@deewon4 Ummm you must be a rocket scientist as this was written and recorded in 1970 inspired by a trip Joni was on in Hawaii. In order for Janet to record this should would've had to have been a mere 4 yrs of age impressive for even a child from The Jackson family!!
@LEEKYLE99 You fell for the bait, you dickhead. Look at your proud proud fact-filled explanation, you sad sad lowlife chump. Proves I am at least closer to rocket science than you are. What a douche!
@deewon4 Ummm you must be a rocket scientist as this was written and recorded in 1970 inspired by a trip Joni was on in Hawaii. In order for Janet to record this she would've had to have been a mere 4 yrs of age impressive for even a child from The Jackson family!!
This was written and recorded originally by Joni Mitchell. Counting crows came much later. Do a search on wikipedia for Big Yellow Taxi and you'll get the real story.
Amazing voice. Amazing woman. Goes to show also that there was a time when we could look different in our own weird way, have our own differences in voices, and we'd be loved. Now, all of Hollyweird is obsessed with sameness, same plastic surgeon, same anorexic bodies, same noses, same same same.
REMEMBERING JONI FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE IN TIME-THIS WAS QUITE THE SONG IN ITS DAY-A TREE HUGGING SONG BEFORE THERE WERE TREE HUGGERS-BUT SHE GOT THE MESSAGE(S) ACROSS...
I respect her for giving us a great song. But really, who would even know this song if it wasn't for the remakes. Everyone calling each other out, get over yourselves, who are you to criticize?
@OriginProdiigy It was a very big song, long before the remakes. Each time has it's own way of appreciating music. Not necessarily better, just different.
@NicholasTheKeyHolder no, the people who liked the video have good taste in music and like the song. There's nothing wrong with that, and if you feel that way then up yours
@gferkmm I have no complaint with the tune, the lyrics are straight out of the '60s and full of environmental crap. and her voice sucks and wow, mellow out dude peace jk
@NicholasTheKeyHolder Dear Child, Nothing is wrong with the people that liked this, they simply have the musical sophistication and depth that I hope you live long enough to obtain. Go well.
Does anyone know where to find any correct tabs for this? I can see that she has a capo on the 4th fret, and no tabs I have found are accurate to this.
I never realized how much Vanessa Carlson contributed to the CC version of this song until I heard this version. This isn't really my cup of tea. It's alright, but I like the CC version better.
Many songs have been remade by artists who are good. Sometimes it's better or it's worse. I think it's not right to alter a great song to make it sound like crap. Or to take a great song and do it in a rap style. That really is low. I say...appreciate the music...and enjoy it. I am glad that some of the kids today appreciate the classics. Thank you for not only for that ...but for saying your age. Then I KNOW you will cherish the great music for a long time. 2 thumbs up to you!!! Keep rockin.
@Muffett53 most of the younger generation wouldn't even know about these classics if it weren't for rap remakes... that how we as rap artist show our appreciation for the classics... also we use them for inspiration as that is shy i'm listening to this now
@wighatsuperreggie It was that perfect. There was no auto-tune when she did this. She was popular because of her singing and song-writing skills; not because of crotch and tit shots. Things were different then.
im 3 and a half months old and i know this song...someone please love me...and for those of you who couldnt tell, mrliljim94 was trolling you. if you dont know what trolling is, google it.
Plus @MrLiljim94 I don't get how someone of your amount of cockiness could be so wrong. I mean, come on... I'm 12 and I know join wrote this... I mean honestly? People please don't blame this on the lack of musical talent in this sort of generation, because I still have musical taste despite this. Thanks for letting down the side, Liljim94... Now a new stereotype has been developed because of your rude, naive and unnecessary criticism. :) join is great.
i dont even like this song period but at least in the original it clearly sound slike paved paradise put up a PARKING lot when in the counting fags song it sounds like "put up a f****** lot"
@DirgeofRuin I dont 100% see how hope isnt lost for yuor generation. It was never really lost, but The counting crows version is good. Of course this is better, but not by a lot. Both versions are great and even so. The counting crows is a 90's band. There is still hope even if you listen to them and their version. There's plenty of hope if you listen to both is what im saying because it shows that you can listen to people across the decades.
the Crows did this better? you are so stupid, this girl wrote this song around 40 years ago now!!! Firstly write a song that has meaning 40 years into the future then play live TV by yourself with just a wooden ( a guitar) and see if a band can with every production tool available since the Beatles to the Chemical brothers +every commercial production technique since web was invented in a studio recording:Crows would be ashamed to hear the point of the song get lost in a debate Jani!!!
the Crows did this better? you are so stupid, this girl wrote this song around 40 years ago now!!! Firstly write a song that has meaning 40 years into the future then play live TV by yourself with just a wooden ( a guitar) and see if a band can with every production tool available since the Beatles to the Chemical brothers +every commercial production technique since web was invented in a studio recording:Crows would be ashamed to hear the point of the song get lost in debate Jani!!!
@MrLiljim94 You sir, are a Liar. Joni Mitchel is 67. she was at the most 30 in this video. so unless your gonna tell me that Robert Smith wrote Big Yellow Taxi in the 3rd grade, I'm gonna call you a fool, an idiot, and a detestable person.
@MrLiljim94 Joni wrote this in the 70's check your music facts, Big yellow Taxi, written by Joni Mitchell. she was 30 when she wrote this, she is about 78 now.
@HenrytheWolf Understandable :) MrLiljim94 is only 16, so I'm sure 40 years seems like an unimaginable eternity for him. Hopefully, you've piqued his interest in that wonderful era.
@Seasass Well sadly, I don't think i did. Piquing someones interest by calling them an asshole never has positive consequences. But even a cynic like me can hope that he will accept that none of the great songs that stand the test of time, were written less then 20 years ago. and that he lives in an era were there is no true musical talent.
The point is .. Shame on you Baby boomers .. shame on you for Bush, for deregulation, for lowering the education standards, and for brainwashing you home land .. shame on you for singing this .. and letting it happen anyway..
Im probably gonna get completely FRIED for this... But, in my honest opinion, I dont like this one. The voice kinda grates on me... it cracks a lot. I like Counting Crows quite a bit more. Sorry guys!
You're right there. If you're American, you should be proud of her. It's a shame she's gone.
I'm not an obsessed fan, but I'm just showing a friend this song tonight. She's so great here. Such a loss that she's gone, but outweighed tenfold by her amazing life, and amazing skill.
@LarcheOsborne The only people who could vote this song/artist/video thumbs down are obviously not in touch with reality -- are just plain and simple -- haters..........
You don't know what you got, till it's is gone! Talent, song writer, instrumental and then perform. It's just amazing that some one hasn't come along since Joni that can make music? Jesse.
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot".... ok, it's sorta catchy but for real poetry you might try Maxim Le Forestier's song... mais vous devez etre francophone pour l'apprecier. It's almost worth learning French for (together with Mon Frère, La rouille, and other Le Forestier songs). It's on yt at /watch?v=XFD6y7-AhOY
This is the first time I have heard Joni Mitchell sing it - and it is brilliant!
in the counting crows version instead of 'Paved paradise and put up a parking lot' it sounds like 'paved paradise and put up a f**king lot.' - listen to it and convince me otherwise.
This has a down to earth feel...far better than the commercialized counting crow version.
@rab2591 Yeaaaah I know what ya mean and the original's always gonna be better but their version brought the song to the attention of a generation who otherwise wouldn't have heard it, so...
@rab2591 I know, right? Counting Crows got nothing on Joni. If My Name Is Earl can see this (they featured this version of the song in an episode) then everyone should.
When I was young around 1969, our family used to go to a farm in western wisconsin that had rolling hills and a natural cold clear spring that came out of a pipe in the hillside nearby that many people around would get drinking water from.
Years later, some jerk bought the property and refused to let anyone take HIS spring water.
Interesting that that area also had a multiple UFO sighting in 2001. I guess they came for the water? ;D
Cretsina, I was just looking at some before and after photos of my hometown. They were taken from airplanes. 1958 and 2009. Totally beautiful countryside in 1958, filled with condos abd apartments now, 7-11's, valero gas stations. You can love the aftermath of development all you want so a few developers can be rich. Me, I know it was FAR MORE RICH in the before images! My face in my hands, my eyes soaking wet...are you one of the rich developers? ...or just one of their pawns?
Cretsina, I do indeed take your remark as a very high compliment, indeed. But, truth is, I'm only poorly composed compared to the meaning of this song. I think you'd be surprised if you knew the people who have admired Joni Mitchell for singing this. Hugh Hefner, Ronald Reagan, Prince Charles, Michael Jackson, the millions who bought it...cretsina, sometimes a person needs a rethink, even about life itself. Notice, I'm talking with, not at you. a nice walk in nature, an all day walk,visit her
But you should you should give it its original title. Big Yellow Taxi - referring to the color of the police cars in Hawaii is just not right. I think the real title is They Paved Paradise.
I love how she modulates her voice, dipping down into the lower register to punctuate certain words.
BrianHamiltonTV 3 days ago
took all the trees and put them in a museum hahaha
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my favorite canadian
chickloverforever 2 months ago
This is a rip off of Janet Jackson.. How dare she..
deewon4 2 months ago
@deewon4 Ummm you must be a rocket scientist as this was written and recorded in 1970 inspired by a trip Joni was on in Hawaii. In order for Janet to record this should would've had to have been a mere 4 yrs of age impressive for even a child from The Jackson family!!
LEEKYLE99 2 months ago 3
@LEEKYLE99 You fell for the bait, you dickhead. Look at your proud proud fact-filled explanation, you sad sad lowlife chump. Proves I am at least closer to rocket science than you are. What a douche!
deewon4 2 months ago
@deewon4 Wanna tissue?
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@deewon4 Ummm you must be a rocket scientist as this was written and recorded in 1970 inspired by a trip Joni was on in Hawaii. In order for Janet to record this she would've had to have been a mere 4 yrs of age impressive for even a child from The Jackson family!!
LEEKYLE99 2 months ago
@deewon4 Janet sampled this
mzswaggnificent1 1 week ago
Dilla forever!
bidokris 2 months ago
Joni Mitchell, Counting Crows, they're both good. Can't we all just take a moment to appreciate that it's not Bob Dylan singing this?
kipfulness 2 months ago
This was written and recorded originally by Joni Mitchell. Counting crows came much later. Do a search on wikipedia for Big Yellow Taxi and you'll get the real story.
Amazing voice. Amazing woman. Goes to show also that there was a time when we could look different in our own weird way, have our own differences in voices, and we'd be loved. Now, all of Hollyweird is obsessed with sameness, same plastic surgeon, same anorexic bodies, same noses, same same same.
BethTerryResilience 2 months ago
REMEMBERING JONI FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE IN TIME-THIS WAS QUITE THE SONG IN ITS DAY-A TREE HUGGING SONG BEFORE THERE WERE TREE HUGGERS-BUT SHE GOT THE MESSAGE(S) ACROSS...
MrTasmaniandevil1 3 months ago
Nowadays strange things happen to my comments.
zoldszemu998 3 months ago
ty god i found the video ive been listening to cinderella this 1 is MUCH BETTER
roguegamer902 3 months ago
i used to think it was "pave paradise put a F-ing lot the first time I heard this xD
nickwalco 3 months ago
looks inbreed
BizzareSparks 3 months ago
I respect her for giving us a great song. But really, who would even know this song if it wasn't for the remakes. Everyone calling each other out, get over yourselves, who are you to criticize?
OriginProdiigy 4 months ago
@OriginProdiigy It was a very big song, long before the remakes. Each time has it's own way of appreciating music. Not necessarily better, just different.
visitingearth13 2 months ago
on the guys version i thought he was saying put up a fucking lot
cutiepie328100 4 months ago
At 1,16 its so sweet! Love her voice!
Ullarobinlilly 4 months ago
mmmm nice
BCFCSEAN 5 months ago
@NicholasTheKeyHolder no, the people who liked the video have good taste in music and like the song. There's nothing wrong with that, and if you feel that way then up yours
gferkmm 5 months ago
@gferkmm I have no complaint with the tune, the lyrics are straight out of the '60s and full of environmental crap. and her voice sucks and wow, mellow out dude peace jk
NicholasTheKeyHolder 5 months ago
What's wrong with the people that liked this?! Let me guess '60's hippies, am i right?
NicholasTheKeyHolder 5 months ago
@NicholasTheKeyHolder Dear Child, Nothing is wrong with the people that liked this, they simply have the musical sophistication and depth that I hope you live long enough to obtain. Go well.
inemcik 5 months ago
@inemcik you just proved him right, child.
ashleyboyo69 5 months ago
Does anyone know where to find any correct tabs for this? I can see that she has a capo on the 4th fret, and no tabs I have found are accurate to this.
GoodRockinBrown 5 months ago
DILLA
ThaNsaneOne 5 months ago
I never realized how much Vanessa Carlson contributed to the CC version of this song until I heard this version. This isn't really my cup of tea. It's alright, but I like the CC version better.
shsjason 5 months ago
Many songs have been remade by artists who are good. Sometimes it's better or it's worse. I think it's not right to alter a great song to make it sound like crap. Or to take a great song and do it in a rap style. That really is low. I say...appreciate the music...and enjoy it. I am glad that some of the kids today appreciate the classics. Thank you for not only for that ...but for saying your age. Then I KNOW you will cherish the great music for a long time. 2 thumbs up to you!!! Keep rockin.
Muffett53 5 months ago 2
@Muffett53 most of the younger generation wouldn't even know about these classics if it weren't for rap remakes... that how we as rap artist show our appreciation for the classics... also we use them for inspiration as that is shy i'm listening to this now
ifillmoremusic 1 month ago
The little airport on Orcas Island is taking pavement out and putting back the meadow. Unpaving paradise.!
lifeonorcasisland 6 months ago 2
I love how this whole song is abt eco activism and the end she's like "yea and my bf left me"
ToonVeeTV 6 months ago
19 people worked on the parking lot construction crew
bgg222 6 months ago
Is it just me, or is her voice so perfect, that there's moments that sound like auto-tune...
wighatsuperreggie 6 months ago
@wighatsuperreggie It was that perfect. There was no auto-tune when she did this. She was popular because of her singing and song-writing skills; not because of crotch and tit shots. Things were different then.
stankoop 4 months ago
im 3 and a half months old and i know this song...someone please love me...and for those of you who couldnt tell, mrliljim94 was trolling you. if you dont know what trolling is, google it.
aaronloughlin 6 months ago 2
So true:)
DJacqu8351 6 months ago
The most beautiful voice I have probably ever heard
VonnegutFrusciante 6 months ago
Lovely Song ♥ She Have A Beautiful Voice
strokeritoo 7 months ago
She has a great voice, so sweet.
Hazza32 7 months ago
Thumbs up if you know Joni mitchell never lied
duboi82 7 months ago
@duboi82 rlly? no wonder her voice sounds so pure!
ToonVeeTV 6 months ago
Plus @MrLiljim94 I don't get how someone of your amount of cockiness could be so wrong. I mean, come on... I'm 12 and I know join wrote this... I mean honestly? People please don't blame this on the lack of musical talent in this sort of generation, because I still have musical taste despite this. Thanks for letting down the side, Liljim94... Now a new stereotype has been developed because of your rude, naive and unnecessary criticism. :) join is great.
Littlemisskizzyrain 7 months ago 2
@Littlemisskizzyrain Nobody cares how old you are
MrLiljim94 6 months ago
I love everything about joni and this song :)
Littlemisskizzyrain 7 months ago
Heck, I'm only 14 years old and KNOW Joni's original is better than anything Counting Crows has ever done.
CraZnanC 7 months ago
@CraZnanC ehhhhhh no
Kaokan26 7 months ago
blows
lafrance693 8 months ago
@lafrance693 Yes you do.
MaceMn 7 months ago 2
Loved this song then -always will. Relevant then.Even more so now.
deppdelver 8 months ago
i dont even like this song period but at least in the original it clearly sound slike paved paradise put up a PARKING lot when in the counting fags song it sounds like "put up a f****** lot"
tarkan525201 8 months ago
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yoou cant even sing . waste of time hoe . -__-
shannonandkeke 8 months ago
this version is good but i like the counting crows one better
superxj8 8 months ago
Hope isn't lost for my generation, I'm 18 and like Joni's version much better than the Counting Crow's cover.
DirgeofRuin 9 months ago 6
@DirgeofRuin I dont 100% see how hope isnt lost for yuor generation. It was never really lost, but The counting crows version is good. Of course this is better, but not by a lot. Both versions are great and even so. The counting crows is a 90's band. There is still hope even if you listen to them and their version. There's plenty of hope if you listen to both is what im saying because it shows that you can listen to people across the decades.
Happymealify 1 week ago
I love Counting Crows and there version, but there's nothing like the original. =)
MaeGal 9 months ago
i think the cd version is better. this sounds pre puberty
GR33TINGSEARTHL1NGS 9 months ago
the Crows did this better? you are so stupid, this girl wrote this song around 40 years ago now!!! Firstly write a song that has meaning 40 years into the future then play live TV by yourself with just a wooden ( a guitar) and see if a band can with every production tool available since the Beatles to the Chemical brothers +every commercial production technique since web was invented in a studio recording:Crows would be ashamed to hear the point of the song get lost in a debate Jani!!!
badtoothtv 10 months ago
the Crows did this better? you are so stupid, this girl wrote this song around 40 years ago now!!! Firstly write a song that has meaning 40 years into the future then play live TV by yourself with just a wooden ( a guitar) and see if a band can with every production tool available since the Beatles to the Chemical brothers +every commercial production technique since web was invented in a studio recording:Crows would be ashamed to hear the point of the song get lost in debate Jani!!!
badtoothtv 10 months ago
they dont make music like this anymore :( really tragic cause we have to put up with "rihanna and the autotunes" haha
VivalaryMan 10 months ago
a parking lot would've eased congestion on the outskirts of paradise. Nevertheless, nice song.
JoyOfSocks 10 months ago
The cretin who says this was written by Counting Crows should be used as rubble for the next parking lot!
duncan3623 10 months ago 36
Joni Mitchell has a fabulous voice. Some of the comment here is clearly from some people whose average IQ is about that of a lentil!
duncan3623 10 months ago 8
@duncan3623 please...let's not insult a lentil!!!!
The1cocobolo 4 months ago
my dad used to sing this when i was a kid.
monsterbikeroot 11 months ago
This cover sucks.
MrLiljim94 11 months ago
@MrLiljim94 Cover? She wrote it!
HenrytheWolf 11 months ago 4
@HenrytheWolf lol I don't think so, the Counting Crow's released this about five years ago.
MrLiljim94 10 months ago
@MrLiljim94
Joni Mitchell wrote this song in the 70s...
profmusic1 10 months ago
@profmusic1 That's a load of shit. I met Joni Mitchell once and she told me she ripped off Robert Smith from the Counting Crows.
MrLiljim94 10 months ago
@MrLiljim94 You sir, are a Liar. Joni Mitchel is 67. she was at the most 30 in this video. so unless your gonna tell me that Robert Smith wrote Big Yellow Taxi in the 3rd grade, I'm gonna call you a fool, an idiot, and a detestable person.
HenrytheWolf 9 months ago
@HenrytheWolf He did. She told me she stole the song from a nine year old along with his lunch and Evel Kneviel doll.
MrLiljim94 9 months ago
@MrLiljim94 What dose it feel like to be an Imbecilic mongoloid twit?
HenrytheWolf 9 months ago
@HenrytheWolf I don't know, how "dose" it feel to be a barely literate, inbred mutant?
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@MrLiljim94
You are talking through a hole in your ass!
duncan3623 10 months ago
@MrLiljim94 Joni wrote this in the 70's check your music facts, Big yellow Taxi, written by Joni Mitchell. she was 30 when she wrote this, she is about 78 now.
HenrytheWolf 9 months ago
@HenrytheWolf Hmmm ... more like 67
Seasass 9 months ago
@Seasass I was a little to pissed, i pulled a random number out of the air. :) but I get mad when people attribute genius to mediocrity.
HenrytheWolf 9 months ago
@HenrytheWolf Understandable :) MrLiljim94 is only 16, so I'm sure 40 years seems like an unimaginable eternity for him. Hopefully, you've piqued his interest in that wonderful era.
Seasass 9 months ago
@Seasass Well sadly, I don't think i did. Piquing someones interest by calling them an asshole never has positive consequences. But even a cynic like me can hope that he will accept that none of the great songs that stand the test of time, were written less then 20 years ago. and that he lives in an era were there is no true musical talent.
HenrytheWolf 9 months ago
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hotdonjuan1 5 months ago
The point is .. Shame on you Baby boomers .. shame on you for Bush, for deregulation, for lowering the education standards, and for brainwashing you home land .. shame on you for singing this .. and letting it happen anyway..
objectform 11 months ago
She should have put some make up on jeez.
miguelthedog 1 year ago
The Origional is the Origional Nothin else Compares !!!
Britbikin 1 year ago 2
If I didn't know any better, I'd say they paved paradise and put up a parking lot...
bananamansickle 1 year ago
She's so fucking cute.
noobyliw 1 year ago
^^
prittypawz713 1 year ago
big chune!!
birdatplay 1 year ago
i've been looking for this for ages lol. heard on my name is earl and i loved it =p
dooshtoomun 1 year ago
Where's Janet? Kidding.
oliverecords 1 year ago
Why does she giggle at 1:14 when she talks about the birds and the bees? Kind of leaves me with the impression that she's a huge slut.
MontrealMMA 1 year ago
I do enjoy the Counting Crows, but their version does definitely suck - it's so BLAND and SLOW they sucked the life right out of the song.
blackbeetle67 1 year ago
This lovely lady is still one hot mamma with a pair of vocal cords that were kissed by angels.
djmcquade1 1 year ago
@djmcquade1 ok the songs awesome but this women is not hot let me tell you this o.o
mgs4metalgear4 1 year ago
@mgs4metalgear4 You must be the Prince of all women.
joetylerdale 1 year ago
Amazing!
thedrumbum1990 1 year ago
SO good!
ralphdamato 1 year ago
yea the crows tweaked it way too much and where is the warmth of Joni's acoustic guitar??
deseminvoller 1 year ago
Im probably gonna get completely FRIED for this... But, in my honest opinion, I dont like this one. The voice kinda grates on me... it cracks a lot. I like Counting Crows quite a bit more. Sorry guys!
Alton753 1 year ago
@Alton753 you're not alone on this one. This version isn't bad but I also prefer the counting crows one
GibsonNg88 1 year ago
Joni Is the artist that I heard this song from in the 70s on AM raido. She is still the best.
fordf150supercab 1 year ago
the days when music was just brilliant poets a few chords and songs that meant something
roowdau 1 year ago
She got it right the first time.
80085ToughTitties 1 year ago
put up a fucking lot
pian0playa714 1 year ago
@pian0playa714 LMAO I thought I was the only one that thought that is what it said (counting crows of course)
dallas0101 1 year ago
Cute, natural and unpretentious - a girl to take home to meet mom
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id stick my hard cock up her plummy cunt, mmmmmmmmm jammy
siminski89 1 year ago
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id stick my hard cock up her plummy cunt, mmmmmm jammy
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she's not fucking baked.
imsometalful 1 year ago
The best singer songwriter ever. Thanks for posting
QWK999R 1 year ago
tho i must say coyote from last waltz is her best, just my opinion
viperset 1 year ago
i think she is canadian and not sure if she is dead, but hey we all will be someday
viperset 1 year ago
joni an american treasure
viperset 1 year ago
@viperset
You're right there. If you're American, you should be proud of her. It's a shame she's gone.
I'm not an obsessed fan, but I'm just showing a friend this song tonight. She's so great here. Such a loss that she's gone, but outweighed tenfold by her amazing life, and amazing skill.
Fantastic.
chulk607 1 year ago
we don't know what we've got till it's gone.....
xxtoots22xx 1 year ago
I wonder what might be going through the minds of the 11 joyless people who voted thumbs down on this video.
LarcheOsborne 1 year ago 32
@LarcheOsborne The only people who could vote this song/artist/video thumbs down are obviously not in touch with reality -- are just plain and simple -- haters..........
bublich64 6 months ago
I love that you can't actually "put UP" a parking lot. And the tree museum lines are so accurate.
RobertBorden121 1 year ago
This song is more relevant now than it was 30+ years ago. She and her music were the background for my environmental past, present and future. ;-)
rrnewsteam 1 year ago 3
don't tell me only black people got soul, lol.
Neanderthalcouzin 1 year ago
she has the smoothest voice like... ever.... its just beautiful.
ledzepphead1 1 year ago
what a beautiful voice she has i sing this everytime i perform on stage xxxxxxxxxx
lou4tea 1 year ago
She is talking about what they did in Waikiki, Hawaii
oscarlarghi 1 year ago
i wanna merry her
yogabbahey 1 year ago
You don't know what you got, till it's is gone! Talent, song writer, instrumental and then perform. It's just amazing that some one hasn't come along since Joni that can make music? Jesse.
lockerjesse11 1 year ago 2
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot".... ok, it's sorta catchy but for real poetry you might try Maxim Le Forestier's song... mais vous devez etre francophone pour l'apprecier. It's almost worth learning French for (together with Mon Frère, La rouille, and other Le Forestier songs). It's on yt at /watch?v=XFD6y7-AhOY
xchopp 1 year ago
You rock Joni ... song lyrics speak as loud today as they did back then ..
AWESOMEMAORIatFB 1 year ago
would someone singing like that today really have a chance???? I really doubt it :/
JazBlogShow 1 year ago
@JazBlogShow uhh how about like every artist that uses autotune....
shutupsamandseth 1 year ago
she is using a Martin guitar..her voice is amazing..
coopercity1 1 year ago
haha
peanut42098 1 year ago
She kinda looks like a female version of Neil Young
TheAppleford 1 year ago
she is beyond my words, but i'll try.........pure, beauty, unadulterated, honest, happy
junkyrobot 1 year ago
Maybe they chopped the trees down to make acoustic guitars...
jackbomberdp 1 year ago
shes a freaking hippie
HoVa094 1 year ago
@HoVa094 And she's wonderful.
loverlyluffgusms 1 year ago
i love this song
GlobePhobe 1 year ago
shes channeling the goddess of the universe or something. joni was just epic.
electric789 1 year ago
is this the original version?
but I like the version of counting crows more.
MrslovelyBeauty 1 year ago
just brilliant! and thanx for not copyrighting and removing joni.
trippylippy1 1 year ago
the last comment was nasty.
you're lucky the vid is still here for posterity, you ingrate! I saved it ... have u?
trippylippy1 1 year ago
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didn't they have braces for teeth back then? She is ugly.
mchar69 1 year ago
Counting Crow's version sucks.
This is the first time I have heard Joni Mitchell sing it - and it is brilliant!
in the counting crows version instead of 'Paved paradise and put up a parking lot' it sounds like 'paved paradise and put up a f**king lot.' - listen to it and convince me otherwise.
This has a down to earth feel...far better than the commercialized counting crow version.
rab2591 1 year ago 40
convice you otherwise ? well here. get your hearing checked !! and stop being so close-minded
RSkelly117 1 year ago
@rab2591 too right!!
deseminvoller 1 year ago
@rab2591 well just write yourself a song that sucks and you can be a millionaire also
2inchfromtheground 1 year ago
@rab2591 Counting crows suck. that wouldn have been enough for my thumbs up.
Ponnybit 11 months ago
@rab2591 Yeaaaah I know what ya mean and the original's always gonna be better but their version brought the song to the attention of a generation who otherwise wouldn't have heard it, so...
dermotwalker 10 months ago
@dermotwalker you right the sad thing is the last 2 generations know about this song the only thing that has changed is....
badtoothtv 10 months ago
@rab2591 Counting Crows' version is absolute garbage. And I'm not just saying that because I grew up with this version. <3
Daedalus1776 8 months ago 2
@Daedalus1776 agreed.
xDroflmao1337 8 months ago
@rab2591 I know, right? Counting Crows got nothing on Joni. If My Name Is Earl can see this (they featured this version of the song in an episode) then everyone should.
111111se 8 months ago
sure counting crows sound 'better'
but she wrote it and ment it more than anything!
peace01072 1 year ago
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COUNTING CROWS PUTS YOU TO SHAME OLD LADY! Lol... Hate this version, she sounds like a 13 year old boy who's voice is cracking xD!
vadercat2006 1 year ago
She wrote this song, give your some credit
hunterstl 1 year ago 2
Go suck shit vad.
irvingklaw57 1 year ago
you dont know clasic when you hear it
peace01072 1 year ago
When I was young around 1969, our family used to go to a farm in western wisconsin that had rolling hills and a natural cold clear spring that came out of a pipe in the hillside nearby that many people around would get drinking water from.
Years later, some jerk bought the property and refused to let anyone take HIS spring water.
Interesting that that area also had a multiple UFO sighting in 2001. I guess they came for the water? ;D
aleon1018 1 year ago
yes the counting crows coverd this song also
aerobicpatje 1 year ago
Are there other people beside Janet Jackson that covered this song ?
VKheartofice 1 year ago
vkheartofice--to me, amy grant did the best cover of this song years ago. counting crows also did it, but i didn't think it was a very good version.
rennzzo 1 year ago
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cretsina 1 year ago
Cretsina, I was just looking at some before and after photos of my hometown. They were taken from airplanes. 1958 and 2009. Totally beautiful countryside in 1958, filled with condos abd apartments now, 7-11's, valero gas stations. You can love the aftermath of development all you want so a few developers can be rich. Me, I know it was FAR MORE RICH in the before images! My face in my hands, my eyes soaking wet...are you one of the rich developers? ...or just one of their pawns?
marshallsmyth 1 year ago 3
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cretsina 1 year ago
Cretsina, I do indeed take your remark as a very high compliment, indeed. But, truth is, I'm only poorly composed compared to the meaning of this song. I think you'd be surprised if you knew the people who have admired Joni Mitchell for singing this. Hugh Hefner, Ronald Reagan, Prince Charles, Michael Jackson, the millions who bought it...cretsina, sometimes a person needs a rethink, even about life itself. Notice, I'm talking with, not at you. a nice walk in nature, an all day walk,visit her
marshallsmyth 1 year ago
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cretsina 1 year ago
you're dumb
cretsina 1 year ago
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Satyagrahaha 1 year ago
I sure that this song was in some animation movie or siries?????????
someone remember???????/
mooony2009 2 years ago
It was in a scene of My Name Is Earl when Randy eats the moisturizer and starts seeing everything as 3D models.
harrymaynard 1 year ago
what tuning is it in
BLACKZOSOZEPPELIN 2 years ago
Love this song!
NaturVita 2 years ago
Nowadays every girls voice is squeeky and still they get to be pop queens.. I love this version, it's the original. And it's hers.
AlizInW0nd3rl4nd 2 years ago 2
I thought I was the only one who noticed it. :/
LonleyMistress 2 years ago
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i like the counting crows version better. this song is ok but her voice is too squeeky.
alenaalena13 2 years ago
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thirteenemptyspaces 2 years ago
But you should you should give it its original title. Big Yellow Taxi - referring to the color of the police cars in Hawaii is just not right. I think the real title is They Paved Paradise.
VaniNY 2 years ago