Barbra Streisand's impromtu/unrehearsed performance of this song is a pure pleasure. This song is one of my favorites and so rarely played, included on anything. I think it is one of Joni Mithcell's finest. I was on a cruise to the Greek Islands and the now deceased singer, Nancy Lamont sp? sang this song beautifully to the crowd of 900 men---no one knew it but me it seemed and I alone, sadly, gave her the standing ovation she deserved. Back to Barbra--this has turned me into a full fan....a voice all can relate too and so appealing to the masses rightfully so and now I understand why--when hearing her perform material so important to me. She proves to be very kind to Joni Mitchell as well...For the Record, as one of Barbra's albums is titled I think. Ah--and the music and lyrics of Joni's For the Roses loom large in my mind as my all time favorites---'spring from the boulders like a mama lion' and 'you have to shake your fists at lightening' --those words make me understand perhaps why Joni Mitchell fights so hard in the press regarding her work, and at times seems unkind---it's like her songs are like her children and she is defending them..she said something similar in Rolling Stone. I would love an 'album' of Barbra Streisand singing Joni Mithcell songs wtih piano--a mainstream smash--the world could use the upper...and the combo of Streisand's mass appeal goreous voice with the provactive Mitchell material could be a masterpiece.Time to look forward. We all can dream---Bob Plunkett, San Diego