Counting Crows-"Big Yellow Taxi " Music Video

[Rob130290]

This cover isn't great tbh. Check out Lindsey Buckingham's version. It's around youtube somewhere.

[alysssin]

This song is so wonderful. I'm glad CC redid it the original sounded so awful.

[AAvdH]

I always thought he said: "A big paradise, to put up a fucking lie" hehe, I didn't knew the real lyrics.

[WierdmanProductions]

once I read the comment that part came up and it sounded like that

[Tailsmilespower]

Since I never heard the original, I always thought he said "to put up a fuckin love" instead of "put up a parkin lot" I don't really mean that in a bad way, just sayin.

[Kiba90Lupo]

ahhahahaha looooooooool

[meetkatherinez]

@Tailsmilespower yeah it does sound like that. haha

[mattyarmandocerra]

hahhaha, thats too funny

[dafunker00]

how come i can never find the comment or the response- stupid youtube.

well anywahs what if i walked around with a whale dick strapped to my head would that makes the music gay? i think

[mattyarmandocerra]

ahahha, now that is funny

[sullycake]

hehe :) he reminds me of Benecio Del Toro in Fear and Loathing.

[crissangelover08]

so truee,beautifull :]

[Zeanu]

1:53

Isn't she beautiful?

[jordantaralson]

Hey Hunter this is jordan you should make me a friend on youtube.

By the way how is school going?

[paint9er]

years...i'm talking years i didn't know what this song's name was

[blueline2004]

the singer is ugly...haha but nice vocals

[Gratefuldeaad]

what a terrible cover...

[foxcorepirate]

@Gratefuldeaad

yep, its really not very good. nena's version is pretty decent though

[hongpingmike]

Joni Mitchell never lies!!

[RebeccaWatersonOx]

oh the things i used to listen to.

[NMages20]

fucking Counting Crows, best band in the world.

[nickyjp5698]

it was once so shut up

[minwav]

Uh...ok. Sorry. I'll shut up.

[MalthosOnArygos1]

Reading these comments makes me like this song less and less.

[noodles00p]

"Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?" So true, so very very true..

[WaltherPPK909]

I like that,

"They put all the trees in a tree museum and charged all the people a dollar an a half"

You dont know what you've got till' its gone. Very good song. Very good meaning

[JESSICALEE1221]

wooooo bop bop bop bop bop

[Mikeyo234]

i agree with you marlyellie

[chastedem0n]

lol

[stutzmantheginger]

Wow. This was very disappointing

[marlyellie]

what they wanted to d was bring the song back and make it better :)

[teetertotter595]

yay (:

[Joniblonteng1]

"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot, with the big alternate boobs you're gonna swingin' the hot spot...

[jluck100]

1st time i herd this it was in 2 weeks notice with sandra bullok nd hugh grant such a good song

[jcp5383]

wehn did this come out

[jluck100]

Originally the song was a hidden track on the band's 2002 album Hard Candy and did not include Vanessa Carlton until it was to be featured in the movie. New releases of the album included it as a track with her added, as with her in the video, although Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton did not appear in the video together nor record together.

[lolalaurentina]

I remember this song from my childhood.

Such good memories of listening to this while driving with my hands out the window. :)

[monkeytutz]

I first heard this recked on a Sunday morning 5 years ago, funny how some tunes just stick?

[Rocco4Jesus]

Joni Mitchell's original was ok, but these boys put this song on the map!!!!!!

[Zornat89]

I love CC, but Joni did it better, harder, and with more love.

[rickonline90]

omg I seriously always thought he sang:

"This ain't paradise, you put up a fucking lie"

[carl2107]

thanks, that comment made me smile, thats just wat i needed.

thanks :)

[DaPrinceCharmin]

So did my 8-year-old daughter... had to stop playing it in the car!

[RawbThatPunk]

i thought this song blew the limits of radio rules.

[LongSpawn]

good song

[iajakpo]

the joni mitchell one was crap. wait, wrong words. not trying to say that joni mitchells version was crap but, counting crows did exactly what mozart did to twinkle twinkle little star: they made it better in their own way.

[Alluneedisdub]

i love this song. brings back good thoughts.

[kreider42]

I know what you guys mean. When I was a kid growing up in goshen indiana I lived on this road called county road 28. Me and my friends would spend entire days just walking and exploring the forests and fields around my house. Now most of the fields and forests are gone because of 2 reasons. One they built and new housing edtion and still building on it and plus they built a new bypass area that actually is right next to the house.

[okrabay]

not as good as the real thing but still a good rendition.

[charlieglebby]

completely agreed

[rickywarner49]

This is a terrible rendition of a good Joanie Mitchell song.

[kelyhoogstraten]

good song!

[Eddierangi09]

i thought the guy would look better!

[fordfocusonme]

That's funny because Vanessa Carlton is just as cute as I remember.. :P

[PasHarrison]

Vanessa Is Amazing in this Video ^^

[tomkes100]

GREAT SONG but its title remains STUPID.Its PARKING LOT to us millions of fans. Now Nathan or whoever PLEASE stop emailing me. Im entitled to my opinon like it or not. I LOVE AMERICA. TOMK

[s1234520]

man i always though it was "it ain't paradise till you put up a fuck in love" LOL man...

[MeleLimuloa]

LMAO!

[s1234520]

i know! but it totally sounded like it though.

[MayMie5]

XD lol i love this song

[FrontalTraction]

They're developing the area near me real quick. I practiced soccer in a field in Spring 2008, now it's literally going to be a parking lot.

[SexySaggitarius1995]

This song came on the radio today :) My mom and I were singing it...

[postcardsfrompurgato]

Sorry I don't watch disabled videos. You're missing the point.

[Bus7777]

Also heard " Hey Farmer, Farmer put away your bigPPT" LOL

[lpafiluvr]

lol when i was little, i thought it was "they paid paradise..."

[EmoPirate1013]

the first time i heard this i was in my grocery store and i loved it

[AmieAmelia]

Joni Mitchell was an extraordinary writer =)

[Lenonade]

Listened in on the backseat of my dad's car.

Always thought it went as: With a pink old turtle, boots, we gonna swim in hot spa.

And why would they take all the cheese and put them in a cheese museum?

[SexySaggitarius1995]

trees. tree museum...

and me and my dad used to sing this song, too!

[crystalxgt]

LOL, cute!

[smokygouda]

Hahaha! I also heard "Before I panda put away my DDT..."

[tresselle21]

Awesome cover ! Love this better than the original :)

[pushing50]

Terrific cover & video

[greenthumbguy1]

Some people dont like this version...I love it! A great tributue to Joni...Leave us the birds and the bees!!!

[sirfreiljhon]

Everybody was Kung Fu fighting!

[siggymund]

vanessa carlton gave life to this version.

[seanfrancissmith]

Love Joni!

[sumerijah]

i like his hair ;)

[7fifi]

jlèm tro 7 chanson mèciiiiiiiiiiiiiiii bcp

[aGenTUokaa]

lovee diis songg ayee

takees mee backk

farr ii feel oldd ayee

lol

[Blonde4Beach]

DDT was killing our birds, humans and destroying our crops! Joni rocks for writing this song, like London Bridge is fallen down... listen to the sounds beyond the sounds :)

[dallas03ful]

somtimes i think you shouldnt even look for a message in music u just listen and feel and a message will incert itself in to you

[Blonde4Beach]

If there was no message.. there would be no music! Joni Mitchell wrote this song and performed it originally and it was very controversial. During the 60's and early music was a major way to express political thoughts

[nndaystar]

Couldn't have put it better myself. Smashing old boy.

[Blonde4Beach]

Thanks! :) This song is just so great no matter who sings it! Joni is the best, after all it's her song!

[belboahfresh232]

remember dis wen i was 10

[Onlex]

finnaly a person who put the best version in here on youtube i SALUTE YOU MY FRIEND!! XD

[CoutureBabeh]

ooohhh bop bop bop,

ooohhh bop bop bop!

i ALWAYS hear this song in restaurants. LMFAO.

[laytonwhoitis]

lol me too

[nickrules68]

one of the best songs ever

[bensisko16]

WOW, great!

[123TauruZ321]

No, no, no, don't it always seem to go

That you don't know what you've got till it's gone

^_^

[ambivalentcloud]

i love this song. cool cover of joni mitchell's. :)

[WaltzingMtilda]

Some serious hippie bullshit. Like it anyway, 'cause I always love me the Crows.

[cheneysgurl]

You are sooooo right! lool  like your comment.

[kenbob9582]

i love this song

[RandomPoncho]

this version seems far too commercialized to have the true meaning that Joni Mitchell intended...just my opinion though I suppose

[Sovios]

Agreed. The original song had the most meaning during the time period it was written in. And while the environment's still being squandered and people still do the same short-sighted crap with their relationships as they do with nature, this just seems to be a cover done to cash in on the whole duet craze of 2003.

[rosepetalgrl40]

i like the Joni Mitchell version better, this is okay but Joni is one of my favorite singers so i kinda prefer the original.

[Jdizzle1788]

looks like he sad put up a fucking life

[nmsfballchmps44]

thats what i always thought it was haha

[americanidiotgirl]

I never knew he was saying DDT- I thought it was mumbled up stuff. And I thought the main line was "Pave paradise and put up a parking lot".

it seems everybody seems to have misunderstood parts of the song.

[steelers667]

i never realized that, but it totally sounds like the f word!

[Wii4MyMii]

im i the only one who thinks he says "they paved paradise to put up a f****** lot?"

[hambam199313]

hahaha i used to think that a couple years ago. i always wondered how they played it on the radio lol

[Deadhuntar]

Hey Wii4myMii I totally agree i thought he said the F word lol

[Akyomi]

I always thought he did when I was younger. When I read the lyrics, I was like "well, this makes sense."

[8182570]

AWESOME cover! Joni's is the best but this is just as great love it :)

[Rellormaets]

dont know what you got, til its gone..

so true.

[PAS49601]

always thought it said "big paradise 'n' put up a parking lot" now that i know what he was trying to say it makes more sense, i hate it when they mumble words and make it sound totally different

[maryanne369]

But when they mumble and you don't get the words it does make you wanna know more even if the song totally sucks.

[etitaa]

She is so beautiful on this vid.

"Paved Paradise and put up a Parking Lot" awesome

[metalicrobot66]

i never knew till just a few months ago but its "they paved 'paradise' and put up a parking lot"

it totally makes sense!

[AsmodaiV3]

I didn't know until right now, hah

[AvaWuzzHere]

i love this song

it has good meaning too

[SmilyXAlli]

I love this song, but the guy looks like a douche D:

[Grady01]

He just has a long history of a mental illness. Things like that tend to make you look creepy...

[haylybug1020]

i luv her so much

[elysesambo123]

I thought he said this: THis ain't paradise so put up a parking lot. lol

[ratecomment]

don't the hotdog seem to go

but you dont know wat you got now lets go!

near paradise they put off the fucking lights. =D

[lilcoolj]

Im probably THE DUMBEST person on earth ive listened to this song a couple of times at random stores during the course of my life.I thought it was by John Mayer -.-

[twilightfanatic162]

no ur not i thought the same thing

[rep0eagle]

2002

[steven91595]

wtf would he be caring a microphone around

[martyshadows]

"Eat Paradise, Put up a fuckin' light! OOOHHH BOP BOP BOP"

[laxkid119]

love this song!

[styxman09]

they took all things that made this song good

[pnnorton]

I always thought he was saying "They paid paradise to put up a fucking lie" It still sought of sounds like that. It makes a bit of sense.

[gumdrop472]

I always thought it was " They paved paridise to put up a parking lot"

[evspartan]

it is

[Jurr144n]

it is not.

listen good

[guy123ful]

is that the chick from james bond

[AdamEnigma]

0:40 through 0:53 is the best part of this video, it made me cry. Great song, one of their best.

[Tydomes]

joni mitchell is better

[KungfooJiblet]

this is a much better version than the joni mitchell one

[JimTheMusician]

Vanessa Carlton is soooo hot!!!

[kyjbrd]

i absolutely love this song..u don't know what u got til its gone

[yoface5494]

one of the best and most true songs

[laurasultryblonde]

Personally , I LOVE his dreads....so hot! His music as well.

[bballano31]

love the song, but what the hell is on his head?

[aaliyahluvskylie]

a very funny looking hat xD

[bballano31]

really? because in the beginning it looks like he has the same hair that the least famous member of NSYNC had. Just in a solid color.

[aaliyahluvskylie]

well in the beginning he has dreadlocks that are kinda short then he has a funny looking hat on

[bballano31]

dreads? that's what those things are? that's what i was talking about. they're horrible. do you nkow what year this was shot?

[aaliyahluvskylie]

nopes no idea..but i can find out

[aaliyahluvskylie]

it was shot in 2002

[bballano31]

thanks. that would explain the hair.

[aaliyahluvskylie]

yea np

[VictorScantlebury]

Nice song. I love it!

[moshenday]

very very cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[woohoomegan]

I love this song :)

Their voices blend really well together :D

[MaxXxFlame]

oooooo bop bop bop made the song amazing!

[iforgetmyname1]

haha lol i always thought it was a bad song and it said "to be paradise, put up a fucking lie." it makes more sense now. lol

[DragonTrixter]

hahah me too your not the only one

[nickrules68]

love this song

[stephnintendo]

When I was younger I thought he said - You hate paradise, you put up a fucking lot............. Until I read the lyrics.

[baguazhang2]

I always thought it was, "It's a GAY paradise, put up a fucking lot". Never made much sense to me lol.

[ratecomment]

don't the hotdog seem to go?

but you dont know what you got now lets go!

its a gay paradise so put up a parking lot! =)

oooh bop bop bop

thats what i thought when i was younger

[mansteak08]

hahahahahahahahaa. you should make a parody of this song!!

[umitseric]

hes got such a soothing voice

[Bonesaw2000]

Really? I like the chica, cute little voice, nice ear candy.

[highfiver04]

the chica in the video ruined the song with the ooo bopbopbop

[eviladvilpill]

love this song!!!!! COUNTING CROWS ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!! <3

[DarkMagicRuby7]

I like the OOoooh Bababba part :P lol

[lucasmueller]

it is not annoying. so shut up! it is a good song.

[WaltDisneyFanatic]

Vanessa Carlton's the best! I love this song :D

[toua7705]

i love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

[Madvideoclips]

i thought they said u eat paridice, and put up a shopping cart

[styro]

i thought they said you rape paradice, and put up a pink salmon

[Ix3britishboys12]

classic.

[SuperWarriorSupreme]

omg he is in coney island Go Brklyn

[chad5161]

lol I always thought it was "I hate paradise, put up a fuckin love"

[MarqCTV]

Hmm, made me think, I gues dats what muzik should do.

[MarqCTV]

Hmm, made me think.