Another great Joni Mitchell song which a lot of folks think is a CSN&Y song -- Woodstock.
Joni Mitchell was supposed to have played at Woodstock but as the crowd size increased, her management grew concerned she'd be stuck there and wouldn't be able to make a very important appearance on the Dick Cavett Show, so it was decided she'd cancel from Woodstock. Joni wrote Woodstock having not been there.

Woodstock comes in two flavors: Joni Mitchell-Woodstock (1969 Live) which is the original folk song as Joni wrote it -- and then there's the CSN&Y R&R version tweaked by Stephen Stills -- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Woodstock

Two totally different songs... I actually prefer Joni's (dark purple) version.

If you're interested, the story of the song Woodstock as well has the CSN&Y song Our House is at: Graham Nash interview

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Jeanette Isabelle

Yeah, that shows as a list of Graham Nash YouTubes and when I selected it I got the same URL. A direct link is: direct link to Graham Nash On Joni Mitchell Romance & Their Famous Woodstock Song

One of my personal favorites of the many "Moonlight" recordings is by Maurizio Pollini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj75TeQmSHA
It is contemplative, haunting, with anguish between the notes. In the third movement you can feel the violent passion that gestates for two movements prior.

Yesterday I linked a rendition of "Scarborough Fair" and said the musicians, not the singer, capture the emotion.

Given our discussion of classical music I began to wonder if there is a better rendition. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra did record it; they were too chipper playing the tragic song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq8nDimS5_A

I listened to piano and violin solos and I wonder if any of them knows the song's history. It was written after a plague had swept through England.

Jeanette Isabelle

Blackmores Night does a grat rendition of Greensleeves...

Jukebox Hero. Ode to Joy. America the Beautiful (can't sing it without crying). O' Holy Night (can't sing it without crying).

This one too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evSC-WZFw1c

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In the Bruce Willis movie "The Fifth Element" there is a opera-esque song by the Diva. Have you ever wondered what that song is like without all the alien make-up?
Fifth Element Diva song - full version. SINGING - EVGENIA LAGUNA

Love that movie and that song.