The perfection of this song is the emotion it is played...not rehearsed to death like music is now... God sprinkled golden star dust on you Joni... - in bucket loads !!.....xxx

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Agree, but sad because at this point, Joni's tobacco habit affecting her voice. Her high ranges ranges lost. Irreplaceable, precious gift gone forever. So gifted.

I LOVE Joni's voice, songwriting, dulcimer playing. She is brilliant...after all these years!

I could just wrap my day with such songs, and everything would come out all right...

her and that damned dulcimer and poetry and voice. i might have been a good husband and father if she hadn't sung Carey. i'm still wandering but never got the grand piano - only an old upright that stays in tune through wet winters and welcomes me home.

My mother never smoked and her voice is ten times lower now that she's older then it was when she was young. I smoke and my voice has never changed.

unfortunately all those years of constant smoking have taken their toll on her voice..but still no one can touch her. she's the best.

Carey is a man who lives in Takoma Park just outside DC in MD. Cool dude. Have always loved her lyrics, changes, musicality. So glad she's found a measure of peace with her daughter and family. Sure wish I could see her again in concert. It's been 28 years since I saw her the first time, What a beauty. The muse of a generation.

A musician, a poet, and yes, we'll always love and appreciate you Joni.

Just one of the terrific tracks by one of the greatest singer/songwriters ever.

i think ive listened to this song at least 20 times today ..............

The late Phil Ochs once called this song one of the best songs ever written. When it comes to Joni Mitchell, I have a tough time deciding which of her songs was the best ever written because they are all so damn wonderful. I've just decided that I love them all. That's a very rare thing, to be able to find an artist so consistently brilliant that each song just makes its way into your heart like that. Joni, you've always been number one on my top 50!

Folksinger Phil Ochs called this song one of the best songs of the 20th century. When it comes to Joni, I think she's had MANY of the best songs of the 20th and 21st century. Her songs are music, poetry, paintings in your head and just about the best from any artist of our time. I can come back to any of her songs years after first listening and still find something that amazes and inspires me. Now THAT's a GREAT artist!

Wow! I'm in love. What an exceptional singer-songwriter.

I had no idea there was such a nice song inspired by my village,Matala. So proud!!!!! Thank you for uploading it!!!!!!!!!!

@debbieschmidling8158

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I have been listening to this song all the time, but this is the first time I've watched this live performance. Wow that is so good!

Thanks ever so much! Love this video -- the song played an important part in my early life. What a delight to discover the video here.

never realized she played the dulcimer so much in concert...

I LOVE this song! It just makes you feel so good when I hear it, like some fun memory of when I was child.

My #1 favorite by Joni Mitchell

Joni's music always makes me feel so peaceful.

Magic song. We love you Joni. Beautiful music.

Joni is a genius and this is a great posting. Thank you!

I can safely say I am Carey!But alas,not the one in this beautiful song.Always makes me think of my Daddy R.I.P.,he sure was a mean old Daddy,but we loved him!Thank you!

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Love, love, love. Met her once and she cooed over my 6 week old baby, held his hand and infused us with her beautiful energy.

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SIIIICK GENUIS ! love it

beautiful songbird, magnificent musician with long limbs❤❤❤❤

great artist

She gives an really great explanation of where this song came from in one of the videos I found of this song on youtube. She talks about this red haired man that she bought disney chocolate bars for.

Incredible! I saw her at Starlight on this tour!

I love what the cigarettes have done to her voice. It has so much more character and the songs sound so much more personal. You can really feel it.

Ritzdiamond. Like many Canadians of her generation she travelled around Europe in her youth (late 60's) and sings many songs about these times. Chelsea Morning, Carey etc. She refers to Paris, Rome, Amsterdam and Greece where she saw the moon at Matala on the island of Crete. This area was popular with hippies in the 60’s.

Yes, I've heard it. I love it, and you?

Fantastic dulcimer!

ohhh, beautiful. It's perfecto for a sunny day

I sang this on the way to see the movie Carrie. :D

an absolute fave song

There are these caves at Matala ,Crete .and in the late 60's early seventies they were populated by hippies on the so called hippy trail ,and this is a travalling song :)

I wish her voice had stayed like this, with the stationary alto voice but still the ability to hit the high notes. Hasnt got that anymore :( Still a legend though.

my daughters, virtual and biological use to sing this to me "you're a mean old daddy" but I like you yes I do."

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a woman with a lot class... love her!

Hmmm.... I'll listen happily to anything Joni cares to sing. There is almost no one who has the catalogue she has. She is the best.

I love Joni laughing...top 3 human beings ever

I love that she zones out during the song-and then remembers- my father bought me a zither when I was about 10 or 11 and this is the first song I played on it-

The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68...Can't get enough of Joni.

brilliant

This was at Wembley in 1983, right? I remember having the video of that show, but alas it's with me no more. Thanks for bringing back some great memories.

I think Lauper's live performance of this is outstanding!!

@micheleanastasia joni is the first big pop star that played exclusivley in "open tunings" on her guitar. Nobody did that......even today

I liked her voice like this, but I also love it nowadays. It's warmer and charming.

i remember that night too. Holy wine, so bitter and so sweet. was she ever back again? These days no one says they "want to knit you a sweater, want to write you a love letter..." kb

@debbieschmidling8158

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The 60's movie "More" was based on anecdotes of Matala and environs.

Matala-Crete... Love between two people and this song was born.

luv the dulcimer

Tommy Hutton ex player and now announcer performed this in 1972 on a phillies pre game show,and I said "who is Joni Mitchell".I found out who she was.

It's just not for us mere mortals to taint one of JM's performances with a word like "lifeless" she has such lifelong bravery to expose her soul raw to the world which so so few others can do, very rare could be the person who could understand enough about art even to criticise her, she is so so much higher, learn from her is best we can aim for (unless you're Johnny Cash Bob Dylan or same league, perhaps). The strength is immense that produces an art so sweet, her real strength would blind you.

@albionguard You are a strange creature to say anything that Joni does is lifeless. She bursts with life & emotion. A beautiful soul besides being the most amazing musical artist, who has influenced countless others. Not every song has to hit those high notes. Carey is one of my favorite songs, she just tells her thoughts and journey in a way that brings up vivid images of what she must have been going through.

The beauty is from the inside not the outside.

The epitome of a superlative performance.......

it's amazing how fast her voice ...well, she couldn't sing as high as when she originally released this song, i know she smokes and admitted her self she didn't take care of her voice. i love joni's older recordings

te amo

On the 1979 video for "All I Want" Joni says a girl named JoEllen in Calfornia made it.

@debbieschmidling8158

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heylo fellow picean, i was thinking the same damn thing just now watching it, LOL

That joni mitchell is something else. I enjoyed it a bunch, thanks for posting. Have you heard her new album? If so, what did you think about it?

Porqué Joni Mitchell, trascendió siempre todo?; a mí se me ocurre porqué está llena de amor, además de sus artes brillantes

@jim1205 She was just gorgeous. Inside and outside

So how do you do this with a dulcimer ? Who else has beautiful compositions that were smash hits on 3 different instruments ? Let's see . . . hmmm . . . who could that be ? Answer: Only Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell as far as I can remember. Are there others ? I don't know, but this is elite company.

I stand corrected. It is actually titled "Man From Mars". However I stand by everything else.

She is playing an appalachian dulcimer.; an american folk musical instrument.

I like you....

Just a note to some of the remarks below. Matala is in Crete, not Africa: wikipedia: Matala,_Crete

you're welcome. I'm glad you like it.

this song is just lovely but i also think holds alot of loneliness, the whole album does, being away from where you are from, having fun but also being aware that you are escaping somehow. 'the bright red devil that keeps me in this tourist town'. it has the excitement and loneliness of youth, and any song that carries those two elements well is a winner in my book!

The most people have no clue what the freaks and the soldiers was.

Joni didnt sing a song called Man on the Moon, and her voice has taken on a different register, but it's nothing if not intriguing.

The last vestiges of the hippie era remain in Matala now - the blue graffiti on the beach wall"Today is life, tomorrow never comes"

Joni Mitchell could have married me - fortunately she had higher goals in life.

loved her since 1970. listened to her constantly untill her hissing of summer lawns album. couldn't get into that.

Hey,her voice obviously doesn't sound the way it did when she was younger, but who cares. She's one of the few singers who can take you on a musical journey and share her world with you. And few singers feel the music and lyrics like Joni does. It doesn't get any better than that.

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What a peach.

Actually, Joni has no Native American blood, as she has often stated as she has scrupulously researched her family history and came up with no Indian past. She has strong Nordic links which may explain the cheek-bones as nth scandinavia has asian roots. If Joni had found Athabascan links she would have been the first to shout it from the hills, no doubt.

what instrument is she playing?

@hawkeye3200 Well - isn't that gracious, understanding and helpful!

@Grazpop How about Matala in Angola?

hello to you, fellow watergirl! yeah, Joni's got it all, even when she loses it! (lol) haven't a clue re: the syndrome, I'll look it up- cheers and be well- p60

Whats with the "CARRIE" opening credit thingy?It's hardly a horror movie!

Carey is more often used in spell the name for a boy, Carrie for a girl, at least in my experience.

What is she playing?

It's a dulcima.

Only reason I like the song is that it's my legal first name, nobody spells it like that (except Joni), and every time someone hears someone from my family call me by that, they say "isn't that the female spelling?" it's like "A Boy Named Sue" - its how I explain (to admirers and victims) how I came to be such a BAMF. Oh, ...'grrrr!'. See? Relax, I was such acting pissed.

I think it's a Dobro / resonator guitar .

It is a dulcimer

I'm sorry but I can't agree that her voice is charming nowadays. Sadly she's barely got one left but it doesn't detract from what she's done and who she is. When I heard "Man On The Moon" from "Grace Of My Heart" with another woman singing I instantly knew it was a Joni song. I think perhaps she should compose songs for others to perform rather than completely retire with no musical outlet/output.

It's a dulcimer

what is Morgellons syndrome?

This version is too fast.

I think that Carey is a boys name and vice versa.

Oh i know, i'm just a crazy idealist lol.

sorry makes ME feel so good, bit of a proref problem there.! Thats what happens when you drink and write comments.

Awesome just does not do this performance justice....................

Cyndi Lauper? oh, no-o-o-o-o-o!!!