Me, of course !!!! My favorite Christmas 🎄 song. Doesn't have to be Christmas though !@#😊
@janetcools935124 күн бұрын
Me too!❤❤❤
@rolandinho5824 күн бұрын
Me! Heard First Aid Kit do a version on Swedish television yesterday
@vincekelly420124 күн бұрын
Me
@joancarey5688 Жыл бұрын
This song is 52 years old….its timeless… I’m 81 years young… and it still moves me to tears!
@juliehenry7203 Жыл бұрын
Same! I'm 65, but remember when this song came out. Joni, Carly & James... Had every single album (playing them CONSTANTLY) until it drove my entire family nuts! Listening to Joni... & hearing this young lady who sang this song on *The Voice*, Lila Forde... Let's just say it REALLY took me back to my early teens. ❤
@julieward9011 Жыл бұрын
I’m 76 playing it now… my favorite Christmas song!!!
@peterschancel7223 Жыл бұрын
This ls great ,,There is a version With Snoopy skating from Chralie Brown that will make you smile. Best to all
@torigodbey383 Жыл бұрын
I am 52. This song is part of me.
@ransbarger Жыл бұрын
Every damn time.
@thow583626 күн бұрын
"River expresses regret at the end of a relationship...but it's also about being lonely at Christmas time...A Christmas song for people who are lonely at Christmas! We need a song like that." -Joni Mitchell
@GLD-hopeful23 күн бұрын
There are many alone at Christmas including me this year. I've been solo more times than not in the last 20 years since my 3 children grew up and moved away. The memories of Christmas with them when young, the best! ❤
@veep.a-b866122 күн бұрын
@@GLD-hopeful🫶
@Venmaylove20 күн бұрын
Fluffy
@richardhill61252 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with Joni's music at 17. I'm now 70 and it still stirs my emotions like it did back then.
@bethlogan1283 Жыл бұрын
There were a couple of different paths to take - I chose Carole King for my mentor because of her piano chords & songs. Now, I've read Reckless Daughter, the Joni Mitchell bio, & learned they recorded in the same studio - they were fighting over a red piano - Joni sings background on Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow. They really were in the same place & time, making great albums together.
@centatherese4826 Жыл бұрын
Me too
@GAMINGDUDESWHOGAME Жыл бұрын
70 :O
@dereklee4397 Жыл бұрын
Wasn't this song about her break up with Graham Nash.
@mewhoisahumanonearth Жыл бұрын
That tracks. Supposedly, in your teenage and early adult years, the music you listen to gets solidified as your taste and you will continue to like it, whether or not you begin to like other stuff as well Most of the time, this seems to be true and is why a lot of older generations do not like “new” music
@jrtaylor8178 Жыл бұрын
I lost both my parents this year. Christmas will never be the same again. This song is beautiful and gives me some comfort.
@ilia5420 Жыл бұрын
Cara, non parliamo la stessa lingua ma il dolore dell'Anima ci unisce ed è universale. I genitori, la famiglia sono un dono di Dio. Porterai i loro i ricordi, le loro voci, i loro volti sempre con te per il mondo. Ti abbraccio forte e ti auguro di trovare il Natale nel tuo cuore ❤, nonostante il male che senti dentro.
@misty8009 Жыл бұрын
Same ❤
@hollybrown9259 Жыл бұрын
Ah, found it. Jr. Taylor. This song is a warm comforter on a freezing Canadian night. All hail Joni ! Stay safe and warm. See other message l sent u. I'm not a techno pro, more of a technophobe
@le_th_ Жыл бұрын
Grief is the price we pay for having truly loved. If you have children, make sure you remember that YOU are their parent and make the most of the Christmas holiday you have with them so they can do the same for their children when they have them.
@kayfradeneck3281 Жыл бұрын
My husband of 46 yrs died last January. My first Christmas without him....I need that river!
@oldsoul11873 жыл бұрын
I will never forget my first time hearing this in 1971.I cried. I did so again today. At 70, the only constant is the beauty of this song., Joni's voice and my need to still hope for a better world.
@lauribaldwin42623 жыл бұрын
I agree wholeheartedly, here's to 2022 !
@carolohmartbehan3 жыл бұрын
Dear oldsoul.....this 72-yr. old appreciates your memory and sentiments.....and echoing my own need to still hope for a better world ✨🎄💜🎄✨
@josephinebehan94313 жыл бұрын
Beautiful 🥰
@stevenwolf84343 жыл бұрын
This 74 year old yearns for a better World
@srsolarwarriornw94653 жыл бұрын
Another Boosted Boomer 70 here and we agree, She is a treasure to be listened to over and over and over.
@yechmad375610 ай бұрын
Je suis Français, je trouve que c'est une des plus belles chansons au monde. I'm French, it's in my opininion one of the best songs in the world. Je vous aime. Sorry if mistakes.
@EdwinHeidaАй бұрын
Oui! Yes! I agree. It is magnificent.
@jamesyoung5191Ай бұрын
Bonnet de douche et mange tout, Rodney
@T.R.27Ай бұрын
You said this perfectly. 🎄
@sessaryАй бұрын
Oui, d'accord! Apparemment, en lisant ces commentaires, tout le monde aime cette chanson... et aime Joni. (Please excuse mistakes - I'm American.)
@baddie1shoeАй бұрын
I agree. It’s ethereal. Otherworldly.
@deborahsullivan2387Ай бұрын
Anyone listening Sun 15 December 2024. This song and Blue, the album it comes from, has very special memories for me. I have the original vinyl album (or LP) of Blue and all formats since so I think you’ll realise I love it. If you’ve never heard the album and you like Joni Mitchell, I can highly recommend it. 🎄🇬🇧
@marciayingling7983Ай бұрын
Yes Sunday Dec 15, 2024. 3 :48 eastern time. This song matches the dreary Ohio weather.
@-VORАй бұрын
I'm new to her music. Just watched Love Actually, loved her voice and decided to hear more of her music. I'd describe myself as a "metal head", but her voice/music has a hold on me
@anniesotropic1844Ай бұрын
Yes! (tho' it's actually now the small hours of Monday 16th). I heard this sung last night as a solo at a carol concert and had to hear it again. I don't listen to Ms Mitchell nearly enough...
@AppreciatingSweetComfortАй бұрын
Beautiful, soulful music that I too am listening to on 12/15/24. The lyrics and melody take me to a far away place. I am going to bed shortly and will have this lovely tune to gently take me to a land of slumber. Good dreams to one and all.
@deborahsullivan2387Ай бұрын
@@-VOR I have many tastes in music, including metal but it’s always a good thing to not be too fixed and know that you could be missing some fantastic music. I’m so glad you have been able to enjoy Joni’s song and have a listen to some of Bob Dylan and Neil Young too. 🇬🇧🎄
@muckaxe Жыл бұрын
“I’m so hard to handle/I’m selfish and I’m sad.” This line makes me cry every time, partially because I can relate, and partially because I’m in awe of the balls it takes to be that vulnerable in a song. So many songwriters want to come off like they are so sensitive but they’re really just throwing out platitudes and obfuscating lyrics. Joni really is baring her soul, and that takes more gall than most have.
@persephonerising1890 Жыл бұрын
Yep! Loss is painful...regret makes it 10x sadder!
@peggyhahn588 Жыл бұрын
Obfuscate, lovely.
@keepsmilin5766 Жыл бұрын
nobody writes such painfully personal songs,as Joni...believe this one is about her break up with Graham Nash..
@kimmieh8419 Жыл бұрын
@@peggyhahn588It’s a word that fits its definition. Not many people know it so when you use it, you can literally say ‘Yes!’ when asked what it means. 😊
@baddeymaddey Жыл бұрын
I know isn’t that so great. I can relate too. I’m selfish and sad.
@thomasgajackson3 ай бұрын
We are all skating with Joni
@martinaschutt917123 күн бұрын
Nice!
@lesmorton76623 жыл бұрын
No one does bittersweet quite like Joni. I’ve loved this song for 50 years. It still moves me.
@briankistenmacher2 жыл бұрын
Well said. Thank you.
@DeirdreKing1112 жыл бұрын
It's Christmas again 💚💙🖤
@DeirdreKing1112 жыл бұрын
It's Christmas again 💚💙🖤
@amandaf10422 жыл бұрын
Yes, so well said, and I feel the same.
@le_th_ Жыл бұрын
I heard more "poor me" and "I broke my baby's heart and now I'm lonely at Christmas" and "I'm selfish and I'm said" which tells me she's not a very nice person in a relationship. I'm not sure that's bittersweet, it's sound more like pathological narcissism. She admits she is "hard to handle" "selfish and sad" and she broke her baby's heart, so she's pathologically self-absorbed and now kicking herself for being such an a-hole because she's alone at Christmas.
@sashabanks6913 жыл бұрын
I got pregnant around Christmas time in 2019. During my pregnancy I listened to the Blue album over and over, I’d put the phone on my belly and the baby would kick. I was very lonely during those times, but listening to that album brought me some comfort… I lost my son at 36 weeks and 4 days pregnant. His name is River. “Now I’ve gone and lost the best baby that I ever had… oh, I wish I had a River I could skate away on. I wish I had a River so long, I’d teach my feet to fly.” 🕊🖤
@gerdahessel22683 жыл бұрын
If you like and want: take a hug from Germany - my heart is with you!
@uweziegler19673 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry for your loss.
@prettyhamburger64623 жыл бұрын
I'm very sorry for you 💞
@emilystead59553 жыл бұрын
So sad for your loss xx
@lisamoncrief83513 жыл бұрын
Sending your grieving heart some healing love. 💗💗💗
@shatha2fd1Ай бұрын
Hi I’m Palestinian living in Saudi I just turned 40 and I love Joni Mitchell songs ❤️❤️❤️
@dvincentblackАй бұрын
Blessings and hopes for a better future for all of us. Much love from Oregon USA. Joni helps!! ❤🎉
@oldsoul1187Ай бұрын
Music is the universal language. May it bring us peace in our time.
@antheablackmore5838Ай бұрын
Ageless beautiful music and words
@baddie1shoeАй бұрын
I hope this year finds you well my friend. -from Chicago, IL
@stevenotero262725 күн бұрын
California Love 😎🎭✌️
@williamfowler8129 Жыл бұрын
Can’t stop listening to this beautiful song my wife soulmate and best friend passed away just before Christmas last year ended our 57 years together, always loved this song even more now ❤💔💔💔
@smlorrin Жыл бұрын
I'm so very sorry for your loss. I'm glad that this song helps with the pain during the holidays. 💞
@ann-jj7to Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry....I lost my husband 14 years ago... it's coming on Christmas.. Merry Christmas to you
@loyduncan3728 Жыл бұрын
I am sorry for your loss. This song reminds me of a loss as well. Joni wrote it from the heart.
@kerryd59669 Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry.
@le_th_ Жыл бұрын
Your wife probably deserves a better song than this. Mitchell is singing about having broken her lover's heart because she's selfish and sad, and now she's alone at Christmas and having a total pitty party about it and wants to run away from how awful she is. Your wife stayed with you for 57 years, whereas Mitchell wrote a song about ending her relationship with David Crosby by writing a song about it and debuting the song to all their mutual friends at a party they BOTH attended, so...
@liviousyoung4911 Жыл бұрын
My mother listened to this all year round she loved joni and my mom passed at 52 of a brain aneurysm and I'll will forever think of her when listening to river fly high mama! ❤
@mrsmartypants_18 ай бұрын
Awww. I feel that. I lost my mom to breast cancer - metastasized into bone cancer - at a time I was also going through a very difficult divorce. It almost killed me. But it didn’t. Darkest period of my life because prior to that I had been fortunate enough to suffer no loses close to my heart. What doesn’t kill you truly does make one stronger. But in return I became so much more jaded. And realistic. It took years to laugh at/with all the good times I had with my uncommonly fortunate life as a child and young adult.
@maureenmcglade60413 күн бұрын
@@mrsmartypants_1 I’m so sorry! There’s still good things in this world! I promise!
@maureenmcglade60413 күн бұрын
I’m so sorry!
@elizabethh18323 жыл бұрын
With age, Christmas feels even more pensive as we miss people who have passed away. This song captures a bit of that pensive feeling well.
@rebeccacade33713 жыл бұрын
Lost my sister a couple of weeks ago. This song is salve for my soul.
@theresakotas-akridge14183 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. Have lost 4 persons since Covid. As I look through the Christmas cards to send out this year, I see the names of those Friends and silently grieve their loss and those they left behind.
@midlife_crossroads3 жыл бұрын
@@rebeccacade3371 I’m so, so very sorry for your loss. Such a terrible time for that, though there is no good time. May you find some comfort in your memories of your sister, and in Joni’s healing lyrics.
@brocklanders61723 жыл бұрын
You just need to move with Christmas. I've lost everything family - parents gone, daughter a complete waste, extended family a bunch of Covid wackos - and I've found out that my friends are the people who truly love me. They have a choice.
@peternolan13162 жыл бұрын
@@theresakotas-akridge1418 Hello Theresa how are you doing today dear I hope all is well with you and your family? I have been happy all day because of this song keep reminding me of my late Dad
@castorphans3 жыл бұрын
That's one of my favorite Joni Mitchell's songs. Many of us feel so alone this time of year, longing to escape the bubble of happiness we don't feel.
@phunkyx97733 жыл бұрын
Well said…
@riverbanzachamploo97253 жыл бұрын
mine too
@williamwilkes81773 жыл бұрын
Try Lakota...,
@terrytownsend55832 жыл бұрын
Most of the others are shite.
@haschio Жыл бұрын
I can’t believe how underrated this is. This should be up there with all the other Christmas classics everybody knows
@Fordworldrallyfan Жыл бұрын
One of the very few 'Christmas songs' I actually love, albeit not really about the holiday. ;)
@OlgavanKampen Жыл бұрын
I totally agree with you! 🎇
@fELONsBelongInJail Жыл бұрын
Absolutely! 98% of Christmas music is insufferable shit.
@RalfNLBLN11 ай бұрын
Underrated?! How is this underrated? Its considered a timeless classic.
@2721-n9m10 ай бұрын
it deserves far more than becoming a christmas classic
@victoriadickens2827 Жыл бұрын
My mother introduced me to Mitchell’s music and she passed this year..I’m so appreciative of her taste in music now mine
@hollyavillella554 Жыл бұрын
💔🙏✨🕊️
@seskwein Жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss 💔 and merry Christmas, hope you have close ones around you :)
@cherripeek9975 Жыл бұрын
it’s christmas eve, my last Christmas as a teenager and i’m sitting in bed singing away to this beautiful song
@justice-searching Жыл бұрын
Life goes fast, cherish all you love!
@chellyr497211 ай бұрын
You’ll be fine if you take care of yourself first always
@jasonlightfoot41453 жыл бұрын
What a haunting melody. I sit with tears welling up thinking of my mother who left this world on Christmas leaving behind 3 sons struggling each year to make sense of it. Listening to Joni brings back so many memories of her filling our living room on a Saturday morning, windows open fresh breeze blowing in and possibilities for the day with it. Sending love to all of you out there struggling with this time of year, you are not alone.
@robertcronin66033 жыл бұрын
🔥
@cookieswirlb39422 жыл бұрын
So sorry for your loss
@lynseyhouston14292 жыл бұрын
Lovely that you are thinking of others loneliness. Hope time has made the loss of your mother easier.
@janisnduli96912 жыл бұрын
Hugs
@deborahherrick2 жыл бұрын
Thank you…..
@Monica-wm1yb2 ай бұрын
11/15/2024... Time for River and pleasant melancholy..I am 73 and have traveled on that river for many days now...Never tire of this tune
@cinacorcoran1279Ай бұрын
Every year I come back to this ❤
@paulinecall6891Ай бұрын
Peace to you @ Christmas🕊️💚
@mpv409 Жыл бұрын
The interweaving of “Jingle Bells” in this is both genius and haunting.
@artompkins7958Ай бұрын
“Joni is genius” - understatement of the century
@martinaschutt917123 күн бұрын
Definitely!
@SimonYoung-OFFICIAL2 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful songs ever written and sung.
@le_th_ Жыл бұрын
...and some of the most pitty-party, "poor me, I was a total asshole, broke my baby's heart and now I'm alone at Christmas and want to run away from how selfish and sad I am". Not so beautiful when you listen, eh???
@mattdebnam2464 Жыл бұрын
@@le_th_actually it does the exact opposite. It makes the song more beautiful and meaningful. She was going through a depressive moment in her life so this was her fighting back at her emotions through music.
@fornickation24 күн бұрын
@@le_th_ quite the opposite
@pamelacoulthurst3949 Жыл бұрын
My beautiful grandson was in our car at Christmas talking for ever until this song came on the radio, he listened in silence and at the end said "I love that song grandma " 3 years old awesome taste ❤
@raymondleicht9691 Жыл бұрын
Get that boy a guitar today...he has great taste! You won't regret it.
@amandaf1042 Жыл бұрын
@@raymondleicht9691 or wheel in the piano.
@amandaf1042 Жыл бұрын
Pamela, a beautiful memento. TY❤
@fransvanmuijen3802 Жыл бұрын
A boy with a great taste! Treasure it and stimulate him to make Music!🙏🏼 .. that's always helped me in all my years..
@Lucailey Жыл бұрын
Awe that's beautiful
@henriettahenson Жыл бұрын
I'm 70.. And this song brings me to tears everytime I here it... My life has flown by since the first time I heard this... Where's it gone😢 🤔💕
@SueConsalvey6 ай бұрын
Me too, takes me right back, her voice still gives me goosebumps❤
@sczesny460564 ай бұрын
67 here and it seems like only yesterday when I first heard this song. Time flies ! !
@andydavies1810Ай бұрын
Short life Henrietta however long you live?
@lesliesterling8263 жыл бұрын
Bless you Joni--I hope someone is telling you about these comments full of love! Your music has been the soundtrack of my life and "Blue" has spoken to me at every stage of my aging process just as powerfully as it did when I first heard it as a teenager and all my life was before me. That's practically the definition of great art. I could never thank you enough for all you have meant to me--teaching me songwriting structure, teaching me how to communicate a world of emotion on solo piano, teaching me how to sing clearly and effortlessly. You mean the world to me and to millions of others!!!
@letsgoupstream60793 жыл бұрын
💙
@gingerreiter50723 жыл бұрын
Same for me. I often say Joni is my best friend and I don’t even know her.
@robertcronin66033 жыл бұрын
That's for sure.
@hsd2873 жыл бұрын
This is literally her channel so I think she does check it out herself or someone must be helping her as she's older and needs help to control her phone
@bbmtge2 жыл бұрын
Hear, hear!!!
@justinreeves6337 Жыл бұрын
It’s Christmas Day 2023 and I lost my Dad suddenly 7 months ago to the day. I knew today was going to be hard, but I was doing ok. Then I listened to this song and now I’m a crying mess. What a beautiful and powerful song! I miss you Dad 😭😭😭
@TheUmbralFox Жыл бұрын
My dad introduced me to Joni's For The Roses album on a road trip in my mid teens... lost him a couple years ago. Doesn't take much to send us from one emotion to the next when we grieve, but music sure does cut right to the heart of things in a hurry!
@Missmjf8711 ай бұрын
I'm sorry for your loss.
@paulaartandmusic441211 ай бұрын
My heart goes out to you.🙏🏼
@adamlorber6 ай бұрын
❤
@georginastoliker3358 Жыл бұрын
Here I am again 2023 Thank you for this ..I'm back in the 70 s
@redpine86657 ай бұрын
Good taste. The song is just pure beauty from start to finish.
@xpopypip2 жыл бұрын
This is my first time hearing this song and I'm bawling my eyes out. This will be my and my husbands first time apart during the holidays, we aren't doing well and need some time apart and God I love him.
@robertwise54322 жыл бұрын
If You take time apart there is no going back
@regmartin36292 жыл бұрын
You will be ok, have a wonderful Christmas
@manguy20002 жыл бұрын
I have been divorced for a number of years and I don't even get to see my daughter. It is painful
@andydavies18102 жыл бұрын
Dig deep ma’am , nothing’s forever , its a tough ride!
@arabellavanzijtveld46032 жыл бұрын
❤️💞🙏🏻
@jeanetteadamo90393 жыл бұрын
Have been in love with Joni since the Blue album when i was a 16 year old black girl living with Mom and my four brothers in the inner city. Don't know what it was but she has been my muse throughout the years. Mom got me a used guitar because i HAD to have one. Thank you Joni.
@globalcitizen0113 жыл бұрын
You and I share a common bkgrnd, Jeanette! As a Black teen who loved Joni (along with Judy, Joan, Cat etc.), my family and neighbors saw me as an odd weirdo, an outlier. Like you, I learned to play her music. And the teasing and put-downs never deterred me. Now in my mid-60s, I'm still a huge fan of her music from the 70s. IMHO, she'll always rank as musical genius. 🎶
@ali-tube29673 жыл бұрын
God bless you both, sisters.
@johnkuipers86253 жыл бұрын
☮️☸️☯️
@brigittemungo28203 жыл бұрын
I resonate with you a lot I am 16 years old and I love her music, in an age where lyrics are just now mere sounds her lyrics have meaning and thought and I find that so very beautiful.
@ayindestevens61523 жыл бұрын
I ❤️ my rock and roll sistas!
@karenkneisley288Ай бұрын
Joni Mitchell wrote the most beautiful songs.
@IlGattonero13 Жыл бұрын
Wistful, rueful, powerful. Her voice soaring on the word “fly.” A perfect expression of regret and loneliness. I love the quote at the end. Yes we do, Joni - we need a song like that. Thank you.
@robynmarcus77682 жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell songs remain as vibrant at 65 as when I discovered them at 15 years of age! The music still moves this fledgling spirit! 😘
@srsolarwarriornw9465 Жыл бұрын
One of a kind. For sure. Like Tina Turner. Rest her soul.
@cathibuzzard2796 Жыл бұрын
Love her so much and her songs that actually mean something!
@RichardFeynmanRules2 жыл бұрын
It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it don't snow here It stays pretty green I'm going to make a lot of money Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry He tried hard to help me You know, he put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I'm so hard to handle I'm selfish and I'm sad Now I've gone and lost the best baby That I ever had Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on
@noyroza Жыл бұрын
❤
@thegardinerfamilycreative1156 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@martaminder27163 жыл бұрын
My favorite Joni Mitchell song, not just for the lyrics also the music. This captures all the emotions of those of us who are still alone even in a crowd of people. Thank you Ms. Mitchell for all the music and poetry that enhance and define life.
@tompohorsky3533 жыл бұрын
The way the Jingle Bells theme drifts in and out really is exquisite.
@martaminder27163 жыл бұрын
@@tompohorsky353 Yes, it is subtle. A comfortable reminder of the season and theme of the song. Exquisite is positively the best discription.
@spiritosa01232 жыл бұрын
Beautifully said.
@peternolan13162 жыл бұрын
Hello Marta how are you doing today dear I hope all is well with you and your family? I have been happy all day because of this song keep reminding me of my late Dad
@drdavidpellegrino42702 жыл бұрын
Hello friend how are you doing
@troygaspard673221 күн бұрын
Of course I am listening to this on Christmas Eve. Thank Joni for this heartbreaking Christmas song.
@patriciapatriciagray-thorp95748 ай бұрын
The Blue album is my path to dealing with having to give up my daughter. I was alone and just 16 years of age. The loss has impacted my life in so many ways😢😢😢and I still grieve. I did not not have other children. Thank you Joni❤❤❤
@curtischen66137 ай бұрын
@patriciapatriciagray-thorp9574 You are not alone. Joni suffered the same story: giving up her daughter at a young age. She was brok and alone in Toronto. Had to give up the baby for adoption. When I first heard Joni's River I wondered which of Joni's breakups would cause her to write such a painful holiday song. It just didn't add up. She kept her young motherhood as the ultimate secret until 1990s, more than two decades after Blue album was released, when a roommate of Joni sold the story to a tabloid. A few radio DJs brought up this long-hidden story, and I got it. It took me a few more years to be able to re-tell the story. Hope your grief will be lessened.
@justagirl55935 ай бұрын
So sorry ❤
@itschelseakay24 күн бұрын
I am sending my love your way 💕 The strength of fellow humans like you always squeezes my heart bittersweetly.
@susanhinkle250523 күн бұрын
Can’t imagine your pain. You were so young and we make the best decisions with the knowledge we have at that time. She is probably blossoming beautifully wherever she landed so think on that.? 🙏
@andrewtreacherАй бұрын
Best Christmas song ever, no argument 🎄
@aaronabeloff5203 Жыл бұрын
I am 75, Joni is still one of my top favourite artists. She was and is an authentic genius.
@loose-drag3 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful tribute to a timeless Christmas song.
@dewhittjames3 жыл бұрын
Hi Joni if you ever want to come to Austin TX and check out the music let me know. We can get around pretty well without too much notice. Wonderful Winter we are having. Weather is perfect but then again I know your from Canada. But if you want to reach out to the young there are tons of them and they need your thoughts and are willing to listen. I can't introduce Clifford Antone to you but he is no longer here. But there are others. Frosty is here if you need a drummer.
@williamwilkes81773 жыл бұрын
I love Joni............l do not love cjtizzzzzzie songs.
@williamwilkes81773 жыл бұрын
@@dewhittjames so is the alomo........
@samlewis7878 Жыл бұрын
I wish that Joni is living forever in love and peace. She deserves every instant of it.
@bradleytindall17663 жыл бұрын
My oldest brother borrowed your Blue album from me when he was going though a divorce in the late 1970s. I’ve never asked him to return it.
@bbbroham75344 ай бұрын
❤
@marilynmcintyre1077Ай бұрын
I love You Joni!! Your music speaks to me. Thank you so much. Xo❤
@mmhanson1Ай бұрын
I've been singing/playing Joni's songs since I was a young teen... Now, at age 71, I still listen to her and (try to) song along. My vocal range got pretty good back in the day singing her songs. Not so much now that I'm old. Her songs are ageless.
@pennyleigh878221 күн бұрын
I'm having such a full circle, gratitude moment. I have very little close family and did not have many friends or relationships for a very long time so christmas for me was listening to this song on repeat, crying, and drinking a lot of wine. Now this year I get to wake up and do christmas with my partner and then see my nieces and nephews and im crying still but in a different way. Im so grateful that this song has been here for so many stages of my life.
@marcynadler73263 жыл бұрын
I'm one of those people and that's why all love Joni so much. She appeals to everyone but especially sensitive artists. For us, she's the absolute height of artistic expression. There's no one above her.
@kathijackson52393 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad that she is getting the recognition and respect that she so richly deserves.
@williamwilkes81773 жыл бұрын
I agree with you..........people said it about Joan Baez......but there is always a new kid............it isn't a competition...'though studios may see easy money.......simply enjoy ............
@williamwilkes81773 жыл бұрын
I agree with Joni's fanbase..........but try lykke li,.........Sharon van etten.........you may surprise yourself..........
@williamwilkes81773 жыл бұрын
@@starlight0002 l know everything is centred on Joni.........try Jeff Buckley, the cure...........if you are determined to spend your life heartbroken, they will do it.........happy ñew year......
Really lovely, this song never loses its magic. Thank you Joni.
@letsgoupstream60793 жыл бұрын
💙
@theyredistortingyourrhythm1303 жыл бұрын
Australia SEES
@samvest52057 ай бұрын
I'm 77 (goin' on 78). This song is the story of my life.
@jeffreymcpeak8535Ай бұрын
you wish☮
@kathleenmatschner8117 Жыл бұрын
My favorite song every Christmas for 40 some years...and I really do wish I had a river I could skate away on...loss...losing family is the hardest damn thing..I'm 1 of 7 siblings left and I'm a young 63. I'll never forget our Christmas together when it was so simple.. fruit, nuts to Crack open, pj's, underwear, and socks...and we were happy as all get out. Merry Christmas out there
@kathleenmatschner81173 ай бұрын
Mine too!!! Such a great song. One song fits All
@kathleenmatschner81173 ай бұрын
Wow. I just read the rest of what you said. I'm in PA. Lost all my family too. Was in Colorado and returned here. Now, I really do wanna skate away. People are put here knowing what you go thru. Take care dear friend
@virginiaserwin8697 Жыл бұрын
when I was unhappily married in the early eighties with Four children under the age of ten I’d listen to this song and cry me a river during the Christmas season. Now that I married my first love my best friend and the love of my life in May of 2000 and had our daughter in 2002 and our children are all grown except my youngest son who died in 2018 from juvenile diabetes this song no longer makes me cry. I just love this beautiful song 💜♥️💕💖
@tuvantrader3 жыл бұрын
When I first began listening through Joni Mitchell’s catalogue earlier this year, I was quickly impressed by her lyricism, melodies and unusual chord progressions. Blue was certainly the peak of her early period, but this song in particular is an incredible piece of work. For a song that is one voice and one piano only, it is about as perfect a piece of music and lyrics as anything I’ve ever heard. 🙏
@metrowireless33813 жыл бұрын
A new fan, i take it a young person, nonetheless... thats impressive. Shes magic, find me anyone to compare. You cannot.
@williamwilkes81773 жыл бұрын
Try ",Ladies of the Canyon", you probably know it...............
@williamwilkes81773 жыл бұрын
Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm........try it.
@williamwilkes81773 жыл бұрын
@@metrowireless3381 l know you are correct........try Sharon van Etten......Lykke Li..........you may like them.........happy hols',.to you.& people you love.........will, London......
@williamwilkes81773 жыл бұрын
I think you know all of ms. Anderson's back catalogue.....but try those l mentioned...'bye........
@jeffbilby94153 жыл бұрын
Yes, this gem has been played since 1971, hard to believe..when the Vietnam war was raging on, families torn apart all over the country, and like today so much division in our country... this lonely little classic reminds us that life is not all fancy Christmas gifts under the tree and mistletoe hanging waiting for the kiss of bliss, this song conveys real emotional turmoil of the heart, one of many gifts Joni Mitchell has giving us, a treasure from BLUE.. it really is, as Mitchell once wrote, "time to get ourselves back to the garden" the video is brilliant
@mikegalvin98012 жыл бұрын
When it came out I was a happy Midwestern teen who just thought it was a pretty song. About 15 years later I was in California and couldn't fly home for Christmas one year and there was no snow and Twinklets on the palm trees and friends dying from AIDS with no cure then and this song hit me like a sledgehammer to the heart.
@PlanetC643 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. This song helps my sanity every single year. And the animation. Just wow❤️❤️❤️
@veronicabarry62203 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song so meaningful vera
@berlymahn3 жыл бұрын
got lucky and this popped up on my YT TV feed. first I've heard it but speaks so clearly.
@peternolan13162 жыл бұрын
Hello how are you doing today dear I hope all is well with you and your family? I have been happy all day because of this song keep reminding me of my late Dad
@peternolan13162 жыл бұрын
@@veronicabarry6220 Hello Veronica how are you doing today dear I hope all is well with you and your family? I have been happy all day because of this song keep reminding me of my late Dad
@drdavidpellegrino42702 жыл бұрын
Hello friend how are you doing
@kusuma.kusuma3 сағат бұрын
I’m 42 years old. Funny enough just discovered this song along with BLUE last christmas. It was a perfect soundtrack for me. Now I am obsessed. She paints a song perfectly.
@angelalambert60694 күн бұрын
What a great song and vibe. Joni was before my time but I so so.love her voice ... beautiful ❤ x
@wintermuteohyeah4987 Жыл бұрын
What she does with the melody of Jingle Bells at the beginning and the end of the song is wonderful, but how she gives her everything during the song both in the notes she reaches and sustains and in the lyrics, confessing her own regret, goes beyond any Christmas song I have ever heard. Love her ❤
@alessandrogeirola3 жыл бұрын
"It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it don't snow here It stays pretty green I'm going to make a lot of money Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry He tried hard to help me You know, he put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I'm so hard to handle I'm selfish and I'm sad Now I've gone and lost the best baby That I ever had Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer Singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on" Such a wounderful song, sharp verses and velvety vocal line...it makes me dream about my childhood
@Cicciricicie3 жыл бұрын
❤️
@williamjancha28123 жыл бұрын
Thank you @
@chrissytaurus92782 жыл бұрын
Lost my grandma last week, I wish I had a river I could skate away on. Love you forever Gaitha Louise💜🌹💜🌹💜🌹💙🌹💙💙💙💙💙💙
@vivianfarmery8681 Жыл бұрын
At 63 this sing brings up the same beautiful melancholy it did when I was 23. Blue is one of the major soundtracks of my life and now one of my son’s too. Bless Joni 🩵
@johnlloyd8109 Жыл бұрын
Best song ever written. Don't try to change my mind. It just is.
@BJane58 Жыл бұрын
I won’t argue with that
@sallykirkstephens8415 Жыл бұрын
I could not be more grateful to the dear friend who kindly gave me his Blue Album ;what a jewel box . Heartfelt thanks to him and to Joni for just saying it all in its utter rawness .
@Sally150 Жыл бұрын
This makes me cry every time. Not a Christmas song at all. It's about regret for driving away a true love.
@GAMINGDUDESWHOGAME Жыл бұрын
Then how come I am singing this at a lights on Singing Night near Christmas eve HMM
@RickTompkins-ez9xw10 ай бұрын
I can't believe how ignorant I was. I lost the best thing I ever had.
@Sally15010 ай бұрын
@@GAMINGDUDESWHOGAME Cause you don't get it; or you drove your love away at Christmas? "I made my baby cry..." "I made my baby say goodbye..."
@jeanieo801 Жыл бұрын
Oh Joni my dear no one better than you. Started listening to you when I was 13 laying in my bed looking at the waves at Wind n Sea crying about my lost love. Lol and many more to come. Now 71 you and CSNY bring back such vibrant and beautiful memories of a wonderful time in my life. Then I’d play and sing your songs to my girls who are now fans. Just beautiful memories thank you
@strawberryfab Жыл бұрын
This usually makes me cry. Buckets this year. Thank you Joni for being part of my reflection in solitude.
@alexandriaocasio-smollett5078 Жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell is the best singer songwriter that nobody talks about at all these days. So many people are (understandably and deservedly) wrapped up in artists like Elton John, Billy Joel, Springsteen, Carole King, James Taylor, etc. But Joni Mitchell takes me to a completely different place than any of those. This song manages to be so emotionally wrenching.. while simultaneously being breathtakingly beautiful. Its so difficult to strike that balance. But my God she nails it.
@cyndiaraujo197611 ай бұрын
You hit it - her music is so raw and real and her singing is like noone else. She takes me to a different place.
@hvnlyqi65242 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤
@TheCoreyLight3 жыл бұрын
Joni is a treasure!
@stopbunsen2 жыл бұрын
I'm only 20 seconds into the song and the tears come. I have always loved this song. The animation is well done too
@marioski542 жыл бұрын
To me too, Heaps!
@georgiannamushalla53012 жыл бұрын
same here... '
@Fordworldrallyfan Жыл бұрын
The first few piano notes do it for me, as I don't even have to wait for her voice and the lyrics to start. 😢
@DJAvalonArizona3 жыл бұрын
She is a true musical genius. Seriously.
@robhead228 ай бұрын
Im a 66 year old man. I also remember the first time i heard this song. I was living in wickford rhode island. And played this song several times in a row. I did the same with the album! Ive been listening to the Great Joni Mitchell ever since. And today is mother’s day. I sent a video of the circle game to the mothers in my life, along with my mothers day wishes. God bless you Joni Mitchell! You have filled my life with beautiful music and the many emotions and inspirations that accompanied them!!!
@KereolaPatunia6 ай бұрын
Hello from Rhode Island 👋🏼
@janamauney803822 күн бұрын
How fortunate to have lived when she put out her original records, hearing that perfect voice sing those lovely songs.
@WorldOneVideo3 жыл бұрын
I can see why Joni would approve this. Just like her, it is true art.
@williamwilkes81773 жыл бұрын
I love all her music ,......what ls true art.
@williamwilkes81773 жыл бұрын
I do not care...,,...,.
@justinlee30173 жыл бұрын
This gem of a song gives you space to feel sad during a season when everyone else seems happy. In an age of social media phoniness, songs like these are more important than ever.
@sandyshelton94993 жыл бұрын
I will never be able to get through this song without crying. Thank you, Joni. River is as beautiful as you are.
@drdavidpellegrino42702 жыл бұрын
Hello friend how are you doing ?
@justice-searching Жыл бұрын
I never realized this song is 50 years old. It has been in my heart that many years. Its beautiful. Listened to it on the voice with Lila Forde sang it brilliantly ❤
@mikkimification Жыл бұрын
I hear this song and miss my wife of 34 years, she is in care for FTD/Alzheimer's...I wish you here listening to our Christmas song for the 35th Christmas.
@CharlesOtt-l6r11 ай бұрын
💙💙💙
@spurgear424 күн бұрын
Ever since I was little Christmas has made me feel empty. Thanks Joni.
@noahpinter67563 жыл бұрын
There’s no other artist quite like Joni 🧡
@videotampa21 күн бұрын
..I'm here every year.
@aarontorres5563 Жыл бұрын
Just take 4 minutes and 14 seconds of your life and sit back and just listen to river and I'll bet you'll be in paradise and you won't ever want to come back joni michell is a national treasure
@StephenBateman3 жыл бұрын
As a child in Scotland I would walk the snow-covered fields to reach the frozen loch above my school where I'd skate in the wilderness. For years the evocation of wishing for a river to scate away on has charmed me. This animation does a sublime job of bringing to life those scenes of isolation and wilderness. Thank you Joni. Stephen
@ali-tube29673 жыл бұрын
How sweet you are...
@w.o.m.p.w.o.m.p. Жыл бұрын
I'm 71, Jesus,but I still have her to listen to
@wyeme503 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with Joni quite literally when she walked onto my Black and White TV screen, 1970-71, it was one of the ground breaking series of BBC "In Concert" performances. Such a simple format, small audience, a stage set up ensuring sound is excellent, and then the artist wandering on to the stage to sing and play, a brief introduction to the songs with each delivered so brilliantly, I went out and bought "Blue" the next day. That step from the 60's into the 70's was the era of the singer and their song, it was as if they (and the probably did) had found the freedom to be, and to do just what "they" wanted, we were snowed under by talent. Who was it sang "The times You impress me most are the times when you don't even try" so many fail in relationships because they try to impress when they don't need to, and the recording industry often failed by not allowing artists to do what they want, you can't control any artist in any medium, you can guide, you can offer insight and input but they must trust the artist more. Yes a load of tosh but Yuletide Greetings and a Happy New Year to you, and Joni thank you for being you.
@jackgentile46052 жыл бұрын
I was 26 again for 4 minutes. Now I’m 75 again…looking out the windows at an ice storm…feeling my memories.
@kimbeier6162 Жыл бұрын
timelessly deep.. If you don't feel this . You don't feel anything
@peterschulze4913 жыл бұрын
Beautiful celebration of Joni's art and music last night (televised) as she received the Kennedy Center Honor. Plenty of joy and singing along! Brava to Norah Jones, Brandi Carlisle, and other performers!
@shanghairoad76563 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to River for 50 years... never gets old...
@donna63482 жыл бұрын
It was a magical time, I was too young to understand and enjoy. 64 now, hearing many of these songs for the first time. Thankful the magic has been recorded for us who came late to the game.
@slak96u22 күн бұрын
One of, if not the best Christmas songs ..ever....
@campervanman53407 ай бұрын
Her voice is like melted honey drizzled on the wings of angels.
@glassmarky1 Жыл бұрын
Utterly gorgeous heartbreakingly sad from one of the greatest albums of all time.
@johnlewington5841 Жыл бұрын
This song reminds me that I am still actually human, and I do have feelings
@DoptedMom29 күн бұрын
My sister Lou had one of those "hi-fi" sterios that unfolded from a suitcase. She kept in in her closet, which was on the wall next to my bed in the room I shared with my sister. I knew the lyrics to songs I didn't remember hearing. Standing in the produce section, realizing I actually knew all the words to the song playing. Here I am in my 60s, realizing I owe a debt of gratitude to that accidental musical education. So if you come upon me bawling my eyes out while shopping, I'm okay, I'm just discovering good stuff I forgot.
@carysrachell2 жыл бұрын
best song of all time
@janismcglinchey37874 ай бұрын
Have heard this at two pals funerals and shall have it at mine love it x
@PIZZAdayisback5 ай бұрын
This sounds like it could've come out in 2024 Piano music never ages It's the one immortal form of art
@froglet72 Жыл бұрын
This is how Christmas feels without my father. The first year I longed to escape from Christmas and this song came on the radio and it was just a gift. Now I play it every year, it is beautifully wintery - it has the little Christmas piano refrain- and Christmas has always had carols that are melancholy or haunting. She captures that. I can't explain how much this song means to me. Xx
@missmotokel3 жыл бұрын
Joni mitchell was one of my late mothers favourite artists and she soon became mine. I have so many memories shared listening to Joni albums with my mum. Laughter, tears and singing along. I now play some of the songs on guitar and piano. Joni will always be my biggest influence in music. Joni has such wisdom, lessons and truth wrapped up in beautiful melodic song. Every time I listen now, i think of my mum and those sweet memories we shared... you keep them vivid and alive. Thank you Joni, for your music... it is more than music to me. (Kelly ❤❤)
@Xrlen2 жыл бұрын
When I hear this I am back in our beautiful old communal house in Kitsilano. Jack and I are dancing close to this song, and our housemates are cooking, dancing, hanging out in sublime peace. Jack has been gone since 1985, but today, as I listen to this he is right beside me. Happy times, sad times, all mixed together in my memories, reminded by Joni. She sang our hearts out!
@florabarrientezescalante2874 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful song
@pegikenter96513 жыл бұрын
My fondest memories of this song was skating up at Seven Lakes on a starry night with a full moon and the car stereo blasting this song across the winter air
@fe50182 жыл бұрын
That's a beautiful image.
@samsobek12922 жыл бұрын
Sounds beautiful
@bbmtge2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding post.
@Sleepy_Alligator2 жыл бұрын
Seven Lakes as in Harriman State Park? Southern New York State near Mahwah NJ? Very beautiful place. Spents many many hours of my youth there, winter and summer. Recall cruising along the curvy Seven Lakes drive cold winter nights, a million stars, peaceful. Remember driving on a cold perfect shiny morning after an ice storm, trees glistening like trillions of diamonds, the lakes frozen over and white with snow and ice. Having said all that I'm sure there are lots of places calked Seven Lakes