[@skygazer4251]

Robert Dore: Me too!

[@skygazer4251]

@@suzannelawson9215 Great question. Unequivocally, yes I would. But her beauty sure didn't hurt.. Such genius..

[@wendellwiggins3776]

too too much beauty pouring from within this Saint of sound

[@duanehall2213]

The. Saint. Of. Sound. ....I. LIKE. that. 🤘🌻

[@jamesbrown9130]

Flawless performance - great band - they are all swinging so hard - the songs will endure - the poetry and truth in the lyrics - I am quite sure I will not see anyone come along to rival her.

[@pamclark785]

How could this be 22 years ago, feels like yesterday. Joni, the poet - my favorite

[@debbieschmidling8158]

❤

[@johngriffin4535]

Incredible. How have I missed this fantastic performance for so long?

[@easywind4044]

I have been listening to Joni since 1970. What a talent! She is still beautiful to me.

[@lauritasantos7738]

This is the best gift I could have found! Thank you, Mathias😊

[@MatiasMenarguez]

You are more than welcome!

[@sweetjane5033]

Purely beautiful concert & Joni seems to be having a lot of fun!

[@hnttakata713]

So glad these moments are recorded. I miss live performance, great lyrics and attitude. Hope the world can go back to events, real time together. Love Joni.

[@markdarnell614]

This is Absolutely EPIC! Joni at her most Elegant - a True Goddess! Peerless, and Dazzling!!!

[@marilynwellman6886]

Since i heard about Joni Mitchell, she is my musician of choice. I listen everyday!

[@rebeccacurry896]

Lyrical and musical genius no one compares!!!

[@juniorjohnson9509]

This is an absolute gem!

[@samissomar]

Joni Mitchell's words,and Soundscapings are truly Magic for the Soul !...

[@PDN11141]

I love Joni Mitchell's art works, as well as her music and words. Isn't she multi-talent.

[@davexxx5175]

Amazing Joni! Thank you for your music...and thank you Matias for posting this concert!

[@junedoubleu7408]

I never knew this existed, it is so good. Thanks for putting it up here. I love Joni, she really matured nicely.

[@hansemannluchter643]

Yes she did. Joni at 50+ is WAY better than Joni at 24.Not that she was bad back then, but Goddamn, her voice matured fine, and her guitar-playing? Way under-rated, 50+ tunings? Her picking-hand work?? Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, can do that..

[@peterduffy3935]

That woman's genius is just mind-boggling - Bach, Rembrandt and Shakespeare rolled into one.

[@sidilicious11]

And Vincent Van Gogh😊

[@58landman]

@@sidilicious11 Yeah but he was nutz. Joni is not.

[@projectmaso]

Creo que Joni no ha sido reconocida del todo, siendo una de las mejores exponentes del folk, al principio, y luego de una variante del jazz. Para mi es imprescindible dentro de mis gustos musicales.

[@selinawells9901]

I have only just discovered this video and it is fabulous! Joni is so brilliant! I wish I could have seen her or been in the audience! xx

[@thepleyadian6559]

David Gilmour la eligió dentro de los mejores 10 guitarristas...(sorprendente?) esta mujer está cerquita de la perfección, no por nada siempre los músicos morían por tocar con ella...ejemplos varios: Jaco Pastorious, Pat Metheny, Clapton y un largo etcétera...gracias por subir esta maravilla Matías.

[@CadeCYC]

TYSM for uploading this one of my favorite Joni concerts I have seen. So original and true to her art

[@perniciousprogressive8333]

As a species, humans have little to redeem them. Joni is one of those rarities that makes us all better. Simply love her and always have since first hearing her back in '69

[@fredkrissman6527]

Released in 1998, fyi... I saw a gallery exhibit of Joni's work in Laguna Beach, CA in the mid-70s, so this is a great update to that event!

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

This performance is 1998 ?

[@stretch54]

@@Tamar-sz8ox - yes. She's like 76 now. That is her "then" husband Larry Klein behind her playing Bass.

[@georgejarry3964]

Absolutely MAGIC adorable Joni respectfully, and the musicians are awesome, gracias Matias.

[@UKSleepwalker1]

Have just discovered this and it is sheer heaven ! The only other concert I had of Joni Mitchell was from the 80's which although featured good musicians, they didn't play it like this. This line up for me represents the perfect vehicle for her songs and oh how I wished she'd done a series of concerts like this, covering most of the albums up to Hejira. And I know that might be a bit controversial, but for me Hejira was the pinnacle of her art and I think the problem for Joni was - How could she follow the soul searching, almost mystical experience that was Hejira ? And personally I don't think she really could.

[@Argotero]

Thanks so much, I remember when I see this amazing film... Thanks again.

[@Locoporcromo1]

Muchas gracias!!! la Mitchell en un momento espectacular, y encima con el queridisimo Brian Blade. Gran show este, a la altura de los clásicos de JM a mi entender.

[@darsupergirl]

Matias, Thank you with all my heart for posting this Fantastic Concert. It added a whole new dimension of JONI for me! Gracias, gracias, gracias! ❤

[@blackawana]

Thank you SO much!!! I have missed this music , and love this set, especially. 🎉

[@xy3536]

Cant get enough.... Joni .... Walking with you Always liftet up... And moved in unknown terrain.. ❤️❤️❤️

[@samissomar]

From Folk/Rock to Jazz/Rock fusion...she's always a Master !...

[@sweetjane5033]

to me Joni’s best performance!!! So comfortable. coming into her own skin happy!❤ animated! lovely ❤❤

[@hansemannluchter643]

Yes... This is one of the best Live-performances ever recorded.

[@bernlin2000]

Good lord, is "Heijira" a timeless masterpiece. I'll never get why this woman is compared to Bob Dylan...she's clearly well beyond that scope.

[@rightnow144]

Well; its not a comparison on playing but rather their lyric - I dig it! 😊

[@benwitherington6370]

Have you bothered to listen to the scope and depth of his lyrics. His music is as diverse as her, and frankly she has got the ability to dissect like Dylan the cultural situation. She mostly just sings about love lost and sex. Not so Dylan. Of course she has a much better voice. Dylan and Mitchell are the 2 great poets of the classic folk and rock era.

[@hansemannluchter643]

It's because there are no other contemporary males to compare to.. Joni can actually sing, she is an incredibly original and skilled guitarist, using more than 50 tunings, she plays a decent piano, and the dulcimer(!).. She is so talented that Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny backed her up, at the same time! I mean, the list of musicians who played with Joni is just incredible. Even Dylan knew, it's obvious in the recording at Gordon Lightfoots house..

[@hansemannluchter643]

@benwitherington.. Yes, I have. Born in 1966, and my dad was a Dylanologist. I've heard him since before I can even remember. I like Dylan, Joni is just better! A better singer, a better guitarist, and a better poet. Your claim that she only sings if love, lost love, and sex, is just false. I mean, have you actually listened to her??

[@richardredmond1463]

I can't remember whether it was listening to Heijira or Hissing of Summer Lawns that, in the mid 1970s finally turned me off the musical direction Joni was taking. It just wasn't my cup of tea.

[@ricardomandrilli2155]

Que creadora! Que monumento al arte!

[@francesmerlo1239]

Joni brings life to life!!! Fond memories of happy times. Thanks

[@wolffbites]

AS gifted as a painter as she is a musician, this is one enormous talent who writes superb music and for my money, the most intellligent lyrics that run the gamut from pure fun to powerful social commentary. I love the way she, on her long journey, merged seamlessly with the best in the world of Jazz. Her scope is unmatched and were she a man she would be shoulder to shoulder with Dylan

[@skygazer4251]

Above Dylan in the genius department..

[@mng5595]

@@skygazer4251 She has enormous range, beyond Dylan. The Nobel Committee has some answering to do...

[@paulhoworth9600]

Personally I think Joni is light-years ahead of Bob Dylan in every way imaginable.

[@hansemannluchter643]

Every single tone Larry Klein plays is played with Love... For the song, and for Joni!! No ego-boosting there. This is one of the best Live-performances ever recorded.

[@kermit3421]

OMG Thank You for this! Joni is so awesome!

[@MatiasMenarguez]

She is! A pleasure Kermit, take care

[@sweetjane5033]

I’d love to have a DVD of this magical intimate concert! May I?❤

[@valeriobiserni9136]

I love this beautiful show .....my favourite.....l'addestramento and gentleman she is joni ....an genius of the music great emotions ❤❤❤ thanks joni

[@hansemannluchter643]

50+ guitar-tunings!! And her hair DOES look great..

[@jerrachavez8421]

Be still my heart!! Thank you joni!! Thank you for gifting us With such intelligence! Heart! Honesty and Poetry! Take care of your Beautiful self! You are sooo loooved!!

[@judyl.watson517]

Oh, man. I was raised on Joni Mitchell. All through HS @ the rest of my 64 yrs. So Grateful to have found you Joni, you who has brought me back to myself oh so many times when down, lonely or grieving the great loss of my home @ all of my memories in 2017 firestorm. Talk about feeling all alone @ I'm not dealing with this life as well as I had hope to all the old pieces handed down to me also, 1,500+ pieces of SS @ gold which was going to be my nest egg. Guess Not. Thank-you for words of life @ of course, LOVE 💕 Jude

[@sweetjane5033]

Joni, you’re a facelift to the world!!!❤

[@bernlin2000]

1:15:02 Joni forgets the lyrics XD so endearing, absolute joy to hear her perform again this year!! She played the guitar just like she did here, so inspiring.

[@bethlogan1283]

I've rediscovered Mitchell (she was in my background) since my sister gave me her biography. I focused on Carole King, as a keyboardist, & Joni was guitar; however, she was piano too. But Carole had those chords to draw you in. I love Joni's artistic ability

[@amneziak]

The song “Hejira” is just breathtaking.

[@kimdixson3566]

I love this song

[@jasonkaufman593]

Joni Mitchell Hejira Jun 15, 1986 - Type this into YT search. BEST performance EVER of Hejira. Thank me later. Yes, that is a halo around her

[@jeffreyhickey]

@@jasonkaufman593 I'll thank you now. Wow. While I still prefer Jaco on bass, her vocals with her ex are inspired. Best by far. Thanks.

[@lewisc215]

How do you breath then?

[@AnthonyG555]

Mrs. Mitchell, tiene y tendrá todo mí respeto, por su elegancia tanto en su música, arte como en su persona. Gracias, por siempre, mrs.

[@gregmaea4337]

‘One of a Kind ‘ An Extraordinary Singer Songwriter Musician Artist the Divinely Talented Joni Mitchell....What a Life !!!!

[@thomasv458]

Thank you for posting this. Joni ...always the most right on ( and far in) I am blessed to have lived in the same era to have experienced all of this, and still she goes on evolving and growing through it all .