oh yes, gives u that warm feeling, if you see what he is saying never mind a parking lot, we got forty stories, lol, how can such an intensivication occure? free range chickens, no give me free range people, a spin on it, watch out for the shaodows, shade ur land and you will regret it, future relies on good sound planing it is our habitat, our environment>3 why u wanna , not all of it
One day, when you grow up, you'll realize you're merely echoing the generations that came before as they too looked back on their own ignorant childhoods.
The message of this song is that we always do not appreciate all that we had unless it has been taken away from us. This song reminds of of the relationship between my mom, my aunt, and my uncles toward my grandpa who died on February 1, 2024. When he was alive, they weren't very close to him and often argued with him. But when he died, they all realized how supportive my grandpa actually was to them.
It's mysterious how the brain works, you play an old music and a certain memory of some times in the past come flashing in your head like it was just yesterday
Oh please. What are you the nostalgia rule maker? Look up the definition of nostalgia. Sorry that you're old as hell and we can't relate to your "idea" of nostalgia, but by definition I experience massive amounts of it listening to the music I grew up on. Extremely ignorant on your part
Emperor of Cartoons In order to feel nostalgia, all you need is a memory, and something that reminds you of said memory. nos·tal·gia noun: nostalgia; plural noun: nostalgias a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. As you can see, the definition of nostalgia does not say "must be at least three or more decades ago." Nostalgia is a feeling, and emotion, and it does not matter what you think about it.
I worked at a Sears Hardware that been closed down, and this song would play constantly to my disarray. Over the years looking back on this cover, the original, and Janet Jackson's "Got Till It's Gone" I grew to appreciate those 3 songs. Makes you wanna question your music taste, does it? [saracasm]
Who would have thought back in the 70's that the meaning of this song would become so relevant, powerful and meaningful 50 years later. Joni Mitchell was a visionary back then. Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton made justice with this cover and brought back this beautful yet tragic anthem to make the people of that generation (I was a kid back then) think of the importance of caring about our planet Earth in a society that seemed to be forgeting about such principles. And they did it beautifully, paying all respect to the original song with a modern yet classy twist, not like today's covers, which only try to get a viral, shallow moment. When a talented band covers a talented arists, there's nothing to worry about. I'm happy to have been able to be part of the generation that could enjoy this and other terrific songs on the radio.
Dude thank you for tanking the time to write this comment. I wholeheartedly agree with you. What a wild time to be alive huh? I heard this in the radio in the early 00’s and felt the same.
I think it was just as relevent in 1970 as it is today. Sidenote: I inherited my Nan's 5 bedroom Federation house on a quarter of an acre in the middle of Sydney. Over the years I have been made considerable offers to by the house by developers. I've always refused. Now my daughter is living there and subletting 2 bedrooms to pay for her living expenses whilst she is at university. My Dad grew up in that house, which makes 4 generations residing there at different times.
I lost my mum April 3rd, it's hard My Dad and sister died within 5 months of each other I know the hurt and grief My sweet the sun will shine again You will get through feel how you need to feel Grief is different for everybody Jenny 😔
@@branhasyoutube The nail in the coffin was bringing China into it. They were doing good things environmentally. Everyone rode bicycles and they were frugal with land use. They got population control right too. I wish we'd have learned from them.
That part man….seriously yoo i just wish people could appreciate nature more instead of these big empty Buildings that the big Corps are funding #SaveMotherNature
She was only 25 when she wrote this. Woodstock is just as good - she was 23, when she wrote that. ."we are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."
Yea but covers keep the songs and artists alive for a new audience. And it keeps joni Turing. I hope her songs live forever her songs are played forever and covered forever.
I always would hear this over the radio at my local hospital that I worked at back through 2006-2007. It felt like I heard it every few hours, but it felt so good when it would come on; it makes me miss the 90's and early to mid 2000's.
I'm only 17, turning 18 this year, but I have a pretty good memory, I'd hear the original when I was maybe 2, 3, then this one, and it makes me so sad I can't go back.
"Hey Vanessa do you want a feature with us" "Sure what is the song about" "It's really deep and all, but I really just want you to sing: Uuuuh bup bup bup"
I remember being a kid and this premiered on the radio we all grooved out and then my dad freaked and insisted that dude was dropping F bombs for when he says parking lot
This song is like a loving friend rubbing your back telling you to keep going, everything will be alright. I can still feel my friends touch even though he’s passed. Miss you Dylan
I get why someone might hate this cover but I love it. The overall vibe of it, the fact they gave a new life to this tune, and those adlibs from Vanessa just make the entire song.
@@t.e.burgos3263 Supposedly a review of the cover written by The Village Voice upon its release was archived onto Joni Mitchell's website. I'm not sure if it was her who archived it or someone on her team, but I highly doubt she didn't dislike this cover. She was one of those more eccentric, artsy alternative/folk artists who didn't try to fit in any of the industry norms or boxes at the time, and she was also egotistical to a certain extent.
My grandmother was diagnosed with terminal cancer about a year and a half ago and I have made every effort to see her as much as I could during the time she has left we aren’t sure how long she has left and are cherishing every moment we have with her and reminiscing on old memories 😢. To quote Counting Crows in Big Yellow Taxi, “You don’t know what you got until it’s gone”
This song hits home to people like me who are old enough to remember wooded areas that we played in, that are now shopping centers and apartment buildings. They literally paved our childhood play zones, pretend war zones, ect to put up parking lots.
They paved the bball court and badminton court to put up an empty lot for events and a seated pavilion respectively but never used it. And they wonder why children don’t engage in sports these days.
As long as we have unchecked environmental destruction and urbanisation, this song will always be relevant Sadly that also makes it timeless as we are here 50+ years later
great days, great era, when music actually said something and spoke to your soul, counting crows checked all of the boxes, i have had to buy multiple copies of august and everything after,
I'd be honored if some 90s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by the CRASH TEST DUMMIES and Long December by the COUNTING CROWS on my YT channel in tribute to a couple of great 90s standards. Live acoustic with no digital editing. Thanks and peace out.
You very rarely find a song that can hit you in the "feels" but this one does it for me everytime. Hearing this song from beginning to end takes me back to nostalgia lane (i know its memory lane but I wanted to try something fancier sounding, lol) and I can't help but shed tears. not of joy,not of sadness, but a little bit of both when I hear this song. "Sometimes to move forward into the future, you've got to look back to the past" forgot where i heard that from but I think in this case, it works
Okay I thought I was the only one!!! I've gone 25 years hearing this on the radio thinking that's what the lyrics are and not understanding why in wasn't bleeped out. It wasn't until I found out this is a remake and I heard the original song by Joni Mitchell and she CLEARLY says parking lot. 😂😂😂😂 I really should've looked up the lyrics sooner but I never really liked this song. It's so over played. Hearing the original version by Joni Mitchell made me realize I just don't like this version lol but the song is amazing 😂😂😂
Did you know the Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton didn't film the video together, but the video flows so nicely that you probably wouldn't notice it.
My 3rd grade teacher used to play this song in class all the time. She made all of her students sing along to the lyrics on Fridays. I'm 26 years old now and will never forget those memories.
I had a teacher in grade 3 do the exact same thing, he would come into the school with his guitar, my mom thought I had a crush on him but no I wanted to be him and do what he could do, always remember the teacher who encouraged my love for music
I will forever associate this song with when I was first hired as a probation officer. I felt like I had fallen into a shark tank; the people were so aggressive and non-accepting of me. I had no law enforcement or military background. My degree was in psychology. I was very different from my fellow probation officers. I started graduate school and that job the same week. It wasn't easy. It was 2002 and I remember when I was in my new office looking through my new cases (and so overwhelmed!) and putting some things on the shelves and then put on the radio. This song was playing. Little did I know that I would come to love that job and my coworkers would grow to respect me. I had to earn that. It was rough but I got through it. I regret ever leaving that job but I wanted to use my graduate degree ----and not in law enforcement. Gosh...how I regret that. It was the best job with the best supervisor and team of people you could ever ask for. Like the song says, "You don't know what you got until it's gone." Wish I would have been more prudent :-((
I used to sing this song in the car with my dad and brothers when I was like 10; Now I’m 22 and still get brought to tears by this version of this song.
When I was a kid it was the Joni Mitchell version that I always remembered playing on the radio. This version had the same effect. It really captured the vibe of the original. Amazing how a good remake can affect people similarly although generations apart.
Trent Williamson I know it's a cover, but for a cover to be so good says a lot right. Music ain't the same any more. All I see are money hungry artists, with no soul or passion. But that's is just my opinion.
Unlike most songs, which become less and less relevant throughout the years and decades since they were released, this is one of the few songs that actually has a more important meaning for modern society today then it did back then. It continuously becomes more and more relevant as our society progresses (or in some cases digresses).
In my country Malaysia we recently had flooding on the east side all because they keep paying paradise to put up a parking lot. Cut down the trees, make the land flat and put up some buildings which means no trees to collect water and no hills for the water to run down. :/ I don't get why people are full of greed and can't protect nature and the world's rainforests.
I was a kid when this song came out. I will always, ALWAYS love it. I revisited it just now, and it was the first time I had ever seen the music video. It nearly brought me to tears. The scene from 0:40-0:52 where the boy rejects the love of his grandmother hit me especially. The thing that hit even harder is that you could see that she still loved him unconditionally despite all the pain he caused her. In some ways, the fact that she loved him unconditionally made it even more painful. Despite all that pain, she still had a look of serenity on her face, as if she would forget all the pain and embrace him immediately if just came back. The boy might be ashamed of all the pain he caused her, and for this reason, stray even farther, but she is there waiting and without condemnation. This is how God loves us.
Wow. You read a lot more into this than I did. I just thought it was a stranger walking past and that he REMINDED her of her grandson. I guess that's the beauty of 'art' - we interpret things differently.
@@richardgreenwood3355 thank you! It is open to interpretation as you indicated. I think it fits with the overall theme of interpersonal disconnect we experience in our fast paced modern world. I think the grandma and her grandson example is especially pertinent because there are so many elderly people warehoused in nursing homes with no one to visit them. I think that the elderly are among the most neglected and underappreciated in our culture. Because we live in a culture that values comfort, convenience, entertainment and a fast paced mode of living, we consequently do not value the elderly because they are typically none of those things. It's the same reason why the birthrate is so low, IMHO, because children require sacrifice, sleepless nights, etc. The way we live in our society keeps us in a perpetual adolescence and doesn't really allow us to grow up or "smell the flowers" and appreciate And find meaning in the little things in life that the elderly and children appreciate.
@@00dredd Thank you. Too funny. I was thinking the same thing and was going to comment, but you beat me to it. Oh, and did you know, (insert useless information here ).
Sheila Nacional don't lose hope my brother is 33 and he just recently found someone he loves, got married, and now has a baby :) sometimes you have to put yourself out there. don't wait for people to find you. go find them!
I was listening in 1970 and I'm listening today. I have heard so many re-makes of everything I was listening to in the 60's and 70's that it really must have been a magical time to be alive. It was. Nothing will ever be like it again. But, this version of Joni MItchells song...is wonderful. I can re-live two era's now. Going for 3...we'll see.
I remember this song would always play before the bell in primary school. This song reminds me of all those moments, the playground, the oval, the benches my friends and I would eat at. Simpler and better times. You truely never appreciate how good something was til it’s gone 🥲❤️
Written by legendary Joni Mitchell, who also wrote the tome of her generation, , the meaning of her songs are deep - the same genre of generation who gave us Bob Dylan, George Harrison, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, James Taylor, aw the list goes on. We are not going to see the musicians of such depth and substance. For many of us growing up in the 1960s and 70s, we are indebted to them, and many of our lives were saved from self destruction. We are blessed and thankful of their soulful music for eternity.
This song popped in my head and I had no clue what it was called. I was just singin’ Vanessa Carlton’s part, so I googled “ooooh bop bop bop” to interestingly effective results. Thanks, internet.
This song was ahead of its time. I was 7 when this came out, and I heard it on the radio and loved it, but I didn't know what it was. I had to get an adult to take me to media play and tell the worker this song I am looking for had lyrics that said, "They paved paradise, to put up a parking lot" in hopes of him recognizing it. He goes, "I know what you're talking about!" Takes me to the Counting Crows CD and tells me it's Big Yellow Taxi. What an adventure it was to just find and own 1 song that you liked. Now, you can just Google oooh bop bop bop and find 7 different ways to instantly download this song, haha.
The fact that some music sites legitimately have this song on their "worst covers of the 2000s" list is downright criminal. I love this version of the song.
They turned an explicitly environmentalist song into a pop tune that sounds vaguely like an allegory about losing your girl. As a standalone song it's pretty good, but in context I kinda hate it.
@@AnAlphaGoat Even changed the words in one verse because can't possibly have a dude singing about another dude. You're right they changed the meaning of the song from one of deep meaning to just another cliche.
these are one of those songs u hear on the radio all the time, sing the wrong lyrics all the time and recognise it whenever you hear it but never bother to search it up because you cba even if it means after 10 years. i finally found it.
I'm here in 2022. 12 years later. This is a masterpiece. The older the songs gets it more nostalgic it gets, and the fact that some of these comments are years old makes me wanna go back to the past
This song is like a hug from old friend
This is nice
Underated comment
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oh yes, gives u that warm feeling, if you see what he is saying never mind a parking lot, we got forty stories, lol, how can such an intensivication occure? free range chickens, no give me free range people, a spin on it, watch out for the shaodows, shade ur land and you will regret it, future relies on good sound planing it is our habitat, our environment>3 why u wanna , not all of it
IT IS!!!!!!
Nostalgia of a simpler, better, more carefree time. Glad to have lived in that time of the early 2000s
Yes. Indeed
Perspective is real 🤯
Before two plains smashed into the World Trade Center.
See'ing duritz in the knitted beanie over the dreads and felt the exact same way!
One day, when you grow up, you'll realize you're merely echoing the generations that came before as they too looked back on their own ignorant childhoods.
Vanessa Calrton's contribution to this song was splendid!
Bup bup bup.
And she's hot too.
TRY DONT STOP DANCING by creed, the sister of scott only contributed on the last part but its epic
its rick man
Was. She's not very hot any more.
You're being sarcastic, right?
The message of this song is that we always do not appreciate all that we had unless it has been taken away from us. This song reminds of of the relationship between my mom, my aunt, and my uncles toward my grandpa who died on February 1, 2024. When he was alive, they weren't very close to him and often argued with him. But when he died, they all realized how supportive my grandpa actually was to them.
Freedom...
You are smart. Not many people get the meaning of the song. Good job!
You from?
Hmmmm...I thought the song was about conservation.
It's mysterious how the brain works, you play an old music and a certain memory of some times in the past come flashing in your head like it was just yesterday
It reminded me of when I was at school
I was on the bus going to school.
I was in elementary school, playing Neopets in the living room...
Memory is tied alot to sound and scent. Scent being tied to taste. Every time I see a picture of a super coliderb I can taste Sweet and Sour pork.
That's what music can do.
When Vanessa said "Ooh Bop Bop Bop", I felt that...
She should’ve had a much bigger part than that lmao. She was kind of a big deal in the early 2000’s
Colton what do u mean should have. Counting crowes made the cover and she fit perfectly
She nailed it. Brought so much to the song
I liked the part where she said “Ehhh, lelele” more
Me too
Don't be so sad everyone, let nostalgia be a good thing for you to remember and be a reminder that goods times can still be ahead of us.
not this one in particular but as a song its much older
anduin1 hey i have intense nostaligia with this song. I used to hear this all the time on the radio when I drove around with my mom.
Emperor of Cartoons 13 years can't create nostalgia? Get out of here.. this takes me back to my childhood
Oh please. What are you the nostalgia rule maker? Look up the definition of nostalgia. Sorry that you're old as hell and we can't relate to your "idea" of nostalgia, but by definition I experience massive amounts of it listening to the music I grew up on. Extremely ignorant on your part
Emperor of Cartoons In order to feel nostalgia, all you need is a memory, and something that reminds you of said memory.
nos·tal·gia
noun: nostalgia; plural noun: nostalgias
a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.
As you can see, the definition of nostalgia does not say "must be at least three or more decades ago." Nostalgia is a feeling, and emotion, and it does not matter what you think about it.
God bless this song. You don't know what you've got till it's gone.
That's diffently true.
I'll pass that on to Joni ;)
That's for sure 😢
The fucking nostalgia I get from this song is unparalleled.
Haha God bless Jesus loves and has a plan for all have a blessed day
I worked at a Sears Hardware that been closed down, and this song would play constantly to my disarray. Over the years looking back on this cover, the original, and Janet Jackson's "Got Till It's Gone" I grew to appreciate those 3 songs. Makes you wanna question your music taste, does it? [saracasm]
Original is way better imo but counting crows, close second.
For reals❤❤❤
approved by Mr. Jones
Vanessa adds the magic to this song
Who would have thought back in the 70's that the meaning of this song would become so relevant, powerful and meaningful 50 years later. Joni Mitchell was a visionary back then. Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton made justice with this cover and brought back this beautful yet tragic anthem to make the people of that generation (I was a kid back then) think of the importance of caring about our planet Earth in a society that seemed to be forgeting about such principles. And they did it beautifully, paying all respect to the original song with a modern yet classy twist, not like today's covers, which only try to get a viral, shallow moment. When a talented band covers a talented arists, there's nothing to worry about. I'm happy to have been able to be part of the generation that could enjoy this and other terrific songs on the radio.
It was relevant back then and is still relevant we never learn.
@@popoff7808 Either the EPA is working like they wanted it to, or it's been powerless to protect us. Personally I think it's the former.
Dude thank you for tanking the time to write this comment. I wholeheartedly agree with you. What a wild time to be alive huh? I heard this in the radio in the early 00’s and felt the same.
I think Silent Spring should be required reading in schools.
@@dianeross290 💯
And more recently "Toxic Legacy" by Dr. Stephanie Seneff.
“You don’t know what you got til it’s gone”
Such true words that it honestly hurts because we all have had to experience that some point in our lives😔
Who would have thought that Joni Mitchell's original folk song would have become a reality... Nice cover of a classic.
Thank you for sharing! 💖
Ha ha you tube algo showed me that one BBC joni Mitchell
I think it was just as relevent in 1970 as it is today.
Sidenote: I inherited my Nan's 5 bedroom Federation house on a quarter of an acre in the middle of Sydney. Over the years I have been made considerable offers to by the house by developers. I've always refused. Now my daughter is living there and subletting 2 bedrooms to pay for her living expenses whilst she is at university. My Dad grew up in that house, which makes 4 generations residing there at different times.
It's Mothers' Day, my mom is gone, and it makes this song that much more bittersweet. Don't complain about what you don't have. Be grateful.
Don’t worry she sees you ❤️ Live for her, after all you are her legacy. Make her so proud that she tells everyone on the other side she made that. 😊🙏🏻
I lost my mum April 3rd, it's hard My Dad and sister died within 5 months of each other
I know the hurt and grief
My sweet the sun will shine again You will get through feel how you need to feel Grief is different for everybody Jenny 😔
@@jennyperrio4887🥺
Lost my husband in 2016 and this song brings both joy and sadness because we loved this cover and Joni's version 😪😍!!
This song was expertly produced, mixed, and mastered.
100% .... gorgeous song
So very relevant in 2023. We are feeling the effects of all that development. They paved paradise.
Trust me one more lane bro
They put up a parking lot
not the same song without Vanessa
Its called Capitalism
@@branhasyoutube The nail in the coffin was bringing China into it. They were doing good things environmentally. Everyone rode bicycles and they were frugal with land use. They got population control right too. I wish we'd have learned from them.
I cried when Vanessa said: "Oh Bop Bop Bop Bop", she deserves a nomination on Grammy's for that.
Such realness... the pain and authenticity in her voice
@@denisejohnson4037 yes
Its "Ooooo bop bop bop"
@@GrizzlyBrwn9 sorry man 😅
@@_rogertaylors_car It's a "Counting" Crows song. You best know how to count, you feel me?
Man this song hits different as an adult.
This gives me the most nostalgic/ hopeless/hopeful feeling ever.
David same
Be greatful for everything that you have while you still have it
That line- Don't care bout spots on my apples, just leave me the birds & the bees- sends shivers. We best get this & move towards action.
That part man….seriously yoo i just wish people could appreciate nature more instead of these big empty Buildings that the big Corps are funding #SaveMotherNature
I know, Joni Mitchell is such a wise song writer.
She was only 25 when she wrote this. Woodstock is just as good - she was 23, when she wrote that. ."we are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."
Let us not forget the legend who originally wrote this, Joni Mitchell ❤️
Yea but covers keep the songs and artists alive for a new audience. And it keeps joni Turing. I hope her songs live forever her songs are played forever and covered forever.
Some songs are so good that they evolve with time.
@@maxhammer4067 of course, it's great to see other people covering her wonderful songs!
I heard her version the day before... the YT algorithm really nailed it... so damn good!
Yep
No one else could have done this nostalgic song justice like this!! Absolutely love it!
I always would hear this over the radio at my local hospital that I worked at back through 2006-2007. It felt like I heard it every few hours, but it felt so good when it would come on; it makes me miss the 90's and early to mid 2000's.
Matthew J. Boone are you a nurse?
***** Nah. I worked in the Medical Records department and would hear it from the hospital speakers in the ceiling.
I'm only 17, turning 18 this year, but I have a pretty good memory, I'd hear the original when I was maybe 2, 3, then this one, and it makes me so sad I can't go back.
so true my local pub in EIRE Ireland had it on every weekend great times, simpler times...
Giga Force when times were actually good...
2024 and still a great song .
❤
me..
This is a Heavenly song that never gets old!
When Vanessa said "Ooh Bop Bop Bop", I felt that...
This gives me the most nostalgic/ hopeless/hopeful feeling ever.
"Hey Vanessa do you want a feature with us"
"Sure what is the song about"
"It's really deep and all, but I really just want you to sing: Uuuuh bup bup bup"
haHAA
Near the end. The chorus
James Roberts what the extra 5 lyrics? Lol they kinda did her wrong with a “feature”
Hey, though, without that part of that song, I may not have sought out Vanessa Carlton's other songs. :)
Wahahaha
Love his voice... He has one of the biggest voices in music. Most people don't realize that.
People who are reading this. You have the best taste in music.
Cheers ma bro
For sure
It's th only thing I'm good at
@@mohammadsyazwigeoffrey7325lol
I always loved how they arranged this song. Excellent harmonies too.
thank you! i really like it too! from a fellow music dork
Magnificent cover!
The best cover of this song.
My dad and I loved listening to this song together. Thankfully, I always knew what I had in a father before he was gone 🥰
This is one of those timeless songs that's way too underrated. I get so nostalgic every time I hear it
Its a bad cover of a great song and got more radio play than any other song that year. In what way is it underrated?
@@c9brown It is a decent cover though.
I remember being a kid and this premiered on the radio we all grooved out and then my dad freaked and insisted that dude was dropping F bombs for when he says parking lot
This song is like a loving friend rubbing your back telling you to keep going, everything will be alright. I can still feel my friends touch even though he’s passed. Miss you Dylan
I get why someone might hate this cover but I love it. The overall vibe of it, the fact they gave a new life to this tune, and those adlibs from Vanessa just make the entire song.
This is just an 'elevator/department store' version of Joni's original.
Did Joni Mitchell ever express her opinion of this cover? I love the original AND the cover BTW.
@@t.e.burgos3263 Supposedly a review of the cover written by The Village Voice upon its release was archived onto Joni Mitchell's website. I'm not sure if it was her who archived it or someone on her team, but I highly doubt she didn't dislike this cover. She was one of those more eccentric, artsy alternative/folk artists who didn't try to fit in any of the industry norms or boxes at the time, and she was also egotistical to a certain extent.
Heard this song for first time in a long time a week. The shivers I got. Oh man. Best feeling in the world.
@@mudda90210 She'll still be getting royalties on it - I bet she won't mind those! ☺
My grandmother was diagnosed with terminal cancer about a year and a half ago and I have made every effort to see her as much as I could during the time she has left we aren’t sure how long she has left and are cherishing every moment we have with her and reminiscing on old memories 😢. To quote Counting Crows in Big Yellow Taxi, “You don’t know what you got until it’s gone”
I just worked with these cats four days ago.. Everybody turned into a grown up. Father time comes for us all. They were still super cool and friendly.
This song hits home to people like me who are old enough to remember wooded areas that we played in, that are now shopping centers and apartment buildings. They literally paved our childhood play zones, pretend war zones, ect to put up parking lots.
They paved the bball court and badminton court to put up an empty lot for events and a seated pavilion respectively but never used it. And they wonder why children don’t engage in sports these days.
I hope it hits home enough to know this is a cover of a Joni Mitchel song.
@@cmoneill laughable thing to say.
@@sweetpopz they paved paradise just for money , so sad ,
Ooo bop bop bop bop
1:47 - 1:54 if there’s any one musical rift that can send me back to the early 2000’s and my high school days, it’s this.
Why’d I know before I even tapped it.
Walk a mile in our shoes! its a rocky road! Fight the good fight! Brother! Much respect! ✊
90s was the time that everything was enough.enough number of people , enough technology , enough style , nothing more nothing less
This is from 2003
@@pyrosteria9864 haha 😄
@@pyrosteria9864 doesn't make the statement less true
try the '70's had enough people on the planet. More than enough.
2000 BC had enough people..
Vanessa Carlton is absolutely beautiful and this song is so good for our ears ❤❤.
"Oooohh, bop bop bop 🎵"
"you don't know what you got till it's gone".
It's 2021 and this song remains a masterpiece. ❤️
Considering it was written in 1970. Yeah.
Timeless, and ever apposite.
Just put up a parking lot
@@danspawn85 The great Joni Mitchell, yes
As long as we have unchecked environmental destruction and urbanisation, this song will always be relevant
Sadly that also makes it timeless as we are here 50+ years later
great days, great era, when music actually said something and spoke to your soul, counting crows checked all of the boxes, i have had to buy multiple copies of august and everything after,
Vanessa Carlton's only lines are backing vocals and oo bop bop bop bop and lalalala. And I don't wanna give or something like that.
But it works.
100 times the talent than Cartoon Duritz
She's also singing the giving it all away part.
It’s also funny because she clearly wasn’t even shot with Counting Crows. They probably filmed on separate days and never saw each other
@@supg66 HA you have got to be kidding me. She`s just in the song to spoil the whole damn thing
I'd be honored if some 90s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by the CRASH TEST DUMMIES and Long December by the COUNTING CROWS on my YT channel in tribute to a couple of great 90s standards. Live acoustic with no digital editing. Thanks and peace out.
You very rarely find a song that can hit you in the "feels" but this one does it for me everytime. Hearing this song from beginning to end takes me back to nostalgia lane (i know its memory lane but I wanted to try something fancier sounding, lol) and I can't help but shed tears. not of joy,not of sadness, but a little bit of both when I hear this song. "Sometimes to move forward into the future, you've got to look back to the past" forgot where i heard that from but I think in this case, it works
Growing up I always heard "parking lot" as "fucking lot" making me disturbed every time this was on the radio.
I always thought it was pull out a fucking knife
I never could figure out what that lyric meant, but that F-bomb stuck out like a sore thumb, for sure.
Okay I thought I was the only one!!! I've gone 25 years hearing this on the radio thinking that's what the lyrics are and not understanding why in wasn't bleeped out. It wasn't until I found out this is a remake and I heard the original song by Joni Mitchell and she CLEARLY says parking lot. 😂😂😂😂 I really should've looked up the lyrics sooner but I never really liked this song. It's so over played. Hearing the original version by Joni Mitchell made me realize I just don't like this version lol but the song is amazing 😂😂😂
@@shelbgirl I happen to like both versions.
I thought the same when I was a kid ahahahha
Did you know the Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton didn't film the video together, but the video flows so nicely that you probably wouldn't notice it.
And they put up a F*CKING lot
My 3rd grade teacher used to play this song in class all the time. She made all of her students sing along to the lyrics on Fridays. I'm 26 years old now and will never forget those memories.
Hi there hows your day been hope your safe and well my dear peace be with you always ✌🙏🕊
I had a teacher in grade 3 do the exact same thing, he would come into the school with his guitar, my mom thought I had a crush on him but no I wanted to be him and do what he could do, always remember the teacher who encouraged my love for music
the world seemed better wen songs like this made charts
OMG yes. 😭😭😭😭
It was!!!
Only because people didn't know what was REALLY going on.
I 2nd that😢
Goddamit i swear
Holy shit this is a throwback, I haven't heard this song in years.
I know what you mean. This song came out when I had my last year in school and I haven't heard it until a few years ago.
So good....let the gods sing along....with this band
I will forever associate this song with when I was first hired as a probation officer. I felt like I had fallen into a shark tank; the people were so aggressive and non-accepting of me. I had no law enforcement or military background. My degree was in psychology. I was very different from my fellow probation officers. I started graduate school and that job the same week. It wasn't easy. It was 2002 and I remember when I was in my new office looking through my new cases (and so overwhelmed!) and putting some things on the shelves and then put on the radio. This song was playing. Little did I know that I would come to love that job and my coworkers would grow to respect me. I had to earn that. It was rough but I got through it. I regret ever leaving that job but I wanted to use my graduate degree ----and not in law enforcement. Gosh...how I regret that. It was the best job with the best supervisor and team of people you could ever ask for. Like the song says, "You don't know what you got until it's gone." Wish I would have been more prudent :-((
Counting Crows : Wanna join us on this song?
Vanessa : Should I bring my piano?
Crows : No Need
f*ck laughed so hard on this!!!!! hahahahhahaha
Lol
She wasnt even with the band in the music video, i bet they had a fight or sth
She probably left her piano on the parking lot
nah, leave it on the trailer today
I can remember listening to this song back in the 70's sung by Joni Mitchell.
Loved it then, and love this cover by Counting Crows.
💪🏻😆✌🏻🚕👍🏻👍🏻⏳
Awesome cover!!!
This song never gets old.
So is the F-bomb
"They paved paradise, put up a f***ing lot"
@@josecarlosramolete6109 if that's what you are hearing, but, I believe, it is parking lot. ✌️
@@conniebrazzle3713
Well... Most people are hearing the f-bomb in this song.
I used to sing this song in the car with my dad and brothers when I was like 10; Now I’m 22 and still get brought to tears by this version of this song.
I remember this always playing on the radio when i was a kid . miss my childhood
When I was a kid it was the Joni Mitchell version that I always remembered playing on the radio. This version had the same effect. It really captured the vibe of the original. Amazing how a good remake can affect people similarly although generations apart.
I’m one of those people who don’t usually like covers of classic songs. There’s only a handful of covers I like. But I love this one!
Have you listened to Bad Wolves cover of Zombie? Whew that's a good one too.
Joni Mitchell would agree. Her style changed drastically in later years. Her lyrics are still the very best.
More songs like this. Take me back to 2000’s
Amen
The strength of Adam's vocals just enhanced the debate about the cover issue.. He has such a powerful yet melodic voice ...❤
who thought 20 years have passed since this song came out in 2002.... 90s and early 2000s was the best time of my life...
I agreed with this
This song came out in 1970 bruh
WHY DON'T THEY MAKE MUSIC THIS GOOD ANYMORE!!
Bare in mind this song was written in 1970 but yeh, good cover
Trent Williamson I know it's a cover, but for a cover to be so good says a lot right. Music ain't the same any more. All I see are money hungry artists, with no soul or passion. But that's is just my opinion.
I Agree with you, i just hope theres someone out there can make this kind of quality music
If you can't find musicians with passion you're fucking lazy
BlackHoon yeah kool
That song sure brings back some memories.😊
That's the most talented pineapple i've ever seen.
LMAO
+Venus Aarai the weeknd disagrees
+Venus Aarai
:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
+Venus Aarai The Weeknd is the new Pineapple
+Venus Aarai Fucking LOST IT with this comment hahahahaha
Unlike most songs, which become less and less relevant throughout the years and decades since they were released, this is one of the few songs that actually has a more important meaning for modern society today then it did back then. It continuously becomes more and more relevant as our society progresses (or in some cases digresses).
Jamie Dash TV
Looks at the suggested videos, spots "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd.
Click.
In my country Malaysia we recently had flooding on the east side all because they keep paying paradise to put up a parking lot. Cut down the trees, make the land flat and put up some buildings which means no trees to collect water and no hills for the water to run down. :/ I don't get why people are full of greed and can't protect nature and the world's rainforests.
Lisa Loves Music
ApocalyptikKat "(or in some cases digresses)." I think you mean 'regresses'. I like your interpretation though.
Lisa Loves Music im in Malaysia too.
heard this in "two weeks notice". fell in love at the first time
Yes. Me too 😍
Me too!
couldnt agree moreee
Watching it now. Got me here 🙂
Same
Two decades ago, Counting Crows and Carlton released this hit. Catchy tunes like this never get old!
It's from the 70s this is a cover.
Uh it was good. I much prefer the original by Joni Mitchell 1970. So no it wasn't there Hit.
Dude this song is 53 years old. Orginal by Joni Mitchell.
Bhebhekoh
And that’s the exact reason why we still listening at it today :)
The chorus sounds so special and uplifting.
As " covers" go, this is truly one of the best.
Right! I wonder if Joni ever suspected that someone like these guys would cover it. It's like what Hendrix did with all along the watchtower.
True💯
I was a kid when this song came out. I will always, ALWAYS love it. I revisited it just now, and it was the first time I had ever seen the music video. It nearly brought me to tears. The scene from 0:40-0:52 where the boy rejects the love of his grandmother hit me especially. The thing that hit even harder is that you could see that she still loved him unconditionally despite all the pain he caused her. In some ways, the fact that she loved him unconditionally made it even more painful. Despite all that pain, she still had a look of serenity on her face, as if she would forget all the pain and embrace him immediately if just came back. The boy might be ashamed of all the pain he caused her, and for this reason, stray even farther, but she is there waiting and without condemnation. This is how God loves us.
So underated
Wow. You read a lot more into this than I did. I just thought it was a stranger walking past and that he REMINDED her of her grandson. I guess that's the beauty of 'art' - we interpret things differently.
@@richardgreenwood3355 The grandson reminds me of this girl from SC who's such a great heart
@@richardgreenwood3355 thank you! It is open to interpretation as you indicated. I think it fits with the overall theme of interpersonal disconnect we experience in our fast paced modern world. I think the grandma and her grandson example is especially pertinent because there are so many elderly people warehoused in nursing homes with no one to visit them. I think that the elderly are among the most neglected and underappreciated in our culture. Because we live in a culture that values comfort, convenience, entertainment and a fast paced mode of living, we consequently do not value the elderly because they are typically none of those things. It's the same reason why the birthrate is so low, IMHO, because children require sacrifice, sleepless nights, etc. The way we live in our society keeps us in a perpetual adolescence and doesn't really allow us to grow up or "smell the flowers" and appreciate And find meaning in the little things in life that the elderly and children appreciate.
I just love that this comment thread even exist 😎
This song always gives me shivers. Just amazing harmonies and arrangement and words
It's a cover
@@aaronf4178 nice. not sure how that adds or subtracts from the sentiments.
@@00dredd Thank you. Too funny. I was thinking the same thing and was going to comment, but you beat me to it. Oh, and did you know, (insert useless information here ).
the chorus gives me a happy sad feeling if anyone knows what I mean.. it's amazing.
I know exactly what you mean
yup
+Hannah PYT feel ya
+Hannah PYT i know what you mean. and im 31 now and still fuckin single. makes me sad :-(
Sheila Nacional don't lose hope my brother is 33 and he just recently found someone he loves, got married, and now has a baby :) sometimes you have to put yourself out there. don't wait for people to find you. go find them!
I remember my childhood listening to this song all the time on the radio
I remember when this song came out, I was about 13 :((( i am 32 now , time goes by so quickly, greetings from Turkey
I was listening in 1970 and I'm listening today. I have heard so many re-makes of everything I was listening to in the 60's and 70's that it really must have been a magical time to be alive. It was. Nothing will ever be like it again.
But, this version of Joni MItchells song...is wonderful. I can re-live two era's now. Going for 3...we'll see.
I can never get tired of this song 💟💟
uuu.. pap.. pap
i dont like this version, the original was better
They are both brilliant artists! A collaboration made in heaven
I agree.... Timeless classic
This song is pure magic.
One of the best covers,bar none
In 5th grade, I wrote an essay about this song's meaning to get into my dream private school and got in. Great memories.
Can we read it? Did you put it in some blog?
I don’t give a f**k
Good job👍
@@rachthemathgirl I mean if we are being fair, no one asked for the original commenter's story either
@@JohnsonSteel Dude it's a free world.. why are you bothered so much?
This song made me smile and go to sleep in 2003s. Thank you ❤.
Joni's version is cheeky and sweet. This version has rich, loving production. Who wins? Music. Music wins :)
I prefer jonis. her version is great range despite less. this version is over produced.
Joni
A rare example of a cover of a classic song that doesn't immediately make me go listen to the original instead. This is a worthy cover, nicely done.
I remember this song would always play before the bell in primary school. This song reminds me of all those moments, the playground, the oval, the benches my friends and I would eat at. Simpler and better times. You truely never appreciate how good something was til it’s gone 🥲❤️
Written by legendary Joni Mitchell, who also wrote the tome of her generation, , the meaning of her songs are deep - the same genre of generation who gave us Bob Dylan, George Harrison, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, James Taylor, aw the list goes on. We are not going to see the musicians of such depth and substance. For many of us growing up in the 1960s and 70s, we are indebted to them, and many of our lives were saved from self destruction. We are blessed and thankful of their soulful music for eternity.
100%
Their arrangements are always so GOOD! Awesome band, see them live if you can.
I see no lies here XD
Oh wow I agree. I’m sure their performance would be amazing
Absolute belter of a song. Reminds me of a childhood holiday to Bournemouth with my late Granddad and Late Father when this song was released.
This song popped in my head and I had no clue what it was called. I was just singin’ Vanessa Carlton’s part, so I googled “ooooh bop bop bop” to interestingly effective results. Thanks, internet.
Same with me man ..almost a decade i discover trying to find this song and the singer ..and now,enjoy ..
Primavera Vills
You should be thanking Al Gore 😂
🤣
I looked up parking lot song
I do the same when I don't know the music title
This song was ahead of its time. I was 7 when this came out, and I heard it on the radio and loved it, but I didn't know what it was. I had to get an adult to take me to media play and tell the worker this song I am looking for had lyrics that said, "They paved paradise, to put up a parking lot" in hopes of him recognizing it. He goes, "I know what you're talking about!" Takes me to the Counting Crows CD and tells me it's Big Yellow Taxi. What an adventure it was to just find and own 1 song that you liked. Now, you can just Google oooh bop bop bop and find 7 different ways to instantly download this song, haha.
It certainly was ahead of it's time considering Joni Mitchell originally recorded it in 1970.
The fact that some music sites legitimately have this song on their "worst covers of the 2000s" list is downright criminal. I love this version of the song.
The best version ever. I was ten years old when the original came out.
Yes, exactly, both are good! Because it's truthful.
They turned an explicitly environmentalist song into a pop tune that sounds vaguely like an allegory about losing your girl. As a standalone song it's pretty good, but in context I kinda hate it.
@@AnAlphaGoat Even changed the words in one verse because can't possibly have a dude singing about another dude. You're right they changed the meaning of the song from one of deep meaning to just another cliche.
That’s crazy!!
One of my playlists long lasting ever
This never gets old.
I just love this song, I love the messsage it sends out, relates to any situation, dramatic or not. You will not KNOW until it's GONE.
these are one of those songs u hear on the radio all the time, sing the wrong lyrics all the time and recognise it whenever you hear it but never bother to search it up because you cba even if it means after 10 years.
i finally found it.
Only 37M views? Gosh, they deserve much more!
There is no accounting for taste.
I'm here in 2022. 12 years later. This is a masterpiece. The older the songs gets it more nostalgic it gets, and the fact that some of these comments are years old makes me wanna go back to the past
Me too!
The song was written in the 60s- Joni Mitchell
Also the counting crows version came out 20 years ago so, still off
This song came out in 2003.
This is a nice rendition
nice cozy Sunday for everyone
Thank you - I wish you a "lazy" one too)))
super lazy
can't get my eyes open for an hour NgaHaHaa
Ria Zhoe Culture ahahhahhahahha take it easy then))))
I can do that in the very best way ever NgaHaHaaaa
"They paved paradise and put up a fucking lot"
So true.
Lolol 😂
😂😂😂
I cant unheard >:o
Yes! That's what I thought he says😂😂
That's always what I thought he said lol
Thank you mitchell