The Birth of a Legend - Joni Mitchell Interview Compilation (Part 1)

[@DETROIT1948]

Joni Mitchell Priceless! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@greyjaybee]

Even back then, the looks on the faces of the other musicians says it all. This ws the dawn of something utterly fantastic !

[@kermit3421]

Yes, when you see and a hear genius at work you are humbled

[@nomiharper]

I noticed that too.

[@KatieDarden]

She also had the most amazing ability to use her voice as an instrument. Seeing her live was unforgettable.

[@KatieDarden]

I was one of the Moms who played her music all the time LOL. In fact "Little Green" is my daughter's song. I got to see her live in 1974 - probably the best concert I've ever been to, & I've been to many ;-) So glad you love her like I do.

[@bmm7132]

You are so lucky to have seen Joni Mitchell in person live! ❤️♥️❤️♥️♥️♥️

[@KatieDarden]

@@bmm7132 I know - I was so thrilled to buy her recent release of older songs...

[@bmm7132]

@@KatieDarden ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️☮️😻🙏

[@bmm7132]

@@KatieDarden hi Katie which did you get? I don't have a DVD player and I have to get one as soon as my den is finished being remodeled that's where I'm going to put it and hook it up to the TV.

[@bmm7132]

@@KatieDarden hi Katie are you talking about hits and misses or something else?

[@pettycur]

The first Joni Mitchell song I heard was Both Sides Now sang by Judy Collins sometime between '64 and '68. I was stunned then; I was stunned when I eventually heard Joni Mitchell singing it; I'm stunned now.

[@chuckm51]

What a GREAT find for we Joni fans.

[@doceigen]

Musical genius! I love her work!

[@clif9710]

Once in a great while many talents come together in a person - Mitchell in her prime not only played and sang effortlessly, she was a genius with words. It's hard to say what appeals the most - her melodies are haunting but the words....ah....they cut to the heart of being human and with such imaginative flight: "I saw an aging cripple selling Superman balloons". She could put the most profound messages to music and make it all come out seamlessly, beautifully, touchingly with meaning for all.

[@JCToxik]

I love Joni so much... grew up with her, my Mom was a devotee and so as a kid I listened to untold hours and to this day all I have to hear is "I was a free man in Paris" and I will choke up... great stuff, better times.. ahh the humanity

[@ttrocks5985]

"Urge for Going" - not as well-known as many of her other great songs but, IMHO, just about the best thing she ever wrote. Hauntingly beautiful.

[@mellingmichael777]

A truly talented legend, for sure. Thanks for sharing!

[@yarpyarp85]

god i love this woman

[@narozzz]

That eyebrow raise at her after she says 'took off my shirt' is priceless.

[@bmm7132]

I know she's so cute

[@geekay1349]

those big, beautiful eyes could melt snow

[@DanielBarberMusic]

So cool to see her at this stage of the game. Not well developed yet, but her brilliance still coming through the tools she had at the time. Early sprouts of genius.

[@moseyalong1]

I love how she engages the audience with her expressions and gazes. She is at home on this stage - she loves it. It is like the audience are guests in her front room and she is graciously entertaining them with her stories and pearls of wisdom.

[@JamesWalshBristolKids]

Wonderful songs back then. Still wonderful today.

[@teriw56]

Joni always ahead of her time.

[@nomiharper]

Joni is super creative and talented. I love the song, Urge For Going.

[@philrobertson5459]

one of the greats... Saskatoon Canada, well done

[@rubicon1983]

God what a beautiful lady....then and now.

[@itsALLartVideos]

How do you get to be so confident so early? Incredible.

[@randyfuhrmanevents]

She is so BRILLIANT! I have followed since her fist album and all these songs our things i have not heard before and I LOVE the lyrics on these!

[@themannydanny]

Priceless video!

[@bluesborn]

She is a formidable and fiercely original stylist on the instrument and has been recognized as such over the years by no less an authority than guitar player magazine.

[@ErwinHeiser]

So young and already so talented. Awesome.

[@SooziinCa]

Yes indeed! Amazing and mind boggling isn't it! I just saw her interviewed by/on "Tavis Smiley". Great interview.

[@narozzz]

What extraordinary footage. She looks like eighteen here!

[@osahju914]

Zoran Taylor I think she is 22 in these

[@larrynones3353]

Wonderful talent and I believe just as nice as a person.

[@HarryVerey]

Extraordinarily beautiful woman with a matching talent -stunning

[@rushbeat14]

Some spine tingling moments in there and an incipient stirring in the loins that cannot be controlled...

[@marksmail2]

Very nicely done video, a treat for Joni Fans. Thank you very much!

[@princessbluas]

Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing!

[@DETROIT1948]

Priceless ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Melissajoe816]

priceless, at 2:30 watching the guy's face next to her... is so ... wow. bittersweet. guy musicians still look at girl musicians this way, when we actually impress them. :) great clips in this, much enjoyed..

[@garybiggs7612]

Joni Mitchell is one of the best female guitarist I ever heard,Black crow from Heija is simply amazing.Also her voice since Ladies of the canyon and the under rated for the roses with her back ground voices were ground breaking to say the least.I put Joni on the same level as I feel for Kate Bush ,these two in my mind are the best original artists of this century.

[@apocalypseplough8089]

***** When you do, teach me, because I find it impossible to learn to play her songs. She wrote only two songs in standard tuning. She has 60 different ways she tunes her guitars. Great guitarists are often hard to emulate. Of course, I'd rather have her songs to listen to than the ability to play them.

[@bmm7132]

Joni Mitchell is the best and always has been. There is no other woman close to what she can do with her music, art, and poetry. And she has an awesome sense of humor she makes me laugh when I watch these videos sometimes when she comes up with these one-liners that cracks everybody up 😇😇😇😇⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@4EyedAnimation]

my god she's beautiful

[@terrybeaud9348]

I really love Joni. Her voice, lyrics, compositions ... everything about her. She is so real. And it's not that I want to discourage, come down on or diss modern young "artists", but I think that some of them might take a moment to take their heads out of their asses and look at what they are doing and the crap they are producing. I'm just saying that they could be a little more mindful of the messages and ideals they convey and the way they do it. I was going to mention names... but decided no.

[@katyspazkitty]

Wish I had half of Joni's sng writing skills

[@desertswo]

You know, there are a lot of people on the list of "greatest guitarists," and I doubt you'll find Joni on it . . . but she damn well ought to be. I've been playing near 50 years and I still haven't figured out how she does what she does. It's a gift from the cosmos.

[@kermit3421]

she is on "Rolling Stones Magazine" list

[@bmm7132]

That's what I always say a gift from the cosmos or the UFO people came down and taught her

[@saoirsesmith7583]

..Plus the fact that as we ladies age, our voices deepen somewhat & gradually it becomes more & more difficult to hit those high notes that we could reach when we were 18. Then we turn 50 or 60 & there's our voices way down in the basement --- or as in a case like mine, looking for a bucket just to carry a tune. Joni will always be Joni no matter how much her voice mellows over time & the traits that make her 'Joni' will always be recognizable to those of us who love her music.

[@quieterrps]

Scrumptious! thanks!

[@robbychan952]

love her singing， its long lasting， so natural

[@darktowersl]

fuck holy shit! this is talent!

[@InBy9OutBy5]

Wow, you can hear the gift even this early.

[@robbielem99]

"when you don't bomb anymore"! Love it.

[@JuanManuel-np7kd]

just wow.

[@mckessa17]

Joni had a real sweet voice.

[@skywryterz]

Damn, she could really play that guitar even back then.

[@ph.d.latinohookem1128]

Talent.

[@BooCooDaBreeze]

"You know I'd go back there tomorrow, but for the work I've taken on. Stokin' the star maker machinery, behind the popular song.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

No, there is just one Joni Mitchell ... who over the decades has changed her style, genres and voice (soprano to contralto) often.

[@dougblankstein2144]

Coming from a time when you had to work at your craft, work at developing a following, take the smallest of opportunities and make it work. That is why Joni Mitchell , Lightfoot, Young, the Guess Who, Heart, etc. will last; because there is something valid in them as artists. They played the clubs and student union buildings- they weren't manufactured or hyped into existence like Bieber, One Direction, et al. It was fun watching the talent that played the outposts when they started, and remained

[@tom7979]

And according to today's standards, Taylor Swift is talented. Joni Mitchell is one of the most talented guitarists and songwriters out there, with more to say that whine about her ex boyfriends. I salute you, Joni! 🙌

[@CelticMudkip]

Case in point: Blue is a breakup album, but it is SO different from what you'd hear from Swift. It isn't a complain-fest: there is all sorts of textures and perspectives about heartbreak with fingers pointed everywhere. It isn't marketable edge, it's pure heartbreak.

[@gostrum1]

There’s always been pop singers / ‘commercial’ artists. Lulu or Nancy Sinatra are better examples from those days. Joni was never in that category .

[@Ryan_hey]

@@gostrum1 Agreed, you said it. Joni was never a pop artist. She's far more esoteric, so to speak. She really delves in deep into her soul with albums like "Blue", whereas pop artists are more likely to have lyrical content that easily resonates with a majority of the population instead of the insightful depth of artists like Joni. Both styles serve different purposes.

[@tymaa9349]

Not a Lana fan! Go answer her question for the culture XD

[@bmm7132]

Why are people comparing her to Taylor Swift and calling her a girl when she's a Woman!!! And also she is a gorgeous beautiful talented Woman 🌹🌹🎶🎤🖤🎹🎵🎧😇🎸🎸🎸🥜🥜🎹🎹🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@Breakbeats92.5]

Record labels must have went crazy trying to steer her into pure commercial pop because Joni is so pretty.

[@drmedwuast]

God she looks beautiful

[@bruno280678]

musical goddes

[@douglasalan7786]

The most beautiful girl that lives.'

[@bmm7132]

Beautiful Woman inside and out and especially her talents of all kinds. She plays instruments like she is the instrument itself. And she is the most beautiful woman alive. She's not a girl anymore as the Douglas Alan person wrote in his text. 🎸🎸😇😇😇😇🎵🎧❤️🎹🦋🎺🎼🎼🎶🎤🎤🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@melfree]

I totally agree.

[@jameslouder]

My God! The lady on the right is Adrienne Clarkson, who later, well after her long career at the CBC, became Governor General of Canada, the viceroy of the Queen!

[@savedfaves]

They aren't just people; they are Canadians. And in my experience Canadians are in general good people.

[@slownoman]

Genius isn't subject to the rules that restrict us mere mortals (I've been playing, and gigging, since 1965). Joni learned open G, and then just started making up her own tunings. How? Beat me, sire. How did Lennon/McCartney write In My life when they were 23? Genius. I can play, but I can't cover Joni.

[@amally22]

Taylor Swift could only wish to be as good as Joni Mitchell.

[@tymaa9349]

She is now!! Haha

[@writereducator]

Before the hippie thing hit, women aspired to be beautiful and elegant. Joni herself was a great example of this, even though musically she was only starting out her journey.

[@brianallancobb]

Can anybody hear Cactus Tree in Just Like Me?

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

Wow. This is the oldest clip I have ever seen of Joni.

[@michaelcasey7239]

Behold! They speak in whole sentences.

[@MeganSingsForYou13]

yeah ;)

[@xtenkfarpl]

I thought at first he might have been trying to figure out what alternate tuning she was using? After all, Joni does that a lot! But looking at her chord patterns, I think she's actually playing this one in standard tuning with a capo. So he's probably just gawking?

[@jgeur]

a national treasure? nay, nay. a galactic wonder!

[@nickhyder9141]

lol um, no interviews here FYI

[@Mooser42001]

"look at girl musicians this way"? They are looking at her like they know she's about to take off for the stars. She's not a "girl musician" she's Joni Mitchell

[@davidhigginbotham5451]

what's with all the 'sort of' comments? It's sort of silly.

[@MeganSingsForYou13]

oh! and sorry for that comment on your channel, little sisters need to make youtube accounts for them selves

[@MeganSingsForYou13]

i love HER so much! Joni and Taylor Swift are the only singers/musicians i listen to, they are very alike

[@osahju914]

Except Joni wrote about many diverse concepts

[@MeganSingsForYou13]

i should of made it more clear to be honest! i ment as in the sensible-ness (thats not a word) most stars these days bring out stupid dance songs where as taylor has stuck to what she knows she also writes about REAL situations as Joni does which proves VERY admirable. I agree too todays music industry is quite shocking.

[@RicOshayed1]

ditto ditto ditto

[@desertswo]

Taylor who?

[@bmm7132]

I agree Taylor who it's all Joni Mitchell and nobody else in the female genre

[@elisemiller13]

@@bmm7132 I'd love for you to name someone in the male genre that has the talents of singing, song writing and musicianship as good as Joni.

[@cgswfinkie3541]

end - Joni Mit

[@ldhorricks]

Take 30: Paul Soles and a young Adrienne Clarkson...

[@howardhilsenrath1970]

This is gonna sound a little strange but I believe there were 2 separate woman recording and performing under the name of Joni Mitchell. See her perform at the Isle of Wight in 1970 on KZbin. She has a vastly different face and voice in the 1970 footage. I love her early music but I don't know why they couldn't just have one Joni Mitchell.

[@kermit3421]

nope same Lady