It's like the sun finally came out again. For so long, Joni said she's done with the music business, and singing, and just wants to paint now. She's not only singing again, but you can see she's really enjoying herself doing so. God bless you, Joni. Life is so much better for you and your music.

@lisebehneeie6508

Жыл бұрын

GOD BLESS

@watermap

Жыл бұрын

Yes, in the midst of all the not-so-great news, Joni Mitchell's joy in singing in public is both the sun and a gentle cool breeze. LOVE seeing all of these younger musicians honoring, kindly assisting & being as thrilled as the rest of Joni's adoring fans!

@tealeh2

Жыл бұрын

you know, when people care...everything is possible and you can change your mind...love heals everything

@HappyLife693

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it’s great to see her excited about singing again!!!

@TheMonolake

Жыл бұрын

Love her voice

Brandi Carlisle is so kind and compassionate. Thank you for orchestrating this opportunity for Joni to see how beloved she is and for her new and old fans to get to celebrate with her. Much love!

@WhaleCommunicators

Жыл бұрын

She is a beautiful heart and soul for sure!!! So yes, thank you Brandi for bringing Joni here for a reception like this honoring one helluva musician/s!!!

@RichardPallardy

Жыл бұрын

Was just talking to my friend about this. So moving to see her supporting Joni.

@getoonkel

Жыл бұрын

👏🏿👏👏🏾👏🏻🥰🥰🥰🥰

@tiredofit4761

Жыл бұрын

Yes and she was watching Joni to keep rhythm with her.

@liammccolgan3287

Жыл бұрын

Stealing the limelight from Joni.

She hit the highest of high notes early in her career and now she’s hitting the lowest of low notes….phenomenal.

@tomm2359

Жыл бұрын

She doesn't have the range she once had but she's still got the soul.

@Marioncosmicwiiz

Жыл бұрын

True!! To me she's like Sarah Vaughan: she peaked the whole.

@sonaavak2953

Жыл бұрын

@@tomm2359 She still sounded great!!

@tomm2359

Жыл бұрын

@@sonaavak2953 She did and she was enjoying herself! That was the best part.

@obiephillips9174

Жыл бұрын

@@Marioncosmicwiiz I love Sarah! Good example.

Legendary!!!!! 💕👑❤👑💕🏆❤🏆💕👑❤👑💕

She sang the lower harmony. That's a feat in itself!

@darlenemc3586

Жыл бұрын

she's amazing!

@Esgelrothion

Жыл бұрын

She had the wherewithal to know she doesn't have the range to hit the high notes anymore and, instead of just dropping it an octave, sang the low harmony instead. That's real musicianship right there. Love it!

@christopherwelch136

Жыл бұрын

My talented Joni. ❤️

@getoonkel

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherwelch136 Our talented Joni 👏🏿 ❤️ 👌 😉

Joni Mitchell came back from a massive brain aneurysm where she completely had to relearn how to talk, walk let alone sing or play guitar What a joy to see

"Don't it always seems to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone." A great lesson from Joni.

@brnfc

Жыл бұрын

Joni Mitchell never lies...

@africaRBG

Жыл бұрын

@@brnfc j-j-joni mitchel never lies!! Thanks Q-tip and janet for introducing me to her.

@Captain-Cardboard

Жыл бұрын

A song in which she complains they paved paradise to put up a parking lot. A measure which actually would have alleviated traffic congestion on the outskirts of paradise. Something which Joni singularly fails to point out, perhaps because it doesn't quite fit in with her blinkered view of the world. Nevertheless, nice song.

@robertandrew5768

5 ай бұрын

​​@@Captain-Cardboard Oh bore off.Joni was 21 when she wrote this you absolute cretin.

I like how Joni changed up the lyrics to be “The took all the trees & put em in a tree Museum & they charged all the people an arm & a leg just to see ‘em”.

@johngillen275

Жыл бұрын

Joni is right; in 2022, most museums charge a lot more than "a dollar and a half" just to get in.

I can't get enough of the Joni Jam. I keep rewatching. Keep crying. I am so incredibly lifted from her performance -- THIS is the juice we ALL needed right now. Thank Goddess for JONI!!! (and Brandi, we know she made it all happen -- she's our hometown gal!)

@nicks.4276

Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love how awestruck and adoring and enraptured Brandi looks when she watches Joni. ❤❤❤

@ardenteresalewis4494

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!!! Miraculous!

@egreenbery

Жыл бұрын

Wow, this is so special. If you aren't deeply moved by at least SOME of the songs from the set with BC and Joni, then you don't appreciate her music. When they did " Both Sides Now ", how could you possibly not have any tears ?

@Marioncosmicwiiz

Жыл бұрын

@@egreenbery and how deep to feel that we all belong to this music, shedding tears all over the world for a "good" reason? I cried as soon as I heard Both sides now. Joni still makes this possible: feeling like we are one. Only music can do that.

@shoWbitz

Жыл бұрын

Likewise! 😱👏❤️

An arm and a leg to see em….. love the rewrite

The last three seconds of this song was worth waiting 53 years for. Bless you, Joni Mitchell ☮️💜

@MEMann-md4il

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. My thoughts exactly. It made the event for me.

Every word came true in 50 years in the song. People have to travel 2 hours out of City to see nature.

I'm crying my eyes out. Oh the memories.

THANK YOU BRANDI for introducing youngsters to this Legend, this Icon of the 60s!!!! 💕🕊️🌄 LOVE YOU JONI!!!!!

This was the music of my youth..those college hippie years... and it is so wonderful to hear her again, and the longevity of these lyrics and tunes...amazing..I am in tears

What a special moment for us all. Thank you Joni. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The Queen. We will eternally thank you for your song writing brilliance. ❤😊

It's beautiful gift to see someone honored while in their presence.

what I love is that everyone is so overwhelmed by having Joni with them and singing but you can see from her last phrase that all she cared about was nailing it, she did, and you saw the look of satisfaction on her face that she knew it! the performance was all that mattered!

@BoBo0807

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Still the consummate perfectionist. Gotta love her. And she did indeed NAIL IT!

One the best songs in the world.

This is the best thing that has happened in the past couple of years! ❤

@sallybannister6224

Жыл бұрын

It really is. 💓

@janefriel6895

Жыл бұрын

The best thing i have seen,heard in many years. ☘

@krismurray4011

Жыл бұрын

It's truly beautiful

I love the old voices and the young voices (and in between voices) singing together with joy.

they treated a legend like a legend. This is pure joy. wish I was there

Love you ❤Joni!!!!!!!!!!

Brandi, Holly, and Jess add so MUCH to this performance, while still deferring to Joni.

I want to go to a Joni Jam, to Newport Folk, to anywhere Joni is to get this anointing. After Joni's new lyrics to I'm Still Standing a few weeks ago I can't get enough of Joni Mitchell. My record player is going. Her voice & lyrics are healing a lifetime of pain & freeing me. I feel wings growing. 🦋 I love you Joni Mitchell ❤️

I’ve never cried so hard and felt so good about those tears

"Look at all those people crying, Joni" - and god if I ain't one of them at home

I was there with my wife and three 20-something kids. They didn't appreciate what they were seeing until it was all over the news the next day. One of my sones told me he was proud to have been there.

God bless you Joni love big yellow taxi my favorite song!

This woman is incredible. Joni, i hope you are feeling the love. There is so much, and it surrounds you.

God bless Brandi for bringing the Joni Jam to The NFF!

Joni has lived her own circle game. This is beauty. This is resurrection. So cathartic to see

Ok, I cried! There you happy!

I want to acknowledge Brandi Carlisle for this….Joni have us so much in music and this is a beautiful moment.

Brandi is like a warm soothing wind swirling around those folks on the stage, not only is she so uplifting, she gives so much of her energy to others!

Wow, fucking Wow-- this is one for the ages. goddamn! There is an infinite amount of love up on that stage and I can feel it through this little lap top.

Tough gig for that percussionist! 😆 Threading a needle through all the singers’ time and stitching them together, and with instrument changes and breaks throughout. Great job by all!

Joni Mitchell - one of the greatest singer-songwriter and composer of our time!

She's precious and must be protected at all costs.

She looks so happy which is all I've ever wished for her for years now she brought so much joy by giving of herself for decades.

Never stop, Joni, please never stop singing!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

What an amazing recovery and return performance. The brain is capable of relearning, but the human spirit turns miracles into possibilities and Joni Mitchell is one such beautiful, strong spirit.

Thank you Brandi and Joni!

One the greatest songwriters of all time a genius always somewhat overshadowed by her male contemporaries unfairly I might add. This is great stuff!

@tjodogify

Жыл бұрын

I think she pulled her weight quite well, even with all the feminist’s all around her..she stood up for herself in relationships, and stood the test of time..well done, Joni…u remind me of my youth, that I miss so very much..it was a nice visit back with this song…

@janefriel6895

Жыл бұрын

Well where are they now? Joni is still singing.

@richardmathews651

Жыл бұрын

@@janefriel6895 First Paul Simon was at the Newport Folk Festival too, Dylan is still around and so is Paul McCartney. Second in no way did I intend to demean Joni in fact my point was her music was just as good as theirs and often better. Great I suppose now I’ll get slammed by their fans. Finally I loved all their music.

YESSSSSSSSS! JONI WE LOVE YOU! I so wanted to hear you do the last line in that LOW VOICE and you nailed perfectly! Bravo forever!

My favorite is Joni adjusting rhythmically and vocally to accent the background singers. A true legend.

I remember the special meaning this song had to the people of Hawaiʻi when Joni first wrote and sang it after a visit to the Islands in 1969. The pink hotel is the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki. "Donʻt it always seem to go that you donʻt know what youʻve got till itʻs gone -- They paved paradise to put up a parking lot! "

@foresttemple1380

Жыл бұрын

First there was indeed paradise...what waikiki was..for certain, then the Royal Hawaiian hotel..the first one ..when there was still a quiet country kind of paradise feeling there. I wonder if the Alawai canal was b4 or after..it apparently changed the whole surf break out there.

@JodyY808

Жыл бұрын

@@foresttemple1380 The Moana Hotel, which opened in 1901, was the first hotel in Waikiki. The Royal Hawaiian Hotel opened in 1927, and the Ala Wai Canal was created in 1928 to drain the rice paddies and swamps in Waikīkī (which means "spouting fresh water") so they could develop further develop the land (pave paradise).😟

Joni deserves a Nobel Prize too!

Thank you Newport Folk Festival for creating the space for this to exist. I can't stop crying at the pure beauty that is this moment. It is absolutely legendary and inspiring in every way. History in the making.

@MEMann-md4il

Жыл бұрын

Oh, I so agree with you!

What a woman. What a voice!

So many people need this right now - thank you Joni 🥰😍😭

I knew those 2 back up singers were Lucius!!! Amazing!! What a gift!!

Delightful little giggle at the end of a perfect performance

Great to see Joni again after her health issues.

So glad to see Joni enjoying herself and the songs are taking on such a new life! And beyond that, I want the outfit Brandi is wearing!

Sincere joy. This entire set is a masterpiece. My heart has broken open.

This is just the best thing ever. I've been a Joni fan for YEARS. She takes a step back, then reappears years later and does this. I can't put into words how happy it makes me feel to watch this. Bless you Brandi for putting this together ❤

Joni, Joni, Joni! You jump-started my life in my youth, now you're helping me through my 70's. Bless you for coming out! Sending all my love

@jaimesweany7042

Жыл бұрын

YES!

@nuggets0717

Жыл бұрын

I’m in my 20s and have enjoyed many years alongside her music! I hope to enjoy many more. From one side to another I wish you joy, health, and good music.

@ginamaxey9967

Жыл бұрын

DITTO!!

Unbelievable! You still got it Joni Mitchell! I grew up with you and your amazing songs. You are a true living legend. Thank you from my young adulthood. Love you and peace.

Joni you are definitely the sun ☀ shining in a bright blue sky. You are an incredible woman. I am from the hometown of Gordon Lightfoot, another Canadian icon. Brandi Carlisle is a wonderful woman/friend. You are blessed to have her believe in you. Love and Prayers from Orillia Ontario Canada 🇨🇦❤️🙏🕊✝️✌️📻🎵

Hey Newport Folk Festival - post the Joni portion in its entirety!

We need that old spirit manifest!!

Massive respect . Pure magic.

The miracle drug called music 🎶.

@davidospina5216

Жыл бұрын

Hello my friend

@davidospina5216

Жыл бұрын

How are you doing today?

Joni havin a good time. That's what we want!!

Happy Big Yellow taxi number 80 Joni 🎉

So grateful.

Ya made my day. Joni Mitchell still singing and making music. Stay well.

Love to see all the younger people playing and singing with Joni! And how lucky are we that Joni is back performing on stage, thanks to Brandi Carlile encouraging and organizing Joni and this fantastic band of musicians - all to honor Joni's music! Just terrific! 💞😘😇🙏🎶🎼🎸🎹

Love some Joni. To the event planners, crew, staff and all. It is what we need now. Please share this video. Tears of happiness are healthy.🕊🐞🌻🌷The bomb!💣

I lived in Israel on a kibbutz I 1983 when I was 19. I heard Blue - it changed my life and was so much part of my experience of life. Joni has spoken to me from that time forward. There is no other singer/ songwriter that spoke to me. In Blue she encapsulated my life as a young girl breaking out into the world. Blue said everything then, and it does today. Joni will always remain in my heart, she has taught me do much. I am so pleased that she is being loved in this way. She has meant so much to so many people. Thank you Brandi for bringing Joni back - it means so much. I look back and see i was brave then- but Joni spoke to my heart - she voiced what was so important. Joni Mitchell thank you for speaking to our hearts and soul. I doubt I would be the person I am without Joni

@davidospina5216

Жыл бұрын

Hello Helen how are you doing today

@watercyclist23

Жыл бұрын

I am cycling the west coast of Scotland. I am fine and still hold the romance of travel and adventure as I did at 19 when I was first introduced to Joni Mitchell

@davidospina5216

Жыл бұрын

@@watercyclist23 Oh okay nice I live in Oklahoma City but I’m currently working here in Syria. Are you originally from Scotland?

Never thought I'd see this day ~ but am so very glad I did!

Joni was one of the greatest song writers of the 20th century. Right up there with Bob Dylan, and Lennon and McCartney

@SimonSverige

Жыл бұрын

right up there with Cohen. At the very top.

Oh my god I love her so much... I had already given up hope after she got so badly sick, thought that is it... just today I checked after a long time if there are any news about her and found out that she just had this gig in july! Wow! Just 🤯 This is just so great and I'm so happy for her!

My heart is so full watching and remembering... this is a piece of history from then and now as well. God Bless you Joni you made my life happier with your music and you still are!! Soundtrack of my youth 🎼 🖤

Ive watched this about 6 times now. Why do i keep getting tears every friggin time?

I grew up on Joni. I'm now 53, and my Mom 72. I wish I'd known of this, my Mom would have loved this. 🥰

That ending! The best ever!

Chills up my spine. A loss for words.

We were blessed at Northwestern University my Freshman year to have Joni TWICE in '68 and '69 - with nary a single hanger-on!

Pura vida from Costa Rica, So glad you found yourself again, Joni,

My first unrequited love. Joni ❤.xxx

Love love love it!

The most emotional thing I've ever seen

I wish I was there …..this is a moment in history

Thank You Newport Fok Festival for those two videos. This is what music is all about: Being together (again), friendships, love, fun and feeling good... That's what shines so clearly from these two videos with Joni Mitchell and it doesn't get any better. Made me cry but made my day as well... Thank you so much for sharing and saving these gems and for us all to see and see again and again in the future

Yay Lucius!!! Love Joni and love you! Thank you for the fun and the beauty!

Joni is magnificent -only you Brandi could pull this off and get her to sing for us again!!! Your compassion reminds me of the love we saw Gaga give Liza at the Oscars this year - What an amazing treat - I'm cheering HARD in Western MASS!!!

I love it when young people take care of older people in friendship and love. Ani difranco did it with Utah Phillips. Lady gaga did with Toni Bennet and Tao Rodríguez-Seeger and Arlo Guthrie took care of Pete Seeger. It warms my heart.

God Bless her. She’s coming to the end of the road. Beautiful to see the young folk carrying the torch. How time waits for nobody.

awesome, as always! thanks to Joni for giving me permission to use Big Yellow Taxi in our wetlands doc - could not have been more perfect for threatened ecosystem!

Spectacular thank you 🤗

Just pure, utter,gold.

@davidospina5216

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jane how are you doing today

Her laughter. I love.

OH WOW, I love her and her music. She helped change my life. I got into Art and Music at the University of Georgia(70-74) after playing her albums. For a guy like me, it was a major thing to keep affixed on anything at that Big School. She is an Angel. I hope one day I could meet her. Even drove from Georgia to Haight-Ashbury in Berkley. God bless her life and soul. Tony Singletary

I’m not crying, you’re crying!😭

Her last line gave me chills. Amazing artist.

This country needs moments like this at this time. Awesome.

Love this one. She's having so much fun. And the ending is perfect.

Loved this!!! Omg JONI. !!!