Just as haunting to me now as it was back in 1967 when I first heard it.

2 yrs ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and right after that covid. 2 mos before the cancer diagnosis, my gallbladder burst. I thought it was God telling me to get my affairs in order, so I began writing and choosing music for when my day came. I love this song. It makes me cry and always has. It makes me look at every aspect of my life. My life has been hard. I had suffered a lot of loss at a very young age, battled addiction, and was in an abusive family and marriage. However, I've always prevailed because of who I am. I love hard and pray often. I am now a cancer survivor and a survor of many other things. Music has gotten me thru life, and this song just says so much about who I really am. This was the song I chose, as my farewell to life as I knew it. Love life, Ifs truly a precious gift. ❤

@Woofers617

4 ай бұрын

💕💕💕

@keithforeman2180

4 ай бұрын

Hang in there and lean on the lord! You're facing a brick wall, pray hard and you'll come through it unscathed! My father committed suicide while i was sleeping and the gunshot of that .38 still haunts me giving me mild PTSD! That's been over 15 years ago!

@ileensabean8765

4 ай бұрын

I had breast cancer at 41. 20 years ago. Still healthy. You can do it.

@ianfoulkes2114

4 ай бұрын

May you carry on and your health get better. God bless you.

@allencollins6031

4 ай бұрын

SBL420 - Thank you for being be you, for if you were not you, you wouldn't have spoke those words in the comment.

In my humble opinion this music is much better than music today. Does anyone agree?

@czinn327

4 ай бұрын

With IP reform we can experience a new golden age of music. We need to remove the incentive for massive companies to rehash the same garbage.

@TheNizoubizou

3 ай бұрын

both can be good, boomer.

@jorg8714

3 ай бұрын

Jawoll, I miss the 50s 'til the 80s Jörg (ex Hamburg, now Phils) 👍

@gabis3195

3 ай бұрын

@@TheNizoubizou I would have liked to have agreed with you if you had omitted the contemptuous 'boomer'.

@scarpfish

3 ай бұрын

Yes, but thinking the music of your youth is better than what followed it, particularly decades later, is practiced by every generation. It's more a statement of your nostalgia than it is the quality of the music.

I was a Senior in High School when I first heard this song and really liked the musical arrangement, the addition of strings, violins and organ. But it wasn't until I returned home from Nam that I truly grasped and understood the message there. I'm in my late 70's now, and as I look back to my younger days...I really didn't know life at all.

@stephenvanwoert2447

Ай бұрын

I'm 76. I thought I knew, but it turns out that I didn't, all along. "It's life's illusions I recall."

@LaurenceDay-d2p

Ай бұрын

"I really don't know life at all." How many millions of people have said that? I do.

@fkd1963

29 күн бұрын

Amen! Let's hope we can learn even a little bit of truth every day.

@FenderBassDave

17 күн бұрын

Thanks for serving!! Welcome home!!!

@nothosaur

14 күн бұрын

I'm 52 and know only love's illusions, so you're not alone.

My mom once told me that she remembered listening to this song over and over in her college dorm room. She had a very tough life and whenever I hear this song I picture her as a college girl with bright eyes and a world of possibilities in front of her and then I cry.

@williammoore3728

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely words

@bradleysmall2230

2 жыл бұрын

@@talos2373 trump always tells both sides at his rallys- trump 2024

@anothertime1282

2 жыл бұрын

That's a lovely memory and one you should be proud of.

@bradleysmall2230

2 жыл бұрын

@@anothertime1282 it is a good thing trump tells both sides now

@adellaeltantawy9345

2 жыл бұрын

That is so sweet. What a lovely memory to have of your sweet mother

At my present age of 72, I have "looked at life" from many, many angles. What's really amazing is how fast life has come and gone. Many people persuaded me to do "this and that", and I listened to them, but they didn't know any better, either. Today, I have true peace...because I listen only to myself, even though I consider other's opinion too. Stop living someone else's dreams and start living your own. George Eliot said..."It's never too late to become what you might have been".

@bobmcgahey1280

4 жыл бұрын

where does she say that? Middlemarch?

@nellekebruno9501

4 жыл бұрын

Dear Jose Alberto, thanks for your sincere comment, very true indeed!!

@phillipobrien5618

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know how much I loved this song until I saw Hereditary

@raoulcarggarglin9323

4 жыл бұрын

Well played.

@alecfoster4413

4 жыл бұрын

Good advice Jose. I will heed it.

I'm 60 and I remember this song like it was yesterday.

@walterfink9782

3 ай бұрын

I'm 73 and feel the same.

@bettechic5052

3 ай бұрын

Me too. This version so beautifully sung by Judy Collins!! 💞

@pre1980cars

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, the time really goes

@johns1280

2 ай бұрын

Im 71 and know all the words.

@Dilberts_Dogbert

Ай бұрын

​@@johns1280 And we still don't know life at all😎

My Mom is in frail. condition. She had me 50 years ago. This song reminds me of her when she was young and had her whole life in front of her! I've been with her during cancer and everything else. I don't want to let go of my Momma!💔✝️

@the_manifold_curiosity

8 ай бұрын

best wishes to you and her!

@MrWc867

6 ай бұрын

I hear you friend , I'm 52 and in the same boat. My mother has had colon cancer, beat that but has other complications. Her days are limited as well, part of life is death of those close to us. I have a calm feeling those we lose can look down from Heaven at their family and smile with all the extensions and more kids.

@deniseoates7147

5 ай бұрын

Going through the same thing but yesterday my actually had a breakthrough moment and as best she can (dealing with strong case of dementia) start trying to convey about her funeral. I asked her if she wanted songs from her lifetime and not solely religous songs and she said yes. So I remember this song back listening to iit while mom was busy around the house nearby. She sat my by the stereo because it kept me occupied. Her major stroke was 16 years ago and I thought I was losing her (medical staff was prepariing for her death) and I asked her to come back and later she said she heard me. It been me and my mom against the world when I first came in, and nothing better than her. I had other family members that help out raising me but nothing like your mom. Sometimes I get tired, but I quickly come to the realization once she gone that it no more good times or bad times. I don't want to let her go either. So I understand.

@kyleg2169

5 ай бұрын

You’ll always have your lovely Mother. Keep the faith darling!

@jim72068

5 ай бұрын

I lost my mother at in 2021 at 52 (she was 80). I don't think the hurt will ever go away...... but it's mitigated by time.... and songs.

❤Happy 85th, Judy! Love you!! Thanks !❤

@Max23465789

2 ай бұрын

I've loved this song since I was a child. Tears me uo.

@Max23465789

2 ай бұрын

up/ O hate AI

Such a Beautiful old Song :-) Still so in 2024!

@northlincsfox243

6 ай бұрын

Yes, it certainly is 😊 I can remember when it was in the U.K. chart in early 1970.

@grahamkeene8496

5 ай бұрын

This song brings me back to a different time

@mr.skullcranull8135

3 ай бұрын

hail paimon!

Like Barbra Streisand, she learned to preserve the very BEST of her voice, long past her prime recording years. Drugs, alcohol and cigarette smoke affect professional singers in different ways, but Judy's remains as fresh and untouched as it was in 1961. If this is what Heaven sounds like, then those of us on Earth have truly seen the best of both sides now. This is magnificent.

WE ARE 58 AND STILL ENJOYING THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG

I know Joni Mitchell wrote this, and I love her music, but I've always preferred Judy Collins version of the song. It seems, to me, more genuine and innocent. You really believe she is singing about the lessons she learned in life. I am probably in a minority but I would pick Judy to sing it over Joni every time.

@hedwards5636

4 жыл бұрын

I heard Judy's version as a child, so for me this has always been the 'real' one. Learned to love Joni's over the years, but this is the best recording of this song, for me.

@Ogma3bandcamp

2 жыл бұрын

Love Joni but prefer Judy's version.

@Sanctified57

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you are in the minority

@fornoreason8822

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sanctified57 You are right. My thoughts exactly. There is a reason why Joni is a legend and Judy isn't.

@SA-ju1zu

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I’m sorry I can’t agree, Judy sings with nervous trepidation and Joni sings it genuinely from the heart. Listen to the original. It’s absolutely breathtaking!

beautiful orchestration in the way they did in the sixties. Separated violins, organ, bells,.... and the voice in the middle. A jewel of the past.

This is one of those songs that feels ahead of it's time. Joni wrote it and sang it in 66 and Judy perfected it in 68. Still fits in 2023.

@80sVidLover

7 ай бұрын

Yes, joni wrote it in '66, but...... "First recorded by Judy Collins, it appeared on the US singles chart during the fall of 1968."

@stevefrandsen7897

6 ай бұрын

2024 too

@thadtheman3751

6 ай бұрын

Actually it does not fit in 2023 because 2023 has lost all of it.

@michellemartin1937

6 ай бұрын

2024❤️❤️❤️❤️

@benjaminsmith2287

5 ай бұрын

It was very much of its time in the 1960s. And something profound stays that way through time. Joni wrote it at age 23. How could she know with the life experiences of a 23 year old? She just did.

Judy was a year behind me at East High School in Denver. Lovely, lovely woman with a beautiful voice. Great to see she's still cooking. Marilyn VanDerber was a year ahead of me and she was Miss America. Not everybody can say they went to school with people who became famous!

@apatheticviewer234

4 жыл бұрын

Wait really you knew her? Crazy

@5lowXclanX

4 жыл бұрын

That is so cool! I went to an all boys private military high school on Long Island in the late 60s and early 70s with the sons and grandsons of Carlo Gambino, Joe Profaci, Joe Columbo, Paul Castellano and John Gotti. They were all infamous. Does that count? Lol

@TheOmeomaya

4 жыл бұрын

@@5lowXclanX Oh, wow, that's pretty impressive, Jerry!! Hahahahahaha!!!

@georgemartinez9414

4 жыл бұрын

My brother went there, to East High School when we lived on the 3600 block of Locust in east denver back in the late 60s

@Rafaelzzon

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheOmeomaya she was your friend?

I'm 65 now and if only I could go back to those days...

@nathanielhellerstein5871

5 ай бұрын

Those days are immortal within this song.

@rooky55

5 ай бұрын

People get old but the songs don't. I am 71 but not when I listen to the great songs.

@JohnRoberts-wk6rf

5 ай бұрын

100% agree.@@rooky55

@srvbh

5 ай бұрын

@@rooky55 What a profound comment. I’m nearly 70, and I feel exactly the same way. Well put.

@rooky55

5 ай бұрын

@@srvbhThank you Soul mate. Keep enjoying the great songs.

One of the songs which have haunted me throughout my entire life!!! Whenever i happen to hear it playing, i get terribly emotional and feel like bursting into tears. A big hug to all those who share similar feelings!!! From Athens, Greece!!!

@mauriciobeltre14

Жыл бұрын

Wonder why the same thing happens to me. Must be precious music tied to a time of our lives....long ago.

@alvexok5523

Жыл бұрын

@Mauricio Beltre Yeah. It's a very passionate song, both the melody and the lyrics, it's a beautiful tune, and it's from the era of the late 1960s when letting oneself go and feel free and joyful was a part of the culture then. It's just too sad how incredibly different things are today

@alvexok5523

Жыл бұрын

It's a great song, and era, see my above reply to Mauricio Beltre

@bmilam5

Жыл бұрын

Amen to that. A song which moves me to tears every time I hear it. Heard it tonight and thought of my mother. 😢

@Sassy4826

Жыл бұрын

I'm crying now listening to it. Glad I'm not the only one.😊

When music was music. Brilliant!

@RalphCramden-tm2gi

5 ай бұрын

Simply said, but profound.

For Joni to write this at 21, and so poignantly capture the thoughts of someone in middle age, is truly amazing. She is a genius!

@mehranhooshmand8407

3 жыл бұрын

Well said! How do they do that at 21? To have such wisdom at such a young age! Pure genius!

@imperfect_dan7519

3 жыл бұрын

@@mehranhooshmand8407 Wasnt it written by someone else

@paulsto6516

2 жыл бұрын

@@imperfect_dan7519 As Charles stated, it was Joni, Joni Mitchell wrote it.

@michaelpeterson1482

2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely spot on with that observation.

@GigiEspil

2 жыл бұрын

didn't know that fact, wow, it makes it so much more amazing :-)

My parents used to listen to this song when I was growing up. My dad just passed away two days ago and my mom a year before that. I’ve been listening to this song today and balling my eyes out. I miss them so much. I wish I could turn back the clock so I could tell them more how much I love and appreciate them. Thank you for posting this beautiful song. It sure brings comfort during this difficult time ❤️

@user-hd3dc5up6i

2 ай бұрын

This is one of the prettiest songs Judy Collins ever sang❤😊

@j1mmee1

2 ай бұрын

Songs can evoke so many nice memories.

@carolyncouch4094

2 ай бұрын

I feel the same way about both of my parents.

@DPOWER222

Ай бұрын

💚🩵💚🩵I send you prayers for the passing of your wonderful parents. They loved you deeply and they will live on in your heart and spirit forever ♾️🙏🏽

@peakster02

26 күн бұрын

Prayers for you. I lost my parents pretty close together (2020, 2022). It's tough at times. I hope your grief journey is healing, revealing, and not too difficult.

This song is so beautiful. It makes me cry.

A timeless classic. A song that touches the soul. I miss the sixties .❤

shes singing about clouds.. in ways you never could have imagined

Joni Mitchell is a brilliant diamond of a songwriter.

One of the most beautiful songs of all time. Such a beautiful voice

@jeffmccoy1700

2 жыл бұрын

It's a genuine musical-poetic gem and I mean this objectively.

@billgonzales8978

2 жыл бұрын

for sure

@rockym2931

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely right. Hard to listen to with dry eyes.

@debbieschmidling8158

Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

This is the best version of 'Both Sides Now'..Judy Collins has the most mesmerising voice and sings this masterpiece with such emotion..I know many ppl love Joni Mitchell, but Judy's rendition is amazing..☮️💖

@petesiegel9225

2 ай бұрын

I looked at it from both sides and humbly, I prefer Joni Mitchell's version.

@chanboonyee6788

2 ай бұрын

There is far more emotions in Judy's version.

It’s hard to believe this came out 52 years ago! And this wonderful song moves me today as much as it did in 1967 when I heard it for the first time as a 7 year old kid......

@daisies53

4 жыл бұрын

Me too! Such a beautiful song! I think Judy sings it so well! One of the best to sing it too! Her voice is so gentle and pretty!

@foureyedchick

3 жыл бұрын

I was 7 in '67 as well. This painful beautifil song with an angel voice still haunts me.

@sharonhill7363

3 жыл бұрын

I was 4 yrs old when i heard it but grew up with 4 teenage brothers n listened to all 60's music. Great time.

@andrewapostolakis

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously it raises hair on the back of my neck, I was four.

@josealberto890

3 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way about this song Robert, as you do! Some songs just go deep, inside of us...

Thank you Joni Mitchell for writing this song and giving it to Judy Collins. So happy it was included in Toy Story 4

When the teacher becomes the student. One of the most profound songs ever. Bless you Joni and Judy

This song has very deep meaning. Only after having lived most of your life can you grasp this profoundly.

@chlomyster8526

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 60 and can dig it.

@gaz057

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 65 and can relate to that, this song takes me back to my childhood listening to records with mum and dad on a Saturday night, the one thing i got from my father, the love of music.

@pattyschlossberg1209

2 жыл бұрын

I got it at the age of 13.

@robslaughter2657

2 жыл бұрын

clouds being the crippling elite

@kaimalino528

2 жыл бұрын

Just think ... a 26 year old penned the song.

The slight tremor in Judy’s voice is so beautiful.

@robertchallen

5 жыл бұрын

I noticed that as well....that low note is at the very bottom of her range...but it worked out nicely.

@PaulYangFilm

2 жыл бұрын

Naturally the character of her voice

@lechatbotte.

2 жыл бұрын

Very nice vibrato

Hearing this during the closing credits of 'Hereditary' was actually jarring.

@robertwalter8380

5 жыл бұрын

Yes it was a good song to have at the closing of the movie. Awesome movie. Forgetting an eppi pen has unforseen consequences wouldn't u say???

@robertwalter8380

5 жыл бұрын

@@joejones5491 Thanks for the update. I stand by my thoughts. Peace

@robertwalter8380

5 жыл бұрын

@Captain Drama if you pay close attention to lyrics she is singing about her spiritual growth to the here and now. Enjoy

@notlob23

5 жыл бұрын

Bloody creepy!

@John-nh5yr

5 жыл бұрын

joe jones You obviously have poor taste

This song came out when I was living at an Army base in South Korea. I was 10 years old and we (all the Army brats on the base) could sing this song and loved this song. We had a radio station there, but no TV. The freedom we had in those days, and the fun, and hopefulness about the future, was unbelievable.

@dampergoldenrod4156

Жыл бұрын

the media demoralizes people now the mass media moved onto the internet.

This was the song we played at my mom's memorial service - as was her wishes. I think of her every time I hear it. Thank you.

@garryleeks4848

2 жыл бұрын

Great song 👍

@garychambers5850

Жыл бұрын

God Bless ✝✝

@adamscoll8791

Жыл бұрын

@@garychambers5850 thank you Gary. I really miss her.

@debbieschmidling8158

Жыл бұрын

@@adamscoll8791❤❤❤

@kathyvarney7623

10 ай бұрын

My Mom just passed away. She was 95. This was her favorite song. Makes me cry.

The phase something's lost, but something's gained in living every day might be the most intelligent line ever written into a song.

@barbaratimmons2640

5 жыл бұрын

So true

@craigcotter7476

4 жыл бұрын

it's a nice line but the most intelligent? The world must have some thick songwriters

@wiltagarn577

4 жыл бұрын

@@craigcotter7476 maybe listen in context of the lines that precede it, and you may become less thick yourself.

@DrHogfan

4 жыл бұрын

"I'm a real cool head, I'm makin real good bread " Brian Wilson simple but oh so awesome !

@wallybingbang7359

3 жыл бұрын

@@craigcotter7476 There’s always a Debbie Downer at every party 🤮

Judy's voice is truly beautiful, amazingly feminine and just so very pretty. What an American treasure.

Judy collins is the best singers of all time

Lyrics Bows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feathered canyons everywhere I've looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way I've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow It's cloud's illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all Moons and Junes and ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel When every fairytale comes real I've looked at love that way But now it's just another show You leave 'em laughin' when you go And if you care don't let them know Don't give yourself away I've looked at love from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It's love's illusions I recall I really don't know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say, "I love you" right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I've changed Well, something's lost but something's gained In living every day I've looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all

@sidneyblack259

Жыл бұрын

It just doesn't get any better than a hit song like this I'm aware who wrote this , but she has such a great voice singing this song here!

@benkhho3520

Жыл бұрын

just love this voice, an equally dynamic voice, singing with all her heart ? Bravo, Judy !!!

@robertwong2218

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@cduby1424

Жыл бұрын

That is definitely hearts pouring with philosophy, anyone living with a heart can hear that. The tin man, now i know i have a heart cause its breaking.

@cybercat29

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting the lyrics ❤️

This SHOULD be the song we hear at the end of our lives--we're born with wonder, get very certain as we age, then near the end, come full circle and realize that we " really don't know life, at all..." and that's exactly the way it should be!

@williamharmon3076

3 жыл бұрын

@ Michael brown, so true I was in elementary school when this song came out, didn't think nothing of it at the time being about 9 or 10 years old but remember the teachers listening to this in the teachers lounge, it was popular to them because they played it over and over in the lounge when the kids were at recess playing in the yard

@josealberto890

3 жыл бұрын

Not only that Michael...we should play this song every day, and read the words out loud. They will help us stay focused on the things that truly matter in our lives...

@roydekock656

2 жыл бұрын

‘Near the end’ I’m 16 and I realise this. Life makes no sense at al. Thinking nihilisticly isnt “more realistic” life is just the way it is, it’s your Outlook that matters

@richardchallenor7958

2 жыл бұрын

Not true! Sorry.

@ronbridges678

2 жыл бұрын

Well said my friend!!!

Judy Collins had the most beautiful voice I ever heard. The purity of tone in her singing was beyond compare.

@kenrutherford1109

Жыл бұрын

I agree!

@johngorham2667

Жыл бұрын

❤

@ContentWizard

Жыл бұрын

Check out RECENT concerts on YT - you may be amazed!!! (in her 80s!!).

@chrismillward1621

Жыл бұрын

Judy Collins and Judith Durham, both absolutely fantastic singers.

@Toadhouse2003

Жыл бұрын

Check out Hayley Westenra’s version. It’s angelic.

When I was a kid, one afternoon I fell asleep in front of the record player while this album was playing. Somehow the spiritual quality of Judy's voice and melodies stimulated such a blissful feeling of elation and wellbeing, I felt like I was "seeing from both sides" - I will never forget it.

@bobcarlino7280

4 ай бұрын

Wow...I LOVE that!

I was a teenager when this was released, with all my teenager angst, but over fifty years later the song is still as meaningful now as it was back then.

As a child I heard this song as a cheery pop song when my mother had it on the car radio. Now listening during my 42 year old midlife crisis, I can say I've heard this song from both sides now.

My early childhood in a song. :) Didn't understand the words when I was kid, but loved the melody. Nowadays it reminds me of the early 70s, much more innocent time. Lyrics are bittersweet though, aren't they?

@debbieschmidling8158

Жыл бұрын

❤❤

@rchippy2319

Жыл бұрын

Check out Gifford's circus at the royal variety show 2022. Same song👍

@Wellch

Жыл бұрын

It was more innocent times back then.

@denisej4813

11 ай бұрын

Yes, "Bittersweet" because bitter and sweet are two sides of the same coin, hence "Both Sides Now". I must admit the line "Well, something's lost and something''s gained in living every day", never fails to stop me in my tracks.

One of the best songs ever written(tx Joni), and best performed( tx Judy)

The most philosophical song ever written

Thanks Hereditary, now this lovely song scares the shit outta me.

@DWN-024ShadowMan

5 жыл бұрын

😂 I love it

@redflame300

5 жыл бұрын

Idk how. The songs not meant to be scary. Just about change and how things don't stay the same as u grow older....

@chinchilla1956

5 жыл бұрын

Why scared of it? I love this song, 60's and 70's were way ahead with some song lyrics 😊

@RetroGamerDazUK

5 жыл бұрын

CD56 Nil the poster is referring it playing during the credits of hereditary, which is a very creepy film.

@chinchilla1956

5 жыл бұрын

@@RetroGamerDazUK Ahh. I've seen that film, forgot the name was Hereditary. Toni Collette very creepy.

My 5 year old daughter has found this song on KZread and has really latched onto it. She plays it over again.

Scares me how fast the years have passed since I first heard this song so many decades ago.

Rarely covers are better than the original - this is one.

@RalphCramden-tm2gi

Жыл бұрын

I bet a lot of people don't know that this is a Joni Mitchell song. I agree , Judy does it bettere.

@Starkardur

8 ай бұрын

Well Joni's studio version came out after this so it's debatable whether it is a cover.

@jonathanporus6488

5 ай бұрын

@@Starkardurno one debates it’s a Joni Mitchell song

@TravislovesBetsy

4 ай бұрын

I concur.

My hippie moms taste in music brought me here, thanks mom

@jimhernandez7712

5 жыл бұрын

i would love to be 9 again.

@ggt47

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds better than mine.....

@aliciasmith6016

5 жыл бұрын

Weird Guy same..

@JudgeJulieLit

5 жыл бұрын

Melodic loveliness never shall go out of style.

@daniirua1775

5 жыл бұрын

Tell her to make a playlist

This song always chokes me up for whatever reason I can't explain...

@shadowbanned5164

3 жыл бұрын

Its a pretty sad song if you listen to the lyrics

@lokisan100

3 жыл бұрын

Me too my friend, me too.

@bravobob1

3 жыл бұрын

Yessum.

@dianeskyuser7016

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@soniaalbani2423

2 жыл бұрын

Same here

JUDY COLLINS IS ABSOLUTE PROOF OF GOD SHOWING OFF !!! BEST WORDS OF WISDOM EXPRESSED INTELLIGENTLY FROM THE HEART AND SOUL !!! GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND !!!

Music like this has me realize just how lucky I was to be young during this period. I mean just look at what our youth is producing these days. This was during an actual golden age of music and thanks to technology, we can experience it again.

This song will live forever!!!

I'm 74 now...soon to be 75 in October. This song just stirs so many wonderful thoughts and feelings in me. Sure...there have been some down moments too, of course. Yet...I keep learning that "this very moment" that I am living, is quite enough, and that I should "continue to live in this moment"...always!

@tracy4591

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more Jose 💯 I'm 53 yr old and have a tendency to look back, and while that is ok with teachable moments, I have learned to try and live in the now. Life is precious and not to be taken for granted ❤ Blessings, health and happiness to you 🙏

@willomina1990

3 жыл бұрын

Hey!.....U r so deep...lol....

@richardhutchison3123

3 жыл бұрын

Love both of your comments on here. I am almost 64 (December, 2021) and I have enjoyed this song almost my entire life!

I prefer this version over all others. Very sincere and simple delivery. Judy Collins doesn't take self-importance so seriously as to become a caricature.

@johns1280

2 ай бұрын

Me too, also Neil Diamond does a decent cover. Listen to it.

The most magical and beautiful song I have ever heard. Judy Collins version is utterly sublime.

@garymedrow3857

Жыл бұрын

The Judy Collins version of the song "Both Sides Now" is to me "a priceless musical work of art" in all respects! Every word of the lyrics of the song itself have set up positive, encouraging standards in my own personal life as well. I myself have truly seen and experienced "Both Sides Now" in my life and when I first heard this marvelous rendition of the song by Judy Collins back in 1975 it vividly brought back the very highs & lows of my 1 year U.S. ARMY Tour of Duty in Vietnam back in the 60's. Hearing Ms. Collins sing "Both Sides Now" back then ( and I still listen to her version now from time to time ) impacted my life in positive ways that have carried me through all these Post-Vietnam years now. So, thank you so much Judy Collins for singing this particular song and impacting my life in so many positive ways hearing it. May God Bless!

@fatima1009

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@USMC-cv5sd

Жыл бұрын

@garymedrow3857 Wow, your post hit it on the head. Collins's version is straight to the point. Mitchell's version is so deep in her feelings, sorta like blues music, that her feelings supercede the meaning of the song for me. I'm a brother from Boston, and I never really got into deep melancholic music because of my temperamental mentality.

@debbieschmidling8158

Жыл бұрын

@@USMC-cv5sdBoth versions are beautiful! ❤️

@USMC-cv5sd

Жыл бұрын

@@debbieschmidling8158 Both Sides Both Versions 😆 🤣

I love Judy's voice and she is a beautiful Woman .

A classic that still gives me goosebumps. Thank You Joni for writing it & Judy for bringing it to life!!

@debbieschmidling8158

Жыл бұрын

❤❤

Ending the movie Hereditary with this song was top notch.

Songs like this allow you to pause, reflect and ponder

"to say I love you right out loud" ... for a thirteen year old buck, those words were magic! and now, at 65 i cry at them.

@nathanielhellerstein5871

4 жыл бұрын

"Don't give yourself away."

@hopppy54

3 жыл бұрын

Same age here...Life is tough...especially when I am misunderstood

@charlesfuentes3695

3 жыл бұрын

It's great we all lasted this long...keep lasting. Stay Safe ❤

@vazmo14850

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesfuentes3695 BLESS YOU...

This was the first Judy Collins song I ever heard when it came out back in the sixties. Her voice brought tears to my 20 year old eyes. Well done, Judy.

I woke up with this song in my mind. Have not heard it in YEARS! I am 60 years old. This is powerful , very anointed song

I saw her live at Guildford in January 2020, just before the pandemic. At 80 her voice was flawless, including all the complexity and no issue with the high and low notes. And just to top it off she has a wonderful line in stories from her past. The most astonishing 80 year old I ever saw.

@rollinolson3562

6 ай бұрын

I saw her a little before that, at a small American venue. Her voice was more beautiful and rich than when she was young.

@TonyDonnelly64

2 ай бұрын

A truly beautiful voice, flawless, and those eyes, oh wow !

The definitive version of this masterful Joni Mitchell classic.

This song perfectly fits hereditary it's a great song for the ending

Just watched Joni Mitchell perform Both Sides (Clouds). She is truly a musical treasure, so many great songs. Thanks for making life good with your great songs.

I'll never forget this played in the finale of Mad Men when Draper shows his kids where he grew up.

What a masterpiece... if this song doesn't make you wonder why we're here, what this is all about then you are asleep. So beautiful, so haunting and yes scary Sean Bridges.

@thegreenbird795

3 жыл бұрын

Listen to this song on a airplane flight...

@toomanyhobbies2011

2 жыл бұрын

This song highlighted the loss of faith and it's replacement with selfishness and the escape of drugs.

@robertaarthur3381

Жыл бұрын

We are here to serve Jehovah God.

This simple three phase transition, clouds, love, life is probably one of the most perfect songs ever written.

I know this a Joni Mitchell classic but my 5 year old self heard this beautiful version first and it is still burned into my soul, forever, in midlife.

I just love this, enough said

Song defines a generation, hopes, dreams, peace, love. And universal acceptance. Oh where have you gone the flower children 😢

Here 'cause I grew up listening to this gem.

20대때 들었으니 지금 제니이가 73세 나이가 드셨으나 당당하고 아름답습니다 사랑해요 쥬디콜린스

If only I could regain the life I had back then! Oh Lord the music from this era. No new music even comes close to this. Tears stream down my face with the memories of my past life! I would love to go back and stay there for a time!

@franniebanani6532

5 жыл бұрын

Ron Bridges me too and yes with tears in my eyes. time goes by so fast doesn't it,.

@virvisquevir3320

5 жыл бұрын

Ron Bridges - Tears and streams and memories Your past life living in your dreams If you could go back once again You'd do it right away

@dave9497

5 жыл бұрын

@@virvisquevir3320 Was that intentional? The verse you wrote in response...it had the same meter as each stanza in the song...👍👍👍👍

@carolgladfelder272

5 жыл бұрын

PRO/NRA Trump2020 I couldn't possibly agree more. Miss those times so much with tears in my eyes.

@carolgladfelder272

5 жыл бұрын

Maximum Ride 👍

I dedicate this to my Mom. RIP. She used to say, "Keep living. What you think you know now is not what you know at all."

So many 1967 special songs. My college freshman year ❤

I never get tried of listening, playing , or singing this song. So much is said in these simple lyrics about one’s self.

Always been a favorite since I was a little kid.

Judy Collins love ur version of both sides now

@1989opprsvp

3 жыл бұрын

Joanne Mitchell was brilliant but Judy Collins' version is my favorite. In '79 I fell asleep with the radio on and heard this song in my sleep. Been hooked ever since.

Today I attended the memorial for one of my dearest friends who last month passed away from cancer at age 53. They played a recording of her singing this song a capella, sounding so much like Judy Collins. I had to come here and listen to it again. Now I will always think of my friend when I hear this lovely song. ❤️

@steveclinton4084

Жыл бұрын

Hello Larry how are you doing hope I’m sorry about your mom I too have also lost my parents I know that feelings, may God bless you and your family and I hope you all stay safe

When I think of the words, the messages in this beautiful, “true” melody, I laugh at how old I am, and “know” that I really don’t know life at all!

@xenu-dark-tony

2 жыл бұрын

There was some little wall plaque that said something like 'I wish my children would get jobs, leave home and survive life while they still know everything'. It's true, the older we get, the less we know. I always wondered why adults sounded less full of themselves, but youth and the endless possibilities the world holds are slowly eased away from you in plain sight. But each age has its compensations, and I like being 64, even if my body doesn't.

I love both versions by Joni and Judy. Very uplifting. I was a child in 1969 and these songs take me back. Life was easy and difficult then. Very colorful time for me as a child.

“If you care, don’t let them know, don’t give yourself away.” I’m tearing up. In 3 years I found a love then lost it, and made friends I thought I would be with forever. Now those friends seem like strangers to me. I guess nothing ever stays the same in life. But like Joni said, we only remember the best bits ✨

@terrapingee

2 жыл бұрын

Your words were touching. You’re far from alone in going through that, if that gives you some comfort.

@Rayburn69

2 жыл бұрын

I Feel the Same, My Friend...

@tygertone

2 жыл бұрын

You have to be old enough and experienced enough to truly understand that line. You can't give your heart to someone too quickly.

@thechazdarby

2 жыл бұрын

Life is change. To stay the same forever is death...to grow and change is to live. Try to embrace change, and that is a great Joni quote for sure!

This song is so uplifting when you’re feeling down.

I'm an old man now. This song I remember stopping what I was doing ( if possible ) to listen to this. It makes me very lonely to remember those times when I was young, had many good friends and good times. Felt I had the world in my hands, turned out I didn't.

This song is a masterpiece.

@EnriYans

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@ronschaffer5959

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. One of the greatest songs in American history.

@rastrats

3 жыл бұрын

Wrong title, though. Both Sides Now. It should just be "Clouds", because that identifies it unequivocally. I really don't know songs, at all ...Songs and titles in the air, meanings - everywhere, when you sing them way too soon, then you'll see the moon!

@eddygsmusicworld1708

3 жыл бұрын

@@ronschaffer5959 and Canadian History.

@bogeythedog163

3 жыл бұрын

@WinGate Mose clannad & paul young

one Christmas Mum and I each gave the other a Judy Collins album...now im 65 i still dont know clouds at all! tears of happiness and yes I can say I love You right out loud! LOUD!!! to anyone who will listen! and even if they dont want to I dont care ......I love LJE!

@zackhudson5172

Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 Dinah. How are you doing? Hope you are fine, I'm Zack Hudson and am from Denver Colorado. You seem like a real country girl

You listened to Judy Collins and felt Special. Her delivery of a beautiful song made that happen.

This is where I grew up

Clouds, Love, and Life - I don't think anybody REALLY knows!

The end credits to the horror film Hereditary brought me to this song! The emotion and ambience brings tears to my eyes.

@georgecahill3046

2 жыл бұрын

Same. Beautiful haunting song. Hereditary great movie very scary

@DJGamingSmash

2 жыл бұрын

I'll never hear this song the same way after Hereditary, despite hearing it first in the Toy Story 4 trailer.

MY HEART BROUGHT ME HERE

I Love Judy Collins version the best and it was out Oct 1st 1967, the year I graduated.

At my present age of 76, .....I loved this song from the first time I heard it....and now as time has passed me by every time I listen to this beautiful song it makes me feel that my life has been pretty great.....Even with the all the ups and down.....It makes me grateful that I have lived and experienced life with my family as a very happy person. Thank you Judy! for all the great memories.

Still 2 this day a song that never gets ageless!