@Saffarts Literally just downloaded like 6 Joni albums, 7 Neil albums, Crosby's debut album that was only partially uploaded because of Neil's contributions and lastly Deja Vu. What a great day for music streaming
I was 20 when this album came out. I’d just given up a baby girl for adoption and had been in relationships of little commitment. I bought the record and put it on my stereo in my tiny apartment…. When Little Green started I sobbed and sobbed. I cried through many of these songs . Joni Mitchell is my heart ❤️. My daughter found me later in her adult life.
I too was about 20 when I first heard this album. Why do they say that this about her baby was some kind of secret till the 1990s? All I remember is that I and my friends at the time all knew exactly what Little Green was about. Do I remember wrong? I guess not, since Linda had this experience. Thanks for telling about it.
I`m only 60 brother . I`ts great to read the comments from music lovers , I was playing in a band in Glasgow and a couple of the guys were really influenced by Joni . They really liked Mingus . I landed in Germany there are loads of mates of mine who I`ve introduced to Joni. Incidentally they`ve taught me how to listen to Love Forever Changes with different ears
My wife and I were newly married living in downtown Portland (when it was still a clean and very hip place). We lived in a two room apartment and were deliriously happy. We played this album a lot and loved the lyrics.
I bought this album in 1971 in Detroit; I'm listening to it tonight in Granada, Spain at the age of 75. The album retains it's pure molecular weight, timeless power, and beauty - like a gyroscope, like a comet, like flamenco cante jondo. I give thanks for a lot of things; and one of them is that I lived in the age of Joni Mitchell, and got to see her perform live.
1970 for me 74 on a trip from Miami to visit Chicago. I read once her octave range is huge. I was in art school in Sarasota 1978 and met Carey (mine) under the pool table light and my friend said Marilyn (Monroe) meet Carey (Grant) he swept me in his arms in a deep dip. We stayed friends, he was an underwater welder for oil rigs. Only astronauts pay more for life insurance. Lost track of him while I was in Germany. mid 80's.
@@BrianCallahan-dj2nnthe music keeps me sane, I remember the old days Vietnam my brother was there Wow Joni California helped me and I'm from SF CA, tough times. Tough now also. War huh what is it good for absolutely nothing.
One of the first Joni albums I bought was the double live _"Miles of Aisles"._ The live version of _"A Case of You"_ and _"The Last Time I Saw Richard"_ and the other songs from _"Blue"_ on that album affected me profoundly. In a really, very, very good way! {:o:O:}
The first time I heard this full album, the line “I’m frightened by the devil, and I’m drawn to those ones that ain’t afraid” from A Case of You made me pause the song and just think for a couple minutes because I was so in awe of the songwriting. It still amazes me.
Yes, I agree with you! I've been amazed by this great artist since I heard her on the radio in the 1960s and listen to her music before I go to sleep at night. Not every morning of mine is a Chelsea morning, but close!
I only discovered her last year. Someone cited her as an example of a voice that autotune would ruin. I've been hooked ever since... The voice... The poetry... One of a kind...
@@TwinOpinion My mom played a couple of her songs from Blue when I was really young, but I only got into the rest of her albums last year as well. And I agree, there’s always been something “different” about her music and lyrics. I think it sounds beautifully old-timey, incredibly modern, and oh-so-70’s all at the same time.
Joni, you were my wife Daun's favorite! Everyday, getting ready for Dialysis we played this album to calm her nerves. Thankyou Dear Joni!! I hope one day you two can meet face to face in Heaven..miss her Beautiful Soul🌿🕊️✝️
In 1985 I was 18 and living at my friend's Mom's house in East York. She had Joni Mitchell's album Blue, and I listened to it over and over again, every day for the year that I lived there. The most beautiful music I've ever heard. The most beautiful vibe. And as a student of jazz and songwriting, she was one of my biggest influences. I learned that you can break all the rules, if you stick to your truth; creating beauty. Joni is the truest Folk Musician. I am grateful to have owned her other albums; Mingus, Hejira, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Court and Spark, and The Hissing of Summer Lawns. It is no wonder every great male folk musician was smitten by her beauty and singular unearthly talent! Thank God and Goddess for Joni! ♥💕💞🥰
Joni Mitchell is the poetess and minstrel who defined the cultural transformation of the flower children seeking the path of peace and love. I could drink a case of her and still be on my feet. Forever young, eh?
Joni , I’m pretty sure you don’t get to read these comments . . . but I sure wish you would ; the sheer love and admiration folks have for you is deep , is incredible . I’ve been a fan for over 50 years , however , now that I’m almost 84 I feel I can now appreciate the depth , the poignancy , the lovely poetry of your lyrics . The music has always been cutting-edge , but the lyrics ! Joni , always having loved you , I love you even more now than ever . It was delightful to see the recent video of you at Newport . Go, girl ! You still rock ! God bless you , and keep on truckin’. George Lewis, Sr.
Beautiful George. I too have been smitten by Joni for five decades. As a young man, there was no one who "spoke my heart" like she did. In her doing so, I experienced life in a deeper, more meaningful way. And as I evolved and matured, more was revealed in her work - and continues to. So much gratitude. - Paul ❤ BTW, here's a photo I took of her in 1974: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell#/media/File:Joni_mitchell_1974_(cropped).jpg
George, I've been a fan for a very, very long time. We saw her in her heyday and she's still up there. I still know the words to all her songs. I'll be 75 in February. We had the best music.
@@mariavarecka2618 Maria , we are part of a special sorority/fraternity of lovers of great music from back in the day . As I am , and I’m pretty sure you must also be, we are possessors of fine music that is classic , and delightful and groovy in our memories. How rich ! How uniquely ours !
This is one of those albums that should be beamed into space in hopes that alien lifeforms, light years away, might hear and realize there really is intelligent life and great beauty on this tiny blue marble after all.
" We don't need no piece of paper from the city hall keeping us tied and true." Joni knew her relevance in the world. Always willing to share her gifts and insight. A forerunner in women's and men's liberation. Nonconformist to be my idol in so many ways. Yet, I did not know this at 14. I only sensed the power of jms words in my life. Now I experience and have lived the power of jm as a word smith and change agent in this humble life.
I first heard this album when I was 18 years old in the basement of my cousin's house in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, in 1973. We played it over and over again. I was dazzled by the absolute beauty of the songs, the depth of emotion, sadness and humanity. I have listened to it many thousands of times since then. It has never lost its magic.
Same! Listening and crying right now. Listening to Joni, laughing, smiling, remembering... so cathartic. Happy Birthday to her... and here's to the healing power of music, and tears.
The first time I saw her was on a new colour tv, very few around at that time, at a friends house with a group of friends. Unexpected. We weren't watching but heard her and all conversation stopped, all eyes turned to the tv and everyone stopped, everything just stopped, and we were mesmerized. Sheer beauty, astounding for us at that moment. A beautiful memory none of us will ever forget.
Wow, you seem to be an oldschool kind of girl. Rare at your age nowadays. Just amazing, hold onto that because that's where true artisty and quality keeps living on.
I just found this record at the record shop. The cover was very worn and looks to be from the 1970’s. I was so thrilled when the record played perfectly. Her music lives on and still resonates. Lovely album and brilliant musician.
I just love how the early releases have gone up in value. She is worth buying every album she ever produced. If you don't have Court and Spark you may have missed the boat.
joni, i'm 14 and i recently just found you a couple of months ago. although i've always known about you, i never listened like i have now. how beautiful your lyrics are, how relatable and emotional are. i love your music so much. truly, it's changed my life in some way. made me feel more free in some way. i know you won't see this, but i just appreciate the music for what it is. this is my favorite album of yours, with california and my old man being my favorite songs .. as of right now! you're amazing and i cannot get enough of this music. thank you for being so unique.
Felt exactly the same way when I was your age, nearly 15 years ago. As works of art that can accompany you and express the additional meanings and nuances that life teaches as you age, you'd be hard pressed to find many that are better.
I'm 73, and I've adored Joni since my late teens. I discovered her after her first or second album (I don't remember which). I was living in NYC, and she was giving concerts in NYC, some of them in very small venues such as night clubs. I saw her at one of those night clubs. Because I had made a reservation, when I arrived, they took me to the first row (a wooden bench) and asked the other patrons to scoot over, so I watched Joni give her concert about ten feet away from me. (The stage was very small.) Unfortunately, I was so new to her music then that I didn't recognize any of her songs, having listen to one album just once or twice. Now, in my old age, I have listened to each song perhaps fifty times. My feeling about Joni is that she was the greatest singer-songwriter (up through her album Hejira). She sang with more feeling, nuance and sensitivity than any other singer. Starting with Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, she started to sing in a more stylized way which I couldn't relate to. Her first eight albums are her best work. I'm happy for all you young people who have discovered Joni. She may be the best singer you will ever listen to.
I love Joni Mitchell so much ever since the 60's. I played her music all the time. Blue is my favorite. I just received 2 books from a friend. "Joni Mitchell, The Complete Poems and Lyrics. And Morning Glory On The Vine, early songs & drawings. Your voice goes straight to my heart. We have something in common, I got polio when I was 5 years old (70 now). I was in insolation for months. It effected my right leg. I have been wearing a brace since. I graduated from high school in 1971. I am an artist also; it keeps me from depression. Been loving you forever. Peace Joni Mitchell.
Dear Joni, at the time your album "Blue" was released, I was a young boy of 17. As many others I was longing for peace and freedom in the entire world.☮︎ But my personal world was full of sadness and depressions. Somehow you saved my life with your music and your lyrics. It helped me to get through this swamp of feelings. Im very thankful and still alive and well. Sometimes I sing your songs in my own way, and I tell you it's not easy! All the best and love ♡ from my hometown in Germany! Juergen
It's true... this album feels more like it was written and sung by a like -minded friend than someone I've never met :) I live in a region where 'thinkers' are almost frowned upon, so knowing there are others, makes me feel happy and less alone. This album has SO much Soul :)
@@tamara8908 Hi. Yes, I listened to the radio, my red Panapet with the leash chain. Growing up in NE Wisconsin, I would tune into WLS Chicago when I went to bed. The first memorable song I listened to was Badfinger Day After Day. If WLS played Joni I have no recollection of her. My early teens i listened to whatever my sisters played The Raspberries, 3DN, America. I later loved Boston, Zeppelin, Fogelberg. Quite varied. You?
@@SportsKnowItAll11 i grew up in Los Angeles.Some of the stuff I listened to Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Santana, Jethro Tull, Boston too. Plus saw all of them live. I loved Joni from the start. I'm glad that you are enjoying her now.
I was introduced to Joni Mitchell by my dad in the 1970s when I was around 7...He has every album etc Joni has ever made or had connection to..I am now 57 and this is one of my favourite albums of all time..Dad is still alive but he has stated Joni should be played at his funeral..My son at 27 and a musician is also in awe of Joni as the talent she is..Her music makes me cry when I listen and will always and forever be my dad to me💙 I am seeing him tomorrow visiting the cenotaph where his grandad was remembered from WW2...perhaps we will put Joni on❤️
I am 77 and one half and Blue is always on my mind and often on my turntable as is Willie Nelson's best album "Stardust" and Dylan's greatest hits or whatever the title of that one is.
My great aunt recently passed and we really connected over our love for Joni, specifically this album. Thank you Joni for creating this masterpiece, you are a genius.
My wife and I (married 52 years) loved this album back in the 70s. I listened to the whole thing again and I am still in awe of her artistry and spellbinding lyrics. However, I have to say, "California" brought tears of sadness to my eyes. We've lived here nearly our whole lives and shared Joni's exhilaration at being in the Golden State at its apex. Unfortunately, it is no longer the place of dreams and achievements. But, her song helped me relive that wonderous time.
Coming from South FL. I see what you mean it is no longer home and couldn't afford it if I wanted too. But I was blessed to be there in it's prime. Oh Coconut Grove 1970. You never knew who was going to pull out a guitar and start playing. I live on a farm in N. Central, FL now. I have the album in two forms and can't play either until I get them fixed.
I only discovered Joni Mitchell a few months ago while zapping through TV stations and accidentally landing on "Both Sides Now: Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970". I became utterly entranced by her songs and fascinated by the fact that this seemingly shy, fragile, young woman managed to keep the crowd in check. My wife got me Blue as a christmas present and I love this hauntingly beautiful album.
Giving up anything is hard to do but sometimes it's the best and most right thing to do. There are many ways to give up a child: one is to adoption and the other is to lose a child to death sometimes it takes many years to deal with the letting go Johnny has captured this perfectly in little green Bravo. Just because you get let a child go doesn't mean that you're not still a mother. Motherhood is forever
At 78 the beautiful, talented Joni Mitchell is back after surviving a serious brain aneurysm 7 years ago! I remember praying for her an extended period, knowing that God is faithful, cos she had more to do.in this life, and it looks like she is doing it. 🙏 Her voice is still powerful, and she retaught herself to play guitar! 😍😍So glad you're bringing us good music! Your music helped define my teen years in the 1970s. Joni is the White American counterpart to Aretha Franklin (RIP Queen).
@@barbarameehan3582 check out her performance over the weekend with a little help from some powerful friends! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4aqGjaFDTxQ.html
I lived in the land of steady habits (Connecticut) until I was 35 years old, traveled for 2 years and now and for the last 40 years lived in the largest state. California.
THIS is religion to me, such beauty and pain and truth- it has gotten me there and back and back THERE again : Heaven on earth... Thank you Mamma Joni (Hearts)
Once in a century, if that, an artist such a Joni Mitchell appears . She has a truly great gift - her lyrics go straight to the heart and soul of every one who hears them. Her tunes and her musicianship are peerless. You feel she knows what love for someone really is and the joy and sadness it can bring.
I don't know how I managed to make it this far in life without hearing this album. Maybe the universe knew I needed it right now. This might be the greatest album I've ever heard. I'm awestruck.
When I first listened to Blue, I knew beforehand that I was getting myself into a classic. Whenever I read about Joni's career this one was always mentioned as the one that got her reputation and status as a major singer songwriter. Suffice to say, it did not disappoint. Not in the very least. Every song in it is a gem. It was also at the time, one of the most confessional albums ever to be released by a musician. And I really must include Laura Nyro's equally influential New York Tendaberry in this particular cannon. For me, they will always be sister albums in the way they use sparsity in music terms to convey complex emotional states. I also read that this album was borne out of a depressive period of Joni's, hence the album's title. And listening to it, you can clearly identify this in the songs. Feeling anxious for something she cannot attain in "All I Really Want", or lovesick in a relationship she knows it's going to end in "My Old Man" and especially in "A Case of You", getting the most of a good day in the bittersweet "California", or just going through Holly Golightly's "mean reds" in the closing track "The Last Time I Saw Richard". She knows this is only a phase that she has to go through and that's how she closes the album, ever the sage. What she probably didn't know is that we would all be listening to this album some 51 years after its release date and still relate to it. Thank you Joni, for this most precious of gifts.
One of the very best albums ever. She was a huge influence on me when I was living as a ski bum in Sun Valley in the 70's. Such a magic time, partly due to her music and the music of other special people like Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Seals and Croft, and others.
Only "After the Gold Rush", Stardust (Willie Nelson), and Roland Kirk's Inflated Ear, Coltrane's Love Supreme, and a few precious other albums hit me this hard (maybe the Beatles Abbey Road and the Who's Next too.
Just absolutely brilliant. How this young woman could write and perform such heartfelt interpretations of the human condition. Joni Mitchell is an amazing artist.
I was about 20, college student, when this album came out. I & all my friends loved it & were devoted fans always. Then in about 1974, in Albuquerque, I saw her perform in a small auditorium. She played all the music, performed much of this album, and if was absolutely glorious. She’s always been my supremely favorite performer.
My older Sister, who sadly died at 54,introduced me to Joni as a teenager. We saw her together once at Jones Beach Theater on Long Island. This is a classic, her songwriting inspired many female artists. Her voice is unique and reaches the high notes. Love her ❤️
What a sweet memory. Sounds like it's still living with Joni's beautiful music. Reading your post brought me back to childhood memories on L. I. and Jones Beach . Blessings :)
My brother introduced me to her when I was 20, right before my year studying abroad in Spain. He died in 2008 at age 34. Giving me this album was one of his many gifts.
Dear Joni: "Blue" was the first of your albums to be released in Argentina. Since that day , you are a presence in our home. Some years ago, I translated all of your songs from English to Castellano. Thanks for your music, for your life.
@@tammyholbrook6712 Tammy: It was difficult and it took me several months. Yes, it was worth and I sometimes think that It would be important to check all that work and get it better. ¡ Saludos!
I found this album in 1985 in a deep discount bin at a used record store. I was more of a headbanger/punk fan, but I'd always heard it was a good album and for 2 bucks I wouldn't be out much if I picked it up. I can still remember that first listen through like it was yesterday, it was incredible. Still listen to it regularly today and still in awe of the songwriting.
Best of all time! Her music helped get me through my teens and twenties- then introduced my children to Joni’s music and still listening to her in my late sixties. Such a gift to hear her singing at the Newport festival- and who told me? My thirtyish daughter who cried like I did hearing her sing in her deep voice her inspirational and beautiful songs.
Well said sister . I`m a 60 year old Glaswegian man who`s writing from Germany . I hope my wee daughter listens to Joni someday . I will try like hell to influence her . But she thinks I`m an eejit .
A friend of mine was a theater major at CU Boulder and was working the lights backstage at Mackey Auditorium in the early 70s. Seared into my brain is looking down on her from up high from behind the curtains…I was captivated and have never escaped being smitten by the totality of her depth & beauty.
DANKE für diese wunderbare Stimme und eine der GROSSARTIGSTEN Künstlerinnen ....unverkennbar...besonders.....AUSNAHME TALENT....LOVE Forever... THANKS JONI......
This has to be the very best album ever produced. Every song is sheer perfection. It's fifty-two years since I first heard it and it still sounds as fresh and inspirational as ever
I had this album when i was 14 and now 64. I thought she had the most beautiful voice id heard. Plus the words are truly poetic. Such range and good with instruments. She is a renassaince woman. My favorite of all time!
My mom just died, and she introduced me to her. We would sit on the steps and listen to this album, and she would share things about her life and about the songs. I get to see Joni in Oct and I know I am going to cry my eyes out. Joni will always make me think of my mom.
My mom died 3 months ago. I'm here for the same reason. I haven't stopped listening to this on a loop. What good memories we were given with the gift of Joni. This album feels like it was made to comfort me in my grief. It's weird.
Such a brilliant stream of consciousness condensed in one LP.. I've never met a single person in 50 years that didn't like it.. This recording will live on in peoples heart for many hundreds of generations..
I discovered this album late, but I was absolutely floored by it and didn't listen to anything else for 2 months. Thanks for creating such beauty from your pain Joni and for sharing it with the world
I am an avid fan of Joni Mitchell. This album is one of my favourites. I play it at my family dinner every year in December... So poignant and timely... Joni is so gifted 😍
Every time I hear this song, I wonder if my name was meant in this song, whether my Asian wife was really happier than the figure skater, whether I had given up believing that a really honest understanding is possible, and whether, I tended to tell myself that it's all just pretty lies. And then you hear all that sung so incredibly beautifully by Joni, holding the perfect balance, describing, judgement free, softly motivating for a change of view. Well I guess it pushed me a bit in a better direction.
Thought I knew Joni as just another folk singer with some hit songs, then I listened to this album all the way through and realized the depths of her soul. It reached me in a way no other album could. Superb.
I had to buy this on vinyl...twice - then I had to try and get my hands on the cassette and now I finally have it on CD. I know every pause, note and breath of every song. Still my favorite album (from any artist) since 1971. Joni, you are a master singer/songwriter. There will never be another like you! Be well sweet voice, and much love from N.C.
@@tonymiller6847 Hi Tony! My daughter convinced me back when CD's came out (and I couldn't find a place to buy a stylus for my turntable) to just buy the CD. I gave away over 600 EP's - and wouldn't you know it, now just about everything is on vinyl again. Mine were in mint condition with the exception of worn grooves on my favorites. You can't get all the good stuff with CD's like we used to get on vinyl. This was one of my first albums along with a few others from the 60's & early 70's. I bought this one and Ladies of the Canyon. She was/is/always will be something special to me. Others I loved at the time were Kris Kristofferson "Silver Tongued Devil", CSN, Gordon Lightfoot and Jackson Brown. The singer/songwriter era was the best time for music, no doubt in my mind! If you find yourself (and albums) in the northern Piedmont of NC, please drop me a note. Thanks for the comment!
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