Joni Mitchell - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Film

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

Few people live in the place Joni Mitchell occupies. Sheer genius - great lyrics, great melodies, great arrangements and a song that made me have to pull off onto the shoulder, sobbing like a baby. She's amazing.

[@Nurslou]

The absolute best singer and songwriter of all time that I am aware of. Those songs I just cannot believe those lyrics just come up in her head. Amazing woman.

[@Troubleshooter125]

I've said it before and will continue to say so: There's Joni ... and then there is EVERYBODY ELSE. She is, without doubt, the single most talented, powerful, & influential female songwriter / performer of the 20th century, if not *Of All Time.* Thank you, Ms. Mitchell. Thank you a LOT.

[@davazz9586]

Tori Amos comes very close

[@alancumming6407]

Someone comes along now and then but not often, with the range of talent that she has. She is a great guitar player, singer, songwriter, composer, poet and a painter. Amazing.

[@glenncraig8616]

Joni Mitchell has no peer. Gorgeous, talented, intelligent, conscientious. She is a blessing for us all

[@joleneloveland2942]

@Hammerschlägen M Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.

[@TGcomments]

Joni isn't pretty but she does have a sort of spooky alternative beauty.

[@joleneloveland2942]

@Hammerschlägen M yes thats exactly what I meant. Is she a classic beauty? Is she technically a beauty? Beauty is subjective. I think true beauty comes from inside to the outside, thats why i say in the heart instead of eye.

[@TheBella2u]

@Hammerschlägen M No, I don't get the picture. When Joni was young she had that kind of nobility about her. The concept of physical beauty changes with the times. Very few in the spotlight are natural now, Joni was that and if you know her back story and have ever heard her speak you know she is beautiful. Never-mind her musicianship. Anyone, who doesn't understand that, has never understood true beauty. I hope you live long enough to see it. Because to go to your grave with only the understanding of the trite and superficial is simply a wasted life. Just watch the Coyote video with Dylan @ Gordon Lightfoot's house. Joni is GORGEOUS.

[@davazz9586]

The only peer is Tori Amos

[@aboyFinn]

One of the reasons that I'm glad to have lived when I have. To be able to witness Joni's growth and her art.

[@hocuspocusfocusable]

As a Singer/Songwriter/Artist...she is incomparable. Awards, Inductions, and all else aside. Genius knows no boundaries. I adore her.

[@hippijade]

Couldn't have said it better myself!

[@karencahill4798]

We all seem to agree that Joni is one in a million. Beyond the beyond.🎶🎵Revealing our lives with her words and melodies.

[@blueskygal255]

Greatest singer songwriter of all time!

[@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503]

Joni Mitchell flows through us and leaves an everlasting impression of sweet soul.... Thank you Joni...🙋 Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school CA ✌️

[@samlewis7878]

This woman is one of the most ripped talented woman is the history of the arts. Going back centuries there are only a few like her. Truly AMAZING11

[@TheFliggs]

Amen!

[@CHo-ro7rw]

Romanticism and freedom. Two key elements of Joni that moved this little Cantonese boy just as he was growing into his own from a secluded, sheltered and restrictive childhood. The music opened all the doors to rock, punk, folk, country, metal, indie... And she remains the apex of a music that's become my life.. in my blood like holy wine. Thank you, Joni. Thank you so very much for all the songs that make my romantic and living impulse tick.

[@kingdicelille]

Saying she's a great artist is a major understatement.

[@christopherlopez9684]

She doesn’t deserve the rock and roll hall of. She is on a higher deferent level. She needs her own awesome hall of fame. Words can’t describe. I only heard of her about five years ago and I’m blown away but songs I’ve known and grown up with. A Musical goddess

[@thezachprojectSUD]

She is one of the best all time musical artists of all time. I loved her when I first heard her in the 60’s.

[@fredericducomet.boquier7920]

Merci beaucoup à vous pour ce bel hommage 🙏👍❤️

[@singsonggirl9267]

Gorgeous, prolific, instrumentalist, singer-songwriter/poet and muse. Joni, "you're in my blood like holy wine."

[@deborahfrasier1221]

I LOVE Joni Mitchell 💖💕🥰💯

[@SuperStig23]

This Woman saved my life !!, when I was young, confused, shy I just always felt "outside" the world around me, I was a big R&B and Motown fan then I was at a party and somebody played her version of Woodstock, WOW !!!! I already had heard the CSN version and loved it but man her original version reached into my chest and grabbed my heart, I went out and bought all her albums even though I thought "Folk" music was lame. I discovered that she wasn't just a "folk" singer she was pure magic, she put her whole soul into every song in a way I'd never heard anyone do before. When Blue came out I would sit and listen to it over and over and I couldn't believe she was so open about her innermost feelings that most of us could never even confide to a family member or closest friend yet she made beautiful timeless music out of it. Her talent transcends all normal labels of Gender, style, genre and Nationality. If you know a troubled teenager try playing some of Joni's early songs to them, it's much cheaper and better than therapy IMHO. Even Prince who was true musical genius said Joni changed his life.

[@nikkiavery7240]

SuperStig23 She helped a lot of us out when we were young and troubled . Very well written, Thank you !

[@blueskygal255]

That's exactly how I played joni - in 1972 i was having a nervous breakdown and her music spoke feelings i couldn't - "youre not going to fix this one up too easy" from the song electricity.

[@willec7105]

Very well said. She is that rare transcendent artist that channels things that the gods want to communicate to the human community. Hearing her I feel blessed and healed.

[@DC-js4gk]

Thanks Stig I hear you. I've been around a bit but new to this music - she's a gaping gap in my musical journey and I'm about to have one hell of a time discovering the work of this genius

[@dennysmith4396]

My sentiments exactly... reckon "Blue" was what did it for me... unique talent...

[@TVC15ohoh]

Just beautiful. Lovely compliation. What a remarkable artist. How lucky for us to have been around the same time she was...!

[@theaterdreamer]

Joni’s talent is….astonishing. I purchased Blue one year ago. It was the first album of hers I ever bought, and it was the beginning of a deep love and appreciation for Joni Mitchell’s singular artistry. I listen to Clouds, or Ladies of the Canyon, or Court and Spark, and then I listen to what passes for music today, and I can’t help but feel for those who will never understand how powerful words and melodies can be in the hands of a genius. Joni’s voice soars. Her humanity, and her vulnerability, are on full display. What a wonderful gift she has shared with us. I only wish that I’d started this journey many years ago. God Bless you, Joni.

[@sanmcc55]

Holding true to one's self....remaining authentic to you soul's purpose, in the face of constant coercion to conform is never easy. Joni gave me inspiration to keep trying and to never give in or give up

[@GordyInMA]

This is such a poignant and beautiful song! It definitely applies to anyone who has been through a devastating breakup! Joni is such an amazing singer/songwriter/musician! 🙀😻

[@toneman335]

God gave Joni Mitchell to show us what is possible with humans!

[@etiennecfourie777]

Amen to that!!

[@taraspringmusic1277]

I am so happy to have found this. Such beauty, talent and inspiration, all wrapped in one. Cheers!

[@marcscordato4385]

Such a gifted lyricist , I love the singer song writer area , Harry Chapin. Jim Croce , James Taylor I love them all but Joni is my favorite . Both sides now brings tears to my eyes .

[@tarbaby37]

The greatest composer / singer, singer / composer ever.

[@donaldmajewski1004]

I'm 58 years old. Loved her and her music all my life.

[@sueogg2367]

Just absolutely AMAZING, she always was and always will be!!!!!!!!! Eat.......

[@howardrobinson4938]

Stole my heart with her pronunciation of hotel at 15 sec.

[@rillloudmother]

growing up in the 80s joni mitchell was part of the wallpaper to me. it wasn't until i got into jazz and found out that jaco and metheny had played with her that i decided to check her out. imo you need to listen to her albums to appreciate her, much like you needed to go to a grateful dead show in order to fully appreciate them.

[@DC-js4gk]

Yup me too only recently too though I qualify as a late boomer missed Joni through all the years then discovered Hejirs Live. OMG

[@hannahstaelens6873]

Happy birthday Joan ! Thanks for Your music, wisdom and love !

[@18echosf]

I use to inhabit the 2nd Fret in Philadelphia in the early-mid '60s and saw Tom Rush, Eric Anderson, & Joni there. It was one of the coolest small coffee houses that featured the best folk artists of that generation. I lived only a few blocks away and it was a very cool time in my life. Joni is one of the greatest songwriters in music.

[@JPPureCandy]

Your recollections brought back fond memories of my own. I saw Ms. Mitchell around '68 or '69 at The Main Point in Bryn Mawr (saw Tom Rush there at another time). She was probably about ten feet away from me. Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end.

[@lamper2]

@@JPPureCandy THANK YOU BOTH FOR USING THE "LOST" WORD "SAW" NOT 'I SEEN"!

[@debrabrabenec3731]

Lucky you!

[@jonmars9559]

Nice collection. I always marvel at the rate in which this amazing women evolved, as human and as an artist. Few could match her.

[@slownoman]

As a singer, writer, guitar magician, cosmic artist, Joni Mitchell is in a hall of her own. Unmatched by anyone, any gender, any style, any time.

[@mikevv]

Beautiful woman, GREAT VOICE...

[@Agnos66]

najpiękniejsza ......... kocham

[@juandominguez9167]

Un artista 100% autentica, única!, inconmensurable

[@michelehaime6737]

Whenever I hear Joni Mitchell ,See her painting , I think Beautifully Exquisite, Poetry's True Genius , Complex ,yet simple ,then again everything organic ,is Simply the Best , Taste like no other Homegrown in Canada's Womb , She's Real , makes no Apologizes , Embraces who she is and is open minded in her heart just as free as any paint brush who Long's to DANCE!

[@DETROIT1948]

Joni Mitchell Priceless! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@kevgh3869]

oh I love her! She makes my head swim then, now and forever !

[@etiennecfourie777]

@@cherylb5680 Really???

[@cherylb5680]

@@etiennecfourie777 Didn't post that comment.

[@wardbrisick9349]

Simply the best.

[@michaelmattice4986]

I once met a man who said he thought every song Joni ever wrote was about him. My response?..."You too?!" :)

[@anniejo1355]

Wait! It was me, wasn't it? She saved .my life, too! I was such a melancholy teenage wierdo! When Blue came out, I thought she c h

[@albertedmunds7500]

#metoo

[@markthompson4804]

I thought she wrote Court and Spark about me back in 1974

[@frankbillingiere8888]

ive been in love with joni mitchell since i was 16!!

[@arcturusvmoon]

Such an amazing lady!

[@DETROIT1948]

"GOAT" Absolutely Priceless! ✨✨✨✨ Oh Canada 🇨🇦

[@monzermasri8141]

I really admire her a lot .. songs like Big yellow Taxi and Both sides now and ... Woodstock will always be my favorites لدي من ألبوماتها ..(هجيرا) و (منغوس) وأفضل أغانيها .. طبعا حملت كل الديسكوغرافي الخاص بها .. سأحزن لخبر وفاتها .. كما أحزن لكل مغنيي المفضلين من جيلها ...

[@markprice244]

I add that it seems compted a giant d ildo for her. Roosevelt in time to stop o y

[@bedeashby6323]

The talent is extraordinary

[@55flameon]

Feel blessed to have lived while Joni did.

[@NYCgirl927]

Talent & beauty. A trailblazer for women in music.

[@dixiefarthing3427]

This right here. This is all you need.

[@CalogeroSmith]

best female songwriter ever.

[@CalogeroSmith]

Yes it's true, you're right! ; )

[@steven1822]

Amen.

[@nickyes2292]

Joni is number 2...Madonna is number 1.

[@oremlares8598]

Joni is way better than Madonna. So Joni is number 1 and Madonna not even number 2

[@nickyes2292]

@@oremlares8598 what is wrong with madonna?

[@eolden7749]

Court and Spark is still on my CD player.

[@stephencarpenteri2223]

The closest thing we have to an angel on earth!

[@DingusTheGenius]

I have always believed that if the power of songwriting was converted into a martial art and that Bob, Leonard, and Joni all stepped into a no holds barred, steel cage match, it would go something like this: Leonard, after hamming up his introduction from the ring announcer, taps out immediately after the opening bell, removing his fedora and bowing deeply and graciously to the remaining two combatants then leaving the arena escorted by a mysterious bombshell of a woman in a red dress who seemed to have suddenly materialized out of no nowhere. Bob seems annoyed that he even has to prove his superiority, but is clearly hesitant to approach the calm and patient Joni who is waiting in a relaxed but potent fighting stance. As the crowd becomes restless and jeering of Bob's faux approaches to engage in some real action, he finally intiates contact by pretending to adjust his bootlaces and then suddenly unleashing a clumsy, wide arching sucker punch that misses wildly to which Joni responds to with a precise combination of two crisp jabs to the nose and a straight right that stings Bob's ear as he stumbles but regains his balance. At this point Bob distances himself and then begins to make an exaggerated gesture of asphyxiation as he begins to complain to the referee that Joni is wearing a perfume or fragrance that is causing him respiratory difficulty and that he cannot continue unless she returns to the locker room to shower. At this point the crowd is boo-ing wildly as Joni is gracefully and bemusedly shrugging and proclaiming "I thought that this was going to be a rumble, man, not a beauty pageant???" At this point Bob's lawyer appears and provides the most forceful display of aggression of the match in the form of verbally lambasting the promotors for breech of contact and threatening a lawsuit and demanding a public apology be issued to his client. Bob is whisked away by an entourage into a waiting limo and Joni is declared the champion to which she responds with a tepid fist pump and an elegantly exaggerated mean mug for ring side photographers. Edit

[@austinchaseofficial]

Lmao

[@rosalie8845]

thank you!!

[@acgogoacgogo8854]

I think it was in '73 or '74 Joni was all over the am radio with "Help Me" and "Free Man" and my friends and I hated her. Not teenage boy stuff at all. They used to play those songs 4 or 5 times an hour! Geffen making his coins! Anyway, I grew up and a friend played me "Hissing of Summer Lawns" and I was like who the fuck IS this? He had all her records and I got myself an education. Imagine diving all at once into a tidal wave of poetry and melody and soaring sometimes broken soprano that would round out again at the end of the note. When I moved to NYC, I lived in Chelsea and paid rent I couldn't afford just so I could hear that music rapping up like pipes and drums and a crystal hung in the north facing window on the off chance I would wake up to a rainbow on the wall. I burned incense and played her records till they were all scratched with clicks and hisses. Now I'm a Cali boy - ok, O.G. Joni. I'm your biggest fan. Take me as I am. Better late than never.

[@meljones2074]

There are no words to respond to this post. I'll just have to give you a thumbs up. I get you.

[@francisesalazar2709]

I’m 60 y/o and I just started listening to Joni and I’m in awe of her legacy, she had over 40 different guitar tunings which made her a trailblazer with her guitar, She was doing alternate tunings before metal and grunge bands! In my opinion joni set the bar for every artist

[@JamesHarris-hl2bm]

I just think you needed the right moment and that was not it. I was a teenager when she did Court And Spark and I took to it immediately. But again, I was a late bloomer to Mitchell as well. The song that first got me was You Turn me on, i'm a Radio. Then, I found out that she wrote one of my all time favorites: Woodstock. After Court & Spark and Hissing of Summer Lawns, I was hooked.

[@lolodee3528]

I loved her at first sound; so much so, at age 11, I had Song to a Seagull and NO phonograph. I just held it in my hands for a year.

[@jakemcclintock8696]

Joni Anderson Mitchell was making great music long before this rendition of her music history began.

[@sammyscotch9945]

She wrote her own songs, played the instruments, sang produced and even painted some of the album covers. Much more than many of her male contemporaries did

[@jesmarluk6635]

Just perfect. Fabulous Joni!

[@AN-cy7xm]

A real artist.

[@peterchristianmanstein1106]

Love that girl!

[@richardgonick931]

Fantastic

[@robertgillespie7946]

Thank You!

[@plasticdadaii8225]

Wow! just like Time- Life!

[@gigidayz6936]

No one like Joni. Never will be.

[@NINTH_SENSE]

Nicht von dieser Welt Großartig 🧜🏿‍♀️✊🏾

[@paulvon2378]

I hope she is also in the Folk Hall of Fame!

[@PeaceFan1]

GREATEST TRULY ...She Stands ALONE as a Songwriter and Singer ....She has NO EQUAL and NO PEER!!! xoxo

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

LEGEND!

[@gibbonschip]

They left so much out of this short flick! Some of her best work not even there.

[@TR3NCII]

This is NOT rock n roll. This is a new music that Joni created. Call it fusion or whatever, but you won't hear music like this from no other person ever again.

[@MarkSeibold]

Joni is in a category as uniquely all her own. Nobody else can touch her, or even come close.

[@keithfink2364]

Happy Birthday Joni!

[@mjm5081]

❤

[@paulchristman2456]

I've already said this a million times, and I'll say it a million more: Joni is Euterpe incarnate.

[@mrpentium]

I'll say it...no one is as good as Joni Mitchell, not even Joni Mitchell (Noel Gallagher said this about Johnny Marr, but HERE it doesn't apply... she is THAT GOOD)...... ..

[@apocalypseplough8089]

The award meant so much to her she didn't show up. More musicians should do the same. F**k the Rock and Roll Hall of Shame. (Edited for swearing)

[@acgogoacgogo8854]

I think she was sick or recuperating. Also, Cleveland can be kind of a drag.

[@apocalypseplough8089]

She wasn't sick or recuperating. She didn't want to go. And when Graham Nash brought her it while she was on stage filming a concert, she said it was apropos that he brought it in a garbage bag.

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

Lol !!!!!! That's Joni alright !!!!! She's so ambivalent !!!!!

[@robertbroatch4263]

they give it to about anyone these days- like big f...ing deal right?!

[@eddythefan]

@@robertbroatch4263 Last straw for me was Hall&Oates getting in

[@bulldoginyellowsubmarine9259]

No song from Hejira? :(

[@754759119]

what's the song at 1:40 and 1:50?

[@Jackety102]

Free Man in Paris, Court & Spark

[@camgibb59]

👍👍

[@kennyyow8863]

The message plant a seed

[@robertbroatch4263]

Laura Nyro is the only person I can compare-Artist, musician she had it all also.

[@d.dedrick7991]

Kate Bush

[@samkohen4589]

They were pals. There is a fantastic picture of the two of them giggling and laughing

[@brucerawson-g6f]

What is this segment?

[@yettaplotz2155]

She's a damned good painter too!

[@sailorinfl]

They aren't making any more like that.

[@liesbethdemeulemeester7045]

Voor joy

[@tammcphail1995]

Did she really write that Woodstock song?

[@noregretcoyote1808]

On some distant day, Shakespeare, Mozart and Picasso will stand and call out ‘Joni, you’re at this table’.

[@imagecarpenter]

I have never seen Joni with black hair. Why not!!???

[@vortexnyc2891]

Because she's bald?

[@kennyyow8863]

His and lower

[@annalyon8443]

i drown in Joni

[@michaeldonovan4793]

where is her acceptance speech?

[@vortexnyc2891]

She's probably still writing it

[@el1414]

she and I met in a dream once, which on the surface sounds silly to mention, but she knew I loved her, in the dream. Who knows? in some permutation, of universes , maybe she gets mad at me for singing too loud in the shower.

[@joleneloveland2942]

You will be happy to know, that we all really do speak to others and make these "connections" in our dreams all the time. Can I prove this? Sorry no, but I can feel it! Is she aware of your "visit" ? On some level she is, but probably not on a conscious one, unless you've met and are friends. I have dreams with seemingly "strangers" in them all the time. We communicate on many levels. The heart and soul know no limits.

[@EgbertWilliams]

No "Both Sides Now"? Odd.

[@johnvalentine3456]

Watch again, it was there

[@allenbell3734]

She is one of the best song writers ever. My favorite along with Billie Ellish(?).

[@liesbethdemeulemeester7045]

Woodstock

[@kennyyow8863]

Belmont University

[@fenderbassfan]

Fine and dandy but she's in the RRHOF and bands like Grand Funk and Deep Purple and Humble Pie aren't. They finally, after tons of pressure just inducted Hall and Oats and took so long to induct the Dave Clark Five that their long paralyzed singer, Mike Smith, and their Saxophonist Denis Payton, had already died. Screw the RRHOF. Just a Good Ol' Boy Club that are in love with their self described Power Trip. Madonna is in too? Joni is good but the only thing I really enjoyed by her was her collaboration with Pat Metheny and Jaco Pastorius and that's Jazz. The rest is just Folk Music and Pop, not Rock and Roll. Last I heard, Yes isn't in either but KISS is!!!!???

[@frankmelkert9503]

Who knows about the inductions anyway it's almost like politics

[@barbarabrown7115]

889 like hits. That is so ......uneducated. I dig Dylan but Joni

[@Fontsman]

Joni is on Mount Olympus. The rest are looking up. If only she hadn't smoked so very much as it hurt her voice and in the end her health.

[@davidmowens8825]

She was killer, no.....?

[@popeye1250]

Sheesh, who was that "bass player" in the background? He was awful! He'd play two notes and then dip his head and the bass. "All English." People who don't know music do that.

[@actormanic]

+popeye1250 WTF are you talking about? There are no shots of any bass player on this clip. At one point, there is Pat Metheny playing guitar in the background, while the bass is being played by none other than Jaco Pastorius, but he's not (visually) in the shot. The only other musician you get a look at in the background, is Tom Scott, who plays sax, and he didn't happen to be playing at that moment. No matter how you slice it, we're talking about musicians who are about as first rate as first rate can be. So, can you point out just where on the clip this phantom "awful" bass player is?

[@hocuspocusfocusable]

+actormanic you're absolutely correct...popeye is quite vague IMO...Larry Klein was a great Bass player for her as well (not that he's pictured either...and (imo) so reminiscent of Jaco...in his style. (Although not credited...I was watching Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park this weekend, and who was there, in the band, but Pat Metheny ((one of my Guitar heroes)) )...

[@actormanic]

+hocuspocusfocusable Er, ah....that was David Brown (who played with Billy Joel in the 70s) with S&G, not Pat Metheny.....David did kind of resemble Pat at that time, though....Oh, and I agree with what you said about Larry Klein. Joni would never have any slouches on stage with her. She always employed first rate musicians.

[@hocuspocusfocusable]

+actormanic .....looks quite a bit like Pat...even the facial expressions...I've seen him perform a few times. Pat also does a rendering of 'Sounds of Silence'... I'll take your word for it...and stand corrected

[@joleneloveland2942]

That short glimpse of dark haired man IS Pat Metheny. Joni did a tour in 1980, the North American Tour /Shadows and Light. I caught one of the shows. She had a dream band consisting of Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorious, Don Alias, Lyle Mays, and Michael Brecker and the Persuations. Awesome, awesome show! She toured with the L.A. Express in 1974 as her band, and the opening act. Their bass player was Max Bennett. The first time we hear Jaco with Joni is on Hejira in 1976. Then on Don Juan's Reckless Daughter in 1977. In 1979 Mingus was released. That's Jaco Pastorius on that album and he was also used on the Shadows and Light album (1980) as well as that tour. After the tour Jaco joined with the Weather Report. Larry Klein plays and tours with Joni thereafter starting on the 1983 album Wild Things Run Fast. You are probably referring to Jaco Pastorius. Jaco's style was very different and unique. He is considered a genius and ahead of his time and I love him and his extraordinary bass playing! To each his own, but if you dont like him, then you dont like him. He died tragically in 1987, i believe. Sure do miss his sound. Jaco has a son, Felix, who is following in his father's footsteps on bass and is also very very good.