Anthony’s blue flannel is a subtle nod to the album’s title. Hope this helps.

@milos1967

7 ай бұрын

It didn't, I'm still pretty lost. Appreciate the effort, though.

@RemixedVoice

7 ай бұрын

Roger that

@miserirken

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for pointing it out, i feared i became colorblind for a sec...

@felixorozco4055

7 ай бұрын

This will cause confusion when he intevitably reviews weezer's debut.

@marauder_-

7 ай бұрын

? He’s wearing a white and gold flannel…

We got Maggot Brain, Abbey Road and now this in the first 10 days of 2024. What a year for releases so far.

@OuterGalaxyLounge

7 ай бұрын

Helluva year this is.

@audioredux6836

7 ай бұрын

Damn, goated year already 😂

@bluechalk6275

7 ай бұрын

I predict Marvin Gaye's latest will be a flop. "What's Going On?" indeed.

@atmbcito

7 ай бұрын

Don't forget Waka Flocka

@idiotcow3721

7 ай бұрын

fucked up for you to leave out wocka flocka and the johns

The lyrics “I’m blue, if I was green I would die” still haunt me to this day. Great record

@pa_radigm

7 ай бұрын

This is funny

@Melkac

7 ай бұрын

I agree with you but yeah it is kinda funny out of context.

@georgie7109

7 ай бұрын

daba dee daba die

@Mastermind4life

7 ай бұрын

waitwaitwait what in the mandella effect is this ? @@georgie7109

@GizzyDillespee

7 ай бұрын

It's not easy being green

"A Case of You", maybe the best love song ever written, is barely mentioned in your review....this album is unbelievably beautiful

@joannestazio4495

7 ай бұрын

Perfect song! I interpret as a more of the realization of a toxic relationship that she comes out standing, (I’d still be on my feet)regardless of his intoxicating power over her. When she says “if you want me I’ll be at the bar” like, whatever.???

@maitrepippin989

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, I came here specifically to hear someone talk about that song and i'm outraged. It's a beautiful song, it made me cry yesterday.

1971 was an insane year for music.

@sainthuckelberry

7 ай бұрын

John Prine's debut, zeppelin IV, maggot brain, Carole King's tapestry... You are correct

@johnpangarakis396

7 ай бұрын

⁠@@sainthuckelberryMarvin Gaye’s What’s Going On

@rishabhgoswami7845

7 ай бұрын

Hunky Dory, Master of Reality, and Meddle too!

@TheFourteenthWard

7 ай бұрын

Also Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda, Bowie's Hunky Dory, Roy Harper's Stormcock, Judee Sill's self-titled, Laura Nyro's Gonna Take a Miracle, Karen Dalton's In My Own Time and many many more. Truly the best year in pop music history, and Blue is the greatest of them all

@captainmoondog1947

7 ай бұрын

Tago Mago - Can Faust debut There's a Riot Going On - Sly and the Family Stone LA Woman - The Doors Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stone Fragile - Yes First Utterance - Comus Janis Joplin - Self Title Imagine - John Lennon Damn, what a crazy year 🔥

Never clicked faster. My favourite record of all time. Incredible personal, touching, warming but also a bit haunting music. The whole thing comes together amazingly, if there ever was an album that was just one archetypical mood, namely "blue", this is it.

@taylorburroughs8172

7 ай бұрын

Yeah right! Weezer is my favourite record too

@venusinfurs7033

7 ай бұрын

me too 😭😭😭I LOVE JONI

@jacknotonyt

7 ай бұрын

Me too as soon as I listened to it it was like another dimension of sound I guess

@whointheside

6 ай бұрын

perfect recap!

Her vocal performances on "All I Want" and "River" bring me to tears every time

@dmd7472

7 ай бұрын

Every time

@TheCastaberg

7 ай бұрын

Nearly every song on this one does that to me. Hits my soft spot like a train

My favorite album. God, the poetry in this, incredible, haunting, beautiful: You said, "Love is touching souls" Surely you touched mine 'Cause part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time

"The Last Time I Saw Richard" peels me like a fruit every time.

@thethinkerer

23 күн бұрын

Me too. I remember like in 2014 or 2015 I was getting my mother into Joni Mitchell. She was working out in the spare room. It was one of the times she was getting sober and on a come-up, I was going to ask her something but I heard she was listening to "The Last Time I Saw Richard" and if I recall correctly, I left her alone. My Dad was (is) named Richard and since they divorced in the early nineties, I wondered if she made associations while hearing that song. I am unable to ask her about it now.

we need a Joni Mitchell album ranking video

Prince was a huge Joni Mitchell fanboy and I believe he said somewhere that “A Case Of You” was one of, if not his favorite song ever

@javithemoondog6289

6 ай бұрын

Yesss!! He made his own version of the song in his piano solo album One Nite Alone!

The Joni albums that came before this one are massively underrated

@fortynights1513

7 ай бұрын

Which ones in particular in your opinion?

@IzunaSlap

7 ай бұрын

@@fortynights1513 Clouds is my personal favorite, every song is beautiful

@TheMagicalArden

7 ай бұрын

Don Juan's Reckless Daughter is fantastic. Jaco Pastorious on bass.

@maxmeggeneder8935

7 ай бұрын

@@fortynights1513 Lady of the Canyon is her best album imho. I even prefer it to Blue. You should definately check them both out rn, if you don´t already know them.

@tom7979

7 ай бұрын

Totally agree. Her albums after Hejira are also criminally underrated. I absolutely love Mingus, Wild Things Run Fast, Night Ride Home and Turbulent Indigo

Love Blue so much but Hejira and The Hissing of Summer Lawns are my favorite. She talks about writing Hejira on her way across the country and it's so wonderful

@pasquale2106

6 ай бұрын

those are two of the best musical achievements of the 20th century, she created her own genre

@mybluguitar6051

3 ай бұрын

Her 1979 live performance with Pat Methany and Jaco Pastorius is one of the greatest live performances of all time! That performance is what got me into her music

Little Green is my fav on that record. It's a perfect song. The back and forth between the lyrics and guitar licks, the progression and phrasing, the entire package is just incredible.

@f4gsforpele

7 ай бұрын

My fav on the album as well

@pperr

6 ай бұрын

Easily brings me to tears, which not much music does

River is one of those songs that forces my eyes to get teary. Very touching and moving song. It's just way too sad. How is it possible to even convey such emotion and to have such a voice? I hope more people can discover and experience her music.

One of the Greatest Songwriters of all time…right up there with Dylan, Lennon and McCartney imo..

@tylerhackner9731

7 ай бұрын

Undoubtedly yes!

@mr.dirtydan3338

7 ай бұрын

I definitely don't think McCartney or Lennon is all the way up there with Dylan and Joni Mitchell or even Niel young

@vb2388

7 ай бұрын

@@mr.dirtydan3338 McCartney definitely is..

@Rachl1284

7 ай бұрын

@@vb2388and so is Lennon, his first two solo albums, especially the first one, were phenomenal. and they both wrote just as many classics for the Beatles

@Rachl1284

7 ай бұрын

and also his songs on double fantasy were 💅💅

Not a single miss or uninteresting album in this classic week cycle. The GOAT

@Melkac

7 ай бұрын

have you even listened to any of these

@SuperNuclearUnicorn

7 ай бұрын

​@@Melkac of course, especially the Falling In Reverse album

@vinceeager8553

7 ай бұрын

​@@MelkacDon't encourage him to listen to good music. He'll only complain about it while pushing buttons on a soundboard to be as irritating as possible

@bloop6013

7 ай бұрын

except flockaveli though

@Melkac

7 ай бұрын

@@vinceeager8553 It’s just that whenever I see him on my suggestions I see shit like “first time llstening to the beatles” NIGGA WHAT DO YOU MEAN FIRST TIME???

Straight up one of the best albums ever made. If you haven’t heard it, you should. Literally perfection

Never forget that Joni Mitchell never lies

Joni’s vocal performance on this album never fails to amaze me

River will always encapsulate Christmas time loneliness better than any other song. The Last Time I Saw Richard is also excellent poetry!

I got into Joni Mitchell about two years. The first album I listened to was Clouds and it blew me away. It wasn't the only album of hers to do so. She is such an incredible artist.

@chandler_martian

7 ай бұрын

Both Sides Now is one of the best songs of the 60s if not of all time.

Reviewing Blue without mentioning “A Case of You” is like reviewing Sgt.Pepper’s without mentioning “A Day in the Life.” “A Case of You” is one of the supreme achievements in 20th century songwriting.

@RayZappa

7 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same.

@mochynddu723

7 ай бұрын

He did. Listen again.

@basilwiering6073

7 ай бұрын

Listen @8:00

@ChristofEightyEight

7 ай бұрын

In the running for my favorite song. He lumped a Case of You in with the "My Old Man'' discussion but we needed like a minute on "a Case of You'' alone.

@RayZappa

7 ай бұрын

@@basilwiering6073 OK sure, but you're being a bit pedantic. He just mentioned it in passing - it was about the only track that he didn't analyse at all.

“call her green, and the winters cannot phase her” CUTS LIKE A KNIFE. such about beautiful song about giving her daughter up.

I got a Filet-O-Fish ad in the middle of this video, which is a clever nod to track 8 on the album: River. Thanks Anthony.

“Oh I could drink a case of you Darling, I’d still be on my feet Oh I would still be on my feet.” Throwing shade in the 70’s. I still have this album and others of Joni.

@drewgab3172

3 ай бұрын

how are these lyrics "throwing shade"..?

I don’t hear it said often but All I Want is a top tier Joni song. One of my personal favorites. Love the melodies and guitar playing on this one.

I've been longing for the day you do a Joni classic or retrospective. She's truly one of the greatest, and her catalog is overlooked often.

Thank you for the time and effort in attending to the details of voice and instrumentation song by song across this album. I hadn’t heard your work as a commentator before, and now I’ll keep listening. And i especially hope you’ll consider HEJIRA in your upcoming reviews, where i think the existential range of her lyricism extends more broadly than her earlier work. I’d be interested in your opinion in this regard.

Easily a top 5 album ever to me. Peak songwriting.

@charlottexroyalty7819

7 ай бұрын

I think the writing on Hejira is much better.

Excellent choice. The opening track alone makes me feel like tearing up when I hear her voice. Fantastic record

I was just thinking to myself yesterday "kind of wish there was a Canadian Fantano as he doesn't review much Canadian stuff" then he drops this classic review.

i love how nuanced this review is in terms of like joni's complex history and influences. i genuinely learned a lot (to borrow fantano's words), for better or for worse, about joni's music. thanks melon boi!!!

Your classic reviews have gotten so much better each year. Almost makes me wish you could revisit some past ones with as much detail and nuance as you approach these with now 😅

Love coming to a fantano comment section and seeing everyone make the same joke instead of seeing any discussion regarding the video topic its my favourite part

@vinceeager8553

7 ай бұрын

I bet you're fun at parties

@fakenamerealchungus9851

7 ай бұрын

​@@vinceeager8553it's been the same joke for YEARS, your parties must suck

great review, been itching to hear you talk about joni. Would love a Hejira review at some point.

with each new classic week drop i am continually blown away by how absolutely stacked this classic week is, and i know that's kinda the point but this one feels especially potent

Absolutely beautiful review! I’ve been subscribed to you for a couple years and last night I noticed you posted this. Joni Mitchell is my favorite artist, I started to listen to her when I was 14 and even then I could understand the depth in her voice. I am 26 now and understanding the lyrics as I age is a wild experience because I understand all the hardships she talking about in her songs. I really would love for you to review the album “Ladies of the Canyon.” For anyone who enjoys listening to Joni Mitchell, listen to her albums on Vinyl. Truly a different experience.

Oh melon finally covered this iconic album! I adore this record so much

Melon would you consider reviewing some of Joni’s aforementioned later, jazzier albums? The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, Mingus, and Don Juan are some of my favourite Joni records and I feel like critics often view them negatively because they’re not stereotypically Joni albums, solely guitar ballads. Great to hear your takes on Blue 💙

@Foeisudhxj

3 ай бұрын

The hissing of summer lawns and blue are definitely some of my favorite albums of all time now and I’ve only recently discovered Joni’s music

Speaking of, we need a Simon & Garfunkel classic review 🗣🗣

I heard this album when I was 13 and... I didn't like it. My grunge-phase teenage mind couldn't find a single hook on it and I thought it was boring and overrated. I tried again when I was in my early 20s and I still didn't get it. Then, at the age of 30, I decided to listen to Joni's other masterpiece Hejira and was bowled over by how good it was. It was then that I gave Blue another listen. And when I did, I couldn't find a single flaw on it. Her lyricism and emphasis on emotions over radio-ready hooks (although she has a few songs with those) set her apart from any of her contemporaries or the generations of songwriters she would go on to inspire. This is also a rare example of a popular album that requires life experience to truly enjoy, as I learned in the almost-20 years it took me to love this album.

@chrislawuk

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for having the wisdom and the depth of interest to return to great art even if it doesn’t catch you at first. I got into Joni simply because I was a huge Prince fan, and Prince repped her so hard he actually has her name on the cover for his 1981 album “Controversy”. I think to this date still the only artist that he bigged up to that extent. Anyway, when I immersed myself in her catalogue it was clear to me that she is the songwriter’s songwriter - the musician’s musician, the poet’s poet (and a painter, but I don’t have the capacity to judge that and why should I). I love her. Through her songs, I feel she has brought me into her personal history in a disconnected but very real emotional sense. If you haven’t heard her re-recording of Clouds with an orchestra, it’s really something. I’m sure you have. Anyway. Thanks. I think we are in solidarity here over Joni at least ;) I hope you have a great 2024.

@arielpagliero9619

7 ай бұрын

i feel like Hejira isn't nearly as talked about as blue (even Anthony didn't mention it at all), and that's a shame that album was what got me into Joni's music as well (although I was in my early twenties, not thirties)

Oh yes! I've been jamming out to the record for the past month, awesome to see you review it!

I was looking for Ys, but this will definitely do. Thanks Anthony.

I agree Anthony. Her song “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” is a genuine feat of songwriting!

@CasperLikesMusic-kw3jj

7 ай бұрын

Definitely the best folk song of all time!

@jordanhodder8481

6 ай бұрын

Fantastic joke, I'm sure no one else has made that joke in this very comment section

@wussup12345

6 ай бұрын

Bro you’re not funny

One of the best albums of all time. The one album I would take with me on a desert island. Laura Nyro, dude. A forgotten artist…sadly. Eli and the 13th Confession another stellar album. She spoke of “musical architecture.” Love that idea. Joni’s Hejira, Hissing of Summer Lawns, For the Roses, Court and Spark all stellar.

@alanscopp1114

6 ай бұрын

I’m with you on Laura Nyro and “Eli.” The originality, the voice, the poetry - on par with Joni. So sad she is forgotten

@Woody-2837

6 ай бұрын

@@alanscopp1114 maybe if more people acknowledge her wide scope of (acknowledged by them) influence on other musicians: JONI MITCHELL for instance 😂

one of my all time favorites. beautifully written and deeply personal. joni is a genius!

Back to back to back to back classic reviews. MORE PLEASE

It's always nice to see a young person, that being you, Anthony, get into something as old and classic as Blue by Joni Mitchell. I was aware of Mrs. Mitchell growing up, but really didn't get into her music all that much, until I heard Blue, sometime in 1972. I was amazed by not only the clever, heartfelt, meaningful lyrics, but the music as well. She was going in a different direction here, and it made an impact on me. Since then, I guess I've listened to Blue 903,000 times, give or take 1000. I'm pretty burned out on it some 50 years later, but at the time....

Great review. Especially when you talk about the last song of the album - not predictably at all, so mysterious, but irreplaceable. But Carey is still my charm song - whenever I’m feeling down it brings me back to life.

Thanks for introducing me to one of the greatest albums of all time.

finally. i feel like he’s been reviewing all my favourite albums recently.

I agree, Weezer's blue album is an absolute classic

@felixorozco4055

7 ай бұрын

I climax every time the buddy holly lick hits.

@DTheAustralian

7 ай бұрын

this but unironically

@IzunaSlap

7 ай бұрын

Make Believe and Raditude are the true masterpieces

Love to see Anthony doing some classic album reviews

We need some classic reviews of Hejira, Hissing of Summer Lawns, Night Ride Home etc

Anthony’s on a roll with these classic reviews. Keep them coming!

i’ve been listening to Joni this past week so this is perfect timing!💙

Closest thing I'll get to a Steely Dan Review.

I like these reviews of classic albums! And Joni Mitchell is my favorite artist, so I am very pleased :)

Love your videos please, please review her Hissing of the Summer Lawn album!

I think this might be the review I’ve enjoyed the most from you good Sir. Fantastic work.

I guess I'll have to wait another year for Third Eye Blind classic review

This album is so good I'm getting emotional just hearing Anthony (perfectly and accurately) describe it. Excellent review.

@Stringer13ell

7 ай бұрын

He can't pronounce folk

Great review. I'd love to hear your thoughts on "Hejira".

Been waiting for this review for years. 😁 (Although I also thought you'd review Court and Spark or For The Roses)

@thomasalexand

7 ай бұрын

The Same Situation from Court And Spark has brilliant lyrics that nails the insecurity of women.

Love this album. When Joni sang “I’m blue, my review will get a 9, my review will get a 9,” I felt that.

Always fun to see a flannel mix-up but white and gold doesn’t really match the album. Kinda disrespectful, really.

A review like this reminds me why I watch the channel. Many thanks.

I'd love to see a classic review on one of Scott Walker's solo albums, such as Scott 3 or The Drift.

I agree Blue is her biggest album, but wouldve been cooler if you focused on Hejira or one of her other classics.

This album is practically perfect

One of her greats for sure. I‘d be interested to hear what you think about „hissing „

If Joni Mitchell named the album “Yellow” you would’ve worn a yellow flannel

Always loved Herija that she did with Jaco Pastorius. Never heard this one before (though obviously knew about it).

Love Blue. River is one of my all time favorites. I often wish I had a river I could skate away on. I don’t know if you’ve covered Laura Nyro.

I don’t think it’s true that her jazzier projects were as underappreciated as you suggest: court and spark was her best selling album upon release and that featured fusion outfit LA express on the whole record. Hissing on summer lawns and Hejira have also been lauded over time as among her best.

So good, you nailed it! Live/Dead would be a great one to review!

Loving the classic review, blue is one of my all time favourites ❤

my favorite album ever. about time it got a classic review!!

You're really hitting some of my mom's faves between this and Abbey Road. Tapestry next?

Dang, melon keeping it old school, 3/ 5 classics all from 69-71. I like it, I like it a lot.

I was hoping for this one!!

Video Synopsis: Anthony Fantano reviews Joni Mitchell’s “Blue”

I love this album and was disappointed that you took seven minutes to actually talk about the album.

What is fullk?

Been wanting this for YEARS thank you melon

Just played this the other day during a rare chill day at work (in a 300pt/day ER). It was a welcomed vibe.

Love Joni, my top 5. Got most of her on vinyl. "For The Roses" is my favorite one I think...

Posting this review on Blue Ivy Carter's birthday is so sweet

This album was the first crack in my egg towards realizing I was trans. I related to the femininity Joni Mitchell oozed across this record in a way I couldn't explain

I really need to explore the rest of her discography, Blue is god tier.

@teddybrooksjr.2868

6 ай бұрын

Listen to The Hissing of Summer Lawns or Hejira - she doesn’t have a single bad album

thank you for this ❤ This album is one of the greatest things i’ve ever heard

Just got the original pressing 2 weeks ago. Marvelous album

I’m so happy you reviewed this

Is the Art Noveau video considered lost media?

Can't believe he hardly went into "A Case of You". Maybe it's been discussed to death over the years but I still wanted to hear his thoughts on the song more extensively. Lovely review otherwise though.

Joni Mitchell has a song called "Down To You". The progressive rock band "Colosseum II" did a remake of that in 1976 with players such as Gary Moore and Don Airey. I think the singer is somewhat of an aquired taste (like many progressive rock singers) but the playing is phenomenal. Comes recommended!

been waiting for this one! 💙 probably my favorite album of all time. i appreciate that you didn’t fail to mention joni’s incredibly weird and offensive character in full black face and an afro (she still defends this to this day). she’s made some questionable choices, done some questionable things, but my god is she writes music like no other. this album changed my life as an artist and a musician

Ahh i love this album, i discovered it in High school while I was on a school trip in Crete, Greece

I rather think that the homonymous theme shows a dilemma about depression or melancholy, because it indicates that Joni has rejected that kind of mood, and at the same time she cannot leave it aside because it has brought her certain teachings, from growing up as an adult to composing the theme itself, which in the emphasis of "making a song", I see it as breaking the fourth wall. When she sings "Blue" at the end, I was stunned by the masterpiece she composed