Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now (Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970) 

I was 12 in 1970, now 64 to her 78 in 2022; it feels so very weird, surreal. I miss those days, the great music, the quieter nonviolent times compared to the insanity today. I would not want to be 12 or 20 today and I hate the music but I miss yesterday.

@@djchiesa3567 We are the same age, and what you have said made me so sad, I cried but then I realised how happy my life is now , thanks to the beautiful memories . ❤️ Wherever you are I feel we are connected .Bless you .

@@djchiesa3567 Non-violent times? I'm not convinced you lived then.

@@djchiesa3567 I absolutely agree with you about the great music of the late ‘60s-early ‘70s, but those times were hardly nonviolent - MLK and RFK were assassinated in ‘68. And of course there was the Vietnam War….

So nicely said.

What an amazing moment for music her performance was. It was magic!

Where to find it ?

​@@sharan4700type in XHamster to Google

I cry every time i watch this

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light up a newport

I heard her song in the movie Coda. Beautiful song and a movie.

yes, thanks Joni! ... but good music is still being created, just not mainstream

@@michaelhermiston you're right!

​@truvintage5800 I'm beginning to think this way too, having said music was dead for years. What hits the charts these days though, the majority is so poor, similar to the movie industry. All everyone wants to listen/watch is rehashes of the same sounds/movies.

agreed, most mainstream movies are polished pablum, but there are some fantastic independent flics.... just there are many 'unknown' fabulous tunes being written!

Joni and other true musical artists from that time period knew how to create and sing beautiful music. What has really happened to good singers like Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Neil Young, etc.?

It's better. And she can sing, not to mention her guitar-playing.

@@hansemannluchter643 LOL. You're too polite to phrase that as: "And Dylan can't sing, not to mention guitar-playing" Yeah, his harmonica was horrible as well. Dylan's only talent was song writing.

She should be nominated for one! Her music resonates with all generations! I know my parents listened to her when they were kids, I listened as a teen and I will introduce her music to the future generations

And Dylan is a PLAGIARIST!

better

Personally, I think she's in her vocal prime now.

My Dad, who despised rock and roll, loved Joni on The Tommy Hunter Show!

He knows... :)

Some amazing rock bands too... particularly Rush....

Neil, Joni and Gordon make me feel like l know Canada .... and I've never been there. Love fr 🇦🇺

Go on then...the list goes on. Name more

​@Chief_Brody the members of The Band, Burton Cummings, Gordon Downie, Feist, Buffy Sainte Marie, Daniel Lanois, Willie Dunn, Randy Bachman.

Chilliwack, Rush, Triumph, the list goes on and on. Canada 🇨🇦 BFF’s.

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if you ever hear a good interview with her you realize she's not just a musical genius but she's a pure genius...incredible person.

I think nanci griffin was up there too

Or any genre of music - she was untouchable vocally by anyone in the folk scene - for range or timbre or phrasing...

@@rainforme1850 not a competition just an opinion

Add Gordon Lightfoot to that list of the very best voices in the world, EVER!!!!

@@clintdavies491 aww yes.

Yeah but she must have lived a hard life because she is a complete mess now

I’m 16 and yet to age. Joni will stay with me❤

no

​@@billzardus95She is 80, and suffered an vascular bloodcloth to the brain, how sensitive of you. I wish you find some compassion....

I came to Grow a bit more acquainted with her work past year around May . And in September my dad died, it was really difficult time. This song and both sides now were on repeat for a while. So sometimes it’s hard for me to listen to them again without getting emotional. But they are just too brilliant So I come back for them once in a while, even if some tears might shed for my eyes.

I love her talent, couldn't possibly explain it like you did so beautifully,thank you

That's her all right! Great description. I'm 64 yrs old but have been a fan since I was a lad of 16. Her music has been a huge part of my life - I'm grateful for her body of work and immense talents.

I’m so glad you called out her beautiful guitar work! I love what she can produce from the open tunings.

So poignantly described by U here…..Just so beautiful 😱👍💜🙏🌞❗️

Well said. Absolutely true

I'm pretty sure that she told them to shut up early on in the set.

That is a great observation. I had not picked up on it. Best wishes to you, my friend.

An interesting observation. For sure, giant rock festivals were not the ideal venue for her introspective music.

You were not around when this music was current, stop trying to fish for likes lol

@@whyyes6428 You got 1 like so your mother must have really enjoyed that comment, genius.

She is a poet who also sings. Listen to her music. I think you will appreciate her talent.

Really good guitar player too. Experimented with lots of unique tunings. A true first class pro musician.

Hey, me too, at 19. Regrets are a waste of time; look at life from the other side now and redress the balance from now on.

@@juliancolbeck2148 Julian you are absolutely right and is such what I have told younger people in my life BUT those few happy moments mainly with lovely girls I wish so much I could go back in time and tell that stupid young man, "Stop being so proud, go after her and say you're sorry" I truly believe my life would have been a far happier one. But I appreciate your point and one maybe I will come to terms with.

oh come man, age is just a number plus beside all the cute chicks you miss to catch,What can you really regret?The mistake done or the act not done made you now, you folks had at it all:you lived the best history time period at the right places,you were all part of something way powerful and meaningful...all the arts produced at the time still and will remain forever a testimonial of it...look at us now, I was born in 85 so far all I got was violence in all forms, insecurity,oppression from the system,almost constant sex with latex,police over controlling, few economic recession, and inflation,unemployment,no free sits anywhere in anything, artificial people,meaningless friendships and relationships,un-fuckable boring mysandric ladies, commercial music,mass consummation in all aspects,brainwashing TV,agressive capitalism, pollution,restrictions in many ways,lack of hope and opportunities,dream crushed by elders...on my 20s for a moment I thought internet would revolution the world and open consciousness by knowledge, matter a fact the aftermath is a total opposite the today's 20s already made me an old fart before the age and they are disgusting of ignorance,narrow minded, superficial, arrogant,mean, disrespectful, judgemental the severe way,full of narcissism,despising all that was not already filtered by mainstream,selfish,empty of all real and simple forms of joy,happiness, pleasures and bright cleverness,totally addicted to phones, unaware of everything that is older than them,depending on technology,locked-close in there own bubble,not approachable at all etc...etc...

@@Oshiiiiiiiiiiii Yes, you are so right. When I think of both my grandparents who lived through WW1 and my parent's WW2 when young adults compared to my time in the 60s and 70s, I was blessed and very lucky. Even so, both my grandparents and parents did look back of their youth with much fondness, their many friends and their music at that time especially romance and feminity of women. I really try to be objective as oppose being bias to my time but even so, I do truly believe the 60s and the 70s in all of history was the best time ever to be young and alive, especially our music. After working in industry I went on to be a Maths Teacher for 14 years and to reward pupils I would play two of their records and two of mine if they worked hard. For the many classes, all age groups, after a few weeks they would ask me to play my music. Also, here on RU-vid, I find more and more, RU-vidrs showing absolute awe and wonder as they listen to the music of our time, thus realizing how good it was. Even for me, sometimes an old number comes on the radio and I am transported back to those wonderful times.

@@Oshiiiiiiiiiiii Oh you are so right, especially your point about the balance of man and nature. At 70 now, it won't be long before I will be hoping for such an amusement ride.

He’s also a hippie.

I remember, some of the crowd, were on her case but, she won them round.

I am glad you pointed that out! Her graceful, staid and serious little nod of acknowledgment makes me melt every time I watch this.

Check out the album Blue!! It is one of the greatest records ever made. It may very well be the best album ever from a female recording artist… maybe tied with Janis Joplin’s Pearl.

What magic? Enlighten me.