Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like, when you're older, must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
And they tell him, take your time, it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
grandeur(宏願): elevation of thought or expression.
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The Circle Game, a charming nod to childhood dreams and memories, tells the story of a young boy experiencing the simple wonders of life: dragonflies in jars, the starry night sky, frozen streams, and carousels. As the years go by, cartwheels are replaced by car wheels and the boy’s dreams change, but the sense of wonder remains. This song captures the timeless magic of youth.
In the last verse, "now the boy is twenty" refers to Neil Young, a fellow Canadian folk songwriter whom Joni Mitchell met in the 1960s.
At his 19th birthday, Neil Young composed a song "Sugar Mountain". He wrote many verses, finally consdensing to four, beginning with these words:
Oh to live on Sugar Mountain,
With the barkers and the colored balloons.
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain,
Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon.
In a concert at the Albert Hall in London on 28 October 1970, Joni Mitchell recalled,
In 1965 I was up in Canada, and there was a friend of mine up there who had just left a rock'n'roll band. He had just newly turned 21, and that meant he was no longer allowed into his favourite haunt, which was kind of a teeny-bopper club and once you're over 21 you couldn't get back in there anymore. That drove him to become a folk singer ...
So he wrote this song [Sugar Mountain] which is a lament for his lost youth. And I thought, God, you know; if we get to 21 and there is nothing after that, that's a pretty bleak future. So I wrote a song for him, and for myself just to give me some hope. It's called The Circle Game.
In a 1994 interview with Mojo, she admitted:
I didn't write The Circle Game as a children's song, but I'm very pleased to see it go into the culture in that way.
With almost nursery-rhyming melody and poetic lyrical sentiment, this song marks the end of Joni Mitchell's early folk career.
《The Circle Game》對童年的夢想和回憶，作出迷人致敬。歌詞講述小男孩，體驗生活中簡單奇蹟的故事：瓶裡的蜻蜓、夜空滿星、溪流結冰和旋轉木馬。隨著歲月的流逝，昔日的木頭車被汽車取代，男孩的夢想發生變化，但好奇心仍在。這首歌，捕捉永恆的青春魅力。
在最後一節中，「現在男孩已二十歲」指的是 Neil Young，一位加拿大同鄉民謠詞曲作家，Joni Mitchell 在 1960 年代與他結交。
Neil Young 十九歲生日時，創作歌曲《Sugar Mountain》。他寫了許多段歌詞，最後濃縮為四節，開頭是這樣的：
In June 2021, Joni Mitchell released her album "Archives - Volume One: The Early Years (1963-1967) Highlights". She selected a dozen of her favourite folk songs, including "The Circle Games" as track number 6.
This album won the "Best Historical Album" in the 64th Grammy Awards presented on 4 April 2022. The 78-year-old Joni Mitchell made a rare appearance in public. She attended the awards in a bright spring-like dress. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes could not hide her radiance, just as her beautiful songs have brought people brilliance for more than half a century.
During an interview after the event, Joni Mitchell reflected on receiving the prestigious honor,
It's good, I hope I'm a good influence on music. My music's pretty eccentric in a way. It's a very eclectic, you know, [which is] what I grew up on and what I listened to.
This legendary female singer from Canada, in addition to her excellent songwriting skills, has a pure, clear and sincere high-pitched and beautiful voice. In her poetic words full of meaning, she depicts her feelings for various emotion. Her songs tell human nature in the world, with deep observation and long-term understanding. The more one listens to them, the more one feels the greatness and timelessness of her works.
In an era when rock and roll was almost entirely male-dominated, Joni Mitchell can be regarded as one of the earliest female singer-songwriters. She does not deliberately emphasize femininity, but with a unique and spontaneous female point of view. By quietly combing through the turbulence of the world and observing the changes in the hearts of generations, she turns inspiration into music, like crystal clear gurgling water, washing the hearts of all people.
In June 2013, Joni Mitchell was on The National, a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) flagship news program, for a rare and revealing interview. She looked back on her life and career,
I've had a very interesting and a very challenging life, but I have a tremendous will to live and a tremendous joy to be, you know, alternating with irritability. Ha ha ...
2021年6月，Joni Mitchell 發行她的專輯《Archives - Volume One: The Early Years (1963-1967) Highlights》。她選出十二首最喜愛的民謠，其中《The Circle Games》為第六首歌曲。
Over her 40-year career, Joni Mitchell received many accolades, including multiple Grammy awards and Gold albums. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2002, she received the Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award, which described her as "the most important female musician of the rock era". She is also honoured as Grammy's MusiCares Person of the Year 2022.
The Rolling Stone magazine spoke highly of her, calling her "one of the greatest songwriters ever". The influential AllMusic website has stated, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century".
Having suffered polio in childhood, Joni Mitchell has a weak left hand, giving her difficulties in playing the guitar with standard tuning. She is good at re-tuning open strings (strings not pressed by fingers), changing original dissonances into harmonious chords. She is a master of "open tuning", and her songs are full of complex harmonics. For example, she plays "The Circle Game" using open G tuning with capo on the fourth fret.
Joni Mitchell has invented about fifty kinds of open tunings, jokingly called "Joni's Crazy Tuning". She continues to develop new tunings in her composition process.
She likens her use of continually changing tunings to sitting down at a typewriter on which the letters are rearranged each day,
It is inevitable that you get lost and type some gibberish, and those mistakes are actually the main reason to use this system in the first place. If you're only working off what you know, then you can't grow. It's only through error that discovery is made, and in order to discover you have to set up some sort of situation with a random element. The more I can surprise myself, the more I'll stay in this business, and the twiddling of the notes is one way to keep the pilgrimage going. You're constantly pulling the rug out from under yourself, so you don't get a chance to settle into any kind of formula.
In fact, many of her songs use very simple chords, but her unconventional scale form and fairly rhythmic plucking still create a rich and unique guitar tone. Therefore, not only "Rolling Stone" listed her as one of the "72 greatest guitarists of all time", she is also winner of many music awards, e.g., the 1995 Billboard Century Award, and the 1996 Laureate of the Polar Music Prize, known as the Nobel in the music industry. All these awards are well-deserved for this goddess-level creative composer who has influenced countless later generations of musicians.
"The Circle Game" dates back to March 1966, when Joni Mitchell wrote it. She had been playing it at her concerts, but she had no record labels. Other artists recorded it in 1967, first a duet version by Ian and Sylvia, then a pop version by Buffy Sainte-Marie. Soon after, Sainte-Marie's manager Elliot Roberts took on Joni Mitchell as a client after listening to the original tape and seeing her perform. In 1968, Roberts got her a deal with Reprise Records, and her solo career took off. She became one of most acclaimed singer-songwriters of her generation.
The folk singer Tom Rush recorded this song, with his own arrangement and interpretation. He made it the title track of his 1968 album "The Circle Game". Joni was't certain if this song was among her best work when she taped a demo recording for Tom, but he assured her, "As long as kids grow up, the song will be relevant."
The song got a lot of attention when Joni Mitchell performed it at The Troubadour in Los Angeles at a series of shows in the summer of 1968. Her own version wasn't released until 1970, when it first appeared on her third album "Ladies Of The Canyon". The track showed her plaintive, dazzlingly clear delivery. It became one of her signature songs, and has been covered by various singers.
Joni Mitchell is an artist as well as a musician. She self-produced all her albums, designed her own album art. "The Circle Game" is featured in many of her albums, a sample is shown:
在她40年的職業生涯中，Joni Mitchell 屢獲殊榮，包括多項格林美獎和多張金唱片。她於 1997年入選搖滾樂名人堂，並於 2007年入選加拿大詞曲作者名人堂。在 2002年，格林美頒贈「終身成就獎」，表揚她是「搖滾樂年代裡最重要的女性音樂人」。並在 2022年，被譽為格林美「音樂關懷年度人物」（MusiCares Person of the Year）。
事實上，她的許多歌曲，都使用非常簡單的和弦。她突破性的音階形式，配合相當有節奏的彈撥，仍然創造出豐富而獨特的結他音色。因此，她不僅被《滾石雜誌》列為「史上最偉大的七十二位結他手」之一，也囊括不少音樂界大獎，例如 1995年的公告牌（Billboard）「世紀大獎」、及 1996年有音樂界諾貝爾獎之稱的「極地音樂獎」（Polar Music Prize）等。獎項林林總總，對這位影響無數後世歌手的女神級創作音樂人來說，都是當之無愧。
回想當時 1966年3月，Joni Mitchell 寫成《The Circle Game》。她一直在自己的音樂會上，彈奏此曲，但她沒有唱片公司。其他歌手在 1967年灌錄此曲，首先是 Ian 和 Sylvia 的二重唱版本，然後是 Buffy Sainte-Marie 的流行版本。不久，Sainte-Marie 的經理人 Elliot Roberts 在聽過原錄音帶，及看過 Joni Mitchell 的表演後，收納她入旗下。1968年，Roberts 替她達成協議，與 Reprise 唱片公司簽合約。她的個人事業，逐漸起飛，成為她這一代最受讚譽的創作型歌手之一。
民謠歌手 Tom Rush 也錄製這首歌，重新編曲和演繹，成為他 1968年專輯《The Circle Game》的主打歌。當 Joni 為 Tom 送上演唱示範錄音帶時，並不確定此曲是否她最好的作品之一。他保證：「只要有小孩子成長，這首歌就富有意義。」
1968年夏天，Joni Mitchell 在洛杉磯的 Troubadour 參演時，這曲引來多方關注。她的正式版本，直到 1970年才首次收錄在第三張專輯《Ladies Of The Canyon》中。歌曲展示她半帶憂傷、引人入勝的清晰表達，成為她的標誌性歌曲之一，並被不同歌手翻唱。
Joni Mitchell 是一位音樂家，也是一位藝術家。她自行製作所有專輯，自己設計專輯封面。《The Circle Game》一曲，在許多她的專輯中有出現，示例如下：
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Joni Mitchell wins the Grammy Award for Best Historical Album【3:03】cc
On 3 April 2022, Joni Mitchell was nominated for the award. She gave a thank-you speech afterwards.2022年4月3日，Joni Mitchell 獲提名「格林美最佳歷史專輯獎」，得獎後她登台致謝。
Joni Mitchell is inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF)【4:32】cc
Joni Mitchell was presented with her award by legendary jazz pianist Herbie Hancock at the 2007 CSHF Induction Ceremony.Joni Mitchell 在2007年CSHF入選典禮中，獲傳奇爵士鋼琴家 Herbie Hancock 頒發獎項。
The Circle Game (Joni Mitchell) 1970【4:52】
Original track from the 1970 album, with lyrics. Backing vocals are Crosby, Stills and Nash.1970 年專輯的原聲帶，配上歌詞。重唱段和聲合唱是 Crosby、Stills 和 Nash。
Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game (Live 1968)【4:53】
Live in-studio from the CBC program "The Way It Is" (1968), a Canadian public affairs television program.1968年 CBC 節目《The Way It Is》的現場直播，這是加拿大公共事務電視節目。
Joni Mitchell - Circle Game, from TV Series Mon Pays (1966/08/17)【3:03】
From the Canadian TV show "Mon Pays, Mes Chansons" (My Country, My Songs), shooting in Alberta. In 1966, when Joni Mitchell introduced this song in a club, she talked about this video, "The director would like a background matching the song and the location. A carousel would not be representative of Alberta, which is a ranching province. I thought it would be great to do it with horses going around in circles, but they could not find horses in short notice. So they took me out into a field and they stampeded cows around me in a circle (laughter)... it was beautiful."來自加拿大電視節目《Mon Pays, Mes Chansons》（我的祖國，我的歌曲），在 Alberta 省拍攝。1966年，當 Joni Mitchell 在俱樂部介紹這首歌時，她談到此視頻：「導演想要歌曲的背景，與地點配合。旋轉木馬不足以代表 Alberta，該省以牧場聞名。我認為讓馬兒繞圈跑，主意不錯。但在短時間內，找不到馬匹。所以他們把我帶到田野，周圍卻是一群牛（笑聲）...很漂亮出色。」
Ian and Sylvia - Circle Game [HD]【3:04】
Canadian folk and country singers Ian and Sylvia sing 'Circle Game' in duet, from their 1967 Vanguard album 'So Much For Dreaming'.1967年，加拿大民謠和鄉謠歌手 Ian 和 Sylvia 在他們的 Vanguard 專輯《So Much For Dreaming》中，以二重唱灌錄《Circle Game》。
Buffy Sainte-Marie - The Circle Game【3:03】
Buffy Sainte-Marie is an indigenous Canadian-American singer-songwriter. This is a pop version of 'The Circle Game', from her 1967 album 'Fire & Fleet & Candlelight'.Buffy Sainte-Marie 是美加裔原住民歌手兼詞曲作者。1967年她推出《The Circle Game》的流行版本，收錄在專輯《Fire & Fleet & Candlelight》中。
The Circle Game (2008 Remaster) Tom Rush 【5:18】
Tom Rush is an American folk and blues singer and songwriter. Released in April 1968, this album "The Circle Game" was on the charts for 14 weeks, and became his highest charting album. He covered three songs from Joni Mitchell, with his own guitar arrangements. In 2008, the 40th Anniversay Edition was released, with a bonus take-one version of 'The Circle Game' song.Tom Rush 是美國民謠和藍調怨曲歌手，亦是詞曲作家。這張專輯《The Circle Game》於1968年4月發行，連續上榜14週，成為他的最高排行榜專輯。他自己重新結他編曲，翻唱 Joni Mitchell 的三首歌曲。2008年發行40週年紀念版，附加贈上《The Circle Game》的初彈版本。
Tom Rush: Circle Game (Live 2020)【4:57】
Performance at Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport, Massachusetts on 31 January 2020.2020年1月31日，在麻省 Newburyport 的消防站藝術中心演出。
Chuck Mitchell sings "The Circle Game" by Joni Mitchell【4:49】
A beautiful and poignant rendition of the song by young Chuck Mitchell, taped at Dearborn Folk Club Concert in 6 December 1987. Charles Thomas "Chuck" Mitchell was a well-educated folk American singer from Michigan. In 1965, on his first out-of-town gig in Toronto, he met Canadian songwriter Roberta Joan "Joni" Anderson. They married, and as a duo Chuck and Joni Mitchell played the coffeehouse circuit until they divorced in 1968.1987年12月6日，在 Dearborn 民間俱樂部音樂會上，年輕的 Chuck Mitchell 彈唱這歌曲，優雅而淒美的演繹。Charles Thomas "Chuck" Mitchell 是一位來自密歇根州的美國民謠歌手，受過良好教育。他 1965年首次往外地演出，在多倫多遇上加拿大詞曲作家 Roberta Joan "Joni" Anderson，兩人結婚。作為二人組合，Chuck 和 Joni Mitchell 在咖啡館巡迴演出，直到 1968年離婚。
Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game (Official Audio, 1970) 【4:56】
From the third album of Joni Mitchell, "Ladies of the Canyon" (1970). The album incldues several of her most noted songs, such as "Big Yellow Taxi", "Woodstock" and "The Circle Game". The liner notes list as backup singers 'Lookout Mountain United Downstairs Choir'. This is a humorous pseudonym by Joni for David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills. At that time she was living in Lookout Mountain Anvenue.來自 Joni Mitchell 的第三張專輯《Ladies of the Canyon》（1970年）。這張專輯，收錄她最著名的幾首歌曲，例如《Big Yellow Taxi》、《Woodstock》和《The Circle Game》。曲目注釋列出和唱者是「瞭望山樓下伙伴合唱團」（Lookout Mountain United Downstairs Choir）。這是 Joni 創作的幽默筆名，指 David Crosby、Graham Nash 和 Stephen Stills 。當時她住址在瞭望山大道。
Joni Mitchell - The circle game (Travelogue version, 2002)【6:51】
Travelogue is a 2002 double album of Joni Mitchell, featuring orchestral re-recordings of songs throughout her career. Upon release Joni announced that it would be her last album, but later revealed she was working on a new one. She presented a jazz version of 'The Circle Game'. From the comments of a jazz fan, "Her earlier versions seem almost antiseptic compared to this one, even though they were amazing in their own right at the time. The production value on this version are beyond amazing. I love the jazz influences and the lush orchestral movements backup her style." 2002年 Joni Mitchell 推出雙唱片專輯《Travelogue》，特色是把以往的佳作，重新以管弦樂錄製。發佈後，Joni 宣布這是最後一張專輯，後來卻透露她正在製作新專輯。她獻唱《The Circle Game》的爵士版，有爵士迷評論：「與這版本相比，她的早期版本似是清水版，儘管當時已很了不起。這版本的創作價值，無與倫比。我欣賞爵士風格的發揮，和氣勢蓬勃的管弦樂動感，在背後襯托她的唱腔。」
Dreamland - The Circle Game (2004 Remaster)【4:52】
Dreamland is a compilation album by Joni Mitchell, with 'The Circle Game' returning to the original version, with chorus from her close friends. The chorus also listed 'The Sasaktunes', which is actually a multi-tracked Joni Mitchell. She spent her formative years in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan during the 1950s.《Dreamland》 是 Joni Mitchell 的拼合專輯，《The Circle Game》回歸原來版本，並由她的密友在重唱段和唱。和唱還列出「The Sasaktunes」，其實是 Joni Mitchell 自己，以多軌混音加入。1950年代，她在 Saskatchewan 省的 Saskatoon，度過她的成長歲月。
"The Circle Game/Little Green" - Joni Mitchell【8:49】
Joni's performance captured live sometime during 1968. She squeezed her 1966 song "Little Green" in the last verse before the chorus. "Little Green" was also about a child, her own daughter whom she had given up reluctantly for adoption. She didn't know about her daughter until 1997.Joni 這次現場演唱，大約在 1968年錄製。她在最後一節重唱前，插入她 1966年的歌曲《Little Green》。此曲《Little Green》也是關於一名孩子，是她自己的女兒，無奈放棄讓別人領養。直到 1997年，她才知道女兒的下落。
Joni Mitchell (Live 1972) The Circle Game【5:48】
Live performance by Joni Mitchell at the famous Carnegie Hall, New York City in 1972.1972年，Joni Mitchell 在紐約市著名的 Carnegie 音樂廳現場表演。
The Circle Game (Joni Mitchell) Live 1974【6:29】
From her first live album "Miles of Aisles", also her first tour with backing musicians. This song was performed at The Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California, in August 1974.來自她的首張現場錄音專輯《Miles of Aisles》，也是她與和唱樂團的首次巡迴演出。這首歌曲，於 1974年8月在加利福尼亞州洛杉磯的環球劇場演出。
Joni Mitchell and James Taylor - live in London (1970)【9:46】
Live recording, duet with James Taylor, with Joni talking about the origin of the song.與 James Taylor 二重唱的現場錄音，Joni 談到這首歌曲的因由。
The Circle Game · Joni Mitchell (Herbie Hancock)【5:12】
Herbie Hancock is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer. In this duet version with Joni Mitchell, he played the piano. They performed at the Bread and Roses Festival in September 1978, at Berkeley, California.Herbie Hancock 是美國爵士鋼琴家、鍵盤手、樂隊指揮和作曲家。在這首與 Joni Mitchell 的二重唱版本中，他彈鋼琴。他們在 1978年9月的「麵包與玫瑰節」演出，在加利福尼亞州 Berkeley 舉行。
The Circle Game (西田ひかる Hikaru Nishida)【3:21】
Hikaru Nishida is a Japanese pop singer and actress.西田光（Hikaru Nishida）是日本流行歌手兼演員。
陳美齡 Agnes Chan 1971《The Circle Game》曲+詞.【4:06】
Music video of a cover of Joni Mitchell's song. Her japanese name is: アグネス・チャン Agnes Meiling Kaneko Chan.Joni Mitchell 歌曲的翻唱音樂視頻。她的日文名字是：アグネス・チャン Agnes Meiling Kaneko Chan。
The Circle Game (Agnes Chan，陳美齡，アグネス・チャン，Meiling Kaneko)【4:52】
Agnes Chan, a singer from Hong Kong, was performing in Japan. She started her career in Japan when she was 17.來自香港的歌手 Agnes Chan 在日本演出。她在日本開始歌唱職業生涯時，才17歲。
陳美齡 Agnes - The Circle Game ○ 流行經典50年【4:14】
In the show "50 Years of Popular Classics" on 14 June 2020, Agnes Chan sang her famous song "The Circle Game", which was touching.2020年6月14日，在節目《流行經典50年》中，陳美齡獻唱首本名曲《The Circle Game》，歌聲動人。
Sam Hui 許冠傑 - Circle game (MV)【4:41】
Music video from The Hui Brothers Show in 1972. Not only is the song pleasant and layered, the pictures are reminiscence of the amusement facilities at Lai Chi Kok Park.1972年的《雙星報喜》音樂視頻。歌曲不僅悅耳，有層次又好聽，畫面更讓人懷念昔日荔園內的遊樂設施。
Lillian Ho 何嘉莉 The Circle Game 【4:21】
From her EEG (Emperor Entertainment Group) album "Possession" released on 5 June 1999.選自她的英皇娛樂專輯《擁有》，於1999年6月5日發行。
Albert Au 區瑞強 - Circle Game【4:54】
From his album "Top Folk Volume 2", released on 22 January 2001.選自他的專輯《區瑞強極品英文民歌 2》，於2001年1月22日發行。
【林志美 Samantha Lam】The Circle Game【4:11】
From her album "When Samantha Lam meets Chris Babida", released on 24 January 2003. Chris Babida slightly rearranged the song.選自她的專輯《當林志美遇上鮑比達》，於2003年1月24日發行。鮑比達稍微重編這首歌。
Tori Amos - The Circle Game【6:40】
A piano rendition of the song, live at Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Tori Amos is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range.這首歌的鋼琴演繹，在伊利諾伊州芝加哥的禮堂劇院現場奏出。Tori Amos 是一位古典出身的音樂家，擁有中高音域。
The Circle Game - Laura Sciocchetti【5:00】
Laura Sciocchetti is an Italian jazz singer from Rome.Laura Sciocchetti 是一位來自羅馬的意大利爵士歌手。
The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell (cover) Laura Eliza 【4:52】
A lovely guitar rendition by Laura Eliza, a musician from Houston, Texas. She recorded this song at Lydian Studios, London in 2014.Laura Eliza 的美妙結他演繹。她是來自德克薩斯州休斯頓的音樂家，於 2014年在倫敦的 Lydian Studios 錄製這首歌。
The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell - Ukulele Cover【4:58】
Jessica Brown performs her 93rd Ukulele Challenge.Jessica Brown 進行她的第93次夏威夷四弦琴挑戰。
The Circle Game - (Joni Mitchell cover) sung by Jack Marti【4:15】
Jack Marti often plays Gospel music with his guitar.Jack Marti 常常用結他演奏福傳音樂。
Winsome Kind - Circle Game (LIVE Joni Mitchell Cover)【4:22】
Winsome Kind is Leora Joy and Scott Perrie. They performed at their album release show in Vancouver on 8 September 2018.Winsome Kind 是 Leora Joy 和 Scott Perrie。他們於 2018年9月8日在溫哥華的專輯發佈會上演出。
Guitar Duet - The Circle Game (Joni Mitchell cover)【4:49】
In the duet, guitar and main vocal by Roos Denayer, and bass guitar by Trui Amerlinck.二重演唱中，Roos Denayer 彈結他和主唱，Trui Amerlinck 彈低音結他。
Linda Draper Live at GB's Juke Joint - "Circle Game" (Joni Mitchell Cover)【5:08】
Linda Draper (voice and guitar) and Jeff Eyrich (upright bass) performed at Tarrytown Music Hall, as part of the "Save our Stages" fundraiser during the pandemic on 14 October 2020.2020年10月14日，Linda Draper（主音兼結他）和 Jeff Eyrich （低音大提琴）在 Tarrytown 音樂廳演出，為大流行期間「拯救我們的舞台」活動籌款。
The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell (Cover by a group)【4:30】
Cover by Alicia Blue, Kaitlin Huwe, Elizabeth Woolf, and Dora.由 Alicia Blue、Kaitlin Huwe、Elizabeth Woolf 和 Dora 翻唱。
The Circle Game: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix 【5:08】
Joni Mitchell's classic "The Circle Game", recorded by the Arizona UU Video Choir, with singers from Unitarian Universalist (UU) Congregation of Phoenix.Joni Mitchell 的經典《The Circle Game》，由亞利桑那 UU 視頻合唱團錄製，歌手來自鳳凰城 Unitarian Universalist （UU）會眾。
The Circle Game - Piano Project 【4:57】
A piano rendition of this classical song of Joni Mitchell.鋼琴演繹這首 Joni Mitchell 的經典歌曲。
The Circle Game - Richard Dworsky 【4:27】
From Richard Dworsky's album Back To The Garden, a lively piano rendition.來自 Richard Dworsky 的專輯《Back To The Garden》，生動輕快的鋼琴演奏。
Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game (piano/orchestral cover)【2:49】
An instrumental jazz version from the album "Travelogue". Piano and arrangement by Carlo Geha, and orchestration by Vince Mendoza.專輯《Travelogue》的爵士版本，純樂器演奏。Carlo Geha 負責鋼琴和編曲，Vince Mendoza 指揮管弦樂隊。
The Circle Game (Joni Mitchell) Strum Guitar Cover Lesson with Chords/Lyrics【4:57】
From MunsonMusicLive, using standard tuning with capo on the 4th fret.來自 MunsonMusicLive，使用標準調弦，變調夾放在第4格。
How To Play Joni Mitchell The Circle Game (intro only)【4:51】
Jerry's Guitar Bar, using open G tuning and capo on 4th fret.Jerry 的 Guitar Bar，使用開放式G調弦，變調夾放在第4格。
Circle Game: Joni Mitchell's Response to Neil Young【10:13】cc
Explains in detail the origin of the song 'Circle Game', an inspiration from another song 'Sugar Mountain'.詳細解釋歌曲《Circle Game》的起源，靈感來自另一首歌曲《Sugar Mountain》。
Sugar Mountain - Joni Mitchell (Neil Young Cover 1967)【4:21】
This is an early Neil Young song which Joni recorded in a radio session for Philadelphia's WHAT Radio in May 1967, with her then-husband Chuck Mitchell on second guitar.1967年5月 Joni 在費城 WHAT Radio 電台節目中，錄製這首早期 Neil Young 的歌曲。當時她的丈夫 Chuck Mitchell，正彈奏第二把結他。
Joni Mitchell MusiCares Tribute - The Circle Game【4:13】
"That was such an exciting musical evening for me, to hear my music performed so well by everybody that was on stage," said Joni Mitchell. "I could retire now and just let other people do it."Joni Mitchell 說：「看來，這是激動人心的音樂之夜。舞台上各人，將我的音樂表現得如此出色。我現在可以退休，讓其他人去幹。」
Joni Mitchell “Circle Game” Live at Newport Folk Festival, Sunday, 24 July 2022【7:01】
In July 1967, Judy Collins, who popularised the song "Both Sides Now", invited a then-undiscovered Joni Mitchell to the Newport Folk Festival, celebrating emerging singer-songwriters in folk music. In July 2022, Joni Mitchell returned to this stage to perform. The 2022 version of "The Circle Game", although it is a low-octave smoky voice caused by excessive smoking and aging, but it still sounds good! After singing the song "The Circle Game", which can tell about decades of life in about seven minutes, Joni responded to the uncontrollable applause from the audience "Don't cry...", with a hearty laughter that is both calm and cheerful. One audience says, "Nobody else has timing like Joni. She's so brilliant. Wonderful watching her sitting there surrounded by love ... I'm crying."1967年7月，唱紅歌曲《Both Sides Now》的 Judy Collins，邀請仍未被發掘的 Joni Mitchell，參加新港民謠音樂節，表揚民謠音樂中新興的創作歌手。2022年7月，Joni Mitchell 重返此舞台表演。2022年的《The Circle Game》版本，因為她吸煙過量、加上年華風霜，雖然造成低八度的煙嗓子，但還是好聽！約莫七分鐘的一首《The Circle Game》，就訴盡幾十年的人生滋味。唱畢之後，Joni 對台下傳來久久不能自已的滿堂喝采、抱以既鎮定又開懷的爽朗笑聲，如是回應：「不要哭...」。一位觀眾說：「沒有人能像 Joni 那樣徐疾有致，她太出色了。看著她坐在那裡，被愛擁抱，真是很精彩...我在哭。」
Why Does Joni Mitchell Still Matter?【21:52】
The story of Joni Mitchell, a tribute to one of the greatest artists of our time.Joni Mitchell 的故事，向我們這一代最偉大的藝術家致敬。
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